My Son Liao Wu, Possesses Hokage Bearing

Minato stared at Ryobu atop the serpent across the battlefield.

A Ryuchi Cave serpent?

Minato had joined the great battlefield midway and hadn't grasped the full situation of the Sannin and Madara Uchiha's fight.

Jiraiya had been too busy rushing back to Mount Myōboku for treatment to explain things clearly.

At first, Minato thought Ryobu had killed Jiraiya!

Minato didn't know how Ryobu had obtained the Ryuchi Cave serpent beneath his feet, but since Ryobu had summoned it, Orochimaru's fate couldn't be good.

Minato frowned and demanded, "Ryobu, what did you do to Lord Orochimaru?"

Ryobu looked at Minato with his Sharingan, spreading his hands and smiling, "Obviously, Orochimaru escaped from my ancestor's hands, but I caught up and killed him."

"The summoning beast under my feet is Orochimaru's dropped equipment!"

Minato was instantly angered: "Damn it, you actually killed Lord Orochimaru—"

The Third Hokage suddenly appeared, placing a hand on Minato's shoulder: "Minato, don't meet his Sharingan's gaze."

"I—"

Minato quickly averted his eyes from Ryobu's Sharingan.

The basic function of the Sharingan is to release genjutsu through the eyes, interfering with the opponent's mind and judgment—mild cases cause brief distraction, severe ones plunge them into illusion.

The more tomoe in the eye, the more chakra consumed upon activation, and the stronger the genjutsu released.

For ninjas at chunin level or below, a single glance from Ryobu's Sharingan could make them fold.

If he weren't still getting used to the Three Tomoe Sharingan, he could even control a jonin like that.

Even a Kage-level powerhouse like Minato had just been affected by Ryobu's Sharingan, thrown into intense anger.

Once Minato calmed down, he glanced at Ryobu from the corner of his eye and sighed, "Never thought a Leaf Ninja would one day face off against a Sharingan."

After the Third Hokage, a large group of Leaf Jonin gathered behind him and Minato, all spotting Ryobu's Three Tomoe Sharingan.

The Ninja Clan Ninjas immediately looked away, while the Civilian Ninjas stared straight ahead.

"Is that Uchiha Ryobu? How did he get so young?"

"Haven't you heard? Uchiha Ryobu developed a Forbidden Technique for immortality—this might be its effect!"

"Immortality!!"

Many ninjas' pupils blazed with fervent light, especially the middle-aged ones whose Ninja Stats had already dropped sharply.

The Third Hokage was about to turn and warn them, but some had already fallen under Ryobu's genjutsu.

"Hokage-sama, I think Uchiha Ryobu doesn't deserve this."

"Yeah, he just killed a few people in the village and researched a couple of forbidden techniques—it's not enough to label him a rogue ninja."

"Right, right, right. Uchiha Ryobu was born with a strange sign, Double Pupil Eyes—that's Hokage Material!"

"Please, Hokage-sama, revoke your order and step down for the worthy."

"Woof Woof Woof!"

Five or six Civilian Chunin among the ninjas behind the Third Hokage had already been caught.

Even Inuzuka Tsume's Ninja Hound, Heimaru, started turning traitor after accidentally meeting Ryobu's eyes.

These people clearly never took the Uchiha seriously.

They thought the Uchiha were just a bunch of ill-tempered cops who'd never taken One Second Six Rods from them or seen the Sharingan's power.

Naturally, they didn't know the Ninja World's universally recognized rule—don't lock eyes with an enemy who has the Sharingan.

Even Asuma started defecting, shouting at the Third Hokage, "Old Undying, why drive away a ninja as skilled as Ryobu?"

"Say, aren't you jealous of his talent?"

The Third Hokage adjusted his forehead protector, feeling embarrassed.

If the Civilian Ninjas were ignorant, Asuma was purely arrogant.

He thought Ryobu was just a somewhat special jonin.

"Hiashi! Hizashi!"

"Yes!"

The Third Hokage ordered the Hyuga Brothers to dispel the genjutsu.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga used Gentle Fist to tap the chakra points of the ninjas caught in the Sharingan Illusion Technique.

There are two ways to break a genjutsu: external interference—like a teammate's chakra disruption or physical impact—or one's own genjutsu resistance, such as Kabuto using Snake Cornea to resist illusions.

Generally, people with higher intelligence have stronger genjutsu resistance, and those skilled in genjutsu also possess high resistance.

Some masters can even reflect the genjutsu back.

Kuromaru turned traitor and was about to bite Tsume Inuzuka's foot. Tsume grabbed his dog head and punched him hard, and Kuromaru's eyes instantly cleared up.

"Woof! What did I just do?"

Tsume yanked Kuromaru's ear and snarled, "Idiot Kuromaru, falling for someone's genjutsu that easily, you're embarrassing me."

"Face the wall for three days when we get back, and half your dog food!"

"Woof—no—"

Something else happened in the arena. Asuma put a kunai to his own throat, looking like he was about to kill himself.

"You old bastard, your beloved student, your close friends—none of them are less evil than Ryo. Just admit it, you've been targeting the Uchiha."

His comrades were all dumbfounded.

Especially Anko, who had just been about to charge at Ryo and fight to the death.

Now, seeing these ninjas, including Asuma, snap out of it after the horror of locking eyes with the Sharingan, she came to her senses.

Uchiha Ryo—was no longer the frail chunin of the past.

"Lord Hokage!"

Hiashi looked at the Third Hokage with some difficulty.

The Third Hokage waved for Hiashi to step back, then instantly Shunshined to Asuma's side, knocked him out with a blow from his pipe to the head.

With that, the chaos caused by Ryo's Sharingan was completely cleared. No one dared to look the Sharingan in the eye anymore, let alone underestimate the Uchiha.

Everyone glanced at Ryo across the ravine with their peripheral vision, finally realizing the true terror of the Sharingan.

Just one look and you'd be silently caught in their genjutsu—how wasn't that insidious?

No wonder the Uchiha clan stood toe-to-toe with the Senju clan in the Warring States era. So this was the power of such a Kekkei Genkai.

The Kurama clan's jonin looked grim. The Kurama clan was also a genjutsu bloodline clan, their five-sense manipulation far surpassing the Uchiha's three-tomoe Sharingan.

But the Kurama clan's Kekkei Genkai was even harder to awaken than the Sharingan.

Not a single one had awakened in all these years. The Kurama clan could barely hold the line with just a couple of big fish, and they were on the verge of being kicked out of the ninja clans.

That Kurama jonin was frantic!

The Uchiha's genjutsu talent was just too enviable.

"Ryo—"

The Third Hokage looked Ryo straight in the eye, meeting his Sharingan head-on.

Gazing at Ryo's young face, the Third Hokage felt like he was back in the ninja academy days.

When he was picking students as a jonin instructor, Ryo had stared at him intently.

Pick me! Pick me!

Unfortunately, the Third Hokage saw the ambition hidden in Ryo's eyes, and with his negative impression of the Uchiha, he didn't choose Ryo.

That was over twenty years ago.

Not many of those kids were left now.

Still daring to look me in the eye?!

Seeing this, Ryo glared hard at the Third Hokage, pouring chakra into his eyes like it cost nothing.

But the Third Hokage across from him showed no signs of being controlled by the Sharingan.