Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 91 Not the best, but better than the worst

Back in the City of Whirlpools, Uchiha Gen arranged for the two to stay at the Uchiha clan's business outpost, where they had a good meal and rested for the night.

The next morning, the two returned to Konoha with the caravan.

The two recovered quickly. Although they usually ate ordinary food, they were not hungry most of the time, and their physical condition did not deteriorate much.

Uchiha Gen returned to the four-person villa arranged by the Fujita family and continued to live there, methodically harvesting souls and lifespans.

Nearly four months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it is now September 30th, Konoha Year 51, ten days before the Nine-Tails' rampage caused by Obito.

That night, Uchiha Gen killed Fujita Seiyo, the thugs sent by the Fujita clan, and the last batch of prey.

Feeling the power and abundance of his own soul, Uchiha Gen went to the World Hotel, booked a top-tier suite, set up a barrier, and began to attempt to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The occipital lobe of the soul's striatum resonated with the occipital lobe of the brain's striatum, and the soul's power was rapidly consumed and transformed into strands of special chakra, which continuously flowed into the activated three-tomoe Sharingan.

The three-tomoe Sharingan begins to transform under the nourishment of special chakra, but the transformation is extremely slow, unlike the rapid evolution of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

The conventional evolutionary path of a kaleidoscope is either rapid and successful, or it simply cannot be successful no matter what; there are no other possibilities.

Half a minute passed, and the accumulated soul power was almost completely consumed, but Uchiha Gen still did not feel any qualitative change.

So he stopped the evolution process, got up from the bed and went to the mirror in the bathroom. He saw that the Sharingan in the mirror still had three tomoe, but the tomoe were thinner and longer than before, and they seemed to be connected to each other.

Uchiha Gen estimated that the remaining soul power should be enough to connect the magatama together, but it would be difficult to cross the final step and transform them into a new pattern.

If it can't be transformed into a new pattern, the Sharingan tomoe will be connected together in the future, making it too different from other members of the Uchiha clan and too easy to attract attention.

Although the current magatama are a bit longer and thinner, they are still three-comma magatama and are not easy to attract attention.

It's a bit strange. In his opinion, based on the soul power consumed by the evolution of the three-tomoe gem, it should be enough. He had originally estimated it to be more than enough, but it just wasn't.

If it's not enough, then so be it. Based on the current progress, it will probably take another quarter of the soul power stored up over these nine months to be enough.

Is it because unconventional evolution methods require more special chakra than conventional evolution methods?

Or is it because the eye techniques nurtured by his Mangekyou Sharingan are too powerful, thus requiring more special chakra?

Or is there another reason?

He hoped it was the second reason, since good things come to those who wait.

If he could develop a bug-like ability similar to Kamui, he wouldn't mind working for several more years...

The saying goes, "Only by staying alive can you deal damage." What ability is more valuable than the ability to survive?

As long as you're alive, there's hope!

His current Sharingan is somewhere between the three-tomoe and the Mangekyou Sharingan, not the best, but not the worst either, and the soul power he lost was not wasted.

Hiding his Sharingan, Uchiha Gen left the bathroom and returned to his bedroom to sleep.

The next morning, Uchiha Gen checked out of his room, had breakfast, and left the Land of Whirlpools to return to Konoha.

Ten days is not enough time to harvest enough souls, so there is no need to stay in the City of Whirlpools.

Half a day later, Konoha Village came into view. Uchiha Gen controlled Zhu Rong to land in the forest and then returned to Konoha Village.

The same old routine happened after I got back: I left a message for Orochimaru, canceled my leave, disturbed the sanitation department, and then went to bed and rest.

As the saying goes, there is no place like home. The Fujita family provides private villas, and although the world's top-tier suites in hotels are more luxurious and grand than their own homes, they are never as comfortable and reassuring as their own homes.

He lay comfortably with an interesting book in his arms until evening before putting the book down and going to the kitchen to cook.

Suddenly the doorbell rang. Uchiha Gen stopped cooking and went out to see what was happening. He found a large group of people standing outside the courtyard, each carrying a bunch of things.

It turned out that Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Mori had heard that Uchiha Gen had returned, and their families had specially brought the two of them to express their gratitude.

Although he felt unworthy of the honor, Uchiha Gen still pretended nothing was wrong and welcomed everyone into the house.

It's wrong to capture people from one's own tribe for experiments, no matter how you look at it. Even though they went to great lengths to spare the lives of the two, it was still wrong.

Uchiha Gen admitted that he was somewhat hypocritical, but not to the point of turning black into white.

His double standard is to be lenient with himself but not strict with others.

After the lively commotion, the Uchiha Yuichi and Uchiha Mori families left together.

Standing on the second floor, watching the two families chatting happily and lovingly, Uchiha Gen smiled.

Sometimes, you really can't go to extremes.

His elaborate actions not only made him feel much better, but also prevented two tragedies from happening in this chaotic and cruel ninja world...

worth it!

After watching the two families disappear from sight, Uchiha Gen hummed a little tune as he went to the kitchen to continue cooking dinner.

I'm a bit tired of the rich and heavy food in the city of Whirlpools, so I'll have something lighter tonight.

After dinner, Uchiha Gen continued to curl up on the sofa and read, while Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng played and frolicked around the room...

Although he lives alone, he doesn't feel bored or lonely. In his previous life, Uchiha Gen had long been used to living alone.

Suddenly the doorbell rang again, and Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng immediately stopped playing, one returning to its arm and the other to its sheath.

When Uchiha Gen went outside, he saw that it was Shisui and Itachi. He smiled and welcomed them into the house, giving each of them a bottle of juice.

Looking at the juice, dried fruit, fresh fruit, pastries, and packaged snacks laid out on the table in front of the sofa, Zhi Shui couldn't help but say, "Xuan, you really enjoy your life. Unlike me, I'm busy every day..."

Despite saying that, Shisui had a smile on her face and spoke in a relaxed tone, but in reality, she didn't have any complaints at all. On the contrary, she seemed to be enjoying it.

"Hehe... Shall we switch?"

Although he certainly didn't want to live the life of an ANBU ninja, that didn't stop him from scaring Shisui.

As expected, Shisui quickly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it. I don't like being too idle. I like a fulfilling life."

This level of awareness makes him a born tool. If capitalists saw this, they'd be overjoyed.

Uchiha Gen smiled and didn't tease Shisui any further. He turned to Itachi and said with a smile, "Itachi, don't be shy, take whatever you want to eat."

"Thank you, Brother Xuan."

"Brother Xuan, do you know? I'm a brother now too."

After politely thanking him, Itachi smiled broadly, his eyes shining, showing no concern that his younger brother's birth would diminish the love his parents gave him.

This is normal; many members of the Uchiha clan are brother-obsessed.

"Misaka-nee's baby was born? When did that happen?"

"On July 23, my father named him Sasuke."

It seems that Fugaku Uchiha greatly admired Hiruzen Sarutobi's father, as he still named his second son Sasuke even after getting in touch with Minato Namikaze.

In this timeline, Fugaku Uchiha no longer needs to deliberately name himself "Sasuke" to curry favor with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Sarutobi Sasuke was the new head of the Sarutobi clan after the founding of Konoha. He was proficient in the nature transformation of the five elemental chakra natures and was considered a strongman in the Warring States period.

(End of this chapter)