I, Naruto Uzumaki, don't need your approval.

But if Root had such a powerful individual, they would have already given themselves to Danzo. Could it be that someone from another faction in the village made the move?

However, even knowing the other person's identity, given his current situation, the only thing he could do was commit suicide.

While suicide could solve his troubles, he had already abandoned the idea after acting on impulse.

Suicide solves nothing. Whether one commits suicide or not, it cannot change the conflict between the clan and the village. After decades of differential treatment, the idea of ​​a coup has long been rooted in the hearts of every clan member.

Therefore, I must live, because only by living can I make changes, and the first thing I need to do is escape from here.

But how can I escape from the guards of the Jonin who have lost their eyes and whose meridians are sealed? There might be other Jonin outside.

Shisui fell into deep thought again.

Even he himself didn't realize that after losing the kaleidoscope, his thinking became much clearer and more active.

After lunch, Naruto touched his slightly protruding belly, walked towards the cell where Shisui was imprisoned, stood outside the cell, gazed at it for a long time, and then slowly said:

"After losing the thought of suicide, the focus shifted to how to escape? Is this the magnanimity of the 'Instantaneous Stillness' technique?"

Having his thoughts read, Shisui looked in the direction of the voice and calmly asked, "Who exactly are you? Are you Captain Fugaku's hidden Jonin, or one of the Third Hokage's subordinates?"

Naruto smiled and said, "No, if I had to say, I would say I'm a marginal figure in Konoha."

Shisui, whose eyes were wrapped in bandages, couldn't help but frown: "A marginal person?"

Naruto nodded and said, "It's someone who no one cares about, no one pays attention to, and even if they die in a corner, they will just be forgotten."

Shisui changed the subject, hoping to glean more information from the conversation:

"Why don't you kill me? You already have my eyes."

Naruto didn't expose Shisui's thoughts, and said with a smile, "Because it's very interesting to do this. I'm looking forward to seeing how others will react when someone who should have died reappears."

Shisui was somewhat taken aback: "Just for fun? You attacked me on purpose?"

Naruto smiled and shook his head: "Of course, it's not just that. But after losing the Sharingan, do you feel that the world has become clearer? The existence of the Sharingan actually hindered you, and it also hindered the Uchiha."

Shisui fell silent. In the days since he lost his eyes, he had indeed thought a lot.

He has gained many new insights into many things, but he has not lost his ability to judge because of what the other party said.

The other party is definitely here for Kotoamatsukami; their other motives are currently unknown.

Shisui remained silent, and Naruto naturally wouldn't waste time waiting. Instead, he turned and walked into another room, which contained a bed and a worktable filled with surgical instruments.

Naruto summoned a shadow clone, while he lay on the stone bed, waiting for the surgery to begin.

He spent a lot of time learning medical ninjutsu in preparation for transplanting the Sharingan and Rinnegan in the future. He knew all too well the strength of the Sage Body combined with the Sage Eyes, which could easily crush the current Five Kage.

The surgery went very smoothly.

Half an hour later, Naruto took off his glasses and replaced them with the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan.

Under the Sharingan's vision, the world became clearer, and things appeared to move much slower.

Naruto knew that this wasn't because the world had slowed down, but because his perception had been significantly enhanced.

Turning his gaze away, Naruto looked at the mirror beside him and saw a strange Sharingan reflected in its surface.

Similar to Kakashi's case of transplanting the Sharingan, his Sharingan could not be turned off and remained open at all times, consuming enough chakra to deplete even a Jonin.

But when Naruto tried to use the Kotoamatsukami eye technique, the feedback from his Sharingan stunned him.

Chapter 44 The Real Still Water

With insufficient eye power, Kotoamatsukami has entered its cooldown period!

After several attempts, Naruto came to this conclusion, which made him wonder if Shisui had used Kotoamatsukami on him when he ambushed him.

However, he showed no signs of being controlled by illusions, and the Nine-Tails did not issue any warning.

If Shisui could control himself and the Nine-Tails at the same time, he wouldn't need to try so hard to save the Uchiha clan; he could just become the Fifth Hokage.

So the question is, to whom did Shisui use Kotoamatsukami?

Who was unfortunate enough to be caught in the crossfire: the Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura, or Fugaku Uchiha?

Naruto fell into deep thought, but quickly ruled out the possibility that the three had been affected. The Third Hokage had watched the massacre of his clan happen, and Danzo Shimura had been a participant in the massacre.

If Fugaku had been under Shisui's control beforehand, he would not have launched the coup.

Pulling his wandering thoughts back, Naruto, carrying the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan, arrived at the sealed space to show off his newly acquired Mangekyou Sharingan.

Upon seeing the Mangekyou Sharingan, Kurama frowned and bared its teeth, saying, "Naruto, I hate these eyes! Don't come any closer! You ambushed this Uchiha ninja just to deal with me, huh?"

"Of course not, we are friends after all..."

Naruto smiled and shook his head, then looked into Kurama's eyes and asked, "But I'm curious, Kurama, you're so strong, why are you afraid of the Sharingan?"

Kurama said with a strange expression, "You don't understand the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, but the fact that you have this eye means that it won't be long before we leave this place."

“Yes…” Naruto nodded, “But we still have a lot to do before we leave.”

There's a lot to do... Kurama looked suspicious, then looked at Naruto with some anticipation.

After showing off his new eyes to Kurama, Naruto left the sealed space. With the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan, Kurama's negative emotions could no longer affect him, and he was able to utilize Kurama's chakra to the fullest extent.

