Chapter 13 Sakumo Hatake
In the Uchiha clan, a training ground surrounded by trees and rivers.
The white-haired Elder Zane stood outside the arena with a cane, staring intently at the two sides fighting in the arena.
Uchiha Ruri, who was only ten years old, with her black hair fluttering, the shuriken in her hand was fired at the opposite Uchiha Jonin as fast as lightning.
This Uchiha Jonin is named Uchiha Fugate, about twenty-five years old, and has a scar on his face, which adds a bit of fierceness.
He opened the three-tomoe Sharingan eye, and the lightning-fast shuriken was directly seen by him, and he waved his sword to block the shuriken.
However, the shuriken contained a great strength. After the shuriken was bounced, this strength directly acted on Fugate's sword, which indirectly caused his body to freeze for a moment.
Great strength! Fugate's eyes were dignified.
He felt that there was a hidden skill in the shuriken projected by Ruri. If it was blocked with a weapon, this dark energy would pass through the weapon and act on the enemy's body, causing the enemy's body to appear stiff for a short time.
The time is related to the physical quality of the person.
If this is the case with a Genin, it is estimated that there will be few seconds, and there is no way to move freely. Waiting for the next round of shuriken to fly over, it will definitely be shot into a hedgehog.
Even he a strong Jonin was stiff.
Although this time of stagnation was negligible on him, Ruri also took advantage of this gap to quickly sealed with both hands:
"Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
It was a four or five meter long, huge dragon-shaped object.
Composed of high-temperature flames, it has a terrifying impact and can also burn enemies to ashes.
boom!
It exploded on the ground, creating a huge pothole.
Fugate dodged in a matter of seconds, his hair was scorched a little, his figure was a little embarrassed,he immediately turned around and waved his sword.
Ding!
Ruri, whose body is shorter than Fugate's, held a Kunai and blocked the attack by the opponent.
At this time, the Sharingan eyes of the two were directly facing each other, and the visual power was released towards each other in sequence.
After the visual power was released, Fugate felt a stinging in his eyes, and felt tired for a moment, so he quickly backed away.
Panting and looking at Ruri on the opposite side, the other party's Sharingan eye level is still only at two tomoe, although the other party is also panting, but the pant is much smaller than his own.
The most important thing is that the other party is only ten years old, and her Sharingan eyes are still not complete. Yet she is not afraid to compete head-on with his own Sharingan eyes.
In the end, it was unbelievable that she was not successfully controlled by his illusion.
Speed, neural response, dynamic vision, strength, use of ninjutsu, visual power, etc., put together, even he a Jonin feels extremely difficult.
His only winning rate is that his chakra volume exceeds Ruri's. As long as Ruri's chakra is exhausted, he will win.
Fugate sighed slightly, and using this method to win against a little girl he felt that his victory was shameful.
But being defeated by the opponent would be even more embarrassing.
Therefore, the next step is to continue fighting, slowly exhausting the Chakra in her body.
Ruri also seemed to see Fugate's plan, and immediately took out Shiroshi's special military ration pill from the ninja bag. When she was about to take it, the elder Zane, who had been watching the battle, shouted:
"Okay, stop it, Ruri."
Ruri put the pill back in the ninja bag, and made a seal of reconciliation for Fugate.
Fugate also made a seal of reconciliation for Ruri.
"It's really amazing, Ruri, I'm afraid even a normal Jonin can't handle your current strength."
After finishing the seal of reconciliation, Fugate came and praised Ruri without hesistation.
For such a powerful and excellent genius to appear in the clan, it is very gratifying.
As expected of the genius of their Uchiha clan!
Ruri nodded. The fact that she has this strength at the moment is inseparable from her own efforts and talents, but Shiroshi's contribution cannot be ignored.
If he hadn't developed the kind of new medicine that could enhance her physical abilities with his natural energy, she wouldn't have grown up so quickly.
Thinking of this, there was a hint of softness in her indifferent eyes, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
In the eyes of Fugate, the smile on the other side's face was because of the sincere praise from a Jonin.
