Chapter 1: Train your ninja cat to become stronger! (1/1)
The Land of Fire.
Leaf.
Uchiha headquarters.
Ninja Tool Shop.
"Grandma Cat".
"Shiraishi is here, please have a seat."
The slightly overweight old lady cat sat cross-legged, holding a pipe in her hand. She took a puff and exhaled a smoke ring, which was then shattered by an orange cat next to her.
The moment Uchiha Shiraishi walked in, the ninja cats surrounding Granny Cat also looked over.
Tilting its head, it stared at the person with its round eyes.
Even though this wasn't Shiraishi's first time here.
There's something I need to tell you.
"Grandma Cat, please speak."
"From today onwards, this ninja tool shop will be under your care, Shiraishi."
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Shiraishi was stunned for a moment; this news was a bit too sudden for him.
Grandma Cat continued.
"I'm going on a long trip and will need some time. I might be back in three to five years, or it might take even longer. I'm leaving this ninja tool shop and these little guys in your care."
"But Grandma Cat, I'm not sure I can do it well..."
"There are no 'buts'. I believe you can do a good job, Shiraishi. Otherwise, this shop will have to close down, and these little guys will only become stray cats."
"Alright, I'll take good care of the ninja tool shop and everything else."
Shiraishi had no choice but to agree.
Grandma Cat finally smiled.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After saying that, Granny Cat stood up, put away her pipe, coughed twice, and then said, "Since you, Shiraishi, have agreed, I have nothing more to worry about. I'll be leaving now."
Before Baishi could speak, a wisp of white smoke exploded on Granny Cat's body.
Immediately afterwards, Granny Cat's figure disappeared.
One by one, the ninja cats walked towards where Shiraishi was, sniffed, as if trying to remember Shiraishi's scent, and rubbed their heads against Shiraishi.
Shiraishi reached out and patted the head of a tabby cat.
"Meow!"
The tabby cat squinted its eyes, seemingly enjoying being petted.
[Ninja Cat Training System Launched.]
[Once you absorb 90% of a human's goodwill, you can begin collecting. After collecting, you can make a request to the myriad realms and receive a response. The Ninja Cat will then gain the power of the responder.]
[The rewards the host receives will be determined based on the ninja cat's strength.]
Shiraishi's brow twitched slightly.
"Gaining human favorability can strengthen the ninja cat?"
"Then I'll get the reward?"
"The stronger the Ninja Cat, the richer the rewards I'll receive?"
"That sounds pretty good."
As a transmigrator, Shiraishi was somewhat excited when he learned that he had transmigrated to the world of Naruto.
However, when he learned that he had been reincarnated as an Uchiha, Shiraishi's mood soured.
Especially since this body's natural talent isn't very good.
But now that the system has appeared, some hope has rekindled in Shiraishi's heart.
A figure walked towards the ninja tool shop.
"Shiraishi, where's Granny Cat?"
Bai Shi looked up at the newcomer.
He was young, with short black hair, a Konoha ninja headband on his forehead, and slightly delicate features. He wore a gray short-sleeved shirt and brown trousers, with a ninja tool pouch at his waist.
At first glance, she appears very cheerful, but a hint of sadness is hidden between her brows and eyes.
"Good morning, Zhishui."
Shiraishi said, "Grandma Cat has gone out on some errands. I'm in charge of looking after the ninja tool shop and the ninja cats here. Shisui, did you come here to replenish some ninja tools?"
Uchiha Shisui nodded.
"I need nine kunai, three explosive tags, and a short sword."
"Hold on."
Shiraishi entered the warehouse and quickly found the ninja tools that Uchiha Shisui needed.
After Shiraishi came out, Uchiha Shisui was already sitting on the ground, petting a fat orange cat.
The orange cat squinted its eyes and purred softly.
"Shisui, the ninja tools you requested."
Shiraishi handed over the bag.
Uchiha Shisui accepted it.
"Thanks, how much?"
Shiraishi quoted Uchiha Shisui the price set by Granny Cat. Uchiha Shisui took out his money pouch, took out a small stack of banknotes, and handed them to Shiraishi, who then put the money into the cabinet.
"Meow!"
The orange cat was somewhat dissatisfied with Uchiha Shisui stopping and made a complaining sound.
"I'm so sorry."
