My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 119

You chose to enter seclusion in the mountains behind Iwagakure to digest the sudden surge in your bloodline and Tailed Beast power.

The moment you completely integrated the Uchiha and Uzumaki bloodlines with the help of the Yang Kurama’s chakra, an incredibly strong dōjutsu power erupted from your eyes.

“Is this the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan?”

But when you looked in the mirror, you found that the three tomoe in your eyes had become four. This left you completely puzzled. Shouldn’t it be the Mangekyo after three tomoe? Why four tomoe?

Initially, you thought it was just a coincidental pattern, as the shapes of Mangekyo Sharingan vary greatly, and perhaps yours just looked like that.

However, the dōjutsu of these eyes hadn’t fully awakened, and you couldn’t activate your own Susanoo. Fortunately, dealing with the Tailed Beasts within you, or studying Itachi Uchiha’s activated Susanoo bloodline to assimilate it, became much simpler.

Yet, not long after, you suddenly felt your chakra surge again in your sleep, and the dōjutsu power in your eyes intensified once more, reaching five tomoe!

This led you to another possibility.

That was, you had fused the bloodlines of the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans. Although it wasn’t the bloodline of Indra and Asura, your physique was no longer the same as any previous clan.

In other words, your eyes now seemed to be heading down another path called the “Rinnegan” rather than the Mangekyo Sharingan!

You took out Itachi Uchiha’s eyes, which you carried with you, and compared them, finding that the dōjutsu power contained within your own eyes had already surpassed that of his Mangekyo.

Soon after, a sixth tomoe was born in your eyes, forming two small circles, inner and outer, each with three tomoe.

At this point, the process of surging dōjutsu power finally ended. You found that your dōjutsu power was no longer comparable to an ordinary Mangekyo, likely reaching the level of an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!

This also completely confirmed your speculation about the fundamental change in your physique due to the fusion of the two bloodlines…

After thoroughly understanding and mastering a series of your own bloodline abilities like Transparent Release and Adamantine Sealing Chains, you began to master the power of the Tailed Beasts using these mutated six-tomoe Sharingan.

[Eighth Year]

The seeds of a Shinobi World War had been sown, with small-scale conflicts constantly breaking out on the borders of various countries.

Maki, a Jōnin from Sunagakure, repeatedly led teams to plunder the borders of the Land of Earth. After news reached Iwagakure, Ōnoki dispatched his son, Kitsuchi, and his trusted subordinate, Akatsuchi, to lead teams. Guided by the new intelligence ninjas you had trained, they launched a pincer attack, severely damaging the Sunagakure forces and capturing Maki and several other Jōnin.

Ōnoki sent an envoy to Sunagakure to request a ceasefire.

However, the envoy was executed by Rasa upon arrival, and Sunagakure quickly entered a state of war preparedness. However, the intelligence ninjas of the Land of Earth, trained by you and inheriting the Root’s training methods, had already infiltrated Sunagakure.

Upon learning of this, Ōnoki immediately ordered the killing of all captured Sunagakure Jōnin, including Maki.

He also dispatched Deidara to lead a team, with Akatsuchi and Kitsuchi as support, demanding a swift victory. They were to launch a surprise attack on Sunagakure’s strongholds using their aerial advantage, and take Kurotsuchi, who had just mastered the Lava Release Kekkei Genkai, for experience.

Within half a month, dozens of Sunagakure ninja strongholds were destroyed, and over a thousand Sunagakure ninjas were killed or wounded. Ebizō was killed on the spot, and Chiyo escaped after severing her own arms. The Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu were seized, and Kankurō, the Fourth Kazekage’s son, was captured.

Ōnoki sought peace again, and the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, proposed a meeting at the border.

During the meeting, the Fourth Kazekage attempted to assassinate Ōnoki using his Magnet Release to manipulate a pen. However, Uchiha Setsuna, who was guarding nearby, discovered it in advance. Kazekage Rasa had an arm severed and was then controlled and captured by genjutsu.

Chiyo again requested peace talks. Ōnoki agreed, and the war ended with Sunagakure ceding the northern oasis and water source, and Iwagakure returning the Fourth Kazekage and his son.

