The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 244 Kneeling and Licking

The Land of Rivers, the Village of Craftsmen and Annihilation.

Last time, when Kame led his team to intercept Uchiha An, three of his powerful comrades were easily crushed, dying like bugs.

After miraculously escaping back to the village, Turtle Demon suffered from insomnia for a considerable period of time, constantly dreaming that he was like an ant, being trampled to death by that terrifying man.

Even during the day, he couldn't eat, fearing that Uchiha An would hold a grudge against him for his ambush and come to settle scores with him.

But after several months, and still no one came knocking, his heart finally calmed down a little.

After this incident, Kame-ki finally learned his lesson and completely extinguished his past ambitions.

Now he spends his days honestly forging ninja tools and doing arms deals with various countries to make some money. He no longer thinks about reviving his ancestors or restoring the glory of the Craftsman Village.

But the tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease!

He didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble came to him on its own.

"Something terrible has happened, Chief!" A ninja from Takumi Village rushed in. "They've attacked! The guards at the village entrance have all been defeated!"

"Who dares to be so bold?" Turtle Demon raised an eyebrow, grabbed the ninja tool lightsaber beside him, and strode outside.

From afar, he saw the village ninjas surrounding and attacking the three of them.

He could vaguely make out the three people: one adult and two children, clearly a woman with two children.

"Tsk, the village's strength has indeed declined significantly after losing those three divine ninja tools!"

"So, the current Takumi Ninja Village can't even take down children anymore?"

The tortoise-like ghost sighed inwardly and hurriedly leaped towards the village entrance.

But when he arrived at the village entrance, he saw a large group of people lying haphazardly, all of them ninjas from his own village.

The turtle demon felt a chill run down his spine, knowing that the newcomer meant no good.

Although Takumi Village is not a powerful ninja village and relies heavily on the power of ninja tools, it can still easily deal with some ordinary rogue ninjas.

It doesn't seem normal that they were so easily defeated in the face of the enemy.

"Chief, be careful, they're carrying... they're carrying a divine artifact."

"Hmm? A divine artifact?"

The turtle demon was stunned. When he looked up again, his face turned deathly pale, as if struck by lightning.

Three figures appeared ahead: one wore "Infinite Hole Armor," and the other carried "Fang-Splitting Dark Blade."

One person is holding up "Flying Twin Swords".

These are clearly the three legendary artifacts of the Craftsman Village that were stolen by Uchiha An before.

Looking at the three people's appearances, the eyes of the two red-haired women were also bright red, with three tomoe rotating around the center, clearly the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

"You must be Kameki, the leader of Takumi Ninja Village?" Shin-yu asked with a tense expression.

It was her first time handling business, and she actually had no experience. In order not to let others see it, she deliberately had a cold face when she spoke, and seemed difficult to deal with.

After demonstrating her strength, even if she is arrogant, others will only take it for granted and dare not do anything unnecessary.

In the whole affair, it was actually Bai who was in charge of keeping things in check.

Although Haku is young, he was very experienced in robbing and pillaging with Zabuza Momochi back in the day.

"I...I am Turtle Demon." Turtle Demon swallowed nervously and said with a forced smile, "Did some ignorant fool in the village offend the adults?"

He wasn't afraid of the woman and the two children in front of him; what he was truly afraid of was the terrifying man hiding behind them.

His fawning expression left everyone in the village speechless and incredulous.

Normally, Kame-ki appears to be a steady and serious person in the village, and everyone who sees him thinks he is a trustworthy leader.

But now, he looks nothing like his usual self.

"Could the leader have been controlled by the enemy's Sharingan genjutsu?" a voice suddenly whispered.

All the ninjas lying on the ground were startled and instinctively looked away, afraid that they would also be affected by the Sharingan's genjutsu.

"From today onwards, we will take control of everything in Takumi Ninja Village," Shin-yu declared coldly.

"?" Turtle Demon was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a long time, but in the end he did not dare to refuse directly. Instead, he declined in a roundabout way, saying, "Our village is just a small blacksmith's village. We don't have any powerful ninjas or anything of value."

"If you gentlemen need anything, just let me know, and I'll make sure everything is prepared perfectly for you."

"If there's anything that needs doing, just let me do it."

"As you gentlemen have seen, these useless wretches are utterly incompetent!"

"Hmph." Xinyou glanced disdainfully at the people around her. She really thought these people were too useless. They couldn't even beat her, a newcomer to the ninja world. She wondered what Lord An saw in this village.

Although Xinyou harbored some resentment in her heart, she had to complete the task assigned by Lord An without any compromise.

"Enough with all that nonsense!"

"Just do as I say."

"If you are dissatisfied with this, you are welcome to use both open and covert tactics to see if they can shake us in the slightest."

"No, no, I wouldn't dare." Turtle Demon hurriedly nodded and bowed, smiling obsequiously, "From today onwards, you are the leader of our Takumi Ninja Village. I will immediately gather everyone and step down to make way for a more worthy successor."

"From now on, anyone who dares to disobey the adults' orders will be going against the will of Takumi-nin Village and will be severely punished."

"That's more like it." Xinyou waved her hand and instructed, "Then that's settled. Quickly tidy up this place and prepare to welcome Lord An."

Upon hearing An's name, Gui Gui felt a shiver run down his spine, thankful that he hadn't made the wrong choice.

He hurriedly arranged for someone to take Xinyou and the others to rest, and then immediately convened an emergency meeting, summoning all the Jonin from the village.

"I know everyone must be very dissatisfied with my previous performance, but what I want to say is that we have no other choice now but to obey obediently in order to avoid the destruction of Takumi Ninja Village."

"What a joke! Even if they have divine weapons, there are only three of them. If we swarm them, we can definitely kill them!"

Looking at those young people who were shouting and complaining loudly, Turtle Demon seemed to see himself in his younger days.

Having no other choice, he had to recount what happened back then.

"What forced me to compromise and back down was not these three people, but the powerful Uchiha behind them."

"A powerful ninja who could easily kill Longyan and the other two is not someone our ninja village can easily contend with."

Seeing that everyone looked blank and dejected, Turtle Demon had no choice but to try to motivate them again.

"Let's try to think of things in a positive light."

"Konoha Village has now declined, and even its land has been divided up by various countries."

"If the Uchiha clan were to settle down in Takumi Village in the future, and Lord Uchiha An became the leader of Takumi Village, then our Takumi Village would have a great chance to rise to prominence!"

"Perhaps in a few years, our Land of Rivers will become one of the new Five Great Nations!"

"What everyone needs to do now is to listen to the new leader and not cause any trouble, or don't blame me for not warning you beforehand if you get killed."

Everyone tensed up, quickly nodded in agreement, and dispersed with mixed feelings.

However, the young ninjas secretly gathered together, feeling deeply humiliated by what had happened that day, and wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate.