My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 140

“As expected of the Village of the Bloody Mist, even the mist itself is permeated with a lingering scent of blood!”

Upon your first arrival in Kirigakure, you had no desire to cause any unnecessary trouble that might alert Black Zetsu to your movements, allowing him to analyze your weaknesses and objectives.

To avoid detection by Black Zetsu, you had already made thorough preparations.

Before coming, you had conducted a test by using genjutsu to connect to a White Zetsu’s mind and utilizing its sensory abilities.

This allowed you to confirm that with the combined effects of your Tou-ton (Transparent Release) and Jingomissai (Dustless Mist-Block), White Zetsu would be completely unable to perceive your presence!

However, this also meant you had to minimize your direct actions. Fortunately, with this level of invisibility, combined with the Lightened Boulder Technique for floating and Flying Thunder God, you were confident in achieving your goals even without much combat.

To reduce unnecessary actions and avoid causing yourself trouble, you first circled the entire Kirigakure before making your move.

This allowed you to gain a good understanding of the village’s situation:

At this time, the Fourth Mizukage and Three-Tails Jinchuriki, Yagura Karatachi, was still alive and serving as Mizukage.

However, this individual, along with the Tailed Beast within him, had been controlled twice by the Mangekyo Sharingan, first by Uchiha Madara and then by Obito. It was truly a tragedy.

Because of this, the tyranny in Kirigakure, which originated from mutual slaughter and competition among survivors to become shinobi, had not only shown no signs of ending after many years, but had become even more brutal.

The demise of the Kaguya Clan, Haku becoming an orphan, and Zabuza’s defection were all inextricably linked to this.

Aside from the Mizukage, the largest faction was led by Genshi, an elder of Kirigakure who also held power equal to the Mizukage.

However, Genshi’s chakra was almost completely depleted, and observing his behavior, he was clearly not a shinobi by origin. He was a rare case of an ordinary person holding power in a ninja village.

Within Genshi’s faction were some members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the Byakugan sensory ninja Ao, and a rising star with the potential to become Kage, named Mei Terumi, a dual Kekkei Genkai user of Boil Release and Lava Release!

Additionally, you also discovered Kirigakure’s Ninjutsu Research Institute.

Contrary to your expectations of it being backward and dilapidated, Kirigakure, despite its tyranny, was not lagging in the research of ninjutsu and ninja tools, even possessing a certain Orochimaru-esque flair.

It even delved into Kekkei Genkai research. A rough scan with your Uzumaki Clan’s sensory abilities revealed a perfectly preserved corpse of a Kekkei Genkai user.

That smell, wind plus fire, Scorch Release—there was no mistaking it!

You searched your memories of shinobi and confirmed that the body belonged to Pakura of Sunagakure, who had died a truly miserable death.

Simply due to internal strife in Suna, a potential Kage-level talent in the village had been sacrificed!

Furthermore, on the outskirts of the village, there was the outwardly plundered Takeuchi Clan, as well as several other annihilated Kekkei Genkai families. These families had histories of at least a hundred years. Although plundered, there were still many seals and barriers worth thoroughly exploring.

“Mizukage, Three-Tails, Byakugan, Genshi, Mei Terumi, all potentially useful! Scorch Release, Pakura, feint, ninja clan ruins, away from the center, put aside for now…”

After your preliminary investigation, you had a plan for your next move:

Soon after, Genshi found a peculiar letter carved on a piece of ice and a golden mask on his table at home.

What was written inside was an invitation from the leader of the “Oni Mask Organization” to join them, promising to share the ninja world in ten years. The price, however, was to secretly gain control of Kirigakure through his hands.

If he agreed, by holding the golden mask, you would tell him an important secret.

If he disagreed, you would tell him in a different way!

Genshi disagreed, throwing the golden mask to the ground.

This was within your expectations. After all, someone who could control an entire ninja village as a mere mortal would certainly not be a benevolent person, and naturally wouldn’t willingly hand over decision-making power to others.

Thus, Genshi awoke from a nightmare. The golden mask on the ground had disappeared, but the melting ice shards made the truth of the matter even more perplexing…

Now, with your Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, your ocular power had reached an absurdly powerful level. With Uchiha Itachi’s eyes as a reference, the Genjutsu: Space-Time you cast was almost a replica of Tsukuyomi!

Since the optimal plan didn’t work, you changed your strategy.

Through remote focus of your ocular power, you controlled the blood flow within the sensory ninja Ao’s body, but your intention was not to seize his Byakugan.

Instead, you caused Ao’s body to feel unwell, yet when he sought medical attention, no cause could be found, and he was declared perfectly healthy.

This repeated many times, making Ao unable to endure this baseless torment.

As a result, at another meeting where both Genshi’s faction and the Fourth Mizukage were present, you once again took control of his body. Ao finally reached his breaking point and, disregarding decorum, broke the seal on his Byakugan to observe his own internal condition.

Seeing Ao open his Byakugan, you immediately used Flying Thunder God to transfer to another part of Kirigakure, near the experimental facility.

After Ao unsealed his Byakugan, the first to react was the Fourth Mizukage.

But Ao, already preparing to apologize, noticed the Sharingan imprint in the Fourth Mizukage’s brain.

Seeing Ao staring intently at him, the Fourth Mizukage, though his conscious mind was suppressed by genjutsu, was instinctively manipulated by the genjutsu and immediately attacked those in Genshi’s faction.

A great battle was on the verge of breaking out between the two sides.

However, at this time, Mei Terumi, despite possessing dual Kekkei Genkai and a considerable amount of chakra, with strength far exceeding that of an elite jōnin, was still inexperienced.

Her initial waves of combined Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu briefly suppressed the Fourth Mizukage, but the Mizukage defended against them with his Tailed Beast Cloak and ninjutsu, then charged forward for close-quarters combat.

Under such fierce attacks, Mei Terumi quickly fell into a disadvantage. Not only was she struck by a powerful blow from the Tailed Beast chakra, causing her to spit blood, but her light outer garment was also nearly destroyed.

Mei Terumi was on the verge of dying at the Fourth Mizukage’s hands.

Fortunately, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from Genshi’s faction arrived in time and saved her.

However, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were not all present, and could only barely contend with the Fourth Mizukage, who had not yet fully transformed into a Tailed Beast, by relying on the special abilities of their ninja swords.

Fortunately, Mei Terumi recovered in time. With Ao’s Byakugan assistance, she found a weak point in the Fourth Mizukage’s chakra cloak and broke through the Tailed Beast Cloak with a composite ninjutsu of her dual Kekkei Genkai.

At this point, the Sealing Team also arrived in time and sealed the Sharingan genjutsu chakra in the Fourth Mizukage’s brain before he could fully transform into a Tailed Beast.

The Fourth Mizukage subsequently regained his senses.

Recalling his past under control, Yagura no longer resisted.

Observing the situation, which was still under control, Genshi felt a slight doubt. Was this what you meant by “telling him in a different way”?

But such a method seemed to underestimate Kirigakure’s strength too much!

…

On the other side, after using Flying Thunder God to leave the scene, you began to observe the situation. Once all the defensive forces near the Ninjutsu and Ninja Tool Research Institute were drawn away,

You climbed through a window and entered, preparing to take Pakura’s remains.