Nighttime.
Uchiha Clan Grounds.
The Uchiha Clan Massacre Game, organized by Konoha's official forces, was proceeding in an orderly fashion under the cooperation of two participants and one staff member.
With the help of the masked man Uchiha Madara, Itachi Uchiha slaughtered the clan members within three hours.
The bodies of the massacred Uchiha clan members spilled bright red blood, eventually forming a pool of blood reflecting the moon in the night sky as a blood moon.
Outside the gate of the Uchiha clan leader's house.
After a moment of silence, Itachi Uchiha finally pushed the door open and entered.
Not far from him, the masked man was tossing a pair of Sharingan eyes in his hand, watching with great interest.
Unseen by them, outside the Uchiha compound.
Shishou was hiding in a big tree, remotely controlling the destructive insects dormant within the bodies of the deceased Uchiha clan members, rapidly devouring their corpses.
After consuming the corpses, the destructive insects, aided by the healing insects, discreetly returned to Shishou.
After transferring all the energy they had absorbed to Shishou, the healing insects took the destructive insects back to continue their task.
Buzz~
Vast and pure energy filled Shishou's entire body, making him tremble with excitement.
Under the influence of this energy, Shishou's body continuously grew and strengthened.
As his muscle strength and bone density rapidly increased, Shishou's chakra levels also surged.
At the same time, the world in Shishou's eyes became increasingly clear and bright.
Even at night, he could see distant objects clearly.
Feeling the rapid growth of chakra and physical changes within him, Shishou was exhilarated. The black in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a crimson color...
With the continuous energy feedback from the destructive insects, Shishou finally gained the bloodline power of the Uchiha clan and successfully awakened the Sharingan.
Then, one tomoe, two tomoe, three tomoe...
...
Before long, Uchiha Sasuke, who had just finished training with his shuriken and was eager to go home and eat with his brother, was subjected to Itachi's 'massacre illusion'.
After enduring prolonged torment, Sasuke nearly became a drooling idiot.
Half an hour after Itachi and the masked man left, the game staff, Danzo Shimura, appeared.
Leading members of the Root and the Anbu, he began transporting the corpses of the Uchiha clan.
According to the agreement between Itachi and the mysterious man, the mysterious man could only take the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan members he killed.
Those killed by Itachi were left behind.
The Sharingan left behind by Itachi were Danzo's targets.
"Konoha, time to clean up the mess!"
Shishou thought to himself, using the transformation jutsu to disguise himself as an Anbu member. He mingled with the large group transporting corpses, successfully infiltrating the Uchiha compound.
With so many people around, he wasn't worried about being discovered.
Rushing ahead of the others, Shishou was the first to reach the house of Uchiha Fugaku.
Seeing the unconscious Sasuke, Shishou shook his head in pity.
At such a young age, he had to endure things he shouldn't have to.
Directing the destructive insects to devour Fugaku's body, Shishou used the secret technique 'Insect Transformation' to disguise the seemingly dead Mikoto as someone else, then carried her 'body' out.
After hiding Mikoto's 'body', Shishou returned several more times, carrying out some children's 'bodies' and a young girl's 'body'.
After completing these tasks, Shishou used the rapidly reproducing parasites to wrap the bodies, following him as he headed to the Forest of Death.
Although Shishou had been busy controlling the destructive insects to devour the Uchiha corpses, the number of people he had devoured was only a small fraction compared to the large Uchiha population.
Danzo would likely think that the missing Uchiha were taken by the mysterious man with time-space ninjutsu.
Because of this, Shishou dared to recklessly devour the dead Uchiha clan members and take Uchiha Mikoto.
Of course, even if he was discovered, Shishou wasn't worried.
With the Uchiha clan, masters of ocular genjutsu, wiped out, he, possessing the destructive insects, might not be invincible in Konoha, but few could stop him from leaving.
Now, Shishou had not only obtained the three-tomoe Sharingan but also grown significantly due to the feedback energy, no longer looking like a child but a teenager.
At the same time, Shishou's chakra levels had increased tremendously.
At worst, he could become a rogue ninja.
Shishou thought indifferently.
As long as he had great power, he didn't care about staying in Konoha.
...
On the other side.
Danzo Shimura frowned at the Root member reporting to him, asking in a deep voice,
"Are you saying Fugaku and Mikoto's bodies weren't at home, only an unconscious Sasuke?"
"Yes, Lord Danzo!"
Itachi Uchiha, it seems you couldn't bring yourself to kill your parents and had someone else do it.
What a pity.
Danzo waved his subordinates away, understanding in his heart.
Danzo assumed that Fugaku and Mikoto were killed by the mysterious man and their bodies taken.
After all, Root had just counted the list, and over a hundred Uchiha clan members were missing...
If it weren't for the mysterious man with time-space ninjutsu, Danzo believed no one could make these people disappear without a trace all at once.
As for the unconscious Sasuke, he had no intention of intervening.
This was part of his deal with the Third Hokage.
The eyes Itachi left behind were under his control, while Sasuke was under the Third Hokage's protection.