“Then goodbye, Tenxiu-gege, you must come teach me Ninjutsu tomorrow at noon!” Uchiha Zhili’s big eyes sparkled as she rose like a cheerful fawn, her flowing light-purple hair dancing like a fairy around her shoulders. She waved, her face full of reluctance, as if parting with Tenxiu-gege was an extremely painful thing.
“Don’t worry, Zhili! Tomorrow, I will teach Zhili a Ninjutsu I created myself! Hmm, in the entire Clan, no, in the entire Ninja World, you will be the first to learn my unique secret Ninjutsu!” Uchiha Tenxiu said softly, a brilliant, sun-like smile on his lips, as he held Uchiha Zhili’s hand and slowly walked out the door.
“Really?!” Uchiha Zhili turned her head, her light-purple eyes filled with admiration.
“Of course it’s true. I think, with Zhili’s talent, it’s not impossible that you could take the Ninjutsu I created even further!” Uchiha Tenxiu said admiringly to Uchiha Zhili, looking at her slightly baby-faced cheeks with doting affection.
Beside them, Uchiha Zhili listened, her large, dark eyes turning as if she was committing something to memory.
Along the way, Uchiha Tenxiu, like a considerate elder brother, safely escorted Uchiha Zhili back home.
Watching Uchiha Zhili wave as she entered her home, he then turned and walked towards Uchiha Leimen’s elder residence.
“Uchiha Zhili’s strength has advanced by leaps and bounds like a rocket, already surpassing all my trusted subordinates!”
Uchiha Tenxiu couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, secretly sighing with emotion. As expected, characters like her, who appeared in the original plot, possessed truly heaven-defying talent.
In just a few months, Uchiha Zhili had mastered the Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, and Genjutsu he had taught his trusted subordinates to perfection, as if it were second nature.
Her strength already surpassed everyone else’s.
However, thinking of Uchiha Zhili’s overwhelming admiration for him,
Uchiha Tenxiu felt that such a Zhili basically belonged to his faction. Therefore, such outstanding talent was naturally better the more gifted it was. She must be carefully nurtured, and he had no need for any apprehension.
Given the Uchiha Clan’s sincerity in their emotions, an Uchiha Zhili who currently adored him like someone in love, if he wanted to take her with him, she would definitely follow without any second thoughts.
Upon reaching the entrance of Uchiha Leimen’s elder residence, Uchiha Tenxiu’s steps suddenly faltered. His gaze involuntarily drifted towards several seemingly ordinary corners nearby.
These corners might appear unremarkable to an ordinary person, but Uchiha Tenxiu keenly sensed the hidden secrets within them.
“Five people, huh…” he mused to himself. “And they’re hidden within a barrier. This is no ordinary setup. It seems that ever since that incident, the Clan has taken Leimen’s elder’s safety seriously and made adequate arrangements.”
As Uchiha Tenxiu pondered, the Elite Ninja lurking in the shadows also felt a strong pressure. A faint cold sweat trickled down their foreheads, and they couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy: “No way, have we been discovered?”
It was important to know that these Elite Ninja had undergone rigorous training in stealth. Not only were they powerful themselves, but they also had the protection of a barrier. With the two combined, even an ordinary Elite Jonin would find it difficult to detect their presence.
However, Uchiha Tenxiu had only glanced, yet he seemed to have discerned their location, which greatly astonished these Elite Ninja.
“Are you kidding me? Is he really that amazing?” one Ninja muttered in a low voice. “Impossible. Even if his talent is strong, at this age, he couldn’t possibly discover us so easily. Maybe it’s just an extraordinary sixth sense, after looking a few times. Hmm, that must be it.”
Although the other Ninja didn’t speak, their expressions revealed their inner shock.
Even though they knew that the young man before them, Uchiha Tenxiu, was the genius successor specially cultivated by Leimen’s elder,
they had never truly understood how extraordinary his strength was. Until today, when he could directly pinpoint their location through a barrier, it completely stunned them.
Uchiha Tenxiu was unaware of the Ninja’s inner turmoil; he was currently focused on his own discovery. He was surprised to find that with his current strength, he could so clearly perceive the presence of these hidden individuals.
“It seems my strength has improved again,” Uchiha Tenxiu mused to himself. “Even an Elite Jonin, with the concealment ability of a barrier, cannot escape my perception range. Hmm, of course, this is also due to the accumulated perception ability from cultivating my Ninjutsu, allowing my Sharingan’s passive abilities to constantly grow, even when not activated. Perhaps one day, even with the Sharingan unactivated, my passive abilities like insight, observation, copying, and foresight will surpass the Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated by ordinary Clan members!”
“In short, this outing has indeed allowed me to cross into a new realm, gradually stepping into the ranks of High-Level Ninja!”
“Normal Elite Jonin limit!”
“Is that what they call it?!”
…
“You’re back!” Uchiha Leimen’s elder stood by the window, his white hair glaringly bright in the firelight. His once profound eyes were now murky and dim, revealing an unspeakable weariness. Although he could now walk freely without a wheelchair and even use his Chakra for simple combat, Uchiha Tenxiu could clearly feel that the life force of this once powerful elder was slowly fading.
Uchiha Tenxiu’s eyes widened in astonishment as he looked at Uchiha Leimen’s elder, asking in disbelief, “How could this happen?” He remembered clearly that not long ago, even if the elder hadn’t taken action, his physical condition was still stable, with at least two years of life remaining.
Yet now, in just a few months, the elder’s life essence had dramatically declined, as if an invisible force had drained it away. Especially this state, that attitude of waiting for death, was completely unlike what was written in the previous letter.
It shouldn’t be like this!
Not to mention,
Uchiha Tenxiu even detected a hint of regret and guilt in the elder’s gaze towards him.
Uchiha Leimen’s elder sighed helplessly, waved his hand, and slowly said, “Alas! It happened like this…” His voice was hoarse, as if every word required all his strength to utter.
It turned out that after Senju Tobirama became Hokage, the Uchiha Clan had dispatched the radical faction within the Clan, Uchiha Setsuna, to give a direct warning. Although the entire process not only failed to provoke any hostile action from Senju Tobirama, he even offered powerful benefits to try and win over the Uchiha Clan.
But because of this incident,
the high-ranking members of the Uchiha Clan, despite knowing that the Uchiha Clan and Senju Tobirama’s Senju Clan still had a life-and-death adversarial relationship, were divided by the immense benefits offered by Senju Tobirama.
“I once thought that by telling them of Senju Tobirama’s ill intentions, and arguing that the Uchiha Clan should prepare for all contingencies, they agreed. They also cooperated with me in dealing with Uchiha Ming, eliminating the Uchiha Clan’s greatest traitor, proving their loyalty to the Clan! So, I intended to reveal the Clan’s fallback plan, hoping to gain the support of the entire Clan, and thereby ensure the Clan remained undefeated.”
“However, I underestimated their stubbornness. Knowing that Senju Hashirama was about to die, knowing that the Anbu members suffered heavy losses, and knowing that the Uchiha Clan’s internal spies had been eradicated, they believed that after Senju Hashirama’s death, the Clan’s power would definitely allow them to seize Konoha’s ultimate authority.”
Uchiha Leimen sighed helplessly, filled with regret over his excessive expectations of the Clan’s high-ranking members.
