The search for Uchiha Clan members willing to play games did not go smoothly. The Uchiha Qi found had no interest whatsoever in his game. Some even mocked him mercilessly or openly looked down on him.
It was not that Uchiha Qi was truly so unpopular that everyone hated him. In fact, if he really looked, quite a few Uchiha Clan members would be willing to play the games he made.
However, those Uchiha were merely ordinary clan members. To complete his mission as efficiently as possible, Uchiha Qi had sought out the stronger Uchiha—the ones who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
As everyone knew, the Uchiha Clan was proud. One defining trait of the clan was its respect for the strong; it was a classic case of the strong being revered, though without the survival-of-the-fittest brutality found in traditional fantasy novels.
A low-ranking clan member like Uchiha Qi had no choice but to accept being looked down on by those Uchiha who had awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
These grown Uchiha would not bully Uchiha Qi, but he had approached them and claimed to have developed a unique Genjutsu Game. He needed them to completely lower their guard and accept a genjutsu cast through his Sharingan to start the game.
Honestly, if Uchiha Qi had not been an Uchiha himself, he would probably have been beaten up.
You wanted to cast genjutsu on a powerful Uchiha and tell him not to resist so he could cooperate with your game?
Buddy!
If you had not woken up yet, please go back to sleep. Thank you!
Or were you trying to deliver the ultimate insult to a proud Uchiha?
Moreover, powerful Uchiha were key targets for the clan's training and deployment. Their daily missions and training schedules were packed, and even during breaks, they had their own social circles.
Uchiha Qi, an unpopular guy within the clan, had suddenly made requests that sounded utterly absurd to others. What powerful Uchiha would give him a pleasant look?
Thus, his plan to find powerful Uchiha to play games with, gather enough Emotion Value as quickly as possible, and complete his mission had failed.
Still, Uchiha Qi was not surprised. He had been transmigrated for eighteen years—how could he not know what the Uchiha Clan was like?
He had only sought out powerful Uchiha to see whether any of them happened to be in a good mood and had free time.
Since that had failed, he would simply activate his backup plan.
After finishing all his work for the day, Uchiha Qi directly took leave and left the Konoha Military Police Force.
The process went smoothly. His superior did not care that Uchiha Qi had taken leave, since he had already finished his work.
In fact, if not for the strict regulations requiring him to remain at the Konoha Military Police Force every day, Uchiha Qi could have gone home early whenever he finished his work.
After all, in his superior's eyes, the work Uchiha Qi was doing was entirely the Uchiha Clan's way of humiliating and sidelining him. Any normal Uchiha would have found it unbearable. The fact that Uchiha Qi quietly completed the work every day was already an exceptionally admirable performance.
Well, it could only be said that their values differed, and they viewed the issue from completely different angles.
Even a heavenly slacker's job could be looked down upon. The Uchiha Clan truly had lofty ambitions and a desperate desire to improve.
After leaving the Konoha Military Police Force, Uchiha Qi headed straight for the Uchiha Clan Compound. Before long, he found the person he had come to see.
He was still an Uchiha Clan member, but not an ordinary one. He was the Uchiha Clan's next Clan Head—seemingly a hardliner within the clan, but actually a compromiser, and someone who would ultimately offer no resistance when his own filial son massacred the Uchiha Clan: Uchiha Fugaku.
Of course, the current Uchiha Fugaku was not yet the man he would become in the future. At twenty-eight, the young Clan Head had plenty of spirit and sharpness, and he had already earned the title of Fierce Eye in the shinobi world.
Though both were Uchiha, he fully demonstrated the reality that the shinobi world was a world ruled by bloodlines. As the young Clan Head with the purest bloodline, Uchiha Fugaku's Three-Tomoe Sharingan was clearly much stronger than the Three-Tomoe Sharingan of other Uchiha. Because of this, his prestige within the clan was not low. At the very least, most of the younger Uchiha followed his lead.
As the Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku was also unlike ordinary Uchiha, who lacked social awareness and treated everyone with equal arrogance. His attitude toward everyone in the Uchiha Clan was excellent and made people feel as though they were basking in a spring breeze, even when dealing with low-ranking Uchiha.
