Chapter 138: Cooperation with Tuanzang, Shiliuye's Bloodstain Disease

Looking at the spindle shape in Shiliuye's pupil, Shisui was shocked beyond words.

Success! It actually succeeded?!

Shisui had hoped for Shiliuye's awakening, but when it truly succeeded he was astonished; if this method could be spread, future Uchiha might never again suffer the Kaleidoscope fissure.

The Uchiha situation will instantly undergo an earth‑shattering reversal.

After all, a pair of Kaleidoscopes is a death‑summoning talisman; three pairs constitute terrifying deterrence. At this point, even if they were exposed, even if the Third Hokage rose again, Konoha would have to weigh whether they could defeat three pairs of Kaleidoscopes.

Who says they can't sit in the Hokage's seat?

Countless thoughts flashed through Shisui's mind, and just as he was excited, Shiliuye suddenly broke free of his genjutsu.

After advancing to Kaleidoscope, Shiliuye's visual power surged, and while within the genjutsu he immediately sensed something amiss and thus dispelled Shisui's illusion.

The view returned to the secret room; Shiliuye was momentarily stunned, and before he could open his mouth to ask, a sudden sharp pain shot through his eyes, and he instinctively covered them.

Shisui's face paled, and he rushed forward to examine, only to see blood‑tears flowing from Shiliuye's eye corner, which he could not halt.

What is happening?

Awakening the Kaleidoscope can irritate the eyes, causing blood‑tears; Shisui knew this from experience, but when he awakened he never shed so much blood.

Shiliuye covered his eyes, his body curled up, and his condition seemed extremely painful.

Shisui felt a brief panic, but quickly recovered, knocked Shiliuye unconscious, staunched his bleeding, and then carried him out of the secret room.

Yan Shifan looked at the two emerging, raised an eyebrow, and immediately asked, "What happened?"

There's no time to explain; teacher, have Jin Huo and Ying Shu summon the clan's medical ninjas.

Seeing this, Yan Shifan realized the urgency, rushed back to the study and sent Badai and Tie Huo to depart; the two moved far faster than Jin Huo and Ying Shu.

The pair set off at once and, in no time, brought the person to the bedroom; at that moment, Da Huo and Gongping stood guard at the door, their faces puzzled and faintly weary.

Shiliuye lay inside the house, his body involuntarily trembling slightly; Shisui stood nearby, anxiously waiting, feeling rather guilty.

This operation was a bit rash; we should have proceeded more cautiously.

Shiliuye still has two children; he could not bear to think that, if his recklessness caused something to happen to Shiliuye, how he would later face those two children.

The person has arrived.

At that moment, Yan Shifan entered with the five most outstanding medical ninjas of the clan, while Badai and Tie Huo were left outside to guard.

Quick, check Shiliuye's condition!

The five immediately got to work, surrounding Shiliuye and beginning their examination, as green phosphorescence flickered.

Yan Shifan came to Shisui's side and signaled with his eyes.

Shisui understood what he wanted to ask, nodded, and then added, "It succeeded, but for some reason another mishap occurred."

Yan Shifan's expression cleared; he said no more, for after all he did not understand these matters and could only watch.

To both of their surprise, the five finished the examination quickly, looked at each other, and wore very odd expressions.

After confirming the others' findings, one of them stood and said, "Clan head, according to our examination, Captain Shiliuye is merely overworked, his body a bit depleted, with no serious issues; a proper period of rest will allow full recovery."

Just overwork?

Shisui was stunned; how could Shiliuye's earlier state be merely fatigue? He was skeptical, then ordered the five to look away, stepped forward, lifted Shiliuye's eyelids, confirmed the Kaleidoscope was closed, and instructed the five to focus on examining his eyes.

The five were puzzled but asked no further questions; after checking Shiliuye's eyes they re‑examined his body, found nothing amiss, and continued, "He strained his eyes, but the condition is not serious; a few clan medicaments and more rest will restore him."

Furthermore, we re‑checked his body and it is indeed caused by excessive fatigue.

Hearing this answer again, Shisui fell silent.

Shiliuye's duties are many, but certainly not enough to cause over‑exertion; moreover, he is an elite jonin, his physical resilience far surpassing that of ordinary people.

Shisui immediately thought of the Kaleidoscope; perhaps this is a side effect of opening it with genjutsu, and if that's all, it seems acceptable.

Thank you for your hard work.

