Chapter 161: Shisui Uchiha

"Greetings, my lord!"

Mui, the current leader of the Grass Ninja Village, whose strength could be considered top-tier even among Shadow-level ninjas, knelt on one knee without hesitation upon seeing Uchiha Feiyu, his face filled with fanatical loyalty.

Of course, Tsunade, who had already mastered Sage Mode and awakened the Sage Body, only needed to take a careful look to be certain that this guy must have fallen under a Genjutsu to be so respectful toward Uchiha Feiyu.

"Rise, Mui."

Uchiha Feiyu waved his hand and said straight to the point:

"I have sought you out this time because I want you to cooperate with Konoha and join the war against Iwagakure and the Cloud Ninja Village."

"Understood, my lord. I shall go mobilize for war immediately and lead the troops to support Konoha tomorrow!"

"My lord, how many men do you require?"

Uchiha Feiyu said indifferently:

While Mui was leading the people of the Grass Ninja Village toward the battlefield, Uchiha Feiyu also brought Tsunade directly to the vicinity of the Konoha camp via Space-Time Ninjutsu.

Shouldn't the Hokage be staying in the Ninja Village? Why run straight to the battlefield? Who will the army take orders from when the time comes?

Before Uchiha Fugaku could think it through, Tsunade had already spoken up:

Mui did not offer the slightest excuse, agreed immediately, and walked straight out of the room, beginning to issue orders with swift and decisive action.

The leader of this ninja unit was, unsurprisingly, Uchiha Fugaku; even though he no longer possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, the power of his Three-Tomoe was already no less than Shadow-level.

The Uchiha Clan has always produced elites; having inherited the bloodline of the Sage of Six Paths, even an Uchiha who has not awakened their eyes is stronger than an ordinary ninja in terms of chakra volume, nature transformation of internal chakra, and chakra control, generally starting at the Chunin level.

It can be said that although the number of ninjas sent by Konoha this time is small, the quality is absolutely high because the entire Uchiha Clan has been mobilized.

"Then send out all the ninjas; in any case, the Grass Ninja Village doesn't have many ninjas left now."

After all, while the Mangekyo eyes were gone, the body after the bloodline awakening was still far superior to an ordinary Three-Tomoe Uchiha in every respect.

Upon receiving the news of Tsunade's arrival, Uchiha Fugaku walked out of the camp with a hint of surprise, and upon realizing that it was truly Tsunade in person, he felt even more at a loss.

"Very well, I understand."

During this period, the Grass Ninja Village had almost completely cleared out all the wandering ninjas within its own borders, and had not even spared the ninjas from some of the neighboring small countries.

As of now, there are about 100 awakened ninjas in the Uchiha Clan, and 20 with Three-Tomoe, which adds up to 20-plus Jonin and 100-plus Special Jonin!

Hearing about the war, these ordinary ninjas had no complaints; in fact, many were filled with excitement. One must know that having battles meant having new Blood Qi Pills, which was indeed good news for certain ninjas who were bent on progress and didn't care about their own lives.

"Rest assured, Fugaku, I am only here to inform you of some new intelligence. Konoha has reached an agreement with the Grass Ninja Village, and the Grass ninjas will soon come to support us!"

It was precisely because they had no goals that they had developed to the point of near-mutual slaughter within the entire Ninja Village, but if they could refine pills using outside ninjas, it was naturally better than using the ninjas of their own village.

And as long as an Uchiha has awakened their eyes, the weakest is at the Special Jonin level, and a Three-Tomoe Uchiha is a ruthless character even among Jonin.

This time, Konoha is essentially standing up for the Uchiha Clan and the Hyuga Clan, so naturally, both clans must send the most troops. The Uchiha Clan has about three or four hundred registered ninjas, and almost all of them have joined the Konoha unit.

At this time, the Konoha unit had just arrived in the Land of Grass, the camp was built very crudely, and the leader was none other than Uchiha Fugaku.

All three Shadow-level ninjas of the Grass Ninja Village were controlled by Uchiha Feiyu using Genjutsu. With these three high-level figures exerting their influence together, by the next morning, all the ninjas of the Grass Ninja Village had already formed a ninja unit.

"The Land of Grass?! Those fence-sitting ninjas are actually willing to support us from the start!"

