Thanks to Shimura Danzō for the Reward!

The Heart Severing Realm originates from the Yamanaka clan's secret technique, the Mind Transfer Jutsu.

Years ago, while practicing the secret technique, it inexplicably mutated, granting Yamanaka Chujiu this additional ability.

The Heart Severing Realm cannot perceive chakra fluctuations, nor can it sense natural energy; what it senses are emotional fluctuations.

As everyone knows, any sentient creature will experience emotional fluctuations as long as they are alive.

Furthermore, since ninjas know nothing about emotional perception, no one deliberately guards against it, which happens to work in Yamanaka Chujiu's favor.

However, just because the Heart Severing Realm senses emotions does not mean Yamanaka Chujiu can necessarily understand them; if he cannot understand them, he cannot distinguish them from the vast sea of emotional fluctuations.

The better one can understand a target's inner world, the further away one can distinguish the target's emotions, and the higher the precision of the locked position.

This is where the disadvantage of being a transmigrator becomes apparent: Yamanaka Chujiu is not a native of the ninja world and cannot identify with ninja culture, so he couldn't understand a damn thing about ninjas.

Being unable to understand a ninja's emotions meant he couldn't distinguish them at a safe distance, which rendered the Heart Severing Realm useless.

Fortunately, the mutation of the secret technique did not occupy a skill slot, so Yamanaka Chujiu remained a qualified Yamanaka ninja.

It wasn't until the outbreak of the Third Shinobi World War, when Yamanaka Chujiu was drafted to the front lines and experienced his Ino-Shika-Cho squad being wiped out until only he remained, that he truly understood a portion of the ninja mindset.

Among the thoughts of a ninja, there is one highly consistent thread: the will to survive!

From then on, Yamanaka Chujiu could not only distinguish between friend and foe, precisely locking onto their positions, but his sensory range also reached an astonishing two thousand meters.

It even exceeded the limits of the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.

What is even more terrifying is that once he becomes proficient in using the Heart Severing Realm, Yamanaka Chujiu can condense his thoughts into fine threads to entangle an enemy; even if only a single thread of thought takes hold, by delving slightly deeper into their mind, he can hypnotize the enemy into ignoring his existence.

If he can entangle the enemy with more threads of thought, Yamanaka Chujiu can temporarily turn the enemy into a puppet, controlling them just like the Mind Transfer Jutsu and using their body to fight.

Theoretically, by deeply controlling a target's mind, he can permanently alter their self-perception, including their gender, values, and memories.

If the cognitive changes are significant enough, it is no longer a temporary puppet state, but a complete transformation into a living puppet.

Capable of independent thought, living, training, and fighting, while remaining absolutely obedient to Yamanaka Chujiu's will and ready to sacrifice themselves at any moment, such a living puppet could perhaps be called an external avatar.

By comparison, the human puppets of Sunagakure are simply pathetic.

Unfortunately, the above is only theory; living ninjas possess self-preservation instincts and will resist violently.

Let alone transforming them into living puppets, even temporary control is very difficult to achieve.

That is why Yamanaka Chujiu was so surprised when the threads of thought automatically entangled Uchiha Shisui.

Moreover, there was more than one type of thought thread that had automatically entangled him, and the speed at which they invaded his mind was incredibly fast.

In just a few minutes, Yamanaka Chujiu discovered that Shisui's preferences and cognition could be altered, and even his gender identity seemed to be something he could tinker with...

To be honest, it felt quite marvelous!

A surge of impulse rolled through Yamanaka Chujiu's heart: reversing Shisui's gender identity and making him believe he was a woman would surely be great fun!

In the end, Yamanaka Chujiu restrained his impulse.

Changing gender identity was too shallow; it was purely malicious and self-defeating, something only a fool would do.

The Uchiha ninjas of the Police Force soon clarified the situation; they knocked on the doors of every courtyard on the street with cold faces, demanding that the homeowners come out to provide an explanation.

Just as Chujiu had anticipated, the homeowners all produced land deeds and property certificates, while the villagers could not provide any proof at all.

The villagers were stunned; not knowing what to do, they could only weep and repeatedly recount the facts.

The Uchiha ninjas of the Police Force were not idiots; they looked at the brand-new certificates with livid faces, knowing without even needing to verify that there was something wrong with them.

How could certificates issued years, or even over a decade ago, be brand new?

The ink on the seals hadn't even dried yet!

But the Uchihas were also helpless; this was not the first such incident today.

The first time they saw such obviously fake certificates, the Uchihas had seized the homeowners without a word and taken them to the Hokage Building for verification.

But the certificates that were absolutely problematic matched the archived records perfectly, complete with seals and the Third Hokage's personal signature.

The Uchihas had no choice but to follow the homeowners' demands and drive the poor villagers to the shantytown in the northeast corner of the village to stay temporarily.

Watching all this from the sidelines, Yamanaka Chujiu felt heavy-hearted, and the children with him associated it with many things.

For example: Why do the orphans of ninjas disappear?

Kazamatsuri Harume asked with chattering teeth, "Big Brother Chujiu, is this what you meant by being 'slaughtered' after falling below the slaughter line?"

Yamanaka Chujiu nodded, "Yes, and it's not the helpless slaughter of those without money; it is the most shameless, violent, and cold-blooded slaughter."

Yano Shoichi turned pale, "Big Brother Chujiu, let's go. Let's go reclaim some wasteland; I don't want to fall below the slaughter line, and I don't want to be driven away by the Uchiha ninjas."

Yamanaka Chujiu cast a glance toward the shadows by the street before withdrawing his gaze and saying, "Let's go."

Passing through the noisy district, they arrived at the commercial street of Konoha and purchased farming tools and seeds according to their plan.

Yamanaka Chujiu also bought many snacks to share with the children.

The children ate cautiously, but not one of them smiled, and he failed to harvest any feelings of happiness.

The group left the district in silence, crossed the Konoha River that runs through the village, and arrived at the barren slopes belonging to the Yamanaka clan.

Just then, two Root ninjas wearing intricate patterns appeared, having followed them the entire way, and blocked the path in front of everyone.

At the same time, two more Root ninja appeared behind Yamanaka Chujiu.

They suppressed their killing intent, creeping forward in silence, their weapons aimed directly at his heart and kidneys.

Meanwhile, the two Anbu ninja in front drew their weapons and slashed toward the stunned children.

There was no warning, no attempt at restraint; they intended to kill immediately.

This was entirely in line with the style of Root.

Yamanaka Chujiu did not answer, nor did he defend or dodge; instead, he sneered as he swept his gaze over the four Root ninja.

As the attacking Root ninja rushed before the children, they suddenly sheathed their weapons, bent their knees, and collapsed to the ground.

Yamanaka Chujiu lifted his chin and let out a huff of dissatisfaction.

These Root ninja stationed within the village were not brainwashed thoroughly enough.

After his mental filaments coiled around them, it still took an extra second to delve deeper and complete even a shallow level of mind control.

The Root ninja sent outside the village to execute independent missions were much better.

Having undergone repeated, destructive brainwashing, they were mindless drones with singular thoughts, having long since lost all self-awareness and nearing the state of puppets.

Normal ninja would instinctively struggle frantically when targeted by Yamanaka Chujiu's mental filaments, allowing only for shallow hypnosis or brief control.

But these seasoned Anbu ninja had no self; once ensnared by the mental filaments, deep-level mind control could be completed in an instant.

Without the resistance of a self, the mental control would only deepen, quickly turning them into Yamanaka Chujiu's living puppets.

To this, Chujiu could only say:

Thanks for the gift, Shimura Danzō!