Excitement, joy, satisfaction—those were the expressions on Feng's face as he left the Hokage's office.
Everyone who passed by and saw him found it incredibly strange. They simply could not understand why Feng, after being reprimanded and lectured by the Hokage, wore such an expression.
Before entering the Hokage's office, Feng had been an arrogant Uchiha, as well as a shameless, unyielding rascal.
Yet now, if one said Hiruzen Sarutobi had set him straight, Feng had gone straight home after leaving the Hokage's office and stayed indoors all day, not even reporting to the Konoha Military Police Force. He told anyone who tried to persuade him to get lost. The sole exception was that he had agreed to meet with his clan head.
But if one said he had not been set straight, Feng claimed he was staying home every day to seriously study the book Will of Fire that the Hokage had given him.
For that reason, Feng locked himself inside for an entire week before finally stepping out.
Publicly, he said he had agreed to meet with the clan head. In truth, he had already planned his escape from Konoha and no longer needed to hide at home to think things through.
Feng had originally planned to use the card that copied Reanimation Jutsu: Hiruzen Sarutobi Version, then immediately find time to visit Konoha's cemetery, dig up several powerful corpses, reanimate them, and flee Konoha.
But considering that he was now something of a focal figure in the village, he feared that if he went to the graveyard, he would be recognized and caught the moment he started digging, then promptly finished.
So Feng's current plan was to quietly act like an ordinary nobody in the village for a while and let everyone stop paying attention to him.
Then he would find a way to dig up corpses at the cemetery and make his escape.
Of course, before that, Feng had to meet his clan head, Uchiha Fugaku.
After Feng had been lectured by Hiruzen Sarutobi, Fugaku had immediately summoned him.
But at the time, Feng had been eager to use the card that had copied the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and make Reanimation Jutsu: Hiruzen Sarutobi Version his own.
So, using the excuse that he needed to study and research the Will of Fire given to him by the Lord Third, he postponed Uchiha Fugaku's summons for several days.
Now, after a week of study, Feng had completely mastered Reanimation Jutsu: Hiruzen Sarutobi Version.
After all, a ninjutsu copied by a Copy Card came with the original owner's level of mastery once consumed. Although Feng had poor talent as a ninja, he had spent nearly twenty years studying in his previous life, so his comprehension was not bad.
Not long after, within the clan head's courtyard in the Uchiha Clan District, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Feng sat facing each other.
Fugaku spoke first. "Feng, you were able to change under the Lord Third's guidance and stop being so radical.
"I'm very pleased. It shows that the Lord Third put genuine effort into this.
"It seems that Konoha's upper echelon—at the very least, the Lord Third—still holds goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan."
Seeing Feng so quiet now and no longer causing trouble, Uchiha Fugaku was very pleased.
He felt that his efforts over the years had not been wasted. His painstaking work suppressing the clan's Hawk Faction and humbling himself to curry favor with Konoha's higher-ups had finally received a response.
"Heh heh, Clan Head, as long as you're happy." Feng smiled in reply. Though he knew Fugaku was wrong, he did not argue.
"Mm. I heard that the Lord Third will assess your understanding of the Will of Fire in one month. You need not report to the Konoha Military Police Force during that month. Stay home and study in peace.
"Do your best to make the Lord Third see you in a new light a month from now, and let him understand that the Uchiha Clan possesses a true Will of Fire as well."
Uchiha Fugaku spoke again and made arrangements for Feng.
"Mm, thank you, Clan Head. I'll study the Will of Fire carefully, but..." Feng casually agreed, then began making a request.
"Go on. But what? So long as it is not an excessive request, it will be fine."
"Heh heh, how could I possibly make an excessive request of you, Clan Head? I only have one small wish that I hope you can fulfill."
"...Tell me." Uchiha Fugaku frowned, displeasure appearing on his face.
He had not expected Feng, a Genin of the clan, to not only refuse to obey the clan head's summons and orders without question, but to bargain as well.
