Uchiha's personal opinion

Ashura's palm unleashed a blinding burst of lightning chakra, knocking Josuke Uchiha unconscious. Black smoke even billowed from his open mouth.

"The stubborn and unrepentant must be educated!"

Ashura roared and unleashed another whirlwind, forcing the Jonin of the anti-terrorist force back. Then, with one hand forming a hand seal, he vanished without a trace along with Josuke Uchiha.

"Immediately inform headquarters and Lord Deguang!"

The panicked intelligence department ninja shouted angrily, filled with fear.

Chapter 393 The Modernization Process of the Ninja World

"So you weren't lying after all. That city we went to before really was just a small town!"

In a northern county town of the Land of Fire, Ashura, full of enthusiasm, wandered aimlessly through the streets with Josuke Uchiha, who was not in control of his own destiny.

【city】

Josuke Uchiha silently memorized the word.

Since the complete collapse of the samurai's rule, the ninja world has never used this word to describe a settlement again.

He didn't speak, nor did he have the ability to speak on his own, so he could only silently jot down the information he considered important.

"Isn't an equal exchange a good thing? Why should we allow so-called merchants to buy high and sell low, thus squeezing out the interests of ordinary people?"

Ashura pointed to the rows of shops lining both sides of the avenue and asked.

"Hey! Uchiha kid! I'm asking you a question!"

Ashura frowned and scolded.

【common people】

Another old usage, and it's how superiors address ordinary people.

This also shows that although this strange person is extremely absurd and illogical, his status should still be very high; at least he is a great nobleman with a directly controlled fiefdom.

Josuke Uchiha analyzed silently, but his expression remained blank, and he didn't utter a word.

"Oh, I forgot~"

Ashura suddenly realized something, then snapped his fingers and tapped Uchiha Josuke on the forehead.

"Cough cough cough!!"

After the restraints were lifted, Josuke Uchiha immediately started coughing.

"You've been holding it in, haven't you? Who told you to always swear?"

Ashura chuckled and said, "I must say, your cough has quite a rhythm..."

Josuke Uchiha immediately stopped coughing.

"Tell me, why do you allow merchants to buy low and sell high, thus encroaching on the interests of ordinary people?"

Ashura asked again.

"This is the choice of history and the necessity of the times..."

Josuke Uchiha couldn't give a proper explanation either, so he just randomly quoted a line from the "De Guang Says" to make up an excuse.

After all, he was an Uchiha who lived by the sword, so it was already quite remarkable that he knew that doing business was more profitable than carrying out missions. Asking him to explain the underlying principles was less effective than simply killing him.

"...That makes some sense, but your wording is still a bit crude. Be careful next time."

It's unclear whether Ashura actually understood what Josuke Uchiha said, but he still shook his head and gave his comments.

Josuke Uchiha was about to say something, but then found himself unable to speak.

It's that damned restriction again...

He exhaled slightly through his nose to express Josuke Uchiha's helpless and resentful feelings.

"How can we possibly break this foolproof restriction?!"

An extremely powerful, heterogeneous chakra resided within Josuke Uchiha's body, completely suppressing his chakra and controlling his every move.

If he hadn't almost suffocated at the beginning, Josuke Uchiha probably wouldn't even be able to control his breathing right now.

This is an extremely terrifying chakra characteristic...

Although he couldn't control his chakra, Josuke Uchiha still silently probed the foreign chakra within his body through his spiritual energy—after all, even taking a step was controlled by the strange man in front of him.

But what surprised him most was that this strange man's ninjutsu techniques seemed to be in a bizarre state, oscillating between extreme refinement and extreme crudeness.

For example, the chakra mark left on his left shoulder—it seems to have some indelible, imperceptible, yet real and strange characteristics, and the chakra structure is very complex and bizarre.

The large amount of foreign chakra in the body wins simply by "quantity," and achieves human control by forcibly taking over the body.

If it were Josuke Uchiha controlling a ninja whose strength was far inferior to his own, he wouldn't need such complicated and crude methods at all; a simple genjutsu would be enough to make the other person follow him.

However, although this strange person has an unusually strong resistance to genjutsu, almost to the point of ignoring Sharingan genjutsu, he does not seem to understand the principles of genjutsu.

