Chapter 162: War Within Genjutsu

Splashing blood sprayed onto Shisui Uchiha's face, leaving him completely stunned; Ryoko, already down to his last breath, turned his head and gave a bitter smile:

"Sorry... it looks like... we... aren't going to escape after all..."

After saying this, he lost his breath, his body slumped to the ground, and blood slowly seeped out from beneath him.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!"

Watching his comrade's sacrifice, Shisui Uchiha felt the string in his mind snap completely, and he let out a frantic, sky-piercing roar; in that instant, the Three-Tomoe in his eyes finally underwent a complete transformation, shifting into the shape of a four-pointed dart.

At the same time, a massive amount of chakra surged out from his body, and the Rock Ninja surrounding him were instantly struck with terror:

"What's going on? Such powerful chakra..."

"Forget it, kill him quickly! Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

"Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dango!"

A barrage of Earth Release ninjutsu, kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags—countless attacks flew toward Shisui Uchiha, yet at this very moment, the upper body of a green giant of light appeared around him!

"All of you, go to hell! Yasaka Magatama!!"

Dazzling light erupted from the chest of the giant of light, and with a violent boom, the Rock Ninja surrounding Shisui Uchiha were filled with horror as they were completely melted away by the endless light.

"And most importantly... the effects of the Five Senses Control genjutsu and the Tsukuyomi genjutsu have both become much stronger."

"Kotoamatsukami... doesn't seem very useful, since I already possess the God-Controlling Technique myself."

Shisui Uchiha is currently only about fourteen or fifteen years old, at least ten years away from his peak; if conditions allow, it is better to let him grow.

As for opponents who haven't awakened the Rinnegan and whose power doesn't touch the Six Paths Level, it makes basically no difference whether or not I use the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan; they can't block the power of the God-Controlling Technique anyway.

Not to mention how much the now-sober Shisui Uchiha doubted his life upon discovering his Mangekyo had reverted to a Three-Tomoe, after obtaining Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo, Uchiha Feiyu returned to the small hillside where he had been and began to absorb the power of Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo.

Uchiha Feiyu narrowed his eyes, the chakra and ocular power within his body reconnecting with the giant crystal ball in the sky; he could feel that not only had the effects of the genjutsu he cast increased, but the chakra consumption had also decreased significantly.

Under these circumstances, having suddenly awakened the Mangekyo after receiving massive mental stimulation and then using the Susanoo to consume a large amount of chakra and ocular power, he was now practically exhausted.

Several hours later, Uchiha Feiyu finally finished absorbing the power of Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyo, casually threw away the two eyeballs that had withered to the size of soybeans, and at the same time, the three tomoe in his eyes rotated continuously, once again transforming into the shape of a four-pointed dart.

Relying on the power of the Kotoamatsukami Sharingan, the genjutsu that originally could only be maintained in the Land of Grass for two or three days could now last for four or five days, nearly doubling in duration.

"Regardless, it counts as a form of accumulation! At the very least, the current genjutsu can slightly confuse a ninja at the Rinnegan level; even if it's only for a second or two, it counts as having some practical use at the Six Paths level."

"Tsk... look how thoughtful I am. To prevent you from going blind, I even gave you a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan directly. This is much better than those guys who only care about digging out eyes!"

The crystal ball in the sky emitted a red light, and a massive genjutsu force instantly shrouded the entire Land of Grass; in an instant, the pattern of a four-pointed dart appeared in the eyes of every ninja in the Land of Grass.

"The ninjas from Iwagakure have also arrived... so now, let's start experimenting with the effects of my miniature Infinite Tsukuyomi!"

Uchiha Feiyu said jokingly; in reality, for a potential stock like Shisui Uchiha, Uchiha Feiyu naturally hoped he would develop to his limit before harvesting him.

A moment later, a spatial vortex appeared on the battlefield; Uchiha Feiyu glanced at Shisui Uchiha, reached out, and used a Sealing Technique to render him even more thoroughly unconscious, then dug out his eyes and stuffed a pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan back into Shisui Uchiha's eye sockets.

Just after Uchiha Feiyu finished the eye surgery, he also took the opportunity to treat the wounds on Shisui Uchiha's body, then released his seal and disappeared into the void while Shisui Uchiha was still unconscious.

A moment later, the half-body giant of light vanished completely after a flash of light, while Shisui Uchiha stumbled two steps, picked up his comrade's corpse and walked a few paces, then collapsed to the ground in a daze, falling unconscious.

"Next, I'll proceed according to the list... forget it, let's go find these ninjas from Iwagakure first!"

Even Uchiha Fugaku, Uchiha Obito, and Shisui Uchiha—these three Mangekyo-level Uchiha—could not resist the massive genjutsu force after losing their own Mangekyo Sharingan; they were only delayed for a second or two before the four-pointed dart pattern appeared in their eyes as well.

Using the God-Controlling Technique genjutsu with the power of Kotoamatsukami does provide a certain increase in power, but it still has no effect on opponents who have awakened the Rinnegan.

Shisui Uchiha himself was not lightly wounded, and he had lost a large amount of blood along the way, his chakra nearly depleted.

This time, Iwagakure sent a total of 2,000 ninjas to the Land of Grass; Uchiha Feiyu did not recognize the leader, who was likely just a Quasi-Shadow level ninja, and such strength naturally could not escape Uchiha Feiyu's genjutsu manipulation.

About ten minutes later, Uchiha Feiyu checked carefully and confirmed that all the ninjas in the Land of Grass were under his control, then began to preside over the entire war through Five Senses Manipulation.

First, he had these ninjas fire ninjutsu wildly to create a massive battlefield, then Uchiha Feiyu teleported directly into the battlefield with the Hunyuan Treasure Box, controlling these ninjas to come to the front of the Hunyuan Treasure Box automatically, where he absorbed them all.

"Hmm... a battlefield without corpses, not even severed limbs or blood... whatever, it doesn't matter. Anyway, ninja corpses are a resource in this world; even if it's a bit clean, I assume Iwagakure will just think Leaf Ninja cleaned it up."

Uchiha Feiyu looked at the state of the "battlefield" and stopped caring; he only stopped the operation of the Hunyuan Treasure Box when fewer than a hundred ninjas from Iwagakure remained.

Subsequently, Uchiha Feiyu began to input a pile of virtual memories into these surviving Rock Ninja, basically covering how they fought the Leaf Ninja, how they were defeated, how they escaped, and how they ended up as the remaining hundred-odd remnants.

Having handled the Iwagakure side, Uchiha Feiyu began using genjutsu to summon the Leaf Ninja, took out the list Tsunade gave him, and began selecting the ninjas to be sacrificed.

Uchiha ninjas with overly radical personalities, middle and low-level ninjas over 40 years old, ninjas suspected of various things after inspection, ninjas who no longer had potential...

Piecing it together, Uchiha Feiyu managed to find over 300 Leaf Ninja and sent them into the Hunyuan Treasure Box as well.

As for the Grass Ninja, Uchiha Feiyu only kept a dozen or so ninjas he controlled, and all the others became sacrifices. In terms of losses, they could be considered the heaviest among the three ninja villages.

"If they check carefully, they probably won't be fooled, but I doubt anyone is so idle that they'd come to inspect the battlefield."

After refining all the ninjas with the Hunyuan Treasure Box, Uchiha Feiyu glanced at the battlefield; generally speaking, no one would truly suspect anything wrong with this kind of battlefield, as there were simply too many people involved in the war. In this sense, it could be considered a case of being hidden in plain sight.

"Of course, even if they did find a problem, it wouldn't matter. I doubt anyone would believe the reason that both sides in the war were under a genjutsu."

After thinking about it carefully, the fact that I would actually consider things for these leeks and even make excuses for them is truly moving!

Just as Uchiha Feiyu was preparing to arrange the scene for the two sides and release the genjutsu, his gaze swept over Uchiha Fugaku, and he rubbed his chin:

"If Uchiha Fugaku were to suddenly disappear now... who would take over the position of Uchiha Clan Head?"

The Uchiha Clan is not like the Hyuga Clan, where main branch ninjas are always main branch and branch family ninjas are always branch family; on the contrary, these Uchiha are full of vitality, and they often fight fiercely for the position of clan head.

To put it bluntly, the Uchiha Clan Head has never had any other requirements; the only requirement is that they must be the best fighter in the entire Uchiha Clan!

"The best fighter among the Uchiha now... besides Uchiha Fugaku, isn't that Uchiha Obito?!"

