Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Uchiha Tan never expected that Uchiha Kari, an elite Jonin, would be Chizuru's protector and obey her orders. He decisively activated his Sharingan in an attempt to resist, but as soon as he activated it, he found himself in complete darkness, and his consciousness quickly faded away.

In reality, Uchiha Ta's eyes were dull and lifeless, and his expression was numb; it was clear at a glance that he had fallen under a genjutsu.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Shin's heart sank, but just as he was about to make a move, he noticed that Uchiha Kari was looking over, and his body stiffened instantly, not daring to make any rash moves.

Uchiha Shin didn't dare to make a move, let alone the other guards. They could only watch helplessly as Uchiha Ta was controlled by Uchiha Kari using genjutsu.

"Wow, that's impressive. Just one glare and this Chunin is gone. The Sharingan's visual genjutsu is truly terrifying. How should we deal with it?"

Kirito watched as Uchihata recounted the events that had just occurred, like a puppet, and pondered.

At that moment, he remembered the principles of illusion and how to break it.

In the ninja world, the principle of genjutsu is that the user targets the enemy's five senses, invades the other person's brain with their own chakra, and then manipulates the flow of chakra in the other person's brain at will, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the other person.

There are two ways to break this: one is to disrupt one's own chakra flow, and the other is to have someone else help disrupt one's own chakra flow.

Kirito's current consideration is to break the illusion using his own strength.

At this moment, he thought of sealing techniques and wondered if there were any sealing techniques that could be triggered automatically.

He sealed this type of sealing technique in his brain. Once he was caught in a genjutsu, the technique sealed within would automatically trigger, disrupting his own chakra flow and thus breaking the enemy's genjutsu.

Chapter 18: No Regrets

With Uchiha Tae revealing what he had just done in the shop, under the watchful eyes of everyone, it was impossible for Uchiha Shin to distort the facts; it would only continue to damage the Uchiha's reputation.

They protected their subordinates and upheld the reputation of the Uchiha clan.

Shin Uchiha knew perfectly well what was important. Under the strange looks of the surrounding villagers, he said with a dark face, "Take this disgraceful guy back."

After saying that, he immediately disappeared using the Instantaneous Movement Technique.

Today's incident has made him lose face completely. He not only offended Chizuru, but also earned a stain of being incompetent in managing his subordinates.

He didn't care about the former, because Chizuru was only a 6-year-old kid and her strength was far inferior to his. Given the clan leader's personality, he certainly wouldn't do anything to a Jonin like him. But he couldn't ignore the latter. Once this stain appeared, it would definitely seriously affect his position and promotion in the Security Department.

"Damn it, Tian deserves to die, and that brat is no better, he deserves to die too. The one who deserves to die the most is Qianhe, that ingrate, who actually helped outsiders. It's absurd that such a person would receive such strong support from the family."

Uchiha Shin and his men arrived at an empty alley, then punched the wall. He stared at Uchiha Tae, who was cowering and dared not look at him, and felt a surge of resentment.

On the other side, after the security team led by Uchiha Shin left, the crowd dispersed and began to chat and laugh about the incident, quickly spreading the gossip. The villagers were happy to see the Uchiha lose face.

"Chizuru, thank you for your help. I was saved thanks to you."

Kirito thanked Chizuru, then smiled and expressed his gratitude to Uchiha Kari.

Although he was confident that he could get away from the police force through his connection with Mito, he was sure he would suffer some physical pain before that.

Therefore, he must thank Chizuru for her righteous help this time.

"Thank you, Ms. Chizuru."

As the shop owner, Yakushi Nonou also stepped forward and bowed to Chizuru to express her gratitude.

"No need to thank me. I just didn't want a scoundrel to tarnish the reputation of the Uchiha clan. Let's go, Kari."

Chizuru shook her head indifferently.

"Ha, miss."

Uchiha Kari responded immediately, without saying a word to Kirito and the others, simply standing silently behind Chizuru.

Just as the two were about to leave, a child quickly came up to Chizuru. It was the same little boy who had almost been attacked by Uchihata earlier.

The little boy's name is Konoe Kazuya. He just turned 5 years old a week ago. Like Yakushi Nonou, he is a very sensible, intelligent, and proactive child, but unfortunately he does not have the talent of a ninja.

"Get out of the way. What are you doing?"

Uchiha Kari instantly stepped in front of Chizuru, coldly addressing the suddenly approaching Konoe Kazuya.

Kazuya had just witnessed Uchiha Kari using genjutsu to control Uchiha Ta, and he knew that Uchiha Kari was a very terrifying ninja. Now, being stared at by the other party with a cold face, he couldn't help but take a few steps back in fear.

"Step back, Hunti, he is not an enemy."

Chizuru scolded.

"Ha~"

Uchiha Kari returned to Chizuru's side.

