Chapter 19: The Path of Gathering the Masses to Become a God

The dreamscape collapsed.

No, it was a reboot due to an update.

Yamanaka Chujiu did not risk staying; he borrowed the power of the shattering dream to break free, and the next moment, he opened his eyes on his bed.

He let out a long sigh of relief: "To be able to escape the dream without paying any price, my luck is quite good today."

"The problem is, why did I enter Itachi Uchiha's dream? Just because I talked to him about the Execution Line yesterday?"

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Yamanaka Chujiu discovered that there was one more mind connected to the Mind Severing Realm.

He clearly remembered that before going to sleep, there were only twenty-eight mind connections, but now there was a twenty-ninth.

It was not that Yamanaka Chujiu was sensitive to math, but because this twenty-ninth mind connection was different.

The connections established by the Mind Severing Realm before were all Living Puppets converted from Root ninja; those blank minds without self-awareness had connection lines that were pale and dull, even thin and fragile, relying entirely on Yamanaka Chujiu consuming chakra to maintain them.

This was also the reason why Yamanaka Chujiu did not take action against Root ninja on a large scale, because he himself could not bear the consumption of too many puppets.

But this extra mind connection was different; the connection line was lush and resilient, the color bright and eye-catching, and not only did it not require Yamanaka Chujiu to expend chakra, it instead fed a trace of mental energy into him.

And it was that kind of extremely pure mental energy that could be directly integrated into his mind, causing his strength to grow slightly but tangibly, and making him feel joy from the bottom of his heart.

Yamanaka Chujiu sat dazed on the bed for a good while, then suddenly jumped up: "Holy crap!!"

"This, isn't this freaking Faith Power?"

"No, no!"

"Faith is such a terrifying thing; how could a mortal like me be worthy of it? Once the believers increase, I won't be myself anymore!"

"Cut it off, must cut..."

Yamanaka Chujiu became dazed again; he silently looked down at his own hands, the corners of his mouth curling up fully.

He smiled bitterly and muttered to himself: "It's hell, I'm not a peerless ninja genius, I have no cheat or system, I didn't transmigrate into the true protagonist, and at fourteen, I'm only a Special Jonin, and a Special Jonin in intelligence specifically approved by bribing Orochimaru at that."

"If it were a true heaven-favored child, or a real transmigrator, even if stupid, they should be a Jonin by fourteen, and a qualified one should be rushing into the ranks of Shadow-level Ninja."

"I'm just a freaking Special Jonin, practically a veteran Chunin, with only this small life-saving golden finger of the Mind Severing Realm, a weakling who can barely survive returning home from the battlefield; what qualification do I have to look down on Faith Power?"

"That is the happy trouble of the big shots who have truly reached the peak and have no path left to advance!"

"Faith is an upgraded version of a golden finger for me, it is the true path to becoming strong!"

Yamanaka Chujiu was, after all, living his second life; in just a few minutes, he completed a risk and benefit assessment and began to study the Faith Power brought by the Mind Severing Realm without hesitation.

Why did he go to the battlefield to fight, and turn a blind eye to the restoration of Sarutobi Hiruzen?

Because he was not strong enough.

He made up his mind to oppose the restoration of Sarutobi Hiruzen; why did he still plan to guide the people to counterattack after the restoration succeeded?

Still because his own strength was not strong enough.

If Yamanaka Chujiu were strong enough, he wouldn't even need the strength of Senju Hashirama; as long as he had the level of Senju Tobirama, where would he need such a complicated plan?

He could follow the tactics of Minato Namikaze to directly beat the Uchiha into submission, then turn around and coerce the Uchiha to counterattack Sarutobi Hiruzen, forcing him to completely relinquish power by using Konohagakure as a hostage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could use Konohagakure to threaten the Uchiha and Minato Namikaze, but in front of Yamanaka Chujiu, the roles would be reversed.

Because Yamanaka Chujiu was indifferent to Konohagakure, while Sarutobi Hiruzen loved it deeply; after all, the Sarutobi Clan was also in Konohagakure.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could use administrative means to quietly hide the massive scale of the Sarutobi Clan, but he could not hide it from Yamanaka Chujiu, a transmigrator.

As long as the actual situation of the Sarutobi Clan was shown to the Uchiha and Hyuga, and then he asked one question: "Half of the Leaf Ninja are from the Sarutobi family, but how many are on the battlefield? If this continues, is this Konohagakure, or the village of the Sarutobi family?"

Never mind the Uchiha and Hyuga, even the Inuzuka Clan, Aburame Clan, and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, who were die-hard supporters of the Hokage, would have to break with the Third Hokage on the spot.

Why didn't Yamanaka Chujiu dare to do it now? Because his strength was insufficient; let alone fixing evidence to prove the problem of the Sarutobi Clan, he couldn't even protect his own life.

When he was "made" to commit suicide, he could easily be slandered as a lunatic, a spy from Kumogakure, or a rogue ninja of Konohagakure; no matter what he said, it would be rumors and slander against Konohagakure!

And then, there would be no then.

But with strength, Yamanaka Chujiu could shout it out loud; as long as no one could make him "be" committed to suicide, he could say too many things.

Yamanaka Chujiu could throw out a few explosive secrets, yet Sarutobi Hiruzen could not kill this ninja who was spouting nonsense; the result could only be that Sarutobi Hiruzen would be disgraced, and the Sarutobi family would be finished together.

Strength is just that important!

Therefore, a path of gathering the masses to condense faith and eventually becoming a god appeared, and Yamanaka Chujiu naturally had to walk on it.

It didn't take much time for Yamanaka Chujiu to figure out why there was faith.

The Mind Severing Realm could not only connect to minds that Yamanaka Chujiu understood, but also to minds that approved of his ideology.

Minds understood by Yamanaka Chujiu could have their control strengthened as the understanding deepened, eventually becoming Living Puppets like external incarnations.

Minds that approved of Yamanaka Chujiu's ideology would contribute the overflowing mental energy they didn't need to him; as the degree of approval deepened, the contributed mental energy would become increasingly pure and powerful.

The Mind Severing Realm, which mutated from the Mind Transfer Jutsu, had been used by Yamanaka Chujiu for so many years, and only today did he see the power of this golden finger clearly.

As long as there was enough time to develop and build a large-scale faith system, he might be able to leap to become a god.

Not a fool like Nagato, who was deluded by someone else's power and ignored the reality of his own short life, thinking he was a god.

Nor an ultra-standard powerhouse like Otsutsuki Kaguya, who was immortal and could destroy the world with a wave of her hand.

And even less like the Death God driven by ninja, a rule-based god materialized from the rules of the Ninja World.

Chujiu would be a faith-based god who gathers the power of faith and condenses a golden body of incense.

Yamanaka Chujiu's eyes were sparkling, and he smiled to himself: "Fourteen years since I transmigrated, there is finally something to look forward to in the future."

"Lord Third Hokage, please go ahead and restore your rule."

"But I guarantee that the days after your restoration will be very exciting; until you can no longer hold on for a second abdication, you won't have a single comfortable day."

"Hehe, the most important thing next is to treat Itachi Uchiha's mental illness."

"My first believer should not be a mental patient!"