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"No!"
However, what shocked Kakashi even more came later. Uchiha Yoru shook his head gravely and said slowly, word by word: "At first, I had the same suspicion, but later I gave up on that doubt."
"Leaving aside the truth or falsehood of Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyou Sharingan, Fugaku himself is more defensive than offensive. He may seem rigid, but he's actually quite indecisive."
Speaking of his own clan's leader, Uchiha Yoru's face showed a self-mocking expression as he sighed and shook his head: "Uchiha Fugaku is ambitious but not wise, fierce but timid, envious but lacking in authority. His domestic policies are inconsistent."
"He hesitates when making decisions. This is fine for small matters, but for major ones, it's insufficient." Uchiha Yoru was filled with disappointment as he shook his head and sighed, "If he had the courage to manipulate the Nine-Tails, the Uchiha clan would not have ended up like this today."
Upon hearing this assessment of his own clan leader, Kakashi was extremely awkward. In the shinobi world, the clan leader is considered the guiding figure. Who would belittle their own clan leader like this?
However, for Uchiha Yoru's audacity and analytical skills, although Kakashi didn't know if it was true or not, he couldn't help but admire him. It was indeed Yoru, who possessed the demeanor of a Hokage, giving him a feeling as if a legendary ninja was instructing the world's heroes.
"Yoru, if it's not the Uchiha clan's leader, then who do you suspect?"
Kakashi asked seriously, revealing the doubt in his heart. He even felt a faint killing intent. The Nine-Tails disaster had brought too much damage to the village, and even his own teacher had fallen in that catastrophe.
"I suspect that the Mangekyou controlling the Nine-Tails is Uchiha Kagami's Sharingan!"
"What!" Under Uchiha Yoru's grave expression, Kakashi, who was usually calm, showed a rare look of shock. He was moved.
If it were someone else who was unaware, that would be understandable. But as a student of the Fourth Hokage and having served in the Anbu, how could he not know of Uchiha Kagami's existence?
The Second Hokage once took in six disciples: Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, Akimichi Torifu, and Uchiha Kagami.
It can be said that they are contemporaries and fellow disciples of the Third Hokage, and most of them died early.
Under the shocked gaze of Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Yoru directly said hoarsely: "Elder Kagami is the ancestor of Shisui, I've secretly checked, and in recent decades, the only one who activated the Mangekyō Sharingan was Elder Kagami. The cause of his death has always been a mystery."
Kakashi was even more stunned by this news, swallowing hard. He unnaturally touched his left eye and anxiously said, "Yoru, are you saying someone transplanted the Mangekyō?"
Seeing Uchiha Yoru nodding, Hatake Kakashi felt his scalp go numb. He was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. He felt like he had fallen into a huge conspiracy, and this was not the end.
"Kakashi, there's another piece of information. I don't know if it's true, and I can't tell you where I got it from, but I can tell you that the Fourth Mizukage of the Mist Village in the Land of Water, Yagura Karatachi, is under the control of the Mangekyō Sharingan."
Boom!
At this moment, the pupil of the right eye that Hatake Kakashi revealed couldn't help but contract. An entire village's Kage was being manipulated? Terrifying! This completely overturned all the conspiracies he knew of and exceeded his imagination.
"Yoru! What you're saying, I—" Hatake Kakashi was hoarsely shocked. He really couldn't believe that such a terrifying conspiracy had emerged.
"I know you're confused, but there are some secrets that I fear I won't have the chance to tell you later," Uchiha Yoru said, seemingly burdened by a huge secret yet worried that he wouldn't be able to protect it, so he chose to pass on this information.
"Kakashi, I secretly ordered Hyuga Hizashi to observe the village's upper echelons with the Byakugan. Our village's upper echelons are not being controlled."
Hearing this news, Hatake Kakashi had just secretly sighed in relief when Uchiha Yoru's next sentence turned his face pale.
"But the eyes under the bandage of the Root Leader, Shimura Danzo, are just like yours!"
