Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 74 Thousand-Man Slaughter

The black market is a place that evolved from the ninja world's gold exchange. It is a dark place that integrates accepting gold exchange missions, trading ninjutsu, trading intelligence, trading illegal materials, and trading people.

Huanjinsuo is a platform similar to an intermediary, where anyone can theoretically post or accept tasks.

However, since the missions at the Gold Exchange are mostly focused on assassinating ninjas or important figures, the mission posting fees are too high for ordinary people to afford.

So, while it's theoretically true that anyone can post a task, it's a fact that anyone can accept a task, provided they can find a place to accept the task.

The reason why the Gold Exchange could keep the unruly and lawless ninjas in line was because the forces behind the Gold Exchange were powerful and complex.

The five great nations and five great ninja villages of the ninja world are more or less connected with the All-Gold Exchange, and their existence is tacitly acknowledged by all nations and ninja villages.

It would be difficult for ordinary people to find the black market connected to the gold exchange, but for Uchiha Gen, who was proficient in genjutsu, it was easy to "find out" it.

Shiroishi Town is a small town north of Shiroi Castle. It is frequently visited by samurai, ronin, and rogue ninja.

At midnight that night, in a remote part of town, an inconspicuous little tavern called "Crimson Dream" opened on time.

Uchiha Gen's shadow clone, shrouded in a black cloak, entered the tavern, paid a small fee, and then proceeded through a secret passage.

This tavern is one of the channels into the black market; in addition, there are secret passages leading into the town from all directions.

After walking along the dark passage for about five minutes, the view suddenly opened up, and colorful lights appeared in the deep forest. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a street.

Houses, mostly made of wood, were built on both sides of the street. Unlike the shops outside that had signs, the shops here only wrote down the business they were doing at the entrance.

After browsing around, Uchiha Gen pretended to be an ignorant newbie who didn't know the rules and was naive to the ways of the world. He flaunted his wealth, which quickly attracted the attention of many people with ulterior motives.

However, many people did not fall for it; the tactic of pretending to be weak while actually being strong is nothing new in the black market.

Those who are attracted are either blinded by greed or confident in their own abilities.

Half an hour later, Uchiha Gen felt that he had attracted enough people, so he left the black market through a secret passage.

Once they left the town and arrived at a grove of trees on the outskirts, some of the more impatient people could no longer contain themselves and launched an attack without saying a word.

The group that launched the sneak attack included both ninjas and samurai. The ninjas unleashed a barrage of shuriken from both sides of the forest, while the samurai on the front and back drew their katana covered in blue chakra and leaped out of the forest to launch a swift charge.

They were surrounded on all sides and were about to kill Uchiha Gen in an instant, not caring whether Uchiha Gen was a real novice or just pretending to be weak.

Earth Escape Earth Formation Wall!

Uchiha Gen dropped the money box, formed hand seals and pressed them onto the ground. Four walls quickly rose from the ground, thick on the front and back sides and thin on the left and right sides, but enough to block the flying shuriken.

Seeing the four earthen walls rising simultaneously, the ninjas and samurai who had made their move realized how difficult their prey was to handle, but they were still reluctant to give up.

The two samurai suddenly accelerated, their chakra surging wildly. Their katanas blazed with blue light as they slashed horizontally, the blades flashing, and with a sickening "thud," they sliced ​​the thick earthen wall in two. Then, instinctively, they looked towards their target…

A pair of scarlet Sharingan with two tomoe came into view. The two samurai were not ignorant people. They recognized the Uchiha Sharingan, which was famous in the ninja world. They knew something was wrong and quickly tried to look away.

Unfortunately, it was too late. The illusion was activated, and the two samurai collapsed limply to the ground.

At this moment, four ninjas who had been lying in ambush in the woods on both sides rushed out with weapons in hand. They were agile and stepped over the earthen wall to attack Uchiha Gen.

These four ninjas weren't incapable of using ninjutsu, but rather they dared not, fearing that the ninjutsu would destroy the money, which would mean all their efforts would be in vain.

Uchiha Gen tilted his head back, a smile playing on his lips. His two-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated, and his body twisted 360 degrees as he unleashed another genjutsu.

Genjutsu is not just a single-target attack; it can be used for both single-target and area-of-effect attacks. From the moment the genjutsu is cast until it ends, anyone who sees the Uchiha Sharingan will be affected.

Using their gazes as a medium, the four ninjas' five senses were disrupted, rendering them oblivious to Uchiha Gen, and they plunged their weapons into each other's bodies.

