Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 45 A Little Bit of Conscience

Half an hour later, Uchiha Gen arrived at a lush mountain peak and then entered a cave.

This cave was a safe house that Uchiha Gen had prepared in advance. It contained enough food and water to sustain two people for half a month.

The water was spring water, and the food was purchased by Uchiha Gen in disguise when he carried out missions alone. It mainly consisted of instant noodles, canned food, and other foods that could be stored for a long time.

After lighting the candles inside the cave, Uchiha Gen took all of Uchiha Yuichi's belongings, then fixed his hands and feet to the prepared cross. Afterward, Uchiha Gen went outside the cave.

Upon arriving in the mountains, he found a tree as thick as a person's waist. Uchiha Gen drew his Kusanagi sword, exhaled a breath of light blue chakra that enveloped the sword, and swung it down, causing the tree to collapse with a crash.

This is the latest wind-style chakra nature transformation that Uchiha Gen has learned, which mainly increases sharpness.

In the original story, Danzo imbued his shuriken with wind-style chakra, making it able to easily cut through rocks. When he imbued a kunai with wind-style chakra, it became a sharp sword.

After removing branches and cutting a 3.4-meter section from the tree, he began to refine it. Sword light flashed and wood chips flew everywhere. Soon, two wooden figures appeared.

Because he didn't learn carpentry, the wooden figure was inevitably abstract, but at least it had the outline of a human.

He sheathed his sword, stretched out his hands, and released two white orbs of light from Uchiha Gen's hands, which landed on the wooden figure, temporarily granting it a soul and lifespan.

The two wooden figures came to life the next moment, and knelt on one knee somewhat stiffly, saying, "Master."

Uchiha Gen nodded slightly and said, "There is one person in the cave now, and there will be two in the future. Your task is to ensure that they do not starve or die of thirst, and to keep the cave clean."

"Yes, Master."

"You are too weak. Don't wander around in your spare time. Just play outside the cave and don't stray too far from it."

"When you're feeding them water or food, you absolutely mustn't talk to the people in the cave while you're cleaning; just pretend you're mute."

"Yes, Master."

"Don't take my words lightly. If you ruin my plans, I'll set you all on fire and burn you as fuel."

Uchiha Gen's expression was serious as he issued a stern warning.

Upon hearing this, Wusheng and Zhurong flew out of their sword sheaths, one from his left arm and the other from his right arm. One wielded a sword, the other breathed fire, and they were able to chop wood and start a fire in one go.

"No, Master, we will do it well."

"Yes, yes, we will definitely do it well."

The two wooden figures, their faces filled with terror, spoke one after the other.

"There are punishments and rewards. If you do things well, I won't take back the souls and lifespans I've given you."

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" The two wooden figures instantly forgot their fear and beamed with joy.

"Wait here."

"Yes, Master."

Uchiha Gen turned and entered the cave. Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng did not follow. They circled around the two wooden figures, threatening them.

"Remember your master's words. If you mess things up, I'll burn you to charcoal, no, to ashes, leaving you not even your corpses."

"Remember your master's words. If you mess things up, I'll slice you into pieces."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The two wooden Homies were so frightened that they huddled together, trembling, and kept repeating the same word.

As fellow Homies, the two wooden figures could sense the immense power of Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng—a power they simply couldn't resist…

Soon, Uchiha Gen emerged from the cave and tossed two hooded black cloaks to the two wooden figures.

"Put them on."

"Yes."

The two wooden figures each took a cloak, quickly put them on, and fastened the buttons. Then, two black-robed figures completely shrouded in cloaks appeared.

"Zhurong, Wusheng, you two go and clear out the wild beasts in the mountains."

After thinking it over, Uchiha Gen decided to take it a step further.

These two wooden figures are not much stronger than ordinary people; they are just a bit harder in terms of physical strength, but they are not as agile. They pose a great threat to wild beasts in the mountains.

The beasts in this world are far more powerful than those in my previous life; we must be on guard.

"Yes, Master."

Zhu Rong transformed into a two-meter-long fire dragon, and Wu Sheng climbed onto Zhu Rong's back. Soon, the two disappeared.

While Wusheng's sword Homie can fly, it can only fly at low altitudes and over short distances. Only Zhurong can fly over long distances and at high altitudes.

"You two come with me. I'll teach you how to feed people using some tools and food."

"Yes, Master."

The reason it's so complicated is that Uchiha Gen doesn't want the lives of his clansmen; otherwise, he could have just killed them to silence them after completing the research.

Uchiha Gen admits that he is a self-centered person, otherwise he would not have done something like kidnapping his own clan for research in order to gain power, but he still has some bottom lines.

For those who do not have a conflict of interest or position, we should avoid killing them if possible, and this is especially true for our own people.

Uchiha Gen believed that it was necessary to maintain a shred of conscience in one's heart as much as possible, so as not to be assimilated by the darkness of the ninja world!

If one falls completely into darkness, it will no longer be people controlling power, but power controlling people.

Uchiha Gen believed he had no say in what others did; he simply did it himself.

Being strict with others but lenient with himself is not his style.

According to his investigation, Uchiha Yuichi was in a happy family with both parents alive, as well as younger siblings. His family members got along well and he lived a happy life. Why did he have to do something so drastic?

Let Uchiha Yuichi's family have a false alarm and get their money back.

It's not that it's impossible, it's just a bit more troublesome.

As long as Uchiha Yuichi doesn't find out his true colors, there's still a chance to salvage the situation.

After the experiment, find a mission that will conflict with Kirigakure and eliminate the Kirigakure ninjas during the mission.

They accidentally learned from the minds of the Hidden Mist ninjas that Uchiha Yuichi had been secretly captured and studied by the Hidden Mist Village ninjas, and followed the clues to find the location of his imprisonment.

Then, by fighting against himself and creating the commotion of a battle, and displaying the corpses of a few Hidden Mist Village ninjas, the matter will be resolved without any surprises.

If all goes well, he might even be able to recruit two loyal Uchiha clan ninjas as his subordinates.

Although it's troublesome, if you actually succeed, you'll actually make more money.

Half an hour later, the two wooden figures of average intelligence learned how to use tools and how to eat food, and Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng also killed the wild beasts on the mountain.

Uchiha Gen then left the mountain and returned to the Konoha front-line camp to hand in his mission.

Although it took a long time, the ninja in charge of the verification task, being a genius of the Uchiha clan and a disciple of Orochimaru, naturally wouldn't hold a grudge.

After completing his mission, Uchiha Gen went to Orochimaru and asked his teacher to help him arrange a mission that he could carry out alone.

During wartime, there is no room for fuss about tasks; once a task is assigned, it must be executed unconditionally. However, no matter how rigorous a system is, there are always loopholes that can be exploited when people are carrying it out.

With Orochimaru's prestige, power, and connections, it would be easy for him to do so, and even if Tsunade and the others knew, they wouldn't be able to say anything.

There's no way around it; we don't know when the next mission I'll be assigned to do alone will be, so I can't just wait around.

The reason is easy to find: say that continuous missions are tiring, and completing the mission alone will allow for more rest time.

Laziness is nothing to Orochimaru.

Thus, another ninja named Uchiha Mori was attacked by a Kirigakure Jonin while on a mission.

The kidnapping of two Uchiha ninjas with awakened Sharingan by the Hidden Mist ninjas enraged the Uchiha clan members, who, even after completing their mission, formed teams to search for them without taking a break.

Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Gen, and the two elders were all involved, but who would have thought it was an inside job?

Ultimately, nothing was gained, and the matter was dropped...

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