My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

After dinner, everyone returned to the hotel to rest. The day's events had left everyone feeling physically and mentally exhausted, and they fell into a deep sleep shortly after lying down at the hotel.

Uchiha Touhuan, on the other hand, sat at a table by the hotel window, brewing a pot of tea and slowly sipping it.

In the latter half of the night, a white snake slowly crawled into Uchiha Touhuan's room along the moonlight.

"I've kept you waiting, Lord Touhuan." After the white snake entered Uchiha Touhuan's room, it transformed into human form in a cloud of smoke with a bang; it was Orochimaru.

"Sit down." Uchiha Touhuan gestured to the seat opposite Orochimaru, then poured him a cup of tea.

"Well done. You've produced so much convincing evidence in such a short time. Thank you for your hard work," said Uchiha Touhuan.

"It is my honor to serve you," Orochimaru said, bowing his head.

Looking at the obedient Orochimaru before him, Uchiha Touhuan couldn't help but marvel at the terrifying power of Shisui's awakened Mangekyou Sharingan. The most terrifying aspect of Kotoamatsukami wasn't actually its direct control over people's minds, but rather its ability to directly imprint a mental imprint on the subconscious of the user. In the victim's vision, everything would appear perfectly natural. This was why the Kotoamatsukami in the left eye had a 10-year cooldown period. In comparison, the short-term forced control of the right eye seemed rather useless.

Of course, Uchiha Touhuan wouldn't be completely careless. In the original timeline, even more terrifying omnipotent divine techniques were detected by highly intelligent people like Shikamaru through subtle details. It's probably only a matter of time before Orochimaru realizes he's been tricked.

After all, you can question Orochimaru's morality, or even his strength, but never question his intelligence.

However, Uchiha Dohuan himself never thought of relying on a dojutsu to enslave Orochimaru for a long time. He used Kotoamatsukami on him just to be able to obtain a scientific research talent who would be 100% loyal to him for a certain period of time without any effort. Uchiha Dohuan's future strength improvement would largely rely on Orochimaru's technology and connections.

Uchiha Touhuan assessed his current strength level. Excluding the Mangekyou Sharingan's eye techniques, Susanoo, combined with his own lightning release and swordsmanship, placed him in the upper-middle range among Kage. His right eye's eye technique had a strong special attack attribute against ninjas who relied on genjutsu, while his left eye's Sudden Strike allowed him to fight against opponents stronger than himself or several ninjas of the same level, but he would most likely go blind afterward.

If Uchiha Touhuan wants to achieve his goal, Jiraiya is definitely an obstacle he can't get around. Jiraiya's strength when he enters Sage Mode and has the cooperation of two Toad Sages should be above his current strength.

More importantly, Uchiha Touhuan's blood relatives are all dead, and there is no other pair of eyes that can help him upgrade his Mangekyou Sharingan to the Eternal Eye. In other words, Uchiha Touhuan has reached the end of the normal path for the Uchiha clan to improve their strength. The ninja world is ultimately a world of the extraordinary, and his current strength is not enough to support him in carrying out a coup or preventing the turmoil that may occur after the coup.

If Uchiha Touhuan wants to become stronger, he only has two paths in front of him: either try to transplant Hashirama's cells or train in Sage Mode. Orochimaru is the best choice for both of these paths. This is why Uchiha Touhuan took the initiative to accept this task and, when fighting Orochimaru, completely disregarded the consumption of chakra and released a wide-range ninjutsu to clear the field.

As for what to do if Kotoamatsukami is used up? In Uchiha Tohsen's coup plan, Kotoamatsukami only served as a deterrent. As long as no one saw him use Kotoamatsukami, it was as if he didn't use it.

Uchiha Touhuan glanced at Orochimaru and asked, "Did you bring the summoning contract from Ryuchi Cave?"

Orochimaru nodded, formed a hand seal, and a small snake suddenly appeared on the table, opening its mouth and spitting out a scroll.

Orochimaru picked up the scroll, which was covered in slime, and carefully wiped it clean before presenting it to him with both hands.

After opening it, Uchiha Touhuan signed his name and instructed, "Please inform Ryuchi Cave that I will pay them a visit in a few days."

"Understood, Lord Dohuan. Is there anything else you need?" Orochimaru nodded.

"Help me cultivate a sample of Hashirama cells. Also, keep an eye on the Akatsuki's movements. Report any unusual activity to me immediately," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Yes." Orochimaru nodded and then disappeared in front of Uchiha Touhuan in a cloud of white mist.

……

The next day, because they were in a hurry to return to the village to report, the group did not take their leisurely journey as they had come. They used all their chakra to travel at full speed, and the journey that would normally take about two days was completed in just one day. They returned to the village in the evening.

The group went together to the Hokage Building and handed in their mission.

"Did Orochimaru get away?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the mission report submitted by Kakashi, his face showing a complex expression that was hard to tell whether it was relief or regret.

"Never mind, anyway, everyone's worked hard." Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and looked at everyone.

"Lord Hokage, Captain Kakashi and I discovered some confidential clues during our mission. Please allow us to report this privately," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Is that so?" Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't think much of it, assuming that the two had found some clues about Orochimaru's whereabouts. He then looked at the others behind them, who tactfully withdrew from the Hokage's office.

Once only the three of them remained in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Touhuan and Kakashi exchanged a glance, and then handed over the documents they had collected to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"This..." Hiruzen Sarutobi took the documents, glanced at them, and his expression changed. He then quickly read through the documents one by one.

After reviewing the evidence, Hiruzen Sarutobi silently took out his pipe, stuffed it with tobacco, and lit it. Silence fell over the Hokage's office, with only wisps of smoke rising from it.

After finishing a pipe of cigarettes, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head and looked at the two men: "I'd like to hear your opinions on how to handle this matter."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi lowered his head, while Uchiha Toujin stepped forward.

"My opinion is simple." Uchiha Touhuan's expression was firm. "Give the order, Hokage-sama: the Security Department and the Anbu will conduct a joint operation to apprehend all 93 individuals from the three clans involved as quickly as possible. Konoha, under the illumination of the Will of Fire, should not tolerate such wanton killing of comrades! This cancer must be eradicated with the utmost force!"

After hearing what Uchiha Touhuan said, Sarutobi Hiruzen put another bag of tobacco into his pipe.

But just then, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the Hokage's office.