If You Ever Need Anything, I'll Go Through Fire and Water for You!

"Cough... cough..."

Uchiha Genmei

put on a show and coughed twice.

He looked at

the bowed Uchiha and was quite satisfied.

There was no need to pretend to be satisfied—

Yachihoko's eye technique had already been lifted.

The reason these Uchiha were still so quiet was simple.

At present,

every Mangekyō Sharingan wielder in the Uchiha clan had sided with him.

That had happened more than ten minutes ago,

before they returned to Naka Shrine.

Genmei and Heguang had brought Uchiha Baru and Uchiha Rai along to meet up with the others.

He looked at the Uchiha under control around them and nodded.

"Should we release them from the control?"

Uchiha Hikari asked, puzzled.

"No. Let's deal with these few first, then decide what to do."

Uchiha Genmei crouched down, answering Hikari's question as he raised a hand.

Smack! Smack!

Uchiha Baru came to with a slap,

clutching his cheek.

"Ow..."

He glanced around,

then lowered his head dejectedly.

"So I lost..."

"Baru, face reality and surrender. If you keep refusing to see reason, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Hearing Genmei's grim warning, he froze for a moment.

The Uchiha were practical, and they worshipped strength. Having seen the terrifying power of the man before him,

he collected himself, stood up, and brushed the dust off his clothes.

He dropped to one knee.

"If you ever need anything, I'll go through fire and water for you! I won't hesitate!"

Uchiha Genmei was quite pleased. Just then, Uchiha Rai came to his senses after being trapped in an endless cycle.

There wasn't much to say.

Izanami-no-Mikoto

was Izanami, the eye technique that required sacrificing one's eye.

However,

this was Heguang's Mangekyō technique.

That was probably how it worked in the original story, too. Then, being a genius, she had adapted her own eye technique.

She had taken the principle and applied it elsewhere,

modifying it so that it could be used with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. It just wasn't a Mangekyō technique, and the price was losing one's sight!

He hoped she would eventually simplify the technique. Then, in the future, they could deal with Izanagi

without so much trouble.

After all,

when a technique had a counter, people wouldn't grow arrogant just because of its power!

Afterward,

he lifted Yachihoko's mind control over everyone present

and returned to Naka Shrine.

Now, with all the top fighters standing on Uchiha Genmei's side—

no,

they should call him Clan Leader—what remained of the Uchiha were all very practical.

They cooperated in perfect silence.

Uchiha Genmei was quite pleased. He waved a hand,

then smiled and said,

"Everyone's had a hard day. Go back and get some rest."

"Heguang, Hikari, Rai, Baru, and Naka, stay behind."

A little while later,

only those few remained in the shrine.

Uchiha Rai was unsure why,

and asked with some confusion,

"Is there something else, Lord Genmei?"

Uchiha Genmei stroked his chin, his expression turning serious.

He said in a low voice,

"I have an eye technique that can restore everyone's eyes. Naka has already experienced it."

"Rai, your other eye belongs to someone else now, doesn't it? Take it out."

At that,

Uchiha Rai looked at Uchiha Naka, skeptical.

Only after Naka nodded did he seem reassured.

He steeled himself and dug out the eye that wasn't his.

With a wet rip,

the eye was in his hand.

Seeing Uchiha Rai's resolve, Genmei nodded,

then said with satisfaction,

"None of you resist my ocular power."

With that,

his gaze sharpened, and scarlet patterns unfurled.

[Eye Technique: Amaterasu-Omikami!]

A healing golden light enveloped them.

Naka was the only exception; his eyes hadn't suffered any strain.

"This is?! This is..."

As the light healed him, the empty socket where Uchiha Rai's eye had been filled in.

He was utterly stunned!

Lord Genmei's eye technique was incredible!

Had his eye really been restored from nothing?

Maybe only his sight had returned, and not his ocular power?

At the thought,

he gathered chakra around his eyes and felt the power of his restored eyes, along with his clear vision.