Seeing this, Kazuya smiled happily at Chizuru. He quickly stepped forward, took out something hidden behind his back, and said to Chizuru with a smile, "Thank you for saving me just now, Chizuru-neechan. This is for you."

Kazuya's thank-you gift was an exquisite fox mask with minor scratches, but the entire mask was wiped clean, showing that it had received careful care from its owner.

This fox mask is Kazuya's treasure; it was a birthday gift that Kirito bought for him.

As Chizuru looked at the fox mask that Kazuya handed her, memories of her parents taking her shopping during holidays flashed through her mind. She seemed to have had a similar fox mask back then.

This must be something very precious.

Will she really accept it?

“Take it. This is Kazuya’s thank-you gift. If you don’t accept it, this kid might be hiding in a corner and crying later.”

Kirito saw Chizuru's hesitant expression and said...

"I, I won't cry, you silly Kirito-nii! I remember two months ago, Kirito-nii was still wetting the bed, and a week ago you went to the public bathhouse, waaaaah..."

Kazuya blushed with embarrassment and anger.

"Idiot, I already told you, it was because you accidentally spilled water when you got up to drink some at night."

Kirito was shocked and furious when his dark past was exposed. He quickly covered Kazuya's mouth with his hand to stop him from revealing more.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Seeing the two bickering, Chizuru's mood inexplicably improved, and she smiled slightly, deciding to accept Kazuya's mask.

Kazuya was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately presented the mask with both hands.

"..."

Uchiha Kari saw Chizuru carefully place the mask into her bosom, her eyelids drooping slightly, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes.

After Chizuru accepted the mask, she and Uchiha Kari quickly left.

"Let's go back."

After Chizuru left, Kirito spoke to the people around him.

Then, he said to Nawaki, who was about to leave quietly, "Future Hokage, remember to pay the bill before you go."

"Enough with the fuss, of course I'll pay the bill."

Rope Tree said through gritted teeth.

……

At night, in the Uchiha clan territory, at the Naga Shrine, in an underground space reinforced by a sealing technique.

A shirtless man was tied to a wooden stake, his body covered in bloody whip marks.

This person is none other than Uchiha Tae.

The person who carried out his execution was an Uchiha man wearing a demon mask.

He was clearly a very skilled whip user, and each swing of the whip struck Uchihata's still intact skin.

There were those being executed and those carrying out the executions, as well as a considerable number of onlookers. They were all Uchiha members, and without exception, all of them had awakened their Sharingan.

Uchiha Homura sat in the middle of these people, and like most of the Uchiha present, he stared coldly at Uchiha Tae who was being tortured.

Chizuru sat to his left, wearing an exquisite fox mask.

"Chief, I was wrong, please forgive me."

Uchiha Ta had completely lost the arrogant and domineering attitude he usually displayed when facing ordinary villagers. Faced with increasingly severe punishments, he could no longer endure it and began to admit his mistakes and beg for mercy.

Homura Uchiha asked expressionlessly, "What did you do wrong?"

"I shouldn't have laid a hand on Ms. Chizuru. Please forgive me. I'll never do it again."

Uchiha Ta immediately replied.

"what!!!"

Upon hearing this, the executioner intensified his blows, whipping the most severe wound on Uchiha's body. This caused Uchiha to let out a heart-wrenching scream before fainting from the pain.

"Pfft~"

A bucket of water was splashed on Uchiha Ta's face, bringing him back to his senses.

Then he saw a child wearing a fox mask appear in front of him.

Although the person in front of him was wearing a mask, Uchiha Ta recognized him immediately by his physique.

Among the Uchiha clan members who were so young, Chizuru Uchiha was the only one qualified to attend the gathering at the Naka Shrine.

At the same time, he also discovered that apart from himself and Chizuru, all the other members of the clan were gone.

"This kid is still naive. If I just beg for mercy now, she'll definitely forgive me."

Uchiha thought to himself.

So, with a mournful face, he said to Chizuru, "I was wrong, Miss Chizuru, please forgive me. I was so angry that I did such a disrespectful thing. Please forgive me this once. I will definitely obey you from now on..."

"I'm asking you, if no one had stopped you, what would you have done to that child?"

Chizuru interrupted Uchihata, staring into his eyes with her Sharingan, and asked.

what?

What's the problem?

Uchiha was momentarily confused as to why Chizuru would ask him such a stupid question. She was just a brat from another race; he had fought her, so what?

Wasn't the other party retaliating because he had done something very disrespectful to her?

"I see. Is this your answer?"

The next moment, before Uchiha Ta could answer, Chizuru said something like that.

Then, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, coughed up blood, and stared in disbelief at Chizuru, who was piercing his chest with a kunai.

As he lost consciousness, he vaguely saw new tomoe appear on the pair of Sharingan eyes that were watching him with sadness.