Thanks to Mother Blue Star for the Cheat

While Feng was still troubled, in the Uchiha Clan District, clan head Uchiha Fugaku sat across from the elder Setsuna Uchiha.

"Uchiha Teuchi came by just now. He said Tetsutaro's son, Feng, had awakened the Sharingan. Elder Setsuna Uchiha, I remember he belongs to your branch. Will you bring him back into the clan and make arrangements for him, or should I have Yakumi recruit him into the Konoha Military Police Force?" Fugaku Uchiha 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 left, what right do they have to come back?" Setsuna Uchiha 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 dared to assassinate him and even incited the Uchiha Clan to rebel and stir up trouble. Unfortunately, he was far too weak and was effortlessly subdued by Tobirama Senju. He was then thrown into prison and was not released until many years later.

Yet because of that incident, he became the representative of the Uchiha Clan's Hawk Faction and was now its leader.

"But Feng has awakened the Sharingan after all. We can't just leave him out there," Fugaku Uchiha persuaded.

"You're right. You're the clan head anyway, so I won't concern myself with this. Make the decision yourself." With that, Elder Setsuna Uchiha drained the tea on the table in one gulp, rose, and left.

As a proud Uchiha, he looked down on Uchiha Fugaku, who was now so subservient to Konoha's higher-ups. He had no desire to spend more time with him, and he had no favorable impression of Feng's family for abandoning the Uchiha surname. Naturally, he had no interest in dealing with Feng.

Watching the elder leave, Fugaku Uchiha felt a headache coming on.

For someone who had always wanted to change the irreconcilable relationship between the village and the clan, members of the Hawk Faction were all trouble. He could only hope that Feng was not a Hawk Faction supporter.

In the Hokage's office, the former Third Hokage, 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 Sarutobi had originally intended to willingly hand over the power in his hands to him.

But who could have expected that the Fourth Hokage would sacrifice himself to protect the village less than a year after taking office?

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

At present, he only hoped he could hold on until the village selected the Fifth Hokage.

As he sighed to himself, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and the members of the village's jōnin council all arrived at the Hokage Tower's conference room.

"How are the village's losses? Have the arrangements to comfort and resettle the villagers been made?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the three members of the Council of Elders.

Utatane Koharu, who was responsible for clerical work among the Council of Elders, answered first. "All losses have been counted, 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 had a huge impact. Without a Hokage, everyone is uneasy. We still need to determine a new Hokage as soon as possible," Mitokado Homura added.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved a hand, cutting Mitokado Homura off, then turned to the other jōnin attending the meeting. "Everyone, how is the village's reconstruction progressing?"

"Third Hokage, there are no problems. Everything is proceeding step by step. Nothing will go wrong," the jōnin replied.

"Only, the compensation payments need to be distributed as soon as possible. Many people have lost their family's breadwinners and have no source of income," a few dissenting voices said.

"Good. These are extraordinary times. Everyone must handle the work in your hands 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 to Shimura Danzō first.

"No problem. My Root will work with the Anbu and ensure that not a single rat leaves Konoha.

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

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

Danzō: ...I don't want to talk anymore.

While the Third Hokage and the higher-ups handled the aftermath of Nine-Tails Night, Feng had already started going crazy in the hospital. To everyone else, he seemed to be muttering nonsense. "Damn it, if I had a cheat, why didn't it come sooner? What the hell use is it now?"

The reason was that, while Feng had been thinking about how to avoid becoming experimental material for Konoha's Root, he had delightedly 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 from Mother Blue Star before his transmigration: three special cards and instructions for using them.

The cards were about the size of the collectible cards elementary school kids played with. There was nothing on them, both sides snow-white. 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 making contact with any person. Each card can copy any one ninjutsu possessed by that person. After copying it, Feng can eat the card and master the copied ninjutsu exactly as its original owner did.

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

However, if the copied ninjutsu cannot consume resources in the same way as the original—for example, if the user copies a Mangekyō Sharingan ocular technique while blind, without even having eyes, then naturally there is no eye power to consume.

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

...'

There was a whole stack of instructions, yet not a single word mentioned anything else.

Ah, Mother Blue Star really could have sent a stronger cheat. 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 too late.

If he had arrived two days earlier, he could have leaned against the still-alive "Little Sun," the Fourth Hokage, and copied his incredibly flashy Flying Thunder God. Feng felt he could have taken off right then and there, with his safety level maxed out. What would he have to fear from that bastard Danzō?!

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

The "strongest Hokage," the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi? He only had one technique worth copying: the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. But that thing was a mutual-destruction move. 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 kick? Opening the Eight Gates placed extremely harsh demands on the body. With Feng's untrained body, forget the fatal Eighth Gate—even if he dared to open the Seventh Gate, his body would dare to collapse;

Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan ocular technique? That guy seemed to be under ten right now and had not awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan yet. If Feng wanted to copy it, he would have to wait a few years;

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

As for everyone else, what kind of crooked melons and rotten dates were they? Were any of them worth Feng wasting one of his only three chances to copy?!!