He fell prostrate, bowing until his forehead touched the ground, and cried out excitedly,

"Lord Genmei! You are unquestionably the true leader of the Uchiha. No one is more suited to lead us!"

Caught up in the moment,

he raised his voice:

"Lead the Uchiha to greatness!"

The others felt their sight return and saw Uchiha Rai's restored eye.

Hearing his words, they all nodded in agreement.

It was true!

Uchiha Hikari, in particular, had no Senju chakra to keep her going, and she had been using her eye technique rather frequently lately.

Her vision had grown a little blurry.

Now that her sight had returned, she looked at the handsome young man.

Her cheeks flushed.

Nearby, Heguang noticed Hikari's expression. Seeing that,

she felt deeply displeased.

She raised her head and gave Genmei a strange smile.

After seeing that Rai and Baru were unquestionably loyal,

Uchiha Genmei caught Heguang's inexplicable smile.

He couldn't make heads or tails of it.

Had he done something to upset her?

He'd ask when they got back.

A few days later.

In the Police Force chief's office,

he had worked for days, but had finally finished dealing with everything.

He sighed inwardly.

Before taking office, he had wanted to expand the Police Force's responsibilities.

Who could have guessed

that once he actually took charge, just a few days of work would be enough to give him a headache?

In his previous life, he'd only been a Palu.

He had never held a proper management position.

He'd have to take things slowly.

No rash decisions—

making too big a leap wasn't good, either.

He calmed himself

and took stock of what he had gained since taking office.

"My Aura went from 26 to 37? Lord Rai and Kagami, two Kage Level powerhouses beyond question, added eight points."

He sneered.

"The remaining three must have come from Uchiha Setsuna."

"Without Mangekyō power, what major undertaking could he possibly plot? It's no wonder that guy spent the whole original story locked up."

After mocking the old man,

he carefully assessed the strength of the Uchiha under his control.

Except for a handful of Uchiha ninja,

who, like Obito, had been assigned to the village as regular ninja to put on a show,

ninety-nine percent of them held positions in the Police Force.

Previously, the Police Force had about ninety-four elite Three-Tomoe users on active duty.

After several days of tireless effort,

he had used Amaterasu-Omikami to heal the badly injured jonin who had retired, then rehired them.

Now, there were one hundred and eight elite Three-Tomoe users on active duty!

Genmei could hardly believe it!

Was this the strength of one of the two most powerful clans in the Shinobi World?

What did more than a hundred Uchiha with Three-Tomoe Sharingan mean?

Chiyo had said in the original story

that against the Sharingan, one should flee if outnumbered one to one,

and ambush if outnumbered two to one.

In other words,

it took three ninja of the same level to have a chance of winning!

And now, they were all under his command!

"Heh heh heh! Hahahaha!"

"No wonder everyone likes power. You get to command a force like this!"

"This feels amazing! This is a huge force I can truly command and deploy however I want!!!"

No wonder he was so excited!

More than a hundred elite Three-Tomoe users,

and all those

Uchiha who had awakened the One-Tomoe and Two-Tomoe Sharingan!

With the cultivation and ninjutsu resources of a thousand-year-old shinobi clan—especially one that ranked among the top two clans in the Shinobi World—

these shinobi were every bit as capable as the regular jōnin of the hidden villages!

There were probably two or three hundred of them!

And countless more Chunin and Genin who hadn't awakened their eyes!

Most important of all, they had four Mangekyō Sharingan users, including Heguang, a powerhouse who surpassed the norm!

"Heh heh heh... Now I know why they're so wary of the Uchiha and rack their brains to weaken them!"

This power,

in the hands of a single clan.

Who wouldn't be wary?

Meanwhile,

word that Uchiha Genmei had become the head of the Police Force

and the Uchiha Clan Head's intelligence

reached the Konoha High Command after he had dealt with most of the troublesome affairs.

He sent someone to notify the Konoha High Command!

The Hokage Office fell

utterly silent!