After returning to Konoha, Uchiha En immediately went to report to Minato Namikaze.
Although Uchiha En didn't see the Three-Tails being taken away by the Kirigakure Ninja, since Obito and Black Zetsu and White Zetsu had arrived, the Three-Tails definitely had no chance of escape.
Therefore, Uchiha En directly told Minato Namikaze that Kirigakure and Kumogakure had reached some unknown agreement, resulting in Kumogakure withdrawing and Kirigakure capturing the Three-Tails.
Minato Namikaze sighed in relief upon hearing this. To be honest, he didn't want to see the Three-Tails fall into the hands of Kumogakure.
Kumogakure already had two Perfect Jinchuriki; adding another would pose too great a threat.
"En, you worked hard this time," Minato Namikaze said, patting Uchiha En's shoulder.
"It wasn't hard at all, just a little running around. But you, the Hokage, don't look like you're having an easy time!"
Minato Namikaze gave a wry smile. Just as he was about to speak, Kakashi suddenly appeared in the Hokage Office: "Hokage-sama, Anbu has new emergency intelligence."
Hearing there was urgent intelligence, Minato Namikaze's expression turned serious. He took the report from Kakashi's hand, quickly scanned it, and then handed it to Uchiha En.
Uchiha En was stunned. Was it appropriate for the Hokage to show him confidential intelligence?
However, since Minato Namikaze had already passed it over, Uchiha En didn't refuse. He took the intelligence and glanced at it. The core content of the report, stripping away all the extraneous details, was simple: The Four-Tails Jinchuriki was killed in the Land of Hot Springs.
Uchiha En hadn't expected his deed to spread so quickly. The speed of information transfer in the Ninja World was truly fast!
Of course, while thinking this, Uchiha En didn't show anything, instead using the information to analyze the situation for Minato Namikaze.
After dealing with Minato Namikaze, Uchiha En returned to the Uchiha Clan.
Judging by Minato Namikaze's attitude regarding the death of the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, he could deduce the stance of the major Ninja Villages, especially Iwagakure, which certainly wouldn't let the matter rest.
Therefore, Uchiha En decided to keep a low profile for a while.
The reality was exactly as he predicted. When Iwagakure learned that Roshi had been killed, they were furious.
Ōnoki dispatched a large number of Iwagakure Ninja to investigate openly and secretly to find out who had harmed Roshi.
Kumogakure, enjoying the drama, immediately spread the news throughout the entire Ninja World.
Now the entire Ninja World knew the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was dead, and Iwagakure was offering a huge reward for related clues.
Soon, the Bounty Hunter Post exposed Uchiha En and Asana.
Iwagakure began a massive search for the two masked individuals.
Uchiha En wasn't worried about this. What did the masked person Iwagakure was trying to catch have to do with me, Uchiha En?
At worst, he just wouldn't wear a mask when doing bad things in the future!
Half a month passed like this. Iwagakure's massive search yielded no results, and the bounty for Roshi at the Bounty Hunter Post was even canceled.
This indicated that someone had claimed the reward with Roshi's head.
Ōnoki was enraged upon hearing this news; it was a slap in the face to Iwagakure.
Uchiha En shook his head helplessly when he learned of Asana's actions.
However, Uchiha En didn't say much. Whatever Asana did was fine, as long as she was happy. If Iwagakure was foolish enough to provoke Asana, Uchiha En wouldn't mind teaching them a lesson.
That afternoon, after completing the Text Game for the day, Uchiha En's level reached 60. Uchiha En's current status panel was as follows:
Chakra Reserves: 966
Constitution: 280
Eye power: 1119
Vitality: 449
Natural Affinity: 4
Level: lv60 (0/150)
Attribute Points: 0
After reaching level 60, Uchiha En decisively claimed the Level 60 reward.
Uchiha En originally thought the Level 60 reward would be various Ninjutsu, like before, but this time, he received something that looked like a talisman from Jackie Chan Adventures.
Item Name: Improved rat talisman
Item Type: Soul-Type Item
Item Effect: Can duplicate the soul of a deceased creature and allow the user to modify the duplicated soul at will. The modified soul will become the Artifact Spirit of the rat talisman. When the rat talisman is placed inside an inanimate object or an artifact without a soul, the rat talisman grants it kinetic energy, allowing it to act according to the will of the soul residing within the rat talisman.
Friendly Tip: Duplicating a soul requires the duplicator to kill the target or obtain the target's consent.
The rat talisman can only hold one duplicated soul at a time. Modifying a soul consumes a large amount of Eye power. If you are dissatisfied with the modified soul and need to duplicate a new one, you must first destroy the current duplicated soul. Please use with caution.
After reading the description of the rat talisman, Uchiha En's eyes lit up.
This was truly a pillow delivered right when he was sleepy! He had been wondering how to make the Lesser Ten-Tails he was building controllable, preferably with its own independent thoughts, just like Naruto and the Nine-Tailed in the original work, who could cooperate in battle.
With the appearance of the rat talisman, weren't his requirements perfectly met?
As for the choice of the duplicated soul, Uchiha En planned to find someone with extensive combat experience, erase all their memories except those related to fighting, and then implant an instruction that made them 100% compliant with Uchiha En's commands.
There were many such people in the Ninja World, but they were generally the pillars of their respective Ninja Villages.
Furthermore, since the Four-Tails Jinchuriki had just died, killing another important figure from a major Ninja Village might cause trouble.
Thus, after some filtering, Uchiha En focused his attention on those who were already deceased.
The rat talisman's description said it could duplicate the soul of a deceased Ninja; it didn't specify whether they had to be killed on the spot or had died long ago.
Male Ninja were immediately passed over. Uchiha En didn't want a man's soul sealed inside his body in the future.
Among female Ninja, the one Uchiha En was most interested in was Uzumaki Mito, the wife of the First Hokage.
As the wife of the First Hokage, she had lived long enough, mastered enough Ninjutsu, Secret Techniques, and Sealing Jutsu, and her combat experience was certainly not lacking.
As for Uzumaki Mito's burial location, he only needed to ask Kushina.
The reason was easy to find: in about half a year, Yamato would fully integrate the first hokages cells and gain mastery over Wood Release.
It would be perfectly reasonable for a Wood Release Ninja to reappear and offer solace to the spirit of the First Hokage, wouldn't it?
So the only problem now was that Uchiha En needed to find someone who could use Edo Tensei to summon Uzumaki Mito before he could duplicate her soul.
At present, Orochimaru seemed like the most suitable candidate; he definitely knew Edo Tensei. However, Uchiha En did not want Orochimaru to know anything related to the Ten-Tails.
"Forget it! I'll just find a chance to learn Edo Tensei myself," Uchiha En murmured.
When it came to this matter, Uchiha En trusted himself more than Orochimaru.
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