I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 158 Listening to the Corpse Tell Its Story! (Fourth Update, 1.4 words, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

"Uchiha Kagami?"

Minato Namikaze frowned slightly.

"There's no ninja in the Uchiha clan with that name, but I feel like I've heard it somewhere before..."

"I know."

Nara Rinka created a "shadow creature" and sent a "shadow clone" to pick up people from the sky above.

"They are the ancestors of Zhishui."

Zhi Shui, what heinous thing have you done that made even your ancestors want to lift the lid of their coffins and come after you?!

Nara Rinka's heart was filled with regret.

"Shisui's..."

Minato Namikaze stared at Kagami Uchiha in utter astonishment.

If they were Shisui's elders, why would the other party suddenly attack them?

Moreover, the opponent's skill level is simply too high.

If the Uchiha clan had such a highly skilled and powerful ninja, it would be absolutely impossible to keep it a secret!

"Shisui, he..."

Uchiha Kagami remained silent for a moment, then glanced at the white creature at Nara Rinka's feet.

"How is it now?"

"Excuse me, sir, this ninja who calls himself 'Uchiha Kagami'."

Although Nara Rinkei had basically determined the other party's identity, he still showed a certain degree of vigilance.

"It's not your turn to speak yet."

"My clone is on its way here with Shisui. Before that, I have a few questions to ask you."

"If you have any questions, you'd better ask them quickly."

Feeling the emptiness of chakra within his body, Uchiha Kagami showed no intention of resisting and spoke calmly.

"I'm not sure how much longer I have left in this world."

The meaning of this statement is...

Minato Namikaze's pupils contracted slightly.

"The other party isn't some immortal ninja, but a real dead person?"

"Very good, I like prisoners who cooperate willingly."

Nara Lan Gui nodded slightly, cutting through the tangled mess with swift precision.

"First, why are you attacking us? What is your stance?"

"Regarding the first question, I'd like to discuss it after Shisui arrives."

"Uchiha Kagami said calmly."

"But at least for now, we are not enemies—"

"Well, before that, Nara Rinkazu, could you use your shadow to probe the back of my head? I need you to check if there are any special ninja tool talismans on the back of my head."

Strange and unusual requests...

Nara Rinka acted decisively, signaling to a [shadow clone].

The latter immediately used the [Shadow Stitching Technique], piercing the extremely sharp shadow tentacles into the back of Uchiha Kagami's head and stirring them inside.

This scene sent chills down Minato Namikaze's spine.

However, Uchiha Kagami, who was "personally experiencing" it, felt nothing at all.

Nara Rinka's shadow tentacles are playing with corpses, what does that have to do with Uchiha Kagami?

A moment later, the Shadow Clone withdrew the shadow tentacles formed by the Shadow Stitching Technique and shook its head slightly at Nara Rinka.

"The ninja tools you just mentioned don't exist in your brain area, and as for the talismans, I can't examine them in detail."

Nara Rinka relayed the search results to the other party.

"That's enough."

"Uchiha Kagami said."

"At least I don't have to worry about someone else taking control of my body at any time, although I'm not sure what they could do even if they did control my body now..."

"The other one?"

Minato Namikaze silently kept Kagami Uchiha's words in mind.

"Could it be that these mobile, conscious corpses aren't isolated cases, but rather supported by an organization?"

"I will tentatively believe your statement that they are 'not enemies'."

Nara Rinkazu was too busy to pay attention to Eiji's wild ideas; he was guiding Uchiha Kagami's answer little by little.

"My second question is, what's wrong with you right now? Why can't you be killed?"

"Although I am very reluctant to mention it, this kind of jutsu called 'Impure World Reincarnation' is a ninjutsu that violates human ethics and was developed by the Second Hokage."

"Through human sacrifices, the souls of ninjas are summoned from the Pure Land, and then the souls control the immortal bodies, allowing them to move about in the human world."

Uchiha Kagami readily provided the answer.

"However, the one manipulating the 'Impure World Reincarnation' ritual at this time is not the Second Hokage, but someone else."

"Once he discovers my current state, he will definitely immediately dispel the Impure World Reincarnation Technique and allow my soul to ascend to heaven."

