Su Zheng's home.
"Brother, teacher taught us chakra refinement methods today!"
"Look, this is what I folded."
A paper crane took flight from Konan's hands, dancing like a real butterfly.
"Good, very good," Su Zheng ruffled her head in encouragement.
"Me too, me too..."
Yahiko formed hand seals, chakra gathering, and with a bang! An identical Yahiko appeared – a Shadow Clone!
"Alright, alright, you're all doing great. I'll take you out for yakiniku, okay?"
"Okay x4!"
Training grounds.
"Take a look!" Su Zheng placed three contract documents in front of the three individuals.
Uchiha En opened the documents with some confusion, examining them carefully.
Contract:
I, ???, voluntarily accept the dominion of the Master ??? and will obey the Master's ??? commands.
The future promised by the Master: In over twenty years, the Uchiha will be annihilated!
If the promised future is realized, I will forever become the Master's most loyal subordinate!
If the promised future is not realized, I will gain freedom!
Note: During this period, I will unconditionally obey the Master's commands!
Signed: ???
Uchiha En put down the contract with a blank expression and asked, "What does this mean?"
"I want you to be my subordinates, is that hard to understand?"
Uchiha En exchanged glances with the other two and said, "Don't you already control us? Why do you still need a contract? And can this contract truly bind us?"
"You can try. You had the Binding Talisman removed from your bodies, didn't you?" Su Zheng said playfully.
The three were internally shocked; their small actions had been discovered!
In the training grounds, when Su Zheng wasn't around, they had been researching how to subtly remove the binding talismans without harming their hearts.
They started by training on small animals, then practiced on their own bodies. Finally, they succeeded in removing the binding talismans from each other's bodies!
But now they had been found out! What should they do? Should they fight?
They saw tragic memories in each other's eyes: they three, while supposedly training with Su Zheng, were actually being brutally beaten by him. Su Zheng's strength was increasing too rapidly; they didn't want to experience that blue chakra armor again!
Having made their decision, the three quickly completed the contracts!
Su Zheng stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "An excellent decision. I didn't want to kill you all just yet!"
"Alright, you can go out now, but don't reveal your identities, and don't do anything unnecessary..."
"Once you're out, I've already arranged your identities. I'll notify you if there's anything."
On the streets of Amegakure.
Uchiha Fū couldn't quite believe it; they were actually being let go!
Uchiha En rubbed his eye sockets and said, "That contract must be special. I really can't activate the Sharingan!"
"And where exactly did he release us from? Could his Sharingan connect to space?" Uchiha Yoru also asked.
"It must be his dojutsu!" En analyzed.
Uchiha Fū looked at the other two, feeling out of place. They were too smart, analyzing the opponent's abilities right after being released!
To assert his presence, Uchiha Fū suggested, "How about we go relax at the pleasure district first? I haven't been there in ages!" (Red-Pleasure Courtyard)
Uchiha En and Yoru glanced at him, knowing his usual behavior, and didn't object.
At that moment, a familiar voice echoed in their minds: "If you want to go, I don't care, but don't cause any deaths!"
Boom! It was like a thunderclap exploding in their minds. How could he know?
Uchiha Fū carefully observed their surroundings. Su Zheng was nowhere to be seen.
En's voice came, "Stop looking. He's not here. He must be using mental secret techniques to understand and control us!"
"Just like the Yamanaka clan's mental secret techniques!" Uchiha En said seriously.
"The Yamanaka clan's secret techniques can't do this – invisibly eavesdropping on people's thoughts!" Uchiha Yoru also said, full of shock.
The three no longer dared to harbor any hope, and they began to treat Su Zheng's orders with seriousness.
If they hadn't believed before that the Uchiha's destruction would happen in the future, they now felt it was entirely possible!
Su Zheng disguised the three Uchiha members, turning them into ninjas of the Rain Village. He changed the identity of Sasori's parents to ordinary people, who then helped Su Zheng monitor the household.
