Yashiro Uchiha, Completely Convinced

Yashiro Uchiha looked at the giant before him, as imposing as a war god, swallowed hard, and felt a chill run through his heart.

Even his strongest A-rank ninjutsu, unleashed at full power, was less than half the size of that giant.

The clan records said their ancestor Madara Uchiha had used this thing to beat the Nine-Tails like a dog.

Even if Feng was not as strong as their ancestor, he should at least be able to fight the Nine-Tails to a draw, right?

With such overwhelming power, Yashiro felt that perhaps he should simply surrender and try trusting what Feng had said before.

"Uncle Yashiro! Here I come! Hahaha!

Swordsmanship: Iaijutsu!"

Unfortunately, Feng had no intention of giving him that chance. Laughing loudly, he controlled Susanoo and launched an attack at Yashiro.

No man could refuse the joy of piloting a mech. Now that Feng was controlling Susanoo like one, of course he had to have some fun with it.

With a single swift Iaijutsu draw slash, the earth was instantly torn open by a gash hundreds of meters long.

Facing that attack head-on, Yashiro Uchiha had to use every ounce of strength he had just to barely evade this map-wide attack that was somehow still a single-target strike aimed right at him.

"Feng! I surrender!

Little Feng! I surrender! I give up!"

Yashiro Uchiha hurriedly shouted after dodging the attack.

Seeing Susanoo preparing to unleash another sword technique, he feared that if he shouted any later, even his ashes would be scattered.

Fight that thing?

Forget it!

Feng had said he had awakened the Mangekyō. Yashiro only had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, so it was perfectly normal that he could not win. Losing would not be embarrassing.

For the Uchiha Clan, whoever had the more advanced eyes was stronger.

"..."

Hearing Yashiro Uchiha's cries, Feng was somewhat speechless.

He had not even had enough fun with this "Gundam," yet the battle was already over.

Unwilling to accept it, he could only start showing off against the nearby mountains and forests.

Sword Art: Cold Gleam. Two neighboring mountains were pierced straight through.

Sword Technique: Dragon Flash. After a flurry of slashes, everything within nearly a thousand meters of him—grass and trees alike—had turned to ash, becoming barren wasteland.

Sword Art: Downfall. With a strike that descended from the sky after leaping into the air, the hundred-meter trench carved out by his Iaijutsu slash became a massive crater.

Sword Technique: Sky Severing. A chakra sword aura one hundred meters wide directly cleaved through two mountains.

Sword Art: Cross Slash. Sky Severing followed by Dragon Flash after a Body Flicker formed a cross-shaped strike that turned the two mountaintops Sky Severing had just sent flying into rubble.

Then, the basin-sized Modified Great Fireball Blazing Fireball Technique, under Susanoo's use, expanded to dozens of meters in size and further transformed the wasteland beneath his feet into scorched earth.

Finally, the Rasengan cast by Susanoo directly destroyed the half-cleaved mountain, turning it into yet another giant crater.

Having already retreated extremely far away, Yashiro Uchiha widened his slitted eyes until they looked like bells.

That power, that strength...

Unless Ancestor Madara was reborn, who could possibly rival him?

Why was Feng still outside carrying out some country-control plan? Would it not be simpler and faster to just return to Konoha and steamroll everything?

After Feng played around for a while, the voice of the Nine-Tails sounded in his mind again.

"Feng, in your current state, you can probably only maintain full power for ten minutes."

"Hm? What's the reason?"

Feng froze at those words and asked in confusion.

He did not believe that the Nine-Tails, which could supply chakra to tens of thousands of Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War, would be exhausted after supporting a Perfect Susanoo at full power for merely ten minutes.

There had to be another reason.

"Feng, you and I are only temporary partners.

We cannot achieve true mutual understanding, so our chakra cannot perfectly complement one another.

Therefore, your body can currently only receive enough chakra from me for you to fight at full power for ten minutes.

Any more than that, the consciousness within my chakra will devour your consciousness and send you into a berserk state where you cannot distinguish friend from foe.

Then, once your consciousness is completely devoured by mine, you will die, taking me with you."

The Nine-Tails patiently explained the reason.

That explanation left Feng helpless.

