Exposed? Fei Shi's Madness

What else could it be?

The Dragon Transformation Pool!

Even the White Snake Sage would feel uncomfortable for a moment upon entering the Dragon Transformation Pool, though she could quickly overcome it.

But that was the result of the White Snake Sage having trained for at least a thousand years. Only she would dare enter the Dragon Transformation Pool so recklessly, without any preparation.

They all first entered Sage Mode, using Senjutsu Chakra to cover their bodies before slowly absorbing the Natural Energy in the Dragon Transformation Pool.

He was doomed!

That was what the Three Divine Princesses thought at that moment.

Land of Fire, Revolution Base, Red Town.

Red Town was the name Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and Uchiha Fugaku had settled on after discussing it together.

At that moment, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui Uchiha, and the other senior leaders had gathered together.

Although Tsunade held a senior position, she rarely attended meetings.

"Shisui, is the intelligence accurate?"

Minato Namikaze asked Shisui with a serious expression.

"Yes. Someone over at the Daimyo Palace has noticed something strange here. And someone betrayed the town and made contact with the Daimyo Palace. We've already sent people to keep an eye on him."

After hearing Shisui's report, Minato Namikaze fell into thought.

They had to handle this carefully. If they used force, it might negatively affect the revolution's future development.

"Let's hear everyone's thoughts."

"Our forces aren't strong enough to show themselves in the Ninja World yet. That could expose the ideas we advocate. The great nations might join forces to destroy our Revolution Base. Right now, the armed forces made up of ordinary people still aren't strong enough to stand against the armies of the great nations.

"If the Ninja World gets involved, the ninja villages will get involved too. Even with that monster Fei Shi backing us up, we won't be able to follow the path of liberating people through ideas in the end."

Jiraiya shared his thoughts, while the others considered ways to get through this difficult situation.

"What if we use genjutsu to control the entire Daimyo Palace?"

Fugaku spoke up.

"That won't work. The elite jonin guarding the daimyo can't be underestimated. Only Fei Shi could control the Daimyo Palace without anyone noticing. For anyone else... it'd be difficult. If we fail, our plans for the early stages of development will fall apart."

Uchiha Fugaku thought it over and realized that was true.

He couldn't help grumbling, "Why did Fei Shi have to make things so complicated? Why not unify the Ninja World first, then spread the ideas and distribute the crop seeds?"

Minato Namikaze couldn't help smiling wryly. He somewhat agreed with that idea too.

Shisui shook his head and looked at Fugaku.

"Clan leader, compared to that, it would be better to show ordinary people the way and give them room to start their own revolution. That would lead to the best outcome. The revolutionary ideas suited to the Ninja World's current situation were only established recently, and revolutions need armed forces. They need money and farmland too."

"The base is gradually reaching capacity, so it needs to expand. We can help with those things. But ordinary people have to spread the revolution themselves... In this revolution, ordinary people need to play a bigger role than ninja if we want it to be more convincing. We need to help them plan the revolution and shield them from the dangers posed by ninja. As for military pressure from the great nations, they can only resist it themselves."

That was right. Although ninja wielded great power in this world, ordinary people were the most important productive force.

That was because ninja didn't produce anything.

Even if ninja took up production, they still couldn't match ordinary people's output. The ordinary population was so large that the number of ninja didn't even amount to a fraction of it.

That was why a revolution led by ordinary people would be more popular with ordinary people than one led by ninja.

"Ugh. So, in the end, this is a problem for us ninja to solve, right? Let's focus on that instead of talking about things that haven't happened yet. That bastard Fei Shi must've been bored and wanted something challenging to do, while he sits back and does nothing."

Far away in Ryūchi Cave, Fei Shi suddenly sneezed twice.

"Who's talking behind my back?"

"Why don't we..."

Everyone looked at Shisui Uchiha, who had just spoken.

Shisui suddenly felt nervous too.

"Why don't we what? Have you thought of something?"

"Uh!"

"Well, seniors... My old Mangekyō Sharingan is with Itachi. It has a technique called Kotoamatsukami, which can alter someone else's will... We could have Itachi handle it. After all, nobody knows that Itachi is one of our people from Red Town. He's already surpassed me."

The others brightened up too.

Kotoamatsukami? What an absurdly powerful technique! This was great. The problem would be much easier to solve now.

And so, Shisui Uchiha contacted Itachi Uchiha.

Itachi set off for the Land of Fire at once.

His clanmates understood him and were willing to give him a chance. He was deeply grateful to them.

And they were willing to join the revolution. That excited him even more.

Was there anything more uplifting than standing alongside his clanmates on the same side?

Not for Itachi Uchiha.

As for the mission they'd sent him, it would be no trouble at all for him, Uchiha Hise's first direct disciple.

Ryūchi Cave, Dragon Transformation Pool.

Fei Shi was enduring agony, an agony almost impossible to bear.

The immense Natural Energy was rapidly transforming his body, but the process was brutal.

The immense Natural Energy exploded inside his body like a bomb, leaving him covered in blood and torn flesh. But the Sage Body quickly healed him.

The pain of this torment was almost too much for Fei Shi. He clenched his teeth so hard that his gums bled. After half an hour—just half an hour—his healing speed had completely fallen behind. The healing power granted by the Sage Body seemed to have disappeared.

But Fei Shi knew it hadn't vanished. Compared to the severity of his injuries and the speed at which his body was being ravaged, its power was negligible.

At last, Fei Shi couldn't hold back and screamed.

"Ah!"

His veins bulged as he entered Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode.

He forced all the Natural Energy inside him toward his dragon horns, his eight snake heads, and one... wyrm head.

It only looked a little like a dragon. It was more accurate to call it a wyrm.

But the process was extremely slow, and the results were meager.

Fei Shi took some pills from the System Space that could heal injuries and swallowed them all in one go.

The energy of Ashura's Sage Body and the pills immediately gained the upper hand, and his injuries began healing at a visible rate. But just as they were about to heal completely, Fei Shi drank the water from the Dragon Transformation Pool in front of him.

Tagorihime: "(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ"

Ichikishimahime: "(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ"

Tajitsuhime: "(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ"

This guy was insane. Completely insane!

Fei Shi: Completely insane! (ಡωಡ)

Not long after he drank it, his healing speed and the rate at which he was being injured reached a strange balance.

But that balance left Fei Shi in unbearable agony, and he knew it would. Still, he had to fuse the three forms of Sage Mode together while hovering between life and death.