Chapter 61 : Conspiracy!!

Splat~~

The Cloud Village ninja looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, his face full of disbelief. The person who had pierced his chest was his own companion.

His leader had attacked him, which was something he couldn't comprehend.

Splat, splat, splat~~

Before he could react, a kunai pierced several more holes into his body, and he eventually fell straight to the ground.

Even in his last breath, his eyes were wide open, staring at his leader, filled with disbelief.

He couldn't understand why his leader would kill him.

"Kill him, kill him!" The leader of the Cloud ninjas continued to mutter, his expression blank, repeating the same words over and over without any emotion in his eyes.

He didn't even glance at the fallen companion.

"Who are you? Why did you attack my father?" Genya asked, stepping closer to the person he had hypnotized, looking him straight in the eyes.

He had to admit, he was curious why these people were targeting his father.

The hypnotized Cloud ninja struggled a bit before responding blankly, "I am a Cloud Village ninja. We planned to capture Uchiha Kinya for his wealth... and the Sharingan!"

"You want the Sharingan? Why kidnap my father? He's just a civilian!" Genya raised an eyebrow. It would make sense if they wanted a ransom, but his father was just a civilian and hadn't even awakened his Sharingan, yet they still had their eyes on him.

"Money is the main goal. If we can transplant the Sharingan, it would be a big profit!" the Cloud ninja replied, still in a monotone.

"So, even if you got the ransom, you wouldn't have released my father?" Genya asked another question.

The Cloud ninja nodded, clearly agreeing with Genya's assessment.

"Do you have any other actions planned for tonight?" Genya continued his questioning.

The Cloud ninja nodded, "It's not just the Uchiha clan. The Hyuga clan's Byakugan is also part of tonight's plan!"

The Hyuga clan... the Byakugan!

They could only target the Hyuga main family, since members of the branch family had the Caged Bird seal. If the Byakugan was removed from their body, it would be rendered useless.

It seemed...

Hinata Hyuga's abduction and Hiashi Hyuga's killing of the Cloud ninja would both happen tonight.

In Genya's memory, the only events that took place were Hinata's abduction and the killing of the Cloud ninja. Without his intervention, his cheap father might have truly been captured, and this would have altered the dynamics within the Uchiha clan.

One thing was certain: among the leaders of Konoha, Uchiha Kinya's situation was not as important as the Hyuga clan's affairs.

After understanding everything, Genya gave the hypnotized ninja a final command: "Kill yourself."

Suicide!

The words were like a thunderclap in the ninja's mind, and his once blank expression became incredibly conflicted.

Slowly, he raised the kunai in his hand, aiming it at his neck, but he hesitated, unable to go through with it.

Instead, his hand holding the kunai started to tremble even more.

Suddenly...

The Hidden Cloud ninja seemed to break free from the grip of the hypnotic environment. His eyes gradually regained clarity as he gasped for air, saying, "Huff... huff... I can't kill myself!"

At that moment, his desire to live overcame the illusion.

"It seems my genjutsu isn't strong enough if even a chunin can break free and regain consciousness," Genya murmured softly. If his opponent had been a jonin with stronger mental resistance, they might have broken out of the illusion even faster, or perhaps dispelled it entirely.

However, this encounter helped Genya test the limits of his genjutsu.

"It looks like I still need to strengthen my genjutsu and mental power," he thought.

The Hidden Cloud ninja, still in shock, asked, "What happened to me? Why was I trying to kill myself?" But then he saw his lifeless comrade on the ground, and his confusion quickly turned into rage. Glaring at Genya in the distance, he shouted, "You killed him!"

"Your comrade died by your own hand," Genya said, lifting his head slightly and looking at the Hidden Cloud ninja.

"I killed him? That's impossible!" The Hidden Cloud ninja shook his head firmly.

But then a wave of pain surged through his head. He looked down and saw the blood-stained kunai in his hand and his lifeless comrade. Fragmented images flashed through his mind, showing scenes of him repeatedly stabbing his comrade.

Pain... unbearable pain.

"It wasn't me... it wasn't me," he muttered, clutching his head and shaking it vigorously. His eyes turned bloodshot. Suddenly, a thought struck him: "No... it was the Sharingan! You used a Sharingan genjutsu to control me and make me kill my comrade!"

"Correct," Genya replied with a deceptively innocent smile, but his words were chilling. "As a reward, I'll send you to hell to join him."

The Hidden Cloud ninja wanted to kill Genya, but Genya had no qualms about killing him in return. 

As soon as he finished speaking, Genya moved, whipping his leg towards the Hidden Cloud ninja.

His movements were swift, like lightning.

The Hidden Cloud ninja, already struggling with the physical and mental agony, could only feebly defend himself.

In just two moves, Genya had somehow snatched the kunai from the ninja's hand and plunged it into his heart with a reverse grip.

The action was clean and precise, without a hint of hesitation.

After landing the fatal blow, Genya quickly retreated about ten meters, wary of getting any of the Cloud ninja's blood on him. He stood still, silently watching his opponent's final moments.

The Hidden Cloud ninja tried to pull the kunai out of his chest, but his strength was fading. He could only glare at Genya with a look of resentment, slowly raising a trembling finger to point at him. "You... you're a monster... a monster!"

With those final words, he collapsed onto the ground.

That night, Genya single-handedly killed two chunin.

"Genya... did you really kill them both? How did you get so strong? They were chunin!" Uchiha Kinya approached cautiously, still visibly shaken but with a hint of awe. His face was pale yet flushed with color.

Earlier, he thought his son was done for, his face turning pale with worry. But in less than a minute, the situation flipped, and now he was thrilled! 

His son had just taken down two Chūnin in quick succession. A genius, truly a genius! From today on, he wanted to see who would still dare call his son a freak.

"Let's talk about this later, Dad. Did you bring the key to the hospital basement?" Genya quickly asked, looking at his father. "We need to hide the bodies of the Cloud Village ninjas; otherwise, their leader will definitely try to pin the blame on us!"

"I have the key!" Uchiha Kinya nodded but still said, "The people from the Cloud Village won't pin this on us, right? They were the ones who tried to attack us. I was planning to go to the Hokage's office and demand an explanation!"

"Demand an explanation? Dad, you're being too naive. Right now, we're in the middle of peace talks between the two nations. If you show up with the bodies of these two Cloud ninjas, we'll be the ones sacrificed!" Genya spoke firmly while cleaning up the traces of the battle, addressing his father.

He was certain of it!

Remember, when the Cloud Village tried to kidnap Hinata from the Hyūga clan and was caught by Hiashi Hyūga, what happened in the end? 

When Cloud Village questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hiruzen compromised and sacrificed the Hyūga clan.

As members of the Uchiha clan, who were already not well-liked, going to the Hokage's office would only lead to them being discarded even faster. Genya could already imagine the Third Hokage not hesitating for a second.

"Genya... what about that other ninja? Are we just going to ignore him?" Uchiha Kinya glanced at his son, who was handling the bodies, then looked at the unconscious Nakahito Kishibe with a hint of reluctance. After all, that ninja had helped them.

Genya motioned for his father to help carry the two Cloud ninjas, then glanced at Nakahito Kishibe, who had been knocked out by lightning chakra. "We'll still need him later."

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