After all, he only treated the Nine-Tails as a rechargeable chakra battery, and his secret as a transmigrator could never be revealed.

Therefore, truly connecting with the Nine-Tails was absolutely impossible.

Fortunately, with his current strength, as long as he did not go around causing trouble, it was more than enough.

And in Feng's mind, the Nine-Tails was only temporarily sealed inside him. His future plans did not require the Nine-Tails.

Thus, maintaining the current arrangement was acceptable.

"Mm, I understand.

Kurama, please keep an eye on that from now on. Do not let me go berserk.

If I can't win, I still have the Flying Thunder God Technique to run away."

Having thought it through, Feng said this to the Nine-Tails.

"Hm?! You useless brat actually want to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to run away...

If Tobirama and Minato found out, they would probably teleport over and chop you up immediately.

Heh, as long as you know what you're doing."

Upon hearing that, the Nine-Tails first mocked him as usual, then lowered its head indifferently.

It was merely a sealed Tailed Beast. Other than talking to satisfy itself, there was nothing else it could do. It could only rely on its Jinchūriki.

"Feng! Little Feng! What's wrong with you?!"

In the distance, Yashiro Uchiha saw Uchiha Feng, who was operating Susanoo, suddenly become completely motionless and hurriedly called out.

After witnessing the strength Feng had just displayed, Yashiro had already moved Shisui, Tekka, and the other talented juniors in the clan far down in his estimation.

Those geniuses were only geniuses for now. They needed time to grow, and no one knew how far they would ultimately develop.

Yet Feng, who was around the same age as them, had already grown into a towering tree.

Who was the true genius, and who deserved the clan's favor more, was obvious at a glance.

By the time Feng heard the call, he had more or less finished speaking with the Nine-Tails.

He then dispelled Susanoo, and his figure suddenly blurred.

Whoosh!

A crisp sound rang out not far from Yashiro Uchiha. He turned toward it, only to see Feng had suddenly appeared nearby from the distance.

"Flying Thunder God?!"

Yashiro Uchiha could not help crying out, instantly understanding.

No wonder his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had been unable to see how Feng disappeared during their spar.

"It was Minato's Flying Thunder God, wasn't it?!

Feng, it had to be the Flying Thunder God, right?! It had to be!"

He questioned Feng repeatedly, but in his heart, he was already certain that Feng had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Mm, Flying Thunder God. It isn't as smooth as the Fourth Hokage's.

But overall, it is not much different."

Feng nodded and admitted it.

He had already used the Flying Thunder God Technique in front of many people, so he did not intend to hide it too carefully.

"Hahaha! Good! Wonderful!

Divine Power Susanoo, and the Flying Thunder God that can travel through space.

Hahaha! With those two, who could possibly be your opponent?

Let me see who in Konoha dares give our Uchiha Clan attitude from now on.

Ha! Ha! Ha!"

Upon receiving Feng's confirmation, Yashiro Uchiha laughed wildly without stopping.

"Hey! Uncle Yashiro, stop going on about Konoha, Konoha.

I made it very clear in my letter to you.

I did not seek you out to figure out how to return to Konoha.

I wanted to discuss getting a few people skilled in genjutsu out of the clan to help me.

No matter how impressive you are in Konoha, you end up as nothing more than a village chief. I am now the husband of the Tea Country's daimyō and its actual ruler.

The ruler of a nation, or a village chief.

Uncle Yashiro, anyone with half a brain knows which is better."

Hearing that, Feng could not help interrupting Yashiro Uchiha's wild laughter.

Konoha? A bunch of superhumans engaging in village brawls was the kind of petty nonsense Feng truly had no interest in joining.

"Oh? Oh! Right! Right!

With your strength, Feng, you naturally see farther than we do.

Whatever you say, we'll do."

Yashiro Uchiha did not refute Feng at all, merely nodded and agreed repeatedly.

At the same time, he thought to himself:

Feng awakened the Mangekyō, possesses Divine Power Susanoo, and knows the Flying Thunder God that travels through space. He is definitely stronger than useless people like us in the clan who only have the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Listening to Feng cannot be wrong.

As for someone having doubted whether Feng possessed the Mangekyō just now, Yashiro claimed he knew absolutely nothing about that.

