Miscellaneous Matters of Kirigakure, I and II

Ultimately, in the Uchiha's "selection of a bride," the young Uchiha Izumi unexpectedly and yet predictably emerged victorious.

It was unexpected because she wasn't the one everyone initially thought would be the best.

To the general public, Izumi's mother was just an ordinary Chunin in the clan who married out of the Uchiha at a young age.

Later, during the Nine-Tails Night in Konoha, Izumi witnessed her father's death and awakened the One-Tomoe Sharingan. To protect Izumi after she awakened the Sharingan, her mother moved back to the clan.

After that, perhaps because she only had half Uchiha blood in her body, Izumi did not show any outstanding potential or strength.

To everyone else, she was just an ordinary Genin who did simple tasks such as taking care of the daimyo's pets and helping the officials of the Land of Fire move.

In these respects, his experience is somewhat similar to Feng's.

But no one expected that Izumi, who left Konoha with Feng two years ago, would soon surpass the Two-Tomoe Sharingan and directly evolve into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, with a very high level of ocular power.

Therefore, it was only natural that Quan, who had the strongest pupil power and had trained the hardest over the past two years, became the final winner and earned the spot to become a member of the Feng Guard.

As for why Uchiha Izumi can still activate the Mitsudomoe even though there is no Uchiha Massacre now.

When Izumi joined the Royal Guard and was introduced to her by Kazue, Feng also remembered this tragic character from the original work who liked to take care of filial sons, witnessed the massacre of his clan on the Uchiha Massacre and awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and was subsequently killed by Obito, whose eyes became Obito's collection.

So he asked casually and got the answer.

When Izumi was in Konoha, she liked to take care of Itachi, who was like a "filial son." Later, she left Konoha with her mother, who joined the Hawk Faction Uchiha to protect her, and came to the current clan leader, Uchiha Feng.

Then I heard from my clansmen that the clan leader had personally pronounced his verdict: Itachi was a beast who wanted to kill his father and mother and destroy the clan.

Kind-hearted Izumi naturally didn't believe it and was thinking that sooner or later she would go to Itachi to confront the clansmen and the clan leader to clear Itachi's name.

Unexpectedly, before she could even take action, news arrived from Konoha that he had indeed slaughtered the clansmen who remained in Konoha and Itachi's parents.

As a result, Izumi's feelings of love for Itachi turned into extreme disappointment, coupled with her hatred and loathing for Konoha, which had brainwashed Itachi into a beast. Thus, Izumi evolved the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Feng was unaware of, and did not care about, the family's ostensible selection of personal guards that was in reality a selection of concubines.

He's so busy Tenten, he doesn't have time to care about those trivial things.

Leaving aside the rigorous training that they dared not slack off every day, the matter of gradually recruiting ninjas from Kirigakure back to the village required close monitoring and could not be taken lightly.

After all, the ninjas still alive in Kirigakure today have all experienced at least one "Bloody Mist Village" battle royale tournament, and some have even experienced it twice, including during the Fourth Ninja World War.

Ninjas who survive in such a harsh environment cannot be appeased or recruited with just a few words, not even with the intervention of Genji.

Feng's solution was—kill!

They slaughtered until everyone was terrified, until everyone's heart trembled, until not a single person in Kirigakure resisted.

As the ninjas from Kirigakure who were stationed outside were recalled in batches of only a hundred or eighty people each time, they were completely powerless against the nearly one thousand ninjas composed of the Uchiha and the original Kirigakure ninja clans, especially since they were ambushed.

In this situation, whether it's killing or capturing, it won't be too easy to get things done.

But reality is a bit surreal. Feng is prepared to be a butcher, and Genji is also prepared that even though there will be bloodshed in Kirigakure, at least it can be saved.

Unexpectedly, this massacre was just the beginning. Apart from the first wave of people returning to the village being severely punished, the subsequent pacification efforts were accomplished effortlessly by Feng Zhan, the leader, who only needed to show off a few moves.

As for the reason...?

"Masaka! It's actually the Flying Thunder God? I didn't die unjustly."

"Shiro! That's White Fang of Konoha's swordsmanship. We're no match for him after all!"

