No Way! My Body Is Gradually Becoming Strange!

Konoha.

After several days of fermenting, the entire village was filled with shocked discussions.

Villagers could be seen talking about it in every street and alley.

"Have you heard? Those Cloud Ninja came to Konoha to seize Konoha's Byakugan Kekkei Genkai!"

"Uchiha Mirai only killed those Cloud Ninja because he stopped them from abducting Hinata!"

"But why did the Third Hokage never make this public? This is far too strange!"

"Exactly! Kumogakure has already bullied Konoha to this extent, yet he's still putting the Uchiha Clan on trial?"

The meeting that had taken place in the Hokage Building had spread throughout all of Konoha over the past few days.

The narrative had completely reversed!

Uchiha Mirai was not a criminal who endangered the village—he was a hero who had protected Konoha's Kekkei Genkai!

Meanwhile, the Hokage, who had previously appeared so righteous in the eyes of Konoha's villagers, suffered a massive decline in public opinion.

Kumogakure had already bullied Konoha right to its doorstep.

And you were still thinking about how to deal with the Uchiha?

Wasn't that absurd?

The reversal had come so quickly, and the slap in the face had landed just as fast—just like the online violence of his previous life.

Hokage's Office.

Danzo furiously hammered his fist against the Hokage's desk.

"Sarutobi! What happened? How did things turn out like this?"

Now, nearly all of Konoha was filled with voices unfavorable to them.

Uchiha Mirai had instantly become a hero defending Konoha's dignity.

While they had become clowns instead!

"I never expected Uchiha Mirai to be so decisive..."

A trace of bitterness appeared at the corner of Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth.

This wave of public opinion had risen far too quickly.

It had left him with almost no time to prepare.

In an instant, the situation had been completely overturned.

"It was the Uchiha Police Force!"

Danzo gritted his teeth!

"The Uchiha Police Force has been secretly guiding public opinion."

"The Uchiha Police Force???"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned.

That bunch of Uchiha alone???

It was not that he looked down on the Uchiha Clan.

It was simply that everyone in Konoha knew the Uchiha temperament.

Could those arrogant bastards really be capable of steering Konoha's public opinion? It seemed unlikely just thinking about it!

"Sarutobi! Have you forgotten that you just expanded the authority of the Uchiha Guard Division not long ago?"

Danzo clenched his fists and glared resentfully at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The expansion of the Uchiha Guard Division's authority had allowed the Uchiha to recruit ninja or villagers outside their clan.

During this time, Uchiha Mirai had already used that authority to rebuild the Guard Division into something entirely new.

The ninja and villagers hired with hefty sums of money had acted as a buffer between the Uchiha Guard Division and the villagers.

Matters that the Uchiha Clan could not conveniently handle themselves were assigned to other ninja in exchange for payment.

After this series of changes, the Uchiha Guard Division was no longer what it had once been.

Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent.

The palms clenched tightly against his thighs had already begun to sweat.

The Guard Division's expanded authority had come before the Cloud Ninja incident.

Could it be... that Uchiha Mirai had begun planning this from that very moment?

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt as though a massive boulder was pressing down on his chest.

He could barely breathe.

If this was true, then Uchiha Mirai was far too terrifying!

Every one of his actions had been almost absolutely calm. His grasp of the situation had reached a horrifying level, without the slightest oversight!

Before him, I was as helpless as a naked child.

Was this really something a human could achieve?

Three years ago, he had used Konoha's public pressure to force Uchiha Mirai, who had stood at the peak, into retirement.

Three years later, Uchiha Mirai had returned, using nearly the same method to cast him into a tidal wave of public opinion.

Uchiha Mirai, were you truly the nemesis fate had ordained for me...?

Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze was bitter.

At the same time.

A forest near the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Although Konoha had already descended into an uproar, Uchiha Mirai, standing within this forest, still wore the same calm expression.

It was as though the major events unfolding in Konoha had nothing to do with him.

Ever since he had emerged from seclusion, he had first seized the position of clan head, gaining the greatest say within the Uchiha Clan.

He had then reformed the Guard Division, forcing Sarutobi Hiruzen to yield and hand authority over to the Uchiha Guard Division.

After that, he had used the Cloud Ninja incident to place Konoha F4, led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, directly over the flames of public opinion.

Water could carry a boat, but it could also capsize one.

Those who toyed with public opinion would eventually be toyed with by it.

White Fang, Calamity Uchiha, and even the current demon fox Naruto had all suffered under Konoha's public pressure.

But this time, they had taken a brutal fall at Uchiha Mirai's hands.

The water that carried the boat had become waves that overturned it.

Uchiha Mirai swept his gaze across the surrounding forest.

The plan had reached its third step.

There was something in this forest that he wanted.

Within his scarlet eyes, three black tomoe spun rapidly, transforming into the shape of three fan blades.

Dense clouds of nuclear radiation poured down madly.

In an extremely short time, they had blanketed the surrounding forest.

This was the Nuclear Radiation Sensory Technique he had developed!

Different objects absorbed and responded to nuclear radiation at different rates.

By obtaining data on how an object absorbed the nuclear radiation he released, he could determine its shape, size, and length. It was an exceptionally powerful sensory ninjutsu.

It had only one drawback.

It caused cancer...

Very soon, he discovered an abnormal outline within his nuclear radiation perception.

The other's body seemed to be embedded within a tree trunk. Compared to the surrounding trees, it absorbed nuclear radiation at a much faster rate.

"Found you."

A faint curve rose at the corner of Uchiha Mirai's lips.

Clearly, this strange fluctuation could only be a White Zetsu sent by Obito to monitor the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Since Obito had taken part in the Night of the Clan's Destruction, it was hardly surprising that White Zetsu had been stationed around the compound to keep watch.

No traces of any other White Zetsu were found near this one. If he was fast enough, he should be able to do this without anyone noticing...

Uchiha Mirai's gaze narrowed slightly. In an instant, vast nuclear radiation erupted and surged toward that tree trunk.

Almost at the same time, a sharp, ear-piercing scream of agony rang out from within the trunk.

"It hurts so much! What kind of power is this? My body is becoming strange!!!"

Viscous white fluid rapidly seeped from the rough bark. That White Zetsu no longer resembled a human; its body twisted and writhed, while large amounts of grotesque flesh buds seemed ready to burst through its skin.

Compared to other living beings, White Zetsu, whose cells divided at an extremely rapid rate, was far more sensitive to the effects of nuclear radiation.

Before the White Zetsu could even make out the figure before it, a pair of scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan suddenly filled its vision. Its body instantly stiffened, standing blankly in place.

Uchiha Mirai cleanly snapped White Zetsu's neck.

Whoosh!

Along with the White Zetsu in his hand, he vanished from the spot.