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"Mr. Kitsuchi, please don't spread the word, this is my clone."
Late at night, Dodai arrived in Kitsuchi's room using a clone, directly revealing his identity, temporarily dispelling Kitsuchi's intention to attack.
"Hidden Cloud's Dodai? What are you doing in my room so late?"
"I'm here to find Mr. Kitsuchi, mainly to discuss a meeting. Lord Raikage wants to have a good talk with the Third Generation Tsuchikage."
Dodai's words made Kitsuchi pause for a moment, then he began to suspect that Dodai might have some conspiracy.
"A meeting? I've never heard of it, and what is there for Hidden Rock and your Hidden Cloud to discuss?"
Hidden Rock and Hidden Cloud are the two Great Ninja Villages that have been wary of each other. They began clashing and fighting since the Second Ninja World War, with nearly twenty years of hatred now.
Dodai calmly explained: "This is a decision initiated by Lord Raikage; he has very important matters to discuss with the Third Generation Tsuchikage. We, Hidden Cloud, have provided the equipment for this negotiation. The talks will take place within each Ninja Village, recorded through remote equipment."
"You wouldn't be coming to us because the negotiations with Konoha failed, right?"
Kitsuchi probed, knowing that Hidden Cloud's defeat by Konoha wasn't a secret. Recalling that someone noticed Dodai leaving the Hokage Building today, Kitsuchi guessed at this possibility.
"It is indeed related, but the specifics still need both our Kage to decide. What do you think, Mr. Kitsuchi?"
Dodai's clone said: "Konoha has consecutively defeated Hidden Sand and our Hidden Cloud, and now they are grandly hosting the Six Nations Chunin Exam. If Hidden Rock keeps focusing on our Hidden Cloud, that would be a significant misstep."
"...I'll take it, but I'll report back after the Chunin Exam ends."
"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Kitsuchi."
Bang.
After speaking, Dodai's clone vanished, and the memories returned as well.
As for Kitsuchi, after securing the scroll, he continued to rest; there was nothing to do in Konoha Village now. Even if intelligence was gathered, it couldn't be sent out, or it might be intercepted by Konoha.
Konoha has indeed been very arrogant lately, hosting a Chunin Exam to showcase military strength, almost considering themselves the leader of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
If Hidden Cloud wants to ally against Konoha, Kitsuchi feels his father might agree.
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The next day.
The second round of the Chunin Exam began soon, but Uchiha Yoichi did not go to watch; he had already taken good care of the three students.
Today, Uzumaki Minami did not go to Konoha Hospital either. The cultivation of Hashirama Cells in the basement was already completely successful.
Minami hadn't expected Uchiha Yoichi's cells to merge with Hashirama Cells so quickly, several times faster than ordinary people's cultivation time.
"Lord Yoichi, we can begin fusion now. However, without testing you in the dream, other people have a success rate of 100%...."
"It's okay, Minami, other people have such a high success rate; the Uchiha can only be higher."
Uchiha Yoichi lay on the operating table, indicating to Uzumaki Minami to proceed with the fusion.
Then, Uzumaki Minami skillfully fused the cells, and began observing Uchiha Yoichi's reaction.
At first, there wasn't much feeling, but as time passed, Uchiha Yoichi felt his body as if soaking in a hot spring, with warmth spreading through, causing some changes in his Chakra.
Unlike Godzilla's heat emission, this warmth relaxed Uchiha Yoichi's entire body, even making his eyes feel very comfortable.
Instantly, the Mangekyo appeared in Uchiha Yoichi's eyes; he then drew a wound on his arm, following by using [Ōmononushi no kami].
Under the influence of the pupil technique, the huge wound over ten centimeters long on Uchiha Yoichi's arm healed in just a few seconds, too fast for the amazed Uzumaki Minami to react.
"Lord Yoichi, what are you...."
"I'm testing the pupil power, and so far, the effect seems good."
Uchiha Yoichi closed his eyes and felt; previously, using the Mangekyo would clearly consume pupil power. But now after using the Mangekyo Dojutsu, he could feel his Chakra slowly restoring the consumed pupil power.
"The fusion succeeded, Minami; next you can start your and Mikota's Hashirama Cell fusion."
Uchiha Yoichi looked in the mirror; his body didn't change, there weren't any pale colors or human faces, even the transplanted wound just now had healed.
Minami's hand was still touching beside him; when she noticed Uchiha Yoichi's face turning a bit dark, she stopped and muttered, "I'll do mine first, then Mikota's, I want to be ahead of her."
"Whatever, but you've all been together, why do you still care...."
"It's all your fault, Lord Yoichi, don't speak!"
Minami angrily covered Uchiha Yoichi's mouth, last night was her most embarrassing moment, waiting for Lord Yoichi all night, but in the end it was two people who came.
Additionally, Lord Yoichi hadn't showered, it was supposed to be her turn last night, but Mikota took everything.
"Alright, alright, you go ahead Minami, I'm heading out."
Feeling satisfied, Uchiha Yoichi walked out, good things had come one after another; now having fused with Hashirama Cells, as long as he learned the Immortal Technique, he'd just need the Wood Release and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Furthermore, he had an Immortal Bean; Uchiha Yoichi wondered whether to test his own Mangekyo fusion?
But he was uncertain whether advancing to Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan required a qualitative or quantitative change. Simply accumulating pupil power, he could keep absorbing the Star Stone Chakra.
However, the Star Stone was nearly absorbed, yet the Mangekyo hadn't evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo.
Thus, Uchiha Yoichi guessed that Eternal Mangekyo required a qualitative change: the fusion of two different pupil powers, stimulating the Sharingan to advance to the Eternal Mangekyo.
Another pair of Mangekyo was necessary for him to likely advance to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, using a distantly related Mangekyo for fusion, the advancement probability would be relatively small, but not entirely impossible.
"Feeling good today, how about drawing a card?"
Suddenly, Uchiha Yoichi had this thought; after the joy last night, today's successful fusion of Hashirama Cells, the Mangekyo could be used freely, brightening his mood considerably.
"Let's draw once."
He could save up the draw chances for later; if a war broke out, he might be occupied for months.
After deciding, Uchiha Yoichi called up the Superpower Roulette, and then used the chance he'd accumulated in less than a month.
[Strategy Guide]: Perfectly helps the host navigate every female target, even enemies with deep-seated grudges have weaknesses that can be exploited.
PS: Capability derived from a top strategy master's identity visualization skill, disappears automatically after conquering three female characters.
"What kind of ability is this? Am I playing strategy games in the Ninja World?"
Uchiha Yoichi twitched his mouth, though he still seriously studied the ability.
A book visible only to him; just writing a name in it and confirming, then he could follow the instructions step by step for a successful conquest.
"Is it really this magical?"
Curiously, Uchiha Yoichi wrote Uzumaki Minami's name on it, but in the next moment, a line appeared on the Strategy Guide.
[Favor: 100% (no strategy needed)]
With a favorability of 100%, she was basically willing to die for Uchiha Yoichi. But given his relationship with Uzumaki Minami, this outcome was not surprising.
At 90%, the conquest target would be willing to marry Uchiha Yoichi.
"Let's check Mikota's."
[Favor: 100% (no strategy needed)]
Seeing Mikota's perfect score, Uchiha Yoichi felt very satisfied.
"Besides Minami and Mikota, who else would I need to conquer...."
Suddenly, Uchiha Yoichi thought of someone, and feeling a bit guilty, he looked around before writing Tsunade's name on the Strategy Guide.
[Favor: 64% (strategy possible)]