I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 504: Despite doing so much, I'm still back to square one—the most frustrating thing is...

"These are the Sharingan eyes preserved by the Uchiha clan. They're truly magnificent."

The well-preserved shrine's treasure hall displays a variety of ninja tools and rare stones, but the most eye-catching items are rows of eyeballs soaking in some kind of solution. Upon closer inspection, they are all Sharingan.

This is extremely rare; it is something that only members of the clan who have awakened their Sharingan can obtain, either while alive or during the brief period after death.

If you take it without activating the Sharingan, or if you die after exhausting yourself and closing the Sharingan, or if you activate the Sharingan but die for too long and all the life force in your body dissipates, you will not be able to obtain such an eye.

This is a "treasure" that carries the unique power of the Uchiha clan's eyes. The reason for collecting so many of them is not because of any one person's preference.

Instead, on the battlefield, ninjas from various villages have always been extremely greedy for the corpses of ninjas with bloodline limits, and Uchiha ninjas cannot always carry the corpses of their clansmen back to the village.

Leaving corpses on the battlefield could give other ninjas the opportunity to obtain Sharingan eyes. Therefore, casually taking the Sharingan eyes of clan members is an excellent way to preserve the uniqueness of the Sharingan clan.

Besides this method, the only other option is to inscribe a cursed seal on the Byakugan ninja, like the Hyuga did, to ensure that the clan's bloodline limit does not leak out, but the Uchiha disdain using that method.

Over time, the Uchiha clan collected one Sharingan after another. Of course, this was not all of them; a considerable number of them withered and decayed due to improper preservation or the natural loss of their power over time.

Danzo looked at the Sharingan with a mixture of disgust and greed, but several Uchiha were surrounding him, preventing him from acting rashly despite his thoughts.

Instead, he forced himself to look away and focus on the strange man shrouded in a black robe, who claimed to be Madara Uchiha's messenger.

The strange man explained, "However, these are all useless to Lord Madara. After all, they are only Sharingan with one tomoe to three tomoe, and their ocular power is so weak that it is not worth mentioning."

However, if combined with the Uchiha's forbidden technique, Izanagi, it can alter reality for a short period, changing everything that is unfavorable to you.

The Uchiha inside the room had fanatical glints in their eyes, while Danzo calmed down. He had roughly understood the function of this technique: it was powerful and strange, but unfortunately, it was in the hands of the Uchiha.

The strange man turned to face Danzo, who squinted at him but still couldn't see who was shrouded in shadow. The strange man said:

"As for you, Shimura Danzo, if you are willing to cooperate well, Lord Madara wouldn't mind making you Hokage."

"What?!"

"No! Bringing him here to hear the plan is already the biggest concession we can make!"

"Konoha belongs to the Uchiha! And it must belong to the Uchiha!"

In an instant, several Uchiha unleashed their killing intent, all focused on Danzo. Danzo curled his lip, completely unconcerned about this childish killing intent.

He simply looked at the strange man and said, "I don't believe that Uchiha Madara is still alive. Even if he really is, I don't believe he would be so kind. State your real conditions."

"Heh~ As expected of Tobirama Senju's subordinate, you're quite vigilant."

The strange man took a few steps closer to Danzo and said, "The real conditions."

Suddenly, the strange man pulled up his black robe, causing the hood to flutter and revealing half of his face, as well as a bright red Sharingan.

"Bang!"

Danzo, who was standing in front of the strange man, instantly turned into a cloud of smoke. The strange man frowned and kept scanning his surroundings. Several Uchiha members had the same reaction, vigilantly searching for Danzo's figure.

"Translation seal? I already knew how to deal with such childish ninjutsu back in the Warring States period."

Danzo's voice came as he appeared behind the shelf displaying the Sharingan. Through the openwork shelf, he gave a disdainful look to the strange man who now had his back to him, and said:

"Is that eye sealed with illusion magic? The real condition is... to see you."

Hearing Danzo's double entendre, the strange man, now shrouded in his black robe again, turned and said, "You guessed right. So, what do you say? Will you accept this condition? Otherwise, your arrival today would have been meaningless."

Danzo shook his head, his gaze sweeping over the strange man and the several Uchiha. Whenever an Uchiha glanced at him, he could only see the Sharingan in the array. After scrutinizing them for a while, Danzo said with disappointment:

"You've misunderstood something. I came here today to find out who you really are, but it seems you're nothing more than a pawn. I'm truly disappointed."

