Chapter 153 Fugaku's Excitement
"Excuse me, although I know that you have many questions to ask, Patriarch Fugaku, you can ask Shisui slowly later."
Kane's voice sounded behind Shisui, and Shisui moved aside, revealing Kane who stepped out of the black cavity.
"Lu Nie-kun?"
Seeing Lu Nie's appearance, Fugaku was also somewhat stunned. First it was Shisui, then Lu Nie, and the method similar to space ninjutsu was used, which made Fugaku's heart rise for a while.
"Did something happen?"
Fugaku asked cautiously.
"Let's go somewhere else to communicate. Orochimaru and I want to reach a cooperation with Uchiha." Lu Nie waved to Fugaku: "There are too many eyes outside. This is not a good place to talk."
Fugaku followed without hesitation, but when he entered the black cavity, he paused, formed a seal to create a shadow clone to stay there, and then followed in.
As long as there is no fighting, the shadow clone left behind can more or less handle some sudden events that may occur.
After walking through a cold and dark corridor, an irregular door opened in the increasingly bright light ahead.
"Lord Orochimaru?"
Seeing Orochimaru waiting outside the black cave, Fugaku stepped forward to greet him. At the same time, he subconsciously began to guess in his heart what kind of research Orochimaru and his apprentice were doing that required the cooperation and collaboration of the Uchiha.
As the earliest funder and collaborator of the Technology Development Department, as the head of the Uchiha clan, he was not aware of the inside story of the research conducted by Orochimaru and his apprentice, but he could sense some changes in Red Bean and Shisui.
Especially the Uchiha, as well as many of Konoha's bloodline and esoteric families, can be said to be the beneficiaries of the Technology Development Department.
"Want to restore the sight in Shisui's eyes?"
Even though he had prepared himself mentally beforehand, the words that Orochimaru blurted out still made Fugaku open his eyes wide in surprise.
"is it possible?"
Fugaku was extremely shocked and subconsciously asked the same question as Shisui.
Can a blind kaleidoscope regain its sight?
There was no record before Madara, but after Madara, there was a formal answer.
That is to change to another pair of kaleidoscopes!
This secret was a taboo within the Uchiha clan, and only the clan leader Fugaku and two or three elders who lived long enough knew it.
But apart from blood relatives with whom one has deep feelings, who would be willing to hand over their kaleidoscope willingly?
What's more, the appearance of a pair of Mangekyo at the same time is already something that makes the Uchiha excited.
"Didn't Uchiha Madara go blind before?"
Orochimaru's answer caused ripples in Fugaku's heart.
"No need to speculate! The Second Generation has studied the Uchiha, especially the Sharingan. Although many forbidden techniques were placed in the Sealed Book by him, they became forbidden technique scrolls that only the Hokage can keep.
However, much of the previous research data was treasured by the Senju clan.
Tsunade, who inherited those materials, did not restrict my reading. In fact, many of my research inspirations came from the completed or unfinished research materials of the second generation.
There is some information about Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna on it."
"I see." Fugaku nodded in understanding. If there is anyone in the ninja world who knows the Uchiha clan best, apart from the Uchiha clan themselves, it would only be the old rival, the Senju clan.
As an outlier in the Senju clan, Senju Tobirama might know Uchiha better than Uchiha. And as an opponent of Izuna's ancestor, it is not impossible that he left some records and information about the Uchiha Madara brothers.
As long as the secret about the Mangekyo was not leaked by a traitor within the clan, Fugaku was relieved.
Although the Uchiha clan and Orochimaru were already tied together in everyone's eyes, this kind of thing still left Fugaku with some reservations.
"That's right, Madara did go blind due to overuse of his Mangekyō. Some rumors in the outside world say that Madara regained his sight by stealing the Mangekyō from his brother, Izuna's ancestor.
But the clan records that ancestor Quannai voluntarily donated his eyes.
This is indeed a way to restore the sight of a blind Kaleidoscope, but there is currently no other Kaleidoscope suitable for Shisui in the clan."
Fugaku answered softly. Even if there is another pair of Kaleidoscopes, no one can force the other party to give up their eyes unless they are willing.
