In the Cosmetic Contact Lens War, Only Cheaters Can Participate

The qualification.

No matter the world, no matter how beautiful the proclaimed ideology, the fact remains: weakness is the original sin.

Uchiha Kei walked around nonchalantly, contemplating the balance of power between his own forces, Fugaku, and Konoha.

He was flanked by three powerful ninjas who, at a glance, were clearly Uchiha. This guard detail was smaller than the five-man squad of the Hokage's personal guard, and smaller than the four-man detail Fugaku had begun using since Kei started employing his own.

In terms of numbers, they won, but in terms of quality, Kei was the victor.

The three ninjas by Kei's side were at least elite jonin level. If they encountered a Kage-level existence, they could force a stalemate.

This goes to show just how afraid of death Kei was.

Although in the world of Naruto, strength isn't strictly divided into jonin, chunin, and genin—many genin are incredibly strong—having a power system still makes things clearer.

Among these three guards, at least two looked bizarre and not at all like Uchiha, but those eyes could not lie.

Because they weren't genuine Uchiha to begin with; they were subordinates granted to Kei by his cheat.

Kei possessed a simple gacha cheat.

Green cards were genin (with a single tomoe), blue cards were chunin (with two tomoe), purple cards were jonin (with three tomoe), and orange cards were Kage (with Mangekyo).

Since Kei was an Uchiha, these ninjas came with a pair of Uchiha eyes upon summoning. This made these former paper-thin characters, now living people, even more formidable.

Their strength wasn't static; it could be cultivated, though the card's rarity limited their potential.

For green cards, the ceiling was only that of a special jonin or ANBU, so they didn't even deserve names. Kei could only let them take the Uchiha surname and choose their own given names.

Only those from purple cards and above were worthy of names, as they were all renowned figures to begin with.

A ten-pull guaranteed at least one purple card.

Kei had been in this world for nearly two years and had performed 240 pulls, yet not a single orange card. Kei estimated that an orange card required a single hundred-pull to obtain.

However, time did not permit it. The tense situation in the village kept Kei in a state of constant unease. He truly didn't have the time to go a year without pulling cards just to save up for a hundred-pull scroll.

Things were much better now. Through constant ten-pulls, Kei finally possessed twenty renowned jonin, and with a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan, they were undoubtedly elite jonin.

This became Kei's foundation of confidence.

Regardless of his own strength, with these twenty-plus absolute elite jonin, sixty chunin, and over a hundred genin, Uchiha Kei had become the number one figure under Uchiha Fugaku within the entire Uchiha clan, whether the others were convinced or not.

But unfortunately, while this force could be called powerful, it was definitely not invincible; otherwise, he wouldn't be subservient to Uchiha Fugaku.

Not to mention Konoha, whose strength far surpassed the Uchiha clan.

Although White Fang had already committed suicide and Tsunade had distanced herself from Konoha due to her hemophobia (at least in name), Konoha still possessed Kage-level combatants like Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Minato, and the Third Hokage, as well as powerhouses like Might Dai, who could attain Kage-level strength for a limited time at a permanent cost.

There were also people like Shisui, who could hold off a Kage through family bloodlines and secret arts. They were supposed to be the trump cards of their respective ninja clans, yet they were content to be the Hokage's lapdogs.

Uchiha Kei believed that if the Uchiha clan had such existences, then every major ninja clan in Konoha likely had them too.

If a clan didn't, it only meant the clan was so weak that the Hokage couldn't be bothered with them.

Only clans with traitors were major clans; clans that were entirely of one mind were endangered species.

Well, like the Hatake family!

Truly, the Hokage's methods were not to be underestimated; he was basically a transcendent Yuri.

Therefore, Kei gathered his most powerful subordinates as his personal guards. There was no helping it; since he was just a cannon fodder who had just awakened his eyes and only had the strength of a chunin, he was truly afraid of dying.

Kei's guard detail was perversely strong.

First, the elderly woman named Uchiha Gen, the leader of the Iga Tsubagakure Clan. She could use all sorts of ordinary ninjutsu. Kei felt that when this old woman was young, she must have had the strength of an ordinary Kage, but now she was so old she barely had any teeth left.

Stats: Ninjutsu S+, Taijutsu C, Genjutsu S+.

Uchiha Oboro, the granddaughter of Grandma Gen and the future leader of the Iga Group. She was a failure at taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu, but she possessed a pair of "Eyes of Rupture" that could break any ninjutsu.

Stats: Ninjutsu F, Taijutsu F, Genjutsu F.

Do not look down on her because of her stats; she was a talent-type player, the ultimate support, and came with her own cheat.

The innate ability of her Eyes of Rupture caused her three-tomoe Sharingan to appear blue, which led Uchiha Fugaku to once mistake them for a newly awakened Mangekyo.

And a powerful one at that.