Feng smiled at this, suddenly feeling that he had been too polite. With the Uchiha, he should not wait to use force until talks failed. He should act first and reason later.

Look at the Uchiha Sasuke from the original story. Back when he had the One-Tomoe Sharingan, he ruled the Ninja Academy like a tyrant and acted like he was invincible.

After graduating, Kakashi casually taught him a lesson, and he learned to cooperate. After Zabuza Momochi taught him a lesson, he learned to ask for guidance.

Later, after awakening the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Mangekyō, he contributed countless classic moments of, "The sky is clear, the rain has stopped, and the Uchiha Sasuke thinks he can do it again."

So Feng decided that when he communicated with clansmen in the future, he would state his purpose directly. Anyone who disagreed would get beaten on the spot. Reasoning after beating them up would be more efficient.

"Uncle Yashiro, do you really mean that whatever I say goes?"

Feng looked at Yashiro Uchiha and asked with utmost seriousness.

Next, he intended to replicate what he had done in the Tea Country across other nations. He had to ensure that those carrying out the work were completely united.

Otherwise, if they were exposed, the Uchiha Clan might have nowhere left in the Ninja World.

"Uh... I'll listen to you in the future.

The guards under my command will listen to me too, so that should not be a problem.

But as for everyone else, you will need to persuade them personally. I cannot make decisions for them."

Yashiro Uchiha had initially wanted to agree outright, but then remembered that he was merely a Guard Force captain.

He could not decide for the other captains at his level, could not decide for the elders, could not decide for the Uchiha combat forces stationed outside, and could not decide for the commander-in-chief—the clan head—even more so.

Thus, he hurriedly pulled back his words before they fully left his mouth.

"It's fine. I do not need many people, only three who are exceptionally skilled at genjutsu control.

As I recall, one Guard Force unit has ten squads.

Every squad captain has at least the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

It should not be difficult to find three among them who are skilled in genjutsu, right?"

Feng said.

He planned to take control of the three island nations south of the Tea Country—Moon, Rainbow, and Southern Red State Island—after Kirigakure's Bloody Mist Village rose again soon.

Those three nations had originally followed the Land of Water and Kirigakure's lead.

Before Kirigakure became the Bloody Mist Village, the ninjas in the village handled almost all missions from those three countries.

But after the Bloody Mist Village emerged, Kirigakure's ninjas would no longer have time for missions. What they needed to consider was how to survive within the village.

Therefore, by then, Feng would face almost no obstacles in taking control of those three nations.

Furthermore, the three countries were far from the shinobi continent, making them easier to hide without being discovered.

"Three people skilled in genjutsu?

That is no problem. I'll arrange for them to come over when I return."

Yashiro Uchiha only thought for a moment before immediately agreeing.

The captains of Squads Nine, Five, Two, and Seven were all quite skilled in genjutsu. The captains of Squads Two and Seven even possessed the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, so they should meet Feng's requirements.

"No, do not bring them here directly.

After selecting the candidates, arrange for them to be sent to the battlefield garrison at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water.

Then find a way to fake their deaths and make them disappear from Konoha's sight.

Afterward, have them come near Upper Leaf City and activate these. I'll use the Flying Thunder God Technique to pick them up."

As he spoke, Feng handed Yashiro Uchiha two kunai bearing Flying Thunder God Formulas.

"Keep the other one on you at all times so I can send you messages whenever I need to.

You are too famous. If you fake your death, the clan might fall into chaos.

You should remain in Konoha and maintain the status quo. I happen to have an important matter for you to handle in the clan in the future."

"...All right!"

Yashiro Uchiha fell silent for a moment, then answered firmly.

He had originally wanted to follow Feng as well, but upon hearing that there was an important matter involving the clan,

he immediately decided to follow Feng's arrangements and return to Konoha with peace of mind.

"Heh, then I'll await your good news, Uncle Yashiro."

Feng immediately smiled and bid the other man farewell.

After playing around here with the Perfect Susanoo, the commotion had been too great. It would not be long before someone came to investigate.

And he did not want to reveal too much yet.

So, now that they had finished talking, the two of them needed to get out of there quickly.