Fugaku did not mention the following possibility, but everyone present, including Shisui, understood this.
"Another way." Orochimaru did not delve into the truthfulness of Fugaku's words. As long as his requirements could be met, Orochimaru was not the kind of person who wanted to get to the bottom of things and control everything completely in his own hands.
After Fugaku listened carefully to the solution discussed by Orochimaru and Kakui, he was somewhat dumbfounded by their plan.
At first I couldn’t accept it!
Although he is more tolerant and steady than other radical Uchiha, his emphasis on the glory of Uchiha and the Sharingan comes from the heart and is engraved in his bones.
Make the Uchiha bloodline into ninja tools for use?
Isn't this a blasphemy to the Uchiha bloodline?
Fugaku instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he turned to look at Shisui who had a bandage on his eyes, and then thought about the significance of Orochimaru and Kaname to the future of Uchiha, he sighed in his heart.
From this point of view, Orochimaru is indeed the one among the three ninjas who is best at understanding people's hearts.
If it were any other radical Uchiha, they might express their dissatisfaction on the spot when they heard this plan, but as the clan leader, he was able to suppress his displeasure and weigh the pros and cons.
"I can agree, but I need an excuse to convince the elders and tribesmen."
Fugaku spoke helplessly. He was extremely conflicted, wanting to defend the Uchiha bloodline, but at the same time reminding himself that if Shisui's Mangekyō could be restored to normal and regain light, then sacrificing some of the Sharingan's storage would not be impossible.
After all, most of the Sharingan's pupil power needs to be nurtured. They were some of the reserves made for the emergence of the forbidden technique Izanagi.
But now, Izanagi has become a forbidden technique. These eyes are naturally not used, and are more of a way to maintain tradition. If the blindness of the kaleidoscope can be cured in this way, then what about Izanagi, and Izanami, who was created to counter Izanagi?
The cost of using these two forbidden techniques is permanent blindness of one of the Sharingan.
The former has a powerful effect similar to the conversion of reality and illusion for a certain period of time. During the duration of Izanagi, the caster can turn the situation that is not favorable to him into nothingness and change the situation that is favorable to him into reality.
The latter is like a movie, in which the scene of the connection between the other party and oneself is played out continuously in the mind in the form of illusion!
Unless you choose to accept your original fate and sincerely repent, you will be trapped in an endless cycle of repetitive illusions!
If the price of the forbidden technique can also restore sight in this way, then this is also a good excuse. But Fugaku does not want to reopen this disastrous Pandora's box.
"One of the future Uchiha will become Hokage! How about this condition?"
In such a short time, this was the first time that Fugaku was surprised and shocked! Even though he had tried his best to restrain himself, Orochimaru's words still made his heart beat violently in his chest, and the expression on his face was full of ecstasy that he could not suppress.
The complex expression of ecstasy and repression made Fugaku's facial expression look a little distorted for a moment.
"Is it true?" Fugaku's voice trembled a little.
Although the Uchiha clan has always been talking about making Itachi become Shikagawa's disciple, and then waiting for Shikagawa to pass the position of Hokage to Itachi.
But even the most radical members of the tribe know that this is a beautiful idea that may not be realized.
Even Fugaku, who had great trust and pride in Itachi's talent and character, understood the difficulties and predicaments that would need to be faced.
The reputation of the Uchiha people, the dislike and wariness of the upper echelons, the violent tempers of the clan members, and the most uncontrollable thing is the thoughts of Orochimaru and Kaname.
Since the birth of the ninja organization, Shinobi Village, every Kage has been either father and son, master and apprentice, or confidant.
In Konoha, the Senju clan had two Hokages, and the Third Hokage, as a disciple, was appointed in times of crisis. In fact, if the reputation of the Three Ninjas was not too high, their achievements were too great, and the Sarutobi clan had no equals, a more dark guess would be that the Third Hokage might be more willing to hand over the position of Hokage to the Sarutobi clan.
