Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 90: Cunning Mystery

In the days that followed, Uchiha Gen began a pleasant life, with Fujita Nishiyo providing him with good food, drink, and lodging, living a standard of life even better than in the Uchiha clan's territory.

This was even after refusing certain perks, such as being served by maids.

Uchiha Gen didn't want to have too much contact with people because when he left and returned to Konoha, he had to clean up all traces of himself. The more people he contacted, the more people he would have to clean up.

As for what would happen to the Fujita clan after Fujita Seiyo and the Fujita clan's trusted henchmen died, Uchiha Gen didn't care.

Everything depends on the strength and methods of the new head of the Fujita clan and the main lineage. If they do well, they will maintain their position; if they do poorly, they will fall. Regardless of the outcome, Uchiha Gen will not interfere.

He spends one-third of his time cultivating, one-third on entertainment, and one-third resting and sleeping. Occasionally, he takes some time at night to harvest souls and lifespans. He lives a very comfortable life.

Fujita Seiyou is indeed quite capable; he hasn't made any major mistakes in the past six months...

The phrase "without any mistakes" here means that it did not attract the attention of any major forces. However, there were still unexpected events in the process of taking down the prey. Ninjas, after all, always have some strange and unusual methods. Fortunately, they were all suppressed by the power of the Fujita family.

The Fujita family's henchmen weren't just ordinary people; they also included ninjas and samurai.

Sensing that the time was right, Uchiha Gen wrote a letter and sent it back to Konoha through the Uchiha clan's channels in Uzushiogakure.

As the most powerful clan in the ninja world, the Uchiha clan has a fairly large business. While their business may not be all over the world, they have business dealings of varying sizes in major cities and some important towns.

Three days later, Fugaku Uchiha received a letter from Gen Uchiha. After reading it, he was shocked and furious, and immediately summoned the elders for a meeting.

The final outcome of the meeting was exactly as Uchiha Gen had predicted: he seized the opportunity to rescue the Uchiha clan members who had been captured by Kirigakure for experiments.

The Uchiha clan ninjas are mostly members of the police force, and because they have responsibilities, they cannot easily leave Konoha Village.

Saving their clansmen is certainly a legitimate reason, and they could coordinate with the Konoha leadership to leave the village. However, since the twin stars of their Uchiha clan are nearby, there is no need to ask the Konoha leadership for help.

This is not something to be proud of; it would be embarrassing if word got out.

Therefore, in his reply, Fugaku Uchiha specifically instructed Gen Uchiha not to send the person back through Konoha's channels after rescuing them, but to use their Uchiha channels instead.

When the abducted clansmen arrived near Konoha Village, Fugaku Uchiha would send his trusted men to secretly bring them to Konoha.

Afterwards, they can silence the clan members, inform the Konoha leadership, and file a report to keep the matter within a small scope, thus preventing the Uchiha clan from losing face.

Uchiha Gen's reply was naturally that he would follow the clan leader's arrangements completely.

Having taken precautions, Uchiha Gen led his men away from Uzushiogakure and began his operations.

On this bright and sunny day, Uchiha Gen led his men to the secret research base where two Uchiha were being held. He then engaged in battle with the ninja controlled by the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Kunai flew wildly, explosive tags exploded, and fire, wind, earth, and water ninjutsu wreaked havoc in the forest, quickly turning it into a scene of fierce battle.

After the performance, Uchiha Gen withdrew his soul and then left various fatal wounds on the corpses scattered around him. Some were stabbed to death by kunai, some by swords, and some by three-attribute ninjutsu.

However, these dead bodies were not wearing Kirigakure headbands or Kirigakure uniforms. Revealing their identities in a research base outside their own territory seemed somewhat like self-deception.

After making preparations and checking everything thoroughly, and finding no flaws, Uchiha Gen entered the research base.

After being processed by human puppets, this abandoned research base has been revitalized. Although it is essentially just a facade, it can still deceive people on the surface.

There's no need to make it too realistic, since it's going to be destroyed soon anyway, so there's no need to invest too much money.

After killing the two puppets that had been replaced five times, Uchiha Gen easily arrived at the place where the two Uchiha clansmen were imprisoned. He spat out a dense stream of wind-style chakra onto his Kusanagi sword and then swung it in a series of slashes.

Clang, clang...

The iron gate shattered into four pieces and fell to the ground. The loud noise startled Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Mori, who were resting with their eyes closed. They looked up at the doorway at the same time and saw a pair of scarlet Sharingan with three tomoe.

Upon seeing those familiar and endearing Sharingan eyes, the two were slightly taken aback, then overjoyed and burst into tears.

These hellish days are finally over.

"Are they Yuichi and Mori?"

"I am Uchiha Gen."

Upon hearing this, the two immediately activated their Sharingan and spoke up one after another.

"I am Yuichi."

"I am Mori."

"Brother Xuan, it's us."

"Waaaaah..."

Uchiha Gen strode over, pretended to observe for a while, and then said, "Phew... It's so good that you're still alive. I was afraid it would be too late when I received the news."

Ding ding ding...

After saying that, Uchiha Gen swung his Kusanagi sword and cut the chains on Uchiha Yuichi's body. He then turned around and cut the chains on Uchiha Mori's body. The two of them knelt down on the ground one after the other.

"What happened to you? Are you hurt anywhere?" Uchiha Gen asked anxiously.

"It's nothing, Brother Xuan. I'm just not used to being active for so long."

"Yeah yeah."

"That's good, that's good."

"This place is not safe to stay any longer. I will send you out immediately."

Uchiha Gen bit his thumb, formed hand seals, and pressed his right hand to the ground, a circle of mysterious black patterns spreading from his palm.

Spiritual communication!

With a bang, a large cloud of white smoke rose up, and a white python, half a meter in diameter and more than ten meters long, appeared.

"Carry both of them out."

The white python nodded slightly, then swam over to the two of them.

"Since you two are temporarily unable to move around, hold on tight."

"Thank you, Brother Xuan. We'll be going now."

After saying this in unison, the two climbed on top and clung tightly to the smooth, cool body of the white python to prevent themselves from being thrown off.

The white python slithered along the passage, quickly heading towards the exit.

Uchiha Gen took out a stack of explosive tags from his ninja tool bag and began pasting them around the research base. A minute later, he had pasted them at the entrance of the research base.

Holding a kunai with an explosive tag attached, he released a wisp of chakra and flung it away. The kunai exploded with a bang when it was a foot away from the explosive tag on the wall, followed by a series of explosions. A large ball of scorching flames shot out from the base entrance...

Two Uchiha were waiting outside in the smoke and chaos of the battle. In front of them, Uchiha Gen took out explosive tags and stuck them on the corpses that had been moved together.

Boom! The five explosive tags detonated simultaneously, sending a huge ball of blazing fire into the air. Dirt flew everywhere, and a strong wind swept through the air. Several corpses were instantly reduced to charred remains, making it impossible for the ninja to obtain any more information from them.

"Let's go to the City of Whirlpools and get some rest for the night."

"I'll return to Konoha tomorrow through the family's business channels."

"Thank you, Brother Xuan," the two said.

"We're all family, no need to be so polite."

"Let's go."

Upon hearing the command, the white python immediately began to move, at a moderate speed to prevent the two from being thrown off. Uchiha Gen followed closely behind to protect them and prevent any accidents...

(End of this chapter)