The Entry Point

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. The Magic Lamp might have some unknown purpose, but Sargatanas did not mind.

Only something useful had room for advancement and the chance to yield benefits. The Magic Lamp could shake the Abyssal Will, which was enough to prove that it was an incomparably thick golden thigh to cling to.

After altering the contents of the stone tablet, Sargatanas left Naka Shrine and headed straight for the Hyuga District.

As he walked, he flipped through the Hokage manga—an entertainment product he had casually taken when destroying a plane in the past. He had never expected to arrive in this world now. Did this count as dimensional descent transmigration?

The atmosphere in Konoha was somewhat tense. First, the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated, then Hokage Rock had been bombed, followed by an attack from unknown enemies. Anyone unaware of the truth might have thought that a great shinobi village war was about to begin.

Yet the current situation had fallen far short of Sargatanas's expectations. He had transmigrated here two and a half months ago. The original Uchiha Yao had been an ordinary member of the Uchiha Clan. He was a normal person, his parents had not died, and they had not left him any bug-like cheat. Not even spiders had been willing to bite him. The most thrilling experience of his life had probably been swindling money from his parents to buy **porn magazines.

What protagonist did not come with the standard tragic childhood?

Just when Uchiha Yao had thought he would never become a ninja and could only accept his fate and inherit the several million left by his parents, the Demon arrived.

The Demon was very kind. Not only had he taken away that damned money, but he had also thoughtfully allowed Uchiha Yao to truly experience the feeling of losing both parents. As a qualified soul transmigrator, after transmigrating, the Demon would naturally kill those who knew the original body too well, such as the original body's parents.

Because the original body's parents had quickly noticed something was wrong. In a world without supernatural powers, parents would probably only think their child's personality had changed. However, the Shinobi World had chakra and the Transformation Technique. Faced with a child whose personality had changed drastically, Uchiha Yao's parents suspected that he was a spy in disguise.

So the Demon made them shut up.

—The essence of soul transmigration was body-snatching. A transmigrator was the murderer who had erased the original body's owner. Killing a few more people did not matter.

Thus, Sargatanas often could not understand why some transmigrators he had encountered in the past would give their all for the original body's friends and family. Why was their sense of identification so strong? If the original owner were still alive, would he be willing to let a transmigrator control his body?

Based on past failures, as a Demon fighting alone, openly invading a world was far less effective than stirring up trouble from behind the scenes. After all, he did not possess the Insectoid Race's infinite troop-spawning ability. The authority of [Concealment] was naturally suited to a mastermind operating in the shadows.

A Demon acting behind the scenes would never expose himself. Therefore, from this moment until he left this plane, he was Uchiha Yao. Starting wars, harvesting souls, destroying the world—those were all evil deeds committed by the wicked Uchiha. What did they have to do with Sargatanas?

—High-quality souls were both materials for Demons to repair themselves and offerings for the Magic Lamp.

Of course, one disguise was not enough. A hidden survivor of the Senju Clan, a local god before the descent of the Rabbit Goddess, an ancient evil entity—these were all backup identities for the Demon.

The Night of the Massacre had been a good thing for him. Uchiha souls were delicious. But he felt the matter had not been big enough, so he had sent news that Konoha's upper ranks would massacre the Uchiha Clan to the other four great shinobi villages. After the Night of the Massacre, he had also detonated the Explosive Tags Genno had buried inside Hokage Rock.

However, the results were clearly unsatisfactory. Those "ninja of unknown origin" had only begun harassing Konoha on the day after the Night of the Massacre.

—Although Kumogakure and Iwagakure were ambitious, they might not believe that Konoha had the guts to cut off one of its own arms. Moreover, the source of the Night of the Massacre intelligence was unknown. They would first investigate whether the information was genuine before taking their next step.

They had been cautious, but they had also missed the best time to fish in troubled waters. Could Konoha resolve this crisis? Before exterminating the clan, had Itachi never considered that Konoha's loss of the Uchiha's fighting power might very well trigger a war?

—The more people like Itachi there were, the more advantageous it would be for the Demon's plans.

According to the manga's plot, Konoha was a cradle of geniuses and a gathering place for children of destiny. To prevent any unexpected reversal, the Demon decided to leave behind a tiny bit of insurance.

Sasuke had already been tampered with. The Demon had dug out the One-Tomoe Sharingan he had awakened only by sacrificing his entire clan and replaced them with the eyes of an ordinary person.

Besides Sasuke, Konoha had quite a few seeds standing at the edge of darkness. He entered the Hyuga District without obstruction. People came and went along the streets, yet they all turned a blind eye to Uchiha Yao.

Neji Hyuga was another target of the Demon. He silently left a mark on him, then made a round through the Sarutobi and Shimura clans. Along the way, he paid a visit to Teuchi and Ayame at Ichiraku Ramen. Only then did he turn his attention to Naruto Uzumaki.

Hokage's home was filthy and messy, but compared to the orphans in the orphanage who were often taken away by Root, at least he had a house of his own.

From the shadows, an ominous black hand slowly reached toward Hokage's head. Demonic energy gradually invaded Hokage's spiritual will, yet in the next moment, the demonic energy was instantly dispersed. Hokage remained completely unaware, but Uchiha Yao sensed an alien gaze crossing time and space to watch this place.

"The Sage of Six Paths?" Uchiha Yao raised an eyebrow. With the enhancement of [Concealment], he was not worried that the old man of the Six Paths would discover him. He merely found it strange. They were both his sons, yet the Sage of Six Paths treated Indra and Asura far too differently.

When he had previously acted against Indra's Chakra, the process had gone extremely smoothly, without the slightest backlash. But when it came to Asura, he could barely even touch him.

Perhaps the Sage of Six Paths had never regarded Indra as his son at all, but as a class enemy—just like Kaguya, Indra was beautiful, powerful, arrogant, and possessed those scarlet eyes...

"Since you cannot be used by me, then die." Uchiha Yao calmly snapped Hokage's neck. To ensure Hokage did not die too incompletely, he intended to cremate him. But at that moment, Hokage's body was suddenly covered in a layer of dark red chakra. Seeing this, Uchiha Yao immediately vanished from the spot.

The next second, the Nine-Tails went berserk.

Uchiha Yao glanced back and smiled with glee at another's misfortune.

"Where do you plan to go next?" The Lamp Spirit appeared at some unknown time and stood beside him.

"The Daimyo Residence and Sunagakure," Uchiha Yao said. "I'm only going to take a look."

The Demon's target was the entire world. He would not focus most of his energy on a small place like a shinobi village. "Based on past experience, I should first destroy the living environment. A harsh environment will lead to resource shortages. To compete for resources, internal conflict will inevitably intensify, making it easier for me to stir up trouble."

The Lamp Spirit pondered. "You can make a wish to me. How about the T-virus?"

The Demon shook his head. "That thing mutates and interacts with chakra. Who knows whether it might mutate some super-powerful being?"

"Ninjas are extremely powerful in some areas, yet exceptionally weak in others. Starting from their weaknesses will yield twice the result with half the effort."

"The ocean. The economy." The Lamp Spirit calmly spoke two words.

The Demon pondered for a moment. "You are right. Ninjas possess extraordinary military strength, yet do not engage in production. Even chakra, as a power, can barely accomplish basic self-cultivation or endurance against hunger. Thus, ninjas are constrained by the economic system created by ordinary people. The ocean is a field that ninjas have never set foot in, and the ocean often plays a decisive role in the stability of the climate and environment..."