Chapter 146: Terumi Mei

In the residential district of the Terumi Clan, inside a rather exquisite three-story building, Terumi Mei was currently pondering while facing the mirror.

This little princess of the Terumi Clan possessed emerald green eyes, long, reddish-brown curly hair with bangs covering her right eye, and pink lips; her figure was rounded and full, and even though she was only 17 years old, one could already discern her mature and enchanting posture.

However, the current Terumi Mei had no heart to admire her own beauty in the mirror; instead, she frowned, thinking about the recent upheaval in the Mist Ninja Village.

"How strange... the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, those seven guys, actually rebelled at the same time?! The Seven Swordsmen is just a title; those seven aren't exactly guys who love and cherish each other..."

"If a few of the Seven Swordsmen with abnormal brains rebelled, that could be called normal, but for everyone to rebel together..."

"That guy Suikazan Fuguki is the leader of the Assassination Squad; how could he possibly betray the Third Mizukage?"

"And how could the Third Mizukage be taken out so easily? The idea that the Seven Swordsmen could kill a Shadow-level ninja by joining forces is the kind of ghost story that could only fool ordinary ninja. The Third Mizukage knew the Seven Swordsmen inside and out; even if he couldn't win against the seven of them combined, it would be impossible for him to be assassinated without a sound!"

"It just doesn't make sense; it's as if the Seven Swordsmen and the Third Mizukage were all possessed... Wait, possessed..."

As if having thought of something, Terumi Mei, who was analyzing and pondering to herself, suddenly had a look of horror in her eyes, and she stood up abruptly:

While Terumi Mei's mouth spoke of terrifying Genjutsu, her eyes were filled with obedience, without even a trace of hostility.

"What a strange feeling; I clearly know I'm being controlled by your Genjutsu, yet I don't have any thoughts of resisting. What a terrifying Genjutsu!"

Uchiha Feiyu wore a smile on his face, picked up Terumi Mei, placed her on the large bed in the room, and then one hand reached inside along her collar.

Terumi Mei's face flushed slightly, her body twisted, and she reached out her arms to embrace Uchiha Feiyu.

"But with me, you don't have to be the Fifth Mizukage; wouldn't it be better to become the Fourth Mizukage directly?"

"No... I have to go find Teacher Yuanshi! If I'm not mistaken, the Mist Ninja Village is truly in trouble this time!"

This was precisely the terrifying aspect of the God-Controlling Technique; it fundamentally remolded a person's thoughts, rather than being a small trick to confuse the mind.

"Truly worthy of being the Fifth Mizukage in the original timeline; her mind turns quite flexibly! And... is the current Terumi Mei already a disciple of Yuanshi?"

As the words fell, Terumi Mei stood up directly and turned around, only to bump into a man; when the two collided, Terumi Mei felt a chill run down her spine, and without a word, she crouched back, opening her mouth to spit out a ninjutsu.

"Are you... the master who used Genjutsu to control me?"

"Alright, let's not discuss the Genjutsu issue for now; time is short, so let's get straight to the point!"

The God-Controlling Technique that Uchiha Feiyu cast through chakra was, of course, far inferior to the original version, but it already exceeded the limits of conventional Hokage Genjutsu and was even more terrifying than Kotoamatsukami.

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled, and the Genjutsu manipulating the five senses was instantly activated; Terumi Mei felt a numbness throughout her body, then her vision went black, and she collapsed to the ground.

The reason for this was that Terumi Mei would be Mizukage in the future, so naturally, she could not let anyone discover that she was controlled by Genjutsu.

"Use the God-Controlling Technique to control her first, and only undo it after she completely becomes my Cauldron!"

"How does it feel?"

"It seems I still underestimated her; even following the normal succession, Terumi Mei might have been able to become the Fifth Mizukage."

Picking up the sensory-deprived Terumi Mei, Uchiha Feiyu looked at her unfocused pupils, the three Tomoe in his blood-red Sharingan spinning constantly as he directly cast the God-Controlling Technique.

More than two hours passed in the blink of an eye; when Terumi Mei woke up from her blissful coma, Uchiha Feiyu had already undone the God-Controlling Technique.

With the Five Senses Manipulation on Terumi Mei lifted, her originally scattered gaze slowly converged, looking at Uchiha Feiyu.