Furthermore, what surprised Josuke Uchiha immensely was that the heterogeneous chakra within his body seemed to possess certain characteristics of automatic aggregation. It neither dissipated nor eroded within his body, as if it had its own will, doing nothing but controlling him, and could even adjust the binding and confinement range at any time according to the other party's commands.

Therefore, after combining these contradictory characteristics, Josuke Uchiha didn't know how to describe them.

Josuke Uchiha was initially worried that he would be brainwashed into the way the other party wanted him after being captured, but now it seems that this guy doesn't have such methods at all.

"He's just a complete fool who got lucky and gained power!"

Josuke Uchiha inwardly grumbled and felt somewhat indignant.

How could someone so naive and foolish possess such power?

"By the way, you haven't said why you're letting businessmen grow too big."

Ashura suddenly slapped his forehead and snapped his fingers, and Josuke Uchiha found that he could speak again.

"What does it mean to let things go unchecked..."

Josuke Uchiha coughed a few times before speaking slowly.

There was a joint venture store not far away. I wondered if there were any ninjas stationed there, or if the ninjas stationed there had learned the Konoha's secret telegram rhythm.

Are you sick? Why are you coughing so much?

Ashura sensed something was wrong.

"I haven't spoken in a while, and I'm a little itchy."

Josuke Uchiha calmly replied.

"Really? Then answer my question."

Ashura sensed that Josuke Uchiha didn't seem to have any signs of guilt, such as a rapid heartbeat, so he believed it and continued to press for answers.

My answer is: Why do you view the growth of businessmen as unchecked?

"As a nobleman or lord, one must reconcile with the common people and safeguard the interests of the clan; one must protect them from exploitation by outsiders."

Ashura said, "But it seems that the ninja world is not like that now?"

"The duty of merchants is to exchange goods and achieve effective allocation of resources in various places. The so-called exploitation is just the driving force that motivates them to travel all over the ninja world, risking the dangers of whale waves, poisonous insects and wild beasts."

Josuke Uchiha responded by referencing the "Words of Tokuko" and the words in the joint company's public statement manual.

"Weren't these things done by ninjas?"

Ashura was even more puzzled.

Josuke Uchiha was even more at a loss for words.

Having ninjas do this job? That's wishful thinking!

"For example, this so-called joint venture should be an enterprise under your Ninja Sect, right?"

Ashura pointed to the United Company's store sign and asked.

【Ninja Sect】

Josuke Uchiha memorized another word that was no longer in use and casually replied, "Yes."

"As ninjas, instead of thinking about how to help the common people, you compete with them for profit. Don't you have any conscience?"

Ashura said with great sorrow.

"...We're just toning down the behavior of the nobles a little and then doing it again."

Josuke Uchiha offered a dry and unconvincing explanation.

"Furthermore, when you were in the Land of Rice Fields, the ramen shop owners would definitely go bankrupt due to the aftermath of the battle! Is this your idea of ​​helping the common people?"

Josuke Uchiha sneered, "You have the nerve to say you want to bring them back to the right path? Destroying their thriving stores is considered helping the common people?"

"It was indeed my oversight in this matter, and I will make it up to them in a while."

Ashura readily admitted his mistake.

"By the way, you should have money, right? Take it out."

Upon hearing this, Josuke Uchiha felt an urge to suffer a stroke.

"Your hand is free now, hurry up and take out the money!"

Ashura urged.

Josuke Uchiha then slowly raised his right hand, reached into his shirt pocket, and took out a sealing scroll.

Since he doesn't know where his money is, it proves that he cannot control or know his own thoughts and feelings, let alone access his own memories!

"He really is just a powerful idiot!"

Josuke Uchiha breathed a sigh of relief.

The fact that a mere illusion spell could make someone obey is quite absurd; it requires the removal of some of the restraints before the person can act.

"...A very good sealing technique!"

Ashura fiddled with the sealing scroll for a few moments, then understood its sealing principle and successfully extracted a portion of the banknotes from it.

Among them was the large-denomination gold yuan note that Josuke Uchiha most wanted him to use—this special large-denomination banknote was extremely rare in circulation, and the initial ownership of the banknote's serial number was registered. As long as this guy spent a large-denomination banknote, the United Company could find his whereabouts by needing the banknote's serial number!

"Are you going to use my money as compensation to pay the ramen shop owner?"

Josuke Uchiha spoke up first.