Yoru's words continued.
"Today, Uchiha Takayuki also led the Sixth Division and perfectly completed his first trial mission."
"This represents that the Second Squadron's training has been completed, and it now possesses practical combat strength."
"Uchiha Tadamichi, your work was done very well."
Uchiha Tadamichi was overjoyed.
He suddenly stood up, clearly wanting to say something.
But this fool was so anxious that his face turned red, yet he could not say anything.
This awkward appearance made everyone in the Tiger Unit unable to hold back their laughter.
Starting from Miwa Masayo on Yoru's shoulder, everyone burst into laughter.
Uchiha Tadamichi became even more embarrassed.
Standing was wrong. Sitting was wrong.
He was so anxious that his head was covered in sweat.
In the end, it was Yoru who gave him a way out.
He said loudly,
"If you don't know how to speak, drink a cup of water. Use water instead of wine. All the words are in the wine."
Uchiha Tadamichi gulped down a cup of water.
Only then did his embarrassment ease, and he sat back down.
Yoru continued,
"Practice proves that Heaven helps those who help themselves. If Heaven does not help those who help themselves, then I will help!"
"But if you want to receive my help, first, you cannot be decadent."
"A person must carry hope in his heart and be able to look toward the future. Only then does life have flavor."
Yoru's voice was like a great bell and drum, pressing down all the laughter of the Uchiha.
Moreover, he used two real examples right after each other.
His words naturally carried strong persuasiveness.
The Uchiha listened until their hearts surged, secretly deciding that they must work even harder.
Even the logistics squadron shinobi, who called themselves trash, felt their hearts pounding wildly.
Why couldn't the next person to awaken the Sharingan, even the two-tomoe Sharingan, be themselves?
When the atmosphere of the venue reached its peak, Yoru waved his hand and loudly ordered,
"Start eating!"
With this order, the atmosphere was completely detonated.
Although only a few adult shinobi over twenty could drink alcohol, the joyful banquet atmosphere itself was a stimulant far stronger than alcohol.
When everyone had completely gotten high, Yoru quietly left with Miwa Masayo.
He did not like this kind of atmosphere.
After he passed thirty in his previous life, he had stopped liking overly lively environments.
He always felt they were noisy and irritating.
In this life, he had hated overly noisy people since childhood, and also hated clamorous environments.
After the Hundred Days Foundation Establishment was completed, although he had no intention of escaping into deep mountains, he became more and more obsessed with quietness.
He also became increasingly unable to tolerate noisy environments.
Quiet observation brings self-contentment.
Quiet gives rise to concentration, and concentration gives rise to wisdom.
It is already complete within oneself and does not need to be sought outside.
The principle that all joy should be sought from within oneself was something Yoru, who had relied on the guidance of pleasant sensation to cultivate from the beginning, understood very deeply.
As his cultivation deepened, he truly became more and more like a legendary cultivator.
Miwa Masayo had followed him since before she was one year old.
After being influenced by him, she also hated noise.
So much so that she was no longer used to living in the noisy Cat Castle and ninja cat fortress.
The person and cat returned together to the mountain hollow.
In the courtyard they had built with their own hands, they set out snacks and tea, then quietly discussed their recent cultivation insights.
Recently, Yoru had restarted his education work and once again promoted his exercise methods among the Uchiha clan shinobi.
He continuously collected feedback and revised them, gaining considerable harvest in cultivation of essence, qi, and spirit.
Through educating the newly arrived Uchiha, Yoru finally perfected his exercise methods and systematized them.
He formed three cultivation methods respectively targeting essence, qi, and spirit.
The Body Refining Method.
The Natural Method.
The Soul Forging Method.
As long as he modified and perfected many details, he could form a complete systematic triple cultivation method of essence, qi, and spirit.
Once this system was completed, the ones who benefited the most would naturally be the Uchiha clan shinobi.
After all, it had been developed on them, so its compatibility was the highest.
For Yoru and Miwa Masayo, it would also have considerable effect.
If further combined with natural energy cultivation, it could even become the cultivation method of the two immortals, completely ending their tragic history of savage-style immortal cultivation.
Under the cold moonlight, the tabby cat's blue eyes and Yoru's red Sharingan reflected each other as they discussed the human body, ninja cats, chakra, and natural energy.
As the discussion gradually deepened, the topic naturally leaned toward metaphysical philosophy.
