Chapter 164: Cloud Ninja Village

Two days passed very quickly; two days is a very short time, for instance, those Leaf Ninja and Cloud Ninja Village ninja had been manipulated by Genjutsu for two whole days of "intense battle."

Two days is also a very long time; after Uchiha Feiyu and Yugito spent two days of shameless living in the hotel, Yugito had already completely become the shape of Uchiha Feiyu.

The morning sunlight shone into the room in the hotel; Uchiha Feiyu was sleeping soundly, and in his groggy state, he felt a warm sensation coming from below.

He opened his eyes slightly, listened to the rustling sounds, and let out a long breath.

A moment later, Uchiha Feiyu reached his hand down and pressed it onto Yugito's long golden hair; Yugito's face flushed, and she let out a whimper like a small beast:

"Ugh..."

As Uchiha Feiyu's body vibrated, Yugito's face grew redder and redder, as if she were forcibly enduring something; a moment later, she raised her head.

After quite a while, Yugito finally calmed down a bit, and Yugito lowered her own fair, delicate hand.

A large hand reached over and gently wiped away the tears flowing from the corners of Yugito's eyes.

As she spoke, Yugito's face was full of confidence; in reality, apart from Killer Bee, there were indeed no ninja in the Cloud Ninja Village now whose strength surpassed hers.

In the end, they could only accept a bit of compensation from the Cloud Ninja and, holding their noses, acknowledge this fact.

For the Leaf, which possessed the Hyuga Clan, the Byakugan was not some precious thing, but for the Cloud Ninja, who had the fewest bloodline ninja among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, the value of the Byakugan was truly no lower than that of several hundred ordinary ninja!

Just looking at how that Byakugan-killer from the Mist Ninja protected the Byakugan, one could see just how much importance other ninja villages placed on the Byakugan.

Becoming the Shadow of a village does not necessarily mean being the most powerful ninja in that ninja village, but at the very least, one must be one of the most powerful; if the strongest ninja in a ninja village has a gap in strength compared to other ninja, then even if he has no such intentions, he will inevitably become the leader of this village.

"Alright, that's enough."

"Rest assured, Master Feiyu, with the pair of Byakugan you gave me, and the strength you helped me improve, as long as Master kills the current Fourth Raikage, I have absolute certainty of becoming the Fifth Raikage!"

"It's time to get up, Yugito; today is the day my Genjutsu ends."

Moreover, it wasn't as if the Leaf didn't give the Hyuga a chance for revenge; as it turned out, the Leaf didn't fail, but the Hyuga main house ninja who served as the commander failed himself, so what could be done?

For the Cloud Ninja Village, there was a gap in strength between the two perfect jinchuriki, Yugito and Killer Bee; originally, Yugito's strength was still a cut below Killer Bee's, but it was still significantly stronger than other ninja.

The Cloud Ninja's troops lost more than half, and their strength was already inferior to the Leaf's troops; although the Leaf surpassed the Cloud Ninja in grassroots strength, their leader, that Hyuga main house ninja, had already "sacrificed" himself.

Under these circumstances, the Leaf were leaderless and the Cloud Ninja were timid, so the war situation naturally calmed down.

Having regained her senses, Yugito leaned against Uchiha Feiyu's chest like a little kitten, squinting her eyes, and Uchiha Feiyu patted her twice gently:

It is true that the Hyuga Clan was very dissatisfied with this matter; after all, in a series of events, they first lost a Hyuga clan head, then a Hyuga main house member died, and they were also robbed of a pair of Byakugan, but after losing the support of the Leaf, the Hyuga Clan did not have the guts to provoke the Cloud Ninja again.

"Master Feiyu, do you still need me to continue serving you?"

A somewhat disappointed expression appeared on Yugito's face, but she quickly cheered up; after being transformed into a Cauldron by Uchiha Feiyu, although her personality had not changed, all her interests were centered on Uchiha Feiyu, so she naturally knew when to get down to business.

"When the time comes, go and make arrangements, and take the ninja under your command to retreat! I have sacrificed about half of the Cloud Ninja; the losses are much greater than the Leaf's, but with two Byakugan in hand, all things considered, you still profited from this battle."

Now, after the Dual Cultivation with Uchiha Feiyu, Yugito completely possessed strength at the level of Killer Bee; as long as Killer Bee died, she would be the only candidate for the Fifth Raikage.

