Just in case, Ling Tian had Dai come along too.
After all, this was his first time making a clone, and he was using someone from the Uchiha Clan. He was worried something might go wrong.
Once the two reached the room, he opened the panel.
I: Personal attributes. Name: Hatake Xianyu. (Also known as Ling Tian) Age: Fifteen. (38) Ninjutsu: Clone Technique, Transformation Jutsu, Substitution Technique. Chakra: 0.8 units. II: Character template. Fourth Baby: Perfect mastery, blazing flames of pure yang! (The other six babies are locked.) Race: Gourd. Ability: Innate fire spirit body. Strength: Kage Level. (Less than a month old) Motto: Where the sea ends, the sky becomes its shore; atop the pinnacle of Fire Style, I stand as the peak. Hint: Choosing a fire body as a clone can greatly enhance Fire Baby's strength. (Choose Fire Baby as your clone?) Summoned being: Little Right. Race: Alien. Ability: Can parasitize any organ in the host's body. (Currently inhabiting the right hand) Strength: Growth stage. Hint: This creature has a relatively short development cycle and requires meat to grow. Once fully developed, it can nourish and strengthen the host's physical body. III: Task choices. [Strongest Choice System 0.3] (No choice made) Hint: Host, please select an option as soon as possible.
He glanced at it. Instead of making a noisy fuss like before, he simply tapped the option to select a clone.
[One fire body detected. Fire Baby possession in progress...] [Target is not dead. Fire Baby possession failed!]
"..."
Ling Tian raised an eyebrow and looked at Uchiha Island, unsure how to begin.
"Lord Ling Tian, why have we come here?"
Uchiha Island was very respectful. Aside from the Clan Leader's instructions, he had also sensed that fleeting aura back at the clan compound. After all, he had been right outside the door then.
So although he was puzzled, he hadn't known how to ask. Now that he finally had a chance, he didn't hold back.
"I wanted to give you a choice. Now, I don't think there's any need to keep hiding this from you."
Ling Tian watched him quietly and said calmly, "Your Clan Leader and I are planning a coup. This so-called mission is about a powerful individual who needs a physical body. With him, our coup will have a hundred percent chance of success. Now let me ask you: are you willing to die for the Uchiha?"
Uchiha Island nodded firmly. "For the Uchiha, I am willing!"
Ling Tian nodded too. "I know you have a way to destroy your own eyes. Now the choice is yours: leave these eyes intact and let that powerful individual live as an Uchiha, or destroy them yourself, and I'll find him another pair."
"As an Uchiha?"
"That's right. He only has a given name, no surname. If you're willing, I'll let him live as an Uchiha from now on. To be honest, your Clan Leader doesn't know about this. I'm leaving the choice to you. You can decide right now whether to destroy your eyes."
Uchiha Island fell silent for a moment, then smiled. "Let's do that, then. I'll leave the Sharingan for you. Let him live as an Uchiha. In return, I hope he'll take good care of my clansmen."
"I promise. Do you have any other last words?"
As Ling Tian looked at him, he suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.
What a good man.
Why did it feel like I'd become the main villain?
Weren't Konoha F4 supposed to be the villains...?
"Tell the Clan Leader what I decided."
"All right."
"I also have a daughter."
"How old is she? What does she look like?"
"Your age. She's very beautiful."
"If she's willing, I'll marry her someday. I'll have Fugaku adopt her as his daughter. As long as I'm alive,
she'll live happily for the rest of her life." Ling Tian spoke with absolute conviction. He swore he'd only said that to let the man before him die in peace, definitely not to fulfill his dream of having a hundred beautiful wives.
"Thank you." Uchiha Island smiled and closed his eyes. "Go ahead! I'm ready."
"..."
"Well... never mind. I'd better call my big brother in here!"
He really couldn't bring himself to do it.
The man was facing death so bravely, even smiling as he gave his last words. Asking him to kill himself really did seem a bit wrong!
"There's no need for that."
With that, Uchiha Island laughed heartily and ruptured his own heart meridians.
[Target's death detected. Proceed with possession?]
"Ah..."
"Brother Daoyu, I'll never forget what happened today."
Ling Tian sighed as he looked at the corpse before him, then finally tapped the template.
I'll put this on F4's tab!
One day, I'll avenge you!
Just wait. That day won't be far off.
He waited in the room for a little while, but everything remained perfectly ordinary. Nothing happened.
After a long while, just as Ling Tian was growing impatient, the dead Uchiha Island opened his closed eyes.
The moment they opened, three blood-red tomoe appeared.
Uchiha Island stood up, looked proudly at Ling Tian, and declared with imposing confidence:
"Where the sea ends, the sky becomes its shore; atop the pinnacle of Fire Style, I stand as the peak!"
Ling Tian: "..."
"Original, let me introduce myself. My name is Uchiha Red Four. Don't get it wrong from now on. I'm leaving. Don't bother me unless it's important."
Without waiting for Ling Tian to answer, he burst straight through the door.
"What the fuck is this thing?"
Ling Tian stared after him, utterly bewildered.
What the hell did I just create?
Outside the door, Dai and White Fang were on full alert, watching their surroundings.
Only when they saw someone come out did they relax.
Uchiha Red Four emerged with his nose in the air, stared at the two, and said haughtily:
"Konoha's White Fang. An idiot whose sole purpose in life is to cause Ling Tian trouble."
"Might Duy. You're so strong, yet even when you don't get a chance to show it, you don't know how to make one for yourself. In a village this corrupt, you've never even thought of leaving or fighting back. Have you ever considered your son? Or do you want him to suffer discrimination from ignorant fools just like you do?"
"To put it nicely, you two are blindly loyal. To put it bluntly, you're a pair of self-righteous idiots!"
"What? Why are you glaring at me? Did I say something wrong, or do you two have a problem with it?"
"If you've got a problem, fight me. I'm ready whenever you are."
A dangerous look flashed in White Fang's eyes as he asked warily, "Who are you?"
This man was far too different from the person who had gone inside!
"Uchiha Red Four."
He looked smugly at the two. "I'm the fourth in the family. The name's Uchiha Red Four. Red as in fiery red, and four as in one, two, three, four."
White Fang and Dai exchanged a glance, reached an unspoken understanding, and moved to subdue him as quickly as possible.
They had only intended to probe him, but hadn't expected him to admit it outright.
Then we'll give you what you want!
White Fang began forming hand seals, Lightning Release Chakra flowing through every cell in his body.
Dai was ready too. If necessary, a hand signal would be all it took for him to open six gates.
Uchiha Red Four smiled disdainfully and said coldly, "Both of you, come at me together!"
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