"Done."
Ten minutes later, a level female voice, barely fluctuating and devoid of warmth, rang out in the underground base.
Uchiha Hikari closed her eyes, hiding her blood-red Mangekyō, with their surrounding black, spear-shaped patterns.
The spear-shaped marks on everyone beneath the bright lights vanished, along with the strands of chakra light coiling around them.
Following Murotsu's instructions to the letter, she had used the mental interference ability of her Mangekyō Dōjutsu, Yachihoko, to alter the minds of all these captured ninja.
From then on, these ninja had only one thought: to keep the world from being destroyed, they had to unleash a massive war upon it and reset the world to zero.
"Hahahahaha!"
Hearing this, Murotsu laughed wildly. He walked into the crowd and heartily slapped the bearded Chunin who had pointed at him and cursed him earlier, roaring with laughter.
He slapped the man's right cheek bright red.
Only then did he voice his thoughts in satisfaction.
"At last, these fools brainwashed by Uchiha Xuantou have finally been set straight."
"A war will begin at my hands."
"Wail, suffer, perish! I will shatter the false peace Uchiha Xuantou has created. Everything will be reset to zero..."
Hounded like a stray dog by the Anbu ninja Xuandou had dispatched, unable to stay anywhere more than a few days before immediately rushing off again, Murotsu finally erupted after so long spent stifling his frustration.
He seemed like a completely different person.
He knew the organization was only just getting started, and it was too early to celebrate.
But his suppressed feelings had been building for a long time.
Ever since helping Shoujuse escape Konoha, he had lived in fear every day.
Every day had been filled with anxiety.
He had dreaded Uchiha Xuantou, whose speed was renowned throughout the shinobi