Ōnoki secretly ordered the leader of the Hoshigakure in the Land of Bears, which was interested in merging with Iwagakure, to dispatch personnel to negotiate with the Land of Wind’s Daimyō to further reduce Sunagakure’s mission orders, and to package some Iwagakure ninjas as Hoshigakure ninjas to infiltrate the Land of Wind.

A month later, Konohagakure, putting aside past grievances, proactively launched a joint attack with Orochimaru, assembling forces from Takigakure, Kusagakure, and Otogakure on the eastern border of the Land of Earth.

Ōnoki dispatched Deidara and the Jinchūriki Rōshi, along with the Demolition Squad, Siege Squad, and Sealing Squad, to confront them.

The following month, the leader of Kusagakure committed suicide by hanging, leading to internal strife within Kusagakure. Takigakure, seeing the unfavorable situation, voluntarily withdrew from the allied forces, leaving only Otogakure and Konohagakure.

At this time, Sunagakure had lost its northern oasis and water source, and its mission orders were also snatched by the newly rising Hoshigakure, leading to a shortage of food.

But because the Jinchūriki Rōshi on the front lines was not putting in his full effort, and despite Deidara’s aerial advantage and Kekkei Genkai, the Land of Earth’s army was still retreating steadily.

Fortunately, Iwagakure’s combat style was steady and methodical, adept at quickly constructing defensive fortifications by utilizing the terrain. With the previous “Great Ground Turning” operation of digging up White Zetsu as a foundation, the cooperation among ninjas was first-rate!

This resulted in Konohagakure achieving successive victories, but their advance was extremely slow.

To alleviate the disadvantage, Ōnoki took out the gold dust captured in the last war and hired the Fourth Kazekage and Chiyo to engage Konohagakure ninjas.

At the same time, Ōnoki secretly revealed his estimated intelligence on Konohagakure’s rear to the Raikage via merchant ships.

Konohagakure’s rear suddenly came under attack from Kirigakure and Kumogakure. In particular, the Fourth Raikage personally led the charge, fighting all the way to the gates of Konoha.

With the rear lost, Danzō and the Elder Council’s Root and some Anbu decided to return to reinforce. Tsunade, concerned about the village, had no choice but to return to Konoha.

Konohagakure’s sudden retreat led to the complete annihilation of Otogakure personnel by Iwagakure’s Demolition Squad.

Only Orochimaru and Jiraiya, leading ordinary ninjas and some newly recruited Anbu, remained on the front lines.

At this point, Iwagakure no longer actively attacked.

Instead, they continuously reinforced their fortifications and held their ground.

Konohagakure, following its usual practice, attempted to plunder surrounding villages and towns to cut off Iwagakure’s supplies. However, the Land of Earth, after Ōnoki’s reforms, had been forged into an impenetrable iron plate.

Almost every village had its own village-guarding ninjas or samurai squads. This made Konohagakure’s plundering plan extremely difficult, leading them to play the terrible move of massacring villages.

This gave Ōnoki an excuse to directly deploy the Land of Earth’s samurai army.

Although these samurai units lacked the diverse combat abilities of ninjas, they were exceptionally coordinated and protected by armor. While not a match for Jōnin, three or five of them grouped together were enough to kill a Chūnin.

As a result, the Konohagakure army, deep within the Land of Earth, intended to cut off Iwagakure’s supplies but instead had their own supplies and water cut off by the samurai units.

Furthermore, Deidara utilized his aerial advantage to drop bombs into Konoha’s encampment every now and then, picking off Jōnin.

Jiraiya could not bear such huge losses with no visible results and voluntarily retreated to reinforce against the Kumogakure and Kirigakure allied forces.

Although Orochimaru didn’t care about Otogakure’s losses, they were only temporary allies. After Jiraiya’s voluntary retreat, he also withdrew.

Subsequently, Ōnoki went to the Land of Iron and signed a ceasefire agreement with Danzō, simultaneously declaring Iwagakure and the Land of Earth neutral in this war!

Thus, after half a year of fighting, Ōnoki secured a crucial period of peaceful development for the Land of Earth…