Bai Cangshu’s Weakness

Uchiha Konoho suddenly felt his entire body tremble. Violent killing intent erupted from the smoke, and in the next moment, like a wild wind sweeping through, the scorching dust was instantly cleared away. He saw only Brother Uchiha Tou spewing flames from his mouth, while the tall man assumed another stance.

In an instant, the other man’s body seemed to appear out of thin air beside Tou, and a skyful of fist shadows appeared in an instant.

It was a terrifying technique beyond every taijutsu move he had ever seen or heard of.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang…

Without even the room to use the Substitution Technique, Uchiha Tou seemed to suffer hundreds or thousands of attacks, his body exploding with a thunderous crash.

Pfft!

Blood and severed limbs exploded across the ground. Uchiha Konoho touched the warm blood on his face and smelled the thick stench of blood. Only then did he finally confirm that Brother Uchiha Tou had truly been beaten to death by this man.

You killed Uchiha Tou and obtained 500 Dimensional Points

Satsui no Hado increased

Your reputation with the Uchiha Clan has decreased. Current status: Hatred (35/100)

"You…"

Smelling the blood, Bai Cangshu’s Satsui no Hado began to surge again. He turned his gaze toward Uchiha Konoho, who had just retreated less than thirty meters, when a cry of pain suddenly came from behind him.

Bai Cangshu’s figure vanished instantly. When he reappeared, he had already seized Hiranaka Hana, who was holding a blade. Catherine had been stabbed in the back, though the wound was not deep. Her eyes had turned white, and her hands were stretched forward. The Uchiha ninja stood rigidly in place, the Sharingan in his eyes slowly turning.

Clearly, one side was casting Genjutsu while the other was attempting to use Mental Power to attack their opponent. Catherine maintained the Barrier Technique before her with both hands, blocking the ninja’s Shuriken attacks, but she had not expected Hiranaka Hana to have already fallen under the Genjutsu’s control.

Bai Cangshu pointed with one finger.

Buzz—

Pfft!

Golden qi pierced through the Uchiha ninja locked in place like a laser, instantly punching through his head. He trembled twice before falling to the ground without another sound.

Hiranaka Hana’s eyes rolled white as well, and she collapsed. Catherine casually took out a bottle of spray and applied it to her wound, which immediately stopped bleeding.

Though she was a Reincarnator specialized in Mental Power and support, her build was exceptionally suited for facing these ninjas head-on. The resistance granted by her high Mental Power gave her powerful protection against Genjutsu, while the Barrier Technique she excelled at also provided excellent defense against all kinds of ninja attacks.

If she had time to prepare, she believed she could fight a Jonin not specialized in taijutsu to the death.

"I’m fine. Should we go after that one? I can lock onto his location!"

Catherine had already seen the notification that her reputation with the Uchiha Clan had dropped. She was somewhat worried about Ran, who was currently in Konoha. If their understanding was correct, the timeline was roughly around Year 54 to 56 of Konoha. At this point, the Uchiha Clan was quite powerful within Konoha.

Uchiha Shisui had already become famous throughout the ninja world, while Uchiha Itachi had begun displaying his genius talent. Together with the many Uchiha ninjas possessing Three-Tomoe Sharingan, if they were determined to kill Ran, Ran would have little chance of escaping.

Bai Cangshu shook his head. Purple light churned in his eyes, but he still managed to suppress his killing intent.

He stepped forward, crouched down, and gouged the eyes from the corpse.

Bio-Implant: Sharingan

Quality: Purple (Extremely Rare)

Description: Eyeballs of the Uchiha Clan from Naruto and its derivative worlds. Possesses excellent transplant compatibility and powerful abilities.

Effect: Insufficient information. Cannot be taken out of this world.

Such an item naturally could not be obtained so easily. Neither of the two slain ninjas had produced a Drop Card, but these things could fulfill a milestone.

Milestone: Thousand Eyes (Rare) progress updated. Current: 1/3

"There is no need to hunt that guy down. He’ll bring the information back, which will cause more valuable people to come after us. Heh."

Bai Cangshu actually knew that his trial mission would not end so simply. The ninjas possessed exceptionally strong tracking abilities, and with an ordinary person like Hiranaka Hana in tow, he could not hide from their sight.

But rather than being hunted by Konoha’s Anbu or Danzo’s Root, he hoped those who came would be from the Uchiha Clan. The people he killed would be more valuable.

