Sweeping Instance Dungeons

A few days later, within the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Kyosuke got up early as usual, but today, he felt somewhat lost.

Because Nightshade had been seriously injured, Kyosuke probably would not be able to take on missions until they found a suitable replacement.

Of course, he was the only one who could not go on missions. With Ankoku and Lin's strength, they would have no trouble carrying out missions alone.

Kyosuke could only sigh helplessly at that.

As for the experience from the previous mission, it had successfully been credited after the hostage was safely returned to the Daimyo Estate.

Kyosuke did not hesitate to put the 100 Experience Points he had received into his personal level.

This raised him to Level 11, bringing him another step closer to leaving the "Ninja Apprentice" stage behind.

That was right. According to the system's classification, he would only officially enter the Genin stage upon reaching Level 15.

If Kyosuke had graduated from the Ninja Academy step by step, joined a squad, and constantly carried out missions, his level would have risen very quickly.

But given how unusual his identity and experiences were, that path of advancement had never suited him.

That was why his actual combat strength far surpassed his current level.

Still, he believed that after some more time passed, rapidly raising his personal level would not be much of a problem.

After all, even if the frequency was not high, he now had a stable way to gain Experience Points.

All that remained was a matter of time.

But before that, he still had a few things to do.

"Ding~"

Kyosuke waved aside the kunai Obito had thrown at him. Then, amid Obito's angry expression, he rapidly formed hand seals with the right hand hidden in his sleeve.

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu.

The Level 2 Fireball Jutsu ferociously surged toward Obito.

Unfortunately, although Obito, who had awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, was still rather weak in combat, he could still foresee Kyosuke's Ninjutsu in advance.

After dodging the Ninjutsu in a sorry state, Obito was about to retaliate when he realized Kyosuke had already rushed before him.

Left with no choice, he abandoned his hand seals and gripped his kunai, preparing for close-quarters combat.

"Hmph, do you really think you're Kakashi at such a young age? Pah, even Kakashi wouldn't be my match in close combat." As all sorts of messy thoughts ran through Obito's mind, he swung his kunai and charged forward.

"Heh." Watching Obito foolishly rush at him, Kyosuke could not help but smile faintly.

At the same time, several Blue Serpents suddenly emerged from the arm he seemed to be using to meet the attack head-on, rapidly coiling toward Obito.

Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.

"Ah, damn snakes!!!" Obito cried out as he tried to evade them.

But because he had charged too fiercely earlier, the snakes ultimately wrapped around his body.

At that critical moment, Obito's expression suddenly went blank for an instant. Then, the two black tomoe in his eyes began spinning wildly.

In an instant, the poisonous snakes passed straight through his body and fell to the ground.

"Strange, just now I... Aah!!!" Just as Obito was bewildered, a pair of hands suddenly burst from the ground, seized his feet, and dragged him underground.

Mind Decapitation Technique.

Although Kyosuke was somewhat alarmed as well, after the previous incident with "Youth Itachi," he had been mentally prepared for this.

That was why he had managed to subdue Obito immediately.

"What an outstanding ability. What a waste." Kyosuke sighed inexplicably, then slightly extended his kunai and ended Obito's life.

Challenger Instance Dungeon: "Young Obito" successfully cleared.

Recently, because the Hashirama Cells experiment had entered a stage of long-term observation, Kyosuke had begun extensively sweeping low-level Instance Dungeons in his free time.

Although he had not obtained any particularly useful abilities, his overall Ninjutsu levels had advanced by another tier.

But the Sharingan he wanted most still had not dropped even once.

Great Fireball Technique.

Great Fireball Technique.

Great Fireball Technique.

"Damn it." Sitting in the Root laboratory, Kyosuke stared speechlessly at the three items Obito had "dropped."

Rubbing his aching head, he could only conclude that Obito was simply too weak.

Although Obito had suddenly used Kamui in that critical moment, without White Zetsu's body, which was filled with Hashirama Cells, to support him, he could not properly wield that ability.

That was why Kyosuke had killed him so easily.

Likewise, while the items he dropped were not useless, they still fell far short of what Kyosuke had expