The Master of Konoha's Legacy

"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."

Time passed little by little.

Inoue Nobuda seemed to have transformed into the most elite hunter in the darkness, patiently waiting for his prey to reveal its true colors.

"Whoo~"

Just then, a suppressed sigh came from inside the cabinet.

[Chapter 12. Multiple Illusions: Killing the Spy]

The moment the voice appeared, Inoue Nobuda transformed into a black shadow and stabbed towards the wardrobe.

"Pfft~"

The short blade pierced straight through the wardrobe, but there was no muffled groan as expected.

what happened.

A hint of doubt flashed in Inoue Nobuda's eyes.

The fact that the other person was clearly inside the closet without making a sound suggests that they had a strong will and were able to endure the pain.

But the feel of the short blade piercing through was clearly wrong.

The next moment, the lights in the room suddenly came on, and a gentle voice sounded from behind Inoue Nobuda.

"Guests are welcome. Would you like a cup of tea before you continue your journey?"

Inoue Nobuda turned around abruptly, only to see Uchiha Tonan wearing a white shirt and gold-rimmed glasses, sitting at the living room table watching him.

Two cups of fragrant tea were placed on the table.

Judging from the wisps of white steam rising from the tea, it was clearly just brewed.

Inoue Nobuda's eyes were filled with doubt and uncertainty when he suddenly heard the sound of dripping water.

I glanced at the kitchen faucet out of the corner of my eye.

The faucet is not dripping.

Inoue Nobuda raised an eyebrow, immediately formed a hand seal, and said fiercely:

"You brat, you dare to use such a low-level illusion in front of me? Go practice more in hell."

The chakra within the body began to circulate rapidly.

"Illusion, dispel!"

The illusion dissipated the next moment, and the scenery before Inoue Nobuda's eyes changed.

He found himself having opened the cabinet door, a short blade pressed against Uchiha Tonan's neck, while Uchiha Tonan trembled, clutching his bleeding three-tomoe Sharingan.

"Illusion backlash, poor thing."

Inoue Nobuda smiled cruelly. He was initially annoyed that he had fallen for the other party's genjutsu, but seeing Uchiha Tonan's backlash, he felt a little pleased.

What a genius! He managed to trap himself in an illusion.

However, this illusion technique is still a bit too immature.

The next instant, the short blade stabbed forward, piercing through Uchiha Tonan's neck, and blood splattered everywhere.

Inoue Nobuda drew his short sword, preparing to leave the area quickly.

The moment he turned around, the lights came on, and the same scene began to unfold.

"Guests are welcome. Would you like a cup of tea before you continue your journey?"

"How could that be? I clearly broke your illusion." Inoue Nobuda subconsciously took two steps back.

"Drip, drip..." Inoue Nobuda glanced at the kitchen faucet out of the corner of his eye and saw that there was no water dripping from it.

That wretched brat.

They actually managed to withstand the backlash of the illusion and cast it on me again.

It must have been activated the instant I was about to kill him.

They have a strong will to survive.

But none of this matters anymore.

In an instant, Inoue Nobuda understood everything. The look of fear on his face immediately disappeared, and he formed hand seals again, saying, "Illusion, release."

The room was plunged into darkness once again.

Before Inoue Shinoda could even breathe a sigh of relief, the lights came on again, but the person sitting in the living room was no longer Uchiha Tonan.

He was a Jonin from the Uchiha clan.

I've met this Uchiha Jonin, Inoue Nobuda, before; he's a captain in the Konoha Police Force.

The Uchiha Jonin looked at Inoue Nobuda with a half-smile, his three-tomoe eyes swirling, exerting immense pressure on him.

"It's not bad that it could break my illusion."

As a genius of Konoha, how could Uchiha Tonan be left unprotected?

"Tell me, who are you?"

As the Uchiha Jonin spoke, he stood up and looked at Inoue Nobuda with an arrogant gaze.

It was as if they didn't take Inoue Nobuda seriously at all.

Inoue Nobuda had a few beads of cold sweat on his forehead, and his right leg trembled slightly uncontrollably.

how is this possible.

