Start with the Mangekyō and leave Konoha with Madara.

In the Swordsmith's House, inside the president's room.

The lights were dim, casting the shadows of three men on the wall.

Maya continued, "When we were hunting down Ikawa Genteru, very few people knew about the action plan. Apart from the people who participated in the action, the only one who knew about it was Yukino."

He looked up at the ceiling, staring at the bright lights, "I am not afraid to tell the truth. I really doubted my daughter."

"So..." Zhe, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, his voice a little hoarse, "You chose your own daughter for marriage, is this just a test?"

Mayo looked him straight in the eyes, "Yes."

"What's the point? Are you really willing to sacrifice Yukino's happiness?" Tetsuya's eyes were red.

"Of course it makes sense. Didn't this mean... you were caught?"

!!!

Zhe's breathing hitched.

Maya put her hands behind her back and said, "Since I announced the news, Yukino was not as hysterical as I imagined. Instead, she accepted it all calmly and only cried secretly at night. She has always been a sensible child."

"But you, my apprentice, your reaction really surprised me."

"Not only did you come to me time and again to take back your orders, but you also encouraged the presidents of the various departments to undermine my power. And, what about those little moves you made in secret with those nobles? Did you really think I couldn't see them?"

"All the clues...all the signs..." Maya sighed with some disappointment, and with the reminder from the noble man, "I just remembered that the person who usually gets along closest to Yukino is you, Tetsuya."

Zheye frowned, "Master doubts me?"

Mayo stared into his eyes, "That day, you learned the route from Yukino. I can't think of anyone else who would betray us except you."

"Also... I went to discuss this with little friend Shen Yu late at night. How did you know this news?"

Mayo took a step forward, "Or... have you been following Yukino!?"

"Could it be that... everything you just said was to lure me out..." Tetsuya figured it out instantly and said angrily, "Niwa Mayo! For the Chamber of Commerce, you really did everything you could!"

"Tetsuya! What are you talking about!" Ryunosuke pulled Tetsuya's trouser leg and scolded him in a low voice: "How can you talk to Master like that!"

"Kneel down, kneel down quickly!"

He glared at his junior brother fiercely, but Zhe remained indifferent.

"Zheya, you!"

At this moment, Zheya suddenly raised his foot and shot Ryunosuke out, smashing the knife rack in the room.

Tetsuya's eyes suddenly turned fierce. He pulled out a wakizashi from his sleeve and stabbed out with the sharp blade.

Maya put her hands behind her back, her back defenselessly exposed to Tetsuya, and closed her eyes in disappointment.

"Ding!!"

Tetsuya felt a pain in his wrist, and the blade broke. A huge black bone palm was placed horizontally behind Maya, separating them like a chasm between heaven and earth.

A handsome young man stepped out from Maya's side. No one knew when he appeared there, but the huge black ribs and the huge hand emitting black air and stretching between several people shocked Zheya greatly.

Shen Yu stretched out a hand from afar and grasped it in the air. Zheye suddenly felt suffocated, and a horrible feeling of oppression came over his body, as if an invisible big hand was holding him tightly, and even moving a finger became a luxury.

"What... is this!" He tried his best to open his eyes wide, but his lips could not move at all. Great fear was ignited in his eyes.

"My feeling was right..." Shen Yu turned his palm slightly, and Zheye's body also turned stiffly, "There's something wrong with your body..."

He suddenly raised his sword finger, and in response, a big bump appeared on Zheye's right hand, surging like water, spreading along his arm until his whole body was covered with ripples like the surface of water, looking weird and creepy.

"Disperse!" Shen Yu called out.

With a "puff" sound, Tetsuya's entire right arm suddenly exploded, liquid splashed all over the wall, and a few droplets even hit Ryunosuke's face.

Ryunosuke wiped his face in panic, only to find that it was not blood, but transparent... water!

Shen Yu withdrew his hand nonchalantly, and Zheya's body lost support instantly and he fell to his knees on the ground.

An invisible stream of water emerged from the broken arm, and after a while of wriggling, it turned into the right arm again, returning to its original state.

This scene stunned Ryunosuke and shocked Niwa Maya.

"I'm right, isn't it? Your second disciple is no ordinary person." Shen Yu sneered and said, "He is not from the Iron Country at all."

In the twisted black air, Maye slowly turned around, with turbid tear marks running down the corners of her eyes.

"What a pity, Zheye. Among these three disciples, the one that I value the most is you."

"Kill him?" Shen Yu asked with his head tilted.

"Yes." Maya nodded calmly. At this moment, his eyes were extremely calm, like an executioner holding a sword. "Please leave him an intact body."

"learn."

Shen Yu released Susanoo, and the black air dissipated, but a very clear and light spirit shot out and instantly sank into Zheya's forehead.

The next moment, the spirit entered the body and returned.

Shen Yu's expression suddenly became complicated. He stared at Zhe Ye who had no breath left. His black clothes rose and fell, and he turned and left.

Just now, before killing the other party's soul, he tortured him for information as usual.

Tetsuya Hozuki, a native of the Land of Water, went undercover in the Niwa household when he was young in order to plunder the Iron Country's outstanding sword-forging technology. He collaborated with the Iron Country nobles who were corrupted by the Water Country's money, and bit by bit eroded the "Three Legends of Iron".

Three months ago, he secretly tampered with the forge of the Iikawa family under the pretext of helping, and replaced the "Hundred Hands" sword-forging manual, causing the failure of the forging of 3,000 famous swords ordered by the daimyo's mansion. All of them were broken after delivery. The daimyo was furious, and "The Sword Forging House" began to fall apart.

He secretly planned to have the Hidden Mist Village support the desperate Ikawa family, and sent ninjas to snipe the pursuers from the Iron Country...

He encouraged the Niwa family to marry off Sugawara's only daughter, and bribed the powerful and influential people early on to decide the winner...

Until... Maya Niwa married his beloved Yukino Niwa.

From then on, he began to lose his composure.

Announcing participation in the competition...

Planning to kill Sugawara Shoko...

Although it was concealed well, the shrewd Maya still noticed something was wrong.

If he is not discovered, he will reveal his identity in the next martial arts tournament, defeat all the heroes to win the championship, join forces with the bribed dignitaries to annex the Chamber of Commerce, and then wait for an opportunity to assassinate Niwa Maya, completely disintegrate the "Iron Three Legends" and bring it into the hands of the Water Kingdom.

The important thing is... he can still marry Niwa Yukino legally.

……

Shen Yu returned to the room, lay on the bed, and stared blankly at the night sky outside the window.

“I feel a lot of emotion…”

"The plan was perfect, but because of my feelings, everything went wrong..."

He turned over, facing the cold moonlight, his pupils suddenly glowed red, delicate lines changed in his eyes, and a kaleidoscope opened instantly.

He stretched out his hand, and gently stroked his eye sockets with his slender fingertips. "Kidan Tetsuya, this boy is very scheming and has far-reaching ambitions. However, no matter how scheming he is, no matter how sinister his calculations are, they will never be hidden in front of my eyes..."

"In the midst of chaos, strength is everything... In the face of absolute power, all schemes seem ridiculous..."

Shen Yu stared at his palm and muttered to himself, "Is this what it feels like to control other people's fate?"

That night, he tossed and turned, unable to concentrate.

"Compared to the world-minded Madara-sama, I... am still far behind."

……