Unexpected Experience Points

Kyosuke finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the puppet master lying dead on the ground.

With a slight burst of Chakra, he repelled the flames that were gradually extinguishing.

Just as he was preparing to return to Fugaku to check on the situation, an unexpected System Prompt made him stop in his tracks.

"Prompt: Successfully killed enemy (Level 47 Puppet Master), gained 84 experience points."

Kyosuke was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.

"Killing enemies grants experience points?" Kyosuke ran towards the battlefield where Fugaku was, examining the details.

Through the system's explanation, Kyosuke understood.

The experience gained from killing an enemy is the same as the enemy's individual level.

In other words, killing a Level 47 Puppet Master would provide him with 47 experience points.

However, there were two situations that would alter this experience gain ratio.

One was killing an enemy lower than his level; in this case, he would not gain any experience points.

The other was when the enemy's level exceeded his by three or more; for every level difference, he would gain an additional point of experience.

This meant that the reason this Level 47 Puppet Master gave him 84 experience points was not only the inherent 47 points but also an additional 37 points from the level difference.

This was because Kyosuke was only Level 10 at the time, meaning he had overcome a level gap of a full 37 levels to kill the enemy.

Of course, this situation was almost impossible to replicate.

The reason he could kill an enemy so many levels above him was the result of many advantages combined.

Pre-arranged traps, luring away the enemy's main puppets, overwhelming intelligence, and multiple surprise attacks – under these advantages, he was able to achieve such a feat.

Therefore, even after learning that he could gain experience through this method, he still had to take it slow.

Not to mention, outside of special periods like the Shinobi World Wars, where would he find so many ninjas to kill?

And the most important point was that Kyosuke did not want to become the kind of lunatic who killed anyone they saw.

In Kyosuke's opinion, such people no longer deserved to be called "human."

Of course, if they were enemies, he wouldn't have any psychological burden killing them.

But where could he find so many enemies?

As he was thinking, Kyosuke's eyes suddenly lit up.

Because he thought of a good place, where not only would there be enough enemies for him to kill, but perhaps he might even gain some extra rewards.

However, he temporarily put the thought aside, as there was still a hurdle he needed to overcome.

"Ding~" The sound of kunai clashing came from not far in front of Kyosuke.

This indicated that Fugaku's battle was not yet over.

Kyosuke cautiously approached the battlefield, simultaneously allocating the more than 80 experience points he had just gained to "Hand Seal Training" and "Chakra Control."

Hand Seal Training LV3 (0/30)

Chakra Control LV4 (0/40)

Instantly, he felt his control over chakra strengthen by a few points.

With a light leap, he landed on the large tree before him, attaching a slight amount of chakra to his feet, securing him firmly in place.

"It worked." Kyosuke smiled inwardly, then refocused his gaze on the location where Fugaku and the others were fighting.

After watching for a while, Kyosuke felt his heart settle.

From the looks of it, Fugaku was in a stalemate with his opponents.

Even though he was heavily injured, he wasn't someone those two Sand Shinobi could take down in a short amount of time.

It could only be said that as expected of Itachi and Sasuke's father, his strength was not to be underestimated.

At this moment, a thought suddenly struck Kyosuke.

In the original plot, if Fugaku hadn't surrendered so easily and had instead used his Mangekyō Sharingan to fight Konoha, what would the final outcome have been?

After careful consideration, Kyosuke still believed the Uchiha Clan's chances of winning were slim.

Admittedly, Konoha at that time was at its weakest point since its founding.

The Fourth Hokage was dead, the Third Hokage was old and frail, and Kakashi, Gai, and others had not yet reached their peak.

Coupled with Orochimaru's defection, Tsunade's departure, and Jiraiya's travels, the vast Konoha had almost no Kage-level experts worth mentioning.

But the Uchiha were even more useless.

Shisui was dead, Itachi had rebelled, and apart from Fugaku, who was deeply hidden, the rest were a bunch of incompetent fools.

Even if Konoha was weakened, relying solely on Fugaku's Mangekyō Sharingan, he would probably have to blind himself to kill the endless stream of mid-to-high-level ninja.

Therefore, if the Uchiha were truly forced to the path of a coup in the future, Kyosuke would have to consider it carefully.

At that time, could he, on his own, lead the clan out of that abyss.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough." The leading Sand Ninja hadn't intended to cause such a large commotion, but with his two subordinates still missing and a bad premonition in his heart, he could only resort to a wide-range attack.

After all, fighting against an opponent who had already awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan was too stifling.

Not only could he not look directly into the opponent's eyes, but every attack he thought he had landed would ultimately be successfully dodged by the enemy.

"Let's see how you dodge this time." The Sand ninja captain said fiercely, giving a signal to his subordinate.

Another Sand ninja nodded and then began to stealthily form hand seals.

Soon, the strong wind dissipated, and in a forest of leaning and falling trees, Fugaku's figure had disappeared.

Of course, let alone Kyosuke, even the other two Sand ninjas didn't believe Fugaku could be defeated so easily.

As expected, the reality was just as they had thought.

After a short while, in a distant ruin, Fugaku's injured figure appeared.

Just as Fugaku was about to form hand seals, a figure descending from the sky unexpectedly interrupted him.

This figure was the other Sand ninja who hadn't attacked yet.

In his hand, he held a sharp blade made entirely of "wind."

Wind Style: Blade of Wind.

This A-rank ninjutsu was the Sand ninja's ultimate trump card.

He used the thrust from his companion's ninjutsu to silently arrive above Fugaku.

As soon as Fugaku's figure appeared, he used the recoil from the ninjutsu again, directly attacking the enemy from mid-air.

This tactic was their renowned method.

This was why these two stayed behind to deal with the powerful Fugaku, while letting their other companions go capture the target.

Although the enemy's strength and resilience were somewhat beyond their expectations, as long as this move was used, they believed the enemy would surely be unable to resist.

This was the confidence given to them by countless successful battles against enemies.