He even wanted to spar with the so-called Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito for your sake.
After all, those two are the ones you must eventually face if you want to save the Uchiha clan. Even knowing he's no match for them, he still wants to fulfill the responsibility of a teacher—using his life to probe the enemy's strength on your behalf.
[5:00 PM]
Under the flawless coordination of Uchiha Setsuna's masterful swordsmanship and Body Flicker Technique, squad after squad of Root barrier ninjas collapsed without a single one having time to react.
You stood nearby, your Sharingan wide open, carefully observing the battle so as not to miss a single detail. Once the fight was over, you took charge of the cleanup—using explosive tags to rig the corpses of the Root ninjas into deadly traps.
When only three squads of Root remained, Setsuna drew a ninja blade and signaled for you to take over.
With the powerful learning ability granted by the Sharingan, and Setsuna's precise demonstrations, you only had a bit of trouble taking down the first group. After that, you eliminated the second squad with ease.
By the time you reached the third squad, you didn't even use ninjutsu—just basic Sharingan Genjutsu, combined with shuriken and kenjutsu, was enough to wipe them all out.
During the fight, you began to realize that when facing small groups of enemies, close-quarters execution is far more effective than ninjutsu.
A Fireball Jutsu followed by a Water Dragon Bullet might at best severely wound three Root ninjas, and even that would cause a huge commotion. But by relying on your Sharingan and Body Flicker Technique for close-range combat, you could quickly and cleanly finish the job.
You shared this insight with Setsuna, who sighed and said that this is precisely the essence of Uchiha-style swordsmanship. The fact that you could grasp this truth meant you had truly stepped through the door.
Many practice Uchiha-style swordsmanship, but most just repeat the forms by the book. Only a rare few manage to grasp the essence—something unique to wielding the Sharingan. And among them, the one who mastered it to the highest degree... was Uchiha Shisui.
At that, Setsuna fell silent, no longer wishing to speak. He grabbed your arm and led you quickly back to the bamboo hut.
As for the corpses, they were left behind. Not only as a wake-up call for the complacent Uchiha, so that the old hardliners could pressure those soft cowards in power—but also as a warning to Konoha.
[6:00 PM]
All of the Root barrier squad ninjas surrounding the Uchiha compound were wiped out in less than thirty minutes. Not a single one even had the chance to send a distress signal.
Was this a trap laid by the Uchiha clan, using Uchiha Itachi as bait? Or had an unknown force from outside the village infiltrated?
Either way, it meant that someone far beyond jonin level had silently slipped into Konoha—a top-tier powerhouse.
With the Legendary Sannin still absent and the village's strong forces depleted, Konoha was at one of its weakest points in history.
Last time, to deal with the delegation from Kumogakure, Konoha had to sacrifice the head of a major clan's branch family—and even lost some valuable sealing techniques. This time... what would it cost?
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura were both on edge.
As a result, Uchiha Itachi—who had been preparing in Root for the night of the massacre—was suddenly ordered to halt his mission. He was temporarily sealed inside an isolated chamber layered with sealing barriers, cut off from all contact with the outside world while the investigation took place.
Because of his deep compassion for the village, his clan, and Sasuke, Itachi expressed understanding of Danzo's actions.
At the same time, chaos erupted within the Uchiha compound.
The hawks, led by the elders and supported by the security force, entered a full state of combat readiness. Among the gathered crowd, there were even calls to storm the Hokage building, kill the old bastard Sarutobi, and seize control of Konoha.
Standing in front of the furious mob... was none other than the clan head of the Uchiha himself.
Uchiha Fugaku and his wife Mikoto knelt on the ground, repeatedly scolding Sasuke to kneel and apologize to the clan. At the same time, they humbly pleaded with the clansmen to give them more time. Fugaku believed that Uchiha Itachi—who had infiltrated Root—would surely deliver a satisfactory answer.
And as for the ones who set all this in motion—Setsuna and you—you had long since returned to the bamboo hut.
Setsuna asked you for the scroll you had used to seal your Sharingan. You handed it over, uneasily asking what he intended to do. Though you'd only known each other for less than a day, the care and trust Setsuna had shown had already made you consider this eccentric, aging man your first true teacher in this new life.
Setsuna only spoke two words: "Eye transplant."
He wanted to transplant your future Sharingan into himself—not only would there be no rejection, but there was a strong possibility that it could stabilize his nearly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan...
But your brows furrowed, and you immediately pointed out that neither of you knew any medical ninjutsu. You asked whether they should summon Uchiha Izumi—Itachi's lover—who, despite her attachment to him, could still make the right call in critical moments.
Setsuna said there was no time. What medical ninjutsu could accomplish, sealing techniques could also do. Then he asked you:
"Do you dare assist me with this eye transplant?"
You thought for a moment. Although you hadn't even completed a tenth of the Uzumaki clan's sealing curriculum, you had successfully mastered the Sealing Jutsu: Fire Seal, which could seal raging fire-nature chakra with a fairly high success rate.
And since Setsuna was asking, it meant he had confidence in your ability.
You nodded.
You would help him perform the eye transplant.
[7:00 PM]
Setsuna brought out a full set of medical tools and guided you through each step: from disinfection to sealing off the pain nerves in his left eye with a sealing formula.
Then came the extraction of the Sharingan.
Using Substitution Jutsu techniques, you delicately traced a chakra-attracting sigil over the eye. Then, with precise timing, you drew the eye out and sealed it into a scroll for safekeeping.
You immediately activated a pre-written sealing formula with your ocular power, directing it into the severed blood vessels and nerves. Then, using Water Style, you conjured a clean water sphere to flush the blood from the wound and clear your line of sight.
The final step—removing the Mangekyō Sharingan, which was in the midst of awakening, from the scroll and inserting it into the eye socket. Then you unsealed the vessels and nerves, and under the bleeding, you used memory and stabilizing runes to reattach everything precisely.
Because the Sharingan resonated with Uchiha blood, and Setsuna was its original owner, his body would slowly begin to reconnect with the eye on its own.
As the hazy three tomoe of the Sharingan began to spin again, you knew—without a doubt—that the transplant had been a complete success.
Setsuna sat up on the bed, squeezing the blood from his eye. Suddenly, he turned to stare at you.
Your vision went dark.
An overwhelming surge of ocular power erupted from his newly awakened left eye...
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