The Uchiha rebelled because Konoha forced them to!
Konoha destroyed the Uchiha because the Uchiha forced them to!
Whenever people talked about the Uchiha Clan Massacre, they put all the blame on the Konoha High Command and said they were thirty percent responsible.
Fuyuki had always thought they were missing the point!
Why had the Third Hokage tacitly allowed Danzo to use underhanded methods, even letting him wipe out the Uchiha at the last moment? It wasn't because the Third Hokage was weak and powerless, unable to control Danzo.
The main reason was that, aside from Danzo, who couldn't wait to slaughter the Uchiha, the other three members of the Konoha High Command were conflicted. They couldn't decide how to deal with the Uchiha Clan: show them goodwill, or wipe them out completely.
Because this wasn't the Uchiha's first rebellion!
The first rebellion had led to the First Hokage's death and sparked the First Shinobi World War. The major clans had sent out all their elite fighters, and even then, they had barely held off the combined attack of four countries. The Senju Clan had nearly been shattered, all to uphold their promise to protect Konoha and its surrounding lands.
Now the Uchiha had rebelled for a second time, and the Konoha High Command truly didn't know what to do. If wiping out the Uchiha Clan weakened Konoha's ability to wage war, the four nations would probably seize the opportunity to start another Ninja World War and drain Konoha dry!
But if Konoha destroyed the Uchiha Clan, what would the other bloodline and Secret Technique Clans think of the Konoha High Command?!
It was a dilemma with no good way forward.
On top of that, Uchiha Obito was involved. No one could stop the Uchiha Clan's downfall.
On the night of the massacre, Uchiha Obito had single-handedly killed the strongest members of the Military Police Force. Uchiha Itachi had only slaughtered the Uchiha civilians and his own parents. Itachi had only awakened his Mangekyo a short time earlier; he couldn't have wiped out the Uchiha. Even if he could, his eyes would have gone completely blind that very night.
Fuyuki had no interest in fighting Obito. That old schemer was just like him: if he couldn't win, he'd call in backup. Once the Six Paths of Pain arrived, who knew whether Fuyuki would make it out unscathed? Poor Konoha would certainly suffer a devastating blow.
Fuyuki didn't want to fight the Akatsuki, because there was no conflict between them at all.
The so-called Eye of the Moon Plan would only bring the Hyuga Clan's Ancestor back into the world. Kaguya practically saw him as her precious grandson already, so there was no danger. If anything, it would give him a powerful backer.
"Phew."
Fuyuki breathed out, then channeled Gentle Fist chakra through his hands and pressed them to his forehead, opening the Eight Inner Gates.
"Come forth! Meisete-ku!"
He opened three gates in one go. Fuyuki's chakra limit had now reached Jonin level, but he wasn't happy in the slightest. He was in so much pain he was about to piss himself. If not for Fugaku's stupid look, only a fool would train in the Eight Gates!
Four black Bean Sprouts rose from his shadow and dutifully took their places at the four corners of the Cursed Seal Fuyuki had drawn. Fuyuki clapped his hands together, then poured every last bit of chakra into the magic circle. "Hah! Summoning: High-ranking Elemental Spirit of Darkness, Soul Merkel!"
Under the powerful chakra's influence, the four Meisete-ku in the Cursed Seal began to melt, turning into four puddles of Black Mud. They flowed toward the center of the magic circle and gradually merged into one, enveloped by a dense cloud of black mist.
When he stopped pouring out chakra, Fuyuki's body staggered back two steps. His chakra was completely depleted, and the pain from the Eight Inner Gates coursing through his cells and meridians nearly made him collapse to the ground.
But it had all been worth it. The experiment to summon a High-ranking Elemental Spirit had succeeded!
The black mist in the Cursed Seal began to expand, quickly growing to two meters tall. A strange laugh could be heard from within.
"Young Master Fuyuki, please be careful!"
Natsumi gave up trying to support Fuyuki and stepped in front of him to shield him, watching the black mist warily. The chakra emanating from within had already reached Jonin level.