"And you even colluded with the Uchiha and betrayed the village. Who do you take me for?! I am Shimura Danzo, the Root of Konoha!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The moment the words left his mouth, several figures suddenly emerged from the ground. One of them reached into the monster's hood and with a swipe, two bloody Sharingan eyes fell into his hand. The Uchiha members were also severely injured.

Danzo stepped out from behind the shelf and walked to the kneeling monster. He reached out and grabbed the monster's chin. The person who had taken the monster's eyes immediately removed the monster's hood and, with a forceful pull, ripped off the entire black robe, revealing the undergarments with Uchiha patterns underneath.

Looking at the unfamiliar, innocent face of the girl, filled with panic, helplessness, and pain, Danzo's expression turned extremely grim. No, no!

That wasn't the girl!

"Did you sense anyone else?!"

Danzo's tone was somewhat unfriendly and impatient as he questioned the person beside him. The person knelt down and said with some fear, "Lord Danzo, I am incompetent and did not find anyone else coming or going."

The Uchiha girl, whose chin was being held by Danzo, seemed to only then come to her senses and tried to cry out in pain, but with Danzo gripping her chin so tightly, she couldn't open her mouth at all and could only keep twisting her controlled body.

"Click~"

Danzo twisted the Uchiha girl's neck with a forceful movement, then released her grip, and the girl collapsed limply to the ground. He coldly said, "Take the body away."

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

The ninja, kneeling on the ground, quickly took out a sealing scroll and sealed the girl's corpse.

Danzo looked at an Uchiha man with short swords stuck in his sides, who was being held captive by his subordinates, and said, "Uchiha Orika, do you know what crime you have committed?!"

"Ha! Shimura Danzo, I never imagined that even in your current state, you would still want to be Hiruzen Sarutobi's dog!"

"I have never acted for Hiruzen Sarutobi; all my actions have been for the sake of the village. Your answer was wrong; you deserve to die!"

As Danzo finished speaking, a kunai appeared in his hand. He swung the kunai, about to slit Uchiha Orika's throat, but suddenly he stopped and looked towards the doorway.

The door was tightly shut, so he couldn't see the scenery outside, but he still snorted and said, "Old man, so slow!"

After muttering to himself, he put away his kunai. Although he didn't mind taking on some more charges, these people's lives weren't meaningless. Perhaps he could find the real freak in them.

Thinking of that strange person, Danzo frowned again. Just a moment ago, he was clearly that strange person, but why, the moment he was attacked, did he seem like a completely different person?

Spacetime?! No, it's not spacetime! The person didn't change; it was just a different person.

How did that person manage to do it? And who exactly is that person? Is the information they shared about Madara Uchiha true or false? Or rather, how much of it can be believed?

Since making contact with that person, Danzo had a plan in mind, but he didn't expect that after preparing for so long, it seemed that he hadn't accomplished anything, and he even had to endure the disgust of making contact with these evil Uchiha!

Madara Uchiha, the mysterious figure, the transfer seal—are they related to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's loss of control?

Danzo touched his eye. What would have happened if he hadn't been on guard and that eye had seen him? Would it have been a trap, using him as bait to become Hokage? Or... a deal?

If the mysterious man does keep his promise and makes him Hokage, what does he want to gain from him?

Danzo's mind raced, and soon he remembered something—a strange point mentioned in Sakamoto Tatsuma's mission report.

The Third Mizukage, Genmi, and the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, who may have already taken office, both underwent personality changes.

While Yagura Karatachi was still unsure how things would develop, the Hidden Mist Village and the Blood Mist Village during Genmi's rule were characterized by self-isolation and infighting.

Could this also be the work of that mysterious figure? What exactly does he want to do? To plunge the five great nations into internal strife? And for what reason?

He had thought that today's trip would answer many of his questions, but it seems that it has only increased his doubts, and he also has to endure these disgusting Uchiha!

The angrier he got, the more Danzo pulled out the kunai he had taken back and hurled it at Uchiha Orika.

"Pfft~"

"ah"

The Root of Konoha severed the roots of the Konoha people, but Danzo was still not satisfied and wanted to go over and kick it. However, after taking a few deep breaths, he held back. He turned around and walked towards the scroll that sealed two forbidden techniques.

"stop!"

Seeing Danzo raise his hand, trying to grab the scroll, even though they were severely injured and weak, the Uchiha men showed anger. That was a forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan!

They wouldn't allow an outsider to even try to interfere, let alone touch it!

"Bang bang bang~"

Just then, the entire roof was blown off. Danzo snorted and withdrew his hand. Now that he knew about this forbidden technique, there were plenty of ways to obtain it in the future, so there was no need to rush.

He also looked outside and met the eyes of his old friend of many years.

"Danzo, you..."

(End of this chapter)