Youhu's Small Classroom Begins

"We'll fulfill Lord Izuna's long-cherished wish together and make the Uchiha great again."

Tiehuo shakily accepted the parchment Youhu had given him. He was deeply shocked, and his body trembled with excitement. He hadn't expected Lord Youhu to trust him so much.

He had given him the parchment Uchiha Izuna left behind, the one that recorded the secret to evolving the Sharingan.

That trust made Tiehuo feel ready to give his life for Youhu.

The other Uchiha stared wide-eyed at the parchment in Tiehuo's hands.

They envied Tiehuo for gaining such an enormous benefit, but they were also intensely curious about what secret Lord Izuna had recorded on the parchment that could evolve the Sharingan.

And where was this Uchiha Inheritance Ground? Could it really let someone awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?

Could the parchment be fake?

Uchiha Youhu was living proof, right there before them. Did Youhu, who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, have any reason to deceive them?

[Detected Host's Lie: "Izuna's Inheritance Ground." Uchiha Tiehuo, Uchiha Bayi, and Uchiha Danna have accepted it.]

[They believe it without a doubt. Reward: 300 Deception Points.]

[System Prompt: New Rewrite Project, "Tattered Parchment," recorded.]

[Current Rewrite Projects: Mangekyō Sharingan > Eternal Mangekyō (3050/10000); Tattered Parchment > Izuna's Inherited Item (0/5000)]

After hearing the System Prompt Tone in his mind, Youhu knew his lie had succeeded. His preparations the previous night hadn't been wasted.

All he had to do now was make the lie convincing enough and get more people to believe it.

Then he could use Deception Points to turn an ordinary piece of parchment into Izuna's genuine inheritance.

But wasn't the number of Deception Points needed to make Izuna's inheritance real a little too high? Five thousand points was almost enough to turn two pairs of Three Tomoe Sharingan into Mangekyō Sharingan.

It seemed Izuna might really have been researching something incredible back then.

Youhu still felt a little regret over Izuna's Death. If Izuna hadn't died, things might not have come to this between the Uchiha and Konoha.

After all, everyone knew that the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara were only Clan Heads in name.

The ones who truly managed the affairs of the Senju and Uchiha were Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna. After Izuna died of his injuries, Uchiha Madara gained the power of his family, but lost his external brain in the process. The Uchiha Clan had gone brain-dead, too.

A brainless Uchiha Clan could never stand against the Senju Clan.

Brushing aside his wandering thoughts, Youhu looked at Tiehuo, Bayi, and the others, who were still dazed, and said with a chuckle, "I'll leave the parchment with Tiehuo. If you want to read it, just ask him later."

"There's no need to crowd around like this. We're all Ninja of the same clan. Good things should be shared."

To make the parchment more believable, Youhu had written plenty of useful information on it. Many of the ideas came from Tobirama.

For example, the Uchiha were the Clan of Love, and the more cheerful and sunny an Uchiha was, the more likely he was to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Yes, Lord Youhu."

Only then did Tiehuo put away the parchment and tuck it into his clothes. He spoke with a look of deep respect.

Youhu didn't bother correcting Tiehuo's form of address. He checked the time and said, "Our lunch break is almost over. Let's get back to work and start the first step of our plan."

"I'll teach you how to smoothly spread Scandalous Information about the Hokage Faction."

"Ah, you're going to spread the rumors... I mean, the truth, yourself?"

Tiehuo and the others were a little surprised, but when they thought of the clan meeting the night before, they understood.

Their Lord Youhu was a master storyteller. Those Purple Scandal rumors about the Third Hokage were all based on reality. It was hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

Half an hour later.

Youhu led Tiehuo and the others to the Konoha Streets and explained his plan. "Tiehuo, you and the others do this first, then this, and then I'll do this..."

"By the way, don't reveal who we are when we're out in public."

"Understood, Youhu... Chunin."

Tiehuo felt that calling Youhu "Chunin" was a little inappropriate, but he obediently did as told.

Youhu had carefully considered his decision to make Tiehuo conceal their relationship in front of outsiders.

He could make up lies, but if every lie in the village came from him, he'd stand out too much, especially when those lies involved bigwigs of the Ninja World like the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara.

Sooner or later, someone would take notice.

He didn't want to run into monsters like the Sage of Six Paths or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki before he'd grown strong enough.

So, in public, he needed to conceal his strength and reveal it only when necessary. He should also spread lies under other identities whenever possible.

Half an hour later, Youhu walked into a street corner. When he came back out, he'd transformed into an ordinary Konoha bystander, and headed toward the crowd watching an arrest.

At the center of the crowd, Tiehuo, dressed in a Guard Division uniform, had caught a thief.

After catching him, Tiehuo pinned the thief to the ground and mercilessly brought his baton down. The thief let out a terrible scream as the blows rained on him.

"It's my first time stealing! I'll never do it again!"

Tiehuo glanced coldly at the thief but didn't stop. He sneered, "This is what happens when you break the rules set by the Hokage. Who told you to steal?"

Youhu had ordered Tiehuo to beat the thief. The thief was also an Uchiha in disguise.

The goal was to draw the villagers' attention so Youhu could blend into the crowd and spread rumors about the Third Hokage.

As things stood, Tiehuo and the others had a real knack for acting. Their performance of beating a villager was completely convincing.

Maybe a little too convincing.

As the saying went, law enforcement should have a human touch, but batons should still pack a punch.

Tiehuo's strict enforcement prompted plenty of discussion among the villagers.

"How can the Guard Division act like this? He only stole a few things. They're going to beat him to death!"

"That kid looks barely a teenager. How much could he have stolen? Those Uchiha just want the thrill of abusing people."

"You can't say that. If someone stole from you, would you be happy about it?"

"If it weren't for the Guard Division enforcing the law, next time they'd steal from your house. Would you forgive a thief for robbing you? If you would, I'll come visit your house sometime."

"That's not the same! I'm just an ordinary villager, and the one who got robbed was a rich man."

"Exactly. The Guard Division is just enforcing the laws set by the Hokage. They're using a baton to beat him—can you make the baton admit it was wrong?"

"What's wrong with you? Don't you have any sympathy?"

"..."

Listening to the Konoha troublemakers argue around him, Youhu decided the time was right. He said mysteriously, "I think this really does have something to do with the Third Lord. These Uchiha are taking revenge on him."

"Why would the Uchiha take revenge on the Third Lord?"

Youhu's words piqued the villagers' curiosity. Someone asked, confused.

"You don't know?"

Youhu gave him a look of surprise, as if he couldn't believe a Konoha bystander wouldn't know about it.

"Are we supposed to know?"

The villagers exchanged glances, their curiosity growing stronger.

Youhu didn't keep them in suspense. Hiding among the crowd, he whispered, "Let me tell you: yesterday, the Third Lord ordered the Guard Captain, Uchiha Fugaku, to get divorced and then marry him. The Uchiha felt humiliated, so today they're enforcing the law so harshly to take it out on ordinary villagers like us."