Reborn, My Way

Chapter 30: Reborn, My Way

"That's how it is, meow."

The Ninja Cat had delivered the intelligence.

The Ninja Cat Clan was not skilled in combat, but when it came to intelligence, they were absolutely the best choice. That was why most Uchiha Clan members chose to sign summoning contracts with Ninja Cats.

Uchiha Jobu had used two fresh little fish, a specialty of the Land of Lightning, as gifts to win this Ninja Cat's favor.

"You Uchiha! Now that your people are here, kill every last member of the Chinoike Clan for me!"

Ever since he had been attacked by Chinoike ninjas, Shinteng Zoi had lived in constant fear. He had long been bottling up a bellyful of rage. Now that Uchiha Clan ninjas had arrived in the Land of Lightning, Shinteng Zoi felt incomparably safe, while also wishing he could immediately wipe out the Chinoike Clan.

Uchiha Jobu ignored him and instead frowned in thought. Why was Izuna Uchiha the one who had come? Shouldn't Uchiha Madara have rushed over personally?

One hundred million!

That was enough to cover the Uchiha Clan's expenses for two years. It could cultivate more ninjas for the clan, order a large batch of finely crafted high-grade ninja tools, and even buy a sizable piece of land from another clan.

For a mission at that price, it would not have been excessive for Uchiha Madara, the Uchiha Clan's strongest, to personally take action.

But Izuna Uchiha had come instead, leaving Uchiha Jobu somewhat unable to figure out what had happened.

Still, the Ninja Cat's appearance was enough to prove that the ones who had come really were from the Uchiha Clan.

When he met Izuna Uchiha, he found things were different from what he had expected. The team consisted of only ten Uchiha ninjas; the rest were from the Hagoromo Clan or independent Rogue Ninjas who had pledged allegiance to the Uchiha.

Uchiha Jobu asked, "Izuna, why are you leading the team? Shouldn't it have been Madara? Or did something happen to the clan? Was it the Senju Clan? Or the Hyuga?"

The only forces qualified to tie down the Uchiha and deny Uchiha Madara the chance to leave the clan were, after thinking it over, the old rival Senju Clan and the Hyuga within the Land of Fire.

Izuna Uchiha shook his head. "Nothing happened to the clan. I volunteered. The Mangekyo Sharingan my brother awakened is a pair of cursed eyes, so to keep him from using the Mangekyo Sharingan too frequently, it would be best for me to complete the Land of Lightning mission."

"This time, we'll be fighting the Chinoike Clan, who possess the Blood Dragon Eye Kekkei Genkai. They're also a ninja clan that lives off ocular techniques. They're weaker than the Uchiha, but they're definitely not much weaker than the Hagoromo Clan. With your current strength and condition, fighting enemies like them would put you at a severe disadvantage."

During the last battle with the Senju Clan, Tobirama Senju had gouged out one of his Sharingan, reducing his strength by thirty percent. With only one Sharingan left, even his genjutsu was affected, weakening its power.

"Don't worry. I've already gained the Hagoromo Clan's abilities."

When Izuna Uchiha spoke, he gave off an exceedingly gloomy feeling, as though he had long been steeped in shadows, his entire being completely merging with darkness.

For a moment, a figure seemed to overlap with Izuna Uchiha.

Uchiha Jobu was stunned. He had only intended to conceal the source of the Kekkei Genkai the Chest System had given him, so he had asked the maid Ying to select some talented refugees and form a human experimentation lab. He had not expected that, only a few days after handing it over to Izuna Uchiha, Izuna would already have made gains.

The Senju Clan had Tobirama Senju, and the Uchiha Clan also had Izuna Uchiha.

Izuna Uchiha demonstrated his new power. It was indeed an ability only the Hagoromo Clan possessed: the ability to control the direction of ninjutsu while it was attacking, even altering the form of ninjutsu that had already been released.

Both had lost an eye on the battlefield. Both had chosen to stand in the shadows and merge themselves with darkness. Both could obtain power that did not belong to them through certain means.

At this moment, no matter how Uchiha Jobu looked at him, Izuna Uchiha seemed very much like Shimura Danzō. Their figures were also slowly overlapping.

"Jobu, you are the first person I need to thank for gaining this power."

"I know you're worried about me, but you need to understand that I am also a ninja of the Uchiha Clan. Uchiha blood flows through my veins. No matter what, I could never choose to become useless."

"I will be reborn in my own way."

After saying that, Izuna Uchiha turned and left.

This Izuna Uchiha felt unfamiliar, but precisely because of that, Uchiha Jobu felt that he had done the right thing. He had found someone for the Uchiha who could bear the darkness.

He had originally planned to become the darkness himself.

Now, he did not need to. With Izuna Uchiha, he could even feel that Izuna would surely do better than he ever could.