Bringing Yugito back to the "battlefield," Uchiha Feiyu quickly dispelled the Genjutsu, and the Land of Frost, which had originally been in an "intense battle," suddenly became eerily calm.

As for the Cloud Ninja, although they lost several hundred ninja and paid out some supplies, they at least obtained a pair of Byakugan.

After all, the current Cloud Ninja were also in a state of generational decline; even the former Yeyue Clan could not find a single Shadow-level Ninja.

Subsequently, the Leaf and the Cloud Ninja launched so-called peace negotiations; after the Cloud Ninja agreed to compensate with some supplies, the Leaf's army left the Land of Frost.

And likewise, Yugito, who had reclaimed the Byakugan, saw her prestige in the Cloud Ninja Village increase significantly; in fact, the Cloud Ninja Village had already prepared for a failed battle from the start, so being able to reclaim a pair of Byakugan could already be considered an unexpected joy.

After all, in recent years, the Leaf had never lost in foreign wars, and coupled with the implementation of the Universal Chakra Treaty, the once somewhat decadent Leaf had been reborn in these few years; the high-level officials of the Cloud Ninja were not fools, and of course, they could see that they were no match.

The facts were also as expected; look at the neighboring Iwagakure, the number of ninja they sent out was twice as many as the Cloud Ninja! In the end, only a few dozen ninja escaped back, almost the entire army was wiped out.

The Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja were old rivals; the Rock Ninja had been beaten to a pulp by the Leaf, and the Cloud Ninja figured that on their side, there was an eighty percent chance they would also have a hard time gaining the upper hand.

With psychological expectations sufficiently low, the answer and battle results handed in by Yugito naturally made the Cloud Ninja feel a wave of pleasant surprise.

Land of Lightning, Cloud Ninja Village.

"Yugito, it seems that after the Cloud Ninja Village suffered such a defeat, your reputation has actually increased a bit!"

"Mm-hmm, this... this is all thanks to you, Master Feiyu... if you hadn't helped, I wouldn't have been able to obtain the Byakugan..."

Holding Yugito's hand, Uchiha Feiyu looked toward the distant Cloud Ninja Village with curiosity in his eyes.

A strange sensory ability, which could be called Divine Sense, spread into the distant ninja village, and he also heard the views of the Cloud Ninja Village's ninja regarding Yugito.

Ever since Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails jinchuriki, became a true perfect jinchuriki and then became the Fourth Raikage, the Cloud Ninja Village no longer had any discrimination against jinchuriki.

Come to think of it, Yugito should also thank Killer Bee; it was precisely because Killer Bee was the first to become a perfect jinchuriki that the prejudice against jinchuriki in the Cloud Ninja Village was completely changed, whereas before Killer Bee, all jinchuriki were almost like ticking time bombs, subject to the wariness and fear of ordinary ninja.

It was precisely because of Killer Bee's performance in the Cloud Ninja Village over the years that the Cloud Ninja's ninja, far from discriminating against Yugito, the newly promoted perfect jinchuriki, were actually extremely in awe of her power.

Coupled with the "merit" Yugito had established this time, the Cloud Ninja who were now discussing Yugito were almost all unstinting in their praise.

"It seems your popular base is already there; is the only problem that guy Killer Bee?"

Uchiha Feiyu rubbed his chin, thinking about how he should kill Killer Bee; his first thought was to directly detonate the power of the Tailed Beast—but then he abandoned this idea.

After all, Yugito was also a jinchuriki; if Killer Bee, this perfect jinchuriki, were to go berserk, then Yugito would obviously also be greatly affected; at the very least, her prestige in the Cloud Ninja Village would plummet, and no ninja would choose a ticking time bomb to lead them.

"If it really doesn't work, then just let this guy mysteriously disappear... just like the Third Kazekage, neither seen alive nor dead; by then, no matter how much the Cloud Ninja Village suspects, they won't be able to find any evidence."

While Uchiha Feiyu was thinking, he exerted force with his hand; Yugito's face flushed even more, and she placed her hand on her chest, covering Uchiha Feiyu's large hand:

"Master, aren't you... still going to deal with the Fourth Raikage? Now is not the time... to expend energy."

"Tsk, that guy Killer Bee is not worth me being that serious."

