Chapter 86: Exposure

"Sharingan?!"

Sasuke struggled to shift his gaze, and upon seeing the Sharingan covering Danzou's entire arm like tattoos, his face was filled with shock and disbelief.

"But it doesn't matter."

Danzou lowered his body, staring intently at Sasuke, their eyes locked.

A trace of greed flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Although he had nearly been killed by the Weirdness of the skill Sasuke unleashed due to his own underestimation, resulting in the consumption of one Sharingan to cast Izanagi.

This was a powerful ocular technique he had obtained after the Uchiha Clan was wiped out, by dispatching Root ninja to search for it.

Once activated, one Sharingan would go permanently blind.

The effect was that he could rewrite reality within the last minute, and even after death, he could be resurrected without injury.

"The wasted Sharingan will soon have new replacements."

Danzou remained expressionless, raised his left arm, and slowly extended his fingers toward Sasuke's eyeball.

"Tell me, the truth about the massacre!"

Facing death, Sasuke still struggled frantically, his gaze fixed stubbornly on Danzou.

Thinking of human experimentation and the Sharingan transplanted onto Danzou's entire arm.

The Uchiha Clan massacre likely had an inseparable connection to Konoha.

With the improvement of his strength, he was no longer a brat who could be easily fooled.

Even with a Mangekyo Sharingan, it would be extremely difficult to kill the entire vast Uchiha Clan single-handedly.

Could it be that the entire clan of ninja were useless?

Even if they couldn't beat Itachi Uchiha, would it have been that difficult to flee and beg the village for rescue?

Even if the Uchiha residential area was far from the center of the village, once a conflict broke out, there surely would have been Ninjutsu collisions; had the Barrier Squad all abandoned their posts?

What about the Anbu?

The deeper he thought, the more suspicious it became.

So much so that when he recalled how long he had been deceived by such a clumsy lie, he even felt a sense of absurdity.

"This look again?"

Danzou frowned, watching the struggling Sasuke coldly, and said indifferently: "The pests of the Uchiha were killed by me with this very look back then."

On the night of the massacre, Root ninja had moved to seize some of the Uchiha who were being killed.

Some of them were critically wounded and dying; Danzou had personally ended their lives before gouging out their eyes.

Their gazes were all filled with a hatred so thick it could not be dissolved.

"It was clearly the village protecting everyone, yet the Uchiha had no village in their eyes, plotting to usurp power, and in the end, even standing on the opposite side of all the Ninja Clans in the village to launch a rebellion—shouldn't such an evil clan be exterminated?"

Danzou's tone was very calm, faintly mixed with a sense of pride.

This was the most correct decision he had ever made.

If his teacher were still alive, he would surely approve of his decision.

"Is this the reason for the Uchiha Clan massacre?"

Black Flame surged over Sasuke's body, but Danzou struck him in the abdomen with a fist.

He felt as if his internal organs were about to shatter.

"Is it not enough?"

Danzou was expressionless, explaining: "If left unchecked, letting the Uchiha Clan launch a rebellion would have dealt a severe blow to the village; at that time, if enemy ninja attacked Konoha, the entire village would have been destroyed."

"The Uchiha were like a toxic sore growing on Konoha's body; if it could not be removed in time, Konoha would suffer destruction."

Anger.

A continuous stream of anger gushed out.

Sasuke's eyes shed tears of blood as he asked: "So, Itachi Uchiha colluded with the village to slaughter the entire clan?"

At Naka Shrine, there were many remaining secret texts.

Judging from the exchanges of his clansmen, Itachi Uchiha was viewed as a traitor who had chosen to betray the family and defect to the village.

Danzou nodded and said: "According to the teacher's words, Itachi Uchiha was a rare flower born of an evil clan, and like Kagami Uchiha, he was one of the few Uchiha who possessed the Will of Fire."

Although he loathed the Uchiha Clan, he had a good impression of Itachi Uchiha.

He was a very stupid, yet extremely Sharp butcher's knife.

Especially those Mangekyo Sharingan; if there were an opportunity...