One sentence made Kakashi's hair stand on end, and he felt his scalp go numb. "Yoru, are you saying that Lord Danzo's eyes are Sharingan?"
When Uchiha Yoru nodded, Kakashi Hatake's mind was immediately thrown into chaos. But as he sorted through his thoughts, he suddenly gasped in astonishment, revealing a look of terror. He seemed to have pieced together a terrifying conspiracy.
The village's higher-ups were not controlled, but Elder Shimura Danzo had a Sharingan. Did all the higher-ups know about this? Whose Sharingan was it? Was it Senior Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyō?
If that's the case, the Nine-Tails was manipulated by the Mangekyō! All of this was to kill the Fourth Hokage; this was not only the plot of the Third Hokage but also the entire higher-up team.
After all, the existence of the Fourth Hokage would gradually make them lose their power. So, they created all of this to reclaim that power.
It's terrifying upon deep thought! Shimura Danzo, the root leader of the dark side of the shinobi world, manipulated the Nine-Tails with the Mangekyō. On the night of the Nine-Tails, the roots directly ordered the Uchiha clan not to take action, to completely prevent any accidents.
Soon after, the Fourth Hokage died, and the Third Hokage naturally took over, and all the higher-ups of his time gained real power, holding Leaf Village's power tightly once again.
Manipulating the Fourth Mizukage, how similar are the Blood Mist policy and the roots! Only Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyō Sharingan could match this timeline.
Then the war was started at the frontlines, weakening the disobedient forces within the village, like Orochimaru's old team, and also sending the Uchiha clan to the frontlines to wear them down.
No wonder the Mist Shinobi took everyone in the shinobi world by surprise. They insisted on clashing with the Leaf in the Land of Whirlpools, and the world is whispering that this might spark the Fourth Great Ninja War.
But who knows that the friction and killings between the Leaf and Mist were entirely a huge conspiracy and were all controlled. How could they possibly start a Great Ninja War?
"You! This!" Although Kakashi Hatake would later become the Sixth Hokage, he is still quite naive now. Upon such deep, terrifying thought, he was momentarily overwhelmed.
Seeing Kakashi's shock, Uchiha Yoru seemed to have voiced a long-held secret, and he sighed and said, "Kakashi, keep this information to yourself. Just as you've thought, neither of us currently has the power to get involved in this conspiracy."
"So, if something happens to me, remember, you all are the Leaf's last hope. So give me up! Betray me to the Third Hokage and the higher-ups to preserve a useful body. Perhaps you all will be the Leaf's last hope."
Upon hearing Uchiha Yoru's last words, Kakashi Hatake felt a surge of emotions, even suspecting that all of this might have happened because Orochimaru learned of this secret. Damn it!
Madman! So reckless for the sake of power, manipulating the leader of a village. If this goes awry and the plot is exposed, Konoha will face the retribution of the entire ninja world. He's absolutely insane!
Looking at Kakashi's shocked and fearful eyes, he became silent but sighed internally, thinking, "Kakashi, I didn't lie to you."
The Sharingan in Shimura Danzo's eyes is real; as for whether it's a Mangekyo, I don't know, but it's definitely Sharingan, and he even has an arm of it.
It's also true that the higher-ups in Konoha aren't controlled, and the Nine-Tails was manipulated by the Sharingan. As for who the real culprit is—Uchiha Obito?
Who would believe that? Obito was only 14 during the night of the Nine-Tails attack; even if he had survived, no one in the ninja world would believe it.
The Fourth Mizukage of the Hidden Mist Village being controlled by the Sharingan is also true. Everything he said was true; he just didn't know one thing, because Obito hid it so well, leading to the current situation.
So what I said is all true; I'm not afraid of you checking, but I'm afraid if you don't. The truth is never afraid of investigation.
"Yoru! This, I—let me calm down." Kakashi, usually so composed, was utterly shaken for the first time. The conspiracy was too horrifying.
However, Uchiha Yoru looked at Kakashi and sighed with a wry smile, "Kakashi, Asuma Sarutobi was chosen to protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja."