"Lord Hokage, you have come as well?"

A look of shock appeared on Uchiha Fugaku's face. Small ninja villages like the Land of Grass basically never place their bets immediately during every Ninja World War; they only potentially offer help once one side gains the advantage, and then kick the losing side while they are down.

This is the survival strategy of small ninja villages; otherwise, if they bet wrong at the start, they are highly likely to be swept away by the victor. Conversely, while fence-sitting behavior is despised, the winning side will not trouble them further.

"That is correct, and you can rest assured that this time, the Grass Ninja Village will support us one hundred percent."

Tsunade said with a calm expression. Uchiha Fugaku could only nod upon hearing this; since even the Hokage had personally guaranteed it, he had no reason to doubt it.

As for why the Grass Ninja Village would behave so abnormally, that was not his concern; as long as he could ensure that the ninjas in the Grass Ninja Village could be of help, that was enough.

After speaking a few words with Uchiha Fugaku, Tsunade and Uchiha Feiyu left the camp directly. Watching the two disappear in the blink of an eye, a look of contemplation appeared in Uchiha Fugaku's eyes.

"Father, what is wrong? What are you thinking about?"

A familiar, youthful voice sounded in Uchiha Fugaku's ear. Uchiha Fugaku came back to his senses, glanced at his son Uchiha Itachi standing beside him, and shook his head:

"Nothing... I am just a bit surprised. I never imagined that the Hokage would have a ninja who has mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique by her side. The foundation of the Hokage is truly unfathomable!"

I remember that the Uchiha who stole my eyes back then also possessed Space-Time Ninjutsu...

But Uchiha Fugaku soon laughed at himself and cast the thought out of his mind. The two sides used completely different space ninjutsu, and he wasn't ignorant of the effects of the Flying Thunder God Technique, so what kind of unreliable things was he thinking about?

Moreover, although Tsunade, as Hokage, was not particularly close to the Uchiha, she did not fear the Uchiha Clan like the Third Hokage did, so Uchiha Fugaku did not believe that Tsunade would let her subordinates do such a thing, nor did he think anyone in Konoha knew he had awakened the Mangekyo.

Unaware that Uchiha Fugaku had just nearly suspected a piece of the truth, Uchiha Feiyu relied on the Flying Thunder God Technique to begin placing a large number of Array Disks throughout the Land of Grass, carrying out the preliminary preparations.

The territory of the Land of Grass was, after all, much larger than the valley from before. Uchiha Feiyu used the Kamui Space to bring over most of the Cauldrons he had in Konoha, which allowed him to complete the preparations for the Genjutsu Array within three days.

Next, everything was ready, save for the east wind.

In the sky, a crystal ball the size of a washbasin slowly floated upward. At the very center of the crystal ball was a Sharingan with a Mangekyo pattern.

The crystal ball floated higher and higher until it reached an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, where it finally stabilized.

Sitting on a hillside, Uchiha Feiyu could vaguely sense the tiny, hidden dot in the high altitude; this was the limit of his sensory ability.

Subsequently, Uchiha Feiyu closed his eyes slightly, and the chakra and ocular power within his body rapidly connected with the crystal ball in the sky. In just an instant, Uchiha Feiyu felt as if he had gained a brand-new perspective.

The crystal ball tens of thousands of meters in the sky seemed to have become another eye of his, looking clearly down at the earth. However, at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, even after refinement, the vision of that Mangekyo Sharingan had improved, yet it was still very blurry when looking at the ground; ordinary humans looked almost like ants, and one could only see small black dots.

This was already the astonishing vision of the Mangekyo Sharingan; if it were an ordinary eye, looking down from tens of thousands of meters, one would basically see nothing at all.

"It seems I can't use this thing as a satellite... Perhaps switching to an Eternal Mangekyo would be better?"

However, using an Eternal Mangekyo just to serve as a satellite in the sky seemed a bit too wasteful... I wonder if the Tenseigan on the Moon could be directly modified by him into a magical artifact?

If he had that massive Tenseigan, covering the entire Ninja World would be no problem at all. The only issue was that Uchiha Feiyu's chakra was not quite enough; the duration of the Genjutsu might only be calculated in hours or even minutes.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Uchiha Feiyu focused his spirit back on the large Sharingan artifact in the sky, directly inputting his internal chakra and ocular power to the maximum extent.

