I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 7 A whim

If they threaten my life, then I'll kill them!

With his mind made up, Uchiha Yu began to consider the details of his actions.

He had just overheard a conversation that revealed a crucial piece of information: the four Root ninjas targeting him were communicating and acting in secret, without reporting to their superiors.

If we eliminate them completely before they can transmit the information to the Root, it will be as if nothing ever happened.

The inexplicable conflict made Uchiha Yu feel very uncomfortable, but when he took the initiative to retaliate, Root also felt very uncomfortable and confused.

The four Root ninjas disappeared while monitoring the Uchiha clan. Even if Danzo Shimura was incredibly resourceful, he could only connect their mission to the Uchiha clan's higher-ups, and he could never have imagined the existence of Yuu Uchiha.

It was Shimura Danzo's habit to hold the Uchiha clan responsible. He would think that the Uchiha clan had once again provoked him and would be even more resentful that the Uchiha clan did not respect him.

Danzo Shimura was so eager for the Uchiha to die, so why couldn't these guys just obediently die and offer their eyes to him?

No matter what the reason for the loss, Danzo Shimura would shout all over the world that it was the Uchiha's fault. Even if nothing happened, he would still shout that the Uchiha were born evil.

Therefore, Uchiha Yu didn't think Shimura Danzo's resentment was a problem, and the young clan leader and elders certainly wouldn't think it was a problem either.

Everyone's gotten used to it.

Everyone, including the Third Hokage, would think that Danzo was the one stirring up trouble and making a fuss over nothing.

This is the consequence of crying "wolf" too many times.

Even if Danzo hadn't wanted to frame any of the dead Root ninjas, so what if it added a little credibility to his story?

This is not convincing enough, and the result will not be any different.

In the end, the only options were to downplay the issue and let it go, leaving it unresolved.

Having considered the plan of action and its consequences, Uchiha Yu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In his previous life, he was born in a peaceful era. Although his profession was a policeman, his job was as a local police officer, and he was used to dealing with everyday family matters and at most dealing with petty thieves who broke into homes.

He has never killed anyone, nor does he enjoy killing.

But Uchiha Yu was a ninja his whole life, and his profession required him to kill. In order to survive, he had no choice but to kill insanely until he became numb to killing.

However, Uchiha Yu still hated killing, so when the old captain retired, he gave up the opportunity to be promoted to Chunin and become a captain, and joined the Uchiha clan's police force, living a peaceful life.

He hadn't killed anyone for six years, but his luck ran out today, and he had to start killing again...

Wait a minute, this luck isn't right.

He could say he was lucky, but the Roots inexplicably targeted him and inexplicably put him in a deadly situation, leaving him no choice but to kill.

You could say it was bad luck, but I went out for a late-night snack on a whim and overheard a conversation that was unfavorable to me, which ironically gave me a chance to deal with it in advance.

Is this just a whim?

[Interesting, it has a cultivation novel feel to it.]

……

Uchiha Yu was very skilled at killing; he knew he had to consider the aftermath before taking action.

If Uchiha Yu wants to stay out of this, he needs to prove his alibi, choose a suitable battlefield, and finally, decide how to dispose of the bodies.

The alibi is simple. Besides fire-style techniques, Uchiha Yu's forte is genjutsu. It's easy for him to deceive the surrounding diners. No one will notice that he left to kill someone.

But there was a problem that illusions couldn't solve. He looked at the noodles he hadn't finished eating yet and decided to find someone to help him.

Spell: Pear Blossom Sauce

The white smoke and the sound of the explosion were concealed by illusion. The tabby cat, Miwa Masayo, appeared directly in Uchiha Yu's arms, and no one noticed that there was an extra tabby cat.

Under the cover of illusion, no one could hear his conversation with the cat.

Masayo Miwa was clearly already asleep. After being woken up by the psychic call, she barely opened her eyes and asked, "Nyan, is there something urgent? I was asleep."

"I'm going to kill someone, and I need your help."

Miwa Masayo's drowsiness vanished instantly: "Okay!"

Uchiha Yu recounted in detail what he had heard, including his decision to kill her to silence her, telling his summoning cat everything without any concealment.

Masayo Miwa washed his face with his white-gloved hands to fully wake himself up.

"Why is it a Root ninja cat?"

"Killing a few Root ninjas isn't difficult, but I can't hide the traces, meow. I'll be found, meow."

"It's alright, I'll handle the body. No one will suspect us."

"Okay, I'll help you, meow."

"Shimura Danzo is a mad dog, and his henchmen are all mad dogs too! Yu, I think we should find a chance to kill Danzo; he's just too much of a nuisance."

"Yeah, I'll kill him sooner or later, but not now."

"Why, meow?"

"Shimura Danzo has many enemies in the village, but his only political enemy is our Uchiha clan. Killing him would exacerbate the conflict between the Third Hokage and the clan."

"When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. If a civil war breaks out, it is very likely that it will affect me as well."

"How long do we have to wait, meow?"

"When I can defeat the Third Hokage with one hand."

Miwa Masayo tilted his head and asked, "Why do you have to kill the Hokage first if you want to kill Danzo?"

"Because they are back-to-back political allies, half-brothers."

"Meow meow meow?"

"Haha, human relationships are much more complicated than cat relationships, Rinka-chan doesn't need to worry about these details."

"I told you not to call me Pear Blossom Sauce, meow!"

"And besides, didn't you already become an immortal? You even have the three-tomoe Sharingan, yet you still can't defeat the Third Hokage?"

"First of all, I haven't become an immortal yet. I've only completed the Hundred Days Foundation Building, which means I've officially embarked on the path of immortality. A qualitative leap in my strength still requires time to accumulate."

"Secondly, the three-tomoe Sharingan is only considered good among Jonin, but the Third Hokage is stronger and much more powerful. I can't beat him."

"Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's title of the 'strongest' Hokage in history is somewhat exaggerated, he was still the Hokage and the strongest ninja in Konoha Village."

The tabby cat no longer questions it.

The Third Hokage was very powerful. Hiruzen Sarutobi's title of "Professor of Ninjutsu" was not self-proclaimed, but earned through killing during the First Shinobi World War.

The titles of powerful ninjas are likely exaggerated. Titles such as "Strongest Kazekage," "Strongest Hokage of All Time," "Strongest Battlefield Killer," and "Seven People Working Together Can Kill the Hokage" are generally unbelievable.

But every nickname passed down among ninjas was built from the bones of enemy ninjas. The names that ninjas who had tasted blood could accept all reeked of the most familiar, rich scent of blood.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's strength is beyond the reach of Uchiha Yu today.

(End of this chapter)