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

Chapter 164 Hidden Cloud Village

Two days passed quickly. Two days is a short time. For example, the Konoha ninja and the Kumogakure ninja were manipulated by genjutsu for two days of "intense battles".

Two days is a long time. After two days of shameless living in the hotel, Uchiha Tou and Yugito had completely transformed into Uchiha Tou's form.

The morning sunlight streamed into the hotel room. Uchiha Touyu was sleeping soundly when, in his hazy state, he felt a warm touch coming from below.

He slightly opened his eyes, listened to the rustling sound, and let out a long sigh of relief.

A moment later, Uchiha Hiyu reached down and placed his hand on Yugito's long golden hair. Yugito's face flushed red, and she let out a mournful sound like a small animal.

"Waaah..."

As Uchiha Hiyu's body trembled, Yugito's face grew increasingly red, as if she were forcibly enduring something. After a moment, she raised her head.

After a while, Yugito calmed down and put down her fair and delicate hand.

A large hand reached out and gently wiped away the tears that had flowed from the wooden figure's eyes.

"Okay, that's enough."

"Master Feiyu, shall I continue to serve you?"

Coming to her senses, Yugito, like a kitten, squinted and leaned against Uchiha Touyu's chest. Uchiha Touyu gently patted her twice.

"It's time to get up, Yugito. Today is the day my illusion ends."

"Go and make the arrangements, and lead your ninjas to retreat! I sacrificed about half of the Cloud Ninja, which was a much bigger loss than Konoha's, but you still have two Byakugan in your possession, so all things considered, you still came out ahead in this battle."

Yugito showed a somewhat disappointed expression, but she quickly cheered up. Although her personality hadn't changed after being transformed into a vessel by Uchiha Tou, all her interests revolved around Uchiha Tou, so she naturally knew when to get down to business.

"Don't worry, Master Feiyu. With the Byakugan you gave me and the strength you helped me improve, as long as you defeat the current Fourth Raikage, I'm absolutely confident I can become the Fifth Raikage!"

As she spoke, Yugito's face was filled with confidence. In fact, apart from Killer Bee, there were no other ninjas in the Hidden Cloud Village whose strength surpassed hers.

Becoming the Kage of a village doesn't necessarily mean being the strongest ninja in that village, but at least one of the strongest. If the strongest ninja in a village has a significant gap in strength compared to other ninjas, then even if he has no ambitions, he will inevitably become the leader of that village.

For the Hidden Cloud Village, there was a significant gap between Yugito and Killer Bee, the two perfect Jinchuriki. Originally, Yugito's strength was slightly inferior to Killer Bee's, but it was still significantly stronger than other ninjas.

Now, after training with Uchiha Tou, Yugito has completely acquired Killer Bee-level strength. As long as Killer Bee dies, she will be the only candidate for the Fifth Raikage.

After all, the Cloud Ninja is currently facing a generational gap, and even the former Yotsuki clan cannot find a single Kage-level ninja.

After returning to the "battlefield" with Yugito, Uchiha Hiu quickly broke the genjutsu, and the Frost Country, which had been "fiercely at war," suddenly became eerily calm.

The Cloud Ninja forces have suffered more than half their losses, and their strength is no longer comparable to that of the Leaf Village forces. Although the Leaf Village has a much stronger grassroots force than the Cloud Ninja, their leader, the main branch ninja of the Hyuga clan, has already "sacrificed" himself.

In this situation, Konoha was leaderless and Kumogakure was timid and hesitant, so the battle naturally calmed down.

Konoha and Kumogakure then held so-called peace talks. After Kumogakure agreed to compensate them with some supplies, Konoha's army left the Land of Frost.

Admittedly, the Hyuga clan was very dissatisfied with this situation. After all, in a series of events, they first lost a Hyuga clan head, then a member of the Hyuga main family, and even had their Byakugan stolen. However, after losing the support of Konoha, the Hyuga clan no longer dared to provoke the Cloud Ninja.