Elder Zane entered the arena at this time.
In his 60s, he is already a senior ninja. Even if he retires, he will burn out his last blood for the clan and train a Uchiha ninja who can earn the position of Hokage from the hands of the Senju.
"Elder Zane."
Ruri bowed slightly, and the other party had taught her much in the past.
Ruri, who has already made her own path clear, no longer needs the teachings of the elder, but she still has respect and gratitude for this old man who worked hard for the clan.
"Ruri, don't forget to relax after training."
In Elder Zane's eyes, Ruri was able to tie with Fugate at such a young age, due to her incessant training.
So he hoped that Ruri could relax properly while training. He didn't want Ruri, a genius, to squeeze out her potential prematurely.
The emphasis on Ruri is even more important than that of another Uchiha successor, Uchiha Fugaku.
If there is anyone in the Uchiha clan who can reproduce the glory of the Mangekyou Sharingan, he thinks it must be Ruri.
"I understand. Elder Zane, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."
"Wait a minute, this is the scroll that records the B-level fire style techniques. You can take it back and study it. With your strength, you can already learn the high-level fire style techniques. This is left by that person."
Uchiha Zane said meaningfully.
Ruri was startled.
'That person' refers to Madara Uchiha, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan.
The ninja who had turned away from his clan and his village.
In today's Uchiha clan, few people will directly call Uchiha Madara's name. When talking about him, they will use 'that person' as a substitute.
Ruri took the scroll given by the elder, thanked him again, and rushed back to her home.
"Ruri is getting stronger and stronger, I could easily tease her two years ago. The visual power of the two-tomoe Sharingan eye actually made my three-tome Sharingan eye feel the pressure. It's incredible. What are you doing? How did you make her so strong?"
After Ruri left, he couldn't help but praise the educational level of the elder Zane.
Elder Zane shook his head with a smile and said, "Fugate, don't you understand now? The visual power of the Sharingan eye varies from person to person. The number of tomoe can only be used as a lower limit reference, but it cannot truly measure the visual strength. Besides, this is what Ruri worked hard to obtain, and my role is just the icing on the cake."
Fugate held back a sigh, how could he not understand this.
Just thinking that a ten-year-old girl can completely surpass himself in a few years it is not a good feeling.
He was also once young and famous and was called Uchiha's genius ninja.
"Fugate, you are also an elite Jonin trained by our clan, so have a little confidence in yourself."
"Elder, it's not that I don't have confidence in myself, it's that the young people today are too capable of hitting us old people. But I really want to know who will be the leader of her team when Ruri graduates, and how will the third Hokage arrange it?"
Fugate doesn't believe that there will be no backup data of Ruri, a genius Uchiha, there, so he is very interested in what kind of team leader the third Hokage will arrange for Ruri.
If the strength is low, it is very likely that Ruri will just walk away causing the leader to become the laughing stock among the Jonin.
As for the powerful Jonin, as far as Fugate knows, even if it is a Sannin, it may still not be enough.
"Hatake Sakumo."
The elder spat out the name.
Fugate's body trembled, cold sweat broke out on his face, and he looked at Elder Zane in disbelief.
As if this name has a very terrifying magic power, even the experienced Jonin Fugate is full of awe in his eyes.
"Hey, elder, are you joking? That man is..."
"Only in this way can I and the third Hokage feel at ease with each other."
The third Hokage needed the Uchiha clan to dedicate their fighting power in this war.
And the Uchiha clan needs a strong leader to lead the team, not only to convince Ruri, but also to protect the genius of Ruri.
This is exactly what elder Zane wanted to express.
...
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame
Fire Style:Dragon Flame Release Song Technique
This are the two high-level fire ninjutsu that elder Zane handed over to Ruri, reaching the B level.
Usually only Jonin have access to this skill level, and even they might not necessarily be able to use these fire ninjutsu skillfully.