Uchiha Kei estimated that Fugaku's misunderstanding likely stemmed from the clan leader—who already possessed a Mangekyo Sharingan—using his own eyes to investigate this newcomer with the strange pupils.

But upon discovering he had been "silenced," the misunderstanding was born.

That's right, Oboro's Sharingan came with a silence effect.

Thus, Uchiha Oboro became a powerful, limitless-potential clansman who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. Furthermore, Fugaku sealed this information, just as he had sealed the information about his own Mangekyo awakening.

Although Kei couldn't figure out his goal, it didn't stop Uchiha Oboro from becoming the nuclear weapon Kei used to deter Fugaku.

Additionally, Kei understood that this nuclear deterrence could only be used for intimidation and should not be used lightly.

Because Oboro was a love-struck failure whose heart was entirely set on her lover, Uchiha Gennosuke.

In her mind, since everyone was now under Lord Kei's command, the Iga clan no longer had to slaughter the Koga clan. In a few years, she would be able to marry Gennosuke of the Koga clan. Therefore, Oboro had no interest in being an excellent ninja.

Her ability seemed powerful—powerful enough to turn a strong ninja into a useless one—but as far as Oboro's own strength went, if it were a one-on-one fight, even if the opponent were a failure, Oboro could, by virtue of being an even bigger failure, die at their hands without hesitation.

Therefore, although she is currently Kei's bodyguard, only Kei himself knows who is actually protecting whom.

"What a delicate weapon of mass destruction this is!"

Watching Uchiha Oboro, who looks innocent, romantic, and frail as she buys three-colored dango, Kei is filled with speechlessness. You are a purple-tier card, at least; how can you be so much worse than a green-tier one?

Kei sighs silently in his heart!

The final bodyguard is the big fatty, Uchiha Josuke.

One of the Koga Ten, he is thick-skinned and fleshy, yet possesses agile mobility. He is proficient in the "Expansion Technique," and his peculiar Meat Bag Technique allows him to float in the air like a balloon. General physical attacks are ineffective against him; he is practically an Akimichi clan member who happens to grow a pair of Sharingan.

Because of his appearance, the legitimate Akimichi clan of Konoha Village has been involved in many legal disputes with the Uchiha recently.

The head of the Akimichi clan even produced secret family records to prove that during the Warring States period, an Akimichi had eloped with an Uchiha, thereby proclaiming the Akimichi clan's kinship and legitimacy regarding Uchiha Josuke.

Their attitude was extremely firm, to the point of being willing to offend the Uchiha.

After all, being able to possess a pair of Sharingan reasonably, legally, and without side effects is something every ninja clan hopes to achieve, but Uchiha women never marry outside the clan, so no other ninja clan has ever realized this goal.

The eyes of the Uchiha clan are nothing but a burden without the Uchiha bloodline.

Now that there is finally an opportunity, let alone a down-and-out Uchiha who is suppressed everywhere; even when Uchiha Madara was still around, what of that Uchiha who intimidated the ninja world? For the evolution and strength of the clan, the "Ino-Shika-Cho" trio is not afraid.

Perhaps more crucially, Uchiha Josuke's "Expansion Technique" is too similar to the Akimichi clan's "Multi-Size Technique" system, and secret family techniques must not be leaked.

Furthermore, Uchiha Josuke's "Expansion Technique" is simple to activate, has obvious effects, and has no side effects; such a secret family technique must be reclaimed.

The Akimichi clan speaks with reason and evidence, possessing detailed records and even digging up a centenarian elder from the clan to verify the matter.

They truly have both human and material evidence; if Uchiha Kei didn't know where his subordinates came from, he might have believed it himself.

Thus, an absurd situation was born: Uchiha Josuke became an Akimichi-style Uchiha, and the Akimichi clan even secured the marriage rights to Uchiha Josuke.

One wonders what Uchiha Fugaku gained by selling out the interests of his clansman?

It seems Fugaku has already grown accustomed to compromise!

But what is the point of compromising with a clan that has been a lackey of the Sarutobi family since the Warring States period?

At a critical moment, the Akimichi might say they will help you, but in Uchiha Kei's view, anyone with a brain knows that even if the Akimichi clan dares to say it, one shouldn't dare to believe it!

This matter is not only distressing for Uchiha Kei, but also for the big fatty Uchiha Josuke.

Josuke is a man of good character, a rather thick-skinned fellow, and his strength is at the Jonin level. He is the natural nemesis of taijutsu ninjas, and now that he has an extra pair of three-tomoe Sharingan, his strength has advanced further; he is definitely an elite among Jonin.

However, he is lecherous and somewhat careless. Although he is fat himself, he absolutely does not want to marry a big, fat Akimichi girl as his wife.

Ever since this incident occurred, he has been terrified that he might be knocked unconscious one day while out, then dragged home to be a stud pig.

Although he is immune to most physical damage, he is naturally hopeless at genjutsu, so Uchiha Josuke spontaneously became Lord Uchiha Kei's bodyguard, hanging around Kei every day.

