[Killed a Rain Village genin: Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer proficiency +13, Chakra-specific research points +49]
[Defeated a Cloud Village genin: Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer proficiency +21, Kekkei Genkai-specific research points +81]
[Killed a Mist Village genin: Fire Release: Majestic Flame Destroyer proficiency +9 (excess saved due to cap), Chakra-specific research points +26]
...
When the system's final notification faded from view,
Yuto Souta let out a breath of relief and surveyed his surroundings. What had once been a battlefield was now a charred wasteland...
The coalition of over a hundred genin that had stood against them was now reduced to just a handful, struggling to breathe as they lingered on the ground...
"Let me handle it."
Digesting the shock in his eyes, Kakashi Hatake spoke in a low voice.
With a flicker of movement, he vanished. His short blade flashed a few times, and the remaining survivors finally drew their last breaths.
With that,
The "genin coalition" plan, formed to target Konoha, officially collapsed.
Some had escaped—Haku Yakura and a portion of the Sand Village ninjas among them.
There were also a few ninjas from smaller villages.
Even so, Yuto Souta's gains remained substantial...
His chakra and life energy-specific research points had both broken the thousand mark!
His Kekkei Genkai-specific research points had surpassed two thousand!
The only thing lacking was points for ninjutsu proficiency.
But that was the one thing he was never short on...
As of now, aside from Dust Release and Wood Release, all his ninjutsu were at LV2 max level...
"It's getting dark, Souta. Where are we headed next? Home to sleep?"
Obito Uchiha yawned as he spoke.
The high-intensity combat had drained too much of his stamina, and with the last enemy dispatched by Kakashi Hatake, exhaustion hit him like a tidal wave...
That same exhaustion also weighed on Yuto Souta.
But before maximizing his rewards, he had no intention of leaving this Forest of Death...
"Gather three scrolls and burn the rest."
Glancing at the sky about to plunge into darkness, Yuto Souta made his decision.
"We should be able to head to the tower now and block the path..."
A mysterious smile crept across Yuto Souta's face.
The eyes of the other two lit up instantly!
This sounded... incredibly thrilling!
...
Meanwhile,
In a dark corner far away in another part of the ninja world,
An elderly man with white hair, frail and aged, sat upon a stone chair.
His eyes were tightly shut, his long white hair spilling onto the ground. The aura he exuded was chillingly cold, yet one could faintly discern the dominance he once commanded in his prime.
Beside the stone chair, box after box of ninja tools was neatly arranged.
Kunai, shuriken, longswords, explosive tags...
This old man's past must have been nothing short of breathtaking.
Suddenly,
The old man opened his eyes. His white robe fluttered without wind, and his presence surged noticeably!
"It failed, didn't it... Madara-sama?"
A playful, odd voice rang out.
It came from a strange figure—short green hair, a stark white body—slowly emerging from the ground.
Moments later, a black shadow appeared, swiftly clinging to the figure, climbing up until it occupied half its body.
"I didn't expect that kid with the three-tomoe Sharingan to resist your genjutsu."
"It must be the distance, right...?"
The black half of the figure's face spoke in a grating voice, like sandpaper rubbing together.
It was Black Zetsu speaking.
The third child of Kaguya Otsutsuki, a product of Yin-Yang Release in Madara Uchiha's eyes, Black Zetsu had no physical form and could only share a body with this odd figure.
That figure was White Zetsu, one of the ten thousand brothers.
And the old man seated on the stone chair was none other than the ninja world's most... reclusive old man, Madara Uchiha.
Now in the twilight of his years, he could only survive day-to-day by relying on the Gedo Statue's sustenance.
Aside from his grand ambitions and a plan that required endless time to complete, he wasn't much different from an ordinary old man.
"We'll have to wait for the next opportunity."
Madara Uchiha glanced at Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, speaking in a deep voice.
"First, draw out the darkness in Shisui Uchiha's heart... Before Yuto Souta fully descends into darkness, let him see just how pathetic Konoha's Uchihas truly are."
Madara Uchiha's tone was calm and detached.
That clan had ceased to be his kin the moment he turned his back on Konoha and they betrayed him.
His true kin would never have been suppressed to such a pitiful state by Konoha's trash!
They'd nearly been driven out of the village, yet they still wore Konoha's headbands, and even their clan leader was tasked with maintaining Konoha's security...
How could such people deserve to share the name Uchiha with him, Madara Uchiha?
"The genjutsu will take time to take effect. So for now... should we create an opportunity for him to awaken his eyes?"
Black Zetsu offered a suggestion at the right moment.
But Madara Uchiha shook his head.
"Opportunities like that don't come so easily. Wait until he's witnessed the Uchiha's cowardice before we act."
As he spoke, Madara Uchiha cast a disdainful glance at Black Zetsu, his own creation.
"His target for revenge should be this world, not just some ninja village."
Black Zetsu's vision was too narrow.
If Yuto Souta had witnessed the deaths of his two companions today—especially at the hands of his own clan—
Then his enemy would be the entire world!
Konoha, the Uchiha, and every ninja village involved in the encirclement would be included!
If it weren't for the vast distance reducing his genjutsu's power to less than half, today's plan would have succeeded.
Closing his eyes again, Madara Uchiha returned to his initial low-energy state to sustain his life.
For now, in the final stretch of his existence,
He needed to manipulate the course of this world from within this cramped space...
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