I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

"I never expected this Uchiha incident. It seems it's time to escape. My grand ambitions have been stalled at the very first step."

With a sigh, Danzo quietly stood up.

Looking down, the front of the car was covered in mud and water, but these details were not important.

After taking one last deep look at Konoha, Danzo immediately turned around, intending to escape to some small country and start from scratch.

Just as he turned around, he suddenly found that there was another person in front of him.

Danzo was shocked and was about to speak when he froze.

Opposite Danzo, Uchiha Natsu's Sharingan emitted a dark red glow, as if piercing through everything and looking directly into people's hearts.

Uchiha Natsu looked around to make sure no one was there, then raised his right hand.

Several wooden strips grew out of the soil, climbing up Danzo's ankles until they completely wrapped him up.

Danzo transformed into a human pupa.

At this moment, in the center of the battlefield below.

After the wooden figure was released, Uchiha Natsu's wooden clone also turned into several wooden strips and burrowed into the ground.

"Heh, this is interesting. I'll let you off the hook for today; I'm quite interested in the four of you!"

His voice was deep and powerful, echoing in everyone's minds, lingering thereafter.

Immediately afterwards, countless wooden strips emerged from the ground, enveloping all the dead corpses and dragging them underground.

Everyone else was caught off guard, and the wooden planks were moving very fast, so they didn't have time to intercept them.

The Root forces were completely wiped out, with only one or two small squads remaining from the Anbu. At least twenty Jonin were killed, resulting in a huge loss.

With the death of the Third Hokage, Konoha's strength will likely decline significantly after this incident.

but……

Many people turned their attention to the four Susanoo.

The old forces have vanished, and new forces may be rising.

A ray of sunlight broke through the clouds, bringing the warmth after the rain, and shone straight on the land of Konoha Village, gilding the originally gray village with a touch of gold.

A rainbow-colored bridge was erected in the sky, and the whole world came to life in an instant.

The rainbow grew clearer, striving to stand out. Its sorrowful curve resembled the corners of the sky's mouth, as if mourning the souls below and comforting the survivors.

The fresh air after the rain, carried by the cool breeze, drifted towards the cliff and brushed against Uchiha Natsumi's face.

Uchiha Natsu scanned the crowd below, making sure no corpses were missed, then formed hand seals and used Earth Release to dive underground.

This turmoil has come to an end. Konoha Village won at a great cost and let a potential powerful enemy escape.

Only two advisors remained in Konoha's upper echelons, and under Uchiha Natsu's genjutsu control, they "clarified" everything:

The two advisors were ambushed by Danzo and controlled by genjutsu, which led to the decision to capture the entire Uchiha clan.

The thick stack of reports was also excerpted and published, many of which contained obvious flaws.

In this way, the Uchiha clan was completely cleared up, and it was all Danzo's doing to frame them.

The Uchiha clan members returned to their clan's territory and resumed their command of the police force, joining the post-disaster reconstruction efforts.

The forest created by Senju Kamima using Wood Release was not dispelled upon his departure, thus saving a lot of raw materials for reconstruction.

Tenzo, who had only been in Kakashi's ANBU squad for a few days, was also pulled in to serve as labor.

The task of building houses using Wood Release almost drained his not-so-strong body.

While things were bustling about outside, Uchiha Natsu was hiding in his basement, collecting the corpses.

In the dark and damp basement, a small electric lamp hung on each of the two walls, struggling to emit a faint light.

Four small pipes are inserted in the four corners, connecting to the ground through the soil to provide air exchange services for the basement.

A pile of corpses lay on the ground, and the handsome young man was touching them one by one.

Each time it is touched, a corpse turns to dust and dissipates.

A total of 224 corpses were recovered this time, including 21 Jonin, 194 Chunin, and 9 Genin.

Those who can join the Anbu and Root are almost all Chunin or higher.

Of the corpses, over 90% were wearing masks, so there were many Chunin.

Uchiha Natsu quickly retrieved the corpse and received the transaction reward.

The reward for the corpse of a genin is now of little use to Uchiha Natsu, as the chakra boost is relatively negligible.

The corpses of Chunin were quite numerous, having boosted their resistance to various stats.

Uchiha Natsu tested it out and found that his current resistance allowed him to withstand the heat of the candle without feeling any burning, and even a slight electric current could not penetrate his skin.

As soon as you get close to the flame, you can feel the heat, but once the temperature exceeds a certain point, the burning sensation disappears completely in an instant.

It's like the skin's resistance being triggered, causing it to act as a self-protective mechanism.