"Don't worry. It won't do anything to me." Fuyuki patted Natsumi's arm to reassure her. "It's a manifestation of my chakra. It won't hurt me."
A High-ranking Elemental Spirit was a true living being. It could exist in the world and recover chakra through meditation.
But Fuyuki had created it, so it wouldn't harm its creator.
The black mist appeared as quickly as it dispersed, revealing a half-transparent, dark-purple giant with a rabbit's head. It had a muscular upper body and a lower half like a thundercloud. The spirit floated in the air, standing two meters and thirty centimeters tall.
"Heh heh."
The High-ranking Dark Spirit let out a strange laugh, its mouth splitting open as if it had found something amusing.
"Soul Merkel, sign a summoning contract with me!" Fuyuki had no idea what the High-ranking Dark Spirit found so funny. They were in a forest outside Konoha's barrier, with no people or animals around. There was nothing worth laughing about.
"She's the one." The High-ranking Dark Spirit pointed at Natsumi, who stood in front of Fuyuki. "Good one. When you went to the hot springs with her, I wanted to say something. You two really looked like the Haier bros logo on a fridge."
The wary expression on Natsumi's face froze. She didn't know who Haier was, but she could tell that this purple-shelled bastard was making fun of her figure, mocking her for looking like Young Master Fuyuki's brother.
Fuyuki's mouth twitched. "Do you like telling cold jokes?"
"No. I like stating facts," the High-ranking Dark Spirit said.
"So you like twisting the knife." Fuyuki shook his head, but didn't take offense at the High-ranking Dark Spirit's rudeness. "Give me your hand. We don't have time to mess around. I'm exhausted."
"Heh heh heh."
The High-ranking Dark Spirit floated in front of Fuyuki and held out its hand, but its rabbit face couldn't help turning toward Natsumi, as if to mock her.
Natsumi gritted her teeth, wishing she could land a Gentle Fist strike on the High-ranking Dark Spirit's rabbit head and teach it the meaning of a Hyuga woman's dignity and gentleness!
Dignity meant hitting it without stopping!
Gentleness meant piercing its organs for a painless death!
Fuyuki clasped the High-ranking Dark Spirit's hand, leaving a Runic Seal in its palm. These were the incantations of Contract Summoning Magic. As long as Fuyuki wanted, he could summon the High-ranking Dark Spirit to his side at any time and make it fight for him!
Contract Summoning Magic wasn't limited to summoning High-ranking Elemental Spirits. If Fuyuki came across a strange creature or a human, he could also use this magic to forcibly summon them to him.
The contracted party couldn't resist the summoner's—
In the demon world, Summoners had a more widely understood title: "Dominators"!
Some evil Summoners didn't just enslave their summons; they even controlled their souls!
To deal with disobedient summons, these soul dominators had developed a wide range of punitive magic.
Fuyuki knew those spells too. The one he was most adept at was Spirit Sacrifice Magic.
He also knew a little about spells like whipping, Command Spells, Spirit Attachment Magic, and the Ring of Domination.
"Now, I'm giving you your first mission!"
After forming the summoning contract, Fuyuki said, "Go to the Uchiha Clan and search their Secret Chamber. Make copies of every scroll that records ninjutsu and bring them to me!"
"If you have time, go to the Hokage Office Building, find Konoha's Sealing Scroll, and learn Yin Release Ninjutsu!"
A High-ranking Elemental Spirit could learn ninjutsu. The High-ranking Dark Spirit didn't have enough ways to attack yet, so it would have to go learn from Shikamaru's family for a while. The Uchiha were going to be wiped out anyway, so their Fire Release Ninjutsu shouldn't go to waste. He'd make sure to carry on the Uchiha's Fire Release!
"Young Master, please be careful what you say," Natsumi reminded him.
They were still near Konoha, and he was openly ordering his summon to steal from the Hokage Office Building.
Could he be any more open about it? Maybe he should put up a poster at the Konoha Gate saying he planned to steal from the Hokage.
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