Mangekyō Sharingan!
At this moment, Sasuke Uchiha finally obtained the pair of eyes he had long dreamed of.
Although the pattern of the Mangekyō was still a six-pointed star like in the original story, the internal abilities had completely changed!
Moss asked, "Which dōjutsu have you awakened?"
"…" There were only three people present besides himself, but Sasuke was reluctant to show it.
Uchiha are people who are shy about expressing themselves.
Moss's eyes sparkled: "Let me see."
Sasuke felt helpless inside. Previously, he had promised that as long as he got the method to awaken the Mangekyō, he would do anything asked of him.
Now, he not only obtained the method, he had directly awakened the Mangekyō!
Even though this granted him great power, this person—unlike Orochimaru—had no ulterior motives toward him. Combined with the earlier promise, Sasuke made his decision.
"Alright, I'll show you—Uchiha power."
Sasuke kept his expression calm on the outside, but inside he was extremely excited.
He took a deep breath, forced himself to steady his emotions, and solemnly concentrated chakra into his eyes. The six-pointed star in his eyes began to rotate.
Return, return, return…
Uchiha spirits, remember this name, answer my summons!
I am a descendant of the Uchiha.
Cross the boundary of life and death, appear!
Uchiha!
Sasuke called out in his mind, speaking the name of the dōjutsu he had just created: "Yomitsu—!"
Its ability was to summon souls.
"!"
In the sealed space, Kurama suddenly bristled.
This ability was terrifying!!!
"Wow!" Observing, Naruto Uzumaki and Yuliu both widened their eyes in shock.
So many souls…!
"…I see now." Moss couldn't help but think of the original ending, when the Sage of Six Paths summoned the souls of past Hokage without any sacrifices.
It was clear that the ability to summon souls was within the scope of chakra techniques, and now that ability had become Sasuke's dōjutsu.
At that moment, it was exactly like this.
The Uchiha Soul Summoner!
"Dad… Mom…"
Seeing the figures he hadn't seen in nearly ten years, Sasuke could no longer suppress the intense longing in his heart and wept with joy.
"Sasuke? Is that you?" Fugaku and Mikoto were stunned.
They walked toward Sasuke.
The three reached out to touch him, but Sasuke felt nothing physical.
"!"
The dōjutsu called "Yomitsu" could summon souls, but it could not create bodies.
Sasuke was frustrated: "Damn it, this dōjutsu has a flaw!"
A gentle voice sounded: "Your technique is already remarkable."
Sasuke turned to see the speaker: it was the spirit of Shisui Uchiha.
"Uh, at least you can call me Shisui-bro," Shisui said with a wry smile.
Sasuke ignored him.
Shisui sighed inwardly; this kid was no longer cute now that he had grown up.
He then looked around at the growing number of Uchiha spirits. Many were familiar faces from life, and he asked, puzzled, "How did all of you die?"
If it were only Uchiha ninja, it would make sense—after all, strong opponents appear on missions.
But many of these souls were civilian Uchiha, not ninja.
Looking at Sasuke's age, only about ten years had passed since his death. How could so many Uchiha civilians have died in this time?
It couldn't all be natural causes.
"I want to ask that too," said a man who had run a pancake shop.
Another middle-aged man agreed: "Yeah, I seem to have been killed while asleep."
More voices joined in, men and women of all ages. Shisui frowned.
These non-ninja Uchiha didn't even know how they died. What on earth had happened?
Shisui looked at Fugaku: "Lord Fugaku, pardon me, but how did you die?"
"…" Fugaku was hard-pressed to answer.
Sasuke said, "It was Itachi!"
"Ah?" Shisui froze at this.
Fugaku and Mikoto's expressions grew more complex.
Sasuke clenched his teeth: "Itachi killed the entire Uchiha clan alone to test capacity."
"Impossible!" Shisui couldn't believe it.
I specifically told Itachi to change the relationship between the clan and the village. What capacity test? How did it come to this?
"…" Naruto, listening silently, hesitated to speak.
The last time he went to the Land of Rivers to rescue Gaara, he met Itachi, who said things like: "You don't get recognized because you become Hokage, you become Hokage because you are recognized. Sasuke is in your hands."
Someone who could say that wouldn't be so cruel, right?
Could there be hidden circumstances?
At this moment, a non-Uchiha's expression went unnoticed by others.
An Uchiha jonin said: "I don't want to defend Itachi, but the one who killed me wasn't Itachi—it was a guy wearing a single-eyed mask. That guy was strange, impossible to kill."
"Same here."
A few other jonin confirmed that a masked man had killed them.
The Uchiha spirits compared notes and discovered that most of the ninja had been killed by the same masked man.
Sasuke was shocked and furious: "The Masked Man… he's involved too!"
Naruto thought, indeed, there is more to this than meets the eye.
The truth isn't as simple as it seems…
At that moment, a low, mocking voice spoke: "The Uchiha, indulging in false peace, are doomed."
Who's being smug!
The spirits glared in that direction.
Seeing the speaker, their expressions froze.
He was clad in red armor, long hair to his waist—Madara Uchiha!
"Lord Madara!"
Some of Madara's followers among the spirits were excited to see the living—or rather, fully dead—Madara.
"Brother, don't say that," said a nearby spirit.
