Gento claimed his reward, suppressing the wild joy in his heart, while his face maintained the dignity of the Feudal Lord.
After the succession ceremony ended, he returned to the secret chamber in the deepest part of the palace.
Gento closed the door, took a deep breath, and retrieved that card from his system space.
Rinnegan Awakening Card.
The card felt heavy in his hand, its surface flowing with tomoe patterns, where the faint shapes of a moon and an eye could be seen.
Gento did not hesitate and injected chakra into the card.
The card transformed into spots of light, merging into the space between his brows.
A wave of warmth spread from between his brows, slowly flowing into his eyes.
Gento closed his eyes, feeling the surge of that power.
Within his eye sockets, the Mangekyo Sharingan automatically emerged.
The intricate pattern spun slowly within his pupils, and the three tomoe merged together, turning into an even more complex design.
Then, those patterns began to evolve.
The lines of the tomoe gradually blurred, replaced by concentric circles.
One layer, two layers, three layers...
The light purple patterns unique to the Rinnegan formed.
Gento opened his eyes.
He raised his hand and looked at his palm.
The Yin-Attribute Chakra and Yang-Attribute Chakra inside his body merged automatically the moment he awakened the Rinnegan, forming a brand new power: Yin-Yang Release.
With a thought, a pitch-black sphere emerged in his palm.
Truthseeker Orb.
The sphere was pitch-black, and not large.
It spun slowly in Gento's palm, bending and absorbing the surrounding light like a tiny black hole.
With another thought, Gento's body slowly floated into the air.
Without forming hand signs or releasing chakra, he naturally left the ground, hovering in mid-air with his robes fluttering despite the lack of wind.
It felt as though gravity had lost all meaning to him, as if he were originally a deity of the heavens.
He closed his eyes, feeling all the changes brought by the Rinnegan.
The Rinnegan dojutsu emerged in his mind: Yaegaki.
This was a reinforcement-type dojutsu.
While using Yaegaki, one's own taijutsu, reaction speed, ninjutsu, and all other combat-related abilities would receive a massive boost.
At the same time, a full eight layers of chakra armor would form on the surface of the body, each layer like an iron wall, capable of warding off any form of attack.
What was even more terrifying was that this dojutsu would trigger automatically.
When his life was threatened, the eight layers of armor would open instantly without needing active casting.
Gento opened his eyes, a smile gracing the corners of his lips.
Yaegaki...
This truly was an excellent ninjutsu!
It made up for the fatal shortcoming of a ninja's weak self-defense!
"If Madara Uchiha had this dojutsu in the original story, he wouldn't have been blindsided and killed from behind by Black Zetsu."
"From this, it is also clear how obvious the shortcomings of a ninja are. Even if you are Madara Uchiha, you will die if your true body is ambushed!"
He channeled the dojutsu, purple light flowing over his body as layers of chakra armor wrapped around him like transparent glazed glass.
He could feel that his reaction speed, strength, and chakra flow efficiency had all improved significantly.
He deactivated Yaegaki and continued to feel his other abilities.
Rinne Rebirth.
A forbidden jutsu capable of resurrecting the dead within a certain range.
Universal Pull.
Able to generate a powerful attractive force, pulling the target toward oneself.
Almighty Push.
Able to generate a powerful repulsive force to deflect all attacks; paired with Yaegaki, it was practically an impenetrable iron wall.
Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Projecting dojutsu power onto the moon to cast a genjutsu over the entire world.
Chibaku Tensei.
The caster used the Rinnegan to condense a Truthseeker Orb, releasing extremely strong gravitational waves that attracted all rocks, soil, trees, and buildings within a certain surrounding range, wrapping them layer by layer. The target would be squeezed at the core by a massive amount of matter, ultimately forming a colossal rock sphere floating in the air, permanently sealing the target inside.
In addition, the Rinnegan unlocked the final form of Susanoo.
It was no longer the giant of the third form, but the ultimate Susanoo clad in complete Karasu Tengu armor and possessing the ability to fly with wings.
With a thought from Gento, the Rinnegan slowly deactivated, the purple patterns fading away to be replaced by the Mangekyo Sharingan.
With another shut, the Mangekyo Sharingan also disappeared, revealing his original black pupils.
Being able to actively close them was the biggest difference between his self-awakened Rinnegan and passively transplanted ones.
Those transplanted Rinnegan could not be deactivated and would continuously consume chakra.
Meanwhile, his could be opened or closed at will.
Gento exhaled a long breath, his heart filled with confidence.
Right now, the most important thing was to solidify his newly acquired position as the Feudal Lord.
After all, because Gento had acted in too much of a hurry, not everyone in the Land of Hot Water today was quite convinced of Gento's succession as the Feudal Lord.
...
Over the next few days, the Anbu monitoring the various politicians, wealthy merchants, and nobles of the Land of Hot Water constantly sent back intelligence reports.
Gento sat at his office desk, opening the first intelligence report, his brow furrowing slightly.
"A certain noble privately remarked that the illness of the Feudal Lord of the Land of Hot Water and the assassination of the heirs were just too coincidental..."
The second one.
"A certain politician publicly questioned during a banquet: 'Whoever benefits the most is highly likely to be the one who masterminded the conspiracy!'"
The third one.
"A member of a side branch of the Adachi family publicly called out, declaring his refusal to recognize Gento's succession as the Feudal Lord, calling upon nobles everywhere to unite in boycott."
...
Gento set these intelligence reports down, a cold sneer appearing at the corners of his lips.
He had noted down every single one of their names.
The next day, under the pretext of "avenging the former Feudal Lord and protecting the safety of the citizens," Gento initiated a massive purge of rogue ninja within the Land of Hot Water.
The Uchiha Anbu mobilized in full force, working alongside the samurai of the Land of Hot Water to conduct a carpet sweep of all bandits, rogue ninja, and ronin within the territory.
The strongholds of those thieves and outlaws hidden deep in the mountain forests were rooted out one by one, and those villains running amok in the towns were slain one by one.
Of course, during the purge, it was inevitable that some nobles and wealthy merchants were killed in the chaos by cornered rogue ninja acting out of desperation.
In particular, almost all of those who had privately and publicly opposed Gento "tragically perished" during the purge.
Nonetheless, for the most part, those ordinary bandits and rogue ninja were eliminated in batches.
Their heads were hung at the city gates for public display, and their strongholds were burned to ashes.
Because the area of the Land of Hot Water was not very large, in less than three months, the entire Land of Hot Water was peaceful, with no trace of any rogue ninja left.
Merchants could do business with peace of mind, no longer worrying about their goods being plundered or their workers being killed.
The lives of the nobles were also guaranteed, saving them from living in fear day and night.
Even the ordinary citizens rejoiced and celebrated.
They all said: "Now that Lord Gento is here, the Land of Hot Water is at peace!"
"I heard Lord Gento is the head of the Uchiha clan, a force that even the Five Great Nations dare not provoke!"
"With Lord Gento as our Feudal Lord, our Land of Hot Water no longer has to fear war!"
Public opinion swelled like a tide, and Gento's reputation reached an unprecedented peak.
Meanwhile, those nobles and politicians who originally harbored doubts about Gento's succession as the Feudal Lord also shut their mouths one after another after seeing the results of the purge.
After all, they were not stupid.
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