The bloodline families of the Mist were indeed powerful, but in recent years they had shown signs of a lack of successors, especially according to what Uchiha Feiyu knew, the most outstanding geniuses of the Kaguya Clan and Hozuki Clan later contracted the bloodline disease. Under these circumstances, with Terumi Mei's strength, it was very possible for her to become the Fifth Mizukage.

Uchiha Feiyu gently stroked Terumi Mei's wet face, which was a mixture of her tears, sweat, and saliva, radiating a certain gorgeous and decadent luster.

Terumi Mei let out a long sigh of relief, reached out to touch Uchiha Feiyu's strong chest, and revealed a doting smile:

"I almost died; no, I have already died several times, and then came back again. I feel like the first half of my life was all in vain..."

Uchiha Feiyu had black lines all over his face, gave Terumi Mei a flick on the forehead, and said helplessly:

"What I asked about was your physical state and the chakra in your body! I wanted to know how your strength is now! Who asked you about your feelings just now?!"

Terumi Mei covered her head, only then waking up from that infatuated state. She focused slightly, feeling the surging chakra in her body and her skyrocketed physical fitness, and her little face went blank for a moment.

"My chakra has more than doubled, my physical fitness has increased by at least 1.5 times, and... I actually synthesized another Bloodline Limit!"

"Hahaha, I originally thought it would take a few years to synthesize Lava Release! I didn't expect to master it so quickly! It's simply amazing; I really am a genius!"

Before Dual Cultivation with Uchiha Feiyu, Terumi Mei had already synthesized the Boil Release Bloodline Limit. At this moment, she discovered that there was another special chakra in her body, which was the second Bloodline Limit she had been working hard to synthesize—Lava Release!

Possessing a dual Bloodline Limit was not just as simple as having one more ninjutsu.

Lava Release and Boil Release, these two Bloodline Limits, both leaned toward corrosive attacks, and their functions actually overlapped to a certain extent. Therefore, even possessing two Bloodline Limits did not mean her strength had doubled; it just meant she had more means at her disposal.

What was truly terrifying was that every time a Bloodline Limit was awakened, it was equivalent to letting the ninja's body undergo an evolution, which could significantly increase the ninja's talent, physical strength, nerve reflexes, chakra volume, and other innate qualities!

Especially for a first-generation Bloodline Limit ninja, the increase was even greater than that of those bloodline family ninjas. As a first-generation dual Bloodline Limit ninja, the huge dividends brought by just two Bloodline Limits had already brought her basic qualities into the Shadow-level.

And in fact, Terumi Mei was only 17 years old now; reaching the Shadow-level at this age could already be called a supreme genius.

After all, unless it was some ninja who awakened the Mangekyo very early, or was simply a jinchuriki, the record for a normal ninja becoming Shadow-level for the first time was around their 20s.

"With your current strength, can you become the Mizukage of the Mist Ninja Village?"

Uchiha Feiyu interrupted the foolishly happy Terumi Mei. Terumi Mei then came back to her senses, pouted and thought for a moment, then shook her head helplessly:

"Sorry, I definitely can't do it! I just awakened the Bloodline Limit and haven't truly integrated Lava Release into my combat system. Even if my basic qualities have reached the Shadow-level, there is still a gap in combat power compared to the Shadow-level!"

Uchiha Feiyu nodded, also having some understanding of Terumi Mei's current situation; her basic qualities had increased too much and too fast, and the ninjutsu she practiced had not yet fully kept up.

If Terumi Mei were given a few more months, she would definitely be able to integrate the combat techniques of the two Bloodline Limits and truly exert Shadow-level combat power, but she was definitely still lacking now.

"In that case, it doesn't matter; I have plenty of ways to improve your strength! First, use the Tsukuyomi Genjutsu world to help you practice ninjutsu, and then use Pills to improve your basic qualities. I believe that by then, your strength will be at least much stronger than an average Shadow-level."

"In the entire Mist Ninja Village, besides the Third Mizukage, there aren't many Shadow-level ninjas left. It seems only Gojuki Yagura has reached the Shadow-level, right!"

"Not bad, that baby-faced one should have already been slated to be the Fourth Mizukage..."

Gojuki Yagura in this timeline, because there was no Madara Uchiha to seal the Three-Tails into Rin—that kind of brain-dead operation—did not become the Three-Tails jinchuriki, but his own strength had indeed already reached the Shadow-level.

