The Last Ninja Cat Style Uchiha of the Shinobi World

A moment later, Shinji left the alley with a satisfied look.

To contract Coal Ball, he paid a one-time contract fee of 500,000, plus a hefty summoning fee of 5,000 per use.

Of course.

He also laid down many conditions.

For example, Coal Ball was not allowed to leak even a tiny bit of information about him to anyone else, not even other ninja cats.

At the same time, as long as he was alive, Coal Ball was not allowed to sign a summoning contract with any other ninja and had to serve him alone.

After dealing with Coal Ball, Shinji didn't leave the Land of Cats immediately. Instead, he went to meet 'One-Eyed Dragon' and 'Mihana' again, and then found the calico cat that sold information once more.

This time, he directly pressed a thousand in his hand: "I've met all the ones you mentioned, and I'm not satisfied with any of them. If you want to earn this money, introduce me to someone truly powerful!"

The calico cat stared intently at the money in Shinji's hand: "What, you're not satisfied even with One-Eyed Dragon? That guy participated in the Third Shinobi World War and is a fierce cat who has fought against Jonin from Iwagakure!"

"Too ugly!"

"This..." Reluctantly, the calico cat withdrew its gaze from the money in Shinji's hand. After some thought, it said, "Princess Fūki!"

Shinji asked doubtfully, "Princess?"

"Specializes in Wind Release!"

As the calico cat spoke, it gave him a knowing look.

Shinji was stunned for a moment before he understood.

The Uchiha clan was generally skilled in Fire Release and ninjutsu tool throwing, so they had the best compatibility with ninja cats specializing in Wind Release.

Wind aids fire, and as long as the compatibility is sufficient, they could often easily perform combined ninjutsu, greatly increasing the power of the jutsu.

Therefore, for Uchiha clan ninja, ninja cats specializing in Wind Release were highly sought after.

While Shinji was spacing out, the calico cat jumped up, snatched the money from his hand, and then took a poster out of its small bag, throwing it at him.

Shinji picked up the poster and saw that the model on it was a white cat with an elegant physique and outstanding temperament.

The more he looked, the more familiar this white cat seemed. Then he suddenly remembered that this white cat was the model from the street hair salon advertisement he had seen before.

"She's the princess of your Land of Cats?"

After speaking, Shinji looked up, only to find that the calico cat in front of him had already disappeared.

"Ran away?" Frowning, Shinji muttered, "I've never heard of a princess in the Land of Cats?"

Coal Ball specialized in dirty work and couldn't be seen in the light.

To cover this up, he had to contract another ninja cat, so he didn't dwell on it too much. Following the address on the poster, he found Princess Fūki, who was filming a promotional advertisement.

Seeing Shinji approach with her poster, Princess Fūki said with poise, "Another autograph request? Ah, being chased by admirers like this is truly troublesome!"

Saying that, she walked with a cat-like gait and elegantly came before Shinji.

Then, she opened an ink pad, pressed her chubby paw into the ink pad, and then imprinted her paw onto the poster in Shinji's hand.

Looking at the faint paw print on the poster, Shinji had a strange expression: "I'm not here for an autograph!"

Princess Fūki said displeasedly, "If you want a photo, I advise you to give up such disrespectful thoughts!"

Shinji was too lazy to waste words: "Are you really the princess of the Land of Cats?"

Princess Fūki replied proudly, "Besides me, is there any other ninja cat in the Land of Cats as perfect as I am?"

Shinji secretly thought, Her status is unusual. It probably won't be easy to contract her.

Then he thought again, contracting this well-known ninja cat could effectively conceal Coal Ball's existence.

Tap.

So he threw out the contract: "I want to sign a contract with you. You name the price! You name the conditions!"

Princess Fūki, who had already turned to leave, stopped. She elegantly approached the contract.

After dealing with Princess Fūki, Shinji put away the contract and secretly sighed, "From now on, I am the last cat slave of the Uchiha clan— no, the last Uchiha of the Ninja Cat style!"

Itachi contracted ninja crows and was the representative of the Ninja Crow style Uchiha.

Sasuke would either play with snakes or eagles in the future.

Therefore, Shinji was indeed the last Uchiha of the Ninja Cat style in the ninja world!

After finishing his business, Shinji didn't linger in the Land of Cats, nor did he see the Cat Granny. He only replenished some ninja tools and explosive tags before returning to Konoha at full speed.

This time, leaving the village was to contract a ninja cat and to test whether Danzo would make a move against him. It wasn't like he was truly defecting. The longer he stayed outside the village, the more dangerous it would be.

He sped all the way, and by evening, he finally saw the walls of Konoha.

"Huff, huff, huff."

He bent over, supporting his knees, panting heavily.

He didn't know if it was because he had chakra, but this newly learned 'breathing technique' alone, in terms of endurance, was several times higher than when those swordsmen in his memory fragments first learned it.

"As expected, the higher a cultivator's physical strength, the higher the upper limit of the breathing technique."

After calming down for a while, he started walking towards the village gate.

The ninja guarding the gate was somewhat surprised to see Shinji return.

The Land of Cats was indeed not far from the village, but under normal circumstances, with Shinji's pace as an eight-year-old Academy student, he should have returned by tomorrow at the earliest.

He hadn't expected Shinji to be back before nightfall today.

After verifying his temporary pass at the village gate's registration desk, Shinji headed straight back to his apartment.

Along the way, he mused, The person sent to monitor me is dead, and Danzo hasn't made a move? That's not like him! Did something else happen last night that distracted the village higher-ups? So they can't bother with me for a while?

The thought of the chaotic night before gave him a headache.

There had been too many unexpected events, and even after reviewing them several times today, he couldn't be sure if he had unintentionally left any vulnerabilities.

As soon as he returned to his apartment, he ran into Iruka, along with two ANBU, escorting Haku downstairs.

"Haku was arrested!?"

His expression sharpened, and he tensed, ready to act.

At that moment, Iruka also saw Shinji returning and looked surprised. "Shinji, didn't you leave the village?"

Shinji looked at Iruka and the others, seeing no hostility towards him, and said, "Iruka-sensei, I just got back. By the way, what's going on?"

Iruka didn't answer Shinji immediately. Instead, he nodded to an ANBU beside him, then patted Haku's shoulder. "Don't worry, it's fine."

Haku calmly replied, "I know."

Soon, the two ANBU took Haku away.

Watching the three of them leave, Shinji turned to Iruka and asked, "Iruka-sensei, why was Haku taken away by the village's ANBU?"

After a moment's hesitation, Iruka said, "Today, the village received a protest from Kirigakure. They want us to hand over Haku."

"Huh?"

Shinji didn't react for a moment.

Seemingly choosing his words carefully, Iruka said after a pause, "Actually... Haku's clan isn't from our Konohagakure."

Shinji didn't reply, continuing to look at Iruka with a questioning gaze.

Seeing this, Iruka sighed. "The Yuki clan, from which Haku originates, is a kekkei genkai clan of Kirigakure. For some reason, the Yuki clan was wiped out by Kirigakure, so the village took in Haku as an orphan of the Yuki clan."

Shinji's expression darkened. "So Kirigakure protested to us and wants us to hand over Haku?"

Iruka thought Shinji was relating it to his own past and said, "Don't worry, the village won't hand Haku over. Those ANBU just now were sent by the Hokage to escort Haku to a safe house."

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