Ruri stated with certainty.
"But how do you activate it?"
Hakushi asked the crucial question.
No matter whether the Mangekyo Sharingan is merely a legend or truly exists as a pupil technique, if it isn't awakened, it's the same as not having it at all.
As for these eyes, Hakushi knew very little, and he couldn't possibly use Sharingan ninjas for human experimentation; otherwise, he could analyze whether there was an even greater power hidden within the Sharingan.
"I think it might be like the regular Sharingan; it needs intense emotional stimulation to awaken."
Because at first, her Sharingan advanced step by step to the Three Tomoe Form in just this way.
And once you reach the Three Tomoe Form, that's the end point of the regular Sharingan.
If it were a year ago, Ruri wouldn't dare say her Sharingan was the strongest among the Uchiha, but now she was absolutely confident—no one in the clan could surpass her in using the Sharingan.
Not long after, Ruri left, and Hakushi's face became tranquil.
The matter of the Chakra Limiter wasn't urgent, but the Mangekyo Sharingan…
Hakushi couldn't help but recall the mysterious Sharingan he encountered the previous year. A ninja who could master such a level of pupil power was definitely not some unknown figure in the Ninja Realm.
Or perhaps, was that truly a donjutsu that a Three-Tomoe Sharingan could control?
Even though Ruri now practiced Immortal Technique and her donjutsu already surpassed the limits of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, in comparison, Hakushi still felt that Ruri's Three-Tomoe Sharingan fell short by a margin.
It seems there are still many unspeakable secrets hidden within the Uchiha Clan.
Just as Hakushi was about to return to the lab, the Earth General emerged from underground.
It took out a scroll from its body and placed it in front of Hakushi.
Hakushi looked surprised, but picked up the scroll, opened it, and read its contents.
The scroll only mentioned one thing—
Hidden Sand and Hidden Rock have secretly purchased large quantities of medical supplies from the Shion Flower Company, suspected to be preparing for war.
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"I didn't expect that Hidden Grass Village secretly sheltered surviving Uzumaki Clan members."
In the gloomy environment, Danzo, after receiving an intelligence file from his subordinate, uttered these words.
It's been half a month since the Hidden Grass Village incident.
During this time, all ninja villages have focused their attention on Hidden Grass Village, and as expected, Konoha's Anbu and Root also turned their focus to Hidden Grass Village, probing the reasons behind its attack.
Though Hidden Grass Village tried hard to cover things up, Root's investigators still found clues from scraps of evidence, proving that there were Uzumaki Clan survivors inside the village.
However, after the attack, those Uzumaki Clan survivors mysteriously vanished from Hidden Grass Village, their current whereabouts unknown.
Danzo held a bounty poster bearing the likenesses of Amaterasu Maiden and Raidenmaru, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Was the Hidden Grass Village attacked because of the Uzumaki Clan survivors?
First they attacked Hozuki Castle, setting bait to divert Hidden Grass Village's forces toward Hozuki Castle.
Then they rapidly assaulted Hidden Grass Village; with its forces spread thin, the village had no way to fight back against the enemy's aerial assault.
The day after the attack, while tallying up losses, Hidden Grass Village found the Uzumaki Clan survivors in the village had vanished without a trace, and the Hidden Grass Ninja guards who watched over them had all disappeared too, leaving no evidence—evaporated into thin air.
This is the main conclusion deduced by Root investigators. Though certain details might be off, the core of the plot remains the same.
"Danzo-sama, should we immediately begin investigating the Uzumaki Clan survivors?"
The Root Ninja asked.
"No need. Since the other party did such a thing, they must have anticipated this. If we start investigating now, most likely we'll get nothing and just waste our energy. Instead of pursuing the whereabouts of those Uzumaki Clan survivors, right now the top priority is guarding against the Uchiha Clan."
Danzo shook his head.
The attackers who struck Hidden Grass Village planned carefully. Before the assault, they had already mapped out their escape route.
Investigating the cause of the attack on Hidden Grass Village had already cost much time. At this point, any further investigation would be far too late.
"Yes." The Root Ninja lowered his head, then remembered something and said, "But Danzo-sama, our people simply can't get close to Uchiha Ruri. Anyone assigned to secretly surveil her has, until now, failed to send any messages back—whereabouts unknown, dead or alive."
He really wanted to ease Danzo's burden, but monitoring that terrifying figure, Uchiha Ruri, had already cost many expert infiltration Root ninjas.
If it continues like this, sending more stealth experts is pointless, only depleting Root's strength.
Previously, among those sent was one whose concealment skills couldn't even be detected by Perception Ninjutsu, yet even such a specialist in stealth ended the mission in failure.
Either dead, or captured and imprisoned; otherwise, no news would have come back at all by now.
Of course, this couldn't be reported to the Hokage. Root had no authorization yet still started monitoring members of the Uchiha Clan; even if those operatives were killed, Root would be at fault, and only suffer for it.
"If only we'd eliminated her earlier without regard to the cost…"
Sitting in his chair, Danzo felt the situation was thorny.