Chapter 11 Uchiha clan meeting !
Since we want to further study natural energy, then the laboratory must be more formal.
"Things here must not be known to outsiders, and the procurement of research equipment must also be carried out in secret."
Ruri looked very serious.
The matter of nature chakra is too important, not to mention outsiders, even the people of the Uchiha clan, Ruri, does not intend to reveal even half of it.
"But it's hard for the two of us to do this alone we can not let those maids find out about this..."
When Shiroshi was about to be embarrassed, Ruri put her thumb in her mouth and bit it, and then began to form a seal, and finally pressed her palm to the ground with a snap.
" Summoning Jutsu !"
There was a thud of white smoke.
A black cat appeared in front of Shiroshi and Ruri.
About half the size of a human, he wagged his tail at Ruri.
Ruri took out a list showing the names of various research equipment.
"Buy all the above items, and I will check them in a day."
The black cat nodded decisively, and with a bang, it turned into white smoke and disappeared.
Shiroshi looked at the place where the black cat disappeared: "That's..."
"We Uchiha and the Neko clan have always been friends. Before going to school, I signed a contract with some Ninja cats. Let them work safely and concealed enough to avoid the village's eyes and ears."
The Neko clan is active in the inconspicuous corners of the ninja world, and there will be more or less shadows of this ninja clan everywhere. Whether it is inquiring about news or buying goods, its action is first-class.
For Ruri, the Ninja cat who signed a contract with her is undoubtedly her most powerful assistant.
Shiroshi sighed at Ruri's connections, this is the difference between the rich and the commoners.
Not only does it have its own complete training system, but there are also various reference books for reference, as well as a wider network of contacts than ordinary people.
…
Staying at Ruri's house did not cause any problems. For the entire village, it was a trivial matter.
Now Shiroshi lives in a room comparable to a high-end hotel every day, sleeps on a luxurious and soft big bed, eats a nutritious breakfast carefully prepared by the maids in the morning, and when tired, he can go for a walk in the yard, fish in the pond. He is a servant of Ruri's family, but in fact, he served as a young master.
In the days when he lived a life of luxury, life became boring and banal.
Although he occasionally received strange contempt from the maids in Ruri's house, Shiroshi was indifferent to it.
He is working hard and earning his food with his true skills. What do these maids know?
Now Shiroshi can only accompany Ruri to practice once in a while. When school is over, he will rush back to the new underground laboratory that Ruri bought for him to study and guide natural energy.
Only by successfully guiding natural energy stably can he proceed to the next step of chakra fusion.
For this reason, the underground of Ruri's house often exploded. Although the fluctuations were small, Ruri made the surrounding of the laboratory more stable for complete secrecy, until the vibration caused by the explosion could not be felt above.
These sophisticated experimental instruments, including the environmental reinforcement of the laboratory, used defensive shields shipped from the Land of Iron.
According to Ruri, she spent a total of 45 million Ryo, occupying one-tenth of the pocket money in her bank account.
Shiroshi just wanted to know what small business Ruri's parents were doing outside, allowing Ruri to live such an ordinary life.
…
The first month of living in Ruri's house ends.
Shiroshi returned to the laboratory after school in the afternoon and continued to do research on natural energy, while Ruri went to Naka Shrine in the Uchiha clan to participate in the monthly family meeting.
The Uchiha clan members who participated in the clan meeting are not ordinary Uchiha clansmen. Awakening the Sharingan is only one of the necessary conditions. It also requires the strength of ninjas to be of the highest level, or the geniuses of the family like Ruri which are the focus of training. ,
Excellent members with a high probability of inheriting the patriarch's position in the future.
Ruri is not only a genius of the Uchiha clan, but is also cultivated as one of the candidates for becoming the next patriarch.
So she was eligible for the monthly small clan meeting.
Naka Shrine.
The famous Uchiha ninjas gathered here, the sky was dark, the torches on both sides of the road were lit, and the road to the top of the shrine could be clearly seen.
After arriving at the Naka Shrine, they entered the building of the shrine, opened the sealed stone slab with a technique, and the Uchiha Ninjas walked down one after another.
In the empty basement, an ancient stone tablet stood, with firelight burning on both sides, illuminating the dark basement.
There are more than 20 people gathered here, all of them are special Jonin, or Jonin, who are currently staying in the clan.
The monthly clan meeting, in fact, there is nothing important to announce, the relationship between the Uchiha and Hokage faction is still getting along well.
Except for some individual high-level people, that will be dissatisfied or hostile to the Uchiha clan.
But those eyes with fear and disgust, the Uchiha clan would not take care of them at all.
As the No. 1 ninja clan of Konoha, they have this kind of confidence.
Even the Hokage would give them some respect, let alone those who are even weaker than Hokage.
