What Is the Truth? Whatever Most People Believe Is the Truth!

"Customer, that'll be 100 thousand ryo."

The goateed old man's expression only shifted slightly. He wrote a note and tossed it into a tube behind him.

Uchiha Feng took out 100 thousand ryo in banknotes. It cost the same as the map to the Bounty Office—sure enough, it was common knowledge.

He pushed the banknotes over. The goateed old man merely brushed them with his fingers and identified them as genuine.

Clunk~

A sound of something striking came from the wooden cabinet behind him.

The goateed old man opened the cabinet door and took out a scroll containing the Bounty Office's intelligence on the Uchiha Clan massacre.

Normally, such intelligence would be sold in several graded versions. However, due to Konoha's lockdown, no particularly important information had leaked out. It was all common knowledge, so there was no need to grade it.

Uchiha Feng took the scroll and began reading the information recorded within.

"...Konoha's announced culprit: Uchiha Itachi. Survivor besides the culprit: Uchiha Sasuke... The investigation into this incident is being handled by Konoha's deputy leader, Shimura Danzo... There were at least three battlefields within Konoha where fighting took place. Jonin died, but the exact number is unknown."

After only a brief read, it was indeed nothing but common knowledge.

Once again confirming that only those two bastards from the Uchiha Clan had survived, he could barely suppress the killing intent in his body. In the end, King Piccolo had still failed to kill Uchiha Itachi. The only change had been Konoha's losses.

This time, the three demon warriors hatched from the eggs King Piccolo spat out had caused them some losses, though the matter had been tightly suppressed.

"Customer, have some tea." The goateed old man noticed Uchiha Feng's unrest and pushed a cup of tea toward him.

Uchiha Feng poured the tea onto the ground without drinking it.

The goateed old man did not get angry. He calmly asked again.

"Customer, is there anything else you need?"

Uchiha Feng considered the memories in his mind. He could not let this matter simply pass, so he said.

"I have some exclusive information about the Uchiha Clan massacre. Are you interested in buying it?"

The goateed old man's mouth twitched slightly. He had just bought information about the Uchiha Clan, and now he wanted to sell some? What kind of move was this?

"Customer, if the information can be verified, we will pay an appropriate price. Every nation is currently gathering intelligence on this incident, especially information concerning Uchiha Itachi."

Recalling Uchiha Feng's strange behavior, the goateed old man still gave him a serious explanation. What if there really was an unexpected gain?

When he saw what was on the table, the goateed old man was completely stunned. This young man might truly possess exclusive intelligence about the Uchiha Clan.

"Customer, please wait a moment."

As he spoke, he picked up several property deeds from the table and began verifying their authenticity.

What Uchiha Feng had placed on the table were the deeds to several Uchiha-owned shops in Konoha that had been kept by the Uchiha Clan's Great Elder. They were all evidence proving his close ties to the Uchiha Clan.

"Customer, we won't ask where these deeds came from. We can offer forty percent of their original value, and that is already our best price.

"We will verify the intelligence you mentioned within a week. After that, we can either buy it outright or continue paying you half of its selling price. However, I recommend that you sell it outright. Information leaks too easily these days."

After verifying them, the goateed old man became even more enthusiastic. He had always needed achievements to secure his current position. Hadn't an achievement just fallen into his lap?

Uchiha Feng did not have much need for money. As one of the great clans of the ninja world, the Uchiha Clan had left him enough wealth. He merely wanted to make things difficult for Konoha.

"Agreed. I have a great deal of intelligence on Konoha, even some secrets. Are you sure you can make the decision?" Uchiha Feng was instead worried that the goateed old man lacked the authority.

"Customer, I have not introduced myself. I am Fujiwara Ichiro, the man in charge of the entire Land of Iron Bounty Office. I also have some connections with the Land of Iron's daimyo, so I can absolutely make the decision." The goateed old man spoke with some pride.

He had come to this Bounty Office in the Land of Iron on a whim, yet he had unexpectedly gained something special.

"This is 210 million ryo, the payment for the deeds to those shops."

Fujiwara Ichiro seemed to be trying to prove something.

He took a thick stack of banknotes from his robes and pushed it before Uchiha Feng.

This was already an enormous sum. Asuma Sarutobi's bounty had not yet reached the later figure of 35 million ryo. This was nearly equivalent to ten times Asuma Sarutobi's current bounty.

"Good. You're very sincere." Uchiha Feng had not expected the goateed old man before him to have such a background. He really was lucky. He had thought there would be some trouble first.

"May I begin, customer?" At some point, a notebook had appeared in Fujiwara Ichiro's hand. As if noticing Uchiha Feng's confusion, he explained, "I used to specialize in gathering intelligence, so I have some professional habits. You speak, and I'll record it."

"Then let's begin with information about Uchiha Itachi, the culprit Konoha has put forward this time. Aren't you very interested in him?

"At only thirteen years old, he had already reached the level of an elite jonin. That was merely the strength he displayed publicly; you should have gathered information on that already.

"I'll tell you something you don't know.

"Uchiha Itachi has now awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, something that is extremely difficult for members of the Uchiha Clan to awaken.

"Once the Mangekyo Sharingan is awakened, one's strength undergoes a qualitative leap. That is why he possessed the power to slaughter the Uchiha Clan.

"Not only can he awaken Susanoo, the ninja technique known as the strongest defense, but each of his eyes also awakened a powerful ocular technique.

"The ocular techniques of his two eyes are as follows.

"One eye possesses Amaterasu, a black flame known as the ultimate Fire Release.

"The other eye possesses Tsukuyomi, which can create an illusionary space to deceive and inflict mental damage within it.

"Unfortunately, his mind was altered by the strongest genjutsu, [Kotoamatsukami]. That strongest genjutsu can unknowingly change a person, which is why the clan massacre happened.

"And the owner of those eyes, Shisui Uchiha, is already dead. His two eyes—the eyes that possess the strongest genjutsu, [Kotoamatsukami]—fell into the hands of Uchiha Itachi and Shimura Danzo respectively.

"With both eyes together, one can control the Kage of every village.

"With only one eye, one can control any jonin."

As Uchiha Feng spoke and Fujiwara Ichiro recorded, Fujiwara Ichiro fell into shock. If this intelligence was true, then Uchiha Itachi's strength had already reached the level of the Kage of every ninja village.

The information that followed left Fujiwara Ichiro even more unable to believe it.

"Is this true?" Fujiwara Ichiro, who had been recording everything, was stunned by the information Uchiha Feng revealed.

He had been prepared for information about Uchiha Itachi's strength, but he had never expected it to involve the famed Shisui of the Body Flicker.

The abilities of [Kotoamatsukami] revealed within were even more alarming. He thought of the daimyo of every nation. If those people were controlled, it would be a disaster.

"You can verify it. Shisui Uchiha's sudden death was also one of the reasons the Uchiha Clan was exterminated," Uchiha Feng said confidently.

Only three members of the entire Uchiha Clan were now alive. What he had said was ninety percent truth and ten percent speculation, but that speculation was supported by facts. It made this intelligence seem entirely genuine.

The reason he had revealed information about Uchiha Itachi was to make the Mangekyo Sharingan of Shisui Uchiha provoke fear in every ninja village.

"That's enough for now. We can discuss the rest once you've verified it."

Uchiha Feng's body began to float as he prepared to leave. He believed that once such information was released, the entire ninja world would boil over.

No one wanted their thoughts altered without realizing it, especially when even someone as powerful as Uchiha Itachi had been controlled by genjutsu and slaughtered his entire clan.

The mud was already in Danzo's pants and shoved up his ass. Once it was pulled out, it was nothing but shit.