A faint red light instantly diffused from the massive crystal ball in the sky, sweeping across the entire Land of Grass. Uchiha Feiyu did not use Genjutsu; he was merely testing the effect of this crystal ball.

However, Uchiha Feiyu also discovered that when he used his ocular power to scan the entire Land of Grass, he could clearly see the movements of all the ninjas in the entire Land of Grass. From this perspective, the crystal Sharingan in the sky could indeed be used as a satellite; it was just a bit chakra-intensive.

When the ocular power scanned over, the ninjas located in the Land of Grass did not have much of a reaction; the vast majority of ninjas had no idea what had happened. Only Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Obito seemed to have sensed something, looking around in confusion and glancing up at the sky, yet in the end, they still gained nothing.

"At this point in time, has Shisui Uchiha still not awakened the Mangekyo?"

Looking at Shisui Uchiha, who showed no reaction, Uchiha Feiyu arrived at an answer: although Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Obito no longer possessed the Mangekyo, their bloodlines had already awakened to the level of the Mangekyo, so they naturally had a slight sensitivity to the high-purity ocular power permeating the sky.

If Shisui Uchiha had also awakened the Mangekyo, his reaction would definitely be clearer than that of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Obito; considering that Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo was of the Genjutsu type, he might even be able to resist the Genjutsu in the sky.

Uchiha Feiyu's Small Tsukuyomi certainly could not compare to the true Infinite Tsukuyomi, not only in terms of range but also in quality; while an ordinary Mangekyo might be no match, Uchiha Feiyu did not have much confidence that he could definitely control a Genjutsu-type Mangekyo.

However, it did not really matter... when everyone around him was controlled, Uchiha Feiyu could completely stage a "Truman Show" for Shisui Uchiha, putting on a large-scale, realistic Genjutsu.

"It's decided... before the real great war begins, I'll just have Shisui Uchiha awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Two more days passed, and the ninja of Iwagakure also arrived in the Land of Grass, began building a camp, and dispatched ninja to scout for information; at the same time, all the ninja of the Land of Grass also arrived at the Leaf Ninja camp to begin merging with them.

Various ninja squads used for scouting were roaming everywhere in this small country of the Land of Grass; although the real battle had not yet begun, the intelligence gathering work of both sides had already started.

Inside the main Leaf camp.

"Patrol and scout for information? Very well, I understand!"

After receiving the mission, Shisui Uchiha nodded, said a word to his three companions, and left the camp directly.

As he left, Shisui Uchiha did not notice that the eyes of both the ninja who gave the order and his three companions flashed with the red light of the Sharingan.

More than ten hours later, Shisui Uchiha led his three companions straight into an ambush set by the Rock Ninja, and over a hundred ninja surrounded their four-man squad...

After a cruel and fierce battle, two of Shisui Uchiha's companions stayed behind to cover him, and another companion carried the injured Shisui Uchiha, struggling to escape to safety.

"Put me down, Ryoko... if you do this, neither of us will be able to escape!"

"No, Shisui! Leaf Ninja don't have the habit of abandoning their companions."

The ninja named Ryoko shouted, filling Shisui Uchiha with emotion and sorrow; the Three-Tomoe in his eyes spun continuously, and there were even faint, minute changes.

"Not good... the enemy is catching up!"

The sound of explosions coming from behind made both of them feel a slight shock; those were the Explosive Tag traps designed for their retreat, and they had been triggered, clearly indicating that the pursuers were not too far from them.

Sure enough, a moment later, only the sound of *whoosh, whoosh, whoosh* rang out, and over a dozen Iwagakure ninja caught up to Shisui Uchiha again.

"It's that Uchiha brat... we can't let him go!"

"This brat killed half of our ninja... to have such talent at such a young age, we absolutely cannot let him escape!"

"Kill, finish them off!"

While speaking, the Iwagakure ninja threw the Kunai and Shuriken in their hands without hesitation; Shisui Uchiha only felt his body sway, and he was thrown onto the ground by his teammate.

He had just raised his head when he immediately saw his teammate named Ryoko blocking in front of his body, her whole body pierced like a hedgehog.

(End of this chapter)