Awakening the Eyes

"Teacher Yusuke, we want to take a B-rank mission!" Danzō Shimura said.

Renye and Koharu Utatane were both stunned by this.

Hadn't they agreed to take a C-rank mission before?

Why had he suddenly changed his mind?!

"Danzō, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you!" Renye snapped.

Although Renye was confident in his own strength, it was better not to take unnecessary risks.

B-rank missions were very dangerous!

"Uchiha Renye, are you scared?" Danzō Shimura looked at Renye with disdain.

Renye did not deny it and nodded.

Danzō Shimura: "???"

"It's just a B-rank mission. What's there to be afraid of!"

Clearly, Danzō did not understand how dangerous B-rank missions were.

Yusuke Senju frowned. "You want to carry out a B-rank mission?"

The rank of missions a ninja accepted was determined by their own strength.

Usually, newly graduated genin mostly handled D-rank missions.

Of course, they could also take C-rank missions, but D-rank missions were more common.

The same applied to chunin, who mainly handled C-rank missions.

Whether they took B-rank missions depended on the mission requirements and the team's strength.

Jonin, on the other hand, mainly handled B-rank missions and occasionally took a few A-rank missions.

As for S-rank missions, they were generally completed by several jonin working together.

Of course, that was only how ordinary ninja chose their missions.

It did not include those genius ninja...

"That's right, Teacher Yusuke!" Danzō said.

Yusuke Senju stroked the beard on his face and fell into thought as he looked at the three of them.

With their strength, doing D-rank missions really would not accomplish much.

But wouldn't taking a B-rank mission be too dangerous?

Ordinary B-rank missions were usually only accepted by teams of experienced chunin.

After all, B-rank missions carried a high degree of danger. One misstep could cost them their lives.

Especially since these brats had only graduated a few days ago.

Yusuke Senju shook his head in refusal. "No. B-rank missions are too dangerous."

B-rank missions usually involved infiltration and assassination.

What the hell did newly graduated genin know about that?

If he agreed, wouldn't he be sending them to their deaths?

"Teacher Yusuke..." Danzō had just wanted to say more when Yusuke Senju interrupted him. "Forget about B-rank missions. With your strength, accepting one would just be throwing your lives away."

The three of them were disciples personally trained by Lord Tobirama.

If they accidentally died on a mission, wouldn't Lord Tobirama tear him apart?

Renye agreed. "Teacher Yusuke is right. It would be better for us to take a C-rank mission."

"Mm-hmm, Renye is right," Koharu Utatane echoed.

Seeing this, veins bulged on Danzō's forehead as he gritted his teeth. "You two useless teammates!"

Renye earnestly tried to persuade him. "Danzō, B-rank missions are too dangerous. Taking a C-rank mission is enough."

"Danzō, why do you want to take a B-rank mission?" Koharu Utatane asked in confusion.

Hadn't they agreed yesterday to take a C-rank mission?

"Hiruzen told me yesterday that they took a B-rank escort mission," Danzō said coldly.

Renye was somewhat surprised. "They're already doing B-rank missions?"

Danzō nodded and tempted the two of them. "If they can take B-rank missions, why can't we?"

"We all just graduated. Why can they take B-rank missions while we have to do these low-level missions here?!"

It had to be said that Danzō had a talent for speeches. With just a few words, he stirred Renye's competitive spirit. No wonder he would become the leader of the Root organization in the future.

"Uchiha Renye, why do you think that is?" Danzō suddenly asked.

He believed he had stirred Renye's competitive spirit, and that was indeed the case.

For a moment, Renye had even wanted to take a B-rank mission.

But he quickly calmed down. Faced with Danzō's question, he answered, "Because they're braver?"

Danzō's mouth twitched. What the hell did he mean, braver?

"A true ninja fights their way out of a mountain of corpses and sea of blood, not by doing D-rank missions!" Danzō roared.

Renye froze upon hearing that.

Danzō's words woke him up.

All this time, Renye's way of thinking had not completely changed.

He knew that if he wanted to survive in the Shinobi World, he had to become strong.

Ever since transmigrating here, he had trained diligently in order to become stronger.

But Renye had failed to realize that training alone was not enough. He also needed to gain experience through life-and-death battles.

Although carrying out missions was dangerous, it was also the fastest way to become stronger!

"Danzō... you're right." Renye suddenly raised his head. "We should take a B-rank mission."

He had figured it out. If he was already this hesitant over taking a B-rank mission now—

What would he do when the several future ninja wars came?

Renye was indeed afraid of death, but this was the Shinobi World. His fate was not entirely in his own hands.

The only thing he could do was work hard to become stronger, then survive!

He believed that he would definitely become stronger!

At that moment, Renye's obsession with becoming stronger surpassed everything else.

"Renye, your eyes..."

Koharu Utatane's startled cry interrupted Renye's thoughts.

"What's wrong with my eyes?" Renye asked in confusion.

For some reason, he felt that his vision had become much clearer.

He could even clearly see the pores on Danzō's face.

"U-Uchiha Renye, y-you... awakened your eyes?!"

Danzō Shimura stared at the One Tomoe Sharingan in Renye's eyes, his mouth hanging open in shock with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

If he knew that his own words had caused Renye to awaken his eyes, would he regret it enough to slap himself twice?

Only then did Renye realize what had happened, and joy filled his heart.

No wonder his eyesight had suddenly improved—it turned out that he had awakened his eyes!

Four years. He had come to the Shinobi World four years ago, and he had finally awakened his eyes!

Although awakening One Tomoe at the age of ten was rather embarrassing compared to those senior transmigrators, he was still very happy.

There was an enormous difference between Uchiha Clan Members who possessed the Sharingan and those who did not.

The Sharingan could not only improve vision and sensory abilities, but also identify genjutsu and even cast genjutsu in return.

Not only that, the Sharingan could copy an opponent's ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

After all, it was only after Kakashi gained one Sharingan that he earned the title of Copy Ninja.

Mom would never have to worry about him being unable to learn ninjutsu again.

"Haha, I finally awakened my eyes!" Renye said excitedly.

Awakening the Sharingan at the age of ten could be considered genius-level within the Uchiha Clan.

He would be worthy of the clan pouring all its resources into nurturing him.

Unfortunately, Renye's situation was somewhat special. After Tobirama Senju adopted him, the Uchiha Clan Members were clearly unwilling to have much contact with him.

They subconsciously regarded Renye as a "traitor."

Even Shun Uchiha had begun deliberately avoiding him...

Renye did not care at all about the Uchiha Clan's actions. He even found them somewhat laughable.

This was clearly the Uchiha Clan's compromise with the Senju, yet they still blamed him for it. That only showed how incompetent the Uchiha Clan's higher-ups were.

Renye was not angry over this. As an "outsider," he had no sense of belonging toward the clan.

The three of them found Yusuke Senju and unanimously requested a B-rank mission.

Yusuke Senju could not refuse the three of them any longer.

He accepted a B-rank mission to wipe out mountain bandits.