Chapter 62: Changing the Battlefield: The Transfer Order for Konoha F4

What Luo Fu found regrettable was that although he could cultivate the Izanagi and Izanami taught by Uchiha Fugaku, he would never practice them.

Due to the shared space, his Mangekyo Sharingan’s uniqueness allowed its twelve ocular technique slots to nearly span across Kekkei Genkai, ninjutsu, and ocular technique imprints of powerful skills.

But the essence of the Mangekyo Sharingan had not changed; even Luo Fu himself did not know whether learning Izanagi and Izanami would cause his Mangekyo to go blind once activated.

Yet he had several intuitive feelings that if imprinted onto his ocular slots, using Izanagi and Izanami might still demand a cost—but not one as dangerous as blindness.

Unfortunately, imprinting ocular slots could only be achieved through observation; one had to witness another’s technique firsthand to imprint it, and mere study could not achieve the same effect.

At least, the current Luo Fu could not break this rule.

Through Uchiha Fugaku’s instruction, Luo Fu realized that these two ultimate Uchiha ocular techniques, though devastating in power, were in fact not complex but leaned toward a crude, straightforward method.

Even without sincerely studying them, merely listening to Uchiha Fugaku explain these two techniques was enough for Luo Fu to understand their usage.

“These two ocular techniques are forbidden arts of the Uchiha clan. Unless Itachi’re truly at death’s door, never use them,” Uchiha Fugaku warned. “If Itachi’re truly cornered and must survive, even losing these legendary eyes is worth it.”

“Thank Itachi, Brother Fugaku!” Luo Fu looked profoundly grateful.

But in his heart, he had already decided that once back, he would find a Uchiha he disliked, teach him these two techniques, force him to use them, and imprint them onto his own ocular slots.

Although he had twelve ocular slots, Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyo already occupied two, and adding Izanagi and Izanami left only eight.

In Luo Fu’s plan, Uchiha Obito’s Kamui—this BUG-level ocular technique—was indispensable.

Obito’s Kamui was like it had broken the Mangekyo’s upper limit; even Rinnegan techniques were powerless against it.

Even when facing Kaguya Otsutsuki at last, this Mangekyo-level technique still displayed astonishing effects.

How could Luo Fu miss such a technique, worthy only of being called a BUG?

Because of Uchiha Fugaku’s favor, Luo Fu’s status within the Uchiha clan instantly changed.

Within a party, no factions; countless variations.

This held true for the Uchiha clan as well: across Konoha, the Uchiha were ostracized, yet internally, they too divided into hawk and dove factions.

Beyond the stark conflict between the hardline hawks and the weak doves, the Uchiha clan also harbored a third faction: those who merely wished to be quiet ninjas, uninterested in such messy politics.

Yet ever since, the neutrals had looked down on Uchiha Fugaku’s weakness and rejected the hardline stance of the senior elders; lacking a clear standard-bearer, though fewer in number than the other two, they remained scattered and utterly inconspicuous within the clan.

Now, with Luo Fu’s emergence, the previously obscure neutral faction gradually began to rise.

This shift was not caused by Luo Fu or others’ deliberate actions, but stemmed from the impression Luo Fu had long given the other neutrals: an attitude of detachment, as if none of it concerned him.

Combined with his sudden rise in status due to Fugaku’s favor, this attitude caused the other neutrals to unconsciously gravitate toward Luo Fu, subtly forming another power center within the Uchiha.

The Uchiha clan’s internal changes would be set aside for now.

After the Hidden Mist Village’s failed attempt to strike directly at Konoha’s ninja encampment, the Hidden Mist launched no meaningful counterattacks for a long time, even beginning to retreat and consolidate their lines.

Facing disadvantage on the main battlefield against Konoha, the Hidden Mist increased their investment in the Grass Country front, uniting forces with the Hidden Stone Village.

In a short time, Konoha suffered consecutive defeats on the Grass Country front.

With Luo Fu’s rising status, he began leading a unit granted a degree of decision-making authority and autonomy.

His unit soon received orders from Konoha’s headquarters: they were reassigned to the Grass Country battlefield.

Yet this suited Luo Fu perfectly.

After all, during the Third Shinobi World War, the direct battlefield between Hidden Mist and Konoha was not particularly intense.

Most battles between Hidden Mist and Konoha erupted instead in the Grass Country.

Even the famed Battle of the Bridge of No Return occurred in the Grass Country.

Though the Grass Country front appeared dominated by Konoha and Hidden Stone, the Hidden Mist’s forces deployed there actually exceeded those along the Fire and Water Country borders.

Precisely because of this, Uchiha Obito came to hate the Hidden Mist with a burning passion—his beloved Hanabi Yamanaka had died directly because of them.

Originally, except for a few small Uchiha squads, the bulk of the Uchiha forces had been assigned to the Hidden Mist front.

But because Luo Fu had, by chance, disrupted the Hidden Mist’s ambush plan, Uchiha losses had decreased—and Konoha F4 naturally sought other ways to further weaken the Uchiha.

Luo Fu and some Uchiha ninja were reassigned to the Grass Country front for this reason.

Before Luo Fu and his team departed, Uchiha Fugaku finally worked overtime to transmit the chakra ninja blade via Summoning Jutsu.

The instant Luo Fu received the blade from Uchiha Fugaku, he eagerly drew it—a chakra blade wider and thicker than a normal katana.

Its slightly curved blade was better suited for power, its black surface shimmering with faint specks of light.

Chakra flowed effortlessly into the blade; even simply channeling chakra and swinging it could produce damage akin to a blade Gang .

Seeing Luo Fu slash, a faint chakra blade Gang shot from the blade, cleaving a five-inch-deep gash into a large tree over ten meters away.

(End of Chapter)