117.Did You Met Him?

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"Cough... Cough...!"

The Third Hokage awkwardly coughed, shifting the topic. In the next few days, you must prepare yourself. Be ready to take over everything. Koharu and Homura will assist you. Even though you find them irritating, they can still be of help to you, Tsunade."

"I understand. It's so annoying. I didn't want to deal with all this in the first place, but now I'm forced to sit here."

Tsunade waved her hand impatiently, signaling for the Third Hokage to stop talking. 

She disliked Koharu and Homura, but she also understood that they could be useful to her. Everything has its pros and cons—relying on them could help her grasp things faster, though she had to be prepared to endure their unpleasantness.

These two were experts at being annoying.

While Tsunade agreed, she wasn't as soft-hearted as the Third Hokage.

"Let me make this clear. They can assist me, but I don't want anyone bossing me around. Whatever decisions need to be made, I'll handle them myself. I don't need them telling me what to do."

"I'll remind them," the Third Hokage said with a helpless smile. What else could he do? Jiraiya and Tsunade were not like Minato. Minato would follow everything the Third Hokage suggested. But Tsunade? If pushed too far, she'd flip the table.

Back at home, Kazuki stood in the bathroom, holding a glass bottle, hesitating whether to use it or not. 

Inside the bottle was the Sharingan he had taken from Kakashi. Kakashi didn't possess Uchiha blood, so at this time, he couldn't fully unlock the power of Obito's Sharingan. It was just a regular Sharingan for him. 

It wasn't until Naruto grew up, and the "Konoha 12" graduated, that Kakashi, as their instructor, managed to unlock its potential. However, his limited chakra meant he could barely use Kamui, as it drained most of his chakra with just one use.

Putting down the glass bottle, Kazuki took out a kunai and sliced his palm.

Blood flowed from the wound, but soon the injury began to heal, and the bleeding slowed down. The cut made by the kunai was slowly mending.

Clearly, Kazuki still wasn't ruthless enough.

Realizing this, Kazuki chuckled to himself, the hesitation in his heart disappearing. He raised his hand and aimed it at his right eye.

Blood trickled down from his eye socket as Kazuki removed his eye and placed the one from the bottle into the empty socket.

The intense pain made Kazuki tremble. In that moment, he seriously doubted whether Uchiha Madara and Obito had pain receptors because they made replacing eyes look as easy as eating and drinking. It was almost ridiculously simple.

As the eye merged into his socket, the benefits of the Ashura chakra he absorbed started to show. The nerves and blood vessels in his eye began to connect and slowly heal.

The newly implanted right eye emitted a green light, signifying that it was healing.

After washing the blood from his face and the injury, Kazuki stored his original eye in a glass bottle, then sealed it in a scroll with a heavy sigh of relief.

"Very soon, this will all be over." Kazuki didn't plan to use Obito's Sharingan for long. It wasn't his, and using it made him feel uncomfortable.

Not to mention, there was a slight rejection.

Kakashi, not having Uchiha blood, may not have felt it as strongly, but Kazuki could clearly sense the incompatibility between Obito's Sharingan and his own body.

Fortunately, both were Uchiha, so the rejection wasn't too severe.

Once the green glow from his eye disappeared, Kazuki opened his tightly closed eyes, activating the Sharingan.

A pair of cold, crimson three-tomoe Sharingan appeared, the tomoe spinning rapidly and soon transforming into the Mangekyō Sharingan. 

However, the shapes of the two Mangekyō Sharingan were different.

The core shapes were similar—both had triangles near the center—but Obito's Mangekyō had barbs at the edges of the triangles, connecting them clockwise.

There was nothing wrong with the eyes, but without Uchiha blood, Kakashi could never unleash their full power.

On the first day of the Police Force's reorganization, Kazuki arrived at the headquarters early.

Fugaku had already sent the appointment letter, along with a captain's badge, which had been rushed overnight, and the captain's uniform.

After the restructuring, the Police Force was led by Fugaku at the top, with three captains under him, each overseeing five squads.

Fugaku had even rearranged the squads, placing the one with Itachi under Kazuki's command.

On the first day of work after the reorganization, the three captains had nothing to do and sat in their offices handling a few cases. The day passed uneventfully.

No one in the clan noticed that Kazuki had replaced his right eye with someone else's.

After work, Shimeki packed some food from a small restaurant near the Police Force.

"Hey, big brother, how does it feel to be a captain? Must be pretty cool, right?"

At home, Shimeki joined his younger brother, Ryoichi, for dinner. Ryoichi was animated and kept asking questions.

"Shut up and eat your food!"

Shimeki scolded his brother, not sharing any details about the Police Force. In reality, of the three captains, his position was the most unstable because several of the squad leaders under him weren't very obedient.

He wasn't as well-liked by the clan as Kazuki, nor did he have Kazuki's strong methods.

As for Kazuki, he had been a veteran in the Police Force, and with Fugaku's support, it was easy for him to secure his position. Those under him wouldn't dare to cause trouble.

But Shimeki had problems. 

Fugaku had promoted him, but without further support, and Uchiha Shimeki was relatively low-profile in the clan. Being directly made a captain caused dissatisfaction among some.

He hoped everything would go smoothly.

Shimeki glanced at his brother, who was still recovering from his injuries and lying on the couch, and sighed. He then went to the kitchen to clean up.

After washing the dishes, Shimeki stepped out of the kitchen and instinctively looked out the window.

"Uchiha Shimeki, the elder has summoned you."

It was inevitable.

Shimeki nodded, changed his clothes, and headed to the elder's residence.

"Elder."

Kneeling on a mat, Shimeki bowed respectfully before sitting up straight.

"You met with Kazuki last night?"

"Yes."

Faced with the elder's question, Shimeki wanted to deny it, but as a member of the hardliner faction, he could only listen obediently to the family's leader.

"I knew it! That Kazuki has ill intentions!"

The elder's anger flared as he remembered the panic and embarrassment he had felt during the clan meeting. He slammed his tea cup on the ground, questioning loudly:

"Is he trying to win you over?! Does he want you to leave our faction and join his side?"