Chapter 002 | 12-year-old Jōnin, Retired. Can Kakashi do that?

"Hiruzen, according to the information gathered by the Root, Manoshi Uchiha should be in possession of the legendary Mangekyō Sharingan. "

In Konoha Village, except for two consultants, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, only his good friend Danzō Shimura was able to call the third-generation Hokage this way.

"On the battlefield, he used a jutsu suspected to be Susanoo and used a technique to protect his companions from harm. Many shinobis have commented that although the detonation charms exploded around them, they were unharmed. "

During this period, Shisui Uchiha was still an eight or nine-year-old kid. The top leaders of Konoha could only judge the power of Mangekyō from the information recorded by the second-generation Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

"Such an ability is very dangerous. The growing number of geniuses in the Uchiha clan can't be condoned any longer. "

"That's enough. " The third-generation Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sitting at his desk, knocked on his smoking pipe, "Manoshi Uchiha is a hero who has protected his companions."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Besides, his pair of Mangekyō Sharingan has been destroyed, so don't do anything to irritate Uchiha at this time. "

The 12-year-old genius of the Uchiha clan, a hero on the battlefield, awakened the family's strongest blood inheritance, Mangekyō Sharingan, in a crisis. He saved the lives of all his subordinates by doing so.

Word of this had spread through Konoha village, and even a commoner could recite the story of the little girl Manoshi hit on when he was a kid.

However, the atmosphere in the Uchiha clan was somewhat unpleasant at this time.

"It's all because of your connivance, Fugaku." The several elders of the Uchiha clan collectively turned on the patriarch, Fugaku Uchiha. "The hope of the family was ruined like this. Sacrificing the second Madara Uchiha for a few Genins and Chūnins, stupid!"

Although Manoshi was still receiving treatment in the hospital and visitors weren't allowed, how could the Uchiha clan not hear the news that even ordinary people in the village knew?

Only in their view, Manoshi, who sacrificed himself to save others, wasn't a hero but a disgrace to the Uchiha clan.

Of course, this fool still had some value. The Mangekyō Sharingan's secrets made these elders, whose strengths were stuck in a bottleneck, unusually eager.

"Go now and demand the Hokage to return Manoshi Uchiha to us. Never let the secrets of the Uchiha clan leak out. "

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On the other side, Konoha hospital.

Doctor Yurika was doing her best to save Manoshi. She slowly removed the bandage wrapped around Manoshi's eye after treating some wounds on his body but was dismayed to find that his eye sockets were hollow, with some black charring remaining. The skin around the eye sockets had been burned with several cracked scars.

"Such a wound, is the eyeball abruptly burned out in his eyes? The nerves have been burned. There's no chance to transplant eyeballs ..."

Although she heard the news, it hadn't sunk in yet. Only now she realized that Manoshi Uchiha was still a child, and the hollowed eyes became even more alarming.

This was war. A 12-year-old child could no longer see the sky, but he was fortunate to survive.

Although it was beyond saving, Doctor Yurika carefully pressed her fingers around Manoshi's eyes, using healing techniques to repair his damaged cells and nerves.

After the operation.

The door of the ward opened. Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku Uchiha, and a group of advisors entered the ward. Fugaku Uchiha, who recently became the patriarch, had the strongest power in the clan, but was pressured to ask the Hokage to take Manoshi Uchiha away.

"Hokage-sama. " Hearing someone come in, Yurika looked back.

"How is he doing?" Hiruzen Sarutobi waved a hand to indicate the doctors to relax.

"The coma is due to excessive chakra exhaustion. It's not life-threatening. " Yurika, who had finished treating the wound and carefully tied a brand-new bandage around Manoshi's eyes, turned back to him.

"It's just ... his eyes have completely evaporated. I'm afraid ... his life will be significantly affected in the future. "

There was an unspoken statement, but it was clear to everyone -- since life would be affected, it was naturally impossible for him to continue being a shinobi.

After a long silence, Fugaku Uchiha said, "Since there is nothing wrong with Manoshi Uchiha's body, let me take him back."

...

A few days later, the Uchiha clan compound.

"Manoshi-kun, your retirement has been processed. " The young girl pushed open the door of Manoshi's house and called out Manoshi Uchiha's name.

Because he couldn't see, his retirement procedures were handed over to his neighbor, Kaoru Uchiha, to help.

"Kaoru-san has worked hard. " Manoshi fumbled his way out of the bedroom.

Manoshi, who just woke up, wasn't familiar with the world without light, but it didn't mean that his strength had weakened.

On the contrary, because of the lack of vision, the power of the divine dragon has strengthened his sense of hearing and smell, allowing him to distinguish the footsteps and aromas of different living beings clearly.

Although it sounds a bit perverted, he did sense her arrival by smelling Kaoru Uchiha's scent.

Of course, he wasn't going to expose his abilities.

"It wasn't hard." When Kaoru Uchiha saw Manoshi stumbling out of the room, she rushed forward to support him. "You're a hero on the battlefield. I'm pleased to help you. "

Kaoru Uchiha, who was five years older than Uchiha Manoshi, was determined to go to war and do her part for the village. But fortunately, she had neither the strength to advance nor, of course, to awaken Sharingan. She was a marginal figure in the Uchiha clan who could only do some weeding and searching tasks.

However, thanks to her care, Manoshi, an orphan of war, could successfully survive his early childhood.

"Don't say that. Even if you are doing weeding tasks in the village, you're still contributing to the food supply on the front line. "

"Haha, you're laughing at me again. " Even though she was laughing, Kaoru Uchiha was clearly speaking in a serious tone.

"I wouldn't dare to laugh at you. " Manoshi suddenly looked up, "The doctor said that my stomach was severely damaged and I would have to eat soft food in the future. "

"That's not good. Anyway, I've always been raising you. " Uchiha Kaoru mischievously pinched Manoshi's nose, "From now on, you will follow me like a little wife. "

She was deliberately joking; it was also to reassure him that she cared about him. Wallowing in sorrow will only hurt the people close to him.

The relationship between Manoshi and Kaoru Uchiha was nothing more than a simple older sister- younger brother relationship.

With Kaoru Uchiha's help, Manoshi gradually recovered a sense of familiarity with his home and suggested, "Kaoru-san, can you take me out for a walk?"

Kaoru Uchiha was stuttering a bit.

"No, don't. It's better to get familiar with your home furnishings first. Don't always expect me to help you."