Calculating maliciously, Uchiha Tonan subconsciously glanced at Uzumaki Kushina who was chatting happily. Instantly, the soul disguise that Tonan had once cast on himself using the Hypnotic Eyes genjutsu activated on its own.
“It hurts.” The chopsticks in his hand paused, and he frowned a little. His complexion returned to normal instantly but Namikaza Minato and Kakashi noticed his unusualness. There was a hint of hesitation in Hatake Kakashi’s eyes as well, but he didn’t ask. Minato, who was sitting beside Tonan, asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”
Tonan smiled and shook his head, “Nothing, I just felt something bad might happen.”
Minato frowned, glanced at the other three who were still chatting happily, and said gently, “In any case, Obito and Rin will be doing just D-ranked missions during this time. Do you want me to take you to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow?”
Looking at the situation, it seems serious. After all, as a ninja, the sudden unusual behavior worried Minato. If it’s just an ordinary disease, it was fine, but Minato feared it was the legendary bloodline disease.
Tonan waved his hand and softly said, “No need, I’m fine.” He smiled at Minato but suddenly a warm current surged within his body. “Yo, who gave me this pleasant surprise?” The current gradually dissipated to his limbs and bones, making him full of energy, as if his entire body was just baptized.
Just when he was feeling happy in his heart, a warm current influx into his eyes, strengthening his ocular power.
The one who died was… an Uchiha!
Tonan put down his chopsticks gently and adjusted his glasses. He got up and bowed to everyone and said, “Everyone, please enjoy your meal. I recalled I needed to do something. Please excuse me.”
Kushina’s hand paused and she said looking puzzled, “Tonan, you haven’t eaten much.”
“It’s not easy for everyone to get together and Tonan is leaving so early. If he had something important, he would’ve said it in advance. Did someone displease him?”
Thinking so, Kushina looked at Obito, who was immersed in eating, and gave him a bad look. Obito didn’t notice at all, he just looked at Tonan and said, “Be careful on your way…”
Minato seemed to have noticed something and said, “Since it’s something urgent, it’s alright.”
Tonan nodded and smiled apologetically at everyone before leaving the barbecue joint.
……
On the street not far from the Uchiha clan, at this moment, the sky was completely dark. The doors and windows of all households were tightly closed. The streets were empty, dimly lit by the faint light from the streetlamps.
Tonan stood beside a lamppost, half of his body in the light and the other half in the dark. His ears stood up as he used Wind Communication with all his power. He heard the autumn wind’s whistling sound, the low growls of stray cats and dogs, insects rustling …
“What are you doing under the quilt not sleeping yet?”
“Mum, I’m not doing anything.”
“Bring it here, little brat, how old are you? You are looking at such a dirty book…”
“Ninja-sama~ come~ eat a grape.”
“Hmm~ very sweet.”
“There’s something even sweeter…”
“One thousand five hundred and eighty-one, one thousand five hundred and eighty-two. Hu~Hu~ Youth, cannot give up…”
“It’s so boring, patrolling every day is simply boring to death…”
“Shisui, it’s late, go to sleep…”
Hearing this, Tonan breathed a sigh of relief. Right now he was truly worried about losing his Mangekyo. He continued to expand the range of Wind Communication, curious to see who had died.
“Did you find Jiro?”
“Captain, the chakra fluctuation emanated from here.”
“The soil here is turned, there’s no grass.”
“None of us can use earth style.”
“Let’s use our hands to dig.”
After Tonan determined the position, he opened his eyes and three tomoe slowly spun. A white pigeon that was tearing up a rabbit immediately stopped eating and spread its wings. It flew through the forest and landed on a big tree not far from where the voices had originated, covering its body with dense leaves and watching quietly.
Several Konoha Police Force members were digging the soil with their hands. Soon, a corpse emerged from underground. The dead body seemed to have been buried for a long time. It emanated the smell of soil, and the smell of rot, which made people nauseous. Unknown kinds of insects and ants were biting the flesh and the thick smell of maggots began to spread slowly.
The corpse’s eyes sockets were hollowed out.
“Jiro’s Sharingan is gouged out.”
“This is the Corpse Corrosion Technique that can speed up corpse decomposition. We can no longer inspect the memory and the time of death also can’t be estimated.”
Everyone gasped. They were a little spooked. “Go and report to the Hokage-sama and Patriarch Fugaku. A spy likely did it.”
Seeing this, Tonan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this person’s corpse was not taken away. Otherwise, he was worried that someone would search his memory, and Tonan may get implicated. Although only a handful of ninjas could search memories like from the Yamanaka clan, Tonan couldn’t take the risk.
He felt slightly insecure. He couldn’t let people who knew his secret live for long. They must be dealt with. But those were the elites of the Uchiha clan, the wonders of three-tomoe Sharingan. The weakest one was an ordinary jonin, and the older ones were almost all elite jonin.
The current Tonan could kill all of them without any difficulty. But the issue was that he couldn’t do it silently, primarily because he still didn’t have a higher-up as his cover.
Suddenly, Tonan’s ears moved, and he heard some footsteps coming toward him.
“Is it truly alright for us to follow Tonan like this?”
“Something is wrong with him. He kept frowning while eating. Something is likely wrong with his body. In this state, he needs to go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. If it is delayed for too long, he might not be cured.”
“They followed me!” Suddenly, an idea appeared in Tonan’s mind. He used one hand to take support from the lamppost and clutched his heart with the other. He suddenly raised his head, looked into the distance, and muttered, “Is it truly happening?”
He then maniacally ran into the distance. Behind him, Minato and Kushina, who were hiding in the darkness, glanced at each other and nodded tacitly. They continued to follow him. Soon, Tonan arrived at the forest’s edge. There was no light here. It was pitch-black. Only birds’ chirping could be heard from time to time. The atmosphere was a bit depressing.
The several guards that were guarding Jiro’s corpse noticed the movement and immediately looked back.
“Who is there?”
“Tonan?”
Tonan stood on a big tree and said with a dull look, “It seems I’m too late.”
A Police Force member frowned and asked, “How did you know that something happened to Jiro?”
Tonan closed his eyes and sighed softly. He then pointed at his own heart and said, “Hereafter, be careful and try not to be alone as much as possible. This might not be done by outsiders.”
That Police officer frowned, not understanding what Tonan meant. “What do you mean?”
However, another Police Force member patted his teammate’s shoulder and solemnly said, “We understand… you… please return.”