Nara Rinka decisively pressed on, "Who is the other party?"

"I'm sorry, I can't answer that question."

For the first time, Uchiha Kagami gave a refusal.

Nara Ranka frowned. "Is it that you can't? Or that you don't want to?"

"...It's because I don't want to."

Uchiha Kagami struggled to answer the other's questions. He already thought the other was intelligent, and this impression became even stronger now.

"For a dead man to care about whether information is leaked or not, it seems that the mastermind behind this is quite extraordinary."

Nara Rinka remained unfazed, deliberately distorting the topic.

"Even in the Book of Sealing in Naruto, there is no record of the existence of the 'Impure World Reincarnation Technique,' which must be a forbidden ninjutsu with a very high degree of secrecy."

"Within Konoha Village, there are only a handful of ninjas who have access to this level of top-secret ninjutsu."

"Was it the Third Hokage who sent you on this mission? Or Danzo Shimura?"

Uchiha Kagami struggled to speak, "...None of those."

"Neither of them? Could it be either Mitokado Homura or Utatane Koharu, those two high-ranking elders?"

Nara Rinka once again lied through his teeth, making wild guesses.

"It couldn't be that Orochimaru sent you here, could it?"

"Speaking of which, Orochimaru's status is high enough, and he also happens to know the specific mission details of my team and Minato's team."

Listening to Nara Rinkazu's analysis and speculation, Minato Namikaze subconsciously wanted to nod in agreement.

Indeed, Mr. Orochimaru seems very suspicious...

Uchiha Kagami said helplessly, "It's not Orochimaru either, don't make wild guesses."

"From what you're saying, you're not a ninja from the village?"

Nara, holding a cassia tree, knowingly asked a question.

"There are only a handful of ninjas in Konoha who have access to the 'Impure World Reincarnation Technique' and can use it in actual combat."

"It couldn't possibly be some high-ranking member of your Uchiha clan who defected to Konoha in history, could it? He took a genuine copy of the Book of Seals with him when he left the village, couldn't he?"

Uchiha Kagami wished he could turn back time.

He should have decisively refused when Nara Ranke questioned him.

Anyway, the other party can't do anything to him since he's a dead man.

Lord Madara, I truly had no intention of betraying you...

Uchiha Kagami was in a state of utter confusion, unsure how to answer Nara Ranka's question.

Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze was pondering the truth behind Nara's capture of the laurel.

"Although it's hard to admit, the Uchiha clan has indeed always remained detached from the village's center... This was already evident back when Madara Uchiha left Konoha."

"At least to my knowledge, no Uchiha clan ninja should have access to the Scroll of Seals!"

"So...it really is Orochimaru?"

Minato Namikaze genuinely trusted every Konoha ninja.

However, this "Impure World Reincarnation Technique" is far too evil!

They toy with the lives of the living and the souls of the dead.

Minato Namikaze even began to doubt whether this ninjutsu was actually developed by the Second Hokage...

"Shisui has arrived."

Nara Rinka sensed the approach of the [Shadow Clone] and decisively stopped interrogating him.

It's better to let Shisui do the questioning than let him do it!

At least the other party is a relative.

To be honest, Nara Rinka never knew that Uchiha Kagami was Shisui's father or grandfather.

But judging from their identical chubby noses, Uchiha Kagami shouldn't be the uncle next door at all...

The matter was of great importance, so Nara Rinka did not send the main force, but only Uchiha Shisui.

"Captain, Minato-senpai."

Uchiha Shisui first greeted his two teammates, then looked at Uchiha Kagami.

He was hesitant to confirm the other person's identity and asked cautiously.

"Excuse me, Captain, who is this...?"

Nara Ranka confessed, "The ninja who attacked us is now a corpse that can move freely. He claims to be Uchiha Kagami."

"Uchiha... Kagami?"

As if struck by a tremendous emotional shock, Uchiha Shisui subconsciously activated his Sharingan. The dark tomoe swirled endlessly in his eye sockets, showing faint signs of interconnection.

"Still water".

Uchiha Kagami spoke with a complicated expression.

"It really is me."

