I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 63 Drawing Boundaries on the Ground

Masayo Miwa asked in a low voice, "Where was your hint?"

Uchiha Yu replied with an awkward smile, "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Waiting for a mission, this village chief is particularly savvy, he told me that he has to add a mission at the last minute, to protect Jiusen Village from being flooded."

"Meow?"

"Yes, yes, I have completed this task, and the village chief was very considerate. He was willing to treat the flood as a ninja-level threat and set the task as a C-rank."

"Is it because you have more money, meow?"

"150,000 taels, the maximum!"

Uchiha Yu proudly extended his right hand, his five slender, white fingers stretched out straight, trying his best to express his smugness.

Miwa Masase squinted at his pet owner and said with a sneer, "That's it?"

"You, Uchiha Yu, a dignified sage, would care about a mere 150,000 ryo in reward money, meow?"

"You're the man who controls the funds for the Uchiha clan's revival, meow!!"

"You have a full forty million taels of cash on hand! Forty million taels, meow!!"

"It's different."

"It's not the same speed there, woof!"

Enraged, the tabby cat pounced, grabbed Uchiha Yu's head, and bit his ear hard.

Of course, this "fierce" bite did not cause Uchiha Yu pain. Instead, it was Miwa Masayo's tongue touching his ear that made him feel very itchy.

Uchiha Yu laughed innocently, hugged the tabby cat with both hands, and gently patted her body, while explaining, "I tricked my way to 40 million ryo, but I earned this 150,000, so of course they're different."

When Masayo Miwa realized that he couldn't bite his human, he obediently let him hug him.

She questioned, "The 150,000 taels is certainly not a scam, but the blatant use of violence and intimidation is unmistakable. How is this any different from robbery or extortion by thugs?"

"Rika-chan, that's not right. Didn't I protect Kumori Village?"

"It's a meow."

"So, did I not say anything threatening?"

"...It's already so obvious, is there any need to say anything more?"

Uchiha Yu, holding a tabby cat, jumped around on the rocks he had made. Wherever he went, the rocks made a rumbling sound and then retreated into the mountains.

He explained to the villagers that the rock dam was carved out of the mountain and had to be pushed back in, otherwise the mountain would become brittle and more prone to landslides in the future.

After he said that, he immediately began to push the rock dam back in, bit by bit.

Several villagers initially questioned the village chief, arguing that the ninjas shouldn't be rewarded with money and mission rewards, otherwise...

It doesn't matter why, because all the villagers have shut up.

They now believe that the village chief's thinking is absolutely correct, full of foresight and wisdom, and that he truly deserves to be the village chief elected by everyone.

When all the rock dams disappeared, the village chief handed Uchiha Yu a mission completion certificate, a document explaining additional missions, and some money.

The highest reward for a C-rank mission is 150,000 taels, but the expenses for the mission issuer are more than 150,000 taels, because Konoha Village will take a cut.

But Uchiha Yu admitted it himself. After all, the other party just wanted to give him money. What he wanted most was the time needed to complete the additional mission, not the money reward for the mission.

Masayo Miwa is right, he's not short of money now.

But time is scarce. Uchiha Yu needs time to delay the date of joining the war, and he needs time to investigate the natural energy of the newly discovered landslide dam lake.

Arranging for the cat castle to occupy the landslide dam and constructing the ever-burning lamps needed for the three rounds of Yasuo both require time.

Uchiha Yu still needed time to think about the Foundation Establishment process. As time passed day by day, feedback from his body told him that the first stage of the Foundation Establishment period was about to be completed.

With such an important event happening, what will Uchiha Yu face? There are no existing examples in the ninja world to refer to, and there are no precedents in the Sage Mode he knows.

Every step forward on the path to immortality can only be achieved through one's own exploration.

In this situation, what Uchiha Yu needs most is luck. If he has the protagonist's lucky halo, no matter what difficulties and obstacles he faces, they will not be a problem. Even the most terrible crisis can be turned into a blessing in disguise and eventually become a greater opportunity.

But luck is elusive, and having never won a big prize in her past life, Uchiha Yuuka doesn't believe she can get through everything by luck.

Luck is unreliable; what Uchiha Yu needs is time.

With more time, he can think more about the details of meridian circulation, observe his own changes more closely, and have more opportunities to trigger "spur-of-the-moment" events to judge potential dangers during the Foundation Establishment stage.

After obtaining everything, Uchiha Yu confirmed once again that he had eliminated all traces of the rock dam and left behind a large amount of fresh soil.

Uchiha Yu pondered for several minutes, confirming that there were no problems, and the equally apprehensive village chief opened his eyes.

His pupils had transformed into Sharingan, and the three tomoe were activated at full power before he even opened his eyes, the three small tomoe spinning and leaving afterimages.

Sharingan - Hint

The implication is not about erasing memories. Ninjas don't use brain exploration techniques on villagers because they can't withstand the exploration or the ninjutsu that conceals and modifies memories. Skilled ninjas only need simple techniques to hypnotize villagers and make them recall all the details they thought they had forgotten.

Chakra and ninjutsu have long created a chasm between ninjas and ordinary people, forming a class barrier that is even greater than the possession of money and capital.

Uchiha Yu's implication was simple: he did not forcibly change any facts.

He appeared last night, but the time he appeared was changed to earlier.

He did jump out of the water, but the large waves and floodwaters that appeared separated him from the floodwaters, leading people to mistakenly believe that the floodwaters and Uchiha Yu's appearance were out of sync.

He saved Kumori Village with his miraculous ninjutsu, but the name of the technique he used was changed to "Earthflow Wall," and with a row of destroyed houses, all the ninjas would confirm that this was the truth.

And it automatically conjures up an image of a stupid Konoha ninja who resists layer by layer along the roads of Kyuumei Village, and after Kyuumei Village pays a huge price, manages to save all the logs and two-thirds of the houses.

Thus, the two points—that Uchiha Yu jumped out of the flood when it was near its highest point and that he used a technique to suppress the massive flood—were both submerged in people's spontaneous imaginations.

The human mind has a natural self-consistency in filling in the blanks; even if a fool's filling in the blanks is indeed problematic, he himself will not realize it.

When a ninja comes to investigate and finds that the ordinary person's memories and impressions are consistent, he will not bother to explore the brain further, but will assume that the information is accurate and end the investigation.

After doing all this, Uchiha Yu left with Miwa Masayo. In front of everyone, the two of them headed south downstream, but in reality, as soon as they left the village's sight, they turned back north and rushed to the nameless barrier lake as quickly as possible.

Uchiha Yu stood on the dry landslide dam, stretched out his arms to embrace the entire lake, and said happily, "With my arm around it, everything within his field of vision—land, mountains, and lakes—belongs to Cat Castle."

"It's also between you and me."

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