I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 96: Using Illusion to Install a System in Everyone's Minds

Uchiha Yu spread his hands, saying with regret, "Unfortunately, there was only one First Hokage, and the best strategy is not suitable for Konoha now."

"Haha, you're absolutely right."

This is of course the most beautiful wish. Is it so easy to create a powerful ninja like Hashirama Senju?

That's a uniquely powerful ninja who can only be born by chance, requiring the gathering of the Asura Soul, the Senju Bloodline, the Uchiha Bloodline, and the Indra Soul, with mutual support among them.

When Uchiha Shisui heard the name Senju Hashirama, his face was filled with longing and envy. He said with a mixture of admiration and regret, "The First Hokage was a god of ninjas who created more than ten years of peace. What he could do, we, his successors, cannot do. We are truly ashamed of the efforts of our predecessors."

Uchiha Yu raised two fingers of his right hand: "The middle strategy is the Second Hokage's strategy, and it is also a counter-encirclement strategy that he proved to be very effective in practice during the First Shinobi World War."

"No matter how the enemy launches an attack, Konoha Village will only concentrate its ninjas to form an overwhelming force, first eliminating the weakest enemy to intimidate all others. Then, it will calmly defeat all enemies one by one, achieving victory in the war in less than two years."

Uchiha Shisui's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "The Second Hokage's strategy is excellent, and I think Konoha Village has enough strength to execute it today."

"No, it's impossible."

Uchiha Yu shook his head in opposition, saying, "The Second Hokage's middle strategy doesn't require a high level of village strength, but it does require an outstanding leader who can lead the Konoha ninja to fight on the front lines."

"He must be able to unite the people and make all the ninjas believe that victory belongs to Konoha, so that they can continue fighting until the enemy's siege is finally broken."

"He needs to be keenly aware of changes in the war situation and make tactical adjustments as soon as possible to defeat the enemy at the fastest speed."

"After Sakumo Hatake committed suicide, Konoha Village never had a leader like him again."

Uchiha Shisui retorted, "Why not? Orochimaru and Jiraiya, the legendary Sannin of Konoha, were both such leaders!"

Uchiha Yu chuckled: "Silly child, were I talking about ability?"

"what?"

"How did Sakumo Hatake-senpai die? You've forgotten so quickly?"

Uchiha Yu said in a chilling tone, "The White Fang of Konoha proved with his life that, apart from the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura, whoever dares to achieve inspiring victories on the front lines is their enemy, and who isn't afraid of becoming the second White Fang of Konoha?"

"As long as the Third Hokage doesn't go to the front lines, and as long as Shimura Danzo remains a useless person, this war strategy that is most suitable for Konoha Village cannot be implemented."

"The political reality of the Third Hokage's rule dictated that Konoha Village had no choice but to adopt a less desirable strategy."

"The worst strategy is to defend on all sides, deploying troops evenly on each front, waging a protracted defensive war against all enemies, and waiting for the opportunity to launch a counterattack."

Looking at Shisui, who was both dejected and somewhat unconvinced, Uchiha Yu smiled and patted his head, saying, "You still have two to three years. While you're studying at the Ninja Academy, you can see if my predictions about the war were correct."

"I will soon be drafted to the front lines to become an ordinary ninja to fill the defenses. Being on all sides means that I will stay on the front lines for years to come, struggling to defend against the enemy's offensive attacks."

"Therefore, I sincerely hope that the village will not adopt a four-sided defense strategy."

This planted another seed of trouble for the Third Hokage. Uchiha Yu sent Shisui home and then quietly disappeared into nothingness.

Uchiha Yu, who had just sent a group of children and Shisui home, was a phantom created by genjutsu.

……

Planting a seed of disaster in Shisui's heart was one of the main tasks that Uchiha Yuu did in Konoha.

In addition, there is the opportunity to cultivate one's prestige in the study group, as well as to hone one's illusion skills.

Genjutsu is a trump card for Uchiha Yu, even more important than ninjutsu and taijutsu, comparable to supernatural powers. He even dreams of one day mastering genjutsu on his own.

He even chose a name for this supernatural power: "Mirror Flower, Water Moon".

"I long for the day when I can stand in the sky..."

To achieve this goal, Uchiha Yu seized every opportunity to train, but training in genjutsu in front of the genjutsu eye was too extreme, so this environment was the best for learning.

Here you'll find Sharingan with one tomoe, eighteen-year-old genin, four-year-old children, true geniuses, and ordinary mediocre talents.

Being able to use illusions in front of so many people is the true mark of a well-rounded mastery of illusions. When one's illusions are released, take effect, and end without leaving a trace, that is true mastery.

