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nYama did not care about Uchiha Ryota's swearing.

nAt this time he was observing Uchiha Ryota's chakra fluctuations with the Tenseigan.

nUnlike Uhciha Hideki, Ryota does not seem to be able to resist the chakra draining effect of the Four-Symbols Seal.

nSo even under the effects of extreme anger that he felt right now, there were no signs of Chakra fluctuations nor was the Sharingan activated under the emotional stimulation.

nAfter observing this for a while, Yama shook his head in disappointment.

nSimilar to Uchiha Hideki the emotional stimulus of 'Anger' is insufficient to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan or even be able to break free of the restraint effects of the Four-Symbols Seal.

nWith that conclusion, the first stimulation test was over, and Yama again clapped his hands.

nClap… Clap…

nWith the sound of Clap echoing in the room, the screaming of Uchiha Hideki that could be heard subsided and faded away.

nRyota who was tied to a stone pillar similar to Uchiha Hideki couldn't help but ask,

"What on earth do you want from us? If Sharingan was what you kidnapped us for then you already have it! Why torture nii-san!?

"

nYama did not bother to answer Ryota's question just calmly and silently walked out of the cage ignoring Ryota.

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nInside the Uchiha Hideki's prison cage.

nUchiha Hideki who was tied to a pillar was panting heavily and tried to catch his heavy breathing, his body was full of scars from cut wounds and piercing wounds, some even had blood seeping out of them.

nThere were many bruises that made the skin purple, a few burn marks that made the skin black and a few of his fingers were also broken or bent in unusual directions with nails missing in all of them or impaled with metal needles.

nOverall, he was in a very severe state, clearly indicating the picture that he went through severe torture that is akin to experiencing hell and Kuroto can guarantee that even the Slug Sannin Tsunade would have too much trouble healing him.

nIn front of Uchiha Hideki stood an upright wooden puppet that was one of the many puppets seized during the third great shinobi war when Konoha was in a conflict against Sunagakure.

nThe puppet itself is not of any extraordinary value or functioning, it can not use any ninjutsu, the only function it is capable of is to shoot out the pre-stored shuriken and Senbon.

nSince such a puppet does not have any research value, therefore, after being seized by the Konoha, all it was used for was to give experience to the shinobi on how to combat the Sunagakure puppet brigade.

nAnd since Kuroto needed someone or something to keep watch of this Dungeon Prison in his absence so he used his Anbu identity to take this puppet from the warehouse.

nAfter making it a self automata with the use of Tenseigan Chakra, just like he did with the Kazekage puppet, Kuroto also used the basics of what he learned about the Yin-Yang Release to give it some sort of sentience so that it can keep watch of this prison dungeon and the captive Uchiha that will be kept here.

nAlthough its combat power is not much only reaching the level of a Chunin, it is still more than enough to perform many tasks, like execution, cleaning, pouring tea, helping in torture etcetera.

nWalking inside this Hideki's cage, Kuroto who was still wearing the Yama disguise, waved his hand and ordered,

"Alright, walk back.

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nFollowing the order, the puppet put away all the torture devices and stepped aside.

nAt this time, Uchiha Hideki glanced at Yama with a weary expression and asked,

"I… I felt l-like… I heard Ryuto… p-please tell me… it w-was just my… my imagination!

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nYama shook his head indifferently and said,

"No, it was not your imagination, he is in the prison cell right next to yours… and he would soon be going through exactly what you have been going for the past few days.

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nHideki said with a pleading expression,

"Please, whatever you want, I… I will do a-anything… I will g-give you every… everything… please… please j-just l-let him go!

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nYama thought, 'The emotional bond between these two brothers is really strong, with this confirmed I think I can proceed further.' – Not caring about Hideki's begging, Yama stated,

"Unfortunately that wouldn't be happening.

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nHideki was silent after hearing Yama's cold words.

nHe understood that at this point, that Yama would not let either of the brothers go.

nNot to mention the two of them, Hideki has even started to fear that the entire Uchiha Clan would fall prey at his hands and be eventually destroyed.

nAnd he can't help but sigh at this thought.

nWhile Hideki was silent, Yama observed his condition with the Tenseigan, and after confirming that everything was in order he left the prison cell.

nComing to another room, Yama took out two notebooks with Uchiha Hideki and Uchiha Ryota written on the cover.

nHe thought a little bit and started writing in the notebook that contained the report about Uchiha Ryota.

nSimilar to the case with Uchiha Hideki, the 'Anger Test' failed, solidifying the conjecture that anger is not the most suitable emotion to be used as a stimulus for the awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

nAdditionally, Uchiha Ryota's visual prowess is better compared to Uchiha Hideki, so the probability of awakening Mangekyou Sharingan is higher.

nUchiha Ryota is also quite cunning and seems to have noticed that I was intentionally stimulating him, perhaps he has a degree of understanding on how to awaken Mangekyou Sharingan

nAfter writing up to here, Yama stopped.

nIn the past few days, Yama has figured out that he should not put too much hope in this plan of his and for that reason, his mentality is quite stable even after repeated failure.

nPerhaps it is because there is no telling just what is the right amount of stimulation needed to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

nTherefore, he has also started to study different changes in the Sharingan under different types of emotional stimuli.

nAfter closing the notebook, he did not stay much longer in the dungeon prison and returned to his post that was taken over by his Shadow Clone in his absence.

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nIn the blink of an eye, a few more days passed.

nThe sudden disappearance of Uchiha Ryota was another slap in the faces of the Konoha management, and this time the entire village was stirred up.

nAll Konoha shinobi openly regarded the actions of Amatsukami as an open declaration of War.

nFor this reason, the amount of effort each shinobi was putting to raid and hunt down the black-market increased several folds, and strangely enough, many unrelated small organizations that were hiding became unlucky targets.

nAt the same time, a seemingly ridiculous rumor that seemed hard to deny because of the amount of weight it had and seemed justified under careful consideration started to flow out of the rumor mill, and the protagonist of this rumor was none other than Uchiha Shisui.

nAfter hearing the rumors, Shisui was in a panic and quickly met up with Kuroto.

nAs soon as Kuroto appeared, Shisuihow had a crying expression exclaimed,

"Kuroto-san, w-we are exposed, w-what do we do!!?

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nThese past few days, Kuroto has been busy either with the task that was assigned to Anbu Team-11 or with torturing out the Uchiha brothers therefore he did not pay enough attention to the sudden rumor, now listening to Shisui mention this, he was stunned and asked,

"How do you know you are exposed?

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nShisui was a little anxious,

"It has spread everywhere in the village and everyone knows that Uchiha Shisui is Homusubi of Amatsukami!

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nWhen Kuroto heard Shisui's words, he felt that such a thing should not be possible and muttered in thought,

"No, even if someone figured it out, spreading such a serious matter without any evidence is simply foolish!

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nShisui said,

"But this news has already been spread in the village, what should I do now??

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