"Danzo knows quite a few Ninjutsu, including many forbidden Ninjutsu."
"It seems Uchiha Shisui's father, Uchiha Kagami, was also killed by Danzo."
Zhao Zheng didn't immediately focus on his new Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Instead, he delved into Danzo's memories.
First, there were many Ninjutsu in Danzo's memories. Besides a large number of Wind Release Ninjutsu, Danzo also knew many forbidden Ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals.
Given Danzo's status, he certainly had the right to view the Scroll of Seals.
However, the forbidden Ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals all had requirements for their users. Danzo only knew about them but hadn't learned any.
Then, in his early years, Danzo Shimura killed his former friend, Uchiha Kagami, who was also one of Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's bodyguards.
While Uchiha Kagami was Danzo's teammate, he saved Danzo multiple times with his Sharingan. He also inadvertently exposed the forbidden Ninjutsu Izanagi to Danzo, which made Danzo increasingly covet Uchiha power. Eventually, during a mission with Uchiha Kagami, he ambushed Uchiha Kagami, took his right eye, and forced him to reveal the Uchiha forbidden Ninjutsu Izanagi, then transplanted Uchiha Kagami's eye into his own right eye.
He publicly claimed that they encountered a formidable enemy, Uchiha Kagami died, and his own right eye was injured.
Later, when facing Uchiha Shisui, Danzo Shimura initially wasn't Shisui's match and was subdued by Shisui immediately.
However, Danzo had already used the forbidden Ninjutsu Izanagi, sacrificing his right Three-Tomoe Sharingan to turn the impossible into possible. He successfully ambushed Shisui and seized his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"How did Uchiha Shisui die in my previous life? There was no official explanation. Only in official games was it stated that Danzo used the Sharingan to cast Izanagi, successfully ambushing Shisui and obtaining his Mangekyo Sharingan."
"And this raises a question: how did Danzo get his Sharingan before Shisui? Now it seems it was Uchiha Kagami's Sharingan."
"There has also been no official conclusion regarding Uchiha Kagami's death. The popular belief is that he was killed by Danzo, and it turns out it really was Danzo who killed him."
Zhao Zheng shook his head as he reviewed Danzo's memories, finally resolving a long-standing question from his past life watching Naruto.
If Tobirama Senju were to know, he would be so enraged he'd resurrect from the dead.
Tobirama Senju was wary of the Uchiha, but he also knew how to utilize talent. He only guarded against the radical faction within the Uchiha. He greatly admired and cultivated individuals like Uchiha Kagami, who possessed the Will of Fire; otherwise, he wouldn't have recruited him into his bodyguard squad, harboring the idea of bringing the Uchiha under his control.
"But I never expected that Uchiha Kagami and Uchiha Shisui, such pro-Konoha Uchiha, would ultimately be harmed by Konoha. How ironic."
"They weren't as extreme as Uchiha Itachi; they genuinely wanted to reconcile the Uchiha and Konoha, but they both ended up dead."
"It can only be said that there's a reason why Konoha, once the strongest power in the Ninja World, has fallen to the point where any small ninja village dares to step on it! It deserves it! All its loyal subjects were secretly harmed by its own people!"
Zhao Zheng shook his head, thinking of Konoha's White Fang, Kakashi's father, whose immense strength still couldn't save him from being killed by his own people.
Konoha is simply the biggest prodigal son in the Ninja World!
These events occurred under Hiruzen Sarutobi's leadership of Konoha, revealing Hiruzen Sarutobi's corruption.
"But what does this have to do with me? I'm not from this world. I just need to collect resources and strengthen myself within the current timeframe."
Zhao Zheng put aside his thoughts and focused on his new Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
His head's super-armor disappeared, revealing his head, where a pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan emanated a mysterious, powerful, and captivating aura.
Generally, when a Mangekyo Sharingan merges with a relative's Mangekyo Sharingan to evolve into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, it only retains the original owner's two unique ocular Ninjutsu, while the transplanted relative's ocular Ninjutsu disappear.
"Under the superiority ranking of my blacklight virus, besides merging and evolving into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, it also retained the ocular Ninjutsu of both Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi, giving me four ocular Ninjutsu."
Zhao Zheng manipulated the Kotoamatsukami: Light ocular Ninjutsu in his right eye, moving it to the Tsukuyomi ocular Ninjutsu in his left eye, merging the two ocular Ninjutsu to evolve into a more powerful Genjutsu ocular Ninjutsu.
