Inside the confinement room, Ryun sat alone on the ground, lost in thought for a long time.

The enemy had used Asuka's life as a threat. Coupled with being forced by the circumstances, Ryun ultimately agreed to Hiruzen's desperate plea. He decided to use one Three Tomoe Sharingan as the price to completely settle this incident.

As a transmigrator who knew the original story, Ryun believed that even if he used the forbidden technique 'Izanagi', it did not necessarily mean permanent blindness. The most typical example was still Madara Uchiha.

However, Madara at that time possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, with an endless supply of ocular power. After activating the forbidden

Inside the confinement room, Ryun sat alone on the ground, lost in thought for a long time.

The enemy had used Asuka's life as a threat. Coupled with being forced by the circumstances, Ryun ultimately agreed to Hiruzen's desperate plea. He decided to use one Three Tomoe Sharingan as the price to completely settle this incident.

As a transmigrator who knew the original story, Ryun believed that even if he used the forbidden technique 'Izanagi', it did not necessarily mean permanent blindness. The most typical example was still Madara Uchiha.

However, Madara at th

Inside the confinement room, Ryun sat alone on the ground, lost in thought for a long time.

The enemy had used Asuka's life as a threat. Coupled with being forced by the circumstances, Ryun ultimately agreed to Hiruzen's desperate plea. He decided to use one Three Tomoe Sharingan as the price to completely settle this incident.

As a transmigrator who knew the original story, Ryun believed that even if he used the forbidden technique 'Izanagi', it did not necessarily mean permanent blindness. The most typical example was still Madara Uchiha.

at time possessed the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, with an endless supply of ocular power. After activating the forbidden technique Izanagi, if his eyes slowly recovered over time, it was possible for them to reopen.

Alternatively, it could be due to the effect of Hashirama's cells that allowed him to regain his sight. Or perhaps it was because of the awakening of the Rinnegan that caused his eyes to directly evolve from a blind state. All these were possibilities.

technique Izanagi, if his eyes slowly recovered over time, it was possible for them to reopen.

Alternatively, it could be due to the effect of Hashirama's cells that allowed him to regain his sight. Or perhaps it was because of the awakening of the Rinnegan that caused his eyes to directly evolve from a blind state. All these were possibilities.

Although Ryun neither had the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan with its endless ocular power nor Hashirama's cells, he was still willing to gamble on the future with this one eye.

If one eye lost its ocular power, he still had his father's eyes. By absorbing that pair of Two Tomoe Sharingan, there might still be a chance for his eyes to regain sight.

The Sharingan was hard to define. In the original story, Itachi's eyes were nearly used to the point of being completely wasted, and his brother Sasuke's eyes were also exhausted to the point of ocular power depletion. Yet, these two nearly useless eyes could be combined to form a pair of Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan that would never go blind.

So, in a sense, there was no such thing as permanent blindness for the Sharingan. The key was whether the 'puzzle pieces' of the Six Paths' bloodline power were complete.

As long as there was a chance for his eyes to regain sight in the future, temporarily sealing one Three Tomoe Sharingan was not a big deal for him.

In truth, the Three Tomoe Sharingan no longer provided as significant a boost to his strength as it did initially, especially after he began learning senjutsu.

The eyes that truly matched Sage Mode were the Mangekyō Sharingan. His current strength had already reached Kage level, and the Three Tomoe Sharingan was somewhat mismatched with his power now.

Even if he temporarily lost one eye, it would not cause much of a decline in his strength. This was also one of the reasons why he agreed to make this sacrifice.

Actually, if there had been enough time, taking a Three Tomoe Sharingan from the Uchiha clan to use as a consumable would have been possible. That way, he could have kept his own eye.

Unfortunately, the eye needed to be transplanted and required adaptation. It would have been very difficult for him to use it within a day or two.

Using it in a short time was not impossible, but the prerequisite was having Hashirama's cells to achieve rapid recovery.

The next morning.

Under the 'escort' of two Anbu squad leaders and six elite jonin, Ryun was taken to the Hokage Building.

The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, the two high-ranking advisors Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, the Uchiha clan's First Elder and Second Elder, as well as the Yūhi clan leader who had once led Ryun in battles in the Land of Rain... all of them had arrived early at the Hokage Building, waiting for Ryun's arrival.

Almost all of Konoha's high-ranking officials were present. The only one who refused to attend was Danzō Shimura, and Mito Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, had been deliberately kept in the dark by Konoha and did not come either.

Hiruzen had repeatedly assured Mito that nothing would happen to Ryun, using Kushina's safety as an excuse to have her personally watch over Kushina at home.

Hiruzen even dispatched several Anbu under the pretense of protecting Kushina, secretly sealing off the entire Senju clan compound.

Kushina had been confined to the estate these past few days. She had tried many methods but failed to escape the Senju compound. Moreover, she was completely unaware of Ryun's current situation and did not know that Ryun would face a life-threatening ordeal today!

Ryun walked expressionlessly through Konoha's streets. The surroundings were eerily quiet, as the nearby streets had been sealed off. Even the birds that usually chirped and hopped on the rooftops were nowhere to be seen.

The group of elite Anbu quickly escorted him to the front of the Hokage Building. Ryun coldly swept his gaze over the crowd before him.

Few dared to meet the gaze of those blood-red Three Tomoe Sharingan eyes. When Ryun looked at them, they instinctively averted their eyes.

"Where is Danzō? Why isn't he here?" Ryun stared at Hiruzen and spoke coldly.

"He has been removed from his position as leader of the Root. Right now, he is staying quietly at home. I have already sent people to keep an eye on him."

Hiruzen explained, then stepped aside to let Ryun enter the Hokage Building.

"Make sure he keeps his promise. After I die, release my mother immediately. Otherwise... you know the consequences..." As he passed by Hiruzen, Ryun gave him a final warning.

The words were harsh, but Hiruzen did not dare show any displeasure.

"I understand... I will do everything in my power to make him release her..." Hiruzen promised again.

"I hope this won't turn into another laughable and empty guarantee. You've disappointed me too many times. This is the last time..."

After saying this, Ryun walked straight into the Hokage Building.

Hiruzen stood frozen for a long moment, until Homura patted him on the shoulder. Only then did he snap out of it and follow inside.

After entering the building, Ryun was directed to sit in the center of a spacious hall. As time passed, the Kumo envoy soon arrived at the Hokage Building and eventually made their way to the hall where Ryun was.

"Are you the Uchiha Ryun who killed our comrades?" The envoy leader Saki stared at the young figure in the center of the hall and could not help but question.

Hearing this, Ryun did not respond. He only fixed his cold, eerie red eyes on Saki.

The murderous intent in that terrifying gaze made Saki's scalp tingle. Many of the Kumo-nin were so unnerved by the killing intent and chakra pressure emanating from Ryun that their hair stood on end and their faces turned pale.

Seeing that Ryun remained silent, Saki, wary of those eyes, instinctively averted his gaze and turned to the Hokage's advisor nearby.

"Who else but him could awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan at such a young age? Who else in the ninja world could a young boy possess such overwhelming pressure?" Homura replied expressionlessly.

Among the Kumo envoy were sensory-type ninja. They could tell at a glance how powerful the person in the hall was.

"Hmph... I don't care who you are, how strong you are, or how famous you might be. If you kill someone from Kumo, your life is the only payment we'll accept!" Saki suddenly sneered at Ryun.

No matter how strong or famous he was, what did it matter? In the end, he could only sit there with his neck bared, waiting for Kumo to slaughter him.