Although not in a vital location, it still suffered severe damage, and its mournful screams rang out, waking many animals from their sweet dreams.

"The Uchiha clan ninjas are so despicable!"

A rogue ninja who collapsed and coughed up blood said with a face full of resentment.

This is so different from the Uchiha ninjas they know; they actually disregarded the honor and dignity of their noble family and came to the black market to play the fool and take advantage of others...

Your Uchiha clan is the most powerful clan in the ninja world, do you still lack money?

"Ninjas are synonymous with despicable people."

"My clansmen are simple-minded and straightforward," Uchiha Gen said calmly.

On the other side, the ninjas and samurai who hadn't yet made a move heard the screams and realized that Uchiha Gen wasn't so easy to deal with; he was truly playing dumb to catch a wolves in sheep's clothing.

Most people, not wanting to take the risk, had already considered retreating and were preparing to leave when Uchiha Gen, who had been hiding in the shadows, made his move.

Illusionary Nirvana: Bloodfall!

"Huh, why are red feathers falling from the sky?"

A samurai watched as the crimson feather fell before him, instinctively reaching out to catch it. However, before he could even touch it, he was trapped in an illusion, his mind filled with the most terrifying visions of his heart, his expression gradually turning terrified...

"Ahhh..."

A series of high-pitched screams rang out, waking up all the animals in the woods on both sides of the road.

"Ugh, yelling and shouting in the dead of winter! Humans have no manners at all!"

In the forest, a wild ape-like spirit beast that had gained sentience woke up in its den and complained grumpyly.

But since the ape had just become a spirit beast and was not very strong, it dared not provoke the humans who made a lot of noise. So it simply turned over, covered its ears, and forced itself to fall asleep again.

However, it was only that all the ninjas and samurai were under the spell; some reacted in time and broke the spell as quickly as possible.

However, just as they dispelled the illusion, a silver-white longsword shot out from the dark forest, its blade rapidly extending and its light sweeping across all directions.

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

The ninjas and samurai, having broken free of the illusion, had their legs severed at the knees. Their piercing screams rang out three times as they writhed on the ground in agony, their crimson blood spraying everywhere, staining and melting the white snow.

Enveloped in a black cloak, Uchiha Gen shot out from the dark forest, reaping souls and lifespans amidst the terror.

After the harvest was complete, Uchiha Gen had Zhu Rong destroy the evidence.

There were too many corpses from the Viper Gang, and it was not advisable to set them on fire for fear of affecting the victims in the prison and the surrounding residents. So, there was no problem with leaving them in the middle of nowhere.

Uchiha Gen made another trip to the shadow clones' location to reap the rewards, and then, as always, skillfully disposed of the bodies and destroyed the evidence.

After finishing his business, Uchiha Gen returned to his room at the inn in Shiroishi Town to rest.

For a period of time afterward, Uchiha Gen began to roam the various black markets in the Land of Fire, using the same old methods, since there were always ninjas who couldn't control their greed and overconfidence.

A month later, the name "Fishing Night Demon" began to circulate among the dark circles of the Land of Fire, including rogue ninjas, samurai, and gangs.

Meanwhile, black cloaks became very popular in the black market, with nine out of ten people wearing them. People dared not easily take action against each other unless necessary, for fear of encountering the Night Demons who were fishing. As a result, the security situation around the black market improved considerably.

After all, no fewer than two hundred rogue ninja, rogue ninja, and samurai died at the hands of the Fishing Night Demon, including many Jonin and renowned samurai.

This situation didn't return to normal until six months after the Fishing Night Demon disappeared.

A month later, Orochimaru sent a message through his summoning beast, saying that all the research equipment was ready and that he should return to receive it as soon as possible.

Uchiha Gen then set off to return to Konoha, but his return was not fast, as he needed some time to suppress the chilling killing intent emanating from his body.

On this trip out of the village, more than nine hundred people died at the hands of Uchiha Gen. Adding the ninjas killed in the Fourth Shinobi World War, the number definitely exceeds one thousand.

Although its killing intent didn't reach the level of Orochimaru in the original work, which caused Sasuke and Sakura to fall into illusions and be so frightened that they couldn't move, it could still have some effect on ninjas.

Ninjas with weak mental fortitude are unlikely to unleash their full potential...

It's confirmed! It will be available on Friday. I hope everyone will support it. The best is yet to come.

(End of this chapter)