Chapter 188: He Was Never Gentle
"However, I can spare your life."
The elder's head snapped up, expression shifting between shock and uncertainty.
"Now, report everything that happened here—" Yu leaned forward slightly, gazing down indifferently at the kneeling figure, "—to your superiors."
"Remember to make it sufficiently... compelling."
He deliberately emphasized the final word.
The elder's pupils contracted sharply.
This man wasn't just opposing the Otsutsuki—he wanted to use the elder's own mouth to actively draw even more powerful opponents here! What arrogance!
His throat bobbed as he swallowed, finally lowering his head deeply. "As you... command."
Before absolute power, he'd been stripped of even the right to choose death.
Uchiha Yu stood quietly to one side, his gaze pressing down with tangible weight until the elder could barely breathe.
The elder tremblingly raised his hand, beginning to weave chakra into a message.
Halfway through writing, Yu suddenly spoke.
"Wait."
The elder's movements froze.
"You wrote 'encountered a powerful enemy'?" Yu shook his head slightly. "Too mild."
The elder swallowed, trying tentatively, "Then... should I change it to 'encountered attack by unknown powerful enemy'?"
"Still insufficient."
"Make it clear. Total annihilation. Only you barely escaped with your life. Urgent need for powerful reinforcements."
The elder's fingertip trembled as he revised the wording according to instructions.
"Continue."
"Enemy strength... unfathomable..." He carefully chose words while stealing glances at Yu's expression.
Yu raised an eyebrow slightly, speaking. "Don't you believe in devouring your own kind? Say an anomaly has appeared who's consumed massive numbers of Otsutsuki and is currently digesting the essence of the fallen. Claims he'll continue hunting more Otsutsuki. Tell them to come immediately."
The elder drew a sharp breath. Such a description would shake the highest levels of the Supreme Council.
But he didn't dare disobey, could only comply while trembling.
"Now, tell me about the resources here." Yu paced before him. "You mentioned earlier there are chakra ore veins in this star sector?"
"Yes... but the reserves of those veins are actually..."
"Reserves don't matter." Yu interrupted. "Say you've discovered unprecedented high-purity chakra crystals, reserves sufficient to cultivate massive numbers of God Tree seeds."
The elder's eyes widened.
This was no longer exaggeration—it was blatant fabrication! The major families would swarm here like sharks scenting blood.
"What?" Yu looked down at him. "A problem?"
"No, no..." The elder lowered his head, rapidly weaving the false intelligence.
He screamed internally: This madman! He wants to draw every faction of the Otsutsuki clan here!
"Finally," Yu's voice sounded again, "add one more line. The enemy seems to possess a secret method for rapidly increasing strength, growing stronger with each battle."
After hearing this, the elder was completely dumbfounded.
He'd originally thought this person was merely arrogant. Now he understood this was a complete lunatic through and through!
"Hurry." Yu urged. "Send it at highest priority. Send copies to all Otsutsuki higher-ups. Let those old monsters... ideally come in person."
The elder completed the message composition with trembling hands.
When that battle report transformed into streaming light, piercing through space and vanishing, he looked up at that calm figure, his heart filled with terror and incomprehension.
Did this man truly believe he could oppose the entire Otsutsuki clan?
He was merely a lower-ranking member of the Elder Council. With such information released, this entire star sector would probably be devoured completely by the Otsutsuki powerhouses who came rushing...
After the elder completed everything as required, he knelt quietly in place, even lightening his breathing.
Though the other had said he'd spare his life, now all his secrets had been exposed, his value thoroughly exploited.
He could only pin his hopes for survival on this madman's whimsical "promise."
Yu observed him silently, as though contemplating something.
After a long while, he finally spoke:
"You said earlier you wanted to become my faithful servant?"
Joy exploded in the elder's heart, like glimpsing a ray of light in endless darkness.
He hastily lowered himself further, responding in the most reverent tone: "Yes! To serve an existence as great as yourself is my supreme honor!"
However, Yu let out a soft, mocking laugh.
"Great existence?"
"Not a monster or madman?"
The elder instantly fell silent, half his blood running cold.
Only then did he realize with shock—in his extreme tension, he'd forgotten this person could easily see through all his thoughts!
He didn't dare hesitate for even a moment, immediately releasing all mental defenses, forcing himself to stop all stray thoughts, keeping his mind completely blank like the most docile lamb awaiting its master's judgment.
Uchiha Yu observed the prostrate elder, expression cold.
The next moment, he raised his hand in a casual gesture.
The elder's body convulsed violently, the light in his pupils rapidly dissipating as all consciousness was completely erased in an instant.
Then, nine hundred thousand horsepower of magnetic field rotation transformed into invisible shackles, layering themselves into every corner of his body.
The vast chakra accumulated from devouring five God Tree fruits was now completely sealed within this husk. This elder who'd once wielded power over entire regions had been thoroughly reduced to a shell without consciousness.
Yu casually tore open his Kamui dimension, tossing the husk inside for storage.
After completing everything, his form twisted and vanished from the spot.
This operation's gains far exceeded expectations—not only acquiring core secrets of the Otsutsuki Elder Council and ancient forbidden techniques treasured by various clans, but also collecting multiple Rinnegan containing different abilities. The sealed elder himself represented an enormous energy reserve.
Sensing the surging power within his body, the nine-hundred-thousand realm gave him a completely different perception of the world.
Energy trajectories flowing through space were clearly visible. The operational laws governing all things held no more secrets before his eyes. Power flowed freely between cells, as though every gesture could resonate with the rules themselves.
This level of strength would rank among the apex even in the world of his previous life.
Space shifted.
When he appeared in his family courtyard, the trembling oppressive aura surrounding Yu receded like a tide, his face already restored to its usual gentle expression, as though that bloody reckoning in the depths of space had never occurred.
Sunlight filtered through the branches, casting fragmented light patterns on the veranda.
Sasuko, who'd been sitting there lost in thought, immediately flew toward him like a returning bird the moment she spotted his figure.
"Yu!" She crashed into his embrace, rubbing her cheek forcefully against his chest, her voice muffled. "Where did you suddenly go? You disappeared in a blink, I couldn't even sense you through Flying Thunder God..."
Yu gently held her, palm brushing across her soft hair as he smiled. "Just handling some urgent work matters."
Sasuko looked up, puffing her cheeks as she glared at him, clearly dissatisfied with this perfunctory answer.
Uchiha Yu looked at Sasuko's indignant expression, warmth rising in his eyes.
He reached out to gently pinch her cheek, saying in a gentle tone:
"It really was just ordinary work. Look, I came back perfectly fine, didn't I?"
Sasuko grabbed his sleeve, muttering quietly: "At least you should tell me beforehand... you were gone so long."
She tilted her face up, her clear eyes reflecting his image, her gaze rippling like water.
Yu's heart softened as he drew her to sit beside him on the veranda.
"I'm sorry, Sasuko."
"I left in a bit of a rush this time."
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