It was precisely because of this that Uchiha Qi, as a transmigrator, had successfully built a good relationship with Uchiha Fugaku.
Furthermore, Uchiha Fugaku had a good relationship with Minato Namikaze, and the two were friends in private. As Minato Namikaze's close friend, Uchiha Fugaku was the only Three-Tomoe Uchiha within the clan who was friendly with Uchiha Qi.
This time, Uchiha Qi had come to find Uchiha Fugaku because promoting his game directly within the clan had gone poorly. He intended to take an indirect route and use Uchiha Fugaku's help to spread the game.
Of course, he could not pass up Uchiha Fugaku, such an excellent provider of Emotion Value. The twenty-eight-year-old young Clan Head possessed the strength of an Elite Jonin. Even if he was weaker than Minato Namikaze, the Emotion Value he provided certainly would not be much worse.
When Uchiha Qi found Uchiha Fugaku, the twenty-eight-year-old young Clan Head was practicing Taijutsu in the clan's indoor training ground.
The training ground belonged exclusively to the Clan Head and was not for public use. As the young Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku naturally had the right to use it.
As the young Clan Head, he also had the right to have attendants serve him nearby. However, he did not like that, so he always had everyone leave whenever he trained.
When Uchiha Qi saw Fugaku, he saw him training alone, drenched in sweat.
Upon seeing Uchiha Qi arrive, Uchiha Fugaku stopped training and walked over curiously. "Qi-kun, what brings you to me at this time? Is something the matter?"
Uchiha Qi immediately smiled. "Young Clan Head, you know that I am very good at thinking and coming up with ideas. Over the past two years, I have been exploring and developing my Sharingan genjutsu, and I truly discovered something. I created a unique Sharingan secret technique."
"I named it the Genjutsu Game. It is a technique that can bring people into an illusory yet realistic Genjutsu World."
Hearing this, Uchiha Fugaku nodded in acknowledgment. He knew that his friend Minato Namikaze's Rasengan had been developed by Uchiha Qi, so he fully believed in Uchiha Qi's talent for creating techniques.
The only pity was that Uchiha Qi, who possessed such talent, had very poor aptitude as a shinobi. Otherwise, there was a high chance that he would grow into the Uchiha Clan's Tobirama Senju.
Well, Minato Namikaze was not the only one with this false genius filter. Uchiha Fugaku had it too.
Thus, Uchiha Fugaku was not surprised in the slightest that Uchiha Qi had developed a secret technique. Instead, he was extremely curious. "So, what does this ninjutsu do?"
Uchiha Qi said, "Well... you will understand the specifics after experiencing it yourself, Young Clan Head. All I can say is that Minato experienced it this morning and said it was excellent. He gained a great deal from it. If he had not had other matters to handle this afternoon, he would have continued enjoying himself in the Genjutsu Game."
Bringing out Minato Namikaze as his trump card, Uchiha Qi believed Fugaku would be absolutely unable to resist the temptation.
Sure enough, Uchiha Fugaku's eyes lit up. Rubbing his chin, he said, "A genjutsu Minato says is good? And he wanted to keep playing in it? It sounds a little like the sort of thing that distracts one from proper pursuits."
"But anything that can make Minato so reluctant to leave cannot be some low-level game."
At that, Uchiha Fugaku asked curiously, "So, you want me to experience this Genjutsu Game you mentioned as well?"
Uchiha Qi nodded, smiling as he finally revealed his true purpose. "And after you experience it, I hope the Young Clan Head can help promote it and let more Uchiha come experience it."
After a pause, recalling how Minato Namikaze had been frightened and stimulated in the game, as well as the way he had entered that final state of ecstatic battle-lust, he added, "Perhaps it can allow clan members who have not awakened their eyes to successfully awaken them. Those who have already awakened them may also have a chance to strengthen their Sharingan—for example, advancing from One Tomoe to Two Tomoe, or from Two Tomoe to Three Tomoe."
Hearing that, Uchiha Fugaku's expression sharpened. A fierce gleam burst from his eyes, and in that instant, he displayed the bearing of the Fierce Eye.
In other words, his gaze became fierce and intimidating.
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