Emerge! High-ranking Elemental Spirit!

The Uchiha rebellion was forced by Konoha!

Konoha's annihilation of the Uchiha was forced by the Uchiha!

Many people discuss the Uchiha clan's extermination and dump the blame directly onto the Konoha high-ups, assigning them a 30/70 split of the responsibility.

Fuyuki has always felt that they missed the point!

Why did the Third Hokage tacitly allow Danzo to use such methods, permitting him to annihilate the Uchiha at the final moment? It was not because the Third was weak or unable to control Danzo.

The biggest reason was that among the Konoha high-ups, aside from Danzo—who wished for nothing more than to kill the Uchiha—the other three were actually conflicted. They were hesitant about how to deal with the Uchiha clan: whether to show goodwill or to completely eradicate them!

Because this was not the first time the Uchiha had rebelled!

The first rebellion led to the death of the First Hokage and triggered the First Ninja World War. Only by exhausting the elites of every major clan were they barely able to withstand the siege of the four nations. The Senju clan nearly collapsed themselves just to uphold their original promise and protect the land of Konoha.

This was the Uchiha's second rebellion, and the Konoha high-ups truly did not know what to do. If they wiped out the Uchiha clan, Konoha's war potential would plummet, and the four nations would likely seize the opportunity to ignite a Ninja World War and drain Konoha dry!

But if Konoha were to exterminate the Uchiha, how would the other clans with bloodline secrets view the Konoha high-ups?!

This was a dilemma with no easy way out.

Furthermore, Uchiha Obito was involved; no one could stop the destruction of the Uchiha clan.

On the night of the massacre, it was Uchiha Obito alone who slaughtered the Uchiha's strongest Military Police Force. Uchiha Itachi only butchered the Uchiha civilians and his own parents. Itachi had only just awakened his Mangekyo; he could not have wiped out the Uchiha alone. Even if he could, his eyes would have gone completely blind that very night.

Fuyuki had no interest in crossing paths with Obito. This old schemer was just like him—if he couldn't win, he'd call for backup. If the Six Paths of Pain arrived, it was uncertain if he would survive, and poor Konoha would definitely suffer heavy damage.

Fuyuki did not want to fight the Akatsuki organization because there was absolutely no conflict between the two sides.

The so-called 'Eye of the Moon Plan' was merely to release the Ancestor of the Hyuga Clan. Kaguya practically treated him like a darling grandson; there was no danger at all. On the contrary, it could provide him with a massive backer.

"Hoo."

Fuyuki exhaled, then channeled his Gentle Fist Chakra into his forehead, activating the Eight Inner Gates.

"Come out! Meisete-ku!"

Having opened up to the third gate in one breath, Fuyuki's current Chakra limit had reached the Jonin level, but he felt no joy. He was in so much pain he could have wet his pants. If it weren't for Fugaku's dog eyes, he would never have practiced the Eight Inner Gates!

Four black Bean Sprouts rose from his shadow and consciously stood at the four corners of the Runic Seal Fuyuki had drawn. Fuyuki pressed his palms together, pouring his entire reserve of Chakra into the magic circle without reservation: "Drink! Summoning, High-ranking Elemental Spirit of Dark: Soul Merkel!"

Under the influence of the powerful Chakra, the four Meisete-ku within the Runic Seal began to melt, turning into four puddles of black mud-like substance. They converged in the center of the magic circle, gradually fusing together as a massive amount of black mist enveloped them.

As he ceased his Chakra output, Fuyuki couldn't help but stagger back two steps. His Chakra was completely depleted, and the agonizing pain in his meridians and cells from the Eight Inner Gates nearly caused him to collapse to the ground.

However, it was all worth it; the experiment to summon a High-ranking Elemental Spirit was a success!

The black mist within the Runic Seal began to expand, quickly growing to a height of two meters, with strange laughter faintly emanating from within.

"Young Master Fuyuki, be careful!"

Natsumi gave up on supporting Fuyuki and stepped in front of him, blocking his path. She stared at the black mist with a vigilant expression; the Chakra fluctuations coming from within had already reached the Jonin level.

