And just like that, the two men started talking about who they were and what their purpose was for coming here.The two were called Black Fox and Black Claw respectively and were part of the Black Demon mercenary group. Their members were all men who were at the Nascent Profound Realm, except their captain and vice-captains who were at level 3 and level 1 True Profound Realm respectively. They heard about a village of people living secluded in the forest and so their purpose for coming here was to kidnap the children to sell them to evil sects that cultivate using their vital yin and yang, make the women their s.e.x slaves and kill all the men. Hearing this made Itachi absolutely livid.
"Hey Itachi, why are you so angry? What happened?" said Jasmine in his mind.
"It"s because of these filthy rats that I am so livid right now. Haven"t you been paying to what they said just now?" said Itachi to Jasmine.
"What?! Of course I have been paying attention. It"s just that I uhhh.... that I..... I uhhhh" said Jasmine hurriedly in a fl.u.s.ter trying to come up with something.
While Jasmine was trying to come up with an excuse, Itachi knew that she didn"t pay any attention and was just trying to save face. But since he was busy at the moment he decided to just let it go and focus on those mercenaries.
"It doesn"t matter anyway. The reason that I"m angry is because of these two in front of me and what they told me." said Itachi as he told Jasmine what those mercenaries came here to do and suffice to say that Jasmine was also super angry.
"So, what are you going to do with them. If you don"t kill them right now, I will." Said Jasmine visibly angry after hearing the story.
"Ohh don"t worry. I will kill them, but only after I show them something. So go back into the pearl and enjoy the show." Said Itachi.
After Jasmine went back into the pearl, Itachi undid the genjutsu on those two.
"What just happened!? How are we still here!? Weren"t we just back at camp?" Said the mercenaries before they saw Itachi. Just as they wanted to scream and curse at him, he st.i.tched their mouths shut with the strings.
"Shut up and listen!! First off, thank you for telling me all your plans and where your camp is located. And second, you two are going to die here but not before I show you two something." Said Itachi as he used the Shadow Clone Jutsu to summon three clones who look exactly like the three of them causing them to look on in shock at the clones.
"These three clones, who look exactly like you, will go back to your camp and will tell everyone there how you managed to find the village but that you were chased away by some strong but very beautiful woman. This woman was more beautiful than any you have ever seen before and was at the beginning of the True Profound Realm so she could be a treasure for your captain. So as your captain greed and l.u.s.t reaches its peak, he will surely order your entire mercenary band to come and capture everyone in the village. That"s when he and all your mercenary companions will fall head first into my trap and I"ll eliminate everyone in one fell swoop." Said Itachi much to the horror of the two, who tried to free themselves to no avail.
And like that he sent the three clones to the mercenary camp to lure them to the village. Itachi then used the strings to grab the corpse of the first mercenary and threw it to the other two. Then he used the strings to create a dense sphere made of strings around the three of them. The sphere that completely enveloped them only had one small opening at the front.
FIRE STYLE: FIRE BALL JUTSU
Using the strings to keep the flames from burning the forest and using it as a makeshift kiln, Itachi burned the three mercenaries to ashes.
After he burned the mercenaries to ashes, he went to undo the genjutsu on the two children and wake them up. Soon Feng Xi woke up first.
"Good morning sleepy head. Did you sleep well?" Said Itachi to Feng Xi as he woke up.
"Ohh man, I had the weirdest dream ever. I dreamt that I could fly through the air, but like really really fast. What happened here, and where are those men that were chasing us?" Said Feng Xi.
"Ohh don"t worry about them. Let"s just wake up you sister and get you two back to your village." said Itachi as he woke up Feng Lin. After she woke up they started walking to their village. A few hours later they arrived at their village and just then a woman rushed towards them whilst crying tears of joy.
"Ling"er!! Xi"er!! Thank the heavens that you"re okay!!" cried the woman, who was most likely their mother, whilst holding the two children in her arms as they cried as well.
As the family reunion continued, a man approached them with tears in his eyes. He hugged his family for a bit before walking over to Itachi with a bright smile on his face.
"Ohh thank you so much for bringing back my children kind stranger. I am Feng Baichuan, I am the leader of this village. May I know the name of my children"s savior?" said Feng Baichuan to Itachi with a big smile on his face
"Greetings, my name is Itachi Uchiha." said with a smile before he became serious.
"Feng Baichuan, we need to talk. It"s a matter of utmost urgency. Can we go somewhere where we can talk in private." said Itachi to which Feng Baichuan nodded and brought him to his home to talk.
Itachi was looking around the village as he was walking to Feng Baichuan"s home and just like the story he noticed that everyone was at level 10 Elementary Profound Realm and had a mahogany red mark of the Phoenix on their foreheads.
"You have noticed it as well, huh? This village has the aura of the Phoenix permeating it and those people here all have the mark of the Phoenix on their foreheads and yet they"re all at level 10 Elementary Profound Realm. Something strange must be going on in this village." Said Jasmine
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"Yeah, I noticed it as well. Either they"re too lazy to continue cultivating beyond level 10 Elementary Profound Realm or it"s something else. But my guess is that there is some kind curse here." said Itachi to Jasmine. After a short walk through the village they arrived at Feng Baichuan"s home and entered.
"So, what is it you needed to talk about?" said Feng Baichuan.
"I have some good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that those who tried to kidnap your children will be back with their entire group, consisting of at least a hundred men, and they will come for your entire village. I think they will be by tomorrow. But the good news is…..." Said Itachi and just as he wanted to tell him the rest, Feng Baichuan obviously goes into super panic mode.
"WHAT!!! NONONONONONONONONO!!! This can"t be happening!! Heavens no!! WHY?!?! What should we do?! We can"t abandon this village!! But I can"t doom everyone either!! NONONONONO NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Screamed Feng Baichuan in complete hysteria.
