Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Chapter 275 The Hokage's New Year's Speech

January 1st, Konoha Year 38, New Year.

Because Konoha Village had just suffered a defeat on the battlefield, there was little New Year's atmosphere.

At this time, the Third Hokage specially summoned everyone to the front of the Hokage Building to deliver a New Year's speech and boost morale!

Upon learning this, Akaishi immediately pestered Grandma Chiri, asking her to mobilize all the elders of the Uchiha clan to listen—at this time, the elders in Konoha were all "disabled old people".

Normally, except for large clan gatherings, these people rarely leave their homes.

There's no way I'd attend a Naruto speech!

Instead, if it were a large clan meeting, a "mere" second-generation leader, a "criticism" of the third-generation leader, or an "insult" to Shimura Danzo, then he might be eager to rush over and join in the fun.

Now that he's in charge of the village, after Akaishi's suggestion, he readily agreed and actually invited those old guys out. If Kensuke were in charge, Akaishi's suggestion might not have been adopted.

On the one hand, Jian Cheng was rather arrogant and unwilling to support the third generation; on the other hand, Jian Cheng was relatively young, and although these elders obeyed the clan leader's orders, he couldn't very well order them to support the third generation!

But now—

Zhili already held the title of "Acting Clan Chief" left by Jiancheng, and he himself was highly respected among the clan elders who had survived the civil war; therefore—

Even if everyone was unhappy, they had to swallow their pride and accept it!

The Third Hokage had just stepped onto the roof of the Hokage Building when he looked down and was immediately terrified—

A group of blind clan elders from the Uchiha clan stood at the front of the crowd, some leaning on canes and others being supported by younger people—after all, the Uchiha clan was responsible for maintaining order, so of course they were at the front!

The Third Hokage's speech was originally intended to boost morale and promote the indomitable spirit and sacrifice of the Konoha ninja.

For a moment, the sight of these blind Uchiha clan members standing there seemed all the more fitting.

The villagers watching were moved as the Third Hokage gave his speech and they looked at the Uchiha clan members.

Of course, for other ninja clans who know the inside story, this scene is bound to be a bit tense.

Are you doing this to protect the blind people of Konoha?

How come this happened when you guys were fighting amongst yourselves?

"Hey, you fatso from the Akimichi clan over there! Pay attention to the lecture, and don't whisper!"

"And you little blondies, what are you whispering about secretly? Tell the Hokage!"

Another day of maintaining order in Konoha for the Konoha Police Force —

Of course, they can control those "lower" than those "upper"!

After Hiruzen Sarutobi finished his speech and left the crowd's sight, Danzo immediately followed, saying, "Hiruzen, we must be careful of those Uchiha—they're vying for credit!"

"Trying to claim credit?" Sarutobi frowned and glanced at him.

"Don't you understand? This way, the villagers will think that those Uchiha went blind for Konoha, and thus gain their support!" Danzo said righteously.

After a moment of silence, Sarutobi said, "Danzo, do you remember what you said at the family dinner last night?"

Last night was New Year's Eve. Because of the atmosphere in the village, none of the major ninja clans organized any collective New Year's Eve banquets. Everyone just had small family gatherings.

Biwako was very busy because her youngest son was only seventy days old. Sarutobi had New Year's Eve dinner with Danzo, who came uninvited.

"Which sentence are you referring to?" Danzo asked, puzzled.

"It's that sentence you mentioned: the Uchiha clan is not on good terms with the villagers and is ostracized by everyone in the village. If this continues, it will inevitably lead to disaster—" Sarutobi reminded him.

Danzo: ————

Danzo wanted to add more details, but Sarutobi wouldn't listen. He could accept what others said, but—Danzo had just said yesterday that the Uchiha clan's poor interpersonal relationships meant they were bound to have problems, and today he said the Uchiha clan's gaining the villagers' respect must be for ulterior motives—this was completely contradictory!

Moreover, Hiruzen Sarutobi was generally satisfied with the effect of his speech and the presence of the Uchiha clan. A few misunderstandings were actually beneficial to everyone, and there was no need to explain anything.

After listening to the third generation's speech, Akaishi returned to the clan's territory and went directly to the small courtyard of the clan elder.

"Little Akashi, you asked all of us old folks to go listen to the Third Hokage's speech today, and everyone went—is there anything else?" Chiri said, pretending to be tired.

"Grandma Chiri, do you know that she gave me a useless eye just a moment ago?" Akaishi asked.

"Didn't you choose to have a useless eye yourself? —" Zhili corrected.

Hearing what Grandma Chiri said, Akaishi knew that she and Setsuna usually communicated a lot.

"Actually, it's like this—" Akaishi didn't mention anything about being immersed in the Demon God anymore.

Chishi could tell that this "Immersive Demon God" was very mysterious, and even the gatekeeper Lao Wang didn't know about it, so there was no need to tell anyone else.

