Talking Failed, So He'd 'Persuade' Him Instead

A mountain forest outside the city, vast and deserted on all sides, was perfect for a battlefield.

Feng had found it along the way to Upper Leaf City.

He understood all too well that trying to reason with a powerful Uchiha without beating them into submission was completely impossible.

After all, they were Uchiha.

Before awakening the Sharingan: Reason? I'm trash. Whatever you say is right. Don't ask trash like me.

With a One-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe Sharingan: Reason? How could ordinary people like you possibly understand a genius like me? So you should all listen to me.

Then, upon meeting someone who could utterly crush them: You're even more amazing than this genius, so what you say must make sense. But if I catch up to you, that means I've grasped a deeper truth than you have, so you should listen to me instead.

After awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan: I am the chosen one. Reason? My reason is reason.

It didn't work? Someone must be sabotaging me.

No one was sabotaging me? Then there must be something wrong with this world.

How could the chosen one's reasoning possibly be wrong? If it didn't work, then this world must have a problem. I'll change this world and make it better, a world where reason can be heard!

So, before deciding to meet Yashiro Uchiha, Feng had already prepared a place to 'persuade' him.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Modified Fireball Jutsu: Blazing Fireball Technique!"

Without any unnecessary movements, the two immediately exchanged Fire Release attacks.

The C-rank Fireball Jutsu was naturally weaker than the B-rank Dragon Fire Technique.

But Feng's modified Blazing Fireball Technique, with its higher temperature, greater speed, and denser flames, clashed against the higher-ranked Dragon Fire Technique, which required continuous output, and the result was a stalemate in midair.

However, the Blazing Fireball Technique did not need to be maintained.

So after releasing it, Feng leaped high into the air and hurled three kunai bearing Flying Thunder God Formulas at Yashiro Uchiha, who was maintaining the Dragon Fire Technique.

He then landed swiftly and charged toward his opponent, one hand gripping his sword hilt and the other held before his chest, ready to form seals at any moment.

Yashiro Uchiha had kept watch in every direction. When he saw Feng leap up and throw the kunai—

He stopped maintaining the Dragon Fire Technique's clash with the Blazing Fireball Technique, then used the Body Flicker Technique repeatedly to evade the incoming kunai, as well as the Blazing Fireball Technique that continued flying toward him after shattering the Dragon Fire Technique.

Yashiro had just finished all that when he had no time to make another move.

Feng had already rushed before Yashiro Uchiha and begun close combat.

He wielded a custom-made high-grade katana, while Yashiro used a standard-issue kunai. In close combat, Feng clearly held the advantage.

Clang!

Feng struck first, but his physical abilities had only recently reached Chunin level. Yashiro Uchiha struck second, but he was unquestionably a Jonin.

Their first close-range exchange barely ended in a draw.

"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"

But the instant their eyes met after the draw, Yashiro Uchiha activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and cast a genjutsu.

Feng's One-Tomoe Sharingan was naturally nowhere near enough. He could only rely on the powerful spiritual strength brought by his transmigrator's soul, barely holding on for one second before being controlled by the genjutsu.

"Feng, with strength this weak, your words have no persuasive power at all."

Seeing Feng controlled by the genjutsu and unable to move—

Yashiro Uchiha stepped forward as he spoke casually.

He believed that once his kunai was held to Feng's throat, Feng would understand that he was merely a weakling spouting nonsense.

The clan being exterminated? With him around, with Elder Setsuna, and with outstanding juniors like Tekka, Inabi Uchiha, and Shisui, how could the clan possibly be exterminated?

Whoosh!

Just as Yashiro Uchiha was about to place his kunai against Feng's throat, Feng vanished.

"Sword Technique: Dragon Flash!"

Feng's blade wind came from behind Yashiro in an unbelievable instant, while Feng quietly said:

"Thanks, Kurama."

He was thanking the Nine-Tails for helping him break the genjutsu just now.

Yashiro Uchiha, however, furrowed his brow. With an incomprehensible look on his face, he spun around instantly and blocked Feng's incoming katana.

For someone with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, there were almost no movements he could not see clearly.

Yet he had not seen how Feng vanished just now. This... was completely impossible, yet it had truly happened.

He could not figure out what had happened.

As for Genjutsu: Sharingan being broken, it was only a basic C-rank genjutsu. As an Uchiha, it was perfectly normal for Feng to break it instantly. It would have been stranger if he could not.

"Dragon Flash again!"

Feng swung his sword again. He believed that even if Yashiro Uchiha had been slightly distracted, he could still block it.

Yashiro Uchiha was a ninja who had survived the Second and Third Ninja World Wars.

His combat ability was beyond question. Even while distracted, he instinctively blocked Feng's incoming slash first.

He then used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat and followed up with "Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"

The entire sequence flowed in one smooth motion.

He spat out scattered phoenix-flower flames that attacked Feng from all directions.

Feng did not even dodge. He charged directly at his opponent.

The chakra-coated long blade in his hand scattered some of the phoenix-flower flames whenever necessary.

He endured the rest with his activated Initial-Form Susanoo.

All to close the distance to his target faster.

Yashiro Uchiha clearly had not expected Feng to withstand his Phoenix Flower Jutsu head-on.

He had originally used the Phoenix Flower Jutsu to leave Feng nowhere to evade, forcing him to use again that sudden movement or ninjutsu that even his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had failed to see.

As a result, Yashiro lost the initiative and was forced back by Feng's sword technique.