Seeing him resembled Sasuke, it was revealed to be Madara's younger brother, Izuna Uchiha.
"Izuna, I didn't expect to see you," thought Madara, surprised by his current existence beyond his plans.
A spirit resembling both Madara and Izuna sighed: "I didn't expect the Uchiha to come to this… but Madara, as a fellow Uchiha spirit, you shouldn't speak like that."
"Father!" Izuna exclaimed.
It was their father—Tajima Uchiha.
"…," Madara pursed his lips, looking away.
Having an elder present made his once-commanding words awkward.
Fortunately, their mother had not appeared—yet. Otherwise, it would be even more embarrassing.
Given the dōjutsu's power, it was only a matter of time before she was summoned.
Damn!
This dōjutsu is too evil!
A hundred times more evil than Tobirama Senju!
With elders present, Madara felt uneasy.
To ease the awkwardness, he looked at the few non-Uchiha present:
A blond boy, a Konoha ninja, but something fox-like about him?
A red-haired girl, probably from the Uzumaki clan?
A blond woman, a monk, with unusually long hair, barefoot—bizarre.
And a man in white…
Madara stared at him. This man was also a spirit, summoned by Yomitsu.
Could he be Uchiha?
His clothing looked like the era of the Sage of Six Paths… could it be…
"You are their ancestor, but aren't you going to talk?" Moss asked the man in white.
Although part of the Yomitsu summons, he did not carry the Uchiha name. He was Otsutsuki—full name Indra Otsutsuki!
"You know me?" Indra asked Moss, slightly surprised.
The Uchiha spirits didn't react particularly to seeing their ancestor—they had long forgotten his appearance.
Though descendants by blood, they were strangers.
Indra realized these people were hundreds of years removed from his era.
So, what was there to say?
Should he act like an ancestor?
"I, Indra, am not good with words!"
Moss, though not an Uchiha, knew his identity, which surprised Indra slightly.
But that was it. This was clearly a knowledgeable monk.
Indra looked at Naruto and then Sasuke, smirking slightly: "Ashura, I've won."
He immediately recognized Sasuke as the reincarnation of his chakra, and Naruto as Ashura's chakra reincarnation.
Clearly, Indra's chakra reincarnation was stronger.
…
The Uchiha spirits chattered, but did not uncover the truth of the clan's massacre.
Fugaku only knew it stemmed from clan-village conflict, and Itachi was the one who acted; the rest was unclear. He asked Shisui, "How did you die?"
Shisui had died, and rumors blamed Itachi, but no one knew the truth.
Finally, in spirit form, he asked.
Other Uchiha spirits listened attentively—Shisui's death was still an unsolved mystery!
"…It was Danzo."
Shisui described his battle with Danzo: "I used genjutsu on him at the start, but he was completely immune, as if I hadn't used anything, and attacked me fully. I didn't expect that… he took out one of my eyes."
Being in spirit form, Shisui's eyes were fine now.
"Intact… Could it be Izanagi?"
"But Danzo didn't have a Sharingan—how could he use Izanagi?"
"Could he have had a Sharingan?"
The spirits argued, upset at the thought that Danzo might have possessed a Sharingan.
One murmured: "Danzo really became that kind of person…"
Shisui looked at him: "Grandfather! So glad to see you!"
The spirit was Kagami Uchiha, a student of the Second Hokage and Danzo's former colleague, awkwardly laughing: "Meeting in spirit form isn't exactly joyful."
Shisui smiled slightly, noticing more and more Uchiha spirits appearing, and asked Sasuke seriously: "Sasuke, how are your eyes?"
Spirits can be captured by the Pure Land's pull; without a body, they cannot stay long in the human world.
But these spirits did not feel the Pure Land pull, meaning Sasuke's dōjutsu canceled it.
Summoning this many spirits must consume an enormous amount of ocular power.
Ocular power can recover, so that's minor.
But overusing the dōjutsu can damage eyesight!
"What?" Sasuke didn't understand.
Nearby, Izuna said: "Long-term use of dōjutsu can reduce vision, eventually leading to blindness, right, brother?"
He looked at Madara, who had lost his sight from overusing the Mangekyō.
"Brother?" Izuna looked around, but Madara was gone.
Where did he go? He was just here.
Shisui hurriedly said to Sasuke: "Sasuke, deactivate the dōjutsu!"
Fugaku and Mikoto also urged him.
They didn't want their son to lose his sight at such a young age.
Sasuke felt reluctant, but then thought: with this dōjutsu, he could summon the spirits of his parents anytime, so there was no need to rush.
"Alright, Dad, Mom, see you next time."
Sasuke forced a smile, bid farewell to his parents, and deactivated the Mangekyō. Yomitsu vanished.
All spirits were captured by the Pure Land and disappeared, including Indra.
"…"
Sasuke's vision blurred for a moment. It quickly recovered, but he felt some decrease in sight.
Whether temporary or permanent, he didn't know.
"Itachi… Masked Man… Danzo…"
Thinking of these three, his heart swirled with confusion, anger, and hatred.
Zero-Tails watched Sasuke, thinking he was truly delectable.
A naturally evil Uchiha brat!
But it dared not actually attack.
If it did, Moss could sink it into the sea, ending it.
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