Taking Down a Butcher Only Requires Exploiting His Weaknesses

Uchiha Itachi was a genius ninja, capable of reaching the pinnacle in every aspect.

The only regret was that he had been severely brainwashed by the Third Hokage and his father. The other memories in his mind even suspected that he had been controlled by Shisui Uchiha's Kotoamatsukami, which was why he had committed such an act of clan extermination.

He was now searching for Uchiha Feng. Once he was found, his fate would only be the same as that of the other Uchiha Clan ninjas.

Uchiha Feng's mind raced as he desperately thought of a way to deal with this.

"I need to gather soul energy, as much as possible. I can use Sasuke to hold Uchiha Itachi back. This little brother-obsessed freak still has a weakness.

"I also have to avoid genjutsu. Right now, I only have one option: the Shadow Clone Technique. [The Shadow Clone Technique can resist the Sharingan. This was the counter Kakashi came up with when facing Itachi!]

"And my real body has to hide. I have to grow strong enough to face Uchiha Itachi."

This was the plan Uchiha Feng had come up with.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Forming hand seals with both hands, Uchiha Feng created two figures beside him. Both were his clones, yet they looked entirely different.

With his current strength, he could only create two shadow clones.

One looked exactly like him now—a youth resembling Sasuke, only more handsome and more like all the esteemed readers.

The other looked like Dumpling from his memories.

"This? Could this be the ability of the cards?"

In an instant, realization dawned on him. These cards could eventually even materialize themselves, which was beyond Uchiha Feng's expectations. Dumpling's clone, meanwhile, was even more lifelike, carrying Dumpling's own will within it. However, this body was still completely under Uchiha Feng's control for now.

After assigning their respective tasks, Uchiha Feng thought of an excellent hiding place, one where Uchiha Itachi would at least be unable to find him for a while.

Sensing the crows constantly searching overhead, Uchiha Feng cautiously moved, avoiding their line of sight as he hid inside a well in the backyard of the Uchiha compound.

This well was usually used by the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled. It was several hundred meters deep, and the waterless section lay dozens of meters below ground, allowing him to temporarily evade the crows' search.

However, if Uchiha Itachi came personally, he would definitely be sensed. Still, this was enough to evade the crows.

Following the rope used to lower buckets, Uchiha Feng descended into the dim well until he was near the water's surface. Only then did he feel a trace of safety.

On the clone's side.

Dumpling's clone moved swiftly and hid along Sasuke's usual route. Seizing an opportunity, he approached Sasuke.

Using his psychic powers, he froze Uchiha Sasuke in place, then punched him in the back of the head. Still not satisfied, he struck his head and face several more times until he passed out.

Clear marks were left across his childish face.

Holding a kunai he had picked up from the corpse of an Uchiha clansman, he pressed it across Uchiha Sasuke's throat. A shallow cut had already begun to seep blood.

Above them, the crows cawed noisily, transmitting some kind of message.

This sudden development immediately alerted Uchiha Itachi!

At the same time, the crows searching nearby began to disappear, leaving only a limited few behind.

The Dumpling-shaped clone made no move. He merely stood behind Uchiha Sasuke, who was a head taller than him.

"Do you want to gamble?"

The Dumpling clone spoke in a shrill child's voice, calmly addressing the empty night around him.

The sharp kunai in his hand caused the unconscious Sasuke to let out a pained groan.

"Who are you?"

More and more crows gathered, eventually slowly transforming into Uchiha Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi looked at Dumpling before him, his face full of solemnity and a trace of heartache.

The obvious wounds on Uchiha Sasuke's face were a warning to Uchiha Itachi. Leaving such clear injuries on Sasuke was meant to make him understand: do not doubt, and do not cling to any illusions of luck.

But Uchiha Feng had still underestimated how this butcher operated.

The instant he spoke, Uchiha Itachi's black pupils transformed into tomoe, which then fused together and became the shape of a pinwheel.

"A clone?"

Uchiha Itachi cried out in surprise. The reason the person before him could resist his Mangekyo Sharingan genjutsu was actually because he was a clone.

At such a young age, he had already mastered such an exquisite Shadow Clone Technique?

Only Dumpling's clone knew that he could create such a refined clone because of the cards' enhancement.

"Looks like you still refuse to give up!"

After what had just happened, Dumpling's clone would have collapsed if not for the two wills within this shadow clone. Now, the will controlling the clone had become Dumpling's.

Uchiha Feng's original will had been directly forced back.

It seemed that the memories claiming one could resist Sharingan genjutsu only applied when the gap in strength was not too great!

Because of the shift in will, the sharp kunai in his hand dug deeper, cutting Uchiha Sasuke's skin.

He lifted Uchiha Sasuke's left hand and put his little finger into Dumpling's clone's mouth.

Crack!

Pfft!

Dumpling's clone spat out a little finger. It was Uchiha Sasuke's little finger.

"Ah!"

In the Dumpling clone's arms, Uchiha Sasuke was jolted awake by the intense pain. Just now, Dumpling had bitten off the little finger of Uchiha Sasuke's right hand.

A headbutt sent Uchiha Sasuke unconscious again.

Dumpling's iron head technique was still quite useful against Uchiha Sasuke, who was not even a genin.

Within Dumpling's clone's mind, Uchiha Feng felt disgusted for only a moment before a rush of exhilaration replaced it. Why can everyone else die, but not you?

If Uchiha Itachi were not still a threat, he would have even wanted Dumpling to try killing Uchiha Sasuke. He simply wanted to see whether this so-called Child of the Six Paths could be killed.

"What do you want? You should know that if I could kill every member of the Uchiha Clan, then I do not care whether he lives or dies!"

Uchiha Itachi forcibly suppressed his impulse, but inwardly, he began to speculate. Who exactly was this ghost-like youth before him?

When he had bitten off Sasuke's finger just now, there had not been the slightest discomfort. That meant he probably had not done this for the first time.

What Uchiha Itachi did not know was that Dumpling had once learned a few tricks from Tao Pai Pai, the world's greatest assassin—the man who liked killing with his tongue!

He was doing this now only to carry out the task Uchiha Feng had assigned him: stall Uchiha Itachi. To do that, he had to intimidate him, even if it made him look deranged.

"Really? You think I'd believe that?"

Uchiha Feng's will had now taken over Dumpling's clone. The kunai in his hand pressed even deeper, and blood was already flowing onto the clone's clothes.

Yet his eyes were incomparably certain. You brother-obsessed freak, I've got you right where I want you!

Uchiha Itachi observed Dumpling's clone's expression and knew that he had been exposed.

His words just now had been a test, to determine whose man this Dumpling truly was.

The entire Uchiha compound was now sealed off. There were only three forces involved: one was the Uchiha Clan, one was the masked man, and the other was the Konoha ANBU!

Anyone who knew all the details of his actions could only be from Konoha's upper ranks.

Then this person before him was very likely sent by Shimura Danzo. Only Danzo would have children with such a temperament.

But why make a move now? Did he intend to keep him here?

For a moment, Uchiha Itachi's heart was filled with doubt.

Dumpling's clone, on the other hand, relaxed. This was exactly the result he wanted. Being able to restrain this butcher meant he had achieved his goal.