Projection magicians starting from the Uchiha clan

"Even within the Uchiha clan, not everyone can become strong, and in the ninja world, the weak are far too dangerous."

"Once you become my disciple, you will have obtained the key to becoming a strong person. At the very least, I will have all kinds of ninjutsu."

Zhishui asked again, this time with a hint of worry in his tone: "If you only accept three disciples, won't the rest just lose hope after seeing it? Wouldn't that be even worse?"

Iori smiled slightly; he had already anticipated this problem and made preparations accordingly.

"So I have other policies to announce. Didn't I say at the clan meeting before that we would unconditionally give clan members who become ninjas the corresponding level of ninjutsu?"

As he spoke, Iori took out a large number of scrolls from the Gate of Babylon, which contained a large number of spells he had painstakingly modified and ninjutsu he had learned.

"I plan to take this opportunity to implement the policy. This policy may not be very helpful to the genin because they have too little chakra and can only release one or two ninjutsu."

"But for Chunin and Jonin, this is a great thing. It will improve their combat power in the short term and enhance their ninjutsu foundation in the long term."

"Furthermore, I will hold this event every year from now on, and it will be open to all ninjas in the clan who have not yet graduated."

"The only difference is that the reward for the top three will no longer be becoming my disciple, but a large amount of resources. These resources will not be given all at once, but will be given as specific points."

"Points can be used to apply for things you want from the clan, whether it's food, medicine, ninja tools, ninjutsu, etc."

Shisui frowned slightly, lost in thought, while Minato beside him seemed somewhat uneasy.

His eyes flickered with hesitation, his lips parted slightly as if he wanted to say something, but at the last moment he chose to remain silent.

Iori noticed Minato's hesitation, turned around, and said gently to Minato, "Does Minato-senpai have any advice for me?"

Minato said somewhat hesitantly, "I don't mean to refute you, but I think your approach ultimately benefits only a small group of top people."

"But ordinary people are the foundation of the village, right? Don't they get anything? Of course, I can't find a suitable solution either. Resources are always limited. Sorry, I'm just being nosy."

In his agitation, Minato finally voiced his confusion, but after calming down, he apologized to Iori because he himself didn't know what to do.

After deciding to become Hokage, he learned some things from Jiraiya and spoke out for the lower-ranking ninjas, but after seeing Konoha's finances, he was unable to offer a solution.

His heart was filled with contradictions and struggles. He wanted to help the commoner ninjas who came from the same background as him, but he felt powerless to do so.

"Minato-senpai, don't you think there are too many ninjas, and too few things they can do?" Iori looked at Minato and said something that was hard to understand.

"What do you mean by that, Iori-kun? What do you want to do?" Minato was so frightened by Iori's words that he took two steps back. He had just been educated about the Mangekyou Sharingan by the Third Hokage not long ago.

Hearing Iori's words, he suddenly worried that Iori might also be influenced by the kaleidoscope and become paranoid.

"If one day war ceases to exist, will we still need so many combat-specialized ninjas?" Iori's eyes deepened.

Even without war, there will still be bandits, guard duties, and assassination missions. There will never be a surplus of combat ninjas.

Minato's eyes held a hint of confusion as he looked at Iori with some bewilderment, unable to understand his thoughts.

Iori's eyes were calm as still water, and her voice was completely undisturbed: "So do you think the existence of bandits and robbers is normal? Are those assassination missions really that necessary?"

"Is the ninja system really normal? If one day we lose our source of quests, will we only be able to become bandits?"

Minato, Fugaku, and Setsuna all fell silent. Iori's words were aimed directly at the daimyo and nobles of the ninja world.

Chapter 128 From Uchiha Reform to Shinobi World Reform (The End) (One more chapter coming later)

As Iori spoke, the surrounding air seemed to freeze, with only the occasional sound of wind and distant birdsong breaking the silence.

A struggle flashed across Minato's face, his eyes revealing complex emotions.

His voice was hoarse, and every word seemed to have been carefully considered before he spoke: "So, Iori-kun, do you have a better way to deal with this?"

