Summoning Jutsu

When Uchiha Fugaku saw that Chiyu had directly burned both scrolls, he nearly exploded with fury.

Though the two scrolls were merely copies, they were still immensely valuable.

The scroll that recorded Fire Release Ninjutsu contained Fire Release techniques passed down through generations of the Uchiha Clan.

It recorded techniques such as Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation, Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique, and many others.

Although the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was widespread throughout the shinobi world, the Great Fireball Technique cast by the Uchiha Clan could be said to be worlds apart from the one cast by others.

What was truly precious was the scroll containing insights into the use of the Sharingan.

It detailed the experiences and techniques for using the Sharingan from One-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe Sharingan. To the Uchiha Clan, it was an exceedingly precious treasure.

Yet Chiyu not only failed to appreciate it, he had even burned it outright.

Wasn't this a blatant slap in the Uchiha Clan's face?

Uchiha Fugaku's chest rose and fell rapidly as he glared at Chiyu with an enraged expression.

Chiyu, meanwhile, remained leaning against the doorframe, watching Uchiha Fugaku with a mocking look.

Uchiha Fugaku took several deep breaths before finally calming himself down.

Uchiha Fugaku said calmly, "Since you are unwilling to accept the goodwill of the Uchiha Clan, then excuse me."

Uchiha Fugaku turned and left without hesitation.

Chiyu stared intently at Uchiha Fugaku's retreating figure.

Chiyu felt that this Uchiha before him was very different from the others.

He had acted so provocatively right in front of him, yet the man had remained so calm. Any other Uchiha might have attacked him directly.

Moreover, he had come alone and could represent the Uchiha Clan in apologizing to him. His status within the clan could not be low.

Chiyu called out, "Hey, what's your name?"

"Uchiha... Fugaku."

After Uchiha Fugaku stopped and gave his name, he left without looking back.

A curve lifted at the corner of Chiyu's mouth.

Uchiha Fugaku—the future clan head of the Uchiha Clan, and the father of Itachi Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha.

The mockery on Chiyu's face grew even more obvious. "He really raised two fine sons."

In Chiyu's eyes, Itachi Uchiha's future act of massacring his clan was not justice in the slightest.

Itachi Uchiha had chosen to sacrifice a small number of people to protect more people, and it seemed righteous on the surface.

But those Itachi Uchiha slaughtered were not strangers.

They were his clansmen, his blood relatives.

Itachi Uchiha had been loyal to Konoha. When the Uchiha Clan rebelled, he chose to erase the Uchiha Clan for the so-called greater good of Konoha. To Konoha, that might indeed have been justice.

But to the Uchiha Clan, and to those clansmen who had trusted him until the very end and waited to strive for the future alongside him, Itachi Uchiha was a traitor.

That was a sin.

The ties of blood made that sin all the more unforgivable.

If Itachi Uchiha had only slaughtered those Uchiha clansmen who chose rebellion, or had killed Sasuke Uchiha along with them, Chiyu might even have thought more highly of him.

But Itachi Uchiha had not.

Together with Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha had killed them all, regardless of women, children, or the elderly.

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, he had chosen to exterminate his own family.

And he had not spared Sasuke Uchiha to preserve the Uchiha Clan's bloodline. He simply could not bear to watch his beloved younger brother die.

After carrying out the massacre, Itachi Uchiha's only condition was that Sasuke Uchiha's life be spared, while he would provide Konoha with intelligence.

That directly turned Itachi Uchiha's clan massacre into a joke.

In Chiyu's eyes, Itachi Uchiha was a hypocrite who had been brainwashed by the Will of Fire and blindly loyal to Konoha.

Itachi Uchiha's actions were not justice at all. He had willingly become someone else's pawn while foolishly believing himself to be on the side of justice.

What a hopeless clan. They did not even need others to act against them to bring about their own destruction.

But Sasuke Uchiha... heh, he was somewhat interesting.

Just as Chiyu was about to return to the base to continue training, Orochimaru's voice came from nearby. "You're quite shrewd, Chiyu."

Chiyu looked toward the source of the voice and saw Orochimaru leaning against a tree, watching him with a smile.

Chiyu smiled as well and said to Orochimaru, "Since they delivered them right to my doorstep, why shouldn't I take them? The Uchiha Clan's Fire Release Ninjutsu and Sharingan training insights will be of great help to me."

Two scrolls appeared in Chiyu's hands once more.

The two scrolls Chiyu had burned earlier had merely been blank scrolls taken from his Ninja Tool Pouch.

Before Uchiha Fugaku had turned to leave, Chiyu had swiftly switched them. Then, when Uchiha Fugaku's gaze was no longer on the scrolls, he used the heat of lightning to ignite them, creating the illusion that Chiyu had burned the scrolls without showing the slightest respect.

Orochimaru walked up to Chiyu with his arms folded across his chest. "Aren't you worried that the Uchiha Clan will cause you trouble in the future?"

Chiyu put the two scrolls away again and gave Orochimaru a bright smile. "Not at all. Isn't Teacher Orochimaru here? Besides... Uchiha Fugaku came to apologize to me on behalf of the Uchiha Clan, which shows that the Uchiha Clan's situation is quite bad. They want to use me to establish a connection with Teacher Orochimaru."

Orochimaru chuckled softly. "Heh, your judgment of the situation is very sharp. But what you actually mean is that the Uchiha Clan wants to invest in your future and establish ties with the Hokage, who is my teacher, isn't it?"

Chiyu grinned. "Teacher Orochimaru, I never said that."

Orochimaru said nothing further and headed toward the underground base. "Come. I've been very busy lately. After I help you form a contract with Ryūchi Cave today and make a training plan for you, I won't be returning for some time."

Chiyu followed Orochimaru to the office.

Orochimaru explained to Chiyu, "Summoning Jutsu is a Space-Time Ninjutsu that allows the caster to summon a Summoning Animal after forming a Blood Contract with it.

Because a blood contract must be made with the Summoning Animal, blood must be used as the medium so that the Summoning Animal knows who is calling it. The contractor leaves a blood mark on the blood contract, and once the Summoning Animal recognizes it, it can be summoned.

Therefore, when performing a summoning, one usually covers one's palm in blood, concentrating Chakra and blood in the hand that signed the contract to serve as the summoning medium.

Then there are the hand seals. The hand seals for Summoning Jutsu are Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram. The strength of the Summoning Animal depends on the amount of Chakra used—the more consumed, the more powerful the Summoning Animal that can be transported over.

That concludes the explanation of Summoning Jutsu. I will now demonstrate it once."

Orochimaru bit open his finger, smeared the blood across his right palm, then formed the hand seals.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A cloud of smoke appeared. When it dispersed, a large blue snake stood before Chiyu.