"…I can't sense him anymore."
Floating in midair, Fluder cast support spell after support spell as he stared at the spot where Hanzo of the Salamander had vanished beneath the water.
"Tier II Magic · True Sight!"
"Tier II Magic · Perception Amplification!"
"Tier III Magic · Enemy Detection!"
Blinding light flared in Fluder's eyes. Yet no matter how he enhanced his perception or vision, Hanzo's presence was nowhere to be found.
Which meant there was only one possibility—
Underground.
Fluder quietly watched as the water receded. The bone spears dissolved back into raw magical elements, leaving behind only a battlefield riddled with craters.
"Ninja methods, hm?" he muttered coldly.
"Next time, I won't let you leave so easily."
With that, Fluder withdrew his gaze and turned toward the direction Renass had fled. After a brief moment of consideration, he activated teleportation and returned to the side of the Bloody Emperor, Jircniv.
The image on the giant screen faded out at the same time.
Uchiha Soren removed his hand from the crystal sphere and swept his gaze across the silent room.
"In the future, with the Heaven's Eye System in place, warfare will become far more diversified," he said calmly.
"The Military Affairs Division is the brain of the ninja army. Our operational doctrines must be reconsidered carefully."
"Yes, President!"
After Soren departed, Uzumaki Mito and Uchiha Shihō, along with a strategy unit that had expanded to sixteen members, began discussions on how to adapt to the rapidly evolving style of ninja warfare.
Most harmful cosmic radiation no longer had any effect on him. On the contrary, it had become nourishment for his body's continued evolution.
Uchiha Soren's gaze fell upon the surface of the moon.
There, a massive complex of buildings was under construction. At its center, separated by thick metal walls, three Zero-Tails served as chakra energy sources—one of them lying listlessly inside a glass containment vessel.
The principle behind the Heaven's Eye System was simple.
The Zero-Tails in the ninja world served as anchors, while the Zero-Tails on the moon acted as relay nodes—allowing the system to detect all beings who possessed chakra across the world.
The greater the chakra, the higher the system's accuracy.
"President!"
Having been transferred to the Lunar Space Research Base, another Shadow-level powerhouse of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Anyang—strode forward steadily, using chakra to counteract the imbalance of gravity as Soren descended from space.
"Report on the status of the lunar base."
Standing before the silver-white metallic gates, Soren watched as teleportation arrays inside operated around the clock. Personnel and materials flowed endlessly into the lunar facility.
Upon the cold surface of the moon, the base buzzed with intense activity.
"Reporting to you, President," Anyang replied.
"The core zone of the research base has been completed. Auxiliary structures are expanding outward continuously. Initial construction will be finished within ten days."
With the progress report delivered, the two walked into the deepest section of the base.
Above the three Zero-Tails loomed a metallic cannon barrel over a hundred meters long, suspended silently in the frigid void.
Yet the sight caused Uchiha Anyang's eyes to blaze with excitement, his voice unconsciously rising.
"President—based on the Heaven's Eye System, the Spear of Heavenly Punishment has completed its preliminary construction. Given another year or two, we'll be able to begin weapons testing."
Uchiha Soren reached out and placed his hand against the heavy barrel.
Forged from over a thousand tons of chakra metal—consuming nearly half of the ninja world's reserves—the cold cannon filled his eyes with fascination.
Big meant strong.
Strong meant good.
(When the alternate-space ninja world draws near… that will be the moment the Spear of Heavenly Punishment reveals its true might.)
(I wonder—can the Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama of another world withstand it?)
(And those so-called True Dragon Kings… one shot, and they'll all be erased.)
With anticipation in his heart, Soren's gentle voice echoed through the cold, cavernous space.
"The barrel is complete. Next comes the most critical part—the energy foundation. There must be no negligence."
"Please rest assured, President," Anyang replied solemnly.
"This concerns the Uchiha clan's legacy for ten thousand generations. I will personally oversee every detail and ensure the Spear of Heavenly Punishment is completed without fail!"
A single shot capable of shattering the entire ninja world—something even Susanoo, the so-called God of Destruction, could never achieve.
As long as the Uchiha clan held the Spear of Heavenly Punishment, the right to rule the world would forever belong to the Uchiha.
"You continue here," Soren said calmly.
"I'm going to pay a visit to our neighbors inside the moon."
The Byakugan clan within the moon had long been in contact with the ninja world on the surface. As the head of the lunar base, Uchiha Anyang naturally knew this.
In his eyes, the Byakugan were nothing more than sand and gravel—unworthy of concern. Exterminating them completely would take no more than a week.
If not for Soren's explicit orders, Anyang would have already led his men to level their mountains and temples, enslaving those horned freaks.
After all, the Byakugan lacked the exclusivity of the Sharingan—easy to implant, easy to use.
Yet the importance Soren attached to the matter made Anyang's heart tighten slightly.
Sensing his thoughts, Soren spoke evenly.
"We and the lunar Hyūga clan will keep to our own paths.
Do not interfere with them.
Do not concern yourselves with them."
The Hyūga kept on the moon were not worth attention.
What truly mattered was the Golden Tenseigan—and the undying presence bound to it, Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
"Everything comes second to the research progress of the Spear of Heavenly Punishment."
"Yes, President!"
Seeing that Anyang truly understood, Soren nodded. With a spatial flicker, he vanished—reappearing within Hamura's Shrine, where the Golden Tenseigan was stored.
There, Ōtsutsuki Hamura had already been waiting.
"Soren-san," Hamura said coldly,
"I expect a reasonable explanation."
The golden light of the Tenseigan illuminated the entire moon, inside and out. There was nothing that escaped its awareness.
That terrifying weapon of war—and the Zero-Tails still under construction—filled Hamura with displeasure.
Even if the moon were destroyed, he could protect the lunar Hyūga clan.
But the energy consumed by the Golden Tenseigan would never return.
In Hamura's eyes, Soren had crossed a line.
"An explanation?"
Uchiha Soren repeated the words, then smiled lightly beneath Hamura's darkened gaze.
"Of course. It's preparation—for the fusion of the alternate-space ninja world five years from now."
"Surely, Lord Hamura…"
"You don't think I'm targeting you, do you?"
Soren met Hamura's eyes directly, then glanced at the radiant, sun-like Golden Tenseigan behind him—flowing with solar brilliance, yet composed of countless Byakugan.
He spoke calmly.
"Because, frankly—
you're not qualified."
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