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Chapter 378 Deception, and more deception! (Please subscribe)
Uchiha Shisui was not a liar, and he didn't know how to answer Maki's question.

Mu Sheng noticed his predicament, laughed it off, and then changed the subject to other topics.

For example, the standoff between Konoha and Kumogakure on the front lines, and the techniques for using the Body Flicker Technique.
And after following Maki Shō's advice, Uchiha Shisui observed the gains of other ninja clans and commoner ninjas.

"As for what I've gained," Uchiha Shisui said, looking at the mourning hall where Uchiha Mikoto and her son were immersed in grief, "it's probably some reflection on war!"

"Oh?" Mu Sheng's eyes showed a hint of curiosity.

Just as Uchiha Shisui was about to speak, he noticed that there was no one left at the front of the line: "It's our turn."

So the two paused their conversation, walked through the mourning hall, and went to the portrait of Uchiha Fugaku.

In the black and white portrait, Fugaku Uchiha's eyes stared straight ahead, and the two narrow nasolabial folds accentuated his lingering sorrow.

It seems he was worried about his young, innocent son and his understanding wife.

'Don't worry about Fugaku. Having known each other for a while, I'll definitely take good care of your wife.'

'Oh, it's my wife/children.'

Facing the portrait of Uchiha Fugaku, Mu Sheng solemnly made this promise in his heart.

Fugaku Uchiha in the portrait seemed to have heard Maki's promise from the bottom of his heart, and his expression brightened up a bit.

'what? '

Mu Sheng keenly noticed the change in the portrait.

'So, this means you agree that I should take care of his wife? Cough cough, wife, child.'

'Truly worthy of being the head of a clan! Look at his magnanimity, look at his vision!'

Mu Sheng couldn't help but marvel at Uchiha Fugaku's magnanimity.

In the passageway on the right side of the mourning hall, Uchiha Hachimoku lit a candle that he had accidentally extinguished.

Feeling a little guilty, he looked around and only relaxed after seeing that no one had noticed what was happening.

"Luckily, I only brought one candle to extinguish."

Uchiha Hachimoku secretly rejoiced, straightened his clothes, and walked out as if nothing had happened.

After bowing and offering incense, Mu Sheng and Uchiha Shisui went together to the family thank-you area next to the mourning hall.

"Mrs. Mikoto, please accept my condolences!"

Seeing the grief-stricken face of Uchiha Mikoto, Shisui knew that his polite words of condolence would be of no use.

"If you need anything in the future, please feel free to come to me!"

Mikoto Uchiha, carrying Itachi, bowed to Shisui Uchiha: "Thank you for your concern, Shisui."

He then looked at Maki Katsu beside him and bowed, saying, "Young Master Kambara, thank you for attending Fugaku's funeral."

Mikoto Uchiha had little contact with Maki, only having met him once at Rin Uchiha's banquet.

Back then, Itachi was still a child who would wet his pants.

鼬：
But she had heard her husband mention that the boy had extremely high ninja talent and that his relationship with Uchiha Rin was extraordinary.

The latter is not only the current head of the Uchiha clan, but her husband also tragically lost his life in the process of fighting her.

To say that Mikoto Uchiha harbored no hatred at all would be a lie. But to say that she had any thoughts of revenge is also quite plausible!
In this situation, Mikoto Uchiha is more worried that the radicals might want to eliminate her completely.

After all, politics is always dirty!
"Mrs. Mikoto, there's no need for that. Given my friendship with Fugaku, if you encounter any difficulties in the future that Shisui can't resolve, just come to me!"

Mu Sheng's sincere and earnest appearance made Uchiha Mikoto a little doubtful, wondering if her husband really had a very deep relationship with the other party.
So he bowed again to express his gratitude. In any case, it was always good to maintain a good relationship with Mu Sheng.

Mu Sheng helped the widow up, and then patted Uchiha Itachi's head.

Itachi's body trembled instantly, his sphincter clenching instinctively, as if afraid that something might leak out.

Fortunately, Mu Sheng wasn't so depraved as to cause a boy who had just lost his father to lose control of his bladder at his father's funeral.

Hmm? It seems... it's quite interesting?
Itachi Uchiha suddenly had the illusion that a tsunami was about to hit, but fortunately, the illusion quickly disappeared.

However, after hesitating for a moment, Mu Sheng finally gave up the idea.

He then stared into Itachi's eyes and said, "Such surging ocular power, Itachi has awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan, hasn't he?"

Although it seemed like he was asking a question, Mu Sheng's tone was very certain.