The deeper this mysterious philosophical topic went, the more the tabby cat felt her head hurt and itch.
It was as if her brain had died, then grown a new brain.
The pain of headache and head-itch, which could not be stopped even by scratching, made Miwa Masayo release meowing screams.
Yet she just could not stop.
Her intuition told her she had to move forward now.
No matter how painful it was, she could not retreat.
Every bit of suffering she avoided now would return in the future thousands or millions of times over.
It might even become an unbearable disaster.
Yoru deeply agreed with the little cat's painful struggle.
He comforted her.
"Rika-chan's intuition is too correct. We are now determining our future direction."
"If the direction is chosen wrong, the harder we work in the future, the faster we will instead step toward the abyss."
"Even if we suffer thousands or hundreds of times more in the future, such a mistake cannot be repaid."
"Nya nya nya, this meow is going to die!"
"Then should we slow down a little?"
"Continue, nya. I can't admit defeat, nya."
"Alright."
But Miwa Masayo finally still could not keep up.
The dialogue between the person and cat gradually disintegrated.
Yoru's voice became the only voice.
Without realizing it, Yoru entered a state of sudden enlightenment.
Endless inspiration surged like a fountain.
It could even be said that what controlled his body now was the Heavenly Dao of the shinobi world.
What his mouth proclaimed were even principles that he himself found difficult to understand.
Yoru, within sudden enlightenment, was truly preaching the Dao.
He preached to his Dao companion Miwa Masayo.
At the same time, he was discussing and comparing with the Dao of his previous life preserved within his inner memories.
Sometimes, Yoru even seemed to split into several people, beginning from different angles, debating with himself.
Miwa Masayo listened until heaven and earth turned dark.
Her brain overloaded until white smoke curled upward.
The entire cat was holding on purely by willpower.
At this point, she already completely could not understand.
But even without understanding, it felt extremely profound.
So the tabby cat used all her strength to memorize.
Every word Yoru said.
The tone when he spoke.
Even every expression.
She firmly engraved all of it in her mind.
Under the bright moonlight, Yoru stood upright, speaking endlessly about the most fundamental principles of the shinobi world.
And on the table before him, among the cups, plates, and teapot, there was a tabby cat that had melted like water.
She stubbornly raised her head and widened her blue eyes.
Ignoring the continuously rising white steam, she worked hard to memorize the sound of the Great Dao.
While the Uchiha of the Tiger Unit were celebrating joyfully, their leader quietly completed his most important sudden enlightenment and found the direction for the future.
…
Yoru's sudden enlightenment ended the instant dawn arrived.
As the heaven-earth purple qi rose, the manifested Heavenly Dao once again hid into formlessness.
After gradually waking up, Yoru discovered that the sun had already fully risen.
Golden sunlight illuminated the small mountain hollow brightly.
The house, walls, tables, chairs, person, and cat all seemed to be gilded in gold, dazzlingly bright.
Yoru picked up Miwa Masayo, who had completely flattened into a cat pancake and was sleeping so deeply that her tongue had stuck out.
He carried her into the house and placed her on her exclusive little bed.
Then he dragged his exhausted body out of the small courtyard and forced himself toward the beach.
Now was the Tiger Unit's morning training time.
For four months, Yoru had led the Tiger Unit in training every day, rain or shine, never once late.
So despite being very tired, he did not want to be late.
But when he arrived at the beach, Yoru discovered that there was no lined-up Tiger Unit on the sand.
The tables and chairs from yesterday were still there.
On the tabletops was a mess of cups and plates.
Under the tables were Uchiha shinobi, lying all over the place with thunderous snores.
Looking at their sweet sleeping postures, it was obvious they had just fallen asleep.
The Uchiha's banquet had actually continued until dawn.
One vein after another bulged on Yoru's head.
Although sentries had been reserved last night and sufficient patrol forces had been arranged, and most Uchiha had not drunk alcohol, these fellows had made such a commotion that it definitely greatly reduced combat strength.
If someone had come to attack last night, not only would it have interrupted his sudden enlightenment, it could also have easily caused enormous casualties.
He had praised them just last night.
Today, they could make a fatal mistake.
They really could not withstand praise.
[Punishment! They must be heavily punished!]
Yoru would not indulge the little brothers just because they were tired.
It was impossible for him to let them off.
He directly dragged everyone up.
Those who should train trained.
Those who should replace patrols went to patrol.