Even if he isn't on the official bodyguard roster, he insists on working while bringing his own rations.

After all, attacking an ordinary Uchiha and attacking an elder of the Uchiha clan are two different things.

Even if it means mingling with the Iga Group, he, a member of the Koga Ten, is willing to risk it.

"Marrying a great beauty—that is my, Uchiha Josuke's, ninja way."

The above is Kei's bodyguard group. With their protection, Kei's safety is not an issue. With one "magic-sealing" move from Oboro and the physically immune Josuke sweeping everything away, the old lady Uchiha Gen basically doesn't need to take action; she only needs to stay by Kei's side to fill in any gaps and keep him company.

Small-scale attacks, in the face of such a combination, are as fragile as those daimyo soldiers who put down their hoes to pick up weapons; they are simply vulnerable.

And as for ninjas of their caliber, Kei has over twenty more under his command.

Therefore, Uchiha Kei, who has opened a single-tomoe Sharingan, is as weak as a low-level player who just left the novice village. Yet, no one dares to disrespect him to his face.

It can be said that in this ninja world where strength is respected, although Kei is barely a qualified piece of cannon fodder, walking on the land of Konoha, regardless of what others think in their hearts, they must respectfully salute and step aside to make way.

What of the Anbu or the Root!

What "Lord Danzo requests your presence!"

Get lost. If he has business, let Danzo tell me to my face. He is the leader of the Root, but I, Uchiha Kei, am a squad leader of the Konoha Military Police Force.

How many divisions does the Root have that they dare speak to me like that?

A bunch of rats that cannot see the light; once I possess ninjas of orange tier or higher, I will purge you sooner or later!

This is Uchiha Kei's confidence; he possesses a card-drawing cheat.

This is the courage that allows Uchiha Kei to be arrogant in this world.

It is also because of this cheat that everyone cannot fathom why the powerful Lord Uchiha Danjo is the qualified elder, or why Danjo's lover, Uchiha Gen, is a qualified leader.

Although she is a woman, powerful Uchiha women also have a voice.

For instance, Lady Uchiha Naori, who developed Izanami; although she ended the Uchiha clan's civil war, causing many clansmen to die in internal strife, and ultimately lost her own life, the Uchiha clan still reveres her because of her strength, even though she was a woman and a sinner.

But why?

Why do these newly joined Uchiha clansmen, instead of relying on powerful existences, respectfully call that orphan named Kei "Lord"?

This is truly baffling.

Especially the few stragglers from Uchiha Shisui's branch; every time they see Kei, they feel extremely unbalanced in their hearts. Compared to the strength of their leader, Shisui, Kei is someone who would be killed in an instant.

At roughly the same age, when Qi stepped out, he was followed by a vast and mighty throng, a display of strength and prosperity that made every clansman proud.

Qi's status as an elder was not even something granted by the clan head.

Controlling one-fifth of the Uchiha population—a group consisting entirely of ninjas—Qi's faction was guaranteed a seat at the clan council whether Fugaku liked it or not, and it was the seat of honor to Fugaku's immediate left.

To put it bluntly, in terms of sheer ninja numbers, if the other Uchiha did not unite under Fugaku's banner, they would have no standing to even speak with Qi.

After all, not every one of the eight hundred clansmen was a ninja. The number of ninjas Uchiha Fugaku could actually mobilize was only around three or four hundred.

In contrast, look at Shisui's faction. Despite being the same age, while Shisui did have the qualifications to attend the clan council, he only participated due to his own formidable strength.

They were also a branch of the Uchiha, with ancestors like Uchiha Kagami—a disciple of the Second Hokage, a Hokage's guard, and a powerful contender for the position of Hokage himself.

Yet, today, they didn't even have a seat for an elder.

This left the kittens of that faction feeling stifled. Not only did their branch lack an elder, but it seemed their own leader, Lord Shisui, didn't really care about them either.

With no one to fight for their interests at the clan council, could they really expect good fortune to just fall into their laps?

Lord Shisui, with his heart full of great love, loved the entire village, while they, a mere handful of kittens, were just one small part of it.

Anyone in their position would feel a sense of imbalance.

That is why the clansmen of Shisui's faction grew very close to the orphans who nominally belonged to Qi's faction.

This closeness was driven by a purpose; they wanted to figure out how Qi had managed to recruit so many Uchiha who had been drifting outside the clan.

After all, they truly couldn't fathom how Qi, who came from an orphan background, had the qualifications to become the "Lord" who commanded such a powerful force despite his own weak strength.

It wasn't fair.

But how could they know that the word "fair" had never existed in this world.

To survive in a shonen-style story, you either need a good background, enough passion, or you need to be a cheater.

Someone like Shisui, born an Uchiha but belonging to the Uchiha Kagami line that favored the Hokage, with a poker face and no burning passion, was destined to be killed off by the plot sooner or later.

But I, Qi, am different—I am a cheater!