"Don't worry, it won't do anything to me." Fuyuki patted Natsumi's arm to reassure her: "It is a manifestation of my own Chakra; it won't harm me."

A High-ranking Elemental Spirit is a true living being; it can live in this world and can meditate to recover Chakra.

But because it was created by Fuyuki, it would not harm its creator.

The black mist came and went quickly, revealing a half-body giant with dark purple skin, a semi-transparent form, and a rabbit head. It stood 2.3 meters tall, its upper body covered in knotted muscles, while its lower body resembled a dark cloud. The entire spirit floated in mid-air.

"Hehe."

The High-ranking Dark Spirit let out a strange laugh, its mouth splitting open as if it had discovered something amusing.

"Soul Merkel, let us sign the summoning contract!" Fuyuki didn't know what the spirit found funny. They were currently in a forest outside the Konoha barrier, and there were absolutely no humans or animals around; there was nothing worth laughing at.

"Her." The High-ranking Dark Spirit reached out and pointed at Natsumi, who was blocking Fuyuki: "Good review. When you and her went to soak in the hot springs, I wanted to roast you. You two really looked just like the Haier brothers logo on a refrigerator."

The vigilant expression on Natsumi's face froze. Although she didn't know who Haier was, she could tell that this purple-skinned bastard was insulting her figure, mocking her for looking like a brother when standing next to Young Master Fuyuki.

The corners of Fuyuki's mouth twitched slightly: "Do you like telling cold jokes?"

"No, I like stating facts!" the High-ranking Dark Spirit replied.

"You like being a heart-stabber." Fuyuki shook his head, not dwelling on the spirit's rudeness: "Extend your hand! I don't have time to chat with you now; I am extremely tired today."

"Hehehe."

The High-ranking Dark Spirit floated in front of Fuyuki and extended its hand, but its rabbit face couldn't help but glance at Natsumi, seemingly mocking her.

Natsumi gritted her teeth, wishing she could land a Gentle Fist strike on the spirit's rabbit head to let it know what the restraint and gentleness of a Hyuga woman meant!

Restraint meant continuous, uninterrupted strikes!

Gentleness meant piercing the internal organs for a painless death!

Fuyuki's hand clasped with the High-ranking Dark Spirit's, leaving a Runic Seal on its palm. This was the incantation for the Contract Summoning magic. As long as Fuyuki wished, he could summon the spirit to his side anytime, anywhere, to fight for him!

This Contract Summoning magic was not limited to summoning High-ranking Elemental Spirits. If Fuyuki encountered any strange creatures or humans, he could use this magic to forcibly summon them before him.

The contracted party could not resist the summoner.

In the Demon Realm, summoners actually had a more common and understandable title: 'Dominator'!

Some evil summoners didn't just enslave their summoned beasts; they even controlled their souls!

To deal with disobedient summoned beasts, these Soul Dominators developed a large number of punitive spells.

Fuyuki was also proficient in these types of magic, with Spirit Sacrifice Magic being the one he played with most skillfully.

As for magic like Lash, Command Spell, Spirit Attachment Magic, and the Ring of Domination, Fuyuki understood a little of those as well.

"Now, I am giving you your first mission!"

Having established the summoning contract, Fuyuki said, "I want you to go to the Uchiha clan, ransack their secret chambers, and make a copy of every scroll that records ninjutsu for me!"

"If there is still time, go to the Hokage Building, find Konoha's Sealing Scroll, and learn Yin Release ninjutsu!"

High-ranking Elemental Spirits were capable of learning ninjutsu. Currently, the High-ranking Dark Spirit had too few means of attack and needed to go to Shikamaru's house to learn from his techniques for a while. Anyway, the Uchiha were all going to meet their end, so their Fire Release ninjutsu shouldn't go to waste; he guaranteed that he could carry forward the Uchiha's Fire Release!

"Young Master, watch your tongue!" Natsumi spoke up to remind him.

They were still in the vicinity of Konoha, yet he was openly ordering his summoned beast to go to the Hokage Building to steal things.

Could he be any more blatant? Perhaps he should just post a flyer on the gates of Konoha announcing that he intended to rob the Hokage.