Hearing Ryota's earnest questions, Kuroto was silent for a while, then said, "I promised Shisui that I would not let Uchiha Clan fade away, I don't really care if you believe what I am saying is true or not, but part of the reasons I did all this has something to do with saving the Uchiha Clan."

Ryota was taken aback, and after understanding some things he seemed a little lost.

Kuroto said, "Uchiha Clan's plans of Coup d'état are destined to fail, the chief combatants that your clan hopes to rely on during the rebellion are strictly opposed to the idea of Coup, be that Shisui or Itachi, and even if by some miracle your clan succeeds in starting the rebellion, it will completely destroy Konoha and the other villages will not let miss such a chance, thus the entire shinobi continent will be engulfed into the flames of war causing too much destruction and death, and I am really not interested in such a thing becoming a reality…"

Ryota said in a deep voice, "As long as the entire Uchiha Clan is united, nobody in the entire shinobi world will ever be able to harm the Uchiha Clan!"

"Maybe, you are right." – Kuroto nodded, then said, "But the reality is not as you hope, the entire Uchiha Clan does not support your cause, there are people who secretly oppose the Coup, and the radicals of your clan are pushing them; putting pressure on them that they must support the clan, so inevitably what you people are doing is actually more damage to your clan."

Ryota was silent for a while then said, "So what do you expect the Uchiha Clan should do?"

Kuroto said, "To be honest, I don't know, but I do know that Coup is not the way, perhaps a change?"

Ryota frowned, "Change? What kind of change?"

"I… I don't know, to be honest, I'll figure out these things because I promised Shisui to not let the Uchiha Clan be destroyed, and that's what I will do."

The reasons for the destruction of the Uchiha Clan are many, there is Danzo inside the village then there is Obito outside, so Kuroto has no perfect method to solve this issue for now, but maybe he will have one in the future.

After a long silence, Ryota said with a bitter tone, "I hope so."

Speaking so, Ryota lifted his hand which held a Kunai, and directly pierced his heart, ending his life here.

For a few seconds, Kuroto kept his silence and after noticing that all signs of life disappeared, Kuroto murmured, "There is one more thing that I have not told you, although Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is the highest level of dojutsu that an Uchiha can have with just his Yin chakra, it is still not the end as there are other higher forms of dojutsu that Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan can evolve into if the right conditions are met."

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Two days later, inside a cave in the Land of Rain.

Poof…

As the white smoke cleared, the tiger-striped Kasai appeared before Uchiha Shinichi.

Looking at the familiar cat that was now wounded and wrapped up in bandages, Shinichi frowned, "Hey, how come you got all these injuries?"

As soon as Shinichi asked, the cat started to cry waterfall tears and said, "Uwaaahhhh, tiger-stripes don't work every time, they were unable to fool the hound dogs…. and… and…"

Shinichi sighed, "Alright-alright, first stop wiping away your snot on my clothes, second, you are pretty stupid for trying to fool a hound dog… "

"But… but… you said that if I were to have tiger markings, I would look very intimidating…"

"I was just joking buddy, getting some marking doesn't change the fact that you are still a cat."

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"Firstly, you should give me the scrolls sent by him, and as for the second you should take a holiday to recover."

As soon as Shinichi said this, the cat extended his paws and asked, "Meow, if you say so, then give me two thousand Ryo for the scroll!"

Shinichi's eyes widened as soon as the cat asked the money, "Why have you raised the price? And how much are you charging from him?"

Kasai said in the most natural tone, "I wanted to settle for three thousand Ryo, but he didn't agree, finally we reached an agreement at two thousand Ryo. Here I am doing the work while injured so obviously the fees will be doubled, meow!"

"If I did not know any better, I would have certainly thought that all your injuries are your new rip-off schemes, greedy cat!"

As soon as Shinichi said this, all the hair on the cat stood up and sweat started to come out, "Ahahahaha… w-what are you talking about? I… I… I am surprised that you know such humor… anyway, give me the bills fast, I have to go, m… my wounds have suddenly started to ache!"

Shinichi narrowed his eyes as soon as he saw the sudden change in the behavior of the cat.

The two thousand Ryo bills he had in his hands were stopped midway.

But the greedy cat realized that Shinichi seems to have noticed something and suddenly snatched the two bills, threw the scroll towards Shinichi, and disappeared into a cloud of smoke.

"Sigh, this Fu**ing greedy cat!" – muttered Shinichi helplessly.

Shinichi shook his head and unlocked the scroll with the specific hand seals preselected by them, and after he unfolded the scroll sent to him by the Kuroto, and just as he read the contents of the scroll, Shinichi can't help but frown, "Why in the hell is he asking for this?"