The diagnosis is complete, but Shisui was not entirely at ease; after a moment's contemplation he said, "Prepare, and tonight take turns caring for him. If he awakens, inform me immediately."

Yes, clan head.

After the brief arrangement, Shisui left together with Yan Shifan; the four outside immediately looked at them, full of questions.

Shisui gave no riddles, explaining directly, "Tonight we performed some experiments on you, but the details cannot be disclosed now, so we sealed your memories of this night; when the time is right we will lift the seal, and then you will know the specifics."

The four, hearing this, finally felt reassured and could relax.

What about Shiliuye's condition?

The experiment ran into issues; Shiliuye was injured, and the medical ninjas say he needs rest.

Gongping looked thoughtful, stretched lazily, his expression a bit drowsy, and said, "Then the experiment just now must have been very taxing; I feel exhausted now."

Upon hearing this, Shisui's heart suddenly thumped; he immediately asked, "Are all of you feeling fatigued?"

The four were startled, all nodding, and Gongping added, "Besides being tired, our eyes also hurt a little."

"No way." Shisui, not daring to delay, quickly summoned the medical ninjas inside to examine the four.

The results were almost identical to Shiliuye's, though less severe; among the four, Gongping fared the worst.

Shisui's mind was already clear, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You all, return home, apply the clan's eye ointment and rest well, and do not work tomorrow."

Yes.

After the four departed, Shisui reflected briefly, returned to the room to log the five's observations, then drew some of Shiliuye's blood, and together with the records handed them to the spirit raven, sending it to the Field Country to deliver to Orochimaru.

If the cost is merely temporary fatigue, it is entirely acceptable, as long as no hidden danger arises.

With worry in his heart, Shisui spent the night sleepless, constantly waiting for Shiliuye to awaken.

Yan Shifan slept soundly; to him Shiliuye was just another person—alive was fine, dead would not affect him, as he still needed to focus on the upcoming expansion.

And Shiliuye's body indeed seemed, as the medical ninjas diagnosed, merely overly fatigued.

He slept until the next evening before waking leisurely; the medical ninja responsible for his care saw his movement and immediately summoned Shisui.

"Shiliuye, how do you feel now?"

After letting the medical ninja step back, Shisui whispered.

Shi Liu Ye recalled the previous events, his head felt a bit throbbing and he couldn't help but frown, but after applying the special eye drops the excruciating pain comparable to an eyeball exploding disappeared.

"It's fine, just a slight throbbing in the head, clan leader, what's happening to me?"

Shisui did not conceal anything and told him that he had used illusion to stimulate the awakening of the Mangekyou.

Shi Liu Ye's expression changed abruptly; in fact, when he sensed the illusion he was already very shocked, and he didn't understand why Shisui did such a thing.

Now understanding the events, and having awakened the Uchiha's ultimate dream, the legendary Mangekyou, even Shi Liu Ye was thrilled, and instantly felt that this slight throbbing was tolerable.

Then he could not wait to activate the Copy Wheel Eye; as chakra poured in, the three tomoe transformed again into the Mangekyou.

Shisui fetched a mirror and let Shi Liu Ye examine himself carefully.

"After activating the Mangekyou, does the body feel any discomfort?"

Shi Liu Ye, excitedly looking at himself in the mirror, thought for a moment after hearing that and nodded, saying, "My eyeballs feel a slight throbbing, and my body seems a bit heavy."

Shisui noted it silently, then asked, "Do you know what eye technique you awakened?"

"The eye technique is called Izanagi, as for its effect—"

Shi Liu Ye, after perceiving the effect of the eye technique, was so shocked that he didn't even notice Shisui's odd expression.

"With this eye technique I can alter the surrounding reality that is unfavorable to me, keeping only the beneficial parts, but the cost is great; each time I use it, one of my eyes loses twenty years of sight, and if I use it twice in quick succession I become completely blind."

"However, if I only alter myself, it only blinds me for two years; the effect is extremely powerful!"

Upon hearing that the group effect costs only twenty years of sight, Shisui was slightly startled, then quickly realized that the cost of his own awakened eye technique would be smaller.

If he were to use this forbidden technique, even the Mangekyou would completely lose its sight.

Shisui was about to ask again, but saw Shi Liu Ye suddenly frown and cover his eyes again.

"It's still a bit of after‑pain."

"Your body hasn't recovered yet; don't try it for now, rest well for a while. Also, I don't know if using illusion to awaken your Mangekyou has other side effects. I'm sorry, I was indeed reckless this time; rest assured, I won't let anything happen to you."