Uchiha Feiyu said nonchalantly, but in the end, he stopped the movements of his hands, withdrew both his upper and lower hands, and placed the slightly glistening fingers from below near Yugito's lips.

Yugito stuck out her small tongue, licked the glistening liquid on his fingers, and then leaned her head against Uchiha Feiyu's chest:

"Master Feiyu, don't underestimate Killer Bee's power; although we are both perfect jinchuriki, the Fourth Raikage's strength is far above mine."

"I have sparred with the Fourth Raikage before and know his strength very well; unless three experts of my level join forces, I would absolutely not be the Fourth Raikage's opponent!"

Among the Tailed Beasts, apart from the Nine-Tails which was far ahead of the rest, the strength gap between other Tailed Beasts was not too large, but it could be seen that the Eight-Tails Gyuki was indeed half a grade stronger than ordinary Tailed Beasts, at least much stronger than the unremarkable Two-Tails Matatabi.

And the most important thing was that after Yugito lost the power of the Tailed Beast, she was at most a slightly stronger Elite Jonin, while Killer Bee, even without relying on the power of the Tailed Beast, had strength in his Lightning Release Chakra Mode that was at most only slightly inferior to his sworn brother.

It could be said that even if he were not a Tailed Beast jinchuriki, Killer Bee could still become a top expert in the Cloud Ninja Village; this was exactly the biggest gap between him and Yugito—it was not the gap of the Tailed Beast, but merely the huge gap in the ninja talent of the two sides.

Just like Naruto Uzumaki, this reincarnated Ashura, becoming the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, compared to an ordinary Uzumaki Clan member becoming the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, under the same conditions, there would still be a world of difference in the strength of the two sides.

However, Uchiha Feiyu just smiled lightly; he was, of course, already well aware of Killer Bee's strength. Not to mention his performance in the original work, he had also witnessed the strength of this Perfect Jinchuriki before.

Yet Uchiha Feiyu had confidence; even if the future Sage Mode Fox Naruto, the strongest Perfect Jinchuriki, were to come over, he could easily and completely suppress him, let alone Killer Bee.

Yugito's doubts, to a certain extent, were simply because she did not understand Uchiha Feiyu's true strength at all.

Cloud-Thunder Gorge is a special gorge near the Cloud Ninja Village, shrouded year-round in dark clouds with flashing lightning; out of 365 days a year, it is in a state of thunderstorm for 300 days.

This place is a forbidden area of the Cloud Ninja Village. While full of danger, it is also a holy land for practicing Lightning Release chakra Nature Transformation and Shape Transformation. Although many Cloud Ninja who train here lose their lives due to the harsh thunderstorms, any Cloud Ninja who can come out of here alive can at least obtain the title of Elite Jonin.

Yugito rarely goes there; after all, she specializes in Fire Release, not Lightning Release. But Killer Bee, the Fourth Raikage, basically lives in Cloud-Thunder Gorge whenever he is not working or resting.

In the past, the Third Raikage and Killer Bee's foster brother, A, also treated Cloud-Thunder Gorge as their home. Now, most of the time, it is just Killer Bee training inside alone.

Arriving at the entrance of Cloud-Thunder Gorge, Uchiha Feiyu looked up at the sky, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face:

"This strange weather phenomenon... is it caused by Natural Energy?"

"Come to think of it, the weather in the Naruto World is indeed very bizarre. The Land of Rain has rain for at least 340 out of 365 days a year, the Land of Wind is theoretically not lacking in water but is actually a desert, and then there are the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth... almost every country has its own unique terrain, landscape, and special weather."

"Plus, the Natural Energy in the Naruto World is so violent; it can turn people into stone or monsters at the slightest provocation, and even trigger the killing intent in one's heart like it does to Jugo—it really is all the Otsutsuki's fault!"

This planet was harvested by the Otsutsuki Clan and damaged by the God Tree; it is clear that the Natural Energy could not possibly be very calm. The harsh natural environment and violent Natural Energy can basically be confirmed as the trouble caused by the God Tree.

The natural environment here at Cloud-Thunder Gorge is just a small remnant of the evil caused by the God Tree 1,000 years ago.

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Feiyu gave up on these lofty questions. When he truly possesses power that surpasses the Otsutsuki Clan one day, he will go and modify the natural environment of the Naruto World then.

And for now, what he is concerned with is merely Killer Bee, who is currently training in Cloud-Thunder Gorge.

(End of this chapter)