To be fair, Kingpin's submission at this moment was certainly not the wholehearted submission brought about by Genjutsu.
It was the submission of the weak to the strong.
It should be said that, aside from death warriors trained from childhood, it was almost impossible to obtain the kind of wholehearted submission that came from being controlled by Genjutsu.
So Wu Chen had taken precautions.
He looked at Kingpin, who stood before him with his head lowered, and said calmly, "Raise your head. Don't resist."
As soon as Kingpin raised his head, he saw the masked man before him forming strange hand seals.
Smack!
Wu Chen slapped his palm onto Kingpin's head. Chakra erupted, and black curse markings appeared, enveloping Kingpin's entire body!
The curse markings were intricate and indecipherable. Kingpin drew on everything he knew, yet couldn't recognize a single one.
Wu Chen paid no attention to Kingpin's actions and continued to focus on performing the technique. Finally, all the curse markings contracted onto Kingpin's forehead, where a strange pattern appeared.
"This technique is called the 'Caged Bird Seal.' Normally, it won't cause you any problems. It can even help you increase your Chakra when you train it. But once triggered, it will make you wish you were dead."
"This precaution is also the mark I'm bestowing upon you. So, Kingpin, you know what to do from now on, don't you?"
After Obito Uchiha was saved by the elderly Madara Uchiha, he learned a great deal, including Sealing Jutsu.
Otherwise, Obito wouldn't have been able to perform a Tailed Beast Sealing Jutsu like the Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals.
As such, Obito was quite proficient in Sealing Jutsu.
And among the Sealing Jutsu texts Madara Uchiha had taught Obito was a record of the Caged Bird Seal.
The Caged Bird Seal was the means by which the Hyuga Clan's Main Family controlled the Branch Family. It was extremely powerful and overbearing.
When Obito saw it back then, he had studied it a little, but he never had a chance to use it afterward.
Now, Wu Chen had just the occasion to use it.
However, the Caged Bird Seal he used was different from the original.
The original Caged Bird Seal targeted the eyes, protecting the Byakugan from being stolen by outsiders.
The Caged Bird Seal Wu Chen used had been modified on the spot to target the brain.
He used Kingpin as a test subject and hadn't expected it to succeed.
If anyone tried to do anything to Kingpin's brain, it would automatically burn itself out.
Alternatively, Wu Chen could activate the Caged Bird Seal to stab Kingpin's brain with pain or burn it out. That was another way to use it.
Wu Chen had gone to all this trouble instead of continuing to control Kingpin with Genjutsu because he was concerned about the limit on how many people he could control with Genjutsu at once. If he had to use Genjutsu, he would use it where it mattered most, on those who could never be made to submit.
For people like Kingpin, who could potentially be made to submit, he would use the Caged Bird Seal to control them.
Sure enough, after hearing Wu Chen's explanation, Kingpin submitted a little more deeply. "Master, your will is my will. I will fight hard for you!"
Able to sense the effect of the mark on his forehead, Kingpin naturally didn't dare harbor other intentions.
At the same time, he couldn't help reflecting that he had submitted to the man before him after all.
Still, the masked man was strong enough that this wasn't entirely unacceptable.
"Very good!" Wu Chen nodded with a smile. "You don't need to call me master. Just call me sir."
"Starting today, you're an associate member of the Akatsuki!"
"The Akatsuki?" Kingpin asked in confusion.
"Before dawn comes darkness. At its darkest moment, day breaks. We in the Akatsuki are willing to be the world's dawn, bringing peace and light to this world!"
Wu Chen spoke earnestly about the Akatsuki's ideals. In truth, he agreed with them as well.
It was only after Yahiko died and Nagato was led astray by Obito that the Akatsuki changed, becoming a major villainous organization in the Hokage World.
Now that the Akatsuki had been newly established in this world, Wu Chen put those ideals to use.
After Kingpin heard those ideals, his gaze grew distant for a moment. Hadn't he once had similar ideals?
It was only later, when life bore down on him, that he joined a gang to make a living.
Looking at it now, the organization I've pledged my loyalty to doesn't seem like a particularly villainous one?
No, no. Judging by sir's style and methods alone, the Akatsuki isn't a respectable organization.
What respectable organization would take control of someone the moment they disagreed?
Afterward, Wu Chen's actions confirmed this.
He told Kingpin to bring him cash from the safe. Kingpin grumbled inwardly but did as he was told.
Soon, stacks of dollars sat on the office desk, at least five or six million by the look of them.
"This money belongs to me now." Wu Chen glanced at Kingpin, who immediately nodded.
Wu Chen then sank his consciousness into the system space and saw Obito Uchiha's roleplay progress [12%]
It had increased by two percent. Though that was a little low, it showed that Wu Chen's idea was correct. Roleplaying a ninja wasn't limited to accepting and completing missions; achieving the roleplay mission's objective was also a viable method
Nodding in satisfaction, Wu Chen opened the system store and saw the number in the lower right corner, [6.15 million yuan]