At that time, Masahiko copied this ability mainly for the speed boost of Lightning Release: Body Activation, but in actual practice—
It didn't just boost speed; after activating the body, the muscles and fascia were also enhanced, significantly reducing the burden of the Overlimit State.
"After obtaining the Bloodline Limit, my Chakra is more abundant than before. I can consider using both simultaneously in the future."
"However."
"This ability cannot be used while in my Konoha identity."
Masahiko categorized it under his "Black-Robed Man" identity.
After carefully recalling, he clarified the abilities on his panel. With a thought, the light screen projected out.
Eight o'clock had long since passed.
Opening it now, the start screen was already covered in bullet chat.
"Holy sh*t! Itachi is a traitor!"
"My blood pressure is through the roof after watching! I couldn't help but come back to say: Itachi is pure scum."
"+1, support Sasuke in killing him!"
"Supported!"
It was clear that everyone was furious with 'that man' and was now deeply empathizing with Sasuke.
Masahiko fast-forwarded the progress bar.
After a short while, the intro was skipped, and the main content began.
The opening wasn't about Itachi, but a scene of Sasuke leaving home, waving goodbye to his family.
He made his way to the Ninja Academy.
Soon.
The scene shifted to when school let out at noon.
Sasuke came out of the classroom and started warming up. The camera panned up, Yakushi Kabuto's figure flashed by, and then a scene appeared with Masahiko and Yakushi Kabuto.
Both wore the smiles of warm-hearted men—gentle and polite—and their handsome faces even looked somewhat similar.
In their conversation, the focus was on the 'Sharingan' and Masahiko's stance of 'not getting involved'.
But in the bullet chat—
"LMAO, two Oscar winners!"
"Out of ten sentences, not a single one is the truth."
"There's at least one; Kabuto said Orochimaru wants the Sharingan, that should be true."
No one believed Kabuto's displayed personality of being 'confused' or 'not wanting it,' but in reality, at that moment, Masahiko felt the other party had a brief lapse of genuine emotion.
It's just that...
From the footage, Kabuto's original intention should have been to probe, but he ended up being emotionally broken by Masahiko's words instead.
Continuing on, the scene soon shifted—
A dozen shuriken collided with each other, changing their targets in mid-air and flying toward opponents completely different from before.
Masahiko had seen this once through a Shadow Clone and recognized it at a glance—
This was the training scene between Sasuke's and Neji's teams.
Tenten's control of ninja tools was indeed exquisite, but Sasuke wasn't bad either, quickly counterattacking with his excellent Shurikenjutsu.
"Naruto, go!"
Naruto didn't hesitate upon hearing this and charged toward Tenten.
Neji and Lee stood ready.
They didn't know Naruto well, only hearing that this guy was the dead last with average strength, but Uchiha Sasuke must have had a reason for choosing him.
Moreover, since the opponent dared to take the lead and charge—
He shouldn't be weak.
That's what they thought.
Naruto indeed wasn't weak, it's just that—
"Clone Jutsu!"
A loud roar.
Immediately following, nearly a hundred clones appeared densely in the surroundings.
If it were just that, everyone wouldn't be so bewildered.
But Naruto's clones were all sorts of grotesque; some were even crawling on the ground, unable to walk normally, looking like zombies or monsters.
Over a hundred clones twitching and sprinting weirdly; this scene immediately drew bursts of laughter, and the bullet chat followed suit: "Holy sh*t, what kind of Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is this? Neji and Tenten are completely stunned."
"Is Naruto trying to kill his opponents with laughter?"
"Shikamaru, is this also part of your plan?"
"It's not part of the plan."
Naruto's Clone Jutsu was truly eye-catching; the entire bullet chat was exploding with laughter, including the witness—Masahiko's Shadow Clone—who almost couldn't keep a straight face at the time.
Unpredictability No. 1!
In this battle, Neji lost very dejectedly.
The more dejected he was, the closer Masahiko could get to him.
His commentary at the time recognized the Taijutsu and cooperation of Neji's trio, leaving a first impression on them.
Most of the bullet chat didn't care about this detail.
Because—
Soon, along with Naruto's exaggerated laughter, the scene shifted to Itachi and the Masked Man.
From the conversation between the two to the infiltration of the Police Force.
A one-sided crushing and slaughter!
Afterward, Itachi stayed on the perimeter, hunting down clansmen who tried to flee the Police Force or sound the alarm. Facing the repeated questioning of his clansmen, he remained cold and ruthless throughout.
As a result, there were many insults—
"Fugaku and the Third had already reached an agreement. You don't believe your old man but you believe Danzo?"
"He probably never even considered these people as his uncles or brothers, right?"
"From his perspective, maybe he really didn't. Instead, he might feel these people were burdens who harmed their family."
"But by doing this, Fugaku is also doomed to die—"
"Nothing more to say, he's a beast!"
bullet chat messages came one after another, filling the screen in a dark mass.
Masahiko swept his gaze over them.
Even with such a plot, there were actually a few people speaking up for Itachi, even thinking Itachi was right to throw away the baggage and that it was a "good kill." It was truly somewhat outrageous.
"Itachi, Madara—"
In front of the computer, Kishimoto repeatedly studied these two characters.
In the meeting room of the Police Force, the bloody massacre didn't last long.
In almost just a few exchanges, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, and the others were all dead.
The only bit of informative content was:
Yashiro had seen 'Madara'!
Even...
From the visual language, it was very likely that 'Madara' played a rather sinister role in this farce of an Uchiha Coup.
He instigated these people to rebel, but in reality, it wasn't for the sake of the Uchiha, but to achieve his own goals.
From the plot, one goal was Shisui, and the other was Uchiha Itachi.
Even—
Shisui might have been an unexpected bonus.
The main target was Itachi?
Kishimoto didn't have a complete outline, so he didn't know who this so-called 'Madara' in 'naruto' actually was.
From a creator's perspective, he vaguely felt that the person before him was not the Uchiha Madara he had envisioned.
"If 'Madara's' main target was Itachi—"
"Wait?"
Inspiration suddenly burst forth in Kishimoto's mind. He jumped the footage back to the previous segment at Naka Shrine.
It was mentioned above—
Madara once transplanted his younger brother's eyes.
"Younger brother?"
Kishimoto connected the dots, and a train of thought immediately formed.
After 'Madara' obtained his brother's eyes, his Sharingan likely underwent a new transformation, so he hoped to replicate this miracle with Uchiha Itachi!
The so-called restoration of the Uchiha was nothing but a lie and an excuse.
Deducing from this:
Madara's target was actually one of either Itachi or Sasuke.
Kishimoto quickly wrote this down on paper.
In this episode, the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night hadn't finished airing, but the information revealed within allowed him to connect and continue the plot.
In addition, the plot of the Black-Robed Man also left Kishimoto in deep thought.
In the footage:
The Black-Robed Man was lurking in the river, traveling upstream all the way, and even killed a four-man squad from the Root Organization in the middle.
The opponent's abilities in water were very strong!
If it were just that, Kishimoto wouldn't have felt puzzled.
What puzzled him was that later, the Black-Robed Man encountered Kakashi and could actually go toe-to-toe with him, even suppressing him.
Is the Black-Robed Man really Yagyu Masahiko?
And—
No way, you actually know Shikotsumyaku?
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