Chapter 063: Acceptance

If Wang Bo remembered correctly, Shisui Uchiha loved Konoha deeply. To protect the village, he had even considered using his Kotoamatsukami genjutsu on the Uchiha clan.

There was no reason for him to betray Konoha.

Shisui Uchiha said, "Because the people of Konoha killed my clansmen."

Wang Bo couldn't help but laugh. "Wasn't it the traitor of the Uchiha clan, Itachi Uchiha, who killed your clansmen?"

Shisui Uchiha's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Although Itachi Uchiha is a genius, he is ultimately just a jonin. How could he, with his strength alone, have wiped out the Uchiha clan? That night, besides Itachi Uchiha, there were also people from Konoha who made the move; they were the main force."

Wang Bo rolled his eyes inwardly and asked, "Then I don't understand. Why did Konoha move against your Uchiha clan? Your clan is one of the founders of Konoha."

Shisui Uchiha remained expressionless and continued, "Although our Uchiha clan is one of the founders of Konoha, we have been suppressed by Konoha at every turn. After the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, everyone thought the Third Hokage would surely be from our Uchiha clan."

"Back then, our Uchiha predecessor, Kagami Uchiha, was one of the Second Hokage's followers. But who would have thought that Tobirama Senju would not pass the Hokage position to Kagami Uchiha, instead giving it to Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"Later, when Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down, the position of Hokage should have fallen to our Uchiha clan. But Hiruzen Sarutobi stubbornly passed the Hokage title to Minato Namikaze, a commoner. How could our Uchiha clan accept this?"

"The Uchiha clan is one of the founders of Konoha, yet not a single one of the four Hokage has been from the Uchiha clan. So our entire clan was dissatisfied and wanted to seize the Hokage position by force."

"When Konoha detected this, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, struck first that night, extinguishing our Uchiha clan. Few survivors remain."

"So I must take revenge."

"But Konoha is a behemoth. With my strength alone, I cannot shake Konoha; instead, I would be destroyed by it. That's why I've come to seek refuge with you, Lord Igarashi."

"You are powerful and wealthy. Even Konoha dares not offend you. Now, the only one who can help me deal with Konoha is you."

After Shisui Uchiha stated his reasons for defecting, Wang Bo had already rolled his eyes more than a dozen times inwardly.

This explanation was well-reasoned, logical, and meticulously detailed.

If Wang Bo hadn't seen the original story, he might have actually believed it.

This Shisui Uchiha was quite cunning.

But precisely because of this, Wang Bo sensed that Shisui Uchiha's defection was definitely suspicious. However, for the moment, Wang Bo couldn't guess the guy's true purpose.

Nevertheless, Wang Bo did not refuse; instead, he readily agreed.

"Alright, since you're willing to defect to me, I won't refuse. After all, I only have a bunch of brats under me, and I really need an expert like you. From now on, you're one of my men."

"Thank you, Lord Igarashi," Shisui Uchiha said respectfully.

Wang Bo smiled and continued, "Recently, I've gathered another batch of brats and am training them strictly. From now on, you will be their instructor, specifically training them and strengthening their abilities. Shisui Uchiha, can you do this?"

Shisui Uchiha nodded and said, "Please rest assured and leave it to me, Lord Igarashi."

"Very good." Wang Bo clapped his hands, smiling happily. "Don't disappoint me, Shisui Uchiha."

"I will not disappoint you, my lord."

"Haku." Wang Bo turned to look at the handsome young man standing silently to the side. "Go arrange things for Shisui Uchiha, show him around our base, and let him familiarize himself with the place as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord." Haku bowed slightly respectfully, performed a salute, and led Shisui Uchiha away.

Wang Bo watched Shisui Uchiha's retreating figure, his eyes flickering several times.

So, what was Shisui Uchiha's true purpose in defecting to him? Was this his own doing, or was someone behind him directing him?

If someone was directing him, who was that person?

The first person Wang Bo thought of was Hiruzen Sarutobi! He had once caused Konoha a great loss, so it wouldn't be surprising if Hiruzen Sarutobi took the opportunity to send Shisui Uchiha over.

Although Shisui Uchiha was of the Uchiha clan, he was different from ordinary Uchiha; he deeply loved Konoha, so it was normal for him to obey Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders.

So Hiruzen Sarutobi was highly suspicious.

Of course, another possibility was that Itachi Uchiha had made him do this. However, although Wang Bo had met Itachi Uchiha, they had never spoken. They had neither enmity nor grudges, so this possibility was very small.

Anyway, Wang Bo couldn't figure out what reason Itachi Uchiha would have to send Shisui Uchiha to defect to him.

The third possibility was that the Akatsuki organization had made him do it.

After all, the Akatsuki was very short on money, and Wang Bo was extremely wealthy, the richest man in the ninja world.

So the Akatsuki assigned Shisui Uchiha to defect to Wang Bo's side, waiting for an opportunity to seize Wang Bo's money.

Among the above three possibilities, this one was definitely the least likely, but not impossible.

When Itachi Uchiha joined the Akatsuki, he didn't do so sincerely; he joined on the orders of the Third Hokage to act as a spy.

Since Itachi Uchiha could do this, there seemed to be no problem with Shisui Uchiha doing the same.

He followed the Third Hokage's orders to become a spy in the Akatsuki, and then was sent by the unknowing Akatsuki to Wang Bo's side.

Although the process was a bit convoluted, the possibility was not zero.

After pondering Shisui Uchiha's motives, Wang Bo couldn't help but laugh at himself.

He was really overthinking things.

No matter what the other party's purpose was, once he entered his base, he couldn't turn the world upside down. With his current strength, killing Shisui Uchiha was too simple.

Once he found something wrong with the other party, he could just kill him directly; there was no need to guess back and forth.

Even if Shisui Uchiha had Kotoamatsukami, so what?

Could Kotoamatsukami hypnotize Wang Bo and distort his consciousness?

How could it? Although he was merely a sliver of his original body's consciousness, his original body was too powerful. Even a sliver of consciousness was as firm as steel. Coupled with his current strength, even a genjutsu like Kotoamatsukami couldn't control him.

If Shisui Uchiha really dared to do that, he would undoubtedly be seeking death.

In any case, for now, he would just make use of Shisui Uchiha and have him help train some brats.