I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 23 Even Heroes Are Stumped

In fact, Masayo Miwa's appetite has also increased, at least three times more than before she mastered Sage Mode.

However, Uchiha Yu's appetite increased tenfold or twentyfold, which made the tabby cat seem less exaggerated, to the point that she overlooked the strange phenomenon that her own size had not increased.

Cat Castle has some business dealings with Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave. Cat Castle sells everyday items, seasonings, building materials, and buys rare minerals and plants.

As they spent more time interacting with each other, the ninja cats, though unable to learn Sage Mode, gradually learned about the signs of Sage Mode training. For example, upon successfully training in Sage Mode, both toads and snakes would suddenly increase their appetite and then grow exponentially larger.

The cat named You, who unwittingly mastered the magic in the Cat Castle, is also the largest ninja cat.

Miwa Masayo's training focused on Sage Chakra, but influenced by Uchiha Yu, he tended to develop in the direction of advancing his own life level, while his physical size did not change much.

Because her body shape hadn't changed, and because Miwa Masayo was a clueless cat who forgot to inform Granny Cat, no one in the Cat Castle knew that she had mastered magic.

Uchiha Yu was very satisfied with this. It wouldn't be a problem if it grew to the size of a leopard, but with such a large size, how could anyone look forward to Miwa Masayo's catgirl transformation?

Could it be that Rinka-chan will be a super-strong catgirl in the future, with arms thicker than Uchiha Yuu's waist?

No way!

Catgirls should be small, soft, and fluffy to be to my liking.

Uh, what if, instead of the muscular catgirl, it was a seductive black leopard girl, or a domineering tiger girl...

Slurp...

It's not that I can't accept it.

However, the question raised by Miwa Masayo is indeed a problem: Uchiha Yuta is out of money.

The reward of 12 taels for a B-level mission was originally quite considerable.

The most expensive char siu ramen at the newly opened handmade ramen stall is only 450 ryo, enough to eat three meals a day for three months.

Moreover, Uchiha Yu cooked for himself. Although it took a lot of effort, the cost was really low. The cost of a full meal for one person and one cat was less than 150 taels. 12 taels was enough for half a year's expenses.

But now things are really messed up. The human has reached the Foundation Establishment stage and the cat has been practicing immortal arts. Its appetite has increased dramatically. In just ten days, it has emptied Uchiha Yu's wallet and almost depleted his savings.

Even a hero can be brought down by a single penny.

When Uchiha Yu looked at his wallet, he thought more than once about going to the Forest of Death to hunt. He could catch a wild boar and that would be enough to feed him for two days.

It's a pity we can't do it.

Everything in Konoha Village, from the land itself to the things on it, belongs to an owner. Even a tree or a wild rabbit belongs to a clan or the Hokage of the village.

All of them are private property.

Children under ten years old can be captured and collected at will without any scruples, because this is an agreement between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha.

For an adult ninja like Uchiha Yu, the most they could do was collect fallen branches for firewood. Hunting would definitely result in a fine, which would be far more expensive than buying meat at the market.

That's just how the feudal system is.

"Starting tomorrow, I'll go to the mission center to see if there are any suitable missions."

"That's more like it, but what if there aren't any suitable tasks, meow?"

"If it really doesn't work out, I'll take it even if it's not suitable. As long as I leave Konoha, it's not too difficult for a ninja to get some meat to eat."

"Yes, meow, then I'll go with you."

"I'm really looking forward to it."

Although every inch of the mountains, forests, valleys, and swamps outside Konoha Village in the Land of Fire is owned, they belong to nobles of all ranks, and they have no ability to discover what the ninjas are doing on their own land.

Even if a nobleman saw a ninja grilling meat in the wild, he wouldn't dare say anything unless he wanted to die.

Ninjas are such a contradiction; in the ninja village, in front of others, or when bound by mission constraints, they abide by the rules.

However, in the wild, when there are no third parties and no mission constraints, there are truly no taboos.

Nobles who are unaware of this do not live long.

The next day, Uchiha Yu ran two and a half laps before returning home, only to find a letter in front of his house. The letter was signed by the clan head, Uchiha Fugaku.

Thinking that his clan had given him a mission, Uchiha Yu quickly opened the package to take a look.

"Huh? Uchiha Itachi has already been born! The day after tomorrow is his one-month birthday!"

"屮!!"

"How could I have forgotten about that?"

Uchiha Yuu immediately felt extremely regretful. If he had been more careful beforehand, could he have tampered with the baby and caused it to miscarry?

Honestly, if it weren't for Itachi Uchiha, that brainless freak, neither Danzo Shimura nor the Third Hokage would have needed a suitable weapon to wipe out the Uchiha clan, nor a convincing scapegoat.

They would definitely hesitate and waver because of this. No matter how strong Obito Uchiha was, he could not carry out the plan to exterminate the clan alone in Konoha.

The Uchiha clan might survive until the Third Hokage is abandoned by his followers and the Fifth Hokage takes power, at which point the crisis of extermination will disappear.

If we could find another opportunity to kill Obito, that would be even safer.

Uchiha Yu suddenly felt like he had missed out on a fortune. The leisurely and carefree life had actually slipped through his fingers. It was heartbreaking!

No, my emotions are not right!

Uchiha Yu suddenly became alert. Ignoring the discomfort of his clothes being soaked with sweat, he immediately stood in a meditative posture to calm his mind.

The monkey in the mind's world no longer bears any trace of the golden monkey; it has somehow transformed into a long-haired, white-haired gibbon with arms hanging down to the ground.

At the same time that Uchiha Yu saw the gibbon, his mind was also seen by it. Knowing that its death was imminent, it began to struggle in its death throes without hesitation.

[So, getting anxious and stressed about money can also fuel your inner turmoil. But what's the difference between this white gibbon and the red silverback gorilla from before?]

What kind of inner turmoil within me nurtured that wild and arrogant Monkey King?

Uchiha Yu was able to have wild thoughts because the white-haired gibbon's resistance was insufficient, and the physical training he underwent to build his foundation also strengthened his will, making the vibrational power in his dantian even more formidable.

The white gibbon's desperate resistance had little effect; it let out a miserable "squeak" and turned into a shower of white fur in no time.

In the end, only one golden monkey remained. It looked exactly the same, but Uchiha Yu felt that the monkey's eyes were becoming more and more lively, as if it had become smarter.

[They seem like they'll get even more cunning from now on. Interesting, very interesting.]

"Dangkang, Dangkang."

Amidst the white fur scattered on the ground, a strange cry suddenly rang out. The illusory white fur was blown high into the air by the sound, startling Uchiha Yuu.

What's going on here? In the world of the mind, besides restless thoughts, what other animal-like phenomena can there be?

As the white fur was digested, a small, round piglet emerged. Although its body was only the size of a fist, it had a pair of white tusks that were longer than its body.

[The auspicious beast Dang Kang is a spiritual phenomenon associated with the spleen, which belongs to the earth element!]

[A sign of abundance, very good.]

(End of this chapter)