If Uchiha Qi had heard Shikaku Nara's words, he would surely have nodded in deep agreement. You're right, but... helping the Uchiha Clan was only incidental. The main reason was to complete the system mission. That was my opportunity to seize the future!
That was right. Solving the Uchiha Clan's predicament was hardly a big deal to Uchiha Qi. After all, countless keyboard-politics idiot netizens from his previous life had already used their World-Shaking Wisdom to tell him exactly what to do and how to do it.
In truth, Konoha was not some world straight out of "Game of Thrones." At its core, it was a violent institution where strength reigned supreme—at most, a warlord regime. Its political scheming could not compare to that of proper historical worlds.
Having lived in this world for eighteen years and personally experienced and witnessed many things, he could confirm that conspiracies and schemes did exist, but they were nowhere near as absurd as the worlds imagined through conspiracy-theory fantasies of countless idiot netizens.
The reason he had done nothing before was mainly because he lacked sufficient prestige, strength, ability, and even the ability to protect himself.
Without any of those things, there had been no point in Uchiha Qi trying to do anything. He truly could not have done anything.
In the ninja world, strength still ruled supreme. If one lacked strength, then one had to possess abilities that were sufficiently unique and useful.
Now, although the game development system had not yet given Uchiha Qi great strength, it had already given him the unique ability to change the situation.
The facts proved that when Uchiha Qi brought out some methods, Konoha's major clans had no ability to resist at all. All they saw were the benefits they could gain from joining the game chamber of commerce. They were utterly unaware of the hidden interest groups and political factors involved.
Even if some smart people had seen through it, they could say nothing in the face of such immense profits. On top of that, the other clans were joining one after another. Not joining would mean taking a massive loss, so smart people like Shikaku Nara silently chose to join if they could not beat it.
After all...
Even if someone from the Konoha F4 caused trouble in the future, they could pretend not to understand anything. If pressed further, they could say that the Sarutobi, Koharu, and Mitokado clans had all joined, so they had merely been showing the Konoha F4 respect and supporting them.
The key was to keep playing dumb to the very end.
If the Konoha F4 had the guts, then they could truly enter conspiracy-theory mode, use their supposedly incredible political tactics to completely control every clan, and crush all their enemies.
But...
Did the Konoha F4 possess that kind of political skill?
Uchiha Qi only wanted to say that if the Konoha F4 were really as formidable as they were in conspiracy-theory worlds, then with Konoha's power, they should have completely seized control of the Land of Fire instead of merely serving as the Daimyo's tools.
In any case, after this, an interest group had been formed. The Uchiha Clan's worst situation had been completely shattered, and the days ahead would become much better. As long as the Uchiha Clan did not court death on its own, its future would be as stable as a mountain. And if outstanding Uchiha emerged and made good use of the interest group's support, even becoming Hokage would not be impossible.
Uchiha Qi had already fulfilled his promise to the Uchiha Clan. Now that the initial momentum had formed, he no longer needed to focus on the "small matter" of changing the Uchiha Clan's predicament. Instead, he needed to consider how to further expand his own "game life."
In fact, when the major clans signed their names and sealed the agreement, stating that they would send the money for their share purchases to the Uchiha Clan and dispatch relevant clan members to help develop the Genjutsu Game market, the Uchiha higher-ups realized that the Uchiha Clan's situation had been completely transformed.
After all...
It had been a long time since the Uchiha Clan had experienced representatives from the major ninja clans enthusiastically greeting them, praising the Uchiha Clan in every possible way, and desperately trying to befriend them.
The last time they had received such treatment was...
Ah, no. The Uchiha Clan had never received such treatment. After all, from the very beginning, the Uchiha Clan, one of Konoha's founding clans, had been Konoha's troublemakers.
From the most formidable Clan Head, Uchiha Madara, to the Uchiha clansmen who looked down on everyone, their specialty had always been causing trouble even when there was none.
The first to realize this was Uchiha Fugaku. With a grave expression, he said to his father and Grand Elder Uchiha Setsuna, "Father, Elder Setsuna, Qi-kun has fulfilled his promise to us. Our Uchiha Clan is no longer alone. Instead, we now have many allies and supporters!"
