Now that Raikage A has been disabled, after the selection of a new generation of Raikage, he will abdicate directly.
In fact, Raikage A wanted to commit suicide a long time ago, but his prestige in Kumogakure is very high and although his prestige has decreased slightly, he is still respected by countless Kumo Shinobi. That's why the Kumo Shinobi didn't want him to die, even if Raikage A looked desperate, the Kumo Shinobi turned their heads in unison, as if they didn't see him...
There is also a lot of uncertainty about the Raikage's successor.
The future Fifth Raikage Darui has not yet reached the Kage level, and his prestige is not enough to succeed.
As for the remaining Kage level shinobi, there are only two, Nii Yugito and Killer Bee.
That the Jinchuriki becomes the Kage is obviously a little difficult for ordinary shinobi to accept. So there are still discussions about the choice of the Raikage, but it is foreseeable that the Fifth Raikage will be chosen from one of those two.
After all, even a Jinchuriki is better than a weak chicken.
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The five major shinobi villages are moving in different directions. But none of this affected Natsuo's life.
After Iwagakure's surrender clause was signed, Jiraiya planned to go with Sasuke on a trip, but was stopped by Natsuo. He had received Itachi's answer, and he will be back soon, so he couldn't let Sasuke hang around.
A few days later, during the night...
A figure appeared quietly. He stood in a corner of the Uchiha clan's main residence and waited silently for a few seconds. Natsuo's figure slowly appeared.
"Natsuo, why did you ask me to come over?" Uchiha Itachi looked calm. "Is there anything that cannot be mentioned directly in the communication, and you must ask me to come?"
"It's nothing, I just want you to meet someone." Natsuo smiled. As he spoke, he glanced back.
Sasuke appeared in front of Itachi. When he saw him his expression changed slightly, and his body froze. 'What is this situation? How did Natsuo let Sasuke see me? No matter how good I am at pretending, there's no way the current Sasuke can defeat me!'
'Are you forcing me to act? But this way, when Sasuke grows up a little, it will be easy for him to discover that everything was a farce...'
In an instant, countless thoughts emerged in Itachi's mind. But his expression remained indifferent, staring at Sasuke coldly.
When Itachi was about to provoke Sasuke for being weak, his words got stuck when he saw the other figure appear next to Sasuke.
"Mother..." Uchiha Itachi widened his eyes, looking at Mikoto's familiar but unfamiliar face. For a while, he was stunned.
Sasuke and Mikoto were also speechless.
It took a long time for Uchiha Itachi to return to calm. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and looked at Natsuo. "Natsuo, what's the situation? Why would my mother..."
"Ahem, a lot of things have happened, but to summarize..." Natsuo said. "Now you can join Sasuke and call me father."
Uchiha Itachi: "...!" His expression completely collapsed, and he could no longer return to his original indifference.
Uchiha Itachi's steady mind finally helped him recover a little. Although he was a little dazed by the shock of the news, in the end he didn't stay in a daze like Sasuke and didn't completely lose his mind.
That's the experience gap.
"So, this is Orochimaru's technique... Natsuo, you said you want to resurrect the dead... Can you really resurrect them?" Uchiha Itachi pondered for a while, with a look of anticipation on his expression.
"I can't do it now." Natsuo shook his head. "Currently, I have two resurrection ninjutsu, but either of them requires the user's sacrifice to activate."
"I'm improving ninjutsu, but I still can't solve this problem."
"Furthermore, only the dead who have just died can be resurrected."
"If that condition is not met, the DNA of the deceased can be used but he will only be resurrected in the form of the Reincarnation of the Impure World. I think this is not what you want."
Hearing this, Uchiha Itachi withdrew some of his inner expectations. But he also believed in Natsuo's words. How could something as nature-defying as resurrection be so easy to achieve?
'It's a pity, so my regret will not be made up for.' Uchiha Itachi sighed inwardly. If he could resurrect them, he wouldn't mind resurrecting all the clan members who were slaughtered by him.
Even if he had to pay with his own life, he wouldn't care. However, this is clearly not possible...
"Itachi, your physical condition is very poor. Furthermore, you frequently use Mangekyo, which puts your body on the verge of collapse. I have your father's eyes, which may allow you to eliminate the side effects of Mangekyo." Natsuo took out a pair of Sharingan in a container. He then threw them at Itachi.
Mikoto looked attentively, and Sasuke, after hearing about Itachi's physical condition, showed surprise, then became worried.
However, Itachi frowned, but cast the Sharingan back.
"Natsuo, I understand what you mean." Uchiha Itachi said calmly. "But let's leave those eyes to Sasuke." He lowered his head and looked at Sasuke with complicated eyes. "Sasuke, I feel a huge pupil power in you, you should too..."
"That's right, I also awakened the Mangekyo." Sasuke nodded, and the pattern of Mangekyo appeared in his eyes.
Natsuo and Mikoto were not surprised either, although Sasuke didn't say anything, how could they not be able to tell Sasuke's change?
Of course, Mikoto thought her apparition stimulated Sasuke's heart, causing the Mangekyo to awaken.
"Sure enough." Uchiha Itachi nodded slightly: "Then you should also know that the pupil power of the Mangekyo is depleted, and once you deplete it, you will fall into endless darkness."
"I will leave those eyes to you, Sasuke, as for my eyes..." He smiled slightly: "Don't worry, my health is not that bad."
"If I reveal my identity to Master Tsunade, she will definitely heal me."
"Don't waste these eyes."
Natsuo said calmly: "Tsunade can't do anything, it's a disease that affects the bloodline."