Moreover, Konoha did give the Hyuga a chance for revenge, but Konoha didn't collapse. The Hyuga main clan ninja, as the commander, was incompetent. What could they do?

In the end, they could only accept some compensation from the Cloud Ninja and reluctantly acknowledge the truth.

As for the Cloud Ninja, although they lost several hundred ninjas and had to give up some supplies, they at least gained a pair of Byakugan.

For Konoha, which has the Hyuga clan, the Byakugan is not a particularly valuable item. However, for Kumogakure, which has the fewest bloodline ninjas among the five great ninja villages, the Byakugan is worth no less than a few hundred ordinary ninjas!

Just by looking at how the Byakugan assassin from the Mist Village protects his Byakugan, you can see just how much other ninja villages value it.

Similarly, Yugito's prestige in Kumogakure greatly increased after regaining his Byakugan. In fact, Kumogakure had already prepared for a defeat in battle from the beginning, so regaining his Byakugan was an unexpected bonus.

After all, Konoha has never lost a war against foreign powers in recent years. In addition, with the implementation of the Universal Chakra Treaty, Konoha, which had been somewhat corrupt, has been reborn from the ashes in recent years. The leaders of Kumogakure are not fools, and of course they can see that they are no match for them.

As expected, look at the neighboring Iwagakure village; they sent out twice as many ninjas as the Kumogakure village! In the end, only a few dozen ninjas escaped, and the entire force was almost wiped out.

The Iwa ninja and the Kumo ninja are old rivals. The Iwa ninja were beaten badly by Konoha, and the Kumo ninja figured that it would be difficult for them to gain the upper hand either.

With such low expectations, the results and achievements delivered by the wooden puppet naturally brought a pleasant surprise to the Cloud Ninja.

The Land of Lightning, the Hidden Cloud Village.

"Yugito, it seems that after the Cloud Village suffered such a defeat, your reputation has actually increased somewhat!"

"Um... this is all thanks to you, Master Feiyu... If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have received such a disdainful look..."

Holding Yugito's hand, Uchiha Touyu looked curiously at the distant Cloud Village.

A strange, almost supernatural, perception spread to distant ninja villages, and at the same time, the opinions of the ninjas from the Cloud Village regarding Yugito were heard.

After Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, became a truly perfect Jinchuriki and then the Fourth Raikage, the Hidden Cloud Village no longer discriminated against Jinchuriki.

In a way, Yugito should thank Killer Bee. It was because Killer Bee was the first to become a perfect Jinchuriki that the prejudice of Kumogakure against Jinchuriki was completely changed. Before Killer Bee, all Jinchuriki were like time bombs, feared and dreaded by ordinary ninjas.

Because of Killer Bee's performance in Kumogakure over the years, the ninjas of Kumogakure not only did not discriminate against Yugito, the newly promoted perfect Jinchūriki, but also held her power in great awe.

In addition to the "merit" Yugito has made this time, the Cloud Ninjas who talk about Yugito now are almost all lavish with praise.

"Looks like you've built up a solid foundation of support. The only problem is that Killer Bee guy, isn't it?"

Uchiha Touyu stroked his chin, thinking about how to kill Killer Bee. His first thought was to directly detonate the power of the Tailed Beasts—but he soon abandoned that idea.

After all, Yugito is also a Jinchūriki. If Killer Bee, the perfect Jinchūriki, were to go berserk, Yugito would obviously be greatly affected. At the very least, her reputation in Kumogakure would plummet, and no ninja would choose a ticking time bomb to lead them.

"If all else fails, we might as well let this guy mysteriously disappear... just like the Third Kazekage, vanishing without a trace. No matter how much the Hidden Cloud Village suspects, they won't be able to find any evidence."

As Uchiha Touyu pondered, he increased the pressure on his hand, causing Yugito's face to flush even more. Yugito placed his hand in front of his chest, covering Uchiha Touyu's large hand.

"Master, aren't you... supposed to be dealing with the Fourth Raikage? Now is not the time to... waste your energy."

"Tsk, Killer Bee isn't worth my time."