After reading it, Ruri realized that these two B-rank fire style ninjutsu required a lot of chakra to practice each ninjutsu before they could be released smoothly and ensure their power.
And because this is a high-level ninjutsu, even if Ruri is proficient in the fire attribute chakra, she will not be able to master these fire ninjutsu in a short period of time.
Fortunately, she is still a fifth grader, and she is still a little over a year away from graduating from the sixth grade. In this year, it is not a problem to master the two high-level fire style ninjutsu.
The most important thing is how to improve her chakra volume. If she dosen't have enough chakra, even if she masters these two high-level fire ninjutsu, she can only use them at critical moments.
Therefore, Ruri directly found Shiroshi and told him that she wanted to increase her amount of chakra.
Shiroshi, who was sitting on a chair in the laboratory drinking tea, put on a distressed expression after hearing Ruri's request.
Improving chakra involves more difficulties than improving physical fitness. Shiroshi's own control over chakra is basically perfect, and there will not be too much waste. Even if his amount of chakra is medium, it is completely enough for him to use.
The flesh and blood ninja can easily be killed by a shuriken or a kunai, and Shiroshi will not deliberately pursue the power of ninjutsu.
Therefore, Shiroshi currently does not have much demand for chakra, and he pays attention to the improvement of physical fitness.
These days, he spends most of his time studying the application of natural energy, putting natural energy into medical use and making new medicines.
"I'll try as much as I can, but it will take a while. I have other jobs on hand now."
When Ruri heard Shiroshi's assurance, she nodded without urging him.
It's good to be able to finish it, but there's nothing to lose if you can't make it.
Her body has not yet entered a period of rapid development. After a certain age, Chakra will definitely not be lacking, but she still wants more and more.
"So, your strength can already be tied with a Jonin in the clan, right?"
Shiroshi held a reagent bottle in his hand, which contained solidified white, slightly transparent particles. He opened the lid, took out a solid particle with tweezers, and placed it on a small iron stand.
Natural energy is also fused into this solid particle, but the amount of fusion is very small, almost negligible.
"My chakra is not enough for a long battle with a Jonin, so the final win rate is less than 20%."
Ruri recalled the previous battle and made a pertinent summary.
"It's already amazing. After all, your Uchiha's Jonin Chakra is a bit more than the average Jonin. The reason you lost to him is because of your body and age restrictions."
Therefore, Shiroshi has reason to believe that Ruri's current strength is no worse than that of the general Jonin.
At least when the chakra is sufficient, there is not much difference between her and a Jonin.
When she graduates the sixth grade, it is a certainty that her strength will reach that of a Jonin.
The reason why Ruri can become so powerful is inseparable from natural energy.
It can be seen that natural energy, including the further nature chakra, does have a very great role in promoting growth for ninjas.
Although there are side effects... but Shiroshi thought about it, there are too many things that have side effects, the food you usually eat has traces of toxins, and there are many bacteria when you drink cold water.
The human immune system cannot be overestimated, but it cannot be underestimated either.
After chatting for a while, Ruri went up, maybe to practice, or maybe to take a bath.
He forgot to mention that there is a small open-air bathhouse in the backyard of Ruri's house, but unfortunately there is a partition in the middle.
Shiroshi believes that it is the original sin that prevents human beings from seeing each other honestly and is rooted in the human world.
Putting aside all the distracting thoughts in his mind, Shiroshi settled down to do research. He wasn't in a hurry to train. No matter how he improved his strength, his body and age were restricting him here, and there was a limit to how he could become stronger.
The study of natural energy is different. If one day he can completely master natural energy and perfectly refine the nature chakra, at that time, his strength will show a huge growth.
He only slightly penetrated a part of the truth of natural energy, so that Ruri has the strength to fight against a Jonin at her age. Although there is Ruri's talent and the bonus of the Sharingan eyes, it is undeniable that the natural energy had an effect.
Until then, even if I leave Konoha, I can live well in the ninja world.
Therefore, Shiroshi has many plans that he starts to calculate now, in order to prepare for the future life earlier.
