Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 146 Mei Terumi

In the Terumi clan's ancestral home, in a rather exquisite three-story building, Terumi Mei is currently contemplating in front of a mirror.

This little princess of the Terumi clan has emerald green eyes, long reddish-brown curly hair, her right eye is covered by her hair, pink lips, and a round and full figure. Even though she is only 17 years old now, you can already see her mature and enchanting appearance.

However, Mei Terumi was not in the mood to admire her beautiful face in the mirror at the moment. Instead, she was frowning and thinking about the changes in Kirigakure.

"How strange... How could all seven members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist betray us at the same time?! The Seven Ninja Swordsmen is just a title; those seven aren't exactly loving and affectionate..."

"It's understandable that a few members of the Seven Musketeers with mental issues would rebel, but for everyone to rebel together..."

"That Suigetsu Hozuki guy is the leader of an assassination squad, how could he possibly betray the Third Mizukage?"

"And how could the Third Mizukage be killed so easily? The idea that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen could kill a Kage-level ninja together is nonsense that can only fool ordinary ninjas. Even if the Third Mizukage, who knew the Seven Ninja Swordsmen inside and out, couldn't have been assassinated silently, even if he couldn't defeat them together!"

"This just doesn't make sense. It's like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and the Third Mizukage have all been possessed... Wait, possessed..."

As if struck by a sudden realization, Mei Terumi, who was muttering to herself in analysis and contemplation, suddenly looked up in shock and stood up abruptly.

"No... I have to go find Master Yuan! If I'm not mistaken, Kirigakure is really in trouble now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mei Terumi stood up and turned around, only to bump into a man. When the two collided, Mei Terumi felt a chill run down her spine. Without saying a word, she crouched down and stepped back, about to unleash a ninjutsu.

Uchiha Touyu chuckled and instantly activated his genjutsu, which manipulates the five senses. Terumi Mei felt a wave of numbness throughout her body, and then everything went black before she collapsed to the ground.

"As expected of the Fifth Mizukage from the original timeline, she's got a sharp mind! And... Mei Terumi is already Genji's apprentice?"

"It seems I underestimated her. Even if we follow the normal lineage, Mei Terumi might have become the Fifth Mizukage."

While the bloodline clans of Kirigakure are indeed powerful, they have been facing a talent gap in recent years. In particular, according to Uchiha Touya, the most outstanding geniuses of the Kaguya and Hozuki clans later contracted bloodline disease. Under these circumstances, it is still very possible for Terumi Mei to become the Fifth Mizukage, given her strength.

"But with me, you don't need to be the Fifth Mizukage; wouldn't it be better to become the Fourth Mizukage directly?"

Picking up the senseless Mei Terumi, Uchiha Touyu looked into her lifeless eyes, the three tomoe in his blood-red Sharingan began to spin, and he immediately unleashed the Divine Transmission Technique.

"Use the Divine Transcendence Technique to control her for now, and then unleash her once she has completely become my vessel!"

The reason for this is that Mei Terumi will become the Mizukage in the future, so naturally she cannot let anyone discover that she is being controlled by illusion magic.

Having released the manipulation of her five senses, Mei Terumi's previously scattered gaze slowly focused as she looked at Uchiha Tou.

"Are you... my master who controls me with illusion magic?"

"What a strange feeling. I know I'm being controlled by your illusion, but I have no desire to resist. What a terrifying illusion!"

Mei Terumi spoke of terrifying illusions, but her eyes showed nothing but submission, not even a trace of hostility.

This is precisely the terrifying aspect of the Divine Transformation Technique; it fundamentally transforms a person's mind, rather than using deceptive tricks.

Uchiha Touyu's God-Slaying Technique, which he performed using chakra, was far inferior to the original, but it had already exceeded the limits of regular genjutsu in Naruto, and was even more terrifying than Kotoamatsukami.

"Alright, let's put aside the issue of illusions for now. We're short on time, so let's get straight to the point!"

With a smile on his face, Uchiha Tou picked up Terumi Mei and placed her on the large bed in the room. Then, he slipped one hand inside her collar.

