"Oh dear, you recognized me." The young man smiled, raising his index finger to his lips, "Don't make a fuss, or the Hidden Leaf Village will be paralyzed with fear, and I won't be able to enjoy my morning tea."
"This is really... finding something after searching high and low, with no effort at all..."
Kakuzu looked excited, his pupils trembling, "580 Million Ryo... your head is worth that much! This is jointly funded by the Five Great Nations, and every Exchange Station in the Shinobi World has promised to honor it!"
"Good, that's the reaction I was hoping for, but..." The young man curled his lips, slightly dissatisfied, "Is my head only worth this much? It seems even if I brought my own head to Bochi, I wouldn't be able to exchange it for the Sage Art in his hands."
This young man was undoubtedly Uchiha Shin'yu.
Back then, after Uchiha Kagami turned into a tree, he returned to the base and, under the guidance of Uchiha Madara, transplanted his Younger Brother's Mangekyo Sharingan.
The process was quite tortuous; the path to eternity was not so simple.
It was known that after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, each time Eye Power was released or an Eye Technique was used, a special Yin Release Chakra would be generated in the mind. This peculiar energy could make the user stronger, causing mental energy to surge, but as the Yin Release Chakra increased, the optic nerves would be damaged, gradually eroding every cell in the body, causing the user's body to weaken day by day.
Over time, the result would be: mental energy gradually increasing, body energy gradually decreasing, the so-called Yin flourishing and Yang declining.
When enough Yin Release energy accumulated in the mind, transplanting the Mangekyo Sharingan from a blood relative would allow this energy to slowly combine with the new eyes, bloodlines merging, genes reshaping, and the congenitally deficient sequences would be completely replenished. After a period of time, a transformation would occur.
This was the path to eternity.
Once successful, not only would the eyes undergo complete evolution, with greatly enhanced basic attributes and Eye Technique power, such as unlocking the complete form of "Susanoo," but all the Eye Power of the other pair of eyes would also be fused, becoming the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan that would never go blind.
According to Madara's experience, a necessary prerequisite for successful fusion was the best time for transplantation:
The moment the original eyes went completely blind was also the moment when the Yin Release energy in the mind reached its peak.
In the past, Shin'yu would erase the negative effects of the Mangekyo Sharingan by reversing time, restoring himself to a flawless state, but this operation also erased the newly generated Yin Release energy in his mind.
Therefore, Shin'yu needed to frantically extract Eye Power until his eyes went completely blind before he could transplant Kagami's Sharingan.
For an entire month, he constantly suppressed the urge to reverse time, which was no different from suppressing instinct, while releasing Eye Techniques without regard for the cost, squandering his Eye Power like a nouveau riche, even using Susanoo to pour a cup of tea.
Finally, after nearly insane releases of Eye Power, he went blind.
But, contrary to expectations, his body did not weaken much, nor did he experience the so-called hemoptysis symptoms.
However, it was still within a controllable range, and he decisively took Kagami's Mangekyo Sharingan from the culture medium and completed the transplant surgery.
Everything was proceeding according to plan.
In just three months, he completed the fusion and opened those eternal eyes.
These eyes had a Vermilion Jade-like red color, and in the original magic circle pattern, there was an additional Shamrock-colored pattern, exquisite and gorgeous, as bright as glass, with a faint purple glow in the scarlet.
Even Uchiha Hikari covered her small mouth, exclaiming "Beautiful."
According to the steps of ordinary Mangekyo fusion, this step would be considered a success.
However, Uchiha Kagami's eyes were not ordinary Mangekyo.
They were a pair of eyes that perfectly fused Hashirama's genes and inherited pure Yang Release Chakra.
Although he had completed the fusion of Yin Release, the fusion of Yang Release was still an unknown and lengthy process.
Shin'yu had new feelings every day, which was that his already peak physical body was still slowly becoming stronger day by day!
The blood relative's eyes opened a path of bloodline fusion, and through this path, the Yang Release genes already carried in those eyes were also fusing with Shin'yu's entire body's cells. This was a gene-level reconstruction, and the sequence matching was perfect!
This process was painless, but if Shin'yu were to use his Eye Power, the fusion would fall into a prolonged standstill, only slowly recovering after several months.
Therefore, to avoid subconsciously consuming Eye Power, he simply blindfolded himself, allowing the Yin-Yang Power to naturally fuse without any interference, gradually completing the progress of physical enhancement.
In time, he would gain the Yang Release Power that Kagami had displayed, and it would be a power that was without side effects, would not backfire on him, and would completely belong to Uchiha Shin'yu.
A black ribbon covered his eyes, and this wrapping lasted for 6 years.
During this time, as long as he didn't actively interfere, Shin'yu's body would slowly evolve. Eating and drinking would make him stronger bit by bit, and subtle evolution would penetrate every cell, extracting increasingly rich Yang Release Chakra.
This was not someone else's Yang Release, but Yang Release Chakra actively produced by the body after gene modification.
Although the progress was slow, the accumulated results were terrifying.
Shin'yu faintly felt that he was about to break through the bottleneck.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Across the table, Kakuzu put down his cup, his hands trembling constantly due to excessive excitement.
"Don't rush to make a move. If we're going to fight, let's go outside. I quite like this place," Shin'yu said softly.
"Alright," Kakuzu narrowed his eyes, a pale green light flowing from the slits of his eyes. "Knowing that you are about to be killed, yet remaining so calm, you are the first prey."
Shin'yu found it a bit amusing. "Kakuzu, aren't you curious as to why I have a bounty placed on me jointly by the Five Great Nations, and why the bounty is so high?"
"Does a lion care whether the sheep it eats today is the leader of the flock?" Kakuzu casually retorted.
"Or maybe Satan..." Shin'yu muttered softly.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Hmph, I only care about the bounty. Nothing else is important." Kakuzu's words revealed a strong sense of confidence. "I am already immortal. Even a Kage, I can kill at will!"
A "Jie jie jie" laugh came from under the mask.
Tsk tsk, it seems that the information about my duel with Hashirama was tacitly concealed by the Five Great Shinobi Villages...
Shin'yu asked, "So, can I assume that you have abandoned your original target and are now going to hunt me instead?"
"Hmm?" Kakuzu immediately became suspicious. "How do you know I have another target?"
His coming to Hidden Leaf Village did indeed have another target, and that was the current Third Hokage of Hidden Leaf Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Back then, the First Shinobi World War had caused huge losses to the major countries. The Second Hokage, Second Raikage, Second Water Shadow, and Second Earth Shadow, the four leaders, had all died in the First Shinobi World War, and countless elite Ninja were buried on the battlefield.
Due to the huge loss of combat power suffered by the major countries, and the loss of their number one leaders, the First Shinobi World War gradually subsided. After the war, the countries tacitly concluded a truce, and the world ushered in a period of peaceful development.
And this Sarutobi Hiruzen was the one who took office three years ago, passed through layers of voting, and was the Daimyo-appointed Third Hokage of Hidden Leaf Village.
"Of course," Shin'yu chuckled and lowered his voice. "Because the person who issued this bounty is me."
"What!" Kakuzu was slightly stunned, his gaze instantly becoming alert. "No wonder, a mere newly promoted Hokage actually has a bounty of 90 Million Ryo! Do you have a grudge against him?"
Shin'yu couldn't help but laugh.
"Kakuzu, I just like your purity. My target is precisely you!"
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