Uchiha Youhu was actually a transmigrator.
On the night of the Nine-Tails Night, he had transmigrated to the Uchiha District and become an Uchiha boy whose parents were both dead.
After witnessing the Nine-Tails' world-destroying power with his own eyes, Uchiha Youhu had understood how cruel the Ninja World was. Human lives were worth less than grass, and even a powerful clan like the Uchiha could be wiped out by enemies within and without.
He was just an Uchiha with average talent, with no ability to change the Clan Annihilation Night.
All he could do was build up as much strength as possible before the clan was annihilated, then take advantage of a mission outside the village to fake his death and leave Konoha. After that, he could marry more wives and have more children, making the Uchiha great again.
But even when nothing was supposed to go wrong, something still did.
Just as he had stayed under the radar long enough to awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan and was preparing to flee Konoha with Jonin-level strength, the system he had imagined arrived.
It was called the Lie Come True System.
As long as the lies he made up seemed real enough and enough people believed them, he could earn the corresponding Deception Points.
By using Deception Points, he could twist any lie he told into reality. He could even rewrite his Sharingan into the Nine Tomoe Rinnegan or his Uchiha Bloodline into the Otsutsuki Bloodline.
To earn Deception Points, Youhu had tried all sorts of methods, but his returns had always been meager.
For example, he had used his Sharingan to hypnotize himself into believing he possessed a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, but in the end, he had earned just one Deception Point.
He had also tried convincing the child next door that he had a Mangekyo, but that had earned him only three Deception Points.
That was because his lies were too crude, their reach too limited, and the people who believed them too weak. They couldn't become reality.
After careful consideration, Youhu had no choice but to take a risk. At a clan meeting, he had made up a nine-parts-true, one-part-false rumor that the Hokage Faction preferred men, using the idea of the Fugaku Clan Head marrying the Third Hokage as bait.
After all, the Hokage Faction's ninjas really were a little too intimate with one another.
Faced with a lie that was mostly true, the clan members had, just as he'd hoped, become uncertain whether to believe it. As a result, he had earned a large number of Deception Points.
Thinking of this, Youhu rubbed his palms together and summoned the System Panel in his mind.
[Name: Uchiha Youhu] [Age: 15] [Bloodline: Uchiha Bloodline] [Chakra Amount: A] [Chakra Nature: Yin, Yang, Fire] [Skills: Uchiha Style Taijutsu, Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, Three Body Technique, Body Flicker Technique, Sharingan Illusion Technique...] [Kekkei Genkai: Three Tomoe Sharingan] [Talent: Orator] [Current Deception Points: 550] [Current Rewrite Project: Three Tomoe Sharingan > Mangekyo Sharingan (2400/3000)] [Overall Strength: Jonin]
Without a moment's hesitation, Youhu invested all his Deception Points into rewriting his Three Tomoe Sharingan. In an instant, a large amount of cool Chakra surged into his eyes, making him shut them involuntarily.
[Three Tomoe Sharingan > Mangekyo Sharingan (2950/3000)]
When he opened his eyes again, Youhu found that the world before him looked much clearer. His eye power and dynamic vision had also improved considerably. It seemed that even without completing the rewrite into a Mangekyo Sharingan, his Sharingan could still be enhanced.
Unfortunately, he was still a little short on Deception Points. If he had just a few more, he could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
But as long as his lies about the Hokage Faction kept spreading, it wouldn't be long before he possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.
In the meantime, he also needed to come up with new lies—preferably ones related to himself, so he could make better use of his Deception Points to grow stronger.
Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna seemed like good choices. They were powerful, and they had died young.
He could dig up some interesting unofficial history about them.
Just as Youhu was thinking about how to come up with a new lie, a dark figure darted out of Naka Shrine and used Body Flicker to appear in front of him.
Youhu turned his head. The newcomer was furious and held a short sword in his hand.
It was Tiehuo, a Jonin under Elder Yachiyo. He was an upright man who usually got along reasonably well with Youhu, and he was Youhu's superior in the Guard Division.
Even Tiehuo had come looking for trouble... Youhu had expected someone to come after him, but he hadn't expected it to be him.
"Senior Tiehuo, what can I do for you?"
Tiehuo glared at Youhu, looking at him like a traitor. "Youhu, do you know what you said today? I suspect you're trying to betray the clan and side with Shisui."
"Why would you say that?" Youhu asked, deliberately questioning his senior.
"Youhu, today you insulted Clan Head Madara and Clan Head Setsuna. You also told Captain Fugaku to divorce his wife and marry the Third Hokage. If Captain Fugaku really did that, where would that leave us Uchiha?"
"Becoming the Hokage's Man? We Uchiha don't need to delude ourselves like that."
"Do you have a better idea?"
Youhu thought Tiehuo was being naïve and asked with a casual air, "If talking about it at clan meetings every day could make Captain Fugaku the Hokage, I wouldn't have told him to become the Hokage's Man."
"Or is that as far as your ambition goes, Senior Tiehuo?"
Tiehuo could no longer contain his anger. He swung the short sword at Youhu, then roared, "No matter what, you must apologize to the Fugaku Clan Head and take back what you said at the clan meeting."
"We Uchiha must never suffer such humiliation."
Naturally, Youhu wasn't going to sit still and let Tiehuo attack him.
He drew the Katana at his waist, dodged Tiehuo's slash, then turned and struck. The Katana flashed in an arc, sweeping past Tiehuo.
Tiehuo blocked with his sword, but the tremendous force sent him stumbling back more than a dozen steps. He stared at Youhu in disbelief.
Wasn't Youhu only a Chunin?
When they worked together in the Guard Division, he was always so lazy. How had he managed to block Tiehuo's attack and counter with such force?
Tiehuo was completely taken aback.
Besides making Youhu take back his words, he had come to protect him.
At most, Tiehuo would have given Youhu a beating. But if Captain Fugaku and Elder Yachiyo handled the matter, there was no telling what they might do. They might even strip Youhu of his right to attend clan meetings.
But now, it seemed this junior no longer needed his protection. All that remained between them was a difference in their positions.
"Youhu, it seems you've grown a lot lately..."
At the thought, three tomoe slowly appeared in Uchiha Tiehuo's eyes. Then he continued:
"Too bad you've already decided to surrender to the Hokage Faction, and you even insulted our ancestors. To correct your mistaken way of thinking, I have no choice but to use my full strength."
"Even if I have to break your bones, I won't let you betray the clan."
Seeing Tiehuo reveal his Sharingan, the Uchiha Bloodline within Youhu began to stir with excitement, too. It was nearly impossible for two Uchiha to persuade each other. In the end, strength was what mattered.
To make his future lies more believable, Youhu had to show his strength and seize a voice within the clan.
He would start with the Uchiha Tiehuo standing right in front of him.
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