Ever since awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, he had been dedicated to perfecting the ultimate power of the Mangekyo: Susanoo!
Not only was Susanoo too conspicuous, but he couldn't use it in future battles without having to explain this power.
Su Zheng felt that Susanoo's most fatal flaw was its power – it was too trashy!
To ordinary ninjas, it was indeed an impressively powerful ability, but he knew that in the later stages, there were far too many people who could shatter Susanoo...
It would be better to change the usage of his dōjutsu from the very beginning!
Susanoo, to put it bluntly, was a product of materialized chakra, no different from abilities like Peacock Myōhō, only with added spiritual power!
That massive armored form, besides its visual impact, had destructive power that didn't match its consumption. Maintaining it required too much chakra and spiritual energy, making it completely uneconomical!
Remember, big doesn't necessarily mean strong, big doesn't necessarily mean fierce, big isn't sustainable!
In conclusion, big isn't always good!
There's a saying: "Concentration is essence!" It perfectly sums it up!
Take Wind Style and Lightning Style, for example. After compression and transformation, powerful techniques emerged: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, Lightning Style: Chidori...
Other ninjutsu couldn't compare to these. Su Zheng didn't want anything flashy but impractical!
He had already transformed the giant Susanoo into a "chakra armor" that covered his entire body, which was much stronger than that.
Moreover, he could enter the "armor" state without activating his Mangekyo, which was too convenient!
When he had time, he wanted to spar with the Third Raikage. His strongest spear and strongest shield would be perfect for honing his armor.
Land of Waves, Kobayashi Company.
"You are..." Kobayashi Taro looked at the young man who suddenly appeared before him, a bit confused.
The young man saw the company's sign and murmured, "'Kobayashi Company'? It must be Gato's father!"
Kobayashi Taro didn't understand why the young man had suddenly appeared in his office and was somewhat displeased. "No matter who you are, get out of here quickly..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw the young man opposite him suddenly have his black pupils turn red, with three tomoe swirling!
The young man was naturally Su Zheng. He had learned White Zetsu's "Ephemeral Technique" and had stolen many ninjutsu from the Leaf Village.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was his top priority. After learning it, he used Shadow Clones to place markers all over the world.
He had come to the Land of Waves today to get some startup capital. Reforming the Land of Rain would cost a lot of money, and he didn't have the patience to complete missions one by one. Wasn't it more satisfying to just rob others?
Besides, robbing villains like Gato gave him no sense of guilt!
"Master, this is our company's accounts for this month. Please take a look!"
Under the influence of genjutsu, Kobayashi was completely unaware and treated Su Zheng as his true master.
Su Zheng took the ledger and flipped through it. "Good heavens, you're really making a fortune!"
Kobayashi outwardly operated a shipping business, but in reality, he smuggled contraband through the mafia and ninjas, and had already encroached upon many small countries!
His shipping business alone generated a net profit of 500 million Ryo annually, while his underground operations were even more lucrative, bringing in 8 billion Ryo per year. He was a proper world-class magnate!
"Something's not right. How can an ordinary person like him make so much money without anyone cracking down on him? This isn't logical!"
Su Zheng looked at Kobayashi and asked, "How do you manage to run these illegal businesses?"
"These are actually things entrusted to us by others. Nominally, they are our business, but in reality, most of them have nothing to do with us. How would we dare to compete with the Five Great Nations!"
"As expected!"
Su Zheng knew that the Five Great Nations must be involved, otherwise, how could it have developed worldwide?
He had initially intended to swallow the business of the Five Great Nations in one go, but after careful consideration, Su Zheng decided against it!
It was not yet time to be too ostentatious. Exposing his strength prematurely would not be good. He would wait until he had built the Land of Rain into a major power!
Su Zheng put the ledger aside, fearing that he might not be able to resist directly absorbing that immense wealth.
After taking some supplies from their warehouses and planting a mark on Kobayashi, Su Zheng left.
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