"The Will of Fire?"

Because of the pain, Sasuke's face twisted, and he roared: "The so-called Will of Fire means even civilians who aren't even ninja must all be killed?"

Hearing the question mixed with tears of blood, Danzou's expression remained flat, as if speaking of something perfectly natural, and he nodded: "If you don't pull out the roots when weeding, the trouble will be endless."

It was as if he hadn't slaughtered Uchiha civilians, but a flock of mindless lambs.

"I am very disappointed in you, Sasuke Uchiha."

"You do not have the Hokage mindset of Itachi Uchiha; in your eyes, I only see hatred for the village. To protect the village, I must kill you!"

Danzou's voice was cold; he did not want to wait any longer.

He had originally thought that by telling Sasuke Uchiha the truth about the massacre, the other's eyes would evolve; after all, he was Itachi Uchiha's younger brother, and perhaps he could inherit the other's talent.

At that time, he would be able to harvest a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.

It was truly a pity.

Since that was the case, then go to hell!

"The one who should die is you!"

Sasuke's tone carried a chilling, grim intent.

Suddenly, raging Black Flame burst forth from his entire body, even hotter than the previous flames, as if it could incinerate everything.

The hand Danzou used to lock his throat was scorched by the Black Flame, and intense pain rushed straight to his brain.

Hiss...

Danzou wanted to endure the burning of the Black Flame and crush Sasuke's throat, but he found it impossible to do so.

The Black Flame had already condensed into a layer of pitch-black Armor, protecting his throat.

"Damn it, if this continues, my right arm will go out of control!"

Danzou suddenly realized that after his right arm was burned, his body's energy began to become volatile, showing signs of imbalance.

He hurriedly let go and pulled away to increase the distance.

He took out the remaining half-bottle of secret medicine from his bosom and drank it all in one gulp.

Sasuke, having broken free from the restraint, had no joy on his face.

He felt a deep sense of heartache.

The Purple Quality Soul Scroll he had just received as a reward had been split by him into two Blue Potential Soul Scrolls.

Being able to break free from the restraint was only possible because he had used these two Blue Potential Soul Scrolls to soul-bind two pieces of equipment in his inventory, allowing him to unleash the power of the Black Flame.

The armor sets in the Samsara Game are very diverse, and wearing them provides different attribute bonuses.

Strength armor, Agility armor, Constitution armor, Spirit armor...

There are also various types of attribute Reinforcement armor sets, just like the 【Essence of the Fire Wraith】 armor he had just soul-bound.

Wearing it can increase fire attribute attack power by 30 points.

Only then could he, with the strength of a Jonin, forcibly break free from Danzou's restraint.

The reason for the heartache was,

A Blue Potential Soul Scroll only sells for 1,000 Reward Points, and some merchants in a hurry to sell might even dump them for 800 Reward Points.

However, the market price of a Purple Quality Soul Scroll has never been lower than 5,000 Reward Points.

Yet he hadn't reserved any Blue Potential Soul Scrolls,

A huge loss.

"Even if the rebellious Uchiha deserved to die, what about my father?"

Even knowing the truth, Sasuke only felt the stupidity and madness of Itachi Uchiha, who was actually willing to obey Danzou's arrangements.

"In the secret documents, he did everything he could to reconcile the relationship between the clan and the village."

"Not just my father, but many clansmen who opposed the rebellion."

"And Uncle Teuchi, he wasn't even a ninja, just the owner of a ramen shop who would go to help the orphans in the village after making money; what did he do wrong?"

"Auntie Geng at the grocery store, Uncle Ryosai at the barbecue shop, and the infants in swaddling clothes, what did they do wrong!?"

Sasuke's ferocious and twisted face was covered in scarlet blood and tears.

He tried desperately to suppress his emotions, even though he knew this would interfere with the battle and put him at a disadvantage.

But he still couldn't control the outburst.

"There are many reasons why people deserve to die, but there is no such thing as deserving to die because of one's origin!"

(End of this chapter)