I Have Done Everything I Can (6/10)

Chapter 40: I Have Done Everything I Can (610)

Danzo would sabotage anything that could reconcile the Uchiha and the village. He simply didn't want to see them make peace.

He wanted to wipe out the Uchiha!

Suppose there were a ready-made, easy solution to the Uchiha coup problem that could reconcile both sides. Danzo would definitely find every way possible to destroy it.

Otherwise, why had Shisui planned to use Kotoamatsukami on Fugaku that night, only for Danzo to impatiently gouge out Shisui's eye before sunset?

Moreover, Danzo hadn't only just learned about Kotoamatsukami and rushed to take the eye. He had known about it for a long time, but hadn't been in any hurry to gouge out Shisui's eye. It was only when Shisui declared that he would forcibly control Fugaku to prevent the Uchiha from heading toward a coup that Danzo finally made up his mind to act.

Why? Because he didn't want the two sides to reconcile! If Shisui succeeded, where would he get more Sharingan?

This man always plotted before acting and had schemes within schemes. He absolutely couldn't be underestimated.

Still, he might not have anticipated that Shisui's method wasn't a good one at all, much less that it was guaranteed to succeed.

Kotoamatsukami was said to be capable of rewriting and controlling another person's thoughts. The problem was that, from beginning to end, it had only ever controlled a nobody like Mifune. By contrast, Obito had silently controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Kusagakure, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, with Genjutsu for several years.

Obito had never bragged about how powerful his Genjutsu was, and Kotoamatsukami wasn't that godlike either. It depended on the target. At the very least, the caster had to crush the target in Yin Release to control them.

Kotoamatsukami controlling Fugaku? Fugaku possessed a Mangekyo that Shisui didn't know about. If Shisui really controlled him, there was a good chance it would turn into a spectacular display of filial piety.

At this moment, Shisui, who had yet to awaken his Mangekyo, was staring blankly in front of Retsuo.

Uchiha Retsuo's method is so simple? But it really does seem like it could work?

Impossible!

Then he thought of a possibility. "Retsuo, did you come up with this method?"

"Who else would it be?"

Shisui's big eyes rolled around. "I suspect Ukyo taught you."

"He's the kind of person in the Rational Faction who tends to be overly dogmatic."

Ukyo wasn't here, so Retsuo desperately courted death. "Besides, do you think his intelligence is greater than yours?"

Shisui: ...

Although he couldn't refute that, somehow those words didn't sound like a compliment!

At this moment, the Third Hokage stepped forward. "Come to the Hokage's Office later to collect your ninja credentials. I'll arrange a team leader for you afterward."

"If possible, Third Grandpa, could you let Grandpa Kosuke be our team leader?"

"Have a Genin lead a team? You might as well have Uchiha Shisui be your team leader." The Third Hokage was amused to the point of exasperation. "Kosuke gave up advancing as a ninja, so naturally he won't take on work like this."

After saying that, the Third Hokage exchanged a glance with Maruboshi Kosuke. Then they each left silently.

He really is cold. Retsuo could even distinguish that this was coldness toward the surname Uchiha.

As Sarutobi Hiruzen walked away, he was also nursing a headache. When assigning team leaders to Genin squads, Konoha's usual practice was to have elites lead the most promising seedlings, like him leading the Three Legendary Sannin and Minato leading Kakashi. At the very least, a Special Jonin would be assigned.

As for ordinary Genin squads, an experienced Chūnin or even an ordinary Chūnin would naturally serve as their instructor.

However, all the Jōnin of suitable age and experience were already assigned elsewhere, and Retsuo bore the name of a genius from the Uchiha Clan. Assigning him some random Chūnin might even create unrest in the village.

To say nothing of the Uchiha Jōnin, who probably wouldn't stay docile. The team leader assigned to them would also be under tremendous pressure.

Looking at it this way, Maruboshi Kosuke really was quite suitable?

Kosuke had been walking beside him. At this moment, he suddenly said, "I do have a suitable candidate, Haruno Tobirama. What do you think?"

"You mean Tobirama? Hmm..."

Haruno Tobirama had been a contemporary of Minato Namikaze. His performance had been neither outstanding nor poor. Because he possessed Yang Release, he had worked as an ordinary ninja for a while after graduating, then began working at Konoha Hospital. By Tsunade's standards, he was currently a Special Jonin.

"Tell me your reasons. I had originally planned to have Minazuki lead them."

"The Yin Release chakra of all three boys is above normal, so they need some Yang Release to balance it out. Minazuki's personality is too gentle. I'm afraid he won't be able to handle Retsuo."

Hiruzen wondered to himself, Are you talking about his personality or his strength? Minazuki's strength really was concerning.

"By the way, even for a test battle, you made it far too obvious that you were holding back, didn't you?"

"No, Hiruzen, I gave it everything I had within the permitted limits. I only chose an unreasonable way to respond, but I put my full strength into every strike."

"Is that so? However, Tobirama just had a child this year. I'll think it over..."

Meanwhile, Retsuo turned down Tenma and Shinji's invitation to celebrate with barbecue and went to the Cat Demon Shrine alone.

His brows were tightly furrowed. Anyone who didn't know better might have thought he had failed the promotion.

On the way, Retsuo found an unoccupied spot and suddenly burst out laughing. As he laughed, he saw that the black slime inside the Yin Release Barrier was still writhing.

Not only had it failed to disappear, it had even grown a tiny bit larger.

When had it grown? Just now, when he had used the Yin Release Barrier to scan the Hell Viewing Technique.

The Hell Viewing Technique could bring forth the scene a person was most afraid to see. But Retsuo hadn't felt anything just now. He had even prepared himself to endure a round of mental torment.

What the hell? Could it have eaten the Hell Viewing Technique? Hey, slime, what exactly are you?

No matter how I look at it, this thing doesn't resemble the legendary "Zero-Tails Seed" at all.

Before long, Retsuo saw Uchiha Ukyo waiting for him outside the Cat Demon Shrine. The two exchanged a smile.

The Cat Demon Shrine was one of the most important places in Konohagakure, because the most important missions for Konoha's Genin—finding cats—were mostly issued by the Cat Demon Shrine.

In other words, the ruler of the Cat Demon Shrine, Grandma Cat, was the provider of food and clothing for Konoha's Genin.

And to the Uchiha Clan, Grandma Cat was an even more extraordinary figure, with an extremely close relationship to the Uchiha.

The ninja tools she provided to the Uchiha Clan were exceptionally fine, their quality far surpassing that of the other weapon shops in Konoha. She was also the representative of the Land of Cats in Konoha, and the ninja cats of the Land of Cats were the Uchiha's standard Summoned Beasts. These Summoned Beasts had a long-standing and steadfast friendship with Konoha, and some could even be listed in Konoha's ninja registry.

Now that he had become a Genin, Uchiha Retsuo naturally had the qualifications to make a trip to the Cat Demon Shrine.

Behind the curtain, Grandma Cat sat cross-legged amid a crowd of big and small cats. Holding a tobacco pipe in her hand, she was puffing away. She had a head of messy silver hair tied with a rope into a bizarre peacock-tail shape, wore a thick scarf, and kept her eyes narrowed year-round. "Ukyo, is this the Retsuo you've been praising for so long? He looks pretty good."