Chapter 158: The Root of the matter

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Colt found that he seemed to be using the Tsukuyomi in a rather unorthodox way.

This genjutsu under the Mangekyō Sharingan was originally a super technique that could incapacitate even strong people in one move.

But Colt had been using it to exchange information every time he used it.

The only two victims he used it differently on were Zabuza and the Nine-Tails.

However, this seemed to be fine to him.

'Maybe this is the true use of Tsukuyomi?'

The moment Sasuke knew they were in a Genjutsu, he hurried to talk.

"Colt, I have given you what you asked for, and now I want to know the truth of everything!"

After he heard that Danzo had died, he wanted to rush back to Konoha to understand the situation.

But Orochimaru was by his side, and he didn't get what Colt had wanted by that time, so it was difficult to get any substantive information.

So, he could only suppress his impulses and concentrate on training.

"How far has Orochimaru improved the Curse Mark?"

Colt didn't answer but instead asked.

Sasuke snorted as he didn't hear what he wanted and said reluctantly:

"It's close to perfection, and the control of the Curse Mark is greatly enhanced. It took a lot of effort to get it from Orochimaru, it is absolutely true."

As one of Orochimaru's proud achievements, it was really hard for Sasuke to learn the technique.

Sasuke didn't exaggerate his efforts.

Colt nodded, "If you lie to me now, I will kill Itachi myself, so that you will never get your revenge for the rest of your life."

Damn!

'What kind of devil is this?'

Sasuke felt ants crawling all over his body just hearing it.

Perhaps, if Itachi heard Colt was coming for him, he might just kill himself before.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Just ask if you have anything to ask," Colt waved his hand and immediately changed the subject.

Sasuke's eyes twitched, "Don't touch Itachi! He is mine to kill!"

Colt spread his hands and said innocently, "If you don't get stronger soon, I'm afraid he will die of natural causes before you can kill him."

Tch.

Sasuke snorted, not bothering anymore with replying.

After thinking for a long time, he found that he actually had quite a few questions, and it was a problem to think of where to start.

"Why don't we start with Danzo first," Colt reminded kindly after being dragged into an awkward silence.

"Yes, yes, Danzo - is he the murderer who destroyed the Uchiha clan?"

Sasuke decided on the topic.

Colt rubbed his chin and seemed to organize his thoughts.

After a long while, he said uncertainly: "If you want to say that he is, that can be said to be true... but, he didn't do anything directly. Apart from killing Shisui, he really didn't directly attack the Uchiha clan."

This old Danzo had always been playing behind the scenes.

Even on the night of the massacre, he had sent his Root ninjas to observe.

"Danzo killed Brother Shisui?" Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Don't interrupt me, wait for me to finish," Colt waved his hand.

He hated others interrupting his explanations.

Sasuke shut up rapidly.

"As I said before, there is also darkness at the top of Konoha. Which of course includes Danzo, however, there are also two advisors."

"Those two advisors are indeed scumbags, but their role is very small. If you're interested though, you can kill them, I don't care."

Sasuke's heart went cold.

'Konoha still has some enemies…'

Colt stretched out his hand, created a sofa chair in the Tsukuyomi space, and sat on it comfortably before continuing.

"I won't talk about things that are too far in the past. You just need to remember that the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, hated the Uchiha very much, and his will extended to his students."

"Danzo is the person who implemented this will most thoroughly, and in all of Konoha, he's the one who finds the Uchiha the least pleasing to the eye."

"Why target the Uchiha? Aren't we also the founders of Konoha?"

Sasuke was very puzzled.

He didn't understand why the Second Hokage hated the Uchiha so much.

"You really want to get to the bottom of it."

Colt had a headache, but he sighed and decided to explain patiently.

"The reasons are many. One is the original hatred between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, and another is 'Uchiha Madara'."

"But the most important thing is that the Uchiha clan is just too unstable."

"Unstable?" Sasuke stared blankly at Colt.

"Why is it unstable?"

Colt pointed to his eyes:

"You should still remember the circumstances under which the Sharingan can be activated?"

Sasuke thought of the Night of the Massacre where he awakened his single Tomoe, and also remembered being jealous of Colt's strength to awaken the 2-Tomoe.

He thought of the Valley of the End battle, where he awakened the 3-Tomoe against Naruto.

Colt clapped his hands, and a pair of huge Three Tomoe Sharingans appeared in the entire space, hanging above the sky, like a blood moon.

The earth was also stained with a layer of blood, which looked a little creepy.

"As you might think, the process of awakening the eyes is often accompanied by strong emotional stimuli. That's why the Uchiha clan is unstable."

"Just imagine it, who wants to have a group of powerful psychopaths in their village, who can suddenly get stronger and betray them?"

Sasuke was silent.

He remembered that he had seen many extreme clansmen when he was young, and the more extreme people were often in high positions.

He was a little puzzled again, "What about you? Colt, I have never seen you being emotional and losing control."

"And why do you have the same eye technique as Itachi?"

In his memory, let alone being stimulated, Colt accompanied Ino and Hinata every day, and he rarely even saw him getting angry.

"To correct you, mine is stronger than Itachi," Colt vetoed Sasuke's claim with a wagging finger.

"As for my ability to awaken my eyes, it can only be said that my talent is good and I don't need to be stimulated."

Sasuke clenched his fists and wanted to go up and punch Colt twice.

But he chose to endure.

"Go on," Sasuke squeezed the words out through his teeth.

Pat!

Colt snapped his fingers again, and the blood moon in the sky disappeared, replaced by a huge demon fox, roaring up to the sky.

Sasuke was shocked to see that their environment had changed from nothingness to the Konoha Village.

"Although the Second Hokage hated and feared the Uchiha, it was a force in the village after all, and he just chose to limit it instead of taking a more extreme approach."

"He also had a disciple named Uchiha Kagami, who is said to be the ancestor of Shisui."

"Such a policy was also carried over to the Third Generation. Although the Uchiha were isolated at first, they were able to live well in Konoha."

"There have even been one or two war heroes from the Uchiha in the wars."

Colt's voice slowly became low.

"Unfortunately, a sudden Nine-Tails attack broke this fragile balance."

"Countless people saw with their own eyes the sign of the Sharingan in the eyes of the Nine-Tails, and the source of everything pointed to the Uchiha clan."

Sasuke was stunned.

It seemed to him that whoever did this, had a plan to destroy the Uchiha.

"Who was it?!"

Sasuke was angry.

This person was pushing the Uchiha clan into the abyss.

Colt sat up straight and said word by word.

"He calls himself... Uchiha Madara!"