Shisui's expression grew solemn, ten.

"However, if I truly have an accident, clan leader, please be sure to take good care of my child."

Even if an irreparable situation occurs, Shi Liu Ye would not resent Shisui.

Even if he knows Shisui's purpose and possible consequences in advance, he would cooperate, because he is Uchiha; he cannot refuse a chance to awaken the Mangekyou, especially since this method does not harm the people he cherishes.

"Rest well."

Shisui opened his mouth slightly, only gently comforting, then got up and left.

Shi Liu Ye actually still had many questions, but seeing this, he could only swallow them.

After Shisui left, he continued handling internal and external clan affairs; he had no clue about Shi Liu Ye's condition, and Orochimaru's side could not recover that quickly.

He could only read and ponder in his spare time, then have the medical ninja constantly guard Shi Liu Ye.

As for Shi Liu Ye's intelligence work, Shisui gave Jin Huo the task; although Ying Shu was more suitable, he still had to train in clan studies, lacking time.

Thus, two days later, Shisui did not receive news from Orochimaru, but received a secret letter from Tuan Zang.

In the study, Yan Shifan laughed after reading, "As expected, it wasn't beyond my prediction; Tuan Zang has exhausted his capital, yet refuses to give up, and now wants to cooperate with us."

Tuan Zang was set up by the three clans, his power suffered heavy losses, even his wood‑style ninja were lost, and those who barely broke through were all wounded, just like his ideal.

Back at the Root, Tuan Zang remained silent for several days, but ultimately unwilling to retire, he made a decision contrary to his teacher's, cooperating with the Uchiha.

"He finally sees reality; should we agree immediately?"

"Not urgent; from the letter we can see Tuan Zang's pride hasn't faded, the past betrayal is not mentioned at all, let's give him two days first."

Yan Shifan smiled, then burned the letter in his hand, adding, "Prepare a position for me in the Police Department; from there I will start."

Unlike Sima Yi's low profile, Yan Shifan is very flamboyant; now he even prepares to take the stage himself, and Shisui, knowing him, does not object.

At nightfall, Shisui learned from the medical ninja about several people's conditions.

The other four have partially recovered, but still not back to their pre‑night state; however, according to the medical ninja's assessment, they will fully recover in half a month.

But Shi Liu Ye shows no sign of recovery; instead he grows weaker, even developing a fever today.

This made Shisui deeply worried, so he again drew some blood from Shi Liu Ye and then wrote a letter to Orochimaru.

Root, as dawn broke, Tuan Zang slowly emerged from the darkness; in just a few days, his black hair turned slightly gray, and his gaze grew colder.

"Uchiha, have you not replied yet?"

"A whole night has passed, and the Uchiha still hasn't responded; he has already lowered his bottom line, agreed to cooperate, and promised to help resolve the conflicts between the Uchiha and the Village in the future. What more does the Uchiha want!"

Tuan Zang's anger was hard to contain; he wanted to annihilate the entire Uchiha clan, but even the small group of Zhuan Qin and others couldn't clean up. "Lord, after the secret letter entered Uchiha territory, they showed no response."

Tuan Zang was silent for a moment, sighed, and said in a low voice, "Go again, until they agree."

He had no choice; looking across the whole Village, no other ninja dared or wanted to help him.

He already has no choice; looking across all of Konoha, there are no other ninja who dare—or even want—to help him.

Then, within just two days, Yan Shifan received seven letters from the Root.

The tone grew increasingly sincere, and Tuan Zang's bottom line kept lowering, but Yan Shifan only read the first two; the rest he didn't read and burned outright.

By that evening, Tuan Zang's ninth letter arrived on Yan Shifan's desk.

The letter mentioned that the original betrayal was forced, and frankly stated that the Uchiha, as one of the founding families of the Village, cannot stand by while the Village falls into the hands of Zhuan Qin and Mizuto.

It also mentioned that Gang Shou would soon take over the Village as the Fifth Hokage, which would be the Third Hokage from the Senju clan, while the Uchiha have never produced even a single Hokage; this is unfair.

Finally, it expressed great confidence in Shisui, believing he would be the most suitable successor thereafter.

Yan Shifan, after reading, couldn't help but sneer, "That's enough; this time just give some feedback."

Shisui, whose demeanor had been weary lately, replied, "Then I'll have Teacher Lao draft it."