Mei Terumi blushed slightly, twisted her body, and reached out to hug Uchiha Tou.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye. When Mei Terumi awoke from her blissful unconsciousness, Hiu Uchiha had already released the Divine Transmission Technique.

"How are you feeling?"

Uchiha Hiyu gently stroked Terumi Mei's wet face, which was a mixture of her tears, sweat, and saliva, radiating a kind of gorgeous and decadent glow.

Mei Terumi let out a long sigh of relief, reached out and touched Uchiha Tou's muscular chest, a dazed smile spreading across her face:

"I feel like I'm about to die, no, I've died several times already, and then come back again. It feels like I've wasted the first half of my life..."

Uchiha Touya, his face full of black lines, flicked Mei Terumi's forehead and said helplessly:

"I'm asking about your physical condition and the chakra within you! I want to know how strong you are now, not how you felt just now!"

Mei Terumi covered her head, finally snapping out of her infatuated state. With a slight focus, she felt the surging chakra within her body and her rapidly increasing physical abilities, and her face immediately went blank.

"My chakra more than doubled, my physical abilities increased by at least 1.5 times, and... I even synthesized another bloodline limit!"

"Hahaha, I thought it would take several years to synthesize the Lava Release technique! I didn't expect to master it so quickly! It's amazing, I really am a genius!"

Before engaging in dual cultivation with Uchiha Tou, Mei Terumi had already synthesized the Boil Release Kekkei Genkai. At this moment, however, she discovered that there was another special chakra in her body. This was the second Kekkei Genkai that she had been working hard to synthesize—Lava Release!

Having two bloodline limits is not simply about having another escape technique.

Both Lava Release and Boil Release are bloodline limits that lean towards corrosive attacks, and their functions actually overlap to some extent. Therefore, even if you have two bloodline limits, it doesn't mean that your strength has doubled; it just means that you have more methods.

What's truly terrifying is that each time a bloodline limit is awakened, it's equivalent to an evolution of the ninja's body, greatly increasing their innate qualities such as talent, physical strength, nerve reflexes, and chakra reserves!

Especially for the first generation of bloodline limit ninjas, the growth rate was much stronger than that of those bloodline clan ninjas. Mei Terumi, as the first generation of dual bloodline limit ninjas, had already reached the Kage level in terms of basic qualities simply because of the huge benefits brought by the two bloodline limit ninjas.

In reality, Mei Terumi is only 17 years old. To reach the Kage level at such a young age is already a testament to her exceptional talent.

After all, unless a ninja awakens the Mangekyou Sharingan very early, or is simply a Jinchuriki, the earliest record for a normal ninja to become a Kage is around their 20s.

"With your current strength, could you become the Mizukage of Kirigakure?"

Uchiha Touyu interrupted Mei Terumi, who was grinning foolishly. Mei Terumi then snapped out of her daze, pouted, thought for a moment, and shook her head helplessly.

"Sorry, that's definitely impossible! I've only just awakened my bloodline limit and haven't truly integrated Lava Release into my combat system yet. Even though my basic attributes have reached Kage level, my combat power is still somewhat lacking!"

Uchiha Touyu nodded, having gained some understanding of Mei's current situation. Her basic abilities had increased too much and too quickly, while her ninjutsu training had not yet fully caught up.

If Mei Terumi were given a few more months, she would definitely be able to master the combat techniques of the two bloodline limits and truly unleash Kage-level combat power, but she is definitely still lacking in some aspects right now.

"In that case, it's alright. I have plenty of ways to improve your strength! First, I'll use the Tsukuyomi genjutsu world to help you train in ninjutsu, and then I'll use pills to improve your basic attributes. I believe that by then, your strength will be at least much stronger than that of an average Kage."

"In the entire Hidden Mist Village, besides the Third Mizukage, there aren't many Kage-level ninja left. It seems that only Yagura Karatachi remains, whose strength has reached Kage level!"

"That's right, that baby-faced guy has probably already been chosen as the Fourth Mizukage..."

In this timeline, Yagura Karatachi did not become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki because Madara Uchiha did not seal the Three-Tails into Rin—a near-brainless move. However, his own strength had indeed reached the Kage level.