Generally speaking, unless there was really no other choice, the Shadow of a village would not choose a jinchuriki. Because of the internal atmosphere of the Mist Ninja Village, it tended more toward survival of the fittest, but it was even harder for a jinchuriki to become the Shadow of a village than an ordinary ninja.

Gojuki Yagura in the original work could become the Fourth Mizukage after becoming a jinchuriki; now, it went without saying that he was a solid candidate.

"If you defeat him with overwhelming strength, can you become the Mizukage?"

Uchiha Feiyu interrupted Terumi Mei's words and asked.

"Gojuki Yagura's strength is not bad. I have the confidence to beat him after practicing for a few years, but to defeat him with overwhelming strength..."

"Don't worry, with me here, I guarantee I can raise your strength to the limit! You just need to tell me if you can become the Mizukage after defeating him!"

"Of course that's possible! The Mist Ninja Village has many rules, but the greatest rule of all is that the strong are respected!"

"The original Second Mizukage was a ninja of the Hozuki Clan who defeated the Third Mizukage to seize the position! That is why the Third Mizukage only successfully ascended to the position after the Second Mizukage sacrificed himself."

"Never mind crushing Gojuki Yagura; as long as I can win, whether it's an easy victory or a narrow one, I will inevitably be able to become the Fourth Mizukage!"

"Very well, then let us begin now!"

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled and nodded, leaned down to look into Terumi Mei's eyes, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun.

Terumi Mei only felt the world spinning, and a moment later, she appeared in a strange world; she saw that this world had mountains and water, and in the very center was a massive training ground.

Surrounding the training ground was a circle of strange stone statues; if one looked closely, one would discover that those stone statues were all ninjas, and they even wore forehead protectors on their heads.

"This is an Illusion Space I created using Tsukuyomi. With my current strength, I can completely compress years of time into a single instant."

"Within this Illusion Space, although there is no way to train the physical body, various techniques and Nature Transformation regarding the use of chakra, as well as all kinds of ninjutsu, can all be practiced."

"The surrounding stone statues are the souls of ninjas I have finished off. Although you have no way to use the cheating move of Possession, you can still battle these ninja souls to hone your ninjutsu skills."

Standing in the very center of the training ground, Uchiha Feiyu spoke softly to introduce it to Terumi Mei. After finishing, he waved his hand, and the stone statues immediately shed their stone shells, revealing the ninjas inside.

After these ninjas opened their eyes, Terumi Mei discovered that all the ninjas had Three-Tomoe Sharingan in their eyes. Seeing Terumi Mei's puzzled expression, Uchiha Feiyu shrugged:

"These souls located within the Tsukuyomi illusion have been completely controlled and assimilated by this illusion; the Three-Tomoe in their eyes are proof of this."

"After being controlled by the Tsukuyomi illusion, the souls of these ninjas will likewise strengthen the power of this illusion, and as the illusion strengthens, it can even bring about growth in spiritual power for the host."

It was just that Uchiha Feiyu "ate" people every day to practice, and his spiritual power grew incredibly fast, so the strengthening of the illusion could only be described as better than nothing compared to that, which was why he didn't really care.

But for an ordinary ninja, this ability would absolutely be a huge help in training. The spiritual power pouring in from the Illusion Space alone would be enough to allow an ordinary Uchiha ninja to go straight to Three-Tomoe, or even Mangekyo.

After listening to Uchiha Feiyu's introduction, Terumi Mei looked at these ninjas with sparkling eyes, as if she were looking at a massive treasure.

A ninja is also a profession that improves through combat; a ninja who has experienced a Ninja World War is absolutely a cut above a ninja of the same level.

Being able to constantly engage in actual combat within the Tsukuyomi Space—never mind years, even just a few days would be enough to make her strength soar.

"Right, there is one more thing... here, even if you receive a heavy injury sufficient to cause death, you will not die. Of course, the pain will not be diminished."

"Additionally, if the chakra within your body is exhausted, as long as you call out, it will be completely restored, so you can completely let go and fight when you train, without needing to worry about any problems arising."

Hearing this, Terumi Mei was even more full of joy; not having to fear death, not having to worry about chakra consumption, and possessing an endless supply of opponents—this place was simply the most perfect training ground!

As for the issue of pain... any ninja with rich combat experience would not fear so-called pain.

(End of chapter)