After these two battles, Bai Cangshu had gradually gained a clearer understanding of the gap in combat strength between himself and these ninjas.

Setting aside certain special ninjutsu, along with the ninjas’ natural talents for assassination and disguise, he possessed an overwhelming advantage in direct combat.

Speed, strength, defense, Mental Power resistance—Bai Cangshu was a "stat monster" without flaws. At the same time, because he possessed High-Speed Regeneration and Intermediate Immortality, his margin for error was far greater than that of the "glass cannon" ninjas of this world.

Even some Kage-level ninjas could be ambushed and instantly killed by Bai Cangshu if caught off guard, but Bai Cangshu himself had almost no need to worry about such a thing.

Once he successfully established his own strength level in this world, his subsequent plans grew increasingly bold.

"Let’s go. At the next town, we’ll spread the news that the Uchiha Clan and Konoha’s higher-ups have secretly split."

Bai Cangshu looked at the unconscious Hiranaka Hana, a cruel smile on his lips.

Ninjas were warriors who lived in darkness, and those shadowy political schemes and struggles could only continue breeding with the aid of such darkness. But if someone continuously exposed those things to the sunlight, the creatures hiding in the dark would surely suffer unbearable pain.

By then… rewards would naturally come pouring in.

Catherine looked at the surging killing intent around Mercenary Tao and frowned slightly. With the sensitivity granted by her powerful Mental Power, she sensed that Mercenary Tao’s way of thinking at this moment differed somewhat from how he had been last night.

More extreme. More cruel.

Perhaps Mercenary Tao was not as powerful and flawless as she had imagined. Was there some hidden danger within him?

In the world of Reincarnators, illnesses, terminal diseases, curses, and memes were not truly the most terrifying things. The most terrifying things were those that subtly influenced a Reincarnator’s thoughts and decisions.

Such negative effects would gradually cause Reincarnators to lose their shrewd and meticulous way of handling matters, unconsciously leading them into danger.

After seeing Mercenary Tao dig out the two men’s Sharingan, Catherine followed behind as he carried Hiranaka Hana onward. She actually had a Magic Carpet in her Backpack, a special magical tool capable of carrying up to four people through the air.

But Catherine did not choose to take it out. She worried whether Mercenary Tao, in his current state, could reliably protect both her and Hiranaka Hana.

In the battle just now, if that Uchiha ninja had used offensive Genjutsu, Hiranaka Hana might already have been killed.

Bai Cangshu looked at the somewhat fragile woman in his arms. She seemed to have suffered mental damage from the Sharingan Genjutsu.

Without question, this woman was his greatest weakness at present.

Moreover, if those people from Root or the Anbu came, they would probably prioritize killing this woman without hesitation.

Tch, how can I keep this woman alive?

Bai Cangshu recalled the still-unsealed Curse Meme: Desire. He licked his lips, his heart stirring with anticipation. At that moment, the Scarlet Sheen on the back of his hand became increasingly distinct.

Uchiha Konoho used the Body Flicker Jutsu almost without interruption as he raced back to Konoha. With his head lowered, he reported everything he had witnessed to Uchiha Fugaku one by one.

Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, Uchiha Tekka, and the others stood silently on either side. In every pair of eyes glowed scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"You are saying that Tou could not even last a single exchange before being instantly killed?"

Uchiha Fugaku stood with his arms crossed. He seemed to feel nothing over the death of his clansman, but Itachi could still hear the anger beneath his father’s calm tone.

Uchiha Konoho hesitated for a moment. Though it went against the pride of the Uchiha Clan, he still nodded.

"Yes. I did not observe him making any hand seals. Brother Tou was killed entirely through taijutsu."

"No hand seals, taijutsu…"

Uchiha Fugaku turned to look at Uchiha Shisui. The short-haired Uchiha genius nodded and said,

"Perhaps he is another person like Heaven’s Will."

Uchiha Tekka could no longer suppress his anger and stepped forward voluntarily.

"Let me go. I will make him understand the terror of the Uchiha."

Uchiha Fugaku was still considering it when Shisui took the initiative and said,

"Leave this mission to Itachi and me."

"I am also curious about where these mysterious people appearing one after another come from, and what they want from our Konoha."

Shisui did not notice that when he said our Konoha, everyone except Itachi looked at him strangely.

In the end, Fugaku looked at Shisui and his eldest son, then nodded.

"Then I will leave it to you two. Remember, everyone spreading that information must be eliminated!"