Chapter 206: Anger

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Anger

Relying solely on drugs was not enough to keep a jōnin under control for an extended period of time.

Moreover, Uchiha Hideki’s constitution was somewhat unusual. He possessed an extremely high resistance to both anesthetics and paralytic agents, so a sealing technique had to be placed on him to ensure that nothing went wrong.

And the Four Symbols Seal was not only one of the most suitable sealing techniques for sealing chakra, it was also the sealing technique Hyuga Kagami was most proficient in.

As long as the Four Symbols Seal was placed on Uchiha Hideki and his chakra was sealed, then combined with the effects of the drugs, the possibility of him escaping on his own could be completely eliminated.

After inspecting the formula of the Four Symbols Seal once more and confirming that there were no problems, Hyuga Kagami began forming hand seals again.

With his chakra sealed, Uchiha Hideki was no longer able to maintain his Sharingan. Both frightened and alarmed, he asked, "What else are you going to do?"

Hyuga Kagami still didn’t answer.

Once again, he pressed a hand against Uchiha Hideki’s chest and shouted,

"Contract Seal—Seal!"

In an instant, the formula of the Contract Seal appeared across Uchiha Hideki’s chest, completely severing his connection with every summoning creature in the outside world.

In the shinobi world, summoning techniques came in all sorts of strange and unusual forms.

Aside from the most common type—the "Summoning Technique," where a shinobi summoned a contracted creature—there were also "Communication Summoning" and "Reverse Summoning," where summoned creatures could contact or summon shinobi, as well as bizarre methods such as "Human Summoning," where one shinobi summoned another...

Therefore, if Uchiha Hideki’s summoning creature possessed the ability to perform Reverse Summoning, then once it learned that Hideki had been abducted, it could simply use Reverse Summoning to rescue him with ease.

That was precisely why Hyuga Kagami had placed the Contract Seal on Uchiha Hideki.

However, summoning creatures capable of performing Reverse Summoning were quite rare. Kagami figured that Uchiha Hideki’s summoning creature probably didn’t possess such an ability.

Still, better safe than sorry.

If spending a little chakra was all it took to completely eliminate that potential risk, then as far as Kagami was concerned, it was more than worth it.

Looking at the formula of the Contract Seal imprinted on his chest, Uchiha Hideki’s expression stiffened. He exclaimed in shock, "You... you even know the Contract Seal?!"

Like the Four Symbols Seal, the Contract Seal was a sealing technique of the Uzumaki Clan.

And with the destruction of the Uzumaki Clan, only a handful of Uzumaki clansmen, such as Uzumaki Kushina, who had been brought to Konoha at a young age, still knew these sealing techniques.

As a result, these sealing techniques of the Uzumaki Clan had become techniques exclusive to Konoha and were recorded within the village’s secret ninjutsu archives.

Having finished applying the seals, Hyuga Kagami dusted off his hands.

"What’s so strange about that?"

Uchiha Hideki stared fixedly at Kagami and cautiously probed, "Don’t tell me... you’re from the village?"

Without a doubt, Uchiha Hideki had begun to suspect Kagami’s true identity.

Sensing the violent fluctuation in Uchiha Hideki’s emotions, Kagami was briefly taken aback. Then, realizing what Hideki was thinking, the corners of his mouth immediately curled into a grin.

"You figured it out that quickly? As expected of an elite of the Uchiha Clan!"

Seeing that Kagami hadn’t denied it, Uchiha Hideki instantly flew into a rage.

"Who ordered you to do this?! Was it the Third Hokage?! Or Danzo?!"

At this moment, through the vision of Kagami’s Tenseigan, he could clearly see that the chakra within Uchiha Hideki’s body had suddenly grown extremely restless under the influence of his emotions.

Even the Four Symbols Seal that had just been applied was unable to completely suppress the chakra reaction within him.

"Oh? Looks like I can use this method to provoke him!"

With that thought, Kagami smiled.

"Does it really matter who gave the order?"

Uchiha Hideki seemed to care deeply about this. Gritting his teeth, he snarled, "It was that damned old bastard Danzo, wasn’t it?! He’s been plotting against the Uchiha Clan for a long time!"

Kagami merely shrugged, giving no direct answer.

Seeing this, Uchiha Hideki froze for a moment before asking uncertainly, "D-Don’t tell me... it was the Third Hokage?"

Kagami had already figured out how to provoke Uchiha Hideki, so he deliberately changed the subject.

"Look around. This place is quite spacious. There’s room for plenty, plenty more people. You won’t be lonely!"

"You shameless, despicable bastards! It’s a conspiracy! All of this is a conspiracy against the Uchiha! That hypocrite Third Hokage really is planning to make the first move!"

Kagami’s deliberate change of subject only convinced Uchiha Hideki that the Third Hokage was behind everything.

Before long, the cavern was filled with his furious roars.

Kagami made no attempt to stop him.

Instead, he pushed his Tenseigan to its limits and carefully observed the flow of chakra within Uchiha Hideki’s body.

There was no doubt about it.

Even under the suppression of the Four Symbols Seal, the enraged Uchiha Hideki had successfully condensed chakra, producing an obvious chakra reaction within his body.

"Not enough.

"This is still nowhere near enough!"

After thinking to himself for a moment, Kagami pondered briefly before suddenly asking Uchiha Hideki, "Oh, right. I remember you have a younger brother, don’t you? I think his name is Ryota?"

Uchiha Hideki glared viciously at Kagami and roared as though he wanted to tear him apart.

"Just try laying a hand on him!"

Kagami rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "If I use you as bait, he should fall for it pretty easily... Hmm. Yeah, let’s do that!"

The moment he heard that Kagami intended to use him as bait to lure his younger brother Ryota into a trap, Uchiha Hideki’s eyes suddenly transformed into the Sharingan once again!

Kagami was slightly startled.

"He can actually activate his Sharingan under the suppression of the Four Symbols Seal?"

After observing him for a while longer, Kagami noticed that Hideki was only able to maintain the Sharingan for a short time. With his chakra unable to keep up, his eyes soon reverted to normal once more.

Kagami shook his head in disappointment.

"Looks like anger alone isn’t enough to make him awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Maybe I’ll have to try something else!"

...

Meanwhile, in Konoha.

After assembling his men, Fugaku wasted no time and immediately led the group over the village’s outer wall.

However, after following the trail for some time, Fugaku suddenly stopped, his brows furrowing.

And he wasn’t the only one.

The Uchiha elites accompanying him also frowned, looking around in confusion.

When they had first crossed the outer wall, the trail had still been fairly obvious.

But after pursuing it for seven or eight miles, the traces suddenly vanished without a trace.

One of the Uchiha clansmen asked in confusion, "Why does the trail completely disappear here?"

Uchiha Ryota, his face filled with anxiety, snorted coldly.

"What, did they suddenly grow wings and fly away? Split up and search! There has to be a trail somewhere!"

Fugaku’s expression darkened.

He had heard that Kawa of Kamigami was capable of using Ice Release to fly through the air, so he began to suspect that the enemy really might have flown away.

Otherwise, there was simply no explanation for why the trail had suddenly disappeared.

After all, thanks to the Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan’s tracking abilities were second only to the Hyuga Clan with their Byakugan, as well as the Inuzuka and Aburame Clans with their respective secret techniques.

If an entire group of elite Uchiha couldn’t find even the slightest trace, then there was only one possible explanation—

There truly was no trail to find!