However, the most urgent task is to investigate exactly where Shisui used Kotoamatsukami.

Using illusion magic to control still water and answer questions is undoubtedly the best option.

But when Naruto walked out of the operating room and looked at Shisui with his Sharingan, he instantly understood everything.

To understand why Danzo used Kotoamatsukami at the Five Kage Summit, and why Itachi didn't use Kotoamatsukami to control the Konoha leadership, Shisui had already used Kotoamatsukami once before, and the target of his attack was himself.

This is why, even though Shisui's eyes were gouged out, I could still sense his pupil power.

Once Naruto realized this, the way he looked at Shisui changed. This seemingly most honest Uchiha was actually a ruthless person in all his right.

Stared at by the Sharingan, Shisui felt the familiar, cold chakra and gradually frowned.

Naruto didn't hide anything from Shisui and said directly, "Shisui, your eyes are very good. They're mine now. But after transplanting your eyes, I discovered something very interesting."

Shisui's heart skipped a beat, as if he had realized something.

"Your Sharingan contains a dojutsu called Kotoamatsukami, which can modify the will of the target without anyone noticing. However, it requires a cooldown period of about ten years after each use."

As Naruto spoke the last few sentences, he deliberately lowered his voice and a smile appeared on his lips:

"But when I transplanted this eye, it had already gone into cooling down. So who exactly used Kotoamatsukami?"

Zhi Shui vaguely sensed something.

At that moment, an unbearable pain shot through his head. Shisui clutched his head and rolled around on the ground. After a long while, he finally got up and looked at Naruto, as if awaiting his fate.

Naruto said casually, "You are the one who uses Kotoamatsukami, and you are also the one who is controlled by Kotoamatsukami."

The words, however, struck Shisui like a boulder falling into a lake, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time. He murmured to himself, "I used Kotoamatsukami to control myself? This is impossible! This is impossible!?"

Naruto watched Shisui's outburst silently, without adding insult to injury, and stood alone to the side, reminiscing.

If Shisui had been under the control of Kotoamatsukami from the beginning, then all of Shisui's strange behaviors, including his suicide attempt to stop the Uchiha coup, could be explained.

The current Zhishui is not the real Zhishui, but only the self that Zhishui hopes to be.

So, what kind of person was Shisui before he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan? Naruto became increasingly curious, but he should soon have the answer.

After losing his eyes, Shisui gradually broke free from the influence of Kotoamatsukami and returned to his former self.

On Shisui's side, after being provoked by Naruto's words, the memories that were buried deep in his heart gradually awakened, and the details that Kotoamatsukami had deliberately ignored on a daily basis gradually became clear.

These images flashed through Zhishui's mind like a revolving lantern, playing continuously.

Shisui did not initially believe in the Will of Fire. From childhood until he participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War, he scoffed at the Will of Fire, believing it to be empty rhetoric with no real meaning.

The so-called protection of companions is a lie; people can only trust themselves, and everything must be centered on themselves.

Shisui had always acted that way, until one mission, his selfishness led to the death of his best friend. In his arms, his best friend said he didn't blame him for running away. At that moment, he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

It was from that moment that Shisui completely embraced the Will of Fire and used Kotoamatsukami on himself.

He is a selfish person and can never become a supporter of the Will of Fire, but Kotoamatsukami can modify the will and transform himself into the desired image without even realizing it.

After that, Shisui followed the Will of Fire until recently... everything changed.

Overwhelmed by the conflict between Kotoamatsukami and his own will, Shisui ultimately chose to commit suicide, entrusting his ideals and the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan to Itachi before his death.

Just as his dearest friend entrusted him with the Will of Fire.

After a long silence, Shisui looked up at Naruto and said in a daze, "I have completely forgotten the past. You have taken my eyes. Why do you still expose me and make me remember everything?"

As she spoke, Shisui slowly walked to the edge of the cage, grabbed the iron bars, and said, almost in despair:

"Why did you expose me? Couldn't you have let me face death in an ideal way? You've gone too far!"

Naruto looked down at Shisui, who was slumped on the edge of the cage, and whispered, "Shisui, you've been imagining yourself to be dead. It's time to come back to reality."

Chapter 45 The Uchiha Sacrifice Was Necessary

"Shisui, the self you've been imagining is long dead. It's time to return to reality."

Upon hearing this, Shisui paused, then sat on the ground with a bewildered expression.

A few days ago, when he lost his Mangekyou Sharingan, he had already sensed that something was wrong, but he deliberately gave up thinking and refused to trust his intuition.

Even after Naruto exposed him, he was somewhat resistant to accepting reality.

Because accepting reality takes courage, and he doesn't want to go back to the past.

Looking at Shisui shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere, Naruto sighed softly, left a shadow clone to keep watch, and then walked out of the underground base.

Shisui needed time to accept reality, and he used this time to adapt to the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan.

Walking through the dense forest, Naruto was still thinking about what had happened to Shisui.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have found it hard to imagine that Shisui, torn between his family and village and choosing suicide, was merely Shisui's ideal self, not the real Shisui.

However, being able to actively modify his own will, Shisui was also a ruthless person in reality.

Not long after, Naruto, who had ventured deep into the realm of death, arrived at a valley inhabited by wild beasts.

He plans to adapt to the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan as quickly as possible and strive to fully digest the Sharingan's inherent abilities.

After using the Sharingan's basic abilities—dynamic vision, perception, and amplified genjutsu—Naruto set his sights on the Susanoo.