I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 126 Inheriting the Teacher's Legacy

The Seventh Division of the Police Department has dispatched elite troops to the border of the Land of Water for support, and "Uchiha Yoru" has been appointed as the frontline commander.

After Uchiha Yoru stormed the intelligence department, he not only escaped punishment, but the Konoha leadership also ignored him and issued a de facto promotion order.

The order was personally given by the Hokage. Although he wasn't the so-called commander-in-chief at the front line, at his age, being a commander in charge of a region was already a new level of expertise.

The commander-in-chief, a position held by all three legendary ninjas, is generally responsible for commanding a battle in a specific direction. They can command more than a thousand ninjas in combat or even deploy them to the border. Such a person is practically a general in their own right.

The commander is responsible for directing a local border area and can command a ninja legion of approximately 200-800, depending on the actual situation.

Uchiha Yoru suddenly became a rising star in Konoha, and also brought the Orochimaru incident to a close. Many people secretly pondered that the Third Hokage did not want to push too hard, after all, Orochimaru was his disciple.

As soon as the order was announced, countless people in Konoha began to speculate. However, one thing was certain: the matter was over, but Uchiha Yoru had stepped into the limelight.

Orochimaru's followers, who had been on tenterhooks, breathed a sigh of relief. At the very least, it proved one thing: the village would not pursue the matter.

The people's hearts, which were in turmoil, began to calm down almost instantly upon hearing this news.

The office building of the 7th Division of the Police Department.

"Brother Ye, the monitors outside have all left."

Uchiha Shisui lowered his head and spoke in a deep voice, while Uchiha Yoru gave a self-deprecating smile after hearing it, "Yes, he is the Hokage after all. A single order can both stabilize people's hearts and win them over. This matter can be considered over."

At this moment, Uchiha Yoru was secretly shocked by the Third Hokage's cunning and skill. If Orochimaru's situation hadn't been so unpredictable, the Third Hokage would never have been in such a passive position.

"Is this the end?" Upon hearing this, Uchiha Shisui, who had his head down, revealed a sarcastic smile in his eyes.

"Where is Lord Orochimaru, Brother Ye?"

Seeing Shisui's clearly obsessive and abnormal expression, Uchiha Yoru said in a deep voice, "Shisui! Haven't you calmed down after all these days?!"

In Shisui's heart, Orochimaru, who carried everything, was abandoned, and the so-called Will of Fire became a joke in his eyes.

"Shisui! Let's not talk about this again."

Facing Shisui, Uchiha Yoru immediately changed the subject, saying in a deep voice, "Shisui, you should be well aware of the Hokage's orders. Go and inform Hishi about the selection of the Seventh Division for the front lines. I need the list of those to go to the border in two days."

"Yes!" Uchiha Shisui took a deep breath and answered. Looking at Shisui, who was suppressing his emotions, Uchiha Yoru rubbed his temples and shook his head, saying, "Shisui, go down. The matter is over. Now there is war on the border of the village."

As Shisui left, Uchiha Yoru, who was lounging in his chair, looked thoughtfully at the two pale gold coins in his hand that no one else could touch or see.

Luck Coins!

Gold inherently contains a wisp of luck in the ninja world, but it is so scarce that a large amount of gold coins are needed. His system's pay-to-win aspect is essentially luck in gold coins.

When the Third Hokage issued the order, he officially stepped into the limelight, naturally attracting a great deal of good fortune.

Luck is something everyone possesses, but most people cannot utilize it. This ethereal existence is only truly concentrated during its peak period, and it begins to dissipate into the world when it fades away.

However, he can see the fortune of himself and his people. When the fortune reaches a certain level, he can solidify the fortune and use it to strengthen himself.

Just like the Third Hokage, he had a lot of luck, but he couldn't use it.

"So that's how it is. Now I can be considered to be in a high position and blessed with good fortune." Uchiha Yoru narrowed his eyes, playing with the luck coin in his palm, and a smile full of ambition appeared on his face.

Those in high positions will continuously generate good fortune, unlike some ninjas whose fortune is almost fixed.

This further solidified his ambition. If he could encompass the entire ninja world, how much fortune would he gain? At that time, the Six Paths and the Otsutsuki clan would all become his prey.

……

The oppressive atmosphere of the police department's seventh office building seemed to come alive again.

After the Orochimaru incident, Uchiha Yoru walked out of this place, which was ostensibly an office building but was actually a prison, for the first time, dragging his lonely figure in the twilight.