Those who should change shifts went to stand duty.
No matter who it was, as long as they dared complain bitterly, their training items would be doubled.
Super doubled.
Discipline and rigor had to be carved into the Tiger Unit's bones.
Otherwise, yesterday's encouragement would have the opposite effect, triggering excessive pride among the Uchiha and burying major hidden dangers for the future.
Very soon, the beach was filled with training slogans, the neat footsteps of running, and all kinds of familiar sounds.
Yoru felt satisfied.
He left contentedly.
Mm.
Go back and catch up on sleep.
As an immortal, I finally have sleepiness for once.
If I don't sleep while my subordinates are working hard, then what meaning is there in being a leader?
…
Kirigakure Village.
Kaguya Yoshi led his clansmen and respectfully knelt on one knee.
They shouted in unison,
"Lord Fourth Mizukage!"
"Rise. All of you, rise."
Karatachi Yagura carried his coral staff and, with a face full of spring breeze, personally helped Kaguya Yoshi up.
He said happily,
"It is truly commendable that the Kaguya clan can realize its error and return to the right path."
Kaguya Yoshi lowered his head and respectfully said,
"Lord Fourth Mizukage is truly remarkable to forgive us sinners. The Kaguya clan will swear to follow Lord Mizukage to the death."
Behind this Kaguya clan leader, among the Kaguya clansmen kneeling on one knee, there were indeed a batch of unruly fellows.
When they saw their clan leader bowing and scraping, they hated it so much that their teeth itched.
But they neither dared say it aloud nor dared glare with their eyes.
Because Kaguya Yoshi was simply too terrifying.
The first smiling tiger clan leader in the history of the Kaguya clan had actually never had enough authority.
Rumor said that Kaguya Yoshi had used dishonorable means to kill his father and elder brother, only then ascending to the clan leader's seat.
He had not even dared fight with Karatachi Yagura for the Fourth Mizukage position.
Naturally, such a "weak" clan leader was not recognized by the better Kaguya clansmen.
But last night, this clan leader who always smiled said he would acknowledge Karatachi Yagura as the Fourth Mizukage and demanded that the Kaguya clan act according to his will.
After meeting fierce opposition within the clan, this clan leader actually made a move.
In one breath, he killed all clansmen who opposed him.
That was fully half of the Kaguya clan.
He simply smiled like that, using the bones of Shikotsumyaku, personally stabbing these people to death one after another.
During such terrifying slaughter, Kaguya Yoshi's smile had not changed in the slightest.
But in the hearts of the Kaguya clansmen, that smiling face became the most terrifying expression.
It was simply so frightening that their muscles twitched the moment they saw it.
The Kaguya clan's defection represented the complete defeat of the three great ninja clans.
In fact, before this, the Yuki clan and Hozuki clan had already suffered crushing defeats.
Their clan leaders had been killed by Karatachi Yagura.
Nearly two-thirds of their jonin had died.
They were absolutely greatly weakened.
Now Karatachi Yagura's position as Fourth Mizukage was completely stable.
All shinobi who might have been his enemies had died.
After subduing the Kaguya clan, the entire Kirigakure Village was already fully under his control.
His authority even surpassed the First Mizukage, Byakuren.
Karatachi Yagura looked at Kaguya Yoshi and softly said,
"Clan Leader Kaguya, I have something for you to do."
Kaguya Yoshi immediately answered,
"Lord Fourth Mizukage, please give your order. The Kaguya clan will execute your command with all our strength."
"Take your clansmen to the sea and kill all those annoying Konoha shinobi."
"Use their blood to tell everyone that our Kirigakure Village has returned."
Kaguya Yoshi lowered his head and smiled.
"As you wish."
Karatachi Yagura could not see any negative emotion in his smile.
It was as if this extremely difficult mission was something he had long expected, accepted without the slightest ripple.
The Fourth Mizukage nodded.
In truth, he did not care about the Kaguya clan's actual thoughts.
As long as they could carry out his orders, that was enough.
Afterward, he arranged for others to clean the traces of last night's civil war, eliminate spies who had infiltrated Kirigakure Village and the Land of Water, and repair damaged important buildings.
Only after all shinobi had been assigned tasks by Karatachi Yagura did he order the newly established ANBU shinobi to invite the hidden Elder Genji over.
Today was a rare clear day without mist.
Elder Genji leaned on his cane and slowly walked through the sunlight.
