Your Own Path

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Yesterday, Hidden Stone Village had completely finished the land reclamation project.

The four islands had also been connected into one large island.

However, Shamu had not allowed it to connect to the Land of Whirlpools.

Because of maritime trade, Shamu planned to build a cross-sea bridge here to make it easier for ships to pass through.

But there was no rush for that yet. After all, the Land of Radiance still had too few people.

Through various channels, the Uchiha Clan made an announcement to the entire shinobi world.

They announced the establishment of the Land of Radiance.

The moment the Land of Radiance was officially established, Shamu's system chimed.

Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the founding of a nation.

Congratulations to the host for unlocking the Strongest Faction series of missions.

As the leader of the strongest faction, you must become the strongest on the planet.

Please select one of the following enhancement paths:

1. Kaguya Otsutsuki's Kekkei Mōra

2. Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's Kekkei Mōra

3. Momoshiki Otsutsuki's Kekkei Mōra

4. Urashiki Otsutsuki's Kekkei Mōra

5. Uchiha Shamu's Kekkei Mōra

Shamu was greatly surprised. He understood the first four options at a glance.

They simply led to different ultimate divine techniques.

But the Kekkei Mōra named after himself piqued Shamu's curiosity.

The system's description was simple as well: using the body of an Uchiha, create a new Kekkei Mōra.

Shamu did not believe that someone else's path would necessarily be easy to follow. It would be just as well to carve out a path of his own.

So Shamu directly chose the enhancement path named after himself.

Mission requirement: Master seven types of chakra nature transformation.

Mission reward: Path of Evolution.

Nature transformations already mastered: Fire, Water, Earth, Yin.

Nature transformations not yet mastered: Wind, Lightning, Yang.

Shamu continued reading.

Then he discovered that there was nothing else.

Shamu was utterly baffled. Shouldn't founding a nation earn me some money or futuristic technology or something?

But from the beginning until now, this system seemed to strengthen the protagonist so that the protagonist could, in turn, bolster his faction.

Once he understood that, Shamu stopped dwelling on it. In any case, he had already planned to master all seven nature transformations.

Getting even a hint now was already quite good.

As for what this Path of Evolution was, Shamu had no idea.

During this period, many matters in the Land of Radiance had begun to fall into place.

Shamu also asked Cat Country to produce a batch of forehead protectors.

The symbol on the forehead protectors was not a war fan.

Instead, it was a relatively three-dimensional sphere.

As Shamu put it, they needed to look further ahead.

If the Uchiha Clan wanted to develop, it also needed to accept other shinobi clans and embrace all rivers.

The Land of Radiance's future goal was the stars and the sea.

In truth, most people in the shinobi world had rather low levels of cultural education.

The Uchiha Clan was a major clan, so its educational standards were somewhat higher, but not by much.

They were all skilled at carrying out missions and killing people, but there was little else to praise.

Most of them did not understand, but they followed Shamu's decision.

But that did not matter. Shamu planned to increase the proportion of cultural subjects at the ninja academy.

After all, the shinobi world would develop very quickly over the next decade or so.

If all one could do was fight and kill, it would be hard to make a living.

The Land of Radiance issued an announcement to the entire shinobi world, welcoming anyone who wished to settle in the Land of Radiance.

Uchiha Shamu sent two ships to dock along the coast of the Land of Fire.

They would transport anyone who wished to settle in the Land of Radiance free of charge.

The first two thousand people to settle in the Land of Radiance would receive free housing and free livelihood arrangements.

Furthermore, anyone who had lived in the Land of Radiance for one year without a bad record would receive the Chakra Extraction Technique.

If they successfully extracted Chakra, it meant they had talent as a shinobi.

Residents who had lived there for two years would be taught the Three Body Technique.

Even ordinary people would have a chance to come into contact with ninjutsu.

After learning the Three Body Technique, they could also take an exam to earn the qualifications of a genin and become shinobi.

This was not treatment available to civilians in any other country.

Of course, other shinobi would not think much of such things.

So the Land of Radiance offered something different. As long as someone had settled in the Land of Radiance for over a year—

They could choose one C-rank ninjutsu from any of the five elemental releases and receive its training method.

