"Kill you? You had a falling out with the Clan Leader today. If you die, I'm afraid the internal state of the clan will become even more unstable." Shisui shook his head.
"True enough," Uchiha Sora laughed.
The two fell into silence.
After a good while, Shisui finally spoke: "Sora, just act as if I never came tonight. Farewell."
"Wait!" Uchiha Sora suddenly called out to him.
"What is it?" Shisui was puzzled.
"Beware of Danzo's Izanagi!" Uchiha Sora said.
His main purpose for waiting for Shisui here was actually to tell him information regarding Danzo.
"What? Danzo's Izanagi?" Shisui couldn't help but be startled, asking in a lowered voice, "Izanagi is a Forbidden Technique of my Uchiha Clan! It can only be activated with a Sharingan, how could Danzo possibly have it?"
"If I said Danzo has great ambitions and has been coveting the Uchiha's Sharingan, would you believe me?" Uchiha Sora said slowly.
"This..." Shisui frowned slightly, falling into deep thought.
As the Anbu Captain most trusted by the Third, Shisui naturally understood the personalities and thoughts of Konoha's other high-ranking officials. This man Danzo had always given him a very dangerous feeling; the claim that he had been coveting the Sharingan was likely not just idle talk.
"Sora, it seems you know more than I imagined!" Shisui took a deep breath, looking at Uchiha Sora; the person before him felt incredibly mysterious.
"Captain Shisui, I believe you have already made your judgment," Uchiha Sora laughed.
"Yes, I have indeed made my judgment!" Shisui nodded.
At that moment, Uchiha Sora looked toward the left side of the forest and said indifferently, "However, it seems our conversation has already been overheard."
Shisui's gaze followed his, and he nodded slightly. "Heh, I didn't expect you to have discovered it as well!"
"Yeah, I'm quite familiar with my teammate's presence." Uchiha Sora raised his hand and threw a Kunai.
The Kunai nailed itself into a tree trunk.
A figure slowly walked out from behind the large tree.
"Isn't that right? Eagle!" Uchiha Sora looked at the figure that had emerged and said indifferently, "As Danzo's subordinate, having to pretend to be my teammate to monitor me all the time must have been hard work for you. Unfortunately, none of your movements could hide from my eyes."
At this moment, cold sweat poured from the discovered Eagle's forehead, and his heart pounded wildly.
He hadn't expected Uchiha Sora to have suspected him long ago; this guy's insight was truly formidable!
This matter must be reported to Lord Danzo! Otherwise, Lord Danzo will definitely encounter massive trouble!
But he still forced himself to remain calm on the surface, explaining: "Sora, what are you saying? I'm your teammate. I don't know any Lord Danzo. I just accidentally overheard your conversation, that's all. I won't tell anyone."
"Also, Captain Shisui, I came here to report a mission to you, please don't misunderstand." A smile appeared on his face, but no matter how one looked at it, that smile appeared extremely fake.
"Sora, I'll leave him for you to handle," Shisui said indifferently, ignoring Eagle's words.
By now, he could see from Eagle's various behaviors that he definitely came from Root, because only those in Root who had been severely brainwashed by Danzo would give off this kind of feeling.
"Captain Shisui, what rank of mission would this be?" Uchiha Sora laughed.
"Let's set it as S-rank, though it's a mission I'm personally assigning," Shisui laughed.
"Then I'll have to show some real strength and do a clean job!" Uchiha Sora laughed loudly.
In their conversation, the two didn't regard Eagle as a threat at all.
Eagle finally understood that no matter how much he argued, he probably wouldn't escape death today.
"You all go to hell!" He gave a loud roar, pulled open his clothes, and rushed toward the two.
The body under his clothes was covered with exploding tags!
The exploding tags ignited with a massive boom! An explosion erupted!
Uchiha Sora and Shisui both dodged to the side.
Uchiha Sora suddenly gave chase in one direction.
There, a figure was running for his life—it was Eagle!
It turned out that the body that had just rushed up to self-destruct was actually just a clone.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Sora's current strength was no longer what it used to be. With Eagle's meager strength, it was simply impossible to escape from him.
After several Body Flicker Techniques, Uchiha Sora had already caught up to Eagle, appearing ten meters behind him.
The distance between them was very close. Eagle's heart was filled with horror; he hadn't expected Sora's speed to be so fast! He couldn't run far at all in front of him.
Suddenly, Eagle's body jerked violently, and he froze in place.
He stared blankly at his chest, where a dazzling white lightning light had pierced through his heart.
Turning his head with difficulty, he saw that the other end of this white lightning light originated from one of Uchiha Sora's fingers.
The lightning light retracted, and Eagle's body collapsed to the ground with a thud, his life gradually fading away.
Shisui caught up as well, looking at Sora and saying, "Impressive Lightning Release. This is a modified version of Kakashi's Raikiri, isn't it?"
Uchiha Sora nodded.
