"I never expected someone to plead for you. Looks like your years as Raikage weren't for nothing after all."
Unfortunately, the Fourth Raikage could not speak. Otherwise, he would certainly have told Uchiha Qingfeng that he did not need anyone's judgment to serve as Raikage.
"Then I'll be merciful and spare your life. I'm just too softhearted, after all."
The Raikage's eyes, already bulging from suffocation, protruded even further at Uchiha Qingfeng's words. He had already prepared himself to die. Even after all this, Uchiha Qingfeng was still willing to spare him?
Could this guy really have the heart of a bodhisattva?
In the instant the Raikage froze, Uchiha Qingfeng's Rinnegan had already reflected into his heart.
Sometimes, there was no need to kill people. Take someone like the Raikage—stubborn and insistent on his own views. What would killing him accomplish? Not only would it gain nothing, it would trigger a chain reaction. In the end, they might have to start slaughtering everyone.
If something could be solved with ninjutsu, there was no need for physical destruction.
"Hiko-tsu-kami."
This was the ocular technique he had awakened upon obtaining the Mangekyo. Now that his eyes had evolved all the way to the Rinnegan, it could only be said that Uchiha Qingfeng had yet to fully research all the abilities of these eyes. Still, using it in a simple manner was no problem at all.
The Raikage's gaze instantly turned vacant as he fell into a genjutsu. This had been Uchiha Qingfeng's intention from the start. Whether making the Raikage experience suffocation or provoking him with words, it had all been meant to make him lose his composure.
Since Yugito Nii had delivered such timely assistance, he simply went along with the flow. Everything proceeded exceptionally smoothly.
In the past, every use