"Wait a minute! There's a Sharingan Mangekyō Sharingan even more powerful than Body Flicker Shisui Technique? I surrender! I surrender!"

This is what the first wave of Kirigakure ninjas returning to the village shouted when they faced the ambush set up by Feng and his men.

The only pity is that they surrendered a little too late, after more than half of them had died.

"This is the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Yellow Flash's signature Ninjutsu that allows ninjas from various countries to abandon their missions whenever they encounter it."

Is there also the White Fang of Konoha Sword Technique, which allows one to abandon the mission? Or the Sharingan, which is even more advanced than Body Flicker Shisui?

You... you actually dared to lay a hand on someone like that?! Holy crap, how did you even survive?!

This is the scene of the ninjas who returned to the village later. They were persuaded to surrender by the first wave of surviving ninjas, and then they were amazed when they saw Feng demonstrating the Flying Thunder God, White Fang Swordsmanship, and Mangekyō.

Then, they decisively surrendered. After all, even though the Kirigakure Ninja had played too many PUBG matches and were a bit stubborn, they didn't want to die.

Look at the situation. The enemy has a master who combines the advantages of three ninjas: the Yellow Flash, the White Fang of Konoha, and Body Flicker Shisui— ninjas who can abandon their missions if they encounter one. In terms of other strengths, numbers, prestige, and popular support, they also have an absolute advantage.

Our side: Our home has been stolen, and our entire family is in the hands of others. If we were to fight back, we would have to fight against ten, or even a hundred, opponents.

In this desperate situation, what else can you do but throw yourself in? Are you going to go up there and get yourself killed?

Even if it were given away, it would be a waste if the village had already been occupied.

Not only will he not die a worthy death, but he will most likely be recorded in books and repeatedly despised and whipped as a villain in the future.

With this in mind, most of the Kirigakure Ninja returned to the village afterward had little desire to resist, which made Feng's subsequent incorporation work go very smoothly, with almost no further casualties.

However, Feng has not yet completely incorporated Kirigakure into his forces; he has not touched the ninja stationed at the borders of the Water, Fire, and Water/Lightning nations.

The ninjas on the borders of the Water and Fire kingdoms are only temporarily not being dealt with, not that they can't be. After all, the current Hokage of Konoha is a "ninja bear," and there won't be any problems if we don't deal with them for the time being.

However, the border between the Land of Water and the Land of Lightning cannot be taken lightly. The Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning is the strongest and most aggressive of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. The village is dominated by martial arts factions, which admire strength and have a fierce and valiant culture that respects the strong.

If Feng dares to abandon border defenses in order to incorporate them, he can withdraw his troops in the morning and then attack from Kumogakure in the afternoon. He even dares to send people directly to Kirigakure to assess their strength.

He would naturally not allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, the specifics of how to incorporate the Kirigakure Ninja on the border and how to adjust the manpower to take over the garrison must be carefully considered.

In addition, after completely taking over Kirigakure, some troubles from Kirigakure also came to Fengtou.

For example, the daily life of eating, drinking, and Kirigakure.

Because of the repeated "Bloody Mist Village" incidents, the Daimyo of the Land of Water had already reduced his aid to Kirigakure to a minimum.

This has resulted in Kirigakure constantly struggling to make ends meet.

This is why Feng's previous plan to recruit a large number of Kirigakure Ninja for a troop deployment was so successful.

That plan would be extremely difficult to succeed if it were implemented in the three hidden villages of Konoha, Iwa, and Kumo, which have ample funds.

Of course, it could also succeed against Sunagakure, since Sunagakure had long been cut off from aid by the Daimyo due to their loss in the Ninja War, and relied entirely on the Third and Fourth Kazekage using Magnet Release to extract Gold Dust to survive.

Life there was even harder than in Kirigakure. They didn't recover until Gaara became Kazekage, and it wasn't until about twenty or thirty years later, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations era, that they finally caught up with the other major ninja villages.

However, while this was a big deal for other ninja villages, it was nothing to Feng.

He currently controls six countries, among which the Land of Water is one of the Five Great Nations of the Ninja World. While its military strength isn't particularly impressive, its financial resources are negligible compared to the expenses incurred by the Kirigakure Village.