Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

The dream collapsed.

No, it restarted because of an update.

Without lingering, Shan Zhongchu used the power of the shattered dream to escape, and opened his eyes on the bed the next moment.

He let out a long sigh of relief: "I was able to escape the dream without paying any price. I'm lucky today."

"The question is, why did I enter Itachi Uchiha's dream? Is it because I talked to him about the killing line yesterday?"

"Um?"

At this moment, Shan Zhongchu Jiu realized that there was one more soul connected to the Heart Severance Realm.

He clearly remembered that there were only twenty-eight mental connections before he went to sleep, but now there was a twenty-ninth.

It wasn't that the ninth person in the mountain was particularly sensitive to mathematics, but rather that the twenty-ninth spiritual connection was different.

Previously, the connections established by the Heart Severing Boundary were all living puppets transformed from Root ninjas. The blank minds of those puppets, devoid of any self, made the connection lines themselves pale, uninteresting, and even thin and fragile, relying entirely on Yamanaka Hatsugu's consumption of chakra to maintain them.

This is also why Yamanaka Chuku didn't launch a large-scale attack on the Root ninjas, because he himself couldn't withstand the drain on too many puppets.

This extra mental connection is different. The connection lines are abundant and resilient, with bright and dazzling colors. Not only does it not require Yamanaka Chuu to expend chakra, but it also inputs a small amount of spiritual energy into him.

Moreover, it was an extremely pure spiritual force that could directly merge into the soul, causing his strength to increase slightly but undeniably, and filling him with genuine joy.

Yamanaka Chujiu lay in bed in a daze for a while, then suddenly jumped up: "Holy shit!!"

"This, this is just faith, isn't it?"

"No, no!"

"Faith is such a terrifying thing, how could a mortal like me be worthy of it? If there are too many believers, I won't be myself anymore!"

"Stop it, it must be stopped..."

Shan Zhongchu Jiu was stunned again. He silently looked down at his hands, a smile playing on his lips.

He chuckled bitterly to himself, "What a mess. I'm not a peerless ninja genius, I don't have any cheat codes or systems, and I didn't transmigrate into the body of the true protagonist. I'm already fourteen years old and I'm only a special Jonin, and that's only because I bribed Orochimaru to get me a special intelligence-specialized Jonin."

"If it were a true prodigy, or a real transmigrator, even the most foolish person wouldn't fail to become a Jonin by the age of fourteen. A qualified one should be able to reach the ranks of Kage-level ninjas."

"I'm a damn Rank 1, practically a veteran Chunin, a weakling who only has the minor life-saving cheat of the Heart Severing Realm to barely make it home alive from the battlefield. What right do I have to look down on the power of faith?"

"That's the happy trouble of those who have truly reached the pinnacle and have nowhere else to go!"

"For me, faith is an upgraded version of a cheat code, the true path to power!"

Having been reborn as a second-generation human, Shan Zhongchujiu completed the risk and benefit assessment in just a few minutes and began to study the power of faith brought about by the Heart-Severing Realm without hesitation.

Why did he go to the battlefield to fight and turn a blind eye to Hiruzen Sarutobi's restoration?

Because I am not strong enough.

If he was determined to oppose Hiruzen Sarutobi's restoration, why did he still devise a plan to incite a backlash after the restoration was successful?

It's still because I'm not strong enough.

If Yamanaka Hatsukyu were strong enough, he wouldn't even need Hashirama Senju's strength. If he were only at Tobirama Senju's level, he wouldn't need such a complicated plan.

He learned from Minato Namikaze's tactics to subdue the Uchiha clan, then used them to launch a counterattack against Hiruzen Sarutobi, using Konoha as a hostage to force him to relinquish all power.

Hiruzen Sarutobi could use Konoha to threaten the Uchiha clan and Minato Namikaze, but when he faced Hajime Yamanaka, the tables turned.

Because Yamanaka Hatsukyu had a detached feeling towards Konoha Village, while Sarutobi Hiruzen loved it deeply, since the Sarutobi clan was also in Konoha Village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi could use administrative means to quietly conceal the Sarutobi clan's enormous size, but he couldn't possibly hide it from Hatsuyuki Yamanaka, a transmigrator.

If we show the Uchiha and Hyuga the true situation of the Sarutobi clan, and then ask, "Half of the Konoha ninja are from the Sarutobi clan, but how many are actually on the battlefield? If this continues, is this Konoha Village or the Sarutobi clan's village?"

Let alone the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, even the most powerful Hokage like the Inuzuka, Aburame, and Ino-Shika-Cho clans would have to break ties with the Third Hokage on the spot.

Why doesn't Yamanaka Chukyu dare to do it now? Because he is not strong enough. Let alone securing solid evidence to prove the problems of the Sarutobi clan, he can't even protect his own life.

After he was "forced" to commit suicide, he could easily be slandered as a madman, a spy from Kumogakure, or a rogue ninja from Konoha. No matter what he said, it was all a lie and a slander against Konoha!

Then there is no more then.

But with power, Yamanaka Chujiu could speak his mind freely. As long as no one could force him to commit suicide, he had a lot to say.

Yamanaka Chuji dropped several bombshells, but Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't kill this naive ninja. As a result, Sarutobi Hiruzen was disgraced, and the Sarutobi clan was wiped out.

That's how important strength is!

Therefore, a path that gathers people and unites their faith, and may eventually lead to godhood, naturally led Shan Zhongchu Jiu to embark on it.

It didn't take long for Shan Zhong Chu Jiu to understand why people had faith.

The Heart-Severing Boundary can connect not only with the mind that understands the first nine in the mountain, but also with the mind that approves of his thoughts.

The mind understood by Yamanaka Chujiu can be controlled more and more as the understanding deepens, eventually turning into a living puppet that is an external manifestation of the body.

Those who accept the ideas of the Mountain Crows will contribute their excess spiritual energy that they do not need to him. As the degree of acceptance deepens, the spiritual energy contributed will become more refined and powerful.

The Heart-Severing Realm, a mutation of the Heart-to-Heart Secret Technique, has been used by Yamanaka Chujiu for so many years, and only today has he truly grasped the power of this cheat.

Given enough time to develop and build a massive belief system, he might be able to become a god.

Unlike Nagato, who was blinded by the power of others, ignored the reality of his short life, and became a fool who thought he was a god.

It's not like Kaguya Otsutsuki, an immortal and indestructible superhuman who can destroy the world with a wave of her hand.

It is not the kind of death god driven by ninjas, but a rule god that is a personification of the rules of the ninja world.

The Ninth Day Assembly is a gathering of faith and vows, a condensation of incense and a golden statue, and a gathering of the masses to become a deity.

Shan Zhongchu Jiu's eyes sparkled as he smiled and said to himself, "After fourteen years of transmigration, there's finally hope for the future."

"Third Hokage, go ahead and make your comeback."

"But I assure you, your days after your restoration will be very exciting, and you will not have a single comfortable day until you can no longer hold on to abdicate a second time."

"Hehe, the most important thing next is to treat Itachi Uchiha's mental illness."

"My first believer shouldn't be mentally ill!"