Projection magicians starting from the Uchiha clan

With astonishing strength, he swept through the competition and easily made it to the finals, where he faced off against Uchiha Tetsuka, who was about to graduate.

[Uchiha Tekka, I remember he was one of the three who went after Shisui's death to cause trouble for Itachi. The other two were Uchiha Inahisa and Uchiha Yasho, both elite Jonin at the time.]

He was twenty-one years old then, already a Jonin with three tomoe (a type of ninja prowess). Now he's twelve, so he should be close to a Chunin in strength.

[Itachi hasn't grown up yet. He's seven years older than Itachi. I wonder if Itachi can beat him?] Iori thought to himself as he looked at the two of them.

Itachi and Tetsuka stood on the platform and formed opposing hand seals.

Tiehuo looked at Itachi, his eyes darting around, and said with feigned contempt:

"You've already done a great job making it all the way to the finals. If you were three or four years older, I might not be your match, but you're still too inexperienced. Just admit defeat."

Itachi was not swayed by his provocation; his eyes remained calm, as if he had already seen through his opponent's intentions.

He didn't waste his breath; instead, he pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and threw it accurately.

Seeing Itachi's actions, Tetsuka chuckled and threw his kunai at the incoming kunai.

The moment the kunai collided, sparks flew and a crisp metallic clang echoed in the air.

Itachi's fingers twitched nimbly, attempting to launch a sneak attack using shuriken manipulation techniques, but he soon discovered that his plan was not going as smoothly as he had imagined.

The kunai's wire was entangled by Tekka's wire, revealing that Tekka was also using shuriken-manipulation techniques.

"Don't think I'll be careless just because I'm facing a brat. I won't miss this opportunity," Tie Huo said loudly, holding onto the steel wire with one hand.

A single tomoe Sharingan appeared in his eyes, his crimson eyes flashing with determination and resolve.

Just a few months ago, his parents were killed in a surprise attack by Kirigakure ninja, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Suigetsu Hozuki.

The night after learning the news, he sat alone in his room. The next day, he walked out of the room with his Sharingan, his mind filled with only one thought—revenge.

After vowing to kill Suigetsu Hozuki to avenge his parents, Tetsuka fell into confusion. His enemy was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and without the strength of a Jonin, revenge was just a pipe dream.

Now, an opportunity to become stronger is presented to him, and he will never allow himself to miss it due to arrogance and carelessness.

Tetsuka pulled hard on the steel wire in his hand. Due to his lack of strength, Itachi was forced to give up the kunai in order to maintain his stance.

After retrieving his kunai, Tekka quickly formed hand seals, unleashing "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."

The enormous fireball hurtled towards Itachi like a comet, but Itachi deftly dodged it with his Body Flicker Technique.

As Itachi landed, Tetsuka used his Sharingan to predict Itachi's movements and charged towards him.

As their eyes met, Itachi seemed to be trapped in an illusion, standing there motionless.

"Gotcha!" A hint of triumph flashed in Tetsuho's eyes. He laughed loudly and was about to knock Itachi unconscious.

But just as he was about to be hit, Itachi raised his head, and the Sharingan with its tomoe in his eyes was clearly visible, flashing with a calm light.

Tetsuka's heart sank; he realized he had fallen into Itachi's trap.

But a fist thrown with all its might, like a bullet fired from a gun, has no chance of being pulled back.

Itachi lunged forward, bypassing Tetsuka's fist, and came behind him. He pulled out another kunai from his ninja tool bag and held it against Tetsuka's neck.

"You lost," Itachi said calmly, his voice devoid of any emotion, as if this had all been expected.

"He actually awakened the Sharingan too. I admit defeat." Tie Huo didn't argue and readily conceded defeat.

His voice carried a hint of resentment and dejection; he hadn't expected that Itachi would also awaken the Sharingan.

Tetsuka awakened his Sharingan at the age of twelve and became a Jonin with three tomoe at the age of twenty-one, undoubtedly a genius. However, he has now encountered a monster who is even more talented than him.

When Itachi heard him admit defeat, he put down his kunai and walked to the side without saying a word.

According to the original work, he awakened his Sharingan at the age of eight. Now that he has awakened it three years earlier, it's Iori's fault.

When Itachi recalled the scene when he first awakened his eyes, he wished he could bury himself in the ground.

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Itachi stood by the platform, and upon hearing Tetsuka's words, he recalled the scene when he awakened his Sharingan.

A few days ago

In the quiet room of the secret base, Iori looked at the stubborn Itachi, a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

"Do you still think we should believe in the Third Hokage?" Iori sighed, asking somewhat helplessly.

Itachi nodded firmly: "Of course, although Shimura Danzo has a bad reputation, Elder Mitomon and Elder Utatane have a good opinion of him."

"The Third Hokage is a renowned ninja hero. As long as Danzo is dealt with properly, everything will be fine."

Iori gently rubbed his head, realizing he had overlooked an important fact: Itachi was only five years old; what kind of investigation could he possibly have?

If a five-year-old can figure things out, then every single ninja in the Anbu should just go and kill themselves.

Iori's gaze lingered on Itachi's stubborn face, his clear eyes revealing a naive foolishness that ignited a mischievous fire within him.

Just like showing a friend his dark past, Iori also planned to edit the main storyline and show him the parts related to the extermination of his clan.

"So, do you want to see the future I've predicted that doesn't include me?" Iori suddenly said with a smile, her tone carrying a hint of temptation.

"Why is there no future for you?" Itachi frowned slightly. Although he couldn't see through Iori's "malicious intentions," he still raised the question.