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Only Elder Jiancheng knows about this matter now; neither Elder Jiancheng nor Elder Lanyu told anyone at the time.

Akaishi bypassed any mention of "immersion," only referring to it as his own special ability.

"What? You've regained your sight?" Chiri stared at Akaishi in shock.

Although Grandma Chiri can't see it, but—

Akaishi believed that she could sense it.

Sure enough, Chiri sensed something and stepped forward to grab Akaishi's left hand—

"However—it's called restoring sight, but it only recovers the side effects of activating [Izanagi]. In reality—" Akaishi said, grinning—his eyes were still incredibly blurry.

If Akaishi were to look at it from the perspective of his palm at this moment, even though he was so close to Grandma Chiri, all he could see was a blurry figure—

This was not caused by "Izanagi", but by the daily consumption of the "Mangekyou Sharingan".

Although there is corrective surgery, that would be another huge expense, and it would take several months to save up the money, which Akaishi doesn't have time for.

"After regaining your sight, your vision didn't recover? What about your pupil power?" Zhili understood what Akaishi was trying to say.

"I can't feel any of the Sharingan's power; I can only use my own. I wonder if I can recover it after returning it to that Setsuna," Akaishi said upon hearing this.

Originally, Akaishi was thinking about whether he could improve his eye power.

However, it didn't happen—

This thing is like an engine, and it even burns Akaishi's own oil!

"Eye power is a special kind of spiritual power, born from the brain. The Sharingan is just a transformation of it." Chiri had already guessed this.

The saying goes that transplanting a Sharingan puts immense pressure on chakra, because it burns the eye power of whoever has it.

Chakra is a combination of mental and physical power. If a large amount of mental power is converted into eye power by the Sharingan, then the amount of chakra converted will be less.

Furthermore, the body will also suffer from depletion due to rejection, which is equivalent to overall weakening.

Fortunately, Akaishi is a member of the Uchiha clan, and his spiritual power is compatible with the Sharingan. Even though it's not his own eye, the conversion efficiency isn't much different; the total amount won't change, only the output will be from which eye.

"What about the Mangekyou Sharingan's power?" Chiri asked immediately—Akaishi had just specifically mentioned "Sharingan's power," so it seemed—

"Yes, there are, but—only thirty to fifty A-rank ninjutsu." Akaishi replied.

The power of the Mangekyou Sharingan is completely different from the power of the Sharingan. It is a power generated in the eyes, but there is no such thing as "recovery". Once it is consumed, it is consumed. It can only be replenished by increasing the total amount.

Although Setsuna's right eye was blinded by the Sharingan's forbidden technique "Izanagi," the "Mangekyou eye power" inside was still there. It was just that the eye was useless and had been idle inside. After Akaishi restored his sight, he immediately felt the "Mangekyou eye power" inside.

therefore----

"If we use the Momentary Eternity," it can probably last for about ten minutes," Akaishi judged.

This indirectly confirms that Akaishi is able to use the Kaleidoscope Eye Technique within it!

Both of Setsuna's eyes are likely "illusion eyes," with her right eye possessing the kaleidoscope ability "Tokyo," allowing the user to see the battle situation three seconds into the future.

Although it is still unknown what kind of eye technique his left eye possesses, the Mangekyou pattern record that the clan leader Kensuke showed to Akaishi after the Chunin Exams recorded Setsuna's Mangekyou pattern and its basic type—both eyes being "genjutsu eyes"—therefore Akaishi speculates that it is also an ability that matches "Tokoyo".

From the "Tokyo" ability, it's clear that Setsuna's aptitude is truly exceptional; her Mangekyou Sharingan ability is even a noble space-time ninjutsu!

"Tokoyo" is already considered a relatively energy-efficient Kaleidoscope technique, but unfortunately—the remaining eye power is too little in an instant." Jiri said, shaking his head helplessly.

Although there are only a dozen minutes left to use it, that's because the "Kaleidoscope Eye Power" has almost completely disappeared—it's only about twice the peak of the standard Sanba.

It's important to understand that even a standard peak-level Uchiha would have an initial Mangekyou Sharingan power equivalent to "thousand times" of their previous level after awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan. A Uchiha capable of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan would almost certainly not be merely a "standard peak-level Uchiha," especially considering that Setsuna's awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan undoubtedly significantly boosted his power as well.

The "eye damage" of the Mangekyou Sharingan is manifested when enhancing ocular power!

This thing's eyesight is so bad, it must have extracted a lot, but there's only this little bit left.

Compared to the limited amount of kaleidoscope eye power available, "Tomorrow's World" is already considered a low-cost kaleidoscope eye technique.

This also shows the extent to which the Uchiha clan was divided during the internal strife!

At this moment, Chiri looked thoughtful. Akaishi thought that Chiri's grandmother was considering whether or not to return the eyes to Setsuna, but to his surprise, Chiri's grandmother said as soon as she spoke: "Don't tell anyone about this—"