Inside a dimly lit room in the Uchiha clan compound.

Pale green medical ninjutsu chakra appeared in his hands, which he gently placed on the forehead of the girl lying on the bed. The warmth of the medical ninjutsu chakra relaxed her, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Upon seeing the familiar figure, even the usually strong-willed Mitarashi Anko couldn't help but tear up. "Yoru, you're back, sob sob~"

First, her most admired teacher Orochimaru left Konoha, and then the village's distrust broke through her psychological defenses, causing Anko to burst into tears.

The tender red bean hugged him, and the hem of her chest brought a smile to Uchiha Yoru's face as he soothed her forehead with his medical ninjutsu hands.

"Red Bean, it's alright now. You've only suffered some psychological trauma, but it's okay. The intelligence department hasn't invaded your mind."

Uchiha Yoru spoke comfortingly, but in his heart he was filled with sneer at the Hokage lineage. "You abandoned Anko, and when you regret it later, there will be no chance to make amends."

He didn't hide his praise of Konoha when talking about Anko; instead, he stated a fact: she had been locked in an interrogation room by the village's intelligence department and almost had her brain invaded. This was a tactic used against enemies and spies, and it had been used on her. In other words, she had been abandoned.

The three black tomoe-shaped curse marks on her snow-white, slender neck were extremely conspicuous. The occasional chakra erosion caused Anko unbearable pain, but the betrayal of the village was more painful than anything else. For the sake of the village, she chose to give up the teacher she followed, but the village turned around and abandoned her.

"Night, don't leave me again."

Right now, Anko is at her most vulnerable. She raises her head, revealing her big, watery eyes. She has nothing left. If Uchiha Yoru hadn't rescued her, she even thinks she might be lying on the cold ground.

"Don't worry, Red Bean, I won't abandon you."

"Night." Now, after experiencing all these painful blows to her spirit, Mitarashi Anko has become unusually sensitive, and even a little bit of a psychotic obsession.

"Red Bean, it's alright now."

Soothing the petite body in his arms, Uchiha Yoru also revealed a relaxed smile. This time, he had truly let down his guard.

In the dimly lit room, Uchiha Yoru gazed at the gathering aura above Mitarashi Anko's head and muttered to himself, "So that's how it is."

Although Mitarashi Anko lacks strength, her luck as Orochimaru's apprentice is already stronger than that of ordinary ninjas. Being with him now is a complete boost to her luck.

"Waaah~"

Suddenly, Hongdou's painful cries echoed in the dimly lit room. She was seen clutching her neck with one hand, as the curse mark began to cause her excruciating pain.

Uchiha Yoru, who was holding Anko, naturally felt it, especially as his body temperature began to rise due to the activation of the cursed seal.

"Red Bean, bear with it. I have a way to remove your curse mark, but the way is to replace your current curse mark with my own."

In the dimly lit room, Mitarashi Anko gritted her teeth and endured the pain, raising her head to look at her only support with her large, misty eyes.

His pitiful expression was as heartbreaking as that of an abandoned stray kitten.

It has to be said that the ninja world is a distorted world. Ninjas who are trained as tools from childhood begin to develop distorted emotions.

Seeing Hongdou tremble and close her eyes, slowly releasing her hand from her neck to reveal a burning hot curse mark, one could tell Hongdou's choice.

His wet eyelashes trembled. Now, in Hongdou's heart, the only person he could trust and the last reliance he had was the one in front of him.

A morbid and deformed world.

Even so, Uchiha Yoru showed a look of pity and sighed softly, "Anko, from now on, I'm entrusting my back to you."

With trembling eyelashes as if in response, in the dimly lit room, Uchiha Yoru's three-tomoe Sharingan eyes spun as he slowly opened his mouth and gently bit down on Anko's neck.

The sharp fangs on both sides easily pierced the skin, and with a strange force sweeping down, Mitarashi Anko, nestled in Uchiha Yoru's arms, groaned in pain.

"Night! Don't abandon me."

As Mitarashi Anko groaned in pain, the power of the new cursed seal on her neck surged forth and began to frantically devour the original cursed seal marks. As wisps of black smoke swirled around, the cursed seal representing Orochimaru's mark dissipated.

The perfect version of the cursed seal!

Uchiha Yoru has now mastered the perfect version of the Cursed Seal, which minimizes the damage to the body and is considered a milder version.