The clan meeting will deal with trivial matters. Where is the training ground broken? Have the Konoha villagers complained more about the police force recently? Are there any new and good seedlings in the clan worth training? This month's expenses are higher than how about the next month, has the family's industrial income increased...
After an hour, the clan meeting will end in a long and boring rhythm.
"Ruri, Fugaku, you stay here."
A gray-haired old man spoke, more than sixty years old, with wrinkles all over his face.
Uchiha Zane.
He is the most prestigious elder in the Uchiha clan. He has retired from the ninja career because of his advanced age.
Along with Ruri, there was also a Uchiha ninja who was seventeen or eighteen years old, Uchiha Fugaku.
He looks handsome, and his face shows no immaturity, giving him a mature and stable bearing.
Like Ruri, Fugaku is a genius ninja of the Uchiha clan. Last year, he passed the Jonin examination and became an excellent young Jonin.
In addition, his Sharingan is at the three-tomoe level, so he has a very obvious advantage in the face of the same level of Jonin.
Ruri and Fugaku knelt down in front of the old elder, quietly waiting for him to speak.
"If nothing goes wrong, the next patriarch will be chosen between the two of you."
"Yes."
Hearing the elder Zane say this, both Ruri and Fugaku did not change their expressions.
"The two of you are undoubtedly the rarest geniuses of our Uchiha clan since ancient times, you have the possibility of awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan."
Hearing the elder Zane talking about the Mangekyou Sharingan, Ruri and Fugaku were slightly moved.
The Mangekyou is the ultimate eye above the three-tomoe Sharingan.
It is even more ancient and cannot be verified. The Uchiha ninja who awakened the Mangekyou in the recent era is Uchiha Madara who founded Konoha Village with the first Hokage Hashirama Senju.
Those are the legendary eyes that can only be opened by an Uchiha, mastering the supreme Dojutsu technique.
Elder Zane, as the most senior elder of the Uchiha clan today, was already a Jonin in the village when Konoha was first built. He can't say that he knows all the secrets of the Uchiha clan, but he definitely knows more than most Uchiha clansmen. .
This includes the secret of the Mangekyou Sharingan.
"Elder Zane, what are the conditions for awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan ?"
It was Fugaku who asked this question.
His Sharingan eye has reached the three-tomoe level, which is the highest level of an ordinary Sharingan eye. He is more urgent than Ruri to know the promotion method of the Mangekyou.
Only in this way can he be sure to become the Uchiha's patriarch and lead the Uchiha clan to new heights.
He felt that he now had enough strength to awaken the Mangekyou eye.
"Fugaku, your three-tomoe Sharingan training is not enough, and you need to continue to practice. In a few days, I will recommend you to the third Hokage, and let you and other Konoha ninjas form a team to perform tasks. There you will Benefit a lot."
"Yes."
Fugaku obeyed, his strength was taught by the elder in front of him, and he was very convinced about the arrangements of the elder Zane.
He must have his own considerations in this arrangement.
"Elder Zane, what am I going to do?"
Ruri asked.
"Your luck is better than Fugaku's, and you have found the conditions for awakening the Mangekyou eye. Next, you only need to temper the ordinary Sharingan to the limit. When the time is right, I will tell you how to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."
Elder Zane looked at Ruri with a little deep meaning.
His emphasis on Ruri is above Fugaku.
Her deep bond with the village ninjas, her dedication to strength, and her unparalleled talent for using the Sharingan eye...
At that time, in order to gain the strongest power, she would definitely be unable to resist the temptation of the legendary eye technique and make the right choice.
At that time, the Uchiha clan will usher in prosperity again, completely surpassing the Senju clan.
"Yes."
She was very puzzled why the Elder Zane said that she had more conditions than Fugaku to awaken the Mangekyou, and she only needed to exercise the ordinary Sharingan to the limit, but Ruri didn't think deeply about it, just nodded, indicating that she understood.
Compared with the patriarch position, she is more interested in the eye-opening method of the Mangekyou Sharingan.
...
Konoha 33 years, February.
This winter is colder than in previous years, with snowflakes falling from the sky, and even the sky is dyed pale.
The cold wind is raging in every corner of Konoha Village. In this cold season, if there is nothing particularly important, most people will choose to spend this cold winter around the stove at home.
However, for the students of the ninja school, they still have to go to school as usual.
In Class A, Grade 4, Ruri was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and trousers, a white scarf around her neck, her long black hair flowing down to her waist like silk and satin. with the snow outside.
The playground is already covered in silver, and in this season, The students really don't want to go to school and much rather spend the whole day at home.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside.
Even the silence in the class was broken, Ruri frowned impatiently, these guys were still buzzing like flies as always.
"Does it feel noisy?"
Shiroshi came back with a convenience bag filled with hot milk tea and hamburgers.
Of course, with Ruri's money.
"Of course. But they can only be happy at school."
Ruri took out her own hot milk tea and a hamburger from the convenience bag.
"Ayane, do you want to eat? I bought one more here."