The most ingenious part is that during the study sessions, Uchiha Yuu would occasionally add hint seeds. When his genjutsu showed a flaw, he could get feedback immediately through the hint seeds and quickly erase the short-term memory of the person who saw the flaw, thus maximizing the secrecy of his genjutsu ability.

The dummy he created with illusion magic just now chatted and conversed with Shisui without any flaws. It wasn't that he was manipulating it, but rather that he was inducing Shisui's own thoughts. What Shisui saw and heard was all the result of his own brain activity, just like a dream.

In particular, when talking to Uchiha Shin'in with the three-tomoe Sharingan, the genjutsu dummy was able to respond freely using Shisui's thinking. No one noticed anything unusual until Shisui moved away, at which point the genjutsu dummy lost its core of thought and silently disappeared.

Tonight's performance made Uchiha Yu very satisfied with his genjutsu. He had finally reached the required level of genjutsu and was able to plant genjutsu in the hearts of every child in the learning society.

Illusion: Heart of Bai Ze

This illusion doesn't need to present a realistic illusion; instead, it resides in the target's mind and, when faced with a corresponding situation and environment, selects the best coping method from the target's mind, plays it for them, and urges them to execute it immediately.

Like a weakened version of the system's old man, the illusion would protect the children of the study group, helping them through one danger after another, and constantly deepening Uchiha Yu's position in their hearts.

Because it doesn't require creating illusions, the illusion can last for months or even years, ultimately giving Uchiha Yu an unshakeable place in every child's heart.

At this moment, Uchiha Yu was sitting in a recliner at home, holding a cup of hot tea in his left hand and the order he had just received in his right hand, feeling completely at peace.

This was a transfer order; he was being conscripted and dispatched to the front lines of the Land of Hot Springs, a battlefield that was originally the battleground between Kumogakure and Konoha. Now, Kirigakure had also joined in, creating a three-way conflict.

Although Kumogakure did not declare war on Konoha, they had already started a war with Kirigakure, and Kirigakure had formally declared war on Konoha. As a result, the three sides were in a chaotic mess in the Land of Hot Springs. Many times, Kirigakure ninjas and Konoha ninjas could only kill each other first and then consider who the other party was.

After nearly a month of fighting, Konoha, the strongest village, gradually gained the upper hand, but also became the target of a joint attack by Kumogakure and Kirigakure, resulting in a sharp increase in ninja losses.

Faced with the urgent plea for reinforcements from the front lines three times a day, the Third Hokage finally made the decision to conscript ninjas from the village for the first time, and most of the conscripted ninjas from the Uchiha clan were sent to the east.

This was a malicious order. The Uchiha ninjas were skilled in Fire Release and Sharingan eye techniques, while the Kirigakure ninjas were generally skilled in Water Release, which countered Fire Release, and the Hidden Mist Technique, which obscured vision.

Without a doubt, the Eastern battlefield was the least suitable battlefield for the Uchiha clan.

However, Konoha deployed three-quarters of its Uchiha ninjas here, including Shisui, who later earned the nickname "Shisui of the Body Flicker" during his battle with Kirigakure.

Conversely, Obito Uchiha, who was incorporated into the Hokage system, remained active in the Sand Village battlefield, which was the most suitable place for Fire Release and Sharingan to be used.

To say that this wasn't intentionally done by the Third Hokage is an insult to human intelligence.

With Uchiha Yu leaving Konoha, and without his seed of suggestion as a guarantee, information from within the study group will naturally spread, and this information is quite astonishing.

In particular, within a month of the establishment of the study group, a total of 31 Sharingan were awakened. Except for the first few days, almost every day someone awakened the Sharingan under the guidance of Uchiha Yu.

Once this information gets out, no matter how busy Fugaku Uchiha is, he will be shocked and will immediately shift his attention to it.

Everything that Uchiha Yu taught would be treasured: heavy-duty physical training, large amounts of medicinal food and meat, standing meditation to enhance eye power, and even details like eating more liver to supplement eye nutrition would be taken seriously.

Most importantly, the learning group was divided into eight groups by Uchiha Yu. Each group was further divided into four groups according to the three-three principle and improved four-four tactics, forming a complete tactical system of sixteen people and the resulting tight organization.

The structure of the study group created the strongest group in the Uchiha clan. Perhaps these children are not strong enough in combat yet, but their execution is absolutely impeccable.

Fugaku Uchiha was a veteran ninja who had fought in wars. He had simply overlooked the existence of the Study Club and hadn't taken it seriously. Once he did, he would understand how important the Study Club was and would certainly do everything in his power to control it, making it the core of his strength in controlling the Uchiha clan.

