Chapter 74: Obito exposed! Kakashi's change! (Seeking full subscription! Auto-subscribe!)

Obito appeared in a forest, staring blankly with a gloomy expression.

Zetsu emerged from the ground and asked with some confusion: "Why didn't Itachi kill Kakashi? If this continues, your identity will likely be exposed."

Obito said muffledly: "Shi Yuan has appeared in Konoha; my identity probably won't stay hidden for long. Besides, my identity isn't important!"

He looked at the Mangekyo Sharingan in his hand, his eyes filled with coldness.

Kakashi, just struggle in pain and regret!

……

The enemy's attack came and went quickly.

Yamato and the others heard Kakashi's voice and hurried over, shocked to see his Sharingan had been gouged out.

But no matter how they asked, Kakashi said nothing.

He couldn't be sure if the enemy was Obito, and his heart was in a mess.

After simple bandaging, the group quickly returned to Konoha with Kakashi.

Kakashi went to the ninja hospital for treatment, while Yamato and the others went to the Hokage Building to report to the Third Hokage.

……

In the Hokage Building.

Yamato and the others came to report.

The Third Hokage was shocked, "Kakashi's Sharingan was gouged out?"

He couldn't help but be shocked.

Shi Yuan had just appeared in Konoha, and Kakashi had his Sharingan gouged out; it was hard not to be suspicious.

Coupled with the current struggle between the Konoha upper echelons and the Uchiha, the Uchiha clan was also a suspect.

The Third Hokage felt that the already complex situation had become even more complex.

But since he couldn't get more intelligence from Yamato, he immediately set off for the ninja hospital.

At this time in Konoha, all parties were strengthening their intelligence collection because of Shi Yuan's presence, watching the actions of other clans.

Therefore, the news of Kakashi losing his Sharingan couldn't be covered up and was soon known by all the major clans.

In the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Fugaku was explaining the situation to the clansmen who wanted to go find Shi Yuan to awaken the Mangekyo.

He needed to hypnotize everyone with genjutsu and plant seeds in their hearts!

To ensure that the moment they awakened the Mangekyo, the pupil technique they awakened would help them break free from Shi Yuan's control.

Such a thing had never been done in the history of the Uchiha clan.

Fugaku was only experimenting, so he needed long-term genjutsu hypnosis; the longer, the better.

However, upon hearing this news, Fugaku couldn't help but interrupt the plan and headed to the ninja hospital in a rage.

……

Ninja hospital.

Kakashi was still undergoing surgery.

Eye transplant surgery was a piece of cake in the ninja world; even a Chunin like Rin Nohara could perform it, let alone the ninja hospital.

And as a violent organization, Konoha had found a compatible ordinary eye for Kakashi in a very short time.

So they performed the eye transplant surgery on Kakashi immediately.

At the entrance of the operating room.

The Third Hokage paced back and forth with a heavy expression.

Just then, Fugaku arrived with a furious face.

"Where is Kakashi? Where is he? Let him come out and see me!"

The Third Hokage immediately became alert.

After all, the Uchiha clan was a major suspect in the attack on Kakashi, and Uchiha Fugaku was a Mangekyo awakener.

"Kakashi is still in surgery. Clan Leader Fugaku, please be quiet!"

The Third Hokage said sternly.

Fugaku glanced at the operating room where the light was still on, and waited to the side with a cold face, saying nothing.

The two stood in silence, and the people behind them were also watching each other vigilantly.

The surrounding patients or people from the ninja hospital also carefully avoided them.

Time passed slowly.

Ding!

The light in the operating room went out, the door opened, and Kakashi walked out with a bandage over his left eye.

Seeing the Third Hokage and Fugaku waiting outside, he gave a bitter smile, "Please follow me, both of Itachi."

Then Kakashi led the two to the rooftop of the ninja hospital.

The perimeter and the vicinity were surrounded by Anbu and members of the Military Police Force.

Fugaku finally lost his patience and demanded angrily:

"Kakashi, Itachi'd better explain clearly why the Sharingan disappeared! Otherwise, the Uchiha will never forgive Itachi!"

When Kakashi first received the eye, Minato Namikaze becoming the Fourth Hokage was almost a certainty.

So, for the sake of the future Fourth Hokage, he had withstood immense pressure from within the clan to let Kakashi continue to possess the Sharingan.

This situation of an outsider possessing a Sharingan was the first in Uchiha history.

The pressure he was under was self-evident.

But now Kakashi had let someone snatch the Sharingan, and it was unknown whose hands it had fallen into; this was something the Uchiha clan absolutely could not accept.

The Third Hokage stood with a dark face, saying nothing; he also understood the stakes.

If this matter wasn't handled well, it would likely directly ignite the conflict between the Uchiha and the Konoha upper echelons.

But Kakashi was his man, so he had to stand up and defend him, asking coldly:

"Fugaku, are Itachi sure this wasn't done by someone from your Uchiha clan?"

Ha ha!

Fugaku laughed in extreme anger.

"Lord Hokage, is there anyone who knows better than Itachi whether the Uchiha elite are in Konoha or not?"

"Do Itachi think that besides me, anyone else in the Uchiha clan could take Kakashi's Sharingan?!"

The Anbu's surveillance of the Uchiha was something both of them knew in their hearts.

Saying it out loud now was like exposing the dispute between the Uchiha and Konoha, making the atmosphere even heavier.

The Third Hokage frowned; this was also the reason why he only suspected the Uchiha rather than being certain they were the culprits.

Kakashi felt a headache coming on.

He didn't want to be involved in the war between the Uchiha and the Konoha upper echelons, but now he had become the most important fuse.

He knew he couldn't hide it anymore, otherwise it might really lead to an escalation of the conflict.

After pondering for a moment, Kakashi sighed and said with a gloomy expression:

"Lord Hokage, Clan Leader Fugaku, I already have a guess in my heart about who took my Sharingan."

The two were energized upon hearing this and asked in unison: "Who is it? Is it Shi Yuan?"

Kakashi was stunned, then shook his head.

The two breathed a sigh of relief.

If it really was Shi Yuan who made a move, then this matter would be much more complicated to handle.

"Then who is it?"

Kakashi took a deep breath and gently uttered two words.

"Obito!"

"Uchiha Obito?!"

The Third Hokage and Fugaku asked with ugly expressions.

This was a dead man; was Kakashi trying to fool ghosts?

Kakashi's expression was somewhat dejected.

"I know this is hard to believe, but don't forget, Obito's body was never found back then; it was only suspected death."

"And the look in his eyes when he took my Sharingan... besides Obito, I can't think of anyone else it could be."