Uchiha Obito is now eighteen or nineteen years old; he once awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and although his eyes were quickly dug out by Uchiha Feiyu, it brought him more chakra, purer Yin Release power, and higher talent and limits.

By comparison, besides Uchiha Fugaku, the only other ninja in the Uchiha Clan who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan was Shisui Uchiha; both had their Mangekyo dug out and replaced with Three-Tomoe.

However, Shisui Uchiha only awakened his a few days ago and is a few years younger than Uchiha Obito; it's hard to say what will happen in a few years, but right now he is truly no match for the enlightened Uchiha Obito.

"Tsk... has the spring of 'Uchiha Kenji' arrived? Forget it... regardless, compared to Uchiha Fugaku, both Uchiha Obito and Shisui Uchiha would definitely listen to the Hokage more!"

With his mind made up, Uchiha Feiyu looked at Uchiha Fugaku and sighed:

"Goodbye, Clan Head, I shall take care of your wife and daughter, do not worry!"

Thinking of Uchiha Mikoto, who had the image of a traditional Japanese woman, Uchiha Feiyu made up his mind, waved his hand, and sent Uchiha Fugaku directly into the Hunyuan Treasure Box.

By the time Uchiha Feiyu finished harvesting the leeks, two days had passed; he then used genjutsu to place these ninjas back into the positions they held in the genjutsu and released the genjutsu directly.

The moment the Genjutsu was undone, these ninja transitioned into reality almost seamlessly; those fleeing for their lives did so, those pursuing the Rock Ninja tried their best to pursue them, and those fighting continued their battles...

Not a single ninja noticed anything amiss, and many ninja of the Uchiha Clan even cried out loudly in grief:

"Kill these Rock Ninja, these bastards killed the Clan Head!"

"We cannot let them go, slaughter them all, and take back the Clan Head's corpse!"

"You idiot Uchiha! Stop dreaming, it's useless even if you surround us; your clan head's corpse was burned to ashes by us long ago!"

The sounds of rumbling, the clashing of weapons, the roar of lightning, the surging of water, the howling of wild Wind, the burning of flames, the trembling of the earth... almost in an instant, the ninja who had broken free from the Genjutsu began an endless battle.

However, it was clear that the fewer than one hundred remaining Rock Ninja were no match for the main force of the Leaf Ninja; after resisting for a short while and losing another dozen comrades who stayed behind to cover their retreat, these Rock Ninja finally escaped with their lives.

After spending another day cleaning up the battlefield, the Leaf Ninja who returned to the camp finally began to compose themselves and turned to celebrating.

Although even the leader of the Uchiha Clan, who was also the commander of this ninja unit, Uchiha Fugaku, had died, being able to wipe out nearly the entire Rock Ninja force in just a few days with only a few hundred casualties on their own side was clearly a great victory for the Leaf.

Of course, some observant ninja also discovered many things that were not right on the battlefield, such as the corpses on the battlefield disappearing without a trace, the dead ninja all having certain identical characteristics, and the development of the battle always having some strange aspects...

But having never thought of the existence of something like the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and unable to consider the answer that all ninja had been caught in a Genjutsu, their questions could only be buried in their hearts.

At most, they suspected that a third party might have intervened in this war, or they suspected that some organization like Root was also active on the battlefield in secret; without being able to investigate any results, these suspicions were completely meaningless.

The war between the Leaf and the Rock Ninja ended just like that; although the Leaf lost several hundred ninja, they also discarded quite a few burdens and unstable factors, so it is hard to say whether it was a loss or a gain.

Of the more than 2,000 ninja from Iwagakure, only a few dozen ultimately escaped, which could be considered a crushing defeat; both their reputation and interests suffered significant losses, but it was precisely because of the pressure from the Leaf that the Land of Earth's universal chakra policy was implemented even faster.

Both Great Ninja Villages could only be said to have had both wins and losses, and the unluckiest and most miserable one was likely the Grass Ninja Village, which was completely wiped off the map.

The entire ninja village had only a dozen or so ninja left who hadn't died on the battlefield, plus some Grass Ninja who hadn't participated in the war due to executing other missions; the number was still under three digits, and such a number could not be called a ninja village at all, only a ninja organization.

(End of this chapter)