In the shinobi world, even in Konoha, graduating from the ninja academy only meant learning the Three Body Technique.

What rank was the Three Body Technique? E-rank.

For an ordinary genin, knowing the Three Body Technique and one D-rank ninjutsu was already quite good.

Knowing a C-rank ninjutsu made it easy to become a chunin, and life became much more comfortable after becoming a chunin.

The Konoha Twelve were formidable because many of them already knew C-rank or higher ninjutsu from the very beginning.

For example, Sasuke had already learned the Great Fireball Technique before he even entered the academy.

The other young elites likewise had their own specialty C-rank ninjutsu.

Elsewhere, there was no such good fortune. Many wandering shinobi struggling to make a living outside—

Usually only knew one or two ninjutsu, and most of the time they relied on one move to get by everywhere.

Otherwise, they had to rely more heavily on taijutsu in battle. It was not that they did not want to use ninjutsu; they simply did not know any.

No one had ever seen a place like the Land of Radiance, where one could receive a C-rank ninjutsu merely by living there for a while.

This caused many people born in small ninja villages, as well as outright rogue shinobi, to flock to the Land of Radiance.

Once there were more people, all sorts of dishonest individuals naturally appeared.

But under the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan and Nagato's Mind's Eye of the Kagura, they had nowhere to hide.

Moreover, Shamu spent heavily to install numerous cameras.

Monitoring equipment was still cutting-edge technology in this era.

Though expensive, it was extremely effective.

Whenever anyone was found breaking the law or violating discipline, members of the Uchiha Clan or Hyuga Clan would swiftly apprehend them.

The Uchiha Clan possessed an extremely strong sense of honor toward their own clan.

Besides, the nation had been founded by the Uchiha Clan. In order to ensure the country's social order—

In troubled times, harsh laws were necessary. Anyone caught would be severely punished. Shamu was ruthless; everyone who could be executed was executed.

This gave many civilians who had just come to the Land of Radiance to make a living an immense sense of security.

The Land of Radiance had established its reputation, and these people's sense of belonging to it also increased.

Konan said that she still had quite a few followers from her days in Amegakure.

She wanted to bring those followers back.

Konan's Paper Release was exceptionally powerful.

There would be no problem with her safety.

Shamu was also happy to have more people settle in the Land of Radiance.

So he agreed. More importantly, among those followers was a key person Shamu needed.

Konan did not take Yahiko with her. The Uchiha Clan had only just founded the nation, and there were many matters that required help.

There were often all kinds of incidents at the harbor, so Shamu simply sent Yahiko there to serve as Shisui's deputy.

Because of their personalities, the two quickly became good friends.

Shizune was busy building the new hospital here and purchasing new equipment.

Keimei was designing the underground facility, preparing it for future experiments.

Kazuki and Gui were busy preparing to establish schools and compile teaching materials.

Hidden Radiance Village also officially began accepting missions from every nation.

After all, the Uchiha Clan's reputation was well known. Even as a newly established ninja village, missions still came looking for them.

Many people believed that since the Uchiha Clan had founded a nation beside the Land of Water, they would surely become mortal enemies with the Land of Water.

After all, they would be competing for missions.

But the truth was exactly the opposite. The Land of Water as a whole was still recovering.

There were countless missions, but too few shinobi, especially high-ranking shinobi.

Many missions could only be outsourced.

And Mei Terumi believed that the Uchiha Clan had a good relationship with their "seniors."

So she simply sent some missions over to Hidden Radiance Village.

These missions were either relatively far away or required a certain degree of strength.

Yoya had also become a gold-standard name in Hidden Radiance Village.

That was because he was a mission fanatic who loved nothing more than running everywhere to complete missions.

His Lightning Release was strong, his taijutsu was strong, and his Sharingan had basically reached the threshold of a qualitative transformation.

Moreover, he possessed extensive combat experience.

Many people specifically requested Yoya to take their missions.

Every time, Yoya enthusiastically set off to complete them.

Shamu could not help but sigh. Having a simple mind really was nice.

The way to obtain happiness was simple too.