Uchiha Itachi hadn't reacted yet, but Uchiha Mikoto, who was standing to the side, was startled.

As the widow of the previous clan leader, Mikoto Uchiha knew perfectly well that the higher Itachi's ninja talent was, the more the new clan leader would fear him.

"Itachi only just awakened his Sharingan, how could he have advanced to the three-tomoe stage so quickly?"

Mikoto Uchiha hurriedly explained, "It must be that Fugaku's death made Itachi's emotions unstable, causing the illusion of his eye power surging."

"Is that so?" Mu Sheng seemed to believe Uchiha Mikoto's explanation:

"That's good! Itachi is only 8 years old this year, and the Sharingan with two tomoe is already a huge burden for him."

If I were to advance to the third tomoe level, I fear I would develop a very serious bloodline disease, which would be very troublesome.

Bloodline disease?

Mikoto Uchiha was taken aback. As a member of a clan with a bloodline limit, how could she not know about the existence of bloodline diseases?

It was only because Itachi had only recently awakened his Sharingan, followed by the unexpected death of Fugaku Uchiha, that she hadn't had time to think about it.

"That's good, that's good!" Mu Sheng said, patting Uchiha Itachi's head again.

Then, seemingly unintentionally, he remarked, "It took me a lot of effort to treat Rin's bloodline disease back then!"

Upon hearing this, Mikoto Uchiha's heart stirred, and she tentatively asked, "Did Clan Chief Rin also suffer from a bloodline disease?"

"Rin awakened her Sharingan at the age of 11, and within a little over a year, she advanced to the three-tomoe Sharingan."

Mu Sheng shook his head helplessly and said, "How can there not be problems if the body undergoes such frequent bloodline awakening before it is fully developed?"

Hearing what Mu Sheng said, Uchiha Mikoto became even more worried.

'Rin Uchiha awakened her Sharingan at age 11 and reached the Three-Tomoe stage at age 12, but both times she contracted a bloodline disease. Itachi awakened the Three-Tomoe stage at only age 8, so doesn't that mean...'

'Having just experienced the pain of losing her husband, am I now destined to face the pain of losing my child?'

'Gods! Why must my child and I endure so much suffering?'

'No, I absolutely cannot let anything happen to Itachi!'

A mother's love makes her strong. Despite the shock of the bad news, Mikoto Uchiha quickly regained her composure and focused her gaze on Maki.

Since the other party can cure Rin Uchiha's bloodline disease, they can definitely cure Itachi's bloodline disease as well!

Just as Mikoto Uchiha was pondering how to get Maki to examine Itachi's body, Maki suddenly slapped his forehead, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Oops, I accidentally said a lot of inappropriate things and disturbed you. Shisui and I will take our leave now!"

After nodding to Mikoto Uchiha, he left with Shisui Uchiha.

Watching the two figures leave, Uchiha Mikoto moved her lips slightly, then closed them again.

This matter is not urgent, and Itachi may not necessarily contract bloodline disease.

'Yes, Itachi will definitely not get sick, Fugaku. Please bless our son with health and safety from heaven.'

Uchiha Mikoto prayed silently in her heart.

"Mrs. Mikoto, the head of the Fugaku clan... alas, please accept my condolences!"

More guests came to offer their condolences, and Uchiha Mikoto quickly composed herself and bowed in thanks along with Itachi.

"Thank you."

Not far away, Mu Sheng watched this scene and couldn't help but shake his head.

What a wonderful mother she was! How could Itachi bring himself to kill his mother who loved him so much?
Seeing the sympathetic and pitying look on Maki's face, Uchiha Shisui couldn't help but ask, "Maki, the Uchiha clan uprising must be related to you, right?"

"why?"

Uchiha Shisui stared intently into Maki's eyes, trying to discern something from them.

However, under his gaze, Mu Sheng remained calm: "Why? What if I said it was for world peace? Would you believe me?"

Mu Sheng did not argue that the matter had nothing to do with him, but instead asked Uchiha Shisui a question.

"World peace?" Uchiha Shisui was somewhat bewildered; he hadn't expected Maki to give such an answer.

He was just a lowly ninja who couldn't even resolve conflicts between his clan and village, and suddenly he was talking about world peace?
He hadn't even brushed his teeth when he woke up this morning!

"Yes, world peace!" Mu Sheng repeated again, confirming that Uchiha Shisui had not misheard.

"But what does world peace have to do with the Uchiha clan uprising?" Uchiha Shisui was even more confused: "Could it be that the Uchiha clan can destroy the world?"

