Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 45 The Wonderful Uses of the Book of Vermilion Moon

I don't know how many times I've woken up, but once again I've returned to the banks of the Naka River.

The setting sun painted the sky red, wild geese flew past in the twilight, and a flock of ducks frolicked in the river, making quacking noises.

Having been 'killed' countless times, Izumi's eyes had gradually become numb.

Under the continuous onslaught of illusions, she could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

On the night of the first massacre of her clan, she was killed by Itachi's Tsukuyomi within the Uchiha clan's territory;
On the night of the second massacre, she tried to seek help from the Konoha Police Department, only to find that the department had also been attacked. She was eventually killed by the man in the tiger-striped mask.

On the night of the third massacre, she tried to ask the village for help, but before she could leave the clan's territory, she was ambushed by a group of masked ninjas.

Next, Uchiha Izumi was endlessly reincarnated on the night of the massacre. No matter how much she struggled, she could not escape the clan's territory or the endless cycle of this night of massacre.

Therefore, Quan decided to seek help from within the clan's territory to find the truth.

She traveled to every corner of the clan's territory, even to the clan leader's residence, only to witness the nightmarish scene of Itachi Uchiha slaughtering his clansmen, sparing neither the old nor the weak, nor women and children.

She also tried to get to the Konoha Police Department ahead of time to find more people to help, but no matter how fast she traveled, she could not get to the police department before the massacre occurred.

Either the man in the tiger-striped mask massacred the police department, or Itachi Uchiha slaughtered the entire clan territory.

No one can escape it; the shackles of fate seem to have been predetermined.

Even his own mother...

The only thing that puzzled Izumi was that the mysterious person wearing the white three-eyed fox mask had never appeared in her illusion world since the first time.

On the contrary, Itachi Uchiha and the mysterious person who massacred the Konoha Police Department always appeared.

"Who exactly is that guy...?" After experiencing the endless cycle of the night of annihilation, Uchiha Izumi finally realized that the key to this genjutsu world was likely created by the mysterious person she first met.

"What is his purpose in giving me this genjutsu world? Will the Uchiha clan really be wiped out?" Unbeknownst to her, the inevitable conclusion of the 'Night of the Uchiha Clan' had already been planted deep in Izumi's heart.

She just couldn't understand why it had to be Itachi! How could it possibly be Itachi!
Unable to understand, Quan mustered his courage once more and walked solemnly toward the clan's territory.

She is determined to investigate the truth behind the night of the massacre and find a way to break the illusionary world.

However, when she cautiously arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory, she found that the sun had just set.

"Oh, isn't this Izumi? You're back." Grandma Kuna walked over from a distance, leading her grandson Keiki, and waved to her with a smile.

"Sister Quan!" Little Qishu jumped and skipped towards her.

"Good evening, Grandma Kuna, Keiki..." Izumi's voice was choked with emotion, and tears welled up in her eyes.

After her father died, she moved with her mother to the Uchiha clan's territory and changed her surname to Uchiha.

During those three years, she was accepted by the Uchiha clan, who valued blood ties and kinship, and the clan members treated her like family.

Although her grades at the Ninja Academy were not good and she did not plan to become a Chunin in the future, as a Uchiha clan ninja who had awakened her Sharingan, she was entitled to the clan's benefits and stipends.

"Izumi, why are your eyes so red?" Granny Kuna came forward and lovingly patted her shoulder. "Is it because you've just started your ninja career and are you not used to it yet? Come to my house for dinner tonight. I'll make you something delicious to celebrate becoming a ninja!"

"Yay! Come on, Quan-jie!" Qi Shu happily circled around Quan.

"Thank you, Grandma Kuna, I just..." Izumi wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, feeling the warmth of family affection, yet also fearing that this might be another night of endless cycle of annihilation. Trembling with fear, Izumi followed Grandma Kuna and Keiki to their home as guests.

They were on high alert, fully focused.

But from the time Aunt Kuna prepared a sumptuous meal, to playing games with Qishu for a while after dinner, and then saying goodbye to Grandma Kuna and Qishu, nothing happened.

As I hurried home, the streets of the clan village were dotted with lights. In the neighborhood, children played happily, their laughter carried on the wind, while adults strolled around chatting in twos and threes.

Back home, Quan opened the door with a mix of nervousness and confusion.

"Izumi, you're back." Mother Hazuki Uchiha came out of the kitchen.

"Mom..." Seeing that her mother was still alive, Quan could no longer contain her emotions and threw herself into her arms, crying bitterly.

"You silly child." Uchiha Hazuki assumed that her daughter had encountered some grievances during the mission, so she gently stroked her daughter's long hair and softly comforted her.

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"The Book of Crimson Moon is really useful." Under the cover of night, on a rooftop in the Uchiha clan's territory, Menma leaned against the ridge, quietly watching Uchiha Izumi not far away.

The moonlight cast a cold glow on his white three-eyed fox mask, and the night wind ruffled his fur collar.

The little nine-tailed fox peeked its head out from its fur collar, holding an open bamboo scroll in its hand, looking here and there.

"Mm, there's nothing in this scroll!" Little Nine-Tailed Fox looked around in confusion for a long time, but couldn't find even a single character on the bamboo slip.

“Because it is the Book of the Crimson Moon.” Menma chuckled and took the bamboo scroll from the little nine-tailed fox.

After the Nine-Tails was resurrected in Menma's spiritual world, Menma arranged an environment for the Nine-Tails in his spiritual world so that she could have a better living environment in her spiritual world.

I stumbled upon the Book of Zhu Yue in the depths of my spiritual world.

After some searching, Menma discovered that this blank bamboo scroll, the "Book of Crimson Moon," contained the essence of the "Limited Tsukuyomi World." It could be used as a ninja tool to unleash genjutsu comparable to "Tsukuyomi." Furthermore, by holding the Book of Crimson Moon, one could make various adjustments to the genjutsu world, causing people to become immersed in multiple genjutsu.

Mianma has yet to discover the limits of Zhu Yue's book.

Furthermore, the Book of Vermilion Moon also comes with a genjutsu resistance effect, which can make Menma immune to some genjutsu and resist the genjutsu of the Sharingan.

With the blessing of the Book of Crimson Moon, Menma's weakness in the field of genjutsu was compensated, making it easier to deal with Uchiha Itachi in the future.

"You seem quite interested in this girl, Menma." The Nine-Tails tilted its head, showing some curiosity about this Uchiha clansman it had never seen before.

"I just want to see if she's of any use to me." Menma had indeed never seen her in the Limited Tsukuyomi world.

If we consider the Tsukuyomi world as the opposite, Izumi's father likely didn't die on the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, so he probably wouldn't have awakened the Sharingan, wouldn't have moved back to the clan's territory with his mother, and wouldn't have met Itachi Uchiha.

With a few years to go before the night of the massacre, there are three Uchiha that Menma may be using in his scheme.

Springs are just one of them.

"Her Sharingan is indeed very beautiful." Menma recalled Obito's evaluation of Izumi and was also looking forward to Izumi's Sharingan.

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