Shiroshi turned to look at Ayane on the other side.
"No thanks."
Ayane smiled apologetically, stood up from her seat, and walked out of the classroom.
Shiroshi watched Ayane's retreating back, sighed and said, "I always think she's more out of place than you, Ruri, we should still spend some time together like before."
There was a dangerous light in Ruri's eyes, and she looked at the convenience bag in Shiroshi's hand and asked, "When did I allow you to take my money and invite unrelated people to eat?"
"Uh...that, no, I think we are all classmates at the same table, that, this..."
"Do you want to go hungry tonight and tomorrow morning? Who do you think is feeding you now?"
"…understood."
"Just remember to report to me in advance next time. I hate when people do things to me without informing me."
"Is this the kind of thing you care about? I understand, I'll say hello in advance next time."
Shiroshi sighed again, sat in his seat, picked up the milk tea and drank it, then took another bite of the hot hamburger meat.
"By the way, what was the noise outside just now?"
While drinking milk tea, Ruri asked Shiroshi.
"Don't you know? Some people in the fourth grade want to graduate early. Today is the day for special recruits. I heard that there are three people in our class who want to graduate two years early. By the way, the other class has also one among them."
Shiroshi told the truth about what he knew.
"That yellow-haired sissy, I heard you say that he is the number one in class B."
"Even if he is the number one in class B, he can't beat the number one of our class A."
Shiroshi was full of confidence in Ruri's strength and said with a smile.
"I don't look down on anyone."
Even so, Shiroshi's compliments were still very useful to her.
The class started soon, and the head teacher, Fujimura Okawa, came in from outside the classroom and started the formal class.
The indoor subjects in the fourth grade are more complicated than those in the first to third grades. There are many things to learn in the fourth grade. For ordinary students, it may be very hard, but for people like Shiroshi who has been able to graduate by himself,It doesn't matter if it's an indoor class or an outdoor class.
Therefore, except for the lesson about the will of fire, Shiroshi and Ruri will do what they want to do.
Holding a pen and ruler, Shiroshi began to draw on the notebook in front of him,
writting down texts and formulas next to it.
There is an important experiment that has to be carried out in the evening, where the theoretical derivation is carried out, and then acts on the practice.
More than three months have passed since the study of natural energy began.
In the past three months, Shiroshi has been able to successfully guide the natural energy, but the natural energy guided out is not particularly stable.
And even if the natural energy is successfully guided, if there is no corresponding means, the natural energy will soon evaporate and become untouchable air and return to nature.
Therefore, in the next experiment, Shiroshi wanted to extend the time for the natural energy to appear as a substance, so that he had enough time to understand the natural energy and use it successfully.
Time passed quietly.
...
Early March.
Occasionally, there will be light snow falling in the sky, and the weather will warm up a little, but it is still very cold.
On this cold day, something happened, beyond everyone's expectations, and also broke the tranquility and peace of Konoha Village.
—The Sand Hidden Ninja looted the border of the Fire Country, causing heavy losses to the Konoha troops on the Fire Country border, and officially declared war on Konoha.
Just over a year has passed since the war in the Land of Rain, war is burning again on the country of fire.
Moreover, the object of the declaration of war is Sunagakure Village, which is also one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
The third Kazekage personally led the team, led a large number of Sunagakure ninjas, and provoked a war against Konoha.
The village of Konoha is surrounded by a tense and heavy atmosphere visible to the naked eye.
The war in the Land of Rain had just ended in October of last year, but in the past six months, the war has come again.
Moreover, the one who declared war on Konoha this time was the Sunagakure Village whose comprehensive strength was far higher than that of the Amegakure Ninja Village.
The ninja group of the same five countries as Konoha, their mobilization speed and ninja quality are not comparable to Amegakure at all.
The rise and fall of the Amegakure ninjas depends on their leader, Hanzo.
Sunagakure is different, its leader is the third Kazekage, one of the five Kage in the world, known as the strongest Kazekage.
There are a lot of talented people under his command, and there are advisors elders, Chiyo and her brother Ebizo, who are all powerful ninjas who are famous in the ninja world.
Moreover, Sunagakure also established a powerful puppet force, which caused the major Ninja villages to suffer in previous wars.
This time, Sunagakure was coming in a threatening manner, and it was by no means a battle that could be easily dismissed.
It seems that the Rain Country War is just an opening ceremony for Konoha to formally participate in the Second Great Ninja War, and the real war has just begun.
This sense of oppression that the mountains and the rain are coming and the wind is full of buildings, pressed on the heads of all Konoha ninjas, and the high-level Konoha leaders headed by the third Hokage held an emergency meeting.
The night after the meeting, a large number of Konoha ninjas left the village to support the border of the country of fire.
The major ninja clans also sent their elite ninjas to fight against the Sunagakure ninjas.
The War has began.
(Chapter End)