"Although this was obtained through an exchange of interests, just as Qi-kun said, feelings between clans are hollow. Only interests are the proper path."
"Therefore, we absolutely cannot disappoint Qi-kun and the excellent situation he has created for us. From now on, we must restrain our clansmen. We cannot allow them to keep arrogantly making enemies everywhere."
"Just as Qi-kun said, pride is a virtue. But when pride goes too far and becomes arrogance, it turns into original sin!"
After hearing Uchiha Fugaku's serious words, Uchiha Masanobu and Uchiha Setsuna both nodded in deep agreement. They knew very well just how arrogant their clansmen were, and they understood that restrictions on certain behaviors were imperative for those who so easily offended others.
Otherwise, even with such a wonderful situation as this, their clansmen would still squander all their fortune.
Of course, they would need to wait until they returned to discuss exactly what to do. For now, what they needed to do was continue giving Uchiha Qi their full support and help him carry on the expansion of his games.
At this moment, Uchiha Qi had already finished looking through the shop system and the Emotion Value exchange system.
These two functions were also quite simple and crude. They were the "shop" and "gacha" systems found in all those exploitative card-drawing mobile games.
The Emotion Value exchange system was the classic gacha. One spent a certain amount of Emotion Value on a ten-pull, and the pool contained everything imaginable. Nothing would be surprising to draw, and there was no pity system. It was even worse than the most disgusting FGO banner Uchiha Qi had played in his previous life. What the host obtained depended entirely on luck.
As for the shop, it displayed several items, each with a purchase limit, and the goods refreshed once every month. The better the item, the fewer times it could be purchased.
For example, among this month's goods was a Spirit Power Enhancement Potion, limited to a single purchase. It could permanently increase the user's spirit power by 10%, emphasizing the nobility of percentage-based boosts. As always, the item description was utterly vile—after spirit power increased, it could improve the user's work efficiency and overtime capacity to a certain extent.
What a "noble" training device for corporate slaves and grindhounds.
Uchiha Qi increasingly understood that the essence of this vile system was to train him into a super grindhound game producer.
Still, that did not stop Uchiha Qi from immediately exchanging for the Spirit Power Enhancement Potion. The shop did not consume Emotion Value, but rather shop currency converted from real-world game sales.
The system had automatically converted today's sales. Every one hundred thousand ryo in sales could be converted into one point of shop exchange currency, and only the portion recognized by system-issued missions could be converted.
For example, the mission that had fully activated the system had generated one hundred million ryo in sales, so the system had directly converted it into one thousand points of shop exchange currency.
Although the Spirit Power Enhancement Potion cost six hundred shop coins, Uchiha Qi had more than enough to exchange for it.
Once the exchange was complete, the potion automatically entered Uchiha Qi's system inventory. He checked it and found that he could either use it directly or take it out.
Clearly, the items inside were not restricted to Uchiha Qi alone. He could also choose to give them to others.
If he possessed enough strength, he could give some things to others. But he was currently a weakling with no room to choose, so he decisively used it himself.
Thus, the potion was used without Uchiha Qi even needing to drink it.
In an instant, Uchiha Qi's spirit power increased noticeably, and his Chakra rose along with it.
Moreover, Uchiha Qi clearly felt a warm current pass through his brain and into his eyes. His eyes felt a little sore, causing him to close them and instinctively rub them.
When the discomfort faded and he opened his eyes again, Uchiha Qi sensed an obvious change in his vision. His Sharingan had already activated.
However, compared to his previous Sharingan, his eyesight had improved significantly this time, and everyone's movements appeared much slower than usual.
Uchiha Qi's heart stirred. He immediately found a mirror to check himself.
Then, the Two Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes was clearly reflected in the mirror.
His Sharingan had finally broken through the shackles of his bloodline and completed its upgrade!
At the same time, Uchiha Qi discovered that the Spiritual Network skills had resonated with his upgraded Sharingan, making him immediately understand that he could do things he had been unable to do with the One Tomoe Sharingan.
For example...
He could try to transfer a Spiritual Network "port" to someone else through his Sharingan, establish a Spiritual Network connection with them, and allow them to help him make games as well!
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