"You said Uchiha Ichiro went to the Grand Elder's house and didn't leave for over two hours?"
Hearing the report from his trusted aide, Uchiha Fugaku's expression shifted repeatedly, growing darker by the second.
The Grand Elder had always been by his side, and with the elder absent, only Uchiha Mikoto remained at home.
A man and woman alone together for over two hours—unless one were impossibly naive, there was no way not to be suspicious.
"Do you know what Uchiha Ichiro did?"
The three tomoe of Fugaku's Sharingan surfaced in his eyes, turning blood-red as his breathing grew heavier.
Nervously watching Fugaku's mood, the aide still reported honestly.
"I only dared to watch from afar, but I saw Uchiha Ichiro embrace Mikoto at the door. When he was about to leave, Mikoto even pulled him back inside."
"I don't know what happened afterward… the door was shut."
He'd kept his distance while observing and couldn't hear what they said. Even what he saw was a rough estimate, not wanting to risk getting too close in case Ichiro noticed him.
Little did he know that Ichiro had spotted him long ago. In fact, the things he now reported were exactly what Ichiro wanted Fugaku to know.
Bang!
Fugaku flipped a table, then began smashing things in fury.
His Sharingan spun rapidly, the three tomoe nearly merging. Unfortunately, it still wasn't enough for him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Apparently, the pain wasn't deep enough.
"Uchiha Ichiro!!"
He roared the name with boundless hatred.
Thud!
He plunged a blade straight into his subordinate's chest.
"This can't get out. You must die."
If this leaked, he'd be labeled a cuckold. How could someone like that qualify as clan head? It would completely undermine his standing.
Even if he suspected he'd been betrayed, Fugaku had no choice but to endure. Only by becoming clan leader could he truly settle the score with Ichiro.
As for Mikoto—that traitorous woman—Fugaku's fists clenched with a cracking sound.
He'd once taken great pride in Mikoto, the number one beauty of the Uchiha Clan.
Even across all of Konoha, her beauty ranked among the top three.
But now, Fugaku wished nothing more than for that woman to die.
An impure woman had no right to be the wife of a clan head.
"Grand Elder… do you truly support me?"
After discovering what happened between Mikoto and Ichiro, even his trust in the Grand Elder wavered.
...
[Ding! Successfully sowed discord between Fugaku, the Grand Elder, and Mikoto. Gained: +8000 Evil Points]
"I still don't know how this system calculates rewards…"
Ichiro shook his head, but he knew he had made an absolute killing this time.
He didn't just enjoy himself—he also drove a wedge between his enemies and raked in a generous system reward. It was a total win.
"With so many Evil Points, time to buy some stuff."
Before he obtained the Mangekyō Sharingan, he wouldn't have dared spend like this. He'd been saving to unlock that very power.
Now that he had it, it was time to splurge.
"System, does the store only contain items from the Naruto world?"
[The shop only shows items from the host's current world. Items from other worlds are non-purchasable and can only be acquired through special rewards.]
"So expensive."
Even the cheapest S-rank jutsu cost 100,000 Evil Points. The expensive ones were completely out of reach.
Bloodline limits? Forget it—those were even pricier.
Secret clan techniques, like the Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Technique, were also priced sky-high.
"Hatake Clan swordsmanship costs over 120,000 Evil Points?"
Given how Sakumo Hatake made his name as Konoha's White Fang through pure kenjutsu, the high price was understandable.
"Even dōjutsu is for sale? Obito's Kamui intangibility costs 250,000? So both eyes would be 500,000? That's even more expensive than buying Mangekyō Sharingan directly. Ridiculous."
Obito's Mangekyō ability was definitely overpowered in canon, arguably the most broken.
But right now, not even Kamui could rival Ichiro's Time Stop.
"Flying Thunder God costs 300,000… I thought I was rich, but I'm still broke."
Ichiro realized that the skills he really wanted were completely unaffordable.
Flying Thunder God. Kamui. He couldn't buy either.
Hatake Kenjutsu at 120,000 was within reach, but Ichiro didn't want to waste points on it.
"Sakumo isn't dead yet—maybe I can find another way to get it. Not buying for now. The Uchiha clan's kenjutsu isn't bad either."
Recently, Ichiro had been practicing Uchiha-style swordsmanship. It wasn't much worse than the Hatake style—the Uchiha had been a noble clan since the Warring States period.
While best known for their Sharingan and Fire Style, they weren't slouches in other areas either.
After all, the Sharingan could copy most jutsu, taijutsu, and kenjutsu, though not forbidden or bloodline techniques.
"Let's buy Chidori. I'll save the rest."
Ichiro already learned Rasengan on his own. Anyone who'd watched Naruto would know the training method. After enough practice, mastering it was just a matter of time.
Purchasing the A-rank technique Lightning Style: Chidori cost him 50,000 Evil Points—expensive for an A-rank jutsu.
But with Chidori, he could eventually develop Chidori variants like Raikiri, Chidori Stream, and Chidori Sharp Spear.
Overall, a high-value technique.
"Captain, you called us over. Got a mission for us?"
Goro and Ken arrived at Ichiro's house.
"I've got a task for you both."
"Captain, we'll get it done, no matter what."
They didn't even ask what it was. Their loyalty to Ichiro ran deep—no matter how dangerous the assignment, they would complete it.
"Take care of the Second and Third Elders. That won't be a problem, right?"
Earlier that day, Fugaku had met with the two. Odds were, they were planning to support him now.
Fugaku had spies on Ichiro, but Ichiro also had his own monitoring Fugaku. He saw exactly what lavish gifts Fugaku had brought those two.
Those old men would surely back Fugaku in return for such generous bribes.
And right now, they were Ichiro's biggest obstacles.
Which meant—it was time for them to disappear.