Target: Tea Country

The next day at dawn, Uchiha Feng checked out of the inn and arrived at a deserted forest outside the small town.

"Impure World Reincarnation, summon."

This time, Feng did not hesitate to summon the reanimated Uchiha Mikio and wake him.

"Where is this? How did I come back to life?" Uchiha Mikio, just awakened, looked blankly at his surroundings and muttered in disbelief.

His appearance and clothing were the same as they had been in life, but the whites of his eyes had turned black, and irregular cracks covered the surface of his skin and clothes.

"Senior Mikio, you haven't been resurrected. You were merely summoned from the Pure Land by me using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

We are currently outside a small town in the Tea Country. I am Feng, Tetsutaro's son, Uchiha Feng."

Feng stepped forward to explain.

"Feng? Tetsutaro's son? Oh, I know you. You're rumored to be a good-for-nothing who could never become a ninja.

But now? The Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu? That is a forbidden jutsu, yet you have actually mastered it. It seems everyone underestimated you.

However, is there a flaw in this jutsu, or is your ability lacking? Why is my current strength only that of a chunin?"

After hearing the explanation, Uchiha Mikio pondered for a moment, grasped the current situation, and couldn't help but complain.

"Uh, Senior Mikio, it is the nature of the jutsu. The strength of an Impure World Reincarnation summon is determined by the sacrifice used during the casting.

Since your sacrifice was merely an ordinary person, you only possess chunin-level strength.

However, you should actually be able to exert jounin-level combat power, as the chunin rank reflects the physical quality and chakra volume of this body.

It does not affect your Sharingan. Furthermore, although the body only has chunin strength, the chakra recovery rate in the Impure World Reincarnation state is extremely fast, almost equivalent to infinite chakra.

Also, the body created by this jutsu is nearly immortal. Unless you are sealed or I voluntarily release the jutsu, you will recover rapidly even if your body is reduced to dust."

Feng continued his explanation.

"If that is the case, it is acceptable.

Then, Uchiha Feng, descendant of the clan, for what reason did you summon me from the Pure Land?"

Having understood the state of his body, Uchiha Mikio looked at Feng and went straight to the point.

He did not ask why Feng was in the Tea Country instead of Konoha, nor did he ask about the village or the clan.

To a dead man, those things were no longer important.

He only knew that Feng, a junior of his clan, must have summoned him because he needed help, and he only wanted to finish the task quickly so that Feng would release the jutsu and allow him to return to the Pure Land.

After all, in the Impure World Reincarnation state, although memories and emotions from life were preserved, other aspects were significantly weakened. Sensations like pain and touch were dulled, and some things were completely gone, such as the need to eat, drink, or use the restroom, as well as the sense of smell and taste.

Being brought back this way was a state between man and ghost. Therefore, few people were willing to remain in the world of the living for long; most wanted to return to the Pure Land as soon as possible.

"Since you asked directly, Senior Mikio, I will get straight to the point.

I hope you can help me with two things. First, I would like you to instruct me for a period of time.

For various reasons, I do not understand the basics of being a ninja or general common sense, and my strength is very weak.

The second thing is that I hope you can use genjutsu to help me control someone for a while.

It is precisely because I heard that you were extremely skilled in genjutsu during your lifetime that I summoned you.

These two things can be done simultaneously."

"Fine. How long? Who am I controlling? But you must know that the stronger the target, the less effective genjutsu becomes. Although I am skilled in it, there are some people I cannot control."

"About half a year. The target should be an ordinary person with no resistance to genjutsu whatsoever."

"Then that is no problem. When do we start? Now?"

"Yes. Please, Senior Mikio, cover yourself with this robe first to hide your identity, and then we shall depart."

Uchiha Feng said, handing Uchiha Mikio a hooded robe similar to his own that could cover his entire body.

The Tea Country was not large; it took about an hour to travel from the town near the capital to the capital itself.

On the way, Feng told Uchiha Mikio his goal: to control the daimyo of the Tea Country, then use the daimyo's name to appoint him as a noble and have him recruited into the daimyo's guard.

This idea was not something Feng had decided on a whim; it was a thought he had held while watching the original anime and reading various fan-fiction novels in his previous life.

As a ninja, it was highly irrational to possess extraordinary power yet be ruled by ordinary people who had none.

Think about it: Obito Uchiha used genjutsu to control the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, of Kirigakure for a long time, manipulating the village from the shadows.

So, why couldn't other Uchiha use genjutsu to control the daimyo of a nation and manipulate that nation from the shadows?

As for the argument that Obito could control Yagura because he had a Mangekyo, one should remember that he was controlling a true Kage-level powerhouse who was also the perfect jinchuriki of the Three-Tails.

Other Uchiha, with their Three-Tomoe Sharingan, would only be controlling a daimyo with the strength of an ordinary person.

Anyone who understood the power of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's genjutsu would know how easy and simple this task truly was.

Therefore, Uchiha Feng, having transmigrated into the world of Naruto, was going to put this idea into action.

He would not be constrained by the rigid thinking of the natives in this world, who bowed and scraped before those with status but no real power, despite being powerful, extraordinary beings themselves.

Along the way, Uchiha Mikio would occasionally offer guidance: how to use chakra to run quickly, and how to control chakra in the soles of his feet to jump and move at high speeds through the trees.

As for why Uchiha Mikio was so attentive, one reason was that he wanted to complete the mission quickly so Feng would release the jutsu.

The other was that as a reanimated soul, he could feel that Feng, as the caster, could directly control him if he wished, yet Feng had chosen not to.

Perhaps it was out of respect for a senior, or perhaps it was simply because he didn't want to exert control, trusting that his elder would help him of his own volition.

Regardless of the reason, in the spirit of reciprocity, Uchiha Mikio felt he should do his best to help Feng achieve his goals.

Thus, whenever he discovered something Feng did not know or understand, he would offer guidance.

The Tea Country was a weak nation, bordering the Land of Fire, the strongest of the Five Great Nations. It had no ninja villages, and indeed, very few ninjas at all.

In terms of military force, there were only a few samurai acting as guards, barely protecting the extravagant lives of the local nobility.

As for bandits or invasions by other nations, the Tea Country almost always handled these by issuing tasks to Konoha ninjas.

Therefore, when Uchiha Feng arrived at the capital of the Tea Country with Uchiha Mikio and infiltrated the daimyo's palace, the two faced almost no resistance.

However, as they infiltrated the palace in broad daylight with many eyes around, they chose to lie low and wait until nightfall, when the world was quiet, to avoid causing a scene or drawing unnecessary attention.