No wonder, no wonder everything is so strange.

Was I under a spell the moment I stepped inside?

It should be. After all, it was a genjutsu personally cast by a Jonin of the Uchiha clan. I was lucky to be able to break it in the end.

No, what if... what if this is also an illusion?

With a sliver of hope, Inoue Nobuda quickly looked at the kitchen faucet, only to find it dripping.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock..."

This is not an illusion.

Inoue Nobuda tightened his grip on the short blade, his eyes darting around as he looked for an opportunity to escape.

The Uchiha clan Jonin gently raised his hand, then suddenly lowered it, raising an eyebrow slightly as he said, "Oh? It seems I don't need to do it myself; someone's come looking for you."

Inoue Nobuda was taken aback upon hearing this, and a possibility came to mind.

Oh no... Could it be the Anbu...?

Suddenly, several ninjas wearing cat-face masks appeared beside Inoue Nobuda and said in a cold voice:

"Inoue Nobuda, a spy from Kirigakure, your comrade who attempted to assassinate Kakashi has been killed by the Anbu. Do you want to be killed by us on the spot, or cooperate with us to go to the Konoha interrogation room?"

"It failed... I knew it..."

A hint of desolation flashed in Inoue Nobuda's eyes. The way these cat-faced masks appeared was all done using the Body Flicker Technique, a technique only Jonin could use.

He was just a Chunin, surrounded by several Jonin...

Inoue Nobuda could no longer withstand the pressure; his hands fell limply to his sides, and the short blade in his hand clattered to the ground.

The next moment, everything went black.

What's going on? Why are you turning off the lights?

"Pfft~"

A kunai pierced Inoue Nobuda's heart, and blood splattered everywhere.

Inoue Nobuda collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

As life slipped away, Inoue Nobuda's vision gradually blurred, and in the darkness he could vaguely make out a pair of menacing three-tomoe Sharingan eyes.

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

After delivering several more blows, Uchiha Tonan confirmed that the attacker was completely dead before turning on the lights.

The reason why Uchiha Tonan's genjutsu is so strong is mainly because he inherited the talents of his three closest siblings, which greatly increased his mental strength, allowing him to construct the room environment in a short period of time.

It wasn't that Inoue Nobuda couldn't break the genjutsu, but rather that every time Inoue Nobuda accelerated the flow of chakra, before the genjutsu was actually broken, Uchiha Tonan would give him the illusion that the genjutsu had been broken.

The dripping sound was just a psychological suggestion; there wasn't a single drop of water from the faucet from beginning to end.

And at the final moment of the illusion, he used the Hell Sight technique to uncover what the other person feared most at that moment.

This person's greatest fear is that someone will protect Uchiha Tonan, that his comrades will fail, and that the Anbu will come to arrest him.

When Inoue Nobuda finally saw the faucet dripping water, he completely believed that he was in reality.

Uchiha Tonan returned to his bedroom, took out the only sealing scroll in the house, and put the corpse into the scroll.

Then I went to the kitchen, turned on the tap, wet the rag, and cleaned the bloodstains off the floor.

I also used soap to rub my hands and kunai to remove the smell of blood.

I took off my clothes and put them in the washing machine, then changed into a clean and tidy white shirt.

Destroying the body and covering up the evidence is one thing; he is a member of Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction, and as long as he doesn't do anything too outrageous in Konoha, he has nothing to fear.

Moreover, this is a spy from an enemy village; killing him would bring merit.

It's not too far-fetched to say that someone with the three-tomoe Sharingan could single-handedly defeat a Chunin using genjutsu.

There's nothing to hide, and of course, it's impossible to hide it anyway. This person has a companion, and when the interrogation department searches his memory, everything will come out.

After thinking it over, he picked up the scroll and headed towards the Hokage Building.

[Chapter Thirteen: Submitting the Scroll with Care and Consideration]

Wearing a white shirt and gold-rimmed glasses, Uchiha Tonan walked down the quiet street, holding a scroll in his hand.

They had only taken two steps when a member of the secret service appeared in front of them.