Along the way, he saw Kirigakure Village restoring order.
He saw villagers still frightened, not daring to show their faces.
He saw the united civilian shinobi and small clan shinobi.
Finally, he saw that small-statured Fourth Mizukage, shining golden under the sunlight.
Elder Genji smiled in satisfaction.
He respectfully said to Karatachi Yagura,
"Lord Fourth Mizukage, congratulations. Under your efforts, Kirigakure Village has finally welcomed new life."
Karatachi Yagura turned around and likewise bowed respectfully.
"This must also thank you, Elder Genji. Your unreserved trust was the prerequisite that allowed me to accomplish all this."
"Please stop using honorifics with me. My age truly cannot bear your respectful speech."
"Speaking of thanks, actually, we must also thank Orochimaru of Konoha."
Karatachi Yagura suddenly said half-jokingly and half-seriously,
"If not for Orochimaru leading Konoha shinobi to defeat Kirigakure's ninja army and killing several thousand shinobi from the three great ninja clans in one stroke, we would not have had the strength to realize Kirigakure Village's rebirth."
Elder Genji understood Karatachi Yagura's words and immediately laughed loudly.
"Yes, we must thank Orochimaru."
"Fourth, how do you plan to thank him?"
"I have decided to kill all the Konoha shinobi running around the sea and use their heads to thank Orochimaru."
"Ahahahahaha. Good. This is truly excellent…"
"Excellent. This old man has finally seen this day."
The shinobi of the Bloody Mist, with the mad dogs of the Kaguya clan as vanguard, suddenly launched a frenzied offensive.
Konoha shinobi across the entire line sounded the alarm.
A ninja crow flapped its wings and flew extremely fast across the island where the Tiger Unit was stationed.
The whistling arrow tied to its claws emitted a sharp and mournful scream.
This was the Uchiha clan's attack alarm, very popular among the ninja crow faction.
When this shrill alarm sounded, all Uchiha stopped what they were doing, tried hard to arm themselves, and gathered to await orders.
Very soon, fully equipped, Yoru also appeared before the crowd.
First, he arranged the island's defense deployment at the fastest speed.
Then he arranged for the others to enter the fortifications and rest.
Only after that did he find the Third Squadron shinobi responsible for patrol to understand the intelligence.
He asked Uchiha Kazushi directly,
"Tell me. Such a high-level alarm has been issued. What exactly happened?"
Uchiha Kazushi answered,
"Big Brother Yoru, Kirigakure shinobi have moved out in force."
Yoru was also startled and quickly asked again,
"Explain in detail."
Uchiha Kazushi took out the recorded document.
"In Sea Area 22-19, the Ninth Division encountered twenty Kirigakure shinobi and engaged in battle."
"Only report the sea areas. Other intelligence can wait."
"Yes. There are also Sea Area 06-37, Sea Area 17-17, Sea Area 19-14, and Sea Area 34-06. In total, five sea areas had encounter battles."
After Yoru marked all the locations on the map, an arc surrounding the westernmost island of the Land of Water appeared.
He took a deep breath and said,
"Kirigakure Village has moved out on a large scale. Other Konoha shinobi should have encountered battles too."
"What are the casualties on both sides?"
"We won all five encounters. Only a few shinobi escaped from Kirigakure. We lost six shinobi."
Yoru was greatly dissatisfied.
He loudly questioned Uchiha Shigenobu,
"We actually lost six brothers? How could it be so many?"
"Were all of them Third Squadron members who encountered the enemy?"
"I said that work must be distributed evenly, didn't I?"
Uchiha Shigenobu shook his head and answered,
"The patrol missions were distributed evenly. Among the sacrificed shinobi this time, there were also members of the First Squadron. They were even our old members."
"Old members who fought the Kubota Village siege battle were also killed…"
Yoru's gaze became incomparably sharp.
He asked,
"Did they encounter shinobi from a major Kirigakure clan, or were they targeted by enemy elite jonin?"
Uchiha Kazushi answered,
"They were Kaguya clan shinobi. In all battles, they charged at the front and caught us off guard."
Yoru clicked his tongue in wonder.
"Impressive. It seems Kirigakure Village's civil war has ended. This is an organized large-scale counterattack."
"We must knock down their momentum."
"Otherwise, we won't be able to stay here."
"Big Brother Yoru, just tell us how to fight."
"Right. Big Brother Yoru, give the order."
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