He is now not only developing physical strengthening medicines, but also cold medicines, hemostatic medicines, recovery medicines and so on.
In short, the drugs developed with natural energy are all kinds of strange things, but in terms of effect, they are much better than the same type of drugs on the market, and some are even powerful special drugs that are not available on the market at all.
If these drugs are put on the market now, it will definitely cause an uproar and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.
When he left Konoha, Shiroshi planned to leave some of the medicinal formulas in Konoha, as a return to Konoha for his upbringing and teaching over the years.
Konoha can use these medicines to treat patients in the village more conveniently and effectively, and can also sell them to other countries to win huge profits.
Drugs have always been very profitable, especially since these drugs can be used in the military.
Then it's up to Konoha to make his own choice.
Whether it is for commercial use, or keeping it for yourself, invest in the medical and military fields of the village, or involve all three fields, Shiroshi will not interfere.
In this way, when he leaves, he dosen't have to feel indebted, and can part ways with Konoha calmly.
To be honest, Shiroshi doesn't hate the Will of Fire, but—
His philosophy and thinking are completely incompatible, forcibly entangled together, sooner or later, both will suffer.
Konoha is only a part of his life for himself, not where his heart is.
...
In Konoha, the sense of oppression brought about by the war is not felt at all. The adults choose to bear the pressure by themselves, proping up a seemingly peaceful paradise for the young children, in order to protect their growth.
In the past few years of living in Konoha, the things that Shiroshi saw will also change over time.
He has more or less a deeper intuitive understanding of the people, systems, values, ideals, and political styles here.
Despite all the imperfections and so-called bad habits, it is generally a relatively peaceful village.
Especially standing on the Hokage Rock, when you look at the entire Konoha from there, you will be shocked by the prosperity and size of Konoha.
Shiroshi couldn't believe that this was the style that a village should have.
The days at the school were as quiet and peaceful as before. If the wounded were not sent back from the front line from time to time, it would give people the illusion that the war did not break out.
As an intern of the first medical ninja experimental class, Shiroshi also started a formal internship career in the hospital.
Most of the so-called internships are for working medical ninjas, carrying things, and if they are lucky, they will bandage the wounds for the injured.
Shiroshi is assigned to inspect medicines and maintain medical equipment. Occasionally, he will follow experienced medical ninjas to make new medicines.
In this way, his fifth grade study life also passed smoothly.
When he was promoted to the sixth grade, Shiroshi was just eleven years old, and he had been practicing in the hospital for more than half a year.
The team leader of Shiroshi's group was a medical ninja with ten years of experience in the hospital. He saw that Shiroshi's basic knowledge was solid, and he was careful and conscientious. The maintenance of medical equipment, and even the more complicated purification of medicinal herbs, is done by Shiroshi alone.
With Shiroshi's knowledge reserves, these jobs are not too difficult except for some tedious work, but he feels very depressed about the hospital's overworked behavior of squeezing child labor.
He knows that there is a shortage of manpower in Konoha Hospital, not only in the hospital, but also in the frontline battlefield, but in this way, he can only go to school in the morning, and from noon to 7 o'clock in the evening, he has to be busy in the hospital.
Moreover, the team leader had to deduct half of his salary, which was not much, because of the cost of education and guidance.
If only relying on the salary earned by working in the hospital, Shiroshi felt that he might not be able to provide for food and clothing.
After all, he was poor and unworthy, and the usual living expenses and research funds were all funded by Ruri alone.
From this point of view, the decision to go to Ruri to ask for sponsorship was wise.
Ninjas also need to eat.
Therefore, the salary earned from the hospital was accepted by Shiroshi and kept in his wallet as private money.
At this time, Shiroshi felt lucky that Ruri's eyes were Sharingan, and not the Byakugan eyes that could see through everything.
Shiroshi was a little bit overjoyed when he thought that when he graduated from Ninja School, he could accumulate hundreds of thousands of Ryo of private money and use it freely.
(Chapter End)