Genjutsu

Shin Uchiha was a squad captain in the Guard Unit, a Jonin of the Uchiha Clan responsible for maintaining order in the Food Street district.

At that moment, he was furious because someone had actually dared to harm a member of the Guard Unit.

But he was even angrier at the defeated guard. As a Chunin of the Uchiha Clan who had successfully awakened the Sharingan, he had actually been defeated by a child from outside the clan. What trash—he had disgraced the Uchiha name.

It seemed that after some clansmen had stayed away from the battlefield for too long, they had become corrupt and lax, turning into trash.

But no matter how useless he was, he was still a member of the Uchiha Clan. They absolutely could not let outsiders bully him.

Therefore, even though Kirito sensibly raised both hands and gave up resisting, Shin Uchiha still wanted to teach him a lesson. He made a hand gesture.

A nearby Guard Unit member immediately completed a series of Hand Seals, then used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Kirito. He grabbed Kirito's head and right hand, braced his foot against Kirito's waist, and viciously forced him to the ground before quietly applying strength.

Kirito immediately frowned slightly.

This pain was strangely satisfying, but it felt pretty good.

He played along a little, putting on a pained expression. But he did not surrender or scream. He merely let out a pain-filled grunt, then fiercely turned his head to glare at the guard using violence against him.

Noticing Kirito's defiant gaze, the guard grinned and secretly applied more force.

"Mm~, that's a nice amount of strength."

Kirito finally felt some truly satisfying pain. The sensation of his muscles being pulled to the verge of tearing nearly made him cry out in pleasure.

"Stop!"

A furious shout suddenly rang out.

Shin Uchiha and the other Guard Unit members immediately turned toward the voice.

Kirito looked over as well.

Chizuru rushed out of the shop, her Sharingan fixed on the guard pinning Kirito to the ground.

"Lady Chizuru."

Upon seeing Chizuru, Shin Uchiha immediately leaped down from the rooftop and appeared before her. He dropped to one knee and spoke respectfully.

"Shin, have your men let Kirito go. That trash just tried to attack me. Kirito only attacked him to help me."

Chizuru commanded.

Shin Uchiha looked at Chizuru but did not obey at once. Instead, he stood up and looked coldly at her.

The only reason he showed Chizuru respect was his loyalty to Homura Uchiha. But the one he served was Homura Uchiha, not Chizuru.

In short, he was not particularly willing to take orders from the weak.

Perhaps Chizuru's talent would allow her to far surpass him in the future, but right now, she was only a six-year-old brat with the strength of a Genin. She had no right to command him.

The Uchiha only obeyed the strong.

Chizuru had not expected Shin Uchiha to disregard her order. Her fists clenched as she glared furiously at his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Ignoring Chizuru's anger, Shin Uchiha said to his subordinates, "Take him back and lock him up."

"Hey, what are you doing? That bastard was about to use the Great Fireball Technique in the shop to attack Chizuru! Luckily, Kirito stopped him! Kirito isn't a criminal—let him go!"

Seeing that Chizuru's words had no effect and that Kirito was about to be taken away, Nawaki immediately stepped forward to speak.

"That's right! Big Brother Kirito isn't a criminal! Let him go!"

"Let Big Brother Kirito go, you bastards!"

Heizo Yamazaki and Taiga Noda also bravely stepped forward to speak up for Kirito.

Some of the Orphanage children wanted to speak for Kirito too, but Yakushi Nonō stopped them.

She allowed Heizo Yamazaki and Taiga Noda to speak because both were students of the Ninja Academy, a place the Uchiha could not interfere with. But the other Orphanage children were different. With no background or strength, they had no way to resist the Uchiha.

The other villagers nearby remained silent. They had clearly experienced the Uchiha Guard Unit's tyranny before and dared not voice their anger.

Shin Uchiha found the villagers' angry stares irritating and did not believe there was anything wrong with what he was doing.

They were merely ants protected by the Uchiha, yet they dared look at them that way. It truly infuriated him.

He really wanted to slaughter all this trash.