Combined with other experiments, a final conclusion was reached.

The ninjutsu and taijutsu used by beginners are no longer able to harm Uchiha Natsu.

The beginners mentioned here probably include all "normal" genin.

Some perennial low-ranking ninjas are not included in this list.

I also tested Shadow Clone and Wood Clone, but although the resistance of these two clones was improved somewhat, it was not significant.

Shadow clones can still be destroyed by low-level ninjutsu, and can even be destroyed within seconds by simply heating them with a candle.

"From now on, I can basically rest assured when dealing with genin." Uchiha Natsumi thought to herself after the experiment.

Standing still and letting the enemy attack at will, while remaining completely unharmed, was precisely the ideal state that Uchiha Natsu had initially envisioned.

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The first phase involved dealing with ordinary people. This phase was completed two weeks ago when the decisive battle between the three ninja villages ended.

Now, I have reached the level of a Genin, which means I have completed the second stage.

The next goal for the third stage—which is naturally Chunin—shouldn't be too far off.

Chapter 113 Aba Aba (Dementia)

After the Chunin corpses were recovered, only the Jonin corpses remained.

After the 21 Jonin corpses were collected by the system, the rewards given were mostly advanced bloodline activation.

Among them, Ice Release is the most, Wood Release is the second most, and the Mangekyou Sharingan is only used once.

After this enhancement, the Mangekyou Sharingan regained some of its vision, and a cool sensation lingered around its eyeballs, which felt very comfortable.

In total, after obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan, he underwent twenty advanced bloodline activations.

Although I had envisioned about thirty attempts to advance to Eternity, I now only have a small fraction of those attempts left, but it still feels like it's a long way off.

Uchiha Natsu stood in the center of the tidy room, rubbing his chin with his right hand.

Then, his fingers moved nimbly, quickly forming hand seals.

"Ice Release Secret Technique, Demonic Mirror Ice Crystal!"

A magnetic voice echoed in the basement, followed by a series of clicking sounds.

Dozens of rectangular ice slabs materialized out of thin air and stood intricately on the ground, forming a small "maze".

The front of the ice plate is smooth as a mirror, reflecting the scene before it. The back is a cloudy, milky white, and opaque.

It looks very similar to an ordinary mirror.

After the ice mirror formed, the temperature in the entire basement dropped instantly, as if it had entered the dead of winter.

Uchiha Natsu walked to one of the ice mirrors and reached out to touch the edge.

A cool sensation came over me, then the touch disappeared, and my fingers were covered with a layer of frost.

Uchiha Natsu withdrew his fingers, moved his knuckles, and melted the frost on his skin.

The temperature on the ice mirror is high enough to harm anyone who touches it.

However, only some low-level ninjutsu did not exceed Uchiha Natsu's resistance range.

After the frost on his hands melted into water, Uchiha Natsu walked straight to the mirror.

Without any hindrance, the person and their clothes blended into the ice mirror.

Uchiha Natsu's figure moved freely among dozens of ice mirrors, eventually returning to the first ice mirror and emerging from it.

The ice mirror's long existence has affected the basement walls, causing frost to appear.

The scene is somewhat like stepping into a giant refrigerator.

Uchiha Natsu was the only piece of fresh meat in the refrigerator.

【Ice Release Secret Technique? Demonic Mirror Ice Crystal】 is a ninjutsu obtained in the Land of Demons when retrieving four of the demon's subordinates.

That day, Uchiha Natsu had used it once underground, but he could only produce the same hemispherical arrangement as Shiro.

Now, after activating the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai more than ten times, Uchiha Natsu's control over Ice Release has improved by several levels.

Therefore, he tried to change the arrangement of the ice mirrors according to his own wishes.

They abandoned the hemispherical arrangement, which is the easiest to maintain, and instead adopted the current "maze" arrangement, which is much more difficult to maintain.

The result was naturally successful, and even with just filling a basement and using dozens of ice mirrors, the limit was not yet reached.

With Uchiha Natsu's chakra reserves, disregarding bloodline limit control, he should be able to create an extremely large ice mirror maze.

Furthermore, thinking even further, it's possible to change the shape of the maze at any time.

But this ability doesn't seem to have much use other than escaping.

Uchiha Natsu stroked his chin, ending his thoughts.

He raised his hand and used Wood Release to pull out a "human cocoon" wrapped in wooden strips from the ground.

With a series of "clicks," the wooden strips extended and disengaged, revealing Danzo's figure inside.