Obito Uchiha: (_)
Madara Uchiha: (￢_￢)
"This is a long story. Come, come with me to a place."

As he spoke, Mu Sheng turned and walked out. Uchiha Shisui was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

Soon, the two arrived at the courtyard where the Ninja Tree was planted.

Under the ninja tree, servants brought over a table and stools.

Mu Sheng gestured for Uchiha Shisui to sit down, then pulled a scroll out from behind his back.

Do you remember the first time we met?

Mu Sheng smiled and with a 'bang' released the sealing scroll, revealing a familiar tea set before Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui's memory immediately returned to a scene from a year ago, by the small river outside the Konoha camp.

"Of course I remember. Back then, they told me they had found the lost Uchiha bloodline, or some kind of once-in-a-millennium hidden bloodline."

Even now, Uchiha Shisui still finds it funny: "What, an Uchiha who awakened the Sharingan but doesn't actually have it? I almost thought he was under some kind of genjutsu."

"Hahaha," Mu Sheng couldn't help but laugh, "Teacher Jiang Ren used this kind of talk to completely fool that old man Shana."

"One day, the two of them suddenly came to me in the middle of the night, saying they wanted me to go to the Uchiha clan to acknowledge my ancestry, and then..."

Mu Sheng recounted in detail to Uchiha Shisui how he had made the old man Setsuna poke his eyes so hard that he was questioning his existence that day.

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"and then?"

"Then...then that old man adopted Rin as his granddaughter, probably trying to use Rin to win me over!"

As Mu Sheng spoke, he used his fire-escape technique to boil a pot of water and brewed tea as he had done before.

"Tell me about your thoughts on war, what you said before!"

Mu Sheng pushed a cup of tea in front of Uchiha Shisui.

Watching the tea leaves swirling and boiling in the cup, Uchiha Shisui seemed to have returned to the front lines of Kumogakure.

After a long silence, he slowly spoke, "That day you told me not to limit my vision to one clan, but to go and see the world outside the Uchiha clan."

“I went to see it, and when I got closer, I couldn’t see it very clearly. It was always covered by a blurry light, and I couldn’t see the truth under the light.”

So I hid in the shadows and watched, as if I were carrying out an intelligence gathering mission, observing the target's every move in the dark.

As he spoke, Uchiha Shisui's lips curled into a smile, as if he found his own actions amusing.

"After a long time, I finally understood." Uchiha Shisui's smile faded, and his eyes dimmed. "So, Uchiha and Konoha are everywhere!"

"Commoner ninjas and ninja clans, small ninja clans and large ninja clans, large ninja clans and high-ranking families who hold real power."
These ninjas and clans that I once categorized as belonging to Konoha Village are like a microcosm and simplified version of the Uchiha and Konoha.

"And if these microcosms are magnified, aren't they precisely the relationships between the five great ninja villages in the ninja world?"

So the so-called war was actually a war between individual Uchiha clans and Konoha!
The war in the ninja world has never ceased. The Uchiha and Konoha will ultimately face destruction, or perhaps mutual destruction!

Seemingly caught in this pessimistic state of mind, Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan activated automatically at some point.

The thought that the solution he had been searching for to resolve the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village might never have existed was now a distant dream.

As more and more negative emotions flooded into Uchiha Shisui's mind, the three black tomoe also began to spin.

"Perhaps people can never truly understand each other!"

The black tomoe in the Sharingan spun faster and faster the more you looked at them, as if they would merge into one in the next second.

Just when Mu Sheng thought that Uchiha Shisui was about to activate his Mangekyou Sharingan in front of him, the spinning magatama slowly stopped.

Uchiha Shisui picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

After the bitter taste, there is a subtle, almost imperceptible sweetness.

Unlike the utter despair in the original story, Uchiha Shisui always held onto a sliver of hope because of Maki's existence.

He didn't believe in himself, but inexplicably believed in Mu Sheng, who had a deep bond with the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Shisui believed in Maki Katsu and that he wouldn't stand idly by and watch the Uchiha clan perish. At the very least, he believed that Rin and Shoto would be saved.

"So, Sheng! You let Rin instigate the clan coup and the internal strife within the Hyuga clan, all for the world peace you mentioned?"

Uchiha Shisui sat upright on the stool, quietly waiting for Maki's answer.

Have you ever heard of "dang~ dang dang~ dang dang dang"?

Uchiha Shisui: _? ? ?

(End of this chapter)