Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

Uchiha Yingyue quickly locked onto the location of the leader in the evil cult's headquarters. The cult leader sensed a strong hostility and immediately picked up a scarlet sickle vigilantly, looking ahead warily.

The evil chakra emanating from the cult leader was disturbing, but Uchiha Kagezuki remained calm and unafraid.

"Who are you?" the cult leader asked coldly, with a bloodthirsty light in his eyes.

"You don't need to know." Uchiha Yingyue responded lightly, then formed seals with his hands and launched an attack in an instant.

Uchiha Kagezuki used Wood Release to summon countless wooden vines, which quickly coiled around the leader like snakes.

The cult leader reacted quickly, swinging his sickle to cut those vines, but Shadow Moon's offensive did not stop at all.

Shadow Moon quickly approached and engaged the cult leader in close combat.

The sickle and the sword blade flew through the air, and the fierce collision sound echoed throughout the underground space.

Uchiha Kagezuki soon realized that although the leader possessed a certain degree of immortality, his strength was nowhere near that of Feidan.

Uchiha Yingyue easily cut off the leader's arm, but the leader was able to quickly reattach his arm as if he had never been injured.

"With this little ability of yours, you dare to claim to be immortal?" Uchiha Yingyue sneered, then launched a more fierce attack without mercy.

The sword blade quickly slashed across the cult leader's body, eventually cutting off his limbs and head one by one and dropping them to the ground.

However, even so, the cult leader still did not die, and even laughed wildly with his remaining head on the ground: "Hahaha! Do you think you can kill me like this? I am immortal, and my evil god will protect me!"

Uchiha Yingyue didn't care about it at all, and stared coldly at the cult leader's head that was still chattering.

Uchiha Yingyue knew that there must be something fishy behind this so-called "immortality", so he opened his Mangekyō Sharingan and cast an illusion to completely control the leader.

In the leader's consciousness, Uchiha Yingyue easily penetrated his mental defenses and began to explore the origin and purpose of the Evil God Cult.

The information revealed by the cult leader made Uchiha Yingyue slightly interested.

It turns out that this so-called "evil god" may be an ancient existence that existed earlier than the Six Paths Sage and was sealed in the distant past. The evil god believers absorbed the power of the evil god through cruel sacrifices and attempted to resurrect the evil god through these rituals.

However, Uchiha Kagezuki didn't care about it.

Shadow Moon's goal is clear - to completely eliminate the threat of the Evil God Cult and send these cultists back to Konoha to be used as experimental materials for Orochimaru.

Uchiha Yingyue waved his hand lightly, and the power of wood escape surged, reattaching the leader's limbs and head together, but the leader's body was firmly bound in the wooden shackles and could no longer move.

Uchiha Kagezuki packed up the leader and other immortal believers one by one, sealed them with special sealing techniques, and planned to send them back to Konoha as research materials for Orochimaru.

"I believe Orochimaru will be very interested in these immortal bodies." Uchiha Yingyue said calmly, then turned and left.

After completely eliminating all the believers involved in the activities of the evil cult, Uchiha Yingyue went to the dungeon and released the kidnapped people.

The people were grateful, but Yingyue did not stay for long. Yingyue ordered them to leave quickly and told them that they could return home safely.

When Uchiha Kagezuki walked out of the Evil God Cult headquarters, Ayane and Chinatsu were waiting anxiously.

They were immediately relieved to see Shadow Moon appear safe and sound.

"Is everything settled?" Ayane asked.

"Yes, the threat from the Evil God Cult has been eliminated." Yingyue nodded, "It's time for us to leave here."

With the destruction of the evil cult's headquarters, Uchiha Kagezuki continues their journey with Ayane and Chinatsu, and the shadow of the evil cult gradually dissipates in the ninja world.

Uchiha Kagezuki witnessed all the darkness and corruption in the ninja world along the way, and gained a deeper understanding of the current situation in the ninja world.

Cults, religions, and beliefs, these seemingly mysterious forces are actually just ways for people in distress to find solace.

In this cruel ninja world, poverty and oppression are everywhere. Life of ordinary people is difficult. They cannot control their own destiny and can only put their hopes on supernatural powers, hoping to change the suffering of this world. This is what is called - not knowing suffering, not believing in gods and Buddhas.

The reason why religions, especially those with strong supernatural colors, can spread in the ninja world is precisely because most people live in hardship. They lack the power to change the status quo and the courage to change their destiny.

In endless despair, religion became their only spiritual sustenance; religion was the opium of the poor.

Yingyue calmly analyzed that religion not only has a strong spiritual influence on the poor people living at the bottom of society, but is also equally popular with the ruling class who live in luxury.

These powerful people have a stronger desire for immortality, wealth and power than ordinary people, and they are often more vulnerable than ordinary people when facing setbacks and failures.

Therefore, they place their hopes on gods and Buddhas, or even on some evil cults, hoping to realize their desires through supernatural powers.

Shadow Moon's experience in his previous life taught him that even in a world without supernatural powers, religion can still flourish.

Human beings' fear of the unknown and death, as well as their desire for hope, make religion the pillar of their souls.

In the world of ninja, which is full of supernatural powers, it is not surprising that cults like the Evil God Cult can grow and become strong.

The common people and the nobles of Tang Country have different demands for the evil god cult that can grant immortality - the former hope to escape from a life of poverty, while the latter desire the power of eternal life. The evil god cult can develop so rapidly in Tang Country without being suppressed, and the daimyos and the nobles of Tang Country either support it or at least acquiesce.

"It's a pity that the seat in front of me is empty in the middle of the night. Instead of asking about common people, I ask about ghosts and gods." Uchiha Yingyue couldn't help but sigh.

These powerful people's desire for immortality and greed for wealth reflect their deep-seated weakness and insecurity.

Despite their power, they were unable to fight death or fill the emptiness in their hearts, so they turned to religion and to sects that claimed to bring eternal life.

"After all, most people are not very strong," Uchiha Kagezuki continued to ponder, "nor do they have the confidence to become their own gods."

It is not easy to change these people's beliefs and free them from religion.

Religion gives them a false sense of security and a way to escape reality. To break this illusion, we must let them see hope in life and let them understand that the power to change their destiny lies not in the illusory gods and Buddhas, but in themselves.

Uchiha Kagezuki realized that in order to realize his ideal and overthrow the existing corrupt rule in the ninja world, he not only needed powerful military force, but also needed to fundamentally change people's thinking and beliefs.

Let people understand that real strength comes from oneself, from unity and struggle, not from those illusory gods or sects.

Uchiha Kagezuki decided that in the future, not only would he eliminate these evil cults, but he would also use education and reform to make the people of the ninja world understand that relying on their own strength is the only way to change their destiny.