Uchiha Itachi smiled slightly, his expression unchanged. "I believe in Master Tsunade's strength, she will definitely have a way."
Although he said that with a smile, his heart is full of indifference. He himself didn't have many expectations about life.
Sasuke will become stronger, that's enough. It was a surprise that my mother could be resurrected. As for the others... He doesn't care.
Of course, Uchiha Itachi also understands that Tsunade is not a panacea, and it is estimated that there is nothing he can do about Bloodline disease.
But that's even better. This way Fugaku's Mangekyo can be left to Sasuke. And his own eyes, when the time comes, he plans to leave to his resurrected mother.
It was the only way Itachi could think of to atone for his sins.
"Itachi, we don't need to deceive each other." Natsuo shook his head. "You must remember that I mentioned a way to avoid the side effects of the Mangekyo, and although I have not perfected it yet, but in the future Sasuke and Mikoto will not have to worry about the burden of the Mangekyo."
"Don't worry, I won't let the people close to me have problems." Natsuo said softly.
Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment, then finally nodded. "I understand".
He still agreed, after all, looking at Sasuke's worried expression next to him, he knew that if he refused, Sasuke might tear out his own eyes and give them to him in the future.
Uchiha Itachi would rather die than let something like that happen.
And now...
"Then let's perform the operation!" Sasuke said impatiently. "Brother Natsuo?"
As long as Itachi does not solve the problem caused by the Mangekyo, Sasuke will not be able to rest assured.
"Okay, leave it to me." Natsuo didn't care. On the contrary, if they had not asked him, he would have found a way to carry out the operation on Itachi.
As a transmigrator, when Natsuo came to this world he saw everyone as fictional characters and when Itachi exterminated the clan, he didn't care much, on the contrary after obtaining the system what he did helped him a lot. But that doesn't mean that he will let Itachi return to the Uchiha clan without leaving any insurance to prevent him from going crazy again and wanting to kill his children.
Since he decided to forgive him and have children with Mikoto, he developed a more advanced version of the Caged Bird that includes the power of the Rinnegan and is difficult to detect. The moment Itachi has malicious thoughts towards his family, he will activate the seal, killing him.
Because the Uchiha clan has a medical wing with the latest technology, the operation did not take long. Furthermore, the eye replacement operation is one of the simplest operations in the Shinobi World.
Itachi stood up from the operating table, and although he was blindfolded, he could still feel the powerful power of the pupil that burst from his eyes.
Meanwhile, Natsuo threw Itachi's eyes into the trash. As he expected, the Mangekyo transplant is not a simple transplant, there seems to be a kind of connection with the original user, through which, when another Mangekyo is transplanted, it absorbs this energy from the Mangekyo of the original user.
There cannot be a case where two Mangekyo users can exchange their eyes, and then both will possess the Eternal Mangekyo.
When Natsuo removed his eyes from Itachi, they were still intact. But when he transplanted Fugaku's eyes, his original eyes suddenly withered and wrinkled...
After Natsuo noticed Itachi had gotten up. He placed his palm on his back and used the Yin-Yang Release to accelerate the integration of the Mangekyo with his body.
Noticing that the power in his eyes stabilized, Itachi removed the blindfolds.
"Now... I can see clearly..." Itachi tried to speak with his usual indifference, but you could still notice a hint of joy in his voice.
Due to continuous use of the Mangekyo, he had to adjust to blurred vision. And as an Uchiha, vision itself should be his strongest weapon.
And now...
Uchiha Itachi can see clearly again. Even with Itachi's calmness, it is inevitable to be happy. Of course, he's more than happy to...
Uchiha Itachi looked at Sasuke, staring deeply with his keen vision, as if he wanted to record every hair on Sasuke's face into his own memory. 'I can watch Sasuke grow, watch Sasuke become stronger...'
'I can protect Sasuke again!'
Itachi's gaze was too intense, Sasuke squirmed, feeling a little uncomfortable. So he coughed: "Brother, do you want us to fight each other, just to test your eyes and my Mangekyo?"
Of course, Sasuke doesn't want to play any tests, but misses the days when he practiced with his brother Itachi...
Itachi also had some thoughts in his heart, but finally shook his head: "The method I arranged at Akatsuki's side won't last long, there is not much time left, I have to go back quickly..."
"Itachi, do not return to Akatsuki, as I understand it, all the members are S-rank missing-nin... It is very dangerous for you to return..." Mikoto frowned, gritted his teeth slightly. "Now that the Third Hokage is dead you no longer need to continue with the agreement you reached and continue spying on Akatsuki."
"No, it has nothing to do with Third Hokage." Itachi shook his head: "Akatsuki's destructive power is too strong, someone must monitor their actions to prevent excessive losses... This responsibility belongs to me!"
It is not only for Konoha, but also for Sasuke to live in peace.
"Sorry, forgive me, Sasuke, next time..."
The familiar finger was on Sasuke's forehead, and the movement was not quick, but Sasuke, like when he was a child, groaned in pain softly, and then covered his forehead.
Looking at the familiar scene, Mikoto smiled. Itachi also showed a nostalgic smile. This kind of warmth is what they wanted to have again.
Itachi smiled, then looked at Natsuo.
"Brother Natsuo, time is limited, please excuse me."
"Okay, you can go back."
The eye replacement surgery took a lot of time, far beyond Itachi's expectations.
So that the Akatsuki members do not notice, although Natsuo knows that Kisame noticed Itachi's movements, he still needs a faster way to return. Then Natsuo grabbed Itachi's shoulder.
"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
The next second, the two disappeared in Konoha.
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