Yan Shifan nodded, then took out the pre‑prepared letter for Shisui to review; after Shisui confirmed, he had it sent to the Root.

Tuan Zang was delighted upon receiving the reply, having thought the Uchiha had agreed to cooperate; however, when he impatiently opened the letter, he found that it contained conditions proposed by the Uchiha.

Tuan Zang, after receiving the reply, felt a surge of joy, having thought that Uchiha had agreed to the cooperation; however, when he impatiently opened the letter, he found that the letter actually contained the conditions Uchiha proposed.

Tuan Zang examined it carefully, and his expression suddenly changed.

He squeezed his fist, but after only a moment of hesitation he agreed.

If the Uchiha's conditions were presented to the Hokage, he wouldn't agree to a single one.

And if he were the Hokage, he wouldn't acknowledge any of them.

"Hmph, Uchiha, you dare try to manipulate me—just you wait!"

Tuan Zang gave a cold, vicious smile, agreed to all of the Uchiha's conditions, and immediately sent a reply.

Shisui saw the reply and was stunned, "He can agree to such conditions?"

Yan Shifan laughed and shook his head, explaining, "Someone like Tuan Zang will agree to anything as long as we can help him become Hokage.

Of course, once he actually becomes Hokage, he won't acknowledge anything."

Shisui's face darkened, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Truly, that's Tuan Zang for you."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter. I never expected him to help us after becoming Hokage; as long as we can profit before he does, that's enough."

Shisui suddenly understood; after the two discussed, they sent another reply to Tuan Zang, and the dispatch of that letter signified that they had officially become allies with Tuan Zang.

At the same time, perhaps Shisui's two letters prompted Orochimaru to realize the importance of the Izayoi incident, and his reply this time was far faster than the previous one.

At dawn the next day, after confirming the partnership with Tuan Zang, a small snake entered Shisui's room; Shisui, having sensed it, got up and retrieved the letter.

He then quickly read the letter, in which Orochimaru told Shisui a good news and a bad news.

The good news was that he might have guessed the cause of this situation.

Orochimaru said that after examining the first blood sample sent, he found Izayoi's body had no major issues.

However, after checking the second blood sample, he discovered Izayoi's condition was deteriorating, leading him to infer that it was likely a bloodline disease triggered by an abnormal awakening of the Kaleidoscope.

Bloodline disease!

Shisui's heart lurched; he had also read some of Orochimaru's research under Sima Yi's influence, and although his understanding was shallow, his knowledge had broadened.

Bloodline disease is a condition exclusive to bloodline ninja, basically caused by bloodline power being too overwhelming.

The problem is, it remains unsolved!

That counts as good news; the bad news needs no mention.

Orochimaru bluntly said he had no cure for bloodline disease, and with such scant experimental material he couldn't help even if he wanted to; he suggested sending Izayoi to him, as there might still be a sliver of hope.

Shisui felt deep guilt; after much hesitation and consulting Izayoi, he still agreed.

He then returned indoors, leafed through books, and under Sima Yi's influence read many texts; his mind gradually expanded, and after long contemplation he wrote two suggestions.

1. Transplant new eyes for Izayoi.

2. Request Gang Shou's assistance.

After writing the two suggestions, Shisui's gaze hardened, and he thought to himself, "No matter what, I must not let Izayoi suffer any mishap!"

Here I reiterate the earlier setup: I treat the forbidden technique involving I Xie Na Qi as an eye technique awakened by a Kaleidoscope ninja, and record it as a forbidden technique.

All forbidden techniques that use Three Sharingan will cause blindness; some powerful eye techniques, if they differ from the user's awakened eye technique—such as Shisui's awakened Separate Heavenly Deity—will consume a great amount of Amaterasu, with a huge cost, but not cause immediate blindness.

The degree of consumption depends on the strength of the forbidden technique; I Xie Na Qi and I Xie Na Mei belong to the strongest tier.

And because Ban regained his sight after using I Xie Na Qi, my setting is reasonable: as long as the restoration ability—or eye power—is strong enough, even I Xie Na Qi won't cause total blindness.

Thus, considering all, a Uchiha whose awakened eye technique is I Xie Na Qi, though not eternal, will consume less of his own eye technique, so after losing sight he can still recover decades later.

This was the setting when I wrote about the Kaleidoscope earlier; I guess some have forgotten, so I reiterate it here.

(End of chapter)