If he had not still been counting on Feng to restore some of the clan's reputation when he met the Lord Third again in a month, Uchiha Fugaku would have hit him with a Sharingan genjutsu and taught him the dignity of a clan head.
"Heh heh, Clan Head, I hope you can shake my hand."
Feng directly ignored Uchiha Fugaku's displeasure, pretending not to see it as he continued grinning.
"Shake hands?"
"Yes, just a simple handshake."
"This... fine." Uchiha Fugaku sensed that something was off, but a handshake was such a trivial matter that it could hardly cause any trouble.
Combined with his confidence in his own strength, he still extended one hand.
In response, Feng quickly summoned his remaining two Copy Cards into his hand again, though one of them bore the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
Then he clasped Uchiha Fugaku's outstretched hand with both of his and silently recited, Copy Mangekyō Sharingan ocular techniques.
Then, under Feng's exceedingly expectant gaze, two options appeared on the blank Copy Card: Mangekyō Sharingan ocular techniques—Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi.
Feng knew exactly what Amaterasu was. It seemed to be a hereditary Mangekyō ocular technique of Uchiha Fugaku's family, and Feng did not particularly want it.
As for the Tsukuyomi listed afterward, its effects were unknown. Feng used the blank Copy Card to copy that ocular technique.
More importantly, being able to copy Mangekyō Sharingan ocular techniques from Uchiha Fugaku proved that he could use Susanoo. That was what Feng wanted most.
Tsukuyomi, whose effects he did not know, was merely an added bonus. Feng was very unlikely to use it.
Of the three Copy Cards Feng had brought with him when he transmigrated, one had been used to copy Reanimation Jutsu. Now, another would definitely be used to copy Susanoo.
The final one, barring any surprises, would be saved to copy either the Flying Thunder God Technique or Kamui's intangibility.
"Thank you, Clan Head. I'll go back and continue studying the Will of Fire."
After quickly erasing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal from the card, then copying Uchiha Fugaku's Susanoo, Feng released his hand and spoke happily.
"Mm. Go." Uchiha Fugaku replied sternly.
After returning from the clan head's home to his own, Feng lay on the floor and laughed himself mad.
With Impure World Reincarnation and Susanoo — Uchiha Fugaku Version, he would dare to leave Konoha through the front gate like Madara Uchiha, even in broad daylight.
But now that I have such strength, it seems the question is no longer whether I'll leave Konoha, but whether Konoha's higher-ups can earn my forgiveness. Feng thought, swelling with confidence.
But after only three minutes of arrogance, he wilted.
Because he remembered something: he could not consume the card that had copied Susanoo — Uchiha Fugaku Version yet.
If he consumed it now, then given how Susanoo worked, it would prioritize consuming ocular power. With the ocular power of his One-Tomoe Sharingan, he was afraid that using it once would leave him blind.
So he first needed to remove his eyes before consuming the card that had copied Susanoo — Uchiha Fugaku Version.
That way, as a copied ninjutsu, Susanoo would automatically become a technique that prioritized consuming chakra when it could not consume ocular power.
Afterward, he could put his eyes back in. That was the only way to use Susanoo freely without affecting his Sharingan.
But that meant Feng still had to escape Konoha according to his original plan. He could not swagger out through the front gate in broad daylight like Madara.
Moreover, after leaving Konoha, he would need to find a skilled and trustworthy medical ninja to help him remove his Sharingan first, then put them back in.
But such a ninja would be very difficult to find!
Wait. Feng suddenly had an idea. It seemed he did not need to specifically find a medical ninja capable of transplanting Sharingan.
He had already learned the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and intended to dig up several ninjas from Konoha's cemetery to reanimate as future helpers.
Wouldn't it be enough to reanimate Rin Nohara as well? While she was alive, she had successfully transplanted Obito Uchiha's Sharingan into Kakashi Hatake.
After realizing this, Feng became even more invested in the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and began studying Reanimation Jutsu: Hiruzen Sarutobi Version again, despite already having fully mastered it.
If nothing else, he at least needed to strengthen its control over the people brought back through Impure World Reincarnation.
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