The scroll sent by Kuroto recorded only one sentence, 'Go to the border of Land of Fire and Land of Rain, meet the person sent by me and take that person to the ritual ceremony hosted by Hiruko.'

"Is he out of his mind? Why in the hell would he want such a thing, has he finally gone insane? Or does he think that the ritual ceremony will be a firework show that anyone can watch if they want to?"

No matter how much he thinks, Shinichi can't understand why Kuroto would order such a thing.

This is because Akatsuki is an organization that even he as a member of the organization, has to be very vigilant about, and Kuroto should know this better than him, so why in the hell would he suddenly ask for such a thing?

As far as Shinichi knows, Kuroto is the kind of person who has always preferred to work in secrecy, so then why this sudden outrageous move which can destroy everything they have done to infiltrate Akatsuki?

Is that ritual so important?

No matter what Shinichi thought about this absurd order, Shinichi still decided to put his trust in Kuroto and decided to go to the location marked in the map he received with the scroll.

Shinichi would obviously measure out if the person sent by Kuroto is up to the task, and then decide if he will bring him to the ritual site, but if the person is not up to the task, then Shinichi would obviously not bring an incompetent person with him to a site that would be filled with the main Akatsuki members!

…

Three days later.

With intervals of travel and rest for the past three days, Shinichi finally arrived at the location marked in the map sent by Kuroto.

This is the border of Land of Fire and Land of Rain, when one looks around the place is filled with lush green vegetation and dense forests along with the continuous rain from the dark rain clouds.

As soon as he traveled a little more, the rain stopped and the sky cleared, Shinichi took off his rain gear which consisted of a raincoat and the Bamboo Hat while slandering inwardly, 'The Land of Rain is really an unsuitable place for people to live comfortably!'

Shinichi has always felt that the gloomy rain of the Land of Rain is really depressing, it is as if the country itself is crying for the people of the land of rain, and Shinichi really hates staying in the Land of Rain!

While Shinichi was getting over his depressed mood, he suddenly looked towards the distance and noticed a figure of a person slowly walking towards him.

A while later, the figure finally stood opposite Shinichi.

Looking at the person standing before him, Shinichi had a thoughtful look.

The other party is a girl, her age is around fifteen to sixteen years old from what Shinichi can judge, but what highlights about her is her unusually beautiful yet cold appearance, indifferently noble temperament, and distinguished aura.

By looks, she is a fair-skinned girl with sharp eyes, long flowing black hair that reached down to her lower back, and were currently tied in a ponytail, she wore a short white kimono with long sleeve, the white kimono had black flower prints with a black obi tied over, coupled with black full-length stockings, white bandages wrapped from the ankle up to the knees, a pair of black shinobi sandals, and a long Katana strapped around her waist.

Shinichi was sure that he has never seen her in his life, but he didn't know why he faintly felt that the Kunoichi standing in front of him was familiar, as if he had known her a long time ago.

'Weird, why do I feel that I know who she is when this is clearly the first time, I am seeing her?'

Shinichi stopped thinking and questioned, "So, who are you and what are you doing here?"

The Kunoichi replied calmly. "I am the person you are supposed to take to the place of the ritual."

Shinichi said coldly, "And why should I trust you?"

The Kunoichi was not at all affected by Shinichi's cold tone, and calmly replied, "You don't need to trust me, all you need to do is to follow Kuroto-sama's instruction."

The fact that the other party mentioned Hyuga Kuroto's name, reduced Shinichi's suspicions, and he immediately asked, "And what is your name? And why does he want you to be present during the Hiruko's ritual?"

"My name…? I am… I am Uchiha Tsukihi." – after a pause, Tsukihi continued, "As for why Kuroto-sama wanted me to observe Hiruko's ritual ceremony, it is because he is very interested in that experiment."

"Uchiha Tsukihi!?" – Shinichi didn't seem to hear Tsukihi's next words as soon as he heard the name 'Uchiha Tsukihi,' Shinichi instantly activated his Sharingan and said coldly, "Care to repeat your name again?"

"Uchiha Tsukihi." – Tsukihi stated as a matter of fact.

"Are you sure you want to lie to me? I am also an Uchiha, and the last time I checked, I don't seem to know you, so who are you?" – Shinichi said coldly as he suddenly raised his hand and held Tsukihi by the neck, raising her above the ground, and spoke, "I suggest that you use the next ten seconds very carefully, because if I am not satisfied with what you have to say in your defense, then you will be dead!"

The Kunoichi who was held by the neck did not panic as expected, nor did she speak anything in her defense, and just when Shinichi was about to put strength in his arm to break off her neck, her onyx black pupils changed into scarlet ones with three tomoe spinning in them.

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