Uchiha Shisui gave the orange cat an apologetic smile and continued petting it. Soon the orange cat closed its eyes again and continued to purr contentedly.
Shiraishi sat down next to Uchiha Shisui.
A line of text appeared above Uchiha Shisui's head.
[82. Shiraishi is a very good person, but unfortunately, his ninja talent is a bit lacking.]
Clearly, the preceding numbers represent Uchiha Shisui's level of affection for Shiraishi, while the following sentence likely reflects Uchiha Shisui's personal evaluation of Shiraishi.
"82 favorability rating?"
"I'm not far from 90. If I work a little harder, I might be able to reach 90. With Uchiha Shisui's characteristics, the responders will definitely not be too bad."
Uchiha Shisui was a genius, that much is undeniable.
According to the system's logic.
The better Uchiha Shisui's talent, the stronger the responders will be.
The stronger the responder, the more enhancements the ninja cat receives.
The more enhancements a ninja cat receives, the greater the rewards it will receive.
The two are about the same age and had met when they were in ninja school.
One is a genius, the other is mediocre.
However, the two still became good friends.
Therefore, Shisui Uchiha's current favorability rating towards Shiraishi is only 82.
"Shisui, you seem to have something on your mind?"
Uchiha Shisui remained silent for a long time before letting out a sigh.
"Shiraishi, you should be able to see the current situation of the Uchiha clan as well."
"Our relationship with the rest of the village has deteriorated. I've tried to do something to ease the tension between us and the rest of the village, but it's no use."
"The situation is getting worse."
"I don't know what will happen if things continue like this."
"I had a bad feeling about it."
"Many people in our clan have developed very radical ideas, wanting to start a civil war, defeat the current village leadership, and gain control of the village."
"But how is that even possible?"
"The current Uchiha clan is no match for the village's higher-ups."
"Once we take action, the outcome will only be extremely bad."
"Not only will the Uchiha clan suffer annihilation."
"Many innocent people in the villages will also die in this civil war."
"The damage caused will probably be no less than that of the Nine-Tailed Night back then."
"But it's difficult, no, impossible, to suppress those people within the clan."
Uchiha Shisui lowered his head.
The viewpoints expressed in these contents are not much different from Shiraishi's understanding of Uchiha Shisui based on the original storyline.
They felt indignant about the treatment the Uchiha clan received in the village, but they had no way to change it.
They didn't want the Uchiha clan to be harmed, nor did they want the people in the village to be harmed.
Therefore, until a better solution is found, the only option is to suppress the radical ideas within the Uchiha clan.
Uchiha Shisui held this belief until his death.
That's why he proposed to the village leadership that he use Kotoamatsukami to control Fugaku Uchiha and suppress all the radical ideas within the Uchiha clan, thereby gaining the trust of the village leadership.
Originally, Uchiha Shisui had a chance to succeed.
However, Danzo Shimura's sneak attack extinguished that hope.
After losing one of his Mangekyou Sharingan, Uchiha Shisui knew he no longer had the ability to control the situation within the Uchiha clan, so he made a very bold decision.
He gave his remaining Mangekyou Sharingan to Itachi Uchiha.
Then, by threatening his own death, he provoked Itachi Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Uchiha Shisui believed that Uchiha Itachi's talent was definitely enough to achieve this.
It will definitely unlock the Mangekyou Sharingan.
With three Mangekyou Sharingan, he could definitely suppress the radical ideas within the Uchiha clan, gain the trust of the village's leadership, and prevent the outbreak of civil war.
However, what Uchiha Shisui did not expect was that Uchiha Itachi's ideas were much more radical than those of everyone else in the Uchiha clan, although they were in a different direction.
Itachi Uchiha wiped out the entire Uchiha clan, leaving only Sasuke Uchiha alive.
In a sense, this can be considered a solution to the problem.
But is this really the solution that Uchiha Shisui wanted?
Is this really what the many members of the Uchiha clan need?
"Zhishui, have you asked the clan chief about this?"
"I asked."
Uchiha Shisui shook his head, a look of disappointment on his face.
"But the clan chief said he didn't have any good solutions either, and he couldn't control the situation within the clan."
Shiraishi frowned.
In Shiraishi's view, while Itachi Uchiha was undoubtedly the most direct culprit in the Uchiha clan massacre, Fugaku Uchiha bore a significant responsibility, perhaps second only to Itachi.
