While wearing a simple Yukata and keeping his right hand in the side pocket, Kuroto was casually walking down the streets as if he was on a casual shopping trip.

Following behind him was Shisui, who tried his best to not let the depression get on his face. ​​

Midway down to their destination, Shisui couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Kuroto-San, why do you want to meet Shinichi?"

Shaking his head lightly Kuroto murmured only for Shisui to hear, "Not something troublesome, just to check his status!"

"Status!?" Shisui repeated the word in more confusion and asked with a little doubt, "What status?"

But instead of giving much of an explanation, Kuroto diverted the topic as he whispered softly, "Listen Shisui; when we get there and if I say to someone, 'So it's you' then you will immediately use Kotoamatsukami on that person, don't hesitate for even a single second and use all your pupil power on him, understand?"

Shisui was a little surprised when he heard this, "But Kuroto-San, Kotoamatsukami is a forbidden technique that can modify a person's will, how can I use it so casually?"

Glancing slightly at Shisui, Kuroto shook his head and sighed helplessly, "If you haven't even considered using Kotoamatsukami in battle, then why did you even bother talking about it to others?"

Shisui was silent hearing Kuroto-San's words.

No longer bothering to play anymore, Kuroto bluntly said, "I suspect that Uchiha Shinichi may have been in contact with the person who is pulling all the strings from the shadows, therefore, we can't rule out the possibility that we may encounter that person when we are visiting Shinichi!"

For Obito who has access to 'Kamui', Konoha Village is just like his personal back garden, he can come and go freely whenever he wants, wherever he wants, and however, he wants!

So, if Uchiha Shinichi was really being targeted by Obito, then it's not impossible for Kuroto and Shisui to bump into him when they are going to check Shinichi's status, and Kuroto can be sure that Obito shouldn't be aware of Shisui's Kotoamatsukami at this point in the timeline, so if this plan really worked then most of the problems will be solved instantly!

Listening to Kuroto-San, Shisui smiled disapprovingly, "You are kidding, right Kuroto-San? Shinichi is locked in the prison cell of Konoha Military Police Office, how can the person hiding in the shadows come there?"

From Shisui's perspective, the security of the Konoha Military Police office is second only to that of the Hokage Office. So, no matter how strong the man-behind-the-scenes maybe, it's impossible for him to sneak into Shinichi's prison cell silently without alerting any of the Uchiha ninjas presents there!

Kuroto didn't try explaining, and said directly, "Of course, I am saying for 'just in case', if by some chance we do encounter him, make sure to not hesitate at all, and also don't make any tentative attacks, directly use Kotoamatsukami and solve the biggest problem once and for all. Make sure to use all the strength in that one attempt, because the other party is more than likely to have Mangekyou, so if you don't go all out, you might not be able to control him!"

Although Shisui was still not very sure; he nodded nonetheless.

If what Kuroto-San is saying is really true then it might just be the best option!

With that decided, both of them continued traveling towards the Konoha Military Police Office.

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Konoha Military Police Office, Shinichi's Prison Cell.

"The truth of this False World…?" – Shinichi muttered the masked man's words with confusion clearly visible in his eyes.

By now he has already realized that he has awakened the dojutsu above three tomoe Sharingan, but awakening Mangekyou didn't please him in the slightest.

On the contrary, Shinichi fell into self-blame, guilt, and loneliness.

Because after he was put into the prison cell, Shinichi realized with hindsight that the person to be actually responsible for Kurumi's death is he, neither was it the Root ninja, nor is it the masked-man, but he, Uchiha Shinichi!

If not for him then Kurumi wouldn't have become a target of their play in the first place.

So, the root problem is he!

Uchiha Shinichi is the one who caused Kurumi's death!

And this was the moment he finally awakened those cursed eyes!

After a long silence, Shinichi said with his fist clenched, "I don't know about this False World or whatever you are speaking and I guess I should be grateful to you for letting me clearly see the true face of this Village and the Clan, but all that aside, you'll still have to die for manipulating that Root ninja to kill Kurumi!"

The masked ignored Uchiha Shinichi's last words and said while crossing his hands over his chest, "Go to Naka Shrine, there you will learn the truth on the stone tablet in the secret room!"

