Chapter 64: The War Ends

Uchiha Feiyu ultimately agreed to Orochimaru, becoming his disciple; of course, as a disciple, his strength was not inferior to Orochimaru's, so it would be more accurate to call him an ally of sorts rather than a disciple.

Not to mention anything else, once he became Uchiha Feiyu's teacher, Uchiha Feiyu's merits naturally included a share for Orochimaru, not to mention that Uchiha Feiyu's current strength was also of great benefit to Orochimaru in his bid for the position of Hokage.

Don't say that Orochimaru has no interest in competing for Hokage and only wants to focus on research; didn't the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, also conduct research while serving as Hokage? The things he researched were not inferior to Orochimaru's.

Having a Great Ninja Village as backing is a huge boost to research work; otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't have needed to contact Danzō after defecting, nor would he have needed to establish the Sound Ninja Village.

Of course, Uchiha Feiyu did not believe that Orochimaru could truly get his wish; after all, everyone knew very well that the Hokage of Konoha did not look at how much merit you had achieved, but whether you listened to the Third Hokage.

However, taking this opportunity to fish for some benefits from Orochimaru was a pretty good thing.

After becoming Orochimaru's disciple, Orochimaru was not stingy, directly giving Uchiha Feiyu two ninjutsu first: the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique and the summoning of Rashomon.

These two ninjutsu were not of very high rank, but they were extremely practical; the Orochimaru-Style Substitution Technique could be called the best among all substitution techniques, and although it consumed a large amount of chakra, it could render original damage invisible.

And the ninjutsu Rashomon was an extremely rare and powerful defensive ninjutsu that could even block a Tailed Beast Bomb; in terms of defensive power, it was far stronger than ordinary Water Release or Earth Release defensive ninjutsu.

Having obtained the ninjutsu, Uchiha Feiyu quickly returned to his training ground to begin cultivation, and then the next day, he received the news that the Sand Ninja had surrendered directly.

"Tsk, they surrendered so quickly? The Sand Ninja aren't as stubborn as the legends say!"

Looking at the Information Scroll submitted by the Sand Ninja, a very obvious look of disappointment appeared on Uchiha Feiyu's face; if they had fought one more battle, the Black Qi he gained from the sacrifice would probably have exceeded a thousand!

As for souls and such, Uchiha Feiyu had also gradually discovered the limits of his Soul-Controlling Technique; currently controlling six or seven hundred souls already put a little pressure on him, and if there were any more souls, he would probably have to release the souls he had previously controlled.

Uchiha Feiyu had already started doing this; many weak souls, after their techniques were completely drained by Uchiha Feiyu, were directly released by him—anyway, those souls couldn't help in battle.

In the future, Uchiha Feiyu's Soul-Controlling Technique would probably only capture souls at least at the Special Jonin level; he no longer had a need for ordinary souls.

Regarding Uchiha Feiyu's complaints, Orochimaru just chuckled; although he had taken Uchiha Feiyu as a disciple, he still felt a bit of a headache regarding this disciple's personality.

Besides being afraid of death and ruthless, now there was also a fondness for bullying the weak? He didn't know how such a bizarre ninja could appear in Konoha, a village that emphasized the Will of Fire.

"Regardless, after the Sand Ninja admit defeat, most of the ninjas on our front line can be withdrawn. It's been a long time since I've been back to Konoha; doesn't Feiyu-kun want to go back and take a look? I, for one, have been missing my laboratory in Konoha!"

Uchiha Feiyu had no thoughts of missing Konoha, but the end of the war was always something worth being happy about; life in Konoha was much better than in the military camp.

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In Konoha, the Third Hokage looked at the surrender document submitted by the Sand Ninja, let out a long sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.

"The Sand Ninja have been defeated; Orochimaru has done a really good job!"

"And that Uchiha Feiyu, I really didn't expect this brat's strength to be so strong; it seems Hatake Sakumo has a successor!"

"Hiruzen, this brat is an Uchiha after all; he is very likely to be a threat!"

Danzō, who was in the office, was also looking at the intelligence and suddenly spoke up.

The Third Hokage rolled his eyes at Danzō and said indifferently:

"Then what do you suggest we do, Danzō? Let him join your Root? Didn't you say you didn't need ninjas like this?"

Danzō's face turned dark, and he remained silent; how could he have known at that time that this brat's talent would be this strong?

"Besides... with that brat's personality, it is absolutely impossible for him to join your Root. Why don't you try to persuade him to join yourself?"

The Third Hokage said with a smile; with Uchiha Feiyu's personality, if Konoha dared to use him as cannon fodder, he would defect the very next day.

This kind of person belonged to the type of old fox that gave the Third Hokage the biggest headache; usually, only ninjas in their thirties or forties with no attachments would behave this way.

Young ninjas are easily fooled, and ninjas with clans and families have more concerns and are more obedient to arrangements.

However, there are basically very few ninjas like this who are both lazy and powerful; if their talent were truly good, they would have long been brainwashed as key targets.

Unfortunately, although Uchiha Feiyu was young, his mind was very clear, and he didn't buy into this brainwashing at all.

"Forget it, that brat's personality is not material for the Root at all, but Hiruzen, you must keep an eye on this brat."

Danzō said coldly; he also knew very well in his heart that trying to force a ninja with such strength and no attachments to join the Root was basically a daydream.

However, his inherent resentment toward the Uchiha still led him to sow discord with Sarutobi Hiruzen; anyway, as long as they were Uchiha, they wouldn't be good people!

"Rest assured, I understand that brat's personality very well; although it's hard to entrust him with important tasks, at least he has no ambition."

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, indicating that he already understood, yet Shimura Danzo continued:

"Don't forget, he is also Orochimaru's disciple now!"

The expression on the Third Hokage's face paused slightly, and finally, he shook his head:

"It doesn't matter; Orochimaru is my disciple, and I believe he still has a sense of proportion."

Although he said so with his mouth, the Third Hokage ultimately had a thorn in his heart; it wasn't that Uchiha couldn't enter Konoha's master-disciple system, such as Uchiha Obito or Uchiha Kagami.

It was just that these Uchiha basically identified with the Will of Fire and were considered "politically qualified" figures.

Although Uchiha Feiyu didn't have a great relationship with the Uchiha Clan, he clearly didn't believe in any Will of Fire, and coupled with his great strength, it was hard to say whether it would affect the succession of the Hokage in the future.

(End of chapter)