Uchiha Akashi's Journey: The Immersive Short Play Experience
Chapter 2

What Incredible Loyalty!

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Within the Genjutsu, Akashi Uchiha arrived in a bizarre world where ninja tools had developed into something incomprehensible. He took on the identity of a young man named "Hong Yan" and began his journey as a pathetic sycophant.

Akashi Uchiha naturally did not want to follow the script, but when he truly tried to control his body, he realized that the things he could control were extremely limited!

[Warning! Please do not intentionally sabotage the plot!]

[Friendly reminder: please follow the system prompts and continue to advance the plot...]

After trying a few times, Akashi resigned himself to his fate—to be able to control me with Genjutsu without a sound, this... is highly likely to be a secret technique of the cunning Senju Old Ghost!

Could it be that this is the very thing that counters our Uchiha clan?

Even that guy Hiruzen Sarutobi hasn't noticed it?

No!

Is it highly likely that it is Hiruzen Sarutobi who is activating the secret technique left behind by the Senju Old Ghost?

Being plotted against by two generations of Hokage, what else could Akashi say?

He could only lie flat and see what tricks they had up their sleeves...

The act of "sabotaging the plot" was simply impossible to perform. Not only would his body be taken over, but even... Akashi felt that in this so-called immersive experience, his very emotions were being subtly manipulated!

What kind of evil forbidden technique is this?

[Hmm? Why is she so old... She's already twenty, and she's just starting to date?]

[Why do I have to bring her breakfast every day before work? Shouldn't it be the other way around?]

[What the hell, is she some kind of scion from a great clan? And she can still look down on me like this? Could it be that I am a commoner in this world, and she is an Uchiha clan member of this world?]

[Huh? My family background is very good, and her family background is very poor?]

[What is wrong with this Genjutsu? It lacks basic logic, and she's so confident... isn't she afraid of being seen as a fake?]

[Base wench! You still dare to acknowledge some younger brother? Watch me... hmm? I can't kill these two dogs? Is this reasonable?]

[Best friend? You dare to talk about me like this behind my back? I... huh? Why can't I take out a knife? Is this logical?]

In the masterpiece drama "Chasing for Ten Years Without a Response, Why Are You Crying When I Die," the wealthy, high-achieving male lead acts as a sycophant for ten years. During this time, the female lead ignores him and admires the second male lead, while her best friend constantly tries to set the female lead up with the second male lead and slanders the male lead.

Midway, the second male lead goes abroad for several years, and the female lead shows slight signs of accepting the male lead, but the best friend keeps whispering in her ear about how she is being wronged. Later, in the final year, the second male lead returns to the country, the female lead immediately rekindles her romance with him, and the best friend loudly promotes the idea that love is supreme...

Although Akashi did not understand why this rogue ninja dared to return, looking at the emotional arc alone...

He understood it even less!

However, because it was an "immersive experience," Akashi's behavior was completely constrained; he had to follow the plot, and... this plot lasted for ten whole years!

Even when outside the "main plot," such as when at work, Akashi's consciousness was not very clear and everything felt like a "fleeting flash," but from Akashi's physical perspective, it was still a very, very long period of time.

Regarding "time," Akashi was not anxious. In the Uchiha family archives, there are many records of Genjutsu, and Akashi knew very well that time within a Genjutsu does not count.

It was just that this mental impact was truly too great...

If Akashi had completely disliked the female lead and just treated her as an "old woman," that would have been fine; he would have just treated it as a Genjutsu mission.

But the problem is...

During the "immersive experience," this short-drama platform would automatically use the permission to "stimulate the hypothalamus"!

Akashi didn't know what a "hypothalamus" was at first, but he had seen the prompt and knew that this "Genjutsu" had the ability to affect his brain.

Fortunately, only the "hypothalamus" permission was set to default. Akashi rejected all subsequent permission prompts for the "hippocampus" and "amygdala"—although he didn't know what those things were, he knew he should refuse anything he could!

In other words...

This platform would only affect Akashi's emotions and force his feelings to sink into the plot, but it would not actually change his memories or deep consciousness.

Yet, this surface-level emotional collapse alone was enough to make Akashi miserable...

"Mikoto, what's wrong with that boy from your clan? Is what the Monkey Hokage said really that moving?" Kushina whispered to Mikoto.

"I... I don't know either. Maybe... he admires the Hokage quite a bit... hehehe..." Mikoto was also about to lose her composure.

It had been over an hour.

Ever since the Third Hokage came in to speak, this clansman named "Akashi" had been crying, sobbing softly!

Although the elders in the clan had been saying that they should show respect for the Hokage on the surface and not show dissatisfaction, but... they didn't tell you to be this exaggerated, right?

While Hiruzen Sarutobi was speaking eloquently on the stage, his attention was involuntarily drawn to Akashi Uchiha—although he didn't know Akashi, the Uchiha family crest was on him, so at the very least, Hiruzen knew he was a member of the Uchiha clan.

This little brat from the Uchiha clan...

Ever since he saw me, the newly inaugurated Third Hokage, he has been crying... what kind of red-hearted loyalty is this?

Danzo, who had come with Hiruzen, glared at Akashi Uchiha, feeling that this guy was overacting; he was practically treating that monkey like a circus animal!

Seeing that two hours had passed—it was only because Hiruzen had just become Hokage this year that he would spend so long talking to the brats who had just graduated...

Danzo kept winking at Hiruzen, and Hiruzen understood what he meant.

Previously, Danzo had been egging him on, telling him that while he spoke of the "Will of Fire," he shouldn't forget to mention the Battle of the Valley of the End at the end, just to see how the little brats of the Uchiha clan would react!

Although they weren't very old, as ninjas, they wouldn't easily leak information.

However, they were just kids after all, and their emotions might not be as well-concealed; if the Uchiha clan truly harbored resentment toward the First Hokage or the Second Hokage, mentioning the Battle of the Valley of the End would surely cause them to reveal a crack in their composure.

Sarutobi hadn't wanted to do this, but under the urging of Danzo's gaze, he had no choice but to speak up.

"The ancestor of the Uchiha clan, Madara Uchiha, was also a founder of Konoha. However, it is a pity that in the second year after Konoha was established, he defected. At the time, the First Hokage, Lord Hashirama Senju, was also very conflicted and pained, but when faced with Madara Uchiha, who had come to destroy Konoha... what would you say should have been done?" Sarutobi began to speak, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Even though it was indeed the truth, speaking in front of the Uchiha children and encouraging them to criticize Madara Uchiha still made the honest Sarutobi feel a bit awkward...

However, just at that moment...

Akashi Uchiha slammed his hands on the table and stood up, shouting, "Kill!"

Sarutobi, Danzo, and everyone else: ???

"To actually betray... and to be with that vixen, kill them both!" Akashi's face was filled with rage.

Danzo had originally intended to reprimand him, feeling that Akashi was overacting, but unexpectedly...

Under the stimulation of intense emotion, Akashi's pupils turned blood-red, and a single tomoe appeared in each of them...

Sarutobi: !!!

Who said the Uchiha clan had ulterior motives?

Look at this kid...

Hearing of Madara Uchiha's betrayal, he was so angry that he awakened his eyes on the spot! How could this be fake?

Moreover, I didn't even mention that Madara Uchiha had brought the Nine-Tails back with him, yet he knew about the "fox," which clearly showed that the Uchiha clan educated their children about this matter as well...

Have we been misunderstanding the Uchiha clan?

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