Forbidden Techniques Were Meant to Be Used, Not Hidden Away

Uchiha Shin carefully touched his eyes, his gaze filled with hope as he looked at Uchiha Kyu.

"Clan Head, with these eyes, can I help the clan now?"

Uchiha Kyu nodded approvingly and smiled. "Don't underestimate your own strength."

Uchiha Zhong patted his chest and promised confidently, "Clan Head, I'll definitely use these eyes to protect the clan too."

"Just... what about the captain's eye?"

Uchiha Zhong lowered his head, a sobbing note in his voice as his fist clenched tightly inside his sleeve.

To every member of the Uchiha Clan, the Sharingan was even more important than their own lives.

Izanagi and Izanami were forbidden techniques reserved for the Uchiha Clan's upper echelon. Only the clan's higher-ups were qualified to learn them.

Ordinary clansmen had no idea these two forbidden techniques even existed, since they had once caused a massive internal conflict within the clan.

"That was Izanagi, one of the clan's forbidden techniques."

"It sacrifices a Three-Tomoe Sharingan to rewrite any reality unfavorable to oneself, though it only lasts for a limited time."

"Once you return to the clan, I'll personally teach you this forbidden technique."

Uchiha Kyu felt there was nothing worth concealing. He had even considered making these two forbidden techniques known to every clansman who awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Forbidden techniques merely meant that their dangers were too great; they did not mean they had to be banned outright.

They were meant to be used, not hidden away.

"Clan Head." Hirota Uchiha looked worried, deeply afraid that revealing this forbidden technique would cause the clan, which had finally seen a glimmer of hope, to fall into internal conflict once more.

Uchiha Kyu raised a hand to stop him from speaking and said calmly,

"The ancestors who created this technique originally intended it to protect the clan."

"We cannot fear and avoid Izanagi simply because of one past mistake. The clan needs to change, and the clansmen need strength."

Hirota Uchiha could only sigh and explain earnestly.

"Clan Head, I'm only worried that the clansmen will be controlled by this power and do something irreversible to the clan."

"I have my own plans for this matter. You need not say any more."

"Yes."

Seeing that the Clan Head insisted on his decision, Hirota Uchiha could only nod resignedly.

Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Zhong listened from the side, their hearts brimming with anticipation.

They longed to learn the forbidden technique Izanagi. That way, they would possess even greater strength to protect their fellow clansmen.

Just like Captain Hirota had done moments ago, using the Sharingan to protect the clansmen.

The younger generation's values were easily influenced by those of the older generation. The belief in protecting one's fellow clansmen had been passed down from generation to generation.

Uchiha Kyu told everyone to rest well, then went to visit the six severely wounded clansmen who had bravely stepped forward to protect the others.

They possessed only the strength of Chunin with Two-Tomoe Sharingan, yet at such a young age, they had shown the courage and sense of responsibility to stand up and protect their fellow clansmen.

Based on that alone, Uchiha Kyu would wager that all six would awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in the future.

The six were severely injured and unconscious, so Uchiha Kyu assigned a medical ninja to care for them specifically.

The Konoha forces pursuing the Mist Ninja had also returned, and Uchiha Kyu gave the order to camp where they were and rest.

Having taken the initiative to command the Egawa Coastal Defense Line, Uchiha Kyu had no intention of personally stepping in and ending the war too quickly.

On the contrary, he was waiting.

Waiting for the other ninja villages to make their move against Konoha as well.

Only amid such chaos could the Uchiha Clan fish in troubled waters.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, don't disappoint me.

Uchiha Kyu stared into the night sky, his eyes filled with calculation.

Inside the command tent, Uchiha Kyu arranged his troops, placing Hyuga Clan members at virtually every important position.

With Hyuga Clan ninja assisting them, even the Hidden Mist Technique could not breach the Byakugan's defenses.

Hyuga Hiashi could not possibly allow anything to happen to Uchiha Kyu. If Uchiha Kyu met with trouble, it would mean the Hyuga Clan would inevitably be purged by Konoha.

Therefore, even among the Hyuga Main Family's ninja, Hyuga Hiashi had secretly arranged for two Elite Jonin to protect Uchiha Kyu.

Hirota Uchiha lifted the tent flap and walked in from outside, asking in a low voice, "Clan Head, aren't we going to retake the first line of defense?"

Uchiha Kyu looked up at him and snorted softly. "What are you so anxious about? Our most important task right now is to stabilize the current situation."

"We aren't in a hurry. The Fourth Hokage is."

"If we drive back the Mist Ninja directly, then this war will end with a whimper."

Hirota Uchiha seemed to understand. "I see. Clan Head, you intend to use this war to buy time for our Uchiha Clan to develop?"

Uchiha Kyu praised him. "Smart."

Over the next half month, the Mist Ninja tried many methods to attack Konoha's final line of defense, but every attempt ended in failure.

During that time, Uchiha Kyu reached out to Konoha for supplies of strategic resources.

The battlefield was full of profits. How much strategic material had been consumed was simply a matter of Uchiha Kyu's word.

War was profitable; that was no exaggeration.

Seven days ago, Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure launched attacks on Konoha's borders on the same day with remarkable coordination.

Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi were overwhelmed. Fighting on multiple fronts had drained Konoha's internal forces, leaving no one else to deploy.

Minato Namikaze personally led reinforcements to the front line to resist the Cloud Ninja attack.

Leading the Cloud Ninja personally was the Fourth Raikage, whom Minato Namikaze had defeated during the Third Shinobi War.

Jiraiya had also been summoned back by Hiruzen Sarutobi. He led reinforcements to the Guyan Defense Line and blocked the Stone Ninja's fierce offensive.

The commander of the Mo'an Defense Line was Shikaku Nara.

In the past, Orochimaru would likely have been the one responsible for heading to the Mo'an Defense Line.

But now, Orochimaru had become estranged from Konoha's higher-ups. They had practically dug through all of Konoha, yet still failed to find him.

Inside the Uchiha Compound, Fugaku Uchiha summoned Uchiha Shisui before him, his expression grave.

"Shisui, I suspect that Konoha's higher-ups are preparing to move against us."

Uchiha Shisui was stunned upon hearing this, but quickly calmed down. "Impossible. It's wartime right now. There's no reason for them to move against us."

"No. The more impossible it seems, the more likely it is."

Fugaku Uchiha furrowed his brows. "That was how we acted against Konoha's major clans back then."

"The Clan Head went to the battlefield this time precisely to force Konoha into making a move and expose its hidden cards."

A ninja village as powerful as Konoha, especially one controlled by Hiruzen Sarutobi for decades, could not possibly have no hidden cards at all.

Aside from the forbidden technique Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Hiruzen Sarutobi surely possessed ninja forces that Fugaku Uchiha knew nothing about.

Uchiha Kyu did not want any unstable factors to remain. Only by making Hiruzen Sarutobi reveal everything could he truly rest easy.

In the world of Naruto, intelligence was what one must never take lightly.

Intelligence was the key to dealing with enemies.

Even someone as invincible as Kaguya Otsutsuki had been crushed by superior intelligence, resulting in her being sealed away again after breaking free from her seal.