"So that's how it is."
After listening to Kiyoshi's explanation, Tsunade and Shizune felt a sense of enlightenment—but even more, a sense of astonishment.
It was difficult to know what to say about Kiyoshi anymore. As a member of a branch of the Senju clan, awakening the Wood Release was already extraordinary.
But now it seemed his Wood Release surpassed even that of the First Hokage.
To think he could actually steal other people's Kekkei Genkai.
"Tch, you sure have guts…" Tsunade remarked, both impressed and exasperated.
"I don't know exactly what Danzo planned to do with all those Sharingan, but the fact that you managed to steal some under Root's nose, and even took the Uchiha clan's scrolls on jutsu and secret techniques—unbelievable."
"So, Kiyoshi, does that mean you awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan by absorbing those Sharingan?" Shizune, her gaze full of curiosity, couldn't help but ask as she examined his eyes.
"At first, I just wanted to see if absorbing them might awaken my Mangekyo, but I didn't expect the chakra and eye power within those Sharingan to resonate with mine." Kiyoshi shrugged, not hiding anything.
"The remnants of those emotions affected me, and in a powerful surge, I unlocked the Mangekyo Sharingan. When I integrated their power, my abilities further improved."
"I remember that overusing the Mangekyo Sharingan can lead to blindness..." Tsunade said, her tone serious, as she offered a grave warning.
"Listen, Kiyoshi, your Wood Release alone is already a force on par with the Sharingan. Don't become overly reliant on that kind of power."
She didn't harbor any prejudice against him or even the Uchiha.
Power itself, she knew, was neither good nor evil. Everything depended on the person wielding it.
Tsunade's main concern was that he would lose himself in the allure of Mangekyo's power.
"You don't need to worry, Tsunade-sensei. I have no intention of over-relying on the Mangekyo Sharingan…" Kiyoshi felt a warmth inside at her concern, and he smiled.
"With a regular Mangekyo, excessive use would definitely lead to blindness.
But with Wood Release as my Kekkei Genkai and the enhanced eye power I've gained from absorbing multiple Sharingan, I won't suffer that fate. Like Uchiha Madara, I possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Uchiha Madara?"
"The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?."
Both Tsunade and Shizune's eyes widened in shock.
"Good," Tsunade finally nodded, feeling slightly reassured.
Knowing about Madara wasn't surprising for Kiyoshi, since he'd taken much of the Uchiha's hidden knowledge and records.
"A person who embodies the powers of both the Senju and Uchiha," She looked at him with awe. "You're truly one of a kind in all of history."
"Yes, indeed…" Shizune nodded, unable to fathom the extent of Kiyoshi's current strength.
If he fully developed, he might even surpass the legendary First Hokage, known as the "God of Shinobi."
"No, Tsunade-sensei," Kiyoshi shook his head slowly, looking at her seriously.
"From what I found in the Uchiha clan's records and their secret techniques, I suspect… there's a chance Uchiha Madara may still be alive."
He needed Tsunade to help him train, so revealing this shocking information now would be necessary to gain her trust.
After all, he had visited Naka Shrine and deciphered the altered inscriptions there, left by Black Zetsu.
"What?"
Tsunade and Shizune both stared at Kiyoshi, their expressions changing dramatically.
"Kiyoshi, you're saying that Uchiha Madara, who was on par with the First Hokage, is still alive? That's impossible…" Shizune gulped, her scalp tingling at the thought.
"Stop joking, Kiyoshi," Tsunade said loudly. "After my grandfather's deathmatch with him, Madara's body was brought back! There's no way he's alive."
After that battle, even her grandfather, the First Hokage, passed away from his injuries. How could Madara, who had been killed in that fight, still be alive?
"Tsunade-sensei, please hear me out," Kiyoshi gently calmed her. "I discovered a technique among the Uchiha's forbidden jutsu known as the 'Transcription Seal.'"
"The Transcription Seal?" Tsunade furrowed her brow.
"It's a technique where the wielder can seal a jutsu into their own or another's eye through eye contact. Once certain conditions are met, the seal releases, activating the jutsu automatically."
"But what does that have to do with Uchiha Madara still being alive?" Shizune asked, perplexed.
Kiyoshi continued, "It ties into the forbidden Uchiha jutsu: Izanagi."
"Izanagi?"
"A forbidden Uchiha technique?"
Both Tsunade and Shizune were startled.
"Izanagi sacrifices a Sharingan to turn anything harmful that happens within a specific time frame into a mere illusion, making it as if it never happened and only keeping beneficial events real." Kiyoshi's tone was frank.
"Even if it's death itself, Izanagi can reverse it."
"What?"
"Even death can be undone?."
Tsunade, a Senju herself, felt her scalp prickle. The idea that the Uchiha possessed such a terrifying jutsu was beyond unsettling.
"Based on my research, Root's leader Danzo likely stole Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.
His right arm emits a strange chakra and may have been implanted with the First Hokage's cells, along with other Sharingan.
He must have mastered this forbidden jutsu and has been scheming to eliminate the Uchiha clan to secure a supply of eyes for backup."
"That bastard Danzo," Tsunade's face darkened as Kiyoshi spoke, realizing the threat Root and Danzo posed.
"Wait, Kiyoshi," Shizune raised her hand, half in disbelief. "Are you suggesting that Madara could've used the Transcription Seal to preemptively embed Izanagi in his eyes?"
"But that's just a hypothesis, isn't it?" Tsunade said, her brows knitted.
"After all, to prevent anyone from obtaining Madara's power, my grandfather ordered his body destroyed by the Second Hokage."
Even as she spoke, her heart skipped a beat. Tsunade knew her great-uncle, Tobirama, well.
He'd never resisted the temptation to study forbidden jutsu, and it was possible he'd kept Madara's body for research.
"That, I'm not certain of," Kiyoshi said, spreading his hands.
"But Madara might have set up some unique mechanism. Perhaps if anyone tampered with his body, the Transcription Seal would activate automatically."
"However," he looked at Tsunade earnestly, "I'm not making baseless guesses, Tsunade-sensei."
"I found an ancient stone tablet in Naka Shrine that only the Sharingan's power can decipher. The more powerful the eye, the more of the inscription one can read."
"A stone tablet that requires the Sharingan to read?"
Tsunade and Shizune were taken aback.
"It's said to have been left by the Sage of the Six Paths, the founder of Ninshu," Kiyoshi explained, half-truthfully.
"It records how a divine being split Yin and Yang into two poles, and when those two poles reunite, all things in the world will come to be."
"To me, the extremes of Yin and Yang represent the Uchiha's Sharingan and the First Hokage's Wood Release. If these two forces combined, one might attain the power of the Sage of the Six Paths."
"Wait, the Sage of the Six Paths?" Tsunade's shock deepened.
Both Tsunade and Shizune's hearts raced, eyes wide with disbelief.
"I'm not sure if it's true," Kiyoshi shrugged.
"But as the Uchiha leader, Madara would surely have deciphered the tablet.
And considering his many defeats against the First Hokage, it's possible he pretended to lose just to prepare for a future battle."
Tsunade felt a chill as she listened to Kiyoshi's analysis, cold sweat forming on her brow.
"Could it be… that he's still alive?"
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