cemetery, a ninja from the Uchiha clan is carefully cleaning a headstone with a cloth. After he has cleaned the headstone completely, he replaces the flowers in the vase in front of it with some new ones.
Then he stood in front of the tombstone, staring at it absentmindedly, apologizing to himself, "Sorry, I'm late today, but I had to take care of some urgent business. Please forgive me, Kei."
This ninja is named Uchiha Shin, a jōnin of the Uchiha clan and the captain of the Uchiha Guard, responsible for the security of Konoha Food Street.
On the surface, he is an avid hawkish Uchiha, but in reality, he is one of the eyes that Danzo has planted in the Uchiha clan.
He himself does not have the slightest loyalty to Danzo, but he agrees with the philosophy of the Root, so he was attracted to Danzo and was eventually secretly absorbed into the Root.
The village is what matters most, this is the belief that Uchiha Shin firmly believes in, and this was taught to him by a close friend who paid the ultimate price to protect him on the battlefield.
Now his best friend lies quietly under the tombstone in front of him.
Yamabuki Kei, that was the name of his best friend, an ordinary civilian ninja who liked to brag. Although he was ordinary, he loved the village and his fellow villagers, even the outcast Uchiha like him.
He was willing to give everything to protect the village, even betray his family.
Uchiha Shin, who was loyal only to the Uchiha clan, died on the battlefield long ago. He is now Uchiha Shin, who has inherited the beliefs of his dead best friend.
Looking at the tombstone, memories of the past could not help but come to mind, and Uchiha Shin was gradually immersed in his memories.
"Caw caw caw..."
Suddenly, a crow's cry brought him back to reality.
Uchiha Shin looked in the direction of the sound and saw a crow flying not far away.
When he saw the crow, his eyes narrowed, and he turned his head and said to the tombstone, "I should go now, Kei."
After saying that, he quickly left.
On the way, he saw some innocent children carefully cleaning some tombstones that had not been taken care of for a long time. A trace of tenderness appeared in their cold eyes, and their mouths slightly curved up. His heavy heart unconsciously improved a lot.
Uchiha Shin accelerated as soon as he left the cemetery and soon returned to the Uchiha clan territory after scaling walls and running along rooftops in the village.
He greeted some acquaintances in the clan territory, bought some food, and quickly returned to his home.
As soon as he arrived home, he went straight to his bedroom.
When he returned to his bedroom, a note that was not there when he left in the morning appeared on the nightstand.
He took the note and looked at some secret codes on it. His expression quickly changed, first of fear, then quickly becoming firm. He whispered, "For the sake of the village, the clan really shouldn't participate in this Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation."
Uchiha Shin naturally knew the history of Uchiha Madara manipulating the Nine-Tailed and killing Senju Hashirama.
Therefore, deep down, he also didn't want the Uchiha clan to participate in this Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation. He was afraid that some clan members would take the opportunity to try to use illusion techniques to control the Nine-Tailed.
He knew very well how powerful the Sharingan's illusions were.
In his opinion, the current clan leader, Uchiha Homura, had the ability to control the Nine-Tailed Fox with his Sharingan.
Of course, the Uchiha clan was not lacking in strong people, and there might be young strong people comparable to Uchiha Homura hiding among them.
For example, there was Uchiha Kari, who was always by Chizuru's side.
In terms of illusionary ability, he was the Sharingan ninja second only to Uchiha Homura on the surface, and it was possible that he could control the Nine-Tailed Fox as well.
Now, he must personally eliminate these possibilities.
To this end, Danzo has given him a task, which is to take some of his clan members to the Hokage building to protest.
Unsurprisingly, as long as he does something stupid like this, Sandaime will have reason to refuse the Uchiha clan's participation in the Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation.
Without further ado, he quickly burned the note and then prepared to set off to find some simple-minded hawkish clan members.
But as soon as he walked out of the bedroom, he noticed something was wrong. A figure that should never have appeared in his home appeared before his eyes.
Uchiha Chizuru, she was sitting on the sofa in his living room.
"Miss Chizuru, it's not right to break into someone's home without permission. It seems that the Clan Leader doesn't really care about you and lacks parental guidance."
Uchiha Shin was shocked to see Chizuru. His first thought was that he had been exposed, but he had been to war and was mentally strong. He immediately forced himself to calm down and came to Chizuru with a hint of caution, sneering.
Meanwhile, he looked around quietly, trying to find other people hiding.
At this time, Chizuru's voice appeared: "Don't look, I'm the only one here, and if you want to get out alive, there's only one way."
As she spoke, she got up from the sofa, then slowly drew her sword, pulling it out of its sheath, the famous sword Lightning Strike. Her legs quickly became covered in a large number of seemingly burning runes, eventually forming a very attractive pattern.
Her eyes also suddenly opened to reveal her Sharingan.
The next moment, there was a flash of lightning!
Countless cranes appeared in Uchiha Shin's eyes.
Then, blood splattered.
"How is this possible? I actually fell for an illusion? Her Sharingan is clearly just the Two-Tomoe..."
The flash of lightning was short-lived. Uchiha Shin, with both hands cut off, fell to the ground, vomiting a mouthful of blood. His Three-Tomoe Sharingan, which had already opened, revealed an incredible gaze as he looked in horror at Chizuru, who was slowly sheathing her sword in front of him.
Chizuru looked coldly at Uchiha Shin. The Tomoe in her eyes suddenly rotated, and Uchiha Shin fell to the ground with a dazed expression.
After knocking Uchiha Shin down, Chizuru suddenly felt weak and almost fell to the ground. She supported herself with her hands and fell to the ground, gasping for breath and showing a painful expression on her face.
At the same time, the black runes on her legs quickly disappeared like a tide.
"Is this what that guy meant by the power of the curse mark? It really is a kind of power that can be intoxicating, but it is ultimately an external force, and the side effects are a bit too great."
Chizuru looked at the curse mark on the inside of the root of her right leg, which looked like a blooming flower, and said with a pale face.
Uchiha Shin is a jōnin of the clan. Although he is only at the middle to lower of the jōnin level, it is not easy to quickly defeat him as she is only at the beginning of the jōnin level. In order to be on the safe side and win quickly, she decisively used the power of the curse mark.
This seal was given to her by that guy a year ago, and Kirito said it could slowly improve her strength and temporarily make her strength skyrocket in critical moments.
She didn't hesitate much and let Kirito plant it. Then, just as Kirito said, her strength improved much faster. Later, she could vaguely feel the energy that Kirito called natural energy.
She just didn't expect that after the seal was opened, her strength would suddenly increase so much.
The moment the seal was opened, she immediately felt her chakra surge by 20-30%, and her own strength, speed, and Sharingan power were also greatly enhanced. It can be said that in a short period of time, her abilities were comprehensively improved.
It was precisely for this reason that she was able to successfully use her Sharingan to make Uchiha Shin fall into a short period of illusion, and then defeated him in one fell swoop with her own mastery of the strongest move, Raishin.
After Chizuru defeated Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Kari and Uchiha Sakura, who were guarding the door, heard the commotion and quickly rushed over. The two of them quickly took care of the dying Uchiha Shin, and once they were sure that Uchiha Shin would not die, they left with a somewhat exhausted Chizuru.