Orochimaru is alone, without any clan members or descendants. If he becomes the Fourth Hokage, then his disciple, Shikagawa, will most likely become the Fifth Hokage in the future.
What about the sixth generation?
Will they be chosen from among the disciples, or from the Nara clan? Or from the closely related Yamanaka and Akimichi clans? No one can be sure.
Orochimaru's current words were tantamount to a promise to the Uchiha.
Fugaku asked in disbelief, while using his Sharingan, which appeared due to excitement, to scan the faces of Orochimaru and Master Kaname.
When Fugaku saw that Lu Nie did not raise any objections and even nodded to him in approval, he could no longer suppress his emotions.
If he hadn't been afraid of being disrespectful in front of the two men, he would have almost performed the Uchiha clan's unique wild laughter for the master and disciple on the spot!
Under the guarantee of this promise, let alone some stored Sharingan, even for the currently extracted Sharingan, there are radical members of the Uchiha clan who are willing to contribute themselves as materials.
Even if the experiment failed, if necessary, if he opened the kaleidoscope, he would think about digging it out and forcing it into Shisui's eyes to see if he could restore his sight.
As long as the promise is still valid!
Consider it the price paid for Itachi to become Hokage.
"If Itachi is good enough." Kane responded under the gaze of Orochimaru and Fugaku.
He also had no intention of deceiving or exploiting Fugaku and the Uchiha clan. Although there were always some mental abnormalities in the Uchiha clan, there were still a few normal people and people who could communicate.
As long as Itachi is trained well under Shisui's leadership, he will at least be harmless to the village.
There is nothing wrong with having a powerful Uchiha Hokage who has a deep love for the village. As for the others, if there is a real need, we can also assign a few more advisors to assist.
"I have no problem, Lord Orochimaru! The Uchiha clan and I will satisfy all your requests! I believe the elders and clan members will support my decision!"
Fugaku bowed.
"It looks like we have reached an agreement." Orochimaru said softly.
Over the years, Orochimaru has developed a great interest in the Sharingan after reading the research records of the second generation and Luna's extensive research on the Sharingan.
Especially the appearance of Shisui's Mangekyō, the power it displayed made Orochimaru feel heart-pounding.
Especially as his research deepened and he gradually revealed the extraordinary power of Wood Release and Sharingan, which was closer to the essence of Chakra, Orochimaru became more interested in the Uchiha tradition that had been passed down for thousands of years.
He now even has a new hobby of "archaeology". He is no longer satisfied with studying and collecting ordinary bloodlines. He has set his sights on bloodlines with inheritance.
Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, Kaguya.
As well as some secret ninja clans that disappeared in the history of the ninja world.
Those secrets made him feel that his long life in the future would not be too boring. He even had the rare thought of going to Longdi Cave again to meet the White Snake Immortal who represented the past.
As a living fossil in the ninja world, he should have recorded a lot of ninja world history, right?
Would it know what the world was like before the appearance of ninjas?
With his horizons broadened, Orochimaru wanted to know more and was willing to collect more information from the past.
As the Hyuga clan is closed and Kaguya is temporarily unable to intervene, in his mind, the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan are two bloodline families that are worthy of in-depth research and exploration.
After using the black cavity to send the impatient Fugaku away, the returning Shikagawa was immediately caught by Orochimaru and they discussed the entry point of the research.
"How do you want to show it?" Orochimaru wanted to confirm Lu Nie's thoughts: "Do you need to use the power of the Hogyoku?"
Lu Nie shook his head: "It's just a preliminary idea. I want to forge it in the form of a spiritual weapon."
"Spiritual weapon?" Orochimaru first raised his eyebrows, then fell into silence and pondered.
As a collector who is keen on collecting ninja tools, especially various Kusanagi swords, Orochimaru has naturally heard of spiritual weapons.
He even searched for the Ten-fist Sword, the most unique spiritual weapon in the Kusanagi sword series that only existed in legends.
"Spiritual weapon is indeed a good idea."
After a moment, Orochimaru gave his approval. As a spiritual tool without a physical body that can be contained in the spirit and soul, it is indeed better than a physical ninja tool.
(End of this chapter)