As the head of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku Uchiha was a complete failure.
Faced with the rift between the Uchiha clan and the village, and the resulting conflicts, they did not consider any way to resolve or alleviate the situation.
Even if it cannot resolve the unfair treatment the Uchiha clan suffers in the village.
Unable to lead the Uchiha to victory.
That way, at least those overly radical ideas within the Uchiha clan can be suppressed.
If you can't even do this, what kind of clan leader are you?
Even on the night of the massacre, Fugaku Uchiha did nothing, simply watching as his fellow clansmen were killed by Itachi Uchiha, and watching as he himself was killed.
If it were anyone else doing this, they would simply be considered a victim.
But Fugaku Uchiha was the clan head, and doing this would make him a sinner.
"Can't control him? Why? Isn't he the clan leader?"
"It's really uncontrollable."
Uchiha Shisui said, "I have secretly conducted an investigation. Currently, the Uchiha clan is divided into two factions: a conservative faction and a radical faction."
"The clan chief is actually a member of the conservative faction."
"The leader of the radical faction is the eighth generation senior."
"The patriarch can control the conservative faction, but he can't control the radical faction."
The Eighth Hokage mentioned by Uchiha Shisui was named Uchiha Hachidai, a member of the Konoha Police Department.
It's probably because he had the most contact with other people in the village and felt the village's exclusion and unfair treatment of the Uchiha most deeply that he acted this way.
"However, I don't think that should be a reason."
Shiraishi paused for a moment, then said.
"Shisui, I may not know as much about ninjas as you do, but after interacting with these ninja cats so much, I feel that a clan and a cat group are actually quite similar."
"A group of cats will inevitably have a leader."
"Even if not all cats share Elvis's ideas, they may even have different ideas."
"However, at crucial moments, all cats must obey the King of Cats' commands."
"It's a must for an Elvis to do this."
"If he can't do it, then his position as the King of the Cat will inevitably be taken away."
"If you don't have the ability, you're not qualified to be in this position."
Uchiha Shisui paused for a moment, then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
"Shiraishi, what do you mean?"
A white cat came over and lay down at Bai Shi's feet. Bai Shi reached out and rubbed the white cat's belly.
"Shisui, you are a genius of our Uchiha clan. That's why you're thinking about these kinds of questions at such a young age."
"I don't know the specifics of the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village right now."
"However, through your description, Shisui, I have learned a little bit."
"In other words, as long as the radicals within the clan are suppressed, the conflict between the Uchiha and the village can be alleviated. It's just that the current clan leader can't do it. So, what if we change to someone else?"
"If you, Shishui, are strong enough, you can replace the current clan leader and become the clan leader."
"In that case, we should be able to control the situation within the clan."
"With your talent, Zhi Shui, you should be able to do it, right?"
Uchiha Shisui's eyes lit up. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that what Shiraishi said actually made a lot of sense.
"If I were the clan leader..."
Uchiha Shisui's ideas began to unfold.
Suddenly, I thought of many things I could do.
Changes that can be made to the Uchiha clan.
It can alter the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village.
Uchiha Shisui discovered that there might actually be a chance to stop the civil war.
"But... the clan chief is in his prime. Even if my strength surpasses that of the clan chief, wouldn't it be inappropriate to directly seize the position of clan chief?"
"Shisui, if the Uchiha's situation is really as bad as you described, what's the point of worrying about these minor details? These are just trivial matters."
Uchiha Shisui remained silent for a while.
"That's right, Shiraishi, you're absolutely right."
After saying that, Uchiha Shisui let out a long sigh.
"After hearing what you said, my thoughts are much clearer."
"The Uchiha's situation is indeed not so bad that it is completely beyond redemption."
"Shiraishi, thank you, you've given me a lot of inspiration."
After saying that, Uchiha Shisui stood up.
"Then I'll go and get busy."
Now, Uchiha Shisui is already quite impatient.
Shiraishi looked at Uchiha Shisui again.
At this moment, the text above Uchiha Shisui's head had changed.
[91. Shiraishi is indeed a very good person, it's just a pity that his ninja talent is a bit lacking.]
A voice rang in Bai Shi's mind.
[Uchiha Shisui's favorability rating has reached 91. Proceed with the data collection?]
(End of this chapter)