But the strength of an Uchiha Jonin was beyond question. After several exchanges, Yashiro once again found an opportunity to pull away from Feng.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

If the C-rank Phoenix Flower Jutsu could not force out Feng's disappearing movement, then he would use a B-rank ninjutsu at full power!

Feng had been able to withstand the previous attack with Susanoo. Yashiro did not believe Susanoo could withstand the immensely powerful Great Dragon Fire Technique now.

If Feng had known what Yashiro Uchiha was thinking, he would have told him that he was only slightly stronger than the guy who stabbed Susanoo with a kunai.

In the original story, even Susanoo's skeletal form could block the A-rank Rasenshuriken.

Thus, the moment the two had pulled apart and Yashiro Uchiha formed his hand seals, Feng closed the distance again.

A B-rank Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique? To Susanoo, it was no more than a hot shower.

Seeing that even the Great Dragon Fire Technique was useless, Yashiro Uchiha was immediately dumbfounded.

Damn it, he knew Susanoo was powerful—after all, it was the legendary power of the gods—but he had never expected it to be this powerful.

Yashiro could not help muttering inwardly:

Do I have to use the A-rank ninjutsu I keep as a trump card? But A-rank ninjutsu isn't easy to control.

Feng is so reckless too, just like those barbarians from Kumogakure who love charging into close combat and tanking attacks head-on.

What if Susanoo can't withstand it? Wouldn't that put Feng's life in danger?

Because Feng was a member of the Uchiha clan, Yashiro Uchiha could not bear to strike ruthlessly.

But Feng would not give Yashiro time to dwell on such random thoughts.

Breaking through the Great Dragon Fire Technique with Susanoo, he gave a low shout. "Sword Technique: Sky Sever!"

A charged, crescent-shaped chakra sword wave slashed out instantly.

Feng then burst forward with his fastest Body Flicker Technique behind the sword wave, with Sword Technique: Dragon Flash ready to strike.

Almost simultaneously, Sky Sever's sword wave and Dragon Flash's blade struck Yashiro Uchiha's body.

Then, without any resistance, Yashiro Uchiha's body split into four pieces.

Before his death, his face was filled with astonishment.

Feng, who had attacked, was equally astonished. He only wanted to beat Yashiro Uchiha into submission—he had not wanted to kill him.

Bang!

An unusual sound rang out.

"Feng!"

The strange sound was accompanied by a shout.

Hearing it, Feng instinctively raised his head toward the source of the voice.

"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"

Yashiro Uchiha's body, which had been split into four, turned into smoke and vanished.

Behind the smoke, a lively and unharmed Yashiro Uchiha's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun.

Feng's vision went black, and he lost all feeling throughout his body.

But only moments later, he felt himself recover.

Yet once he recovered, Feng saw that his body had been nailed in place by enormous iron stakes, leaving him unable to move.

"Ugh, genjutsu really is troublesome."

Realizing that he had fallen under genjutsu again, Feng could not help sighing. Before obtaining Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, genjutsu would be his greatest weakness.

"Feng, it seems I won."

Within the genjutsu space, Yashiro Uchiha smiled at Feng.

Combined with his naturally narrowed eyes, it gave people the feeling that he was smiling and yet not smiling at all.

But the smile on his face did not even last two seconds before the genjutsu space began to collapse and disperse.

"Hehe, Uncle Yashiro, you celebrated too soon."

Having broken the genjutsu, Feng smiled at Yashiro Uchiha.

At the same time, he quietly added, "Sorry to trouble you again, Kurama."

"Hmph. You got controlled by genjutsu twice in such a short time.

"You are the most incompetent Jinchūriki I have ever seen."

Within the mental space, the Nine-Tails raised a brow and spoke disdainfully.

Feng merely pursed his lips and forced himself not to argue.

He knew the Nine-Tails had a long history of being controlled by genjutsu, but Kurama was his self-provided cheat-code battery pack. He could not offend him—he even had to coax him often.

However, while he could not offend the Nine-Tails, he could go all out against Yashiro Uchiha.

He had nearly been scared to death just now. After warming up for so long, it was time to show some real skill and let his opponent understand which Uchiha was qualified to stand and speak reason.

"Uncle Yashiro, I'm going all out next, so be careful!"

Yashiro had warned Feng before casting his genjutsu just now, so Feng warned him as well.

After speaking, he said in a voice only he could hear:

"Kurama, please lend me your chakra next.

"I want to see what level I can reach when I go all out."

"Haha! Good! I also happen to want to see whether you have the ability to stop Black Zetsu and Madara.

"Take as much chakra as you need. Use it as you please!"

In the mental space, the Nine-Tails laughed loudly and continuously sent chakra out.

As Feng received the Nine-Tails' chakra, he used all of it to cast Susanoo.

The dark crimson Susanoo around Feng rapidly expanded.

First, it swiftly grew legs. Its skeletal body began to fill with meridians and flesh, even gaining a garment-like outer layer formed from chakra.

Finally, a giant warrior more than one hundred meters tall, resembling a towering samurai clad in majestic armor, stood upon the earth.

The giant warrior had wings on its back that could soar through the skies, and a samurai greatsword at its waist that could easily cleave mountains apart.

Merely standing there made others deeply feel their own smallness and helplessness.

The Perfect Susanoo, which normally required one to train the Mangekyō Sharingan's ocular power to the extreme and possess an immense amount of chakra to use—

At this moment, after Madara Uchiha, Feng displayed it once more through a shortcut, with the help of a cheat.