The Key to Opening the Mangekyō Sharingan Is…
Although the young lady Mei Terumi of the Hidden Mist Village was extremely beautiful, with both an outstanding figure and delicate facial features, it was truly a pity that the place she was currently in was not a pleasant one at all!
This was also a place that Uchiha Yi had once passed through.
The remaining territory of the Hidden Cloud Village.
The people of the Cloud Village were fierce, resolute, and extremely united, especially when it came to protecting their own comrades. Compared with them, the internal corruption and hypocrisy within Konoha was particularly glaring those people were accustomed to suppressing and persecuting their own kind while claiming to act in the name of peace.
To be honest, if there had been no system bound to him…
And if defecting could be carried out smoothly…
Uchiha Yi would actually have been more inclined to join the Hidden Cloud Village.
But now, he no longer had such thoughts.
Because he already had a better choice in mind.
The Hidden Rain Village.
The Akatsuki organization.
This organization possessed an extremely high tolerance for rogue ninjas from the Five Great Nations, especially those who had betrayed their villages. As long as one joined Akatsuki, they would not easily be hunted down by their original village.
Of course, joining Akatsuki required meeting one basic condition.
Strength.
Without sufficient strength, approaching that organization would only result in a miserable death.
At present, Uchiha Yi was still lacking in this regard.
However, he could clearly feel the changes occurring within his body. With every passing moment, his strength continued to rise!
It felt exactly like a game character undergoing evolution transforming from a C-rank card into an A-rank, or even an S-rank existence.
His fundamental attributes had undergone a comprehensive enhancement, and the upper limit of his ninja potential had been forcibly raised by several levels.
The difference before and after this transformation was qualitative.
Judging from the current progress, it would take roughly another three days to completely digest all of the Uchiha bloodline power fed back by the Void Devouring Flame.
Once that process was complete, his strength would undoubtedly reach an even higher tier!
While Uchiha Yi remained hidden during these few days, the entirety of Konoha was thrown into unprecedented turmoil.
The Uchiha clan… had been exterminated?
Konoha's largest and most prestigious ninja clan had vanished overnight.
No matter how desperately the high-ranking officials attempted to suppress the truth, such earth-shattering news was impossible to conceal.
Those who heard it for the first time were filled with disbelief.
Even though many people in Konoha harbored prejudice toward the Uchiha, or even outright hostility…
No one could deny one fact.
The Uchiha clan had always been the cradle of geniuses, and the most powerful ninja family in Konoha's history!
Yet such a clan had been wiped out in a single night, leaving behind only the traitor Uchiha Itachi and the sole survivor, Uchiha Sasuke.
And the massacre had occurred inside the village itself!
The strongest ninja clan was simply gone.
Just imagining it was terrifying.
If even the Uchiha clan could be eradicated so easily…
Then what about the small and medium-sized clans inferior to them?
What about the ordinary civilians and civilian ninjas?
Did Konoha still count as a safe place?
As a result, fear and unease began spreading uncontrollably throughout the village. Many people became anxious, worrying that the next family to disappear without explanation might be their own.
Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, the Konoha high-level officials decisively issued a wanted notice to the entire ninja world.
Konoha S-Rank Missing-nin: Uchiha Itachi
Crime: Personally slaughtered his own clan and was the direct culprit behind the extermination of the Uchiha.
Bounty: One million ryō.
Only by placing all the blame on Uchiha Itachi could the panic within the village be forcibly suppressed.
"Hiss!"
"That monster even killed his own parents! He deserves to die!"
"Worse than pigs and dogs utterly inhuman!"
"The entire Uchiha clan was wiped out by Uchiha Itachi alone? That's ridiculous! They were the strongest clan in Konoha!"
"Don't you know?"
"There are rumors that Uchiha Itachi awakened the clan's most terrifying dōjutsu the Mangekyō Sharingan! With those eyes, he obtained power beyond imagination!"
"Any ordinary Uchiha would be instantly killed once they faced those eyes!"
"Mangekyō Sharingan… so that's how it is!"
Soon, various so-called "insiders" leaked fragments of information one after another, deliberately exaggerating the truth and shaping Uchiha Itachi into an irredeemable butcher, nailing him firmly to the pillar of shame.
Naturally, only ordinary villagers believed such absurd claims.
Clans with even a modest amount of influence clearly understood what had truly happened.
The extermination of the Uchiha clan was nothing more than the result of political manipulation by Konoha's upper echelons.
However, even knowing the truth, no one was willing to offend those in power merely to seek justice for a clan that had already been erased and one they had never been close to.
Still, regardless of everything else, the Uchiha had once been part of Konoha.
Now reduced to such an end, many people could not help but feel sorrow.
At the same time, they gained a deeper understanding of how cold-blooded the Konoha leadership truly was.
On the surface, they continued to smile and support the Hokage.
In secret, however, distance grew, and an invisible label was placed upon the high-ranking officials
Untrustworthy.
"This amount of chakra… it's completely different from before."
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the devoured Uchiha bloodline power was fully digested.
Uchiha Yi carefully sensed the changes within his body. A wave of uncontrollable joy surged in his heart, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.
At present, aside from Uchiha Sasuke who possessed Indra's chakra his bloodline qualifications had reached the highest level among the Uchiha.
His total chakra reserves had also climbed directly to the level of an elite jōnin.
Coupled with the various Fire Release abilities granted by the system, his overall strength could conservatively be placed at special jōnin level.
If his combat awareness and ninja fundamentals were further refined, then reaching elite jōnin would only be a matter of time.
By then, he would truly be able to roam freely across the vast ninja world!
"I've endured for three days. It's time to take action."
During these days, a nameless rage had been burning continuously within Uchiha Yi's heart, occasionally disturbing his mental state.
He understood the source of this very clearly.
It was the lingering consciousness of the original body.
If left unresolved, it would accumulate like a hidden time bomb and might even affect his own will in the future.
This was absolutely unacceptable.
To erase this influence, there was only one method.
A blood debt… must be repaid in blood.
Moreover, Uchiha Yi clearly realized that this was also a crucial opportunity to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
He had no intention of missing it.
Ignition!
In the next instant, flames erupted around Uchiha Yi's body, and he vanished from his original position.
Back during the night of the massacre, the so-called "Konoha F4" had secretly deployed elite forces to ensure the annihilation of the Uchiha clan.
They had even recalled and protected their own relatives in advance, preventing any chance of retaliation or accidental casualties.
Uchiha Yi had once considered taking advantage of the chaos to act.
But reality proved that matters were not so simple.
Many key figures were guarded by powerful ninjas.
Now, three days later, he could clearly sense that Konoha's security had loosened considerably.
After confirming the direction, Uchiha Yi instantly arrived at the territory of the Sarutobi clan.
To advance his eyes further, what he needed to do was simple.
Avenge the Uchiha.
After careful consideration, Uchiha Yi chose Sarutobi Asuma and Sarutobi Konohamaru as his targets.
As a time traveler reborn into the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Yi knew one thing very clearly.
He had no emotional attachment to this world.
Without emotional stimulation, awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan would be nothing more than empty fantasy.
Ever since awakening the two-tomoe Sharingan, he had already understood the truth
The key to opening the Mangekyō Sharingan lay in the resentment left behind by the original body.
And that resentment… was the hatred of the Uchiha.
He had a strong premonition.
If he could complete this revenge, the Mangekyō Sharingan would awaken naturally.
At the same time, it would completely erase the lingering regret and influence of the original consciousness.
With everything weighed and decided
Uchiha Yi chose to gamble.