Itachi who just wanted to tell him the rest was taken back by his hysterical reaction that he honestly didn"t expect to be this severe. Waiting for a few minutes for Feng Baichuan to stop his ranting, but seeing the signs that he was not gonna stop any time soon Itachi walked up to him and slapped him across the face bringing him back from his hysterical tirade.
"Focus man! G.o.dd.a.m.n! I wasn"t even done telling you everything. What I was gonna tell you, before you started going all bat-s.h.i.t crazy on me here, was that I also have good news. You don"t have to worry about a single thing from those guys. I will handle every single one of them, all I need from all of you is to stay inside your homes and do not come out until I say so." Said Itachi much to the horror of Feng Baichuan.
"WHAT!?!? No, you can"t be serious?! There are at least a hundred men. You can"t be seriously thinking to take them all on by yourself!" Yelled Feng Baichuan to Itachi to which he replied with unleashing his power for Feng Baichuan to feel, who staggered back in shock at Itachi"s strength.
"Ohh don"t be mistaken. I am more than strong enough to take them on. The weakest among them is at level 4 Nascent Profound Realm while the strongest is at level 3 True Profound Realm. I on the other hand am at level 10 Earth Profound Realm. So they can all come here and I will take them all down in one fell swoop. That"s why I told you to stay indoors, not because I want to sacrifice myself so that you can escape, but because all of you with your level 10 Elementary Profound Realm strength level would be in my way. Which brings me to my next question. Why are all you level 10 Elementary Profound Realm and what is that mark on all of your foreheads?" said Itachi which caused Feng Baichuan to widen momentarily before letting out a sigh.
"Sigh... Fine. Seeing as how you have saved my children and brought them back and are also taking care of the mercenary problem. I might as well tell you." Said Feng Baichuan before telling Itachi the history of the Phoenix Clan and how a distant ancestor was cursed by the Phoenix Spirit for taking innocent lives with the Phoenix flames. The mark and its color on their foreheads, that is normally hidden and only visible during usage of the Phoenix flames, is an indicator of the curse brought on by the Phoenix Spirit itself that does not allow their cultivation level to go above level 10 Elementary Profound Realm. How their clan has lived isolated from the outside world and prayed to the Phoenix Spirit to lift their curses and hoped that someone can complete the Phoenix Trials and maybe able to convince the Phoenix Spirit to lift their curses.
"Uh-huh Uh-huh. I understand. So in short you also need someone who can complete the Phoenix Trial and convince it to lift the curse that has plagued your clan. What if I take the Phoenix Trial to try and lift the curse, AFTER I take care of the mercenary problem. How does that sound?" said Itachi to which he looked at Itachi like their savior.
"Really?! You will really take on the Phoenix Trial for us and finally liberate us from terrible curse that has plagued for so long?!?!" said Feng Baichuan in a quivering voice on the verge of crying.
"I am mainly doing it for myself to obtain the Phoenix bloodline and if I can help all of you out in the process, all the better. It"s like catching two birds with one stone, am I right?" said Itachi
"Yeah, I guess you"re right about. You"ll get the Phoenix bloodline and we will finally be freed from this curse. We both benefit from this, so why not." Shrugged Feng Baichuan.
"Well you"re awfully nonchalant about all of this." Said Itachi.
"Well living under this curse for many generations has taught me not to question a gift sent by the heavens. You saved my children from those fiends and you brought them back so your heart must be in right place. In the end it"s not up to me, but to you to complete the trial and to the Phoenix Spirit to deem you worthy of obtaining its bloodline. All we can do is pray that you can complete the trial and that you can convince the Phoenix will finally break this curse of ours." Said Feng Baichuan.
"Alright then, I will go and make my preparations and you go and warn everybody. Ohh, one more thing. Do not touch any of the strings you"re gonna see, they"re part of my trap that I"m gonna set for those mercenaries." Said Itachi to which Feng Baichuan nodded and went out to warn everybody.
Itachi also left his house and quickly jumped in trees surrounding the village. In every tree he jumped into he"d hang strings from them and lower them down to a height of 15 feet. The villagers were looking with wide eyes at Itachi super agility and how he quickly went from one tree to another and watched as he ran perpendicular up the trees and would stick to the branches upside down, all the while shooting out strings and hanging them from the trees giving the village a sort creepy, haunted look. But hearing their village leader telling them the news of the mercenary invasion and hearing that they had nothing to worry about because Itachi more than strong to handle all of them made the villagers happy hearing this.
After hanging string in the trees all around the entire village, Itachi took a seat in one of the trees that had a perfect vantage point overlooking the entire village.
[ "System, buy the Mangekyo Sharingan"s from both Sasuke and Obitio Uchiha and buy both of their Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan upgrades as well."]
*DING [ "Affirmative, the price for each Mangekyo Sharing is 250,000 system credits and their Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan upgrade is also 250,000 system bringing the total cost to 1,000,000 system credits. The process of implanting and upgrading the new Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s will take 1 hour and will be very painful. During this time, host is required not to move or to open his eyes. The process will start once host has given the signal."]
[ "I am ready system, start the process."]
And like that the pain of getting new Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s etched into his eyes started all over again, but since this was his second time Itachi was much calmer this time around. An hour later he opened showcasing his new Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s to this world. First Sasuke"s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s and then Obito"s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s.
(A.N.: Because Obito Uchiha never had Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan"s in the canon, I went with a fan rendition of it. If you are curious to know how they look like visit this link: )
Finishing all of the preparation, there was nothing left to do than wait. The next day around noon, Itachi started to feel dozens of strange energy signatures approach the village. And among them are his three disguised shadow clones. Soon the entire Black Demon mercenary group would walk head first into his trap and this brought a smile to Itachi"s face.
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