Reborn, My Way

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 clansmen 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.

"Uchiha brat, now that you Uchiha have arrived, kill every last member of the Chinoike Clan for me!"

Ever since he had been attacked by Chinoike ninja, Shinteng Zoi had spent every day in constant fear. He had long been bottling up a bellyful of rage. Now that the Uchiha Clan's ninja had arrived in the Land of Lightning, Shinteng Zoi felt incomparably safe, while also wishing he could immediately slaughter the entire 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 train more ninja 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 priced like this, it was not unreasonable for Uchiha Madara, the strongest of the Uchiha Clan, to personally take action.

But Izuna Uchiha was the one who had come, leaving Uchiha Jobu somewhat unable to figure out what had happened.

Still, the fact that a Ninja Cat had appeared was enough to prove that the ones who had come really were from the Uchiha Clan.

When he met Izuna Uchiha, he discovered that things were different from what he had expected. The arriving team consisted of only ten Uchiha ninja; the rest were from the Hagoromo Clan or unaffiliated rogue ninja who had pledged themselves 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 capable of tying down the Uchiha and preventing Uchiha Madara from leaving the clan were, after thinking it over, the old enemy Senju Clan and the Hyuga. Within the Land of Fire, only they possessed that kind of strength.

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

"This time, we'll be fighting the Chinoike Clan, who possess the Ketsuryūgan Kekkei Genkai. They are also a ninja clan that relies on ocular techniques. They are weaker than the Uchiha, but they are definitely not much weaker than the Hagoromo Clan. With your current strength and condition, you'll be at a serious disadvantage against enemies like them."

During the last battle with the Senju Clan, Tobirama Senju had dug out one of his Sharingan. That was equivalent to reducing his strength by thirty percent. Losing one Sharingan even affected the power of his genjutsu when he used it.

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

When Izuna Uchiha spoke, he gave off a gloomy feeling, as if he had long settled within the shadows and his entire being had completely merged with darkness.

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

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 capable refugees and form a human experimentation laboratory. He had never expected that, only a few days after it was handed over to Izuna Uchiha, Izuna Uchiha would already have gained something from it.

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

Izuna Uchiha displayed his new power. It was indeed an ability possessed only by the Hagoromo Clan: he could control the direction of ninjutsu during its attack, and even alter 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 powers that did not belong to them through various means.

No matter how Uchiha Jobu looked at him now, Izuna Uchiha was very similar to Shimura Danzō. Their figures were also slowly overlapping.

"Jobu, the first person I need to thank for obtaining this power is you."

"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 can never choose to become useless."

"I'll 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, because there was Izuna Uchiha. He could even feel that if it were Izuna Uchiha, he would surely do better than him.