During his days performing missions with Kakashi, he had already learned Kakashi's Raikiri. After the system's automatic cultivation, he learned Raikiri very quickly. However, Uchiha Sora wasn't satisfied with this; he spent a lot of time researching deeper level shape transformations himself, eventually triggering the system's automatic cultivation function again. With the system's help, he cultivated this skill.
It was similar to the Chidori Sharp Spear, the modified version of Chidori.
However, what Uchiha Sora modified was the Raikiri, condensing the power of the Raikiri into a single beam and releasing it instantly. When used, it was more like a laser; the duration was short, but the attack range and lethality were immense.
In fact, this Ninjutsu was more like a Lightning Release version of Sage Art: Storm Release Light Fang.
Its power naturally couldn't compare to Storm Release, but compared to an ordinary Raikiri, it was much more powerful.
Uchiha Sora named it: Lightning Release: Light Fang Sword!
"It seems you've already surpassed Kakashi!" Uchiha Shisui lamented upon seeing this Ninjutsu.
Kakashi was a famous Elite Jonin, the top expert in the Anbu second only to him.
Shisui's evaluation clearly indicated that he now considered Uchiha Sora to be the second strongest expert in the Anbu.
Uchiha Sora smiled slightly and performed hand seals to release a Fire Release, incinerating Eagle's corpse. Only then did he say, "Danzo will soon discover that Eagle has been taken out. He will likely take action, so you must be as careful as possible."
Shisui nodded: "You should be careful too."
"Mm."
The two went their separate ways.
Upon returning home, Uchiha Sora felt temporarily at ease.
He had specifically reminded Shisui this time precisely to prevent him from following the old path of suicide.
In the original plot, the reason Shisui chose suicide was that he suffered a sneak attack from Danzo and lost one eye. His strength was greatly diminished, and coupled with being heavily poisoned, he was powerless to protect his other eye.
Given Danzo's sinister ruthlessness, even if he fled back to the clan, he would definitely not escape pursuit.
In fact, it would instead lead the clan into an abyss, directly forcing the clan to rebel on the spot. Once such a thing happened, Konoha would likely face immense turmoil.
But this time, once Shisui preserved his strength, not only would the Konoha high-ranking officials not dare to act rashly, but even Uchiha Fugaku's desire for a coup might not go as he wished.
"Although with my current strength, I can already completely influence the direction of the situation, the internal problems of Konoha Village are far less important than those hidden troubles from the outside," Uchiha Sora thought to himself.
Opponents from within Konoha, at most, were the likes of the Third and Danzo; he didn't take them to heart. But he had to be constantly on guard against the external Black Zetsu and Uchiha Obito.
There were even threats from the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the future...
"I still need a little more time. As long as Shisui is alive, the current situation can still be stabilized," Uchiha Sora planned secretly.
As long as he became a bit stronger, all problems could be solved easily when the time came!
...
The next day, Danzo learned of Eagle's death.
As an Anbu Squad Leader, Kakashi was also very puzzled by Eagle's disappearance. After reporting to the Hokage, the Third Hokage immediately had him begin a search.
However, Uchiha Sora had handled things very discreetly. No matter how Kakashi searched, he would never think to suspect him.
After a few days of searching without results, the Third was also prepared to drop the idea of continuing the search.
After all, the Anbu Ninjas were very busy; it was impossible to invest energy into an investigation indefinitely for the disappearance of one person.
However, just as the Third was about to give up, Danzo suddenly found him.
"Hiruzen, Eagle's disappearance is related to Uchiha Sora!" Danzo said directly as his first sentence upon meeting.
"Danzo, what do you know?" The Third Hokage's brow furrowed, his gaze becoming sharp.
"Actually, Eagle was someone I sent to go undercover by Uchiha Sora's side to monitor him," Danzo said.
The Third Hokage was furious upon hearing this: "Danzo! You are truly becoming more and more excessive! To actually plant people within my Anbu!"
"Hiruzen, you can hold me accountable for that matter later! What I want to say now is that there is a high probability Eagle was killed by Uchiha Sora!" Danzo said urgently. "The night Eagle went missing was actually the day of the Uchiha Clan meeting. I specifically had Eagle go to the Uchiha Clan to monitor Uchiha Sora."
"As a result, he didn't return the next day. Clearly, he died at the Uchiha Clan," Danzo said. "Eagle must have overheard some bad things and was silenced. Otherwise, Uchiha Sora would have no reason to kill him!"
"How can you be so sure it was Uchiha Sora who killed him?" the Third asked in a heavy tone.
Danzo said: "I have great confidence in Eagle's strength. Within the Uchiha Clan, there are indeed many who can defeat him, but those who can kill him do not exceed five! And those who could kill him without a single piece of news leaking out, there are probably only three!"
"Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Sora!"
"No matter which of these three killed Eagle, their motives are definitely not pure!" Danzo concluded.
The Third Hokage's gaze narrowed, and he took a deep breath. "It seems the Uchiha Clan truly harbors ill intentions!"