Uchiha Touya said nonchalantly, but eventually stopped what he was doing, pulled out both his hands, and placed his slightly shiny fingers to Yugito's lips.

Yugito stuck out her little tongue and licked the glistening substance on her fingers, then rested her head against Uchiha Touyu's chest:

"Master Feiyu, don't underestimate Killer Bee's power. Although he is also a perfect Jinchuriki, the Fourth Raikage's strength is far above mine."

"I've sparred with the Fourth Raikage before, and I know his strength very well. Unless three masters of my caliber join forces, I definitely wouldn't be a match for the Fourth Raikage!"

Among the tailed beasts, apart from the Nine-Tails which stands out from the rest, the strength difference between the other tailed beasts is not too great. However, it can be seen that the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, is indeed half a level stronger than ordinary tailed beasts, and at least much stronger than the Two-Tails, Nekomata, which has no special characteristics.

Most importantly, without the power of the Tailed Beast, Yugito is at most a slightly stronger elite Jonin, while Killer Bee, even without the power of the Tailed Beast, is only slightly inferior to his sworn brother in his Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

It can be said that even if he were not a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast, Killer Bee could still become a top ninja in Kumogakure. This is the biggest difference between him and Yugito – not the difference in Tailed Beasts, but simply the huge difference in their ninja abilities.

Just like Naruto Uzumaki, the reincarnation of Ashura, becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and an ordinary member of the Uzumaki clan becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, under the same conditions, their strengths would still be worlds apart.

However, Uchiha Touyu just smiled slightly. He was already aware of Killer Bee's strength. Not to mention his performance in the original work, he had also seen the strength of this perfect Jinchuriki before.

But Uchiha Touyu was confident that even if Sage Fox Naruto, the strongest and most perfect Jinchuriki, came over in the future, he could easily and completely suppress him, let alone Killer Bee.

Yugito's suspicions, to some extent, stemmed from his complete lack of understanding of Uchiha Tou's true strength.

Yunlei Gorge is a special gorge near Yunren Village. It is often shrouded in dark clouds with flashing lightning, and it is in the midst of thunderstorms for 300 out of 365 days a year.

This is the forbidden area of ​​Kumogakure. While it is full of danger, it is also a sacred place for cultivating the nature and form transformation of lightning-style chakra. Although many Kumogakure who trained here lost their lives due to the severe lightning storms, any Kumogakure who could come out of here alive could at least obtain the title of elite Jonin.

Yugito rarely goes here, since she specializes in Fire Release, not Lightning Release. However, Killer Bee, the Fourth Raikage, basically lives in Cloud Thunder Gorge except for his office hours and rest time.

Previously, the Third Raikage and Killer Bee's sworn brother A also lived in the Cloud Thunder Gorge. Now, most of the time, Killer Bee trains there alone.

Upon arriving at the entrance of Cloud Thunder Gorge, Uchiha Touyu looked up at the sky, a thoughtful expression on his face:

"Is this strange celestial phenomenon... caused by natural energy?"

"Speaking of which, the weather in the Naruto world is indeed very strange. The Land of Rain, which has rain for at least 340 days out of 365, is theoretically not lacking in rain, but in reality it is a desert. There are also the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth... Almost every country has a different terrain and special weather."

"Furthermore, the natural energy in the Naruto world is so violent, easily turning people into stone or monsters, and even igniting killing intent in people like Jugo—it's all the Otsutsuki's fault!"

This planet was harvested by the Otsutsuki clan and damaged by the Divine Tree. Natural energy could not possibly be peaceful. The harsh natural environment and violent natural energy can almost certainly be attributed to the Divine Tree.

The natural environment here in Yunlei Gorge is merely a small remnant of the evil deeds committed by the divine tree a thousand years ago.

After a moment's thought, Uchiha Touyu gave up on these lofty questions. He decided that he would wait until he truly possessed power surpassing that of the Otsutsuki clan before modifying the natural environment of the Naruto world.

Right now, all he's paying attention to is Killer Bee, who's training in Cloud Thunder Gorge.

(End of this chapter)