Leaving these words, the masked-man didn't give Shinichi any other opportunity and directly vanished into the spiraling vortex.

Obviously, Masked-man doesn't know what kind of technique Uchiha Shinichi might have awakened in his Mangekyou, so unless he understands that, the masked-man is not sure to win Shinichi in the shortest time possible, so he didn't want to risk fighting Uchiha Shinichi in the middle of Konoha Village and attract the attention of all parties.

Besides, most of his goal has already been achieved.

The birth of Uchiha Shinichi's Mangekyou that is full of hatred for the Konoha Village and the Uchiha Clan, is more than enough to satisfy him for now, even if the masked-man is unable to bring Shinichi under his command, he has nothing to lose anyway.

So, without paying any mind to Shinichi's words, he simply disappeared.

After the masked-man left, Shinichi glanced at the spot the other party disappeared at with a gloomy expression.

Initially, he thought that with the Mangekyou Sharingan, he might be able to see through the other party's weird Jutsu, but unexpectedly even when the masked-man disappeared right in front of him, Shinichi still couldn't see the slightest of clue on the guy's techniques!

'Just who in the hell is he…?' – thought Shinichi as he deactivated the Mangekyou and sat back at his previous spot.

"The Truth! False World! Naka Shrike…! I guess I'll have to check that out." – murmured Shinichi before returning back to the gloomy silence.

…

Outside Konoha Military Police Office.

When Hyuga Kuroto arrived at the front of the Konoha Military Police Office, he was subject to both hostile and curious attention of the Uchiha Clansmen working around!

Noticing that everyone directed their attention on Kuroto-San, especially not in a good way, Shisui said with a little awkward expression, "Kuroto-San please don't mind them!"

Kuroto just smiled and said nothing.

Obviously, he was expecting this, his reputation in the village was built up by stepping over the Uchiha through several challenges.

This series of defeating Uchiha's flared up his reputation into one of the strongest of his generation to the extent that his name also became a hot topic during tea conversations throughout the village.

It wasn't just because of his strength but also his identity.

The collision between the shinobi of Konoha's two mightiest Clan has always been an attractive topic of discussion.

And this was also the reason why Shimura Danzo personally came to invite him to join the Root Unit, if not for Kuroto to have stepped over the Uchiha, then even if he became Special Jonin, Danzo might not have paid special interest in personally recruiting him.

Therefore, Kuroto wasn't troubled by all the stares he was getting, rather he was amused, and was wondering about who to step over next time for increasing his reputation further!

While Kuroto was busy musing, Shisui thought of the grudge that Uchiha Shinichi has with Kuroto-San, and he couldn't help but feel a little headache because of it.

To not make the matters worse, Shisui had to warn Kuroto-San in advance, "Kuroto-San, Shinichi may have some enmity with you, so if he says something he shouldn't; please ignore that, with Kurumi's death, his emotional state has been quite unstable lately, so please don't mind his aggressive behavior!"

Kuroto nodded in understanding, "Don't worry, it's not like I am here for that anyway!"

Breathing a sigh of relief at Kuroto-San's understanding, Shisui led Kuroto into the Police Office.

After obtaining permission from the Patriarch Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui, and Kuroto went to the prison cell where Shinichi was being held.

Noticing Uchiha Shinichi sitting in the corner of the dark and gloomy cell, Shisui immediately called the guy, "Shinichi I am here to explain the entire story to you!"

Shinichi raised his head and looked at Shisui with an indifferent expression, then moved his gaze past Shisui and finally landed on Hyuga Kuroto.

Shisui was a little afraid that Shinichi might attack Kuroto-San, so he hurriedly stepped in front of Kuroto-San.

The very reason why Shinichi was going out of the Village to practice was to defeat Kuroto-San, so Shisui was a little worried, how will Shinichi respond to Kuroto-San's presence!

But unexpectedly, Shinichi didn't stare at Kuroto for too long and brought his head back to its previous position. The way he responded to the presence of the two was like he was completely ignoring them.

Noticing Shinichi's behavior, both Kuroto and Shisui glanced at each other with the same expression that stated – "Something's wrong with him!"

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