"Because if I were here, this kind of thing would never happen, but if I'm not here, according to your and Shisui's thinking in the past, some things are inevitable."

Iori leaned against the wall, relaxed, and urged Itachi, "Aren't you really going to take a look? I've put everything inside."

Although Itachi keenly sensed that something was amiss, he trusted Shisui and, based on his own analysis, believed that Iori would not harm him.

Driven by curiosity about the future Iori had described, Itachi asked Iori, "I want to see what you mean by the future. What should I do?"

Iori turned her gaze to Itachi, the tomoe in her eyes turning into six-pointed stars in a flash: "Just look at me, Illusion Art: Mirror Flower Water Moon."

Itachi was only five years old and hadn't even awakened his Sharingan yet. Under the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he naturally fell into the illusion very quickly.

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Itachi Uchiha's consciousness gradually cleared from a state of chaos, and he found himself standing on a bustling street, surrounded by a constant stream of people.

They were all busy with their own things, and the sounds of hawking and selling filled the air, but no one noticed Itachi's presence.

Itachi felt a sense of curiosity. He reached out and tried to touch the others, only to find that his hand was like a transparent ghost, passing right through the pedestrians' bodies.

At that moment, Iori's voice came from behind him: "Right now you are just a phantom, unable to interfere with this world. You are just an observer."

Itachi turned to look at Iori and said with some curiosity, "Is this your genjutsu? It's so realistic!"

Iori's lips curled up, and he said with some pride, "This is no ordinary illusion. This is my own creation, a forbidden technique that is no less powerful than Izanagi and Izanami."

“After I created it, I continued to improve it, especially after absorbing the techniques of Izanagi and Izanami, and finally I pushed it to the final step.”

"The current 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' is creating another timeline that exists for a short period of time. In other words, the world in front of you is actually a completely real parallel world."

"It's just that my eye power can't support its existence for long. In other words, it's a single-person version of Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"If I didn't have the technique to cure the Kaleidoscope, it would be a forbidden technique that blinds one eye every time it's used."

Itachi nodded. Although he didn't understand what Iori meant by Infinite Tsukuyomi, the realistic details of the world before him were enough to make him understand how terrifying this illusion was.

"Let me start by introducing the background. Five years ago in this world, which is about a year in our time, a major event occurred that caused the Konoha leadership to completely lose trust in the Uchiha clan."

Iori said calmly, "Actually, this can't be entirely blamed on the Konoha higher-ups. After all, both Madara and Obito were ninjas from the Uchiha clan, and Madara was once the clan leader."

Given their determination to smear the Uchiha clan, it was difficult for the Uchiha clan to explain themselves clearly, since they couldn't possibly open their clan's territory completely to allow the Anbu to conduct arbitrary inspections.

"What major event could happen in our world?" Itachi asked eagerly.

"We'll see. After all, it's Uchiha 'Madara' who made the move. I don't know if I can stop him," Iori said somewhat ambiguously.

"Uchiha... Madara?" Itachi said in disbelief. "Didn't he die at the Valley of the End? Why is he still alive?"

"Then we have to talk about the extremely evil Senju old devil. If he hadn't wanted to study Madara's corpse, there probably wouldn't be so many problems now."

Iori shrugged and passed the buck to Tobirama, who was far away in the Pure Land.

"As far as I know, Madara used Izanagi before fighting the First Hokage, which allowed him to revive several days later."

"Then why didn't you tell the Hokage? How can you let such a dangerous man be out there!" Itachi said anxiously.

Iori scoffed and retorted, "So what if I tell you? How can you prove that Madara isn't dead? How can you prove that those things weren't done by you, but by Madara?"

"The higher-ups will definitely ask you to prove yourself, but once you start proving yourself, you will never be able to prove yourself again."

Itachi was somewhat puzzled, but couldn't refute it. Iori continued:

"Then let's continue. Because of the previous conspiracy, the Uchiha were driven from the center of the village to the edge and imprisoned."

"This is a top-notch place. No matter what happens, no one will come here."

Upon hearing Iori's words, Itachi felt a sense of unease.

"Let's go, let's see what the Konoha higher-ups you've been so eager to see are up to."

Suddenly, Iori grabbed Itachi's hand, and the two of them vanished from their spot in an instant, appearing the next moment in the conference room of the Hokage Building.

Shisui knelt before the Konoha F4 and said, "The situation is as described above; the coup plan is still ongoing."

Upon hearing Shisui's words, Itachi was shocked, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face: "A coup? The Uchiha are actually planning a coup? Has things gotten this bad?"

The third generation's expression turned somewhat grim: "Is that so?"

Danzo turned to the Third Hokage and asked, "Hiruzen, what are your plans?"

Chapter 131 Live-streaming the Uchiha Clan Massacre to Itachi (Part 2)

Seeing that the Third Hokage did not answer, Danzo continued, "If we continue to stand idly by, we will be controlled by others at every turn."

"Hmm..." The Third Hokage frowned, his eyes flickering with hesitation, unable to make a decision.

Seeing this, he continued to press, "As a leader, sometimes you have to make ruthless judgments based on the situation. Isn't that exactly what's happening now?"

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage was about to say something when Shisui's words interrupted him.

"Please wait a moment, there are other solutions I'd like to try," Shisui said, raising his head.

"A countermeasure?" The Third Hokage looked at Shisui with some surprise.

Seeing that the Third Hokage was somewhat inclined to change his mind, Danzo hurriedly said, "Listening to him is useless; there's no room for negotiation!"

He ignored Danzo and instead asked Shisui, "Shisui, what is your proposed solution?"