The fact that Mitarashi Anko was able to overcome the original curse seal proves one thing: her constitution does not reject the curse seal.

As can be seen from the original work, ninjas under the cursed seal have a survival rate, but a large proportion of them cannot survive.

Similarly, his perfect version of the cursed seal also has this limitation.

As his cursed seal was imprinted, the gentle power of the seal slowly relaxed Mitarashi Anko's furrowed brows, which had been in pain. For the first time in many days, she finally showed a peaceful expression and fell into a deep sleep.

During this period, Mitarashi Anko experienced the darkest moment of her life, and the invasion from the cursed seal had already exhausted her. Now she can finally sleep peacefully.

Just then, footsteps sounded beside him. Uchiha Yoru's expression immediately hardened. He slowly placed Anko on the bed, covered her with the blanket, and then withdrew.

Under the moonlight, two guests, one adult and one child, arrived at Uchiha Yoru's luxurious house.

"Mother, this is Teacher Ye's residence."

Uchiha Itachi looked at the house with a respectful expression. With his mother's nod, he politely stepped forward and gently knocked on the door.

In the bright living room, Uchiha Yoru, Uchiha Mikoto, and Uchiha Itachi were sitting facing each other.

"The clan chief's wife."

Facing the respectful Uchiha Yoru, Uchiha Mikoto also displayed the etiquette of a noble family, smiling gracefully as she held up her tea and said softly, "Yoru, I hope you won't blame me during this time, after all, the clan is under considerable pressure."

During this period, Uchiha Yoru was practically imprisoned in the office building. The Uchiha clan chose to remain silent, as they had no right to say anything about Orochimaru's power. In the end, they simply preserved their own people.

However, things are different now. With signals from the Konoha leadership and the support of the legendary Sannin Jiraiya, Uchiha Yoru now has a powerful ninja under his own command and has inherited Orochimaru's legacy.

Alienation meter!

It must be said that the higher-ups' strategy was brilliant. They said nothing, but simply released signals that made the Uchiha clan, who were unaware of the situation, believe that he had already sided with the higher-ups.

"Madam Chief, I naturally understand the pressure from the family."

The clan leader and elders didn't come in the middle of the night. One reason was to avoid suspicion, since the proud Uchiha wouldn't do something like this, which was too eager to win him over. Another reason was to test him to see what his choice would be.

"Yoru-kun, Itachi has awakened his Sharingan. The border is not very stable right now, and all the major clans have decided to send their elites to reinforce the front lines. The Uchiha clan especially needs merit to regain trust. I'm entrusting Itachi to you."

At this moment, Uchiha Mikoto, the gentle clan head's wife, showed a pleading expression for the first time, while Uchiha Itachi, standing beside her, nodded respectfully and said, "Teacher Yoru, please."

Send Itachi Uchiha to the battlefield! Or rather, test him!

Uchiha Yoru nodded almost without hesitation and said in a deep voice, "Itachi is my student, so I will naturally take good care of him. This trip to the front lines is not only to stabilize morale, but also an opportunity to prove the Uchiha clan."

The Uchiha clan is currently caught in the middle due to the Nine-Tails' accusations, and is actively sending elites to address the border unrest in order to send a signal and regain trust. This is evident in the original work, where the dispatch of Shisui, the most talented member of the Uchiha clan, to the front lines proves everything.

"Thank you very much, Lord Ye."

"Thank you, teacher."

After experiencing some events, Itachi Uchiha seemed to grow up and mature a lot in an instant, and even his mother did not know what he was thinking now.

The astute Itachi Uchiha, observing the oppressive atmosphere in the living room, knew that his mother's late-night visit was on a mission for the clan. Therefore, he tactfully bowed his head and said respectfully, "Master, Mother, I'm going to the courtyard to practice my swordsmanship."

Seeing the perceptive Itachi Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha smiled with satisfaction and nodded, saying, "Itachi, thank you for your hard work."

Uchiha Yoru, who was standing to the side, also smiled and nodded, saying, "Itachi, your current age limits your physical growth. Focus on using hidden weapons and genjutsu as much as possible. You can hone your ninjutsu after your body has grown up."

"Yes, teacher."

Uchiha Itachi respectfully withdrew from the house, leaving only Uchiha Yoru and Uchiha Mikoto in the bright living room.

No one knows what the two talked about that night, only that after an hour or two, they both showed satisfied smiles, and Uchiha Mikoto even smiled and nodded as she left with Uchiha Itachi.

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