Seeing Kakashi's shocked expression, Yoru continued, "At this crucial time, Asuma was dispatched to the Daimyo's palace. It's not that I want to see everything as a conspiracy, but reality forces me to think this way."
Yoru added, "The Daimyo has always been wary of Konoha's strength, especially the Sarutobi clan, which has grown so powerful. Konoha is a tool for the Daimyo, but he doesn't want this tool to be in just one person's hands."
"According to my information, the Daimyo is quietly amassing power, and it seems like the village's higher-ups are also plotting something."
Is the Daimyo's power weak? He has a strong army of samurai loyal to him, mysterious Onmyoji, and temples like the Temple of Fire training loyal ninjas. Behind the scenes, he even has his own ninja.
You could say that ninja villages only have ninjas, but the Daimyo has a mix of everything from different eras. Although the numbers might not be large, the quality is significant, given that he controls the economy of the Land of Fire.
The Daimyo is equivalent to a feudal lord, while the ninja village is the strongest force in the hands of the Daimyo.
In this world, the genes embedded in people's bones make ordinary people highly respect the Daimyo. Furthermore, the number of ordinary people far exceeds that of ninjas, and the Daimyo also has their own armed forces.
The Daimyo is the feudal lord of the Land of Fire, controlling the entire country's economy and ordinary citizens. All politics are under the Daimyo's management, and the Daimyo also possesses a not-so-weak military force. Although the ninja villages are powerful, the strong forces also have terrifying supply consumption, all of which rely on the Daimyo.
The ninja village is the strongest military force of the Daimyo. Without the Daimyo, they would lose national support, similar to an army losing national sustenance, and eventually, the ninja village would collapse and become rogue ninjas seeking new protection.
"Kakashi, are you suspecting that the higher-ups are preparing to overthrow the Daimyo's rule that has lasted for thousands of years?" At this point, Kakashi was already stunned and didn't know what to do.
"This is just my suspicion. We'll have to see what happens to the Daimyo later. If there is chaos," Uchiha Yoru shook his head and said, "Kakashi, you don't think this is too coincidental, do you? Asuma just goes to the Daimyo's palace and then there's unrest?"
Kakashi fell silent. Yoru could not foresee the future, only infer. If there's unrest in the Daimyo's palace, it's probably related to the forces behind Asuma.
The force behind Asuma is none other than the higher-ups in Konoha. What is the village trying to do by secretly controlling the Fourth Mizukage and wanting to create unrest in the Daimyo's palace? The entire world of ninjas would unite to eliminate Konoha.
Even all the forces within the Land of Fire would revolt, creating divisions among ordinary people and countless ninjas in the village.
"Damn it! This is walking towards destruction."
"Kakashi! Keep these things to yourself." Uchiha Yoru earnestly advised. Kakashi's scalp was tingling from all these conspiracy theories.
"Yoru! What do you plan to do?"
Kakashi didn't realize he was part of such a huge conspiracy and began to look for guidance. Relatively speaking, he, who was always decisive, started to panic for the first time.
"Me?" Uchiha Yoru gave a self-deprecating smile, "Right now, I can only do my best to accumulate power and unite anyone who can be united. Perhaps we can prevent the village from decaying and going mad. The village's ambitions are too great, and they don't have the power to match. If anything goes wrong, all I can think of is endless destruction."
Tiredly rubbing his forehead, as if full of helplessness for such ambition, Uchiha Yoru seemed like he wanted to make sure all the secrets were known in case something happened to him.
"Alright Kakashi, maybe all this is false?"
Seeing Kakashi's heavy expression, Uchiha Yoru pretended to be relaxed and said, "Okay, stop thinking about it. Let's plan how to collaborate with the Mist ninjas to make a big profit. This is probably the last time. After making this profit, let's pull back. These funds may become the key to our future development."
Uchiha Yoru changed the subject casually, making Kakashi couldn't help but give a bitter smile. This is truly the person he valued, whose caliber far exceeds him.