Mind-Reading Technique

Passing on the intelligence at the cost of his life was the short, thin ninja's last hope.

When that enormous hope was dashed, he broke.

He had given up his life. He had abandoned his body. Yet he still hadn't managed to get the intelligence back to Lord Danzo.

Uchiha Ling spotted the wooden puppet from a distance. He had no intention of getting close in case the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Technique had another trick in store.

He threw a Kunai attached to Steel Wire, driving it through the puppet.

Lightning flared along the wire and bound the puppet.

[The Yamanaka ninja has broken down. Extracting abilities related to the Yamanaka ninja. Host may choose one of the following three options.

Option one: Secret Technique: Mind Puppet Switch Technique;

Option two: Secret Technique: Mind-Reading Technique;

Option three: 1.1 Kā of Chakra Amount.]

The Uchiha Clan was already a clan of Yin Release Chakra users, so Ling would have no trouble learning the Yamanaka Clan's Yin Release Secret Techniques.

The Mind-Reading Technique could extract intelligence from someone's mind or a corpse. It was exactly the ability Uchiha Ling desperately needed.

Intelligence was always a ninja's top priority.

Uchiha Ling chose the Mind-Reading Technique.

He approached the puppet and tried to read the Yamanaka ninja's soul for memories.

He was in luck. The memories were still there.

The Yamanaka ninja's memories, going all the way back to childhood, slowly unfolded before Uchiha Ling.

They began with him listening to his father teach the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Techniques at home. His father had also taken him to visit skilled members of the clan and ask them for pointers.

It had all been so warm. He graduated from the Ninja Academy, became a Chunin, then became an intelligence expert.

Then one day,