Iori's lips curled slightly upwards, his smile carrying a hint of wickedness, like the serpent tempting Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of knowledge:

"Get rid of the nobles and daimyo, and let the ninjas rule the ninja world themselves. Even if there are bad apples, we can deal with them ourselves, instead of reporting them to the daimyo and watching them get away with it."

"Senior Minato can think about it himself. How many of the missions he received in the past were caused by the inhuman actions of nobles?"

A complex mix of emotions welled up in Minato's heart as he recalled his past killing missions.

While the vast majority of people deserved their fate, there were also many commoners who became bandits or outlaws because of exorbitant taxes and offending nobles.

These memories weighed heavily on his mind, and it was precisely because Minato was a good person that he found it even harder to accept all of this.

At that moment, Kushina stepped forward, her voice tinged with pride: "We, the daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools, don't do things like that!"

Without turning her head, Iori said, "That's because your country is small and sparsely populated, with many relatives and friends, so there aren't many people to bully you."

"Besides, you weren't recognized as nobles, were you? After being wiped out by the combined forces of other ninja villages, no nobles came out to condemn them. If this were another country, the daimyo would have already reprimanded and stopped you."

Kushina was powerless to refute and could only retreat angrily.

Minato gave her an apologetic look, but instead of immediately offering comfort, he continued, "Now that the noble is gone, what should we do? Should the ninjas take over?"

His tone was somewhat bewildered; Iori's outrageous words had opened a new door for him.

The ninjas had never thought about these questions before; they simply acted according to the established rules and never questioned the authority of the nobles.

In her previous life, Iori always wondered why the daimyo and the noble class could remain so high and mighty, even when the world was destroyed in the Fourth Shinobi World War, they were unable to contribute any power.

In other words, their control over the ninja village is really just based on money.

It's one thing that the Land of Fire has always been financially well-off, but the unfortunate people of the Land of Wind have been held hostage by the Daimyo's money. Even the Kazekage has to dig for gold dust in the desert to make money to support his village.

It's truly incomprehensible to Iori that he would still be so respectful as to act as a lackey for the daimyo under such circumstances.

It wasn't until he lived in Konoha for more than ten years after his reincarnation that Iori was finally able to barely understand their thoughts. If Iori hadn't retained his memories of his previous life, he might have been assimilated as well.

For junior and junior ninja, the existence of daimyo and nobles is like gravity to them—it's a given, an integral part of the world, and under normal circumstances, no one would question it.

In a system where villages and the nation are integrated, ninjas of the rank of Jonin and above enjoy the same rights as nobles, so they naturally do not oppose the nobles.

A few dissatisfied ninjas would be branded as rogue ninjas and despised by the entire ninja world.

The aristocratic system, which bound the ninjas together, used money and honor to bind them, turning them into their tools.

"So, Iori-kun, are you ready to overthrow a country and a village?"

Two opposing ideas clashed fiercely in Minato's mind. His deeply ingrained education and his own thinking created a huge conflict, making his face turn extremely ugly.

His hands clenched unconsciously, his knuckles turning pale from the force, revealing his inner unease and turmoil.

Iori looked at Minato with great satisfaction; only kind-hearted people like Minato and Jiraiya, who cared about the lower classes, could be moved by such an expression.

If it were Orochimaru or Tsunade, Iori probably wouldn't be able to stir any waves in their hearts at all.

Iori glanced at Setsuna and Fugaku beside her; their excitement was obvious, and they clearly didn't fully understand Iori's intentions.

In their eyes, it was probably just that they realized the clan leader wanted to overthrow the daimyo and rule the world himself, and nothing else.

Shisui, on the other hand, fell into deep thought, clearly moved just like Minato.

"I plan to figure out how to increase the number of ninjas, so that everyone can become a ninja, or rather, a chakra user."

"Then let all ninjas below the level of Jonin exist as either daily life ninjas or industrial ninjas."

"If you want to become a ninja who specializes in combat, then you should become a Jonin first."

Iori smiled gently, but when Minato thought about how a ninja village probably only had a few hundred Jonin, and some villages might only have a little over a hundred, the cruelty in Iori's words became very clear.