Generally speaking, unless there are really no other options, the Kage of a village will not choose a Jinchuriki. Due to the internal atmosphere of Kirigakure, it is more inclined to the survival of the fittest, but it is more difficult for a Jinchuriki to become the Kage of a village than for an ordinary ninja.

In the original manga, Yagura Karatachi became the Fourth Mizukage after becoming a Jinchūriki, so it goes without saying that he is a definite prospect.

"If you defeat him with overwhelming power, can you become the Mizukage?"

Uchiha Tou interrupted Terumi Mei and asked.

"Yagura Karatachi is quite strong. I'm confident I can beat him after a few more years of training, but to defeat him overwhelmingly..."

"Don't worry, with me here, I guarantee I can raise your strength to its limit! Just tell me, after defeating him, can you become the Mizukage?"

"Of course! Kirigakure has many rules, but the biggest one is that the strong are respected!"

"The Second Mizukage was taken by the Hozuki clan ninja who defeated the Third Mizukage! So the Third Mizukage was not able to take over until after the Second Mizukage's death."

"Forget about a crushing defeat of Yagura Karatachi; as long as I win, whether it's an easy victory or a narrow one, I will definitely become the Fourth Mizukage!"

"Very good, let's begin now!"

Uchiha Touyu chuckled and nodded, then leaned down to look into Terumi Mei's eyes, his three-tomoe Sharingan spinning rapidly.

Mei Terumi felt dizzy and disoriented. A moment later, she found herself in a strange world with mountains and water, and in the very center was a huge training ground.

The training ground was surrounded by a circle of strange stone statues. If you looked closely, you would find that all the statues were ninjas, and some even wore headbands.

"This is an illusion space I created using Tsukuyomi. With my current strength, I can suppress several years of time in an instant."

"In this illusion space, although there is no way to train the physical body, one can still practice various techniques and nature transformations related to chakra use, as well as all kinds of ninjutsu."

"The stone statues around you are the souls of ninjas I killed. Although you can't use cheat techniques like possession training, you can still fight against these ninja souls to hone your ninjutsu skills."

Standing in the very center of the training ground, Uchiha Touyu spoke softly, introducing Mei. After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the stone statues immediately shed their stone shells, revealing the ninjas inside.

After these ninjas opened their eyes, Mei Terumi noticed that all of them possessed the three-tomoe Sharingan. Seeing Mei Terumi's puzzled expression, Tobi shrugged.

"These souls trapped in the Tsukuyomi illusion have been completely controlled and assimilated by this illusion, as evidenced by the three tomoe in their eyes."

"After being controlled by the Tsukuyomi illusion, the souls of these ninjas will also strengthen the power of this illusion. In fact, as the illusion strengthens, it can even bring growth in the host's mental strength."

However, Uchiha Touyu usually "eats" people to practice his skills, so his mental strength grows incredibly fast. Compared to that, the enhancement from the illusion is only slightly better than nothing, so he didn't care much about it.

However, for ordinary ninjas, this ability is an absolute boon in their training. The mental energy flowing in from the genjutsu space alone is enough to allow an ordinary Uchiha ninja to directly reach the three-tomoe or even the Mangekyou Sharingan.

After listening to Uchiha Tou's introduction, Terumi Mei looked at the ninjas with sparkling eyes, as if she had seen a huge treasure.

Ninjas are a profession that improves through battle. Ninjas who have experienced the Ninja World War are definitely much stronger than other ninjas of the same level.

Being able to continuously practice in the Tsukuyomi space, even just a few days, let alone a few years, would be enough to greatly increase her strength.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing... Even if you suffer a fatal injury here, you won't die, although the pain won't lessen."

"Furthermore, if your chakra is depleted, you can fully recover it by simply shouting. Therefore, you can train and fight without worrying about any problems."

Upon hearing this, Mei Terumi was overjoyed. No need to fear death or worry about chakra depletion, and with an endless stream of opponents, this was simply the perfect training ground!

As for the issue of pain... any ninja with extensive combat experience will not be afraid of so-called pain.

(End of this chapter)