Uchiha Shisui opened his mouth, but his vocal cords seemed to have fallen into the river below the Naka Shrine, and he couldn't utter a single sound.

It took quite a while.

Uchiha Shisui then spoke with great difficulty.

"……Father?"

Father?!

Nara Rinkazu and Namikaze Minato widened their eyes slightly.

So it wasn't the old man who crawled out of his coffin, but the biological father who crawled out of his coffin to beat people up?

Shisui, repent!

After uttering that word himself, Uchiha Shisui's speaking speed noticeably became more fluent.

"Father, why did you attack our squad?"

"Because of you, still water."

Uchiha Kagami finally answered the question.

"I've already become like this, and I can't bear to see you become like me too."

"You need greater strength to protect yourself, and also to protect the village."

"Are you like this?"

Uchiha Shisui suddenly recalled the captain's instructions.

"A corpse?"

"To be precise, it is the Impure World Reincarnation Technique."

Nara Langui reminded.

"A ninjutsu that can summon the souls of the dead from the Pure Land."

"Zhishui, quickly ask your father what exactly happened."

Of the four people present, three of them simultaneously focused their gaze on Nara Rinka.

Can you please stop so openly ordering others around?

However, Uchiha Shisui was still used to the captain's orders.

Just as he was about to speak.

Unable to bear it any longer, Uchiha Kagami chose to turn himself in—no, to confess.

"More than ten years ago, the war had just ended, and I received an urgent mission from the village to go to the Land of Waterfalls."

Uchiha Kagami recounted the events of that year.

"Although the mission was successful, I was seriously injured in the process and was eventually rescued by someone unexpectedly."

This matter...this script...

Why does that sound so familiar?

The Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Grass seem to be not far from the Land of Iron.

Nara Rinka tentatively anticipated Uchiha Kagami's words.

"Your next line will be—you lost your left eye during the mission."

"But due to the severity of the injury, I lost my right eye."

Uchiha Kagami was unaware of Nara Rinka's inner thoughts, and simply recounted the events in a concise manner.

"To repay the kindness of my savior, I have been under his command ever since I recovered from my injuries."

"Until later, during another mission, I was mortally wounded and died..."

"This is what I'll be like when I wake up."

You've overlooked way too many things!

Nara Lan Gui gestured to Uchiha Shisui.

"Shisui, quickly ask your father if his savior was Orochimaru!"

"oh oh……"

Uchiha Shisui instinctively wanted to relay the captain's question.

"This silly child..."

Uchiha Kagami glanced helplessly at his son, and finally revealed the true identity of the mastermind behind everything.

"That lord... is Uchiha Madara!"

According to the "Book of Formations", Uchiha Kagami died at the age of 25.

Also from the "Book of Formations," Tobirama Senju died in Konoha Year 37.

The corresponding major event was the end of the Second Shinobi World War and the signing of an agreement between Konoha and Kumogakure.

Tobirama Senju died while covering the escape of the guards (but it's ridiculous not to mention that).

Therefore, Uchiha Kagami's death must have occurred after 37 years in Konoha.

This is based on a post compiled by Ashin regarding the timeline of Uchiha Shisui. (For details, please see the featured posts in the fan community; we will not elaborate further here.)

Uchiha Shisui was born in Konoha year 36.

In the main manga (chapter 627), it is only mentioned that Uchiha Shisui was a descendant of Uchiha Kagami.

Based on age.

1: If Tobirama Senju really died at the end of the Second Shinobi World War, then Kagami Uchiha should be Shisui Uchiha's father.

2. If Tobirama Senju died at the end of the First Shinobi World War (in short, the Naruto timeline is very problematic, as everyone knows), then Kagami Uchiha should be Shisui Uchiha's grandfather.

This book adopts a reasoning approach.

This can be considered a "secondary setting".

Additionally, the Water Release ninjutsu used by Uchiha Kagami before and after the game are, in order: [Water Dragon Bite Explosion], [Water Severing Wave], [Rain Formation], [Wave Strike], [Heavenly Cry], [Water Prison Technique], and [Instant Water]. Some of these techniques are from the manga, and some are from the game.

The nature of Uchiha Kagami's chakra is also a [secondary interpretation].

(End of this chapter)