That was what Shin Uchiha thought, but he ultimately did not act on it. After all, these ants were still people the Uchiha needed to protect for now. As long as they did not resist, they could be left to rage impotently.

Sometimes, watching them rage helplessly was quite entertaining.

No matter how angry they were, ants would always be ants.

Useless.

"Take him away. What are you standing around for?"

Shin Uchiha urged.

"Yes."

The guard restraining Kirito answered immediately, then hauled Kirito up.

Kirito had no desire at all to be thrown into the Guard Unit's prison. Who knew what insane things the people inside might do to a weak, helpless, pitiful child like him?

He hurriedly signaled Nawaki with his eyes, telling him to quickly get his grandmother to come bail him out.

With Nawaki's Wisdom of 2, he obviously could not understand Kirito's meaningful glances. He looked at Kirito, who kept signaling at him, with a face full of confusion.

As expected, I can't rely on this simple-minded guy.

Kirito sighed inwardly.

Unable to do anything else, he could only show off his new status a little in front of everyone.

At that moment, Chizuru called out loudly, "Kari!"

"You called, Miss?"

The moment she finished speaking, Kari Uchiha appeared behind Chizuru.

"When did he...?"

Shin Uchiha immediately retreated several steps in vigilance. The other Police Force members quickly gathered around Shin Uchiha, staring nervously at Kari Uchiha, who had suddenly appeared.

Kirito was finally freed.

"That trash just attacked me. Interrogate him and find out why he attacked me."

Chizuru pointed at the Police Force member who had tried to attack her.

"Yes, understood, Miss."

Kari Uchiha replied. He looked at the Police Force member Chizuru had indicated and activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

This Police Force member was named Den Uchiha. His comrades had already woken him up. He had originally been sneering to the side, thinking Shin Uchiha had his back, but now he could no longer smile. His face turned deathly pale as he stared at Kari Uchiha in terror.

Kari Uchiha was an Elite Jonin of the Uchiha Clan and a renowned Genjutsu specialist among the Uchiha. His most famous achievement was holding back, by himself, a Chunin squad led by three Sand Jonin on the battlefield a year ago. In the end, he killed two Jonin and most of the Chunin, then retreated unscathed.

There was no doubt that he was far stronger than Shin Uchiha.

Den Uchiha had never imagined that Kari Uchiha, an Elite Jonin, would be Chizuru's guardian and would even obey her orders. He decisively activated his Sharingan and tried to resist, but the instant he did, darkness filled his vision and his consciousness rapidly sank away.

In reality, Den Uchiha's eyes had gone dull, and his expression was numb. One glance was enough to tell that he had fallen under Genjutsu.

Shin Uchiha's heart sank at the sight, but just as he was about to act, he realized Kari Uchiha was already looking at him. His body immediately stiffened, and he did not dare make any rash moves.

If even Shin Uchiha did not dare act rashly, the other Police Force members were even less likely to do so. They could only watch helplessly as Den Uchiha was controlled by Kari Uchiha's Genjutsu.

"Impressive. Just one glare and that Chunin was done for. The Sharingan's visual Genjutsu is truly terrifying. How am I supposed to deal with it?"

Kirito watched as Den Uchiha, like a puppet, recounted everything that had just happened in full detail, and fell into thought.

At that moment, he recalled the principles behind Genjutsu and the methods for breaking it.

In the Shinobi World, Genjutsu worked by using the target's five senses as the point of attack. The caster invaded the other person's cranial nerves with their own Chakra, then freely manipulated the flow of Chakra in those nerves, thereby controlling the target.

There were two methods to break it. One was to disrupt one's own Chakra flow, while the other was to have someone else help disrupt it.

What Kirito was considering now was naturally how to break Genjutsu using his own strength.

At this point, he thought of Sealing Jutsu and wondered whether there were any automatically triggered sealing techniques.

He could seal this type of Sealing Jutsu inside his own brain. Once he fell under Genjutsu, the formula sealed within would automatically activate and disrupt his Chakra flow, helping him break the enemy's Genjutsu.

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