At the same time, he merged the Kotoamatsukami ocular Ninjutsu from his left eye into his right eye, making it a neighbor to Amaterasu.
Thus, Zhao Zheng's right eye now possessed both Amaterasu and Kotoamatsukami ocular Ninjutsu, while his left eye had the remaining Kotoamatsukami: Tsukuyomi, a stronger Genjutsu formed by the fusion of two great Genjutsu.
How powerful would the two ocular Ninjutsu, originally capable of creating a Genjutsu space, become after truly merging?
"Main body, all Root ninja and researchers in the base have been slaughtered and devoured!"
"Main body, the cells have been found! Not only are there Senju Hashirama's wood release cells, but also Uzumaki Kushina's cells, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's cells, Konoha's White Fang's cells! And Tobirama Senju's cells, as well as cells from Konoha clans with Kekkei Genkai like the Hyuga and Kurama!"
Before Zhao Zheng could use Kotoamatsukami: Tsukuyomi, the Blacklight Shadow Clones he had sent out earlier began to return, with several of them holding pieces of flesh and reporting to Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng was not surprised by this. After the death of the Second Hokage, Konoha didn't have many strong individuals guarding it. The higher-ups, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura, dug up the grave of First Hokage Senju Hashirama to research his cells.
They attempted to create another Wood Release user, but the experiments consistently failed and were eventually sealed away.
However, Danzo didn't stop. He secretly collaborated with Orochimaru to continue researching wood release cells, even later handing over the Wood Release cell research rights to Orochimaru.
Danzo Shimura still sent people to conduct his own research, attempting different approaches. The Plan of the Ox-Headed Heavenly King in Boruto was a direction Danzo Shimura researched, based on the First Hokage's wood release cells.
This was why Zhao Zheng had previously believed Danzo still possessed wood release cells.
"As for the cells of the Fourth Hokage, Uzumaki Kushina, and Konoha's White Fang, etc., they were all strong individuals, and those Konoha Kekkei Genkai clans. Given Danzo's personality and his numerous researchers, he would definitely secretly exhume their bodies, steal their cells, and research them."
Zhao Zheng chuckled. He learned all this from Danzo's memories.
Even the revered Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was dug up by Danzo, who always called him 'Teacher,' further proving that all of Danzo's talk about 'for Konoha' and 'inheriting his teacher's will' was utter nonsense.
"Alright, come back. The main show is about to begin."
After all the Blacklight Shadow Clones returned to the main body, storing all the First Hokage's cells and others inside, alongside Naruto's blood.
"Blacklight: Transformation Jutsu!"
Zhao Zheng's body changed, and his clothes also transformed into the armor of the Warring States period of the Ninja World. His appearance also became that of a cold man with spiky black hair, his arms crossed.
That was Uchiha Madara's appearance, which Zhao Zheng learned to transform into from Danzo's memories.
The manga version of Uchiha Madara, after all, differed from the real Uchiha Madara. Transforming into the manga version of Uchiha Madara would reveal too much.
"Blacklight: Susanoo!"
Zhao Zheng clapped his hands like Senju Hashirama, and blood-black flames burned fiercely from his body.
They formed a transparent, gigantic, semi-transparent body part, with bones forming inside, possessing multiple functions such as attack, defense, and control.
This was the initial form of Susanoo!
The Susanoo continued to expand, lifting and enlarging Zhao Zheng. At the same time, its upper body fully materialized, with bones forming its upper half, resembling a giant skeleton.
This was the first stage of Susanoo, possessing even greater power than before.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"
The Susanoo broke through the top floor of the Root base. The sturdy defenses were like paper in front of the expanding Susanoo.
Subsequently, flesh and veins grew on the Susanoo's surface, enveloped in blood-black Chakra. Its lower body still hadn't emerged.
This was the second form of Susanoo. Its left hand held the immaterial Yata Mirror, and its right hand held a long sword burning with blood-black flames. A blood-black sake gourd hung at its waist.
These were the Yata Mirror, renowned in the Ninja World as having absolute defense, and the Totsuka Blade, which could seal those it pierced into the sake gourd, trapping them in a Genjutsu world!
These were the accompanying divine weapons of Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo, and now they belonged to Zhao Zheng's Susanoo!