"Can non-combat missions support Chunin? Right now, only D-rank ninjutsu doesn't require combat. Are these rewards enough?" Minato asked with some concern.

"That depends on how things develop. I won't launch the plan until everything is ready. I hope that those who die in the reform are the ones who deserve to die."

"I cannot accept the death of a large number of civilians and low-ranking ninjas in my reforms. Perhaps this is idealistic, but isn't power meant for such things?"

"So, Minato, are you going to come and support me?"

Iori smiled as she looked at Minato and extended her hand.

Minato hesitated for a long time, his heart struggling and weighing the options.

Finally, he spoke to Iori: "I'm sorry, I don't want to make any rash changes. I won't oppose your plan, but I won't support it too much either."

Iori nodded slightly. He didn't insist, but a faint hint of disappointment was visible on his face.

Even a ninja like Minato found it hard to accept the disappearance of the daimyo, which made Iori realize that changing the ninjas' deeply ingrained beliefs would be more difficult than he had imagined.

Minato's refusal only strengthened Iori's resolve to train a new generation of ninjas. With the mindset of adult ninjas difficult to change, training newcomers became the top priority.

As the registration period quietly ended, Iori turned around and said to them, "Let's go, let's see what the quality of the new Uchiha blood is like."

He then set off first, followed closely by Fugaku. As the competition drew near, a hint of worry finally appeared on his face.

Although he believed in Itachi's talent, Itachi was still too young. Facing ninja academy students with the strength of genin, he didn't know if Itachi could win.

Several people walked to the front of the stage. Iori stood on a high place, looking down at the Uchiha clansmen in front of him, and began to speak.

Chapter 129 Geniuses and Super Geniuses

"First of all, this conference will become an annual tradition, open to all tribespeople under the age of twelve."

"Although the top three in the future will not become my disciples, they will receive a large amount of cultivation resources. Every year, I or the top experts in the clan will also take time to give them some guidance."

"Secondly, don't be discouraged if you don't get selected. The requirements for distributing ninjutsu in the Uchiha clan have changed now."

"After becoming a genin, the clan will unlock C-rank ninjutsu. If you can become a chunin, then B-rank ninjutsu will be unlocked. After becoming a jonin, A-rank ninjutsu will be unlocked."

Before Iori could finish speaking, the tribespeople present erupted in cheers, their shouts as surging and powerful as a tidal wave.

Even though the Uchiha clan is a large clan, ninjutsu is still a scarce resource. Most genin only have one or two C-rank ninjutsu, and chunin may not even have B-rank ninjutsu.

Even Jonin, if they don't hold a position within their clan, might only have a few B-rank ninjutsu. Only elders and clan leaders have unlimited access to various forbidden techniques.

Although there are many Uchiha Fire Release masters, there aren't many A-rank ninjutsu in Fire Release, partly to protect the techniques from being leaked.

However, using advanced ninjutsu as a resource to control the behavior of clansmen is also an important reason.

Iori's actions amounted to voluntarily relinquishing the right to manipulate the clansmen with ninjutsu. As for the unmentioned S-rank ninjutsu and various forbidden techniques, they were irrelevant to most of the clansmen.

Even for Jonin, mastering A-rank ninjutsu is usually the limit. S-rank ninjutsu, being the most difficult to master in the ninja world, is actually not very common among Jonin.

Watching her clansmen cheer, Iori remained silent, quietly waiting for them to vent their emotions.

After the cheers gradually subsided, Iori spoke again: "Now, let's begin the clan competition!"

As Iori finished speaking, a tense atmosphere quickly filled the room.

More than twenty children from the Uchiha clan stepped forward. The youngest was Uchiha Itachi, who was only five years old, while the oldest was Uchiha Tetsuka, who was already twelve years old.

Although it's said to be for children under twelve, in reality, those who are too young don't participate at all. Apart from Itachi Uchiha, the youngest child is already ten years old.

Although the battle between the ninja academy students was somewhat immature, Itachi Uchiha's performance was still impressive.