This is exactly what Uchiha Yu wanted: the opportunity to usurp someone else's position.

After Fugaku Uchiha takes over the study group, he will find that this organization is really useful. The more he uses it, the more comfortable he feels. Naturally, he will use the study group to extend the power of the clan leader and expand his own authority.

In just one or two years, the highly efficient study group will become the power framework of the Uchiha clan, turning several elders and the clan head into its own part, just as a bureaucratic system can always turn the tables and undermine the emperor.

Therefore, the situation arose where whoever controlled the study group would control the Uchiha clan.

As the founder of the study group, Uchiha Yu had the ability to directly take over the Uchiha clan.

Of course, all of this is predicated on Uchiha Yu possessing unshakeable authority and even irreplaceable personal cult status within the study group.

These things are definitely targets that Fugaku Uchiha strongly opposes and will do everything in his power to eliminate, so they must be kept sufficiently secret in order to keep them from the clan leader's eyes.

This requires extraordinary methods, but Uchiha Yuu lacked extraordinary personal charisma; he only possessed extraordinary genjutsu.

Uchiha Yu was not a moral exemplar, nor did he have any obsession with moral purity. He would even give his partner hints, and he would habitually use genjutsu to establish a solid connection with his subordinates.

He has now completed the illusion he wanted in time, planting it on the 142 members of the study group and cleaning up the surface traces one by one. Even if he leaves Konoha immediately, the hard work of the past month will not be in vain.

It wasn't just the cult of personality brought about by genjutsu; more importantly, there was also the existence of Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Yu used a more advanced genjutsu on Shisui, called "Idealism Reshaping the Worldview," which is the same as the Third Hokage's "Spirit of Promoting Fire," but there is a qualitative difference in the degree of theoretical perfection and the height of spiritual realm.

Uchiha Shisui was not affected by the genjutsu, but he received powerful feedback during the study sessions, and this feedback, due to the genjutsu, bore the distinct mark of Uchiha Yu.

By influencing Uchiha Shisui indirectly, it would be enough to defeat all his rivals.

He will then hand over the study group to Shisui, so that even if he can no longer serve as the president, no one will be able to steal his achievements.

The clan leader couldn't do it, the elders couldn't do it, and even the Third Hokage couldn't do it.

……

A month later, Uchiha Yu finally trained the eight squad leaders and the eight newly appointed vice-captains, enabling them to lead their respective squads in training.

He finally escaped from his arduous work and returned home before dark for the first time. He stretched out his long-unused recliner and lazily lay down on it.

Uchiha Yu held a cup of hot tea, inhaling the refreshing aroma of green tea, gently rocking the recliner, which creaked softly, enjoying a long-lost moment of leisure.

Masase Miwa suddenly jumped out and landed at one end of the recliner, changing its balance and causing Uchiha Yu to fall backward, almost spilling his hot tea.

She looked at the document in Uchiha Yu's hand and asked, "Is this the conscription order you mentioned before?"

"Yes." Uchiha Yu tilted his head down and steadily took a sip of hot tea.

With his skills, he could drink water upside down without any problem, so this posture has absolutely no effect on him.

Masayo Miwa curiously scratched at the steam rising from the teacup with his paw, then continued, "Just like you guessed, to the Land of Hot Springs?"

"right."

"Wow, you're amazing, meow."

"This is nothing. The situation in the village is so clear, and the battlefield situation is so obvious. Isn't it normal that I guessed right?"

"...Does that sound like you're calling me stupid, meow?"

"How could that be? You are Miwa Masayo, my dearest Daoist partner, how could I possibly think you're stupid?"

"Meow, what you're saying makes it even more suspicious, meow."

Uchiha Yu was speechless. He quickly grabbed some dried fish and stuffed it into the tabby cat's mouth. Then, he straightened up and stood upside down, lifting the tabby cat, who had been thrown off the recliner, onto his shoulder.

He opened the door and went out, looking at the clear starry sky, and said with a smile, "Anyway, the busy days can finally come to an end. Let's go to the Land of Hot Springs for some fun. I heard the hot springs there are amazing."

For most ninjas, the battlefield is a meat grinder, but for Uchiha Yu, who knows his own limitations, joining the battlefield as a Chunin is not dangerous at all.

Even if he were unlucky enough to encounter the Third Raikage, the Third Kazekage, or their Jinchuriki, it wouldn't be considered a significant risk for Uchiha Yu.

Perhaps I can't win, but there's absolutely no risk to my life. If I can't win, can't I at least run away?

On the fifth day after its release, the number of new items exploded by 2/3.

(End of this chapter)