A Cheat from Mother Blue Star

While Feng was racking his brains, in the Uchiha Clan District, clan head Uchiha Fugaku sat across from the Great Elder, Setsuna Uchiha.

"Uchiha Teuchi came by just now. He said Tetsutaro's son, Feng, has awakened the Sharingan. Elder Setsuna, I recall he belongs to your branch. Will you bring him back and settle him in the clan, or should I have Yakumi recruit him into the Konoha Military Police Force?" Fugaku spoke first.

"Hmph. If Tetsutaro hadn't insisted on moving out of the clan district back then, nothing would have happened last night. Since they already left, what right do they have to come back?" Setsuna snorted angrily.

He was an exceptionally hot-tempered man. In his youth, dissatisfied with the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's suppression of the Uchiha, he had actually dared to assassinate him and incite the Uchiha clansmen to rebel and cause trouble. Unfortunately, he had been far too weak and was casually suppressed by Tobirama Senju. He was then thrown into prison and only released many years later.

But because of that incident, he became the representative of the Uchiha Clan's Hawk Faction, and now he was even the one in power within the Hawk Faction.

"But Feng has awakened the Sharingan after all. We can't just leave him wandering outside, can we?" Fugaku tried to persuade him.

"You're right. You're the clan head anyway, so I won't interfere. Decide for yourself." With that, Elder Setsuna drained the tea on the table in one gulp, stood up, and left.

As a proud Uchiha, he looked down on Uchiha Fugaku, who now grovelled before Konoha's upper ranks. He had no desire to remain with him any longer, and he also held no affection for Feng's family, who had abandoned the Uchiha surname. Naturally, he had no interest in dealing with Feng.

Watching the Great Elder leave, Fugaku felt a headache coming on as well.

He had always hoped to change the irreconcilable relationship between the village and the clan. To him, the Hawk Faction was nothing but trouble. He only hoped that Feng would not turn out to be a Hawk Faction supporter.

In the Hokage's office, the former Third, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was handling the aftermath of last night's Nine-Tails Rebellion. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had been an outstanding Hokage, and Hiruzen had originally intended to willingly hand over the power in his hands to the Fourth Hokage.

But he had never expected that less than a year after taking office, the Fourth Hokage would sacrifice himself to protect the village.

Now, for the sake of the village, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only return to the Hokage's office and continue fighting for Konoha.

At present, he only hoped that he could hold on until the village elected a Fifth Hokage.

As he sighed to himself, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu of the Konoha Council of Elders, and the Jonin Corps members currently in the village all arrived at the Hokage Tower's conference room.

"How are the village's losses? Have the arrangements for comforting and resettling the villagers been made?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the three members of the Elder Council and asked.

Utatane Koharu, who handled the Elder Council's clerical work, answered first. "All losses have been tallied, and the funds needed for reconstruction and resettlement have been estimated. The documents are all here. Take a look."

"Hiruzen, although the villagers have been temporarily pacified, the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice has had a huge impact. With no Hokage in the village, everyone is anxious and unsettled. We still need to decide on a new Hokage as soon as possible," Mitokado Homura continued.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved a hand, cutting off Mitokado Homura. He turned instead to the other Jonin attending the meeting. "Everyone, how is the village reconstruction progressing?"

"Third-sama, there are no problems. Everything is proceeding step by step. Nothing will go wrong," the Jonin replied.

"Only, the compensation payments need to be distributed as soon as possible. Many people have lost the main providers of their households and have no source of income," a few dissenting voices added.

"Good. These are extraordinary times. Everyone must make sure to handle your own work properly. I will arrange the compensation payments." Hiruzen Sarutobi encouraged everyone while methodically assigning tasks.

"Danzō, I need you to deal with the spies in the village. What happened last night must be kept from the other ninja villages for as long as possible. Konoha has been severely weakened and cannot withstand a war." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked first at Shimura Danzō.

"No problem. My Root will work with the Anbu and make sure no rats leave Konoha.

Hiruzen, you are too weak. At a time like this, we need to be even more forceful..."

"Enough. Do as I say. Remember, I am the Hokage." Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, cutting off the rest of Danzō's words.

Danzō: ...He didn't want to talk anymore.

While the Third and Konoha's upper ranks dealt with the aftermath of Nine-Tails Night, Feng had begun going crazy in the hospital. In the eyes of those around him, Feng was muttering nonsense. "Damn it, if I had a cheat, why didn't it show up sooner? What the hell use is it now?"

As for the reason, while Feng was thinking about how to avoid becoming experimental fodder for Konoha's Root, he joyfully discovered that, as a standard transmigrator, he had a cheat.

The cheat was not particularly powerful. A hazy awareness told him it was a parting gift Mother Blue Star had given him before his transmigration: three special cards and instructions for using them.

The cards were about the size of the collectible cards elementary school students played with. There was nothing on them. Both sides were snow-white, and only Feng could see and use them. No one else could see or touch them.

The card instructions read:

'Hold one of the three cards while coming into contact with any person. One card can copy any one ninjutsu possessed by that person. After copying it, Feng can eat the card and master the copied ninjutsu just as well as its original owner.

The copied ninjutsu consumes the same resources as the original. For example, copying a Mangekyō Sharingan ocular technique consumes eye power, while opening the Eighth Gate of the Eight Gates costs one's life.

However, when the copied ninjutsu cannot consume resources in the same manner as the original—for example, if one copies a Mangekyō ocular technique while being blind and not even having eyes, there is naturally no eye power to consume.

The card will automatically shift the copied ninjutsu's consumption in the following order: original cost → chakra cost → life force cost, ensuring that the copier can successfully use the copied ninjutsu.

...'

There was a thick stack of instructions, yet not a single word explained anything else.

Ah, Mother Blue Star really was something else. If she was going to give me a cheat, she could have given me a stronger one. Still, it's better than nothing.

Feng could not help grumbling about it.

At the same time, he could not help complaining that he had transmigrated a little too late.

If he had arrived two days earlier, he could have leaned against the still-living "Little Sun," the Fourth Hokage, and copied his ridiculously flashy Flying Thunder God. Feng felt he could have taken off immediately, with his safety guaranteed. Why would he need to fear that bastard Danzō?!

But what did Konoha have now? There were only a few powerful ninja, and their powerful ninjutsu were all bizarre things...

The "strongest Hokage," Third Hiruzen Sarutobi? The only thing worth copying from him was the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, but that was a move for perishing together. Use it once, and he would go straight into the Death God's belly to play cards with the Fourth Hokage and the Yin Nine-Tails.

Might Guy, who had nearly kicked out the ending with one blow? Opening the Eight Gates placed extremely harsh demands on the body. With Feng's untrained body, forget opening the fatal Eighth Gate—even if it were merely the Seventh Gate, if he dared open it, his body would dare collapse.

Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan ocular technique? That guy seemed to be less than ten years old at the moment and had not awakened the Mangekyō yet. If Feng wanted to copy it, he would have to wait several years.

That beast Itachi's ocular technique? The other party was still just a little brat. He would have to wait until Shisui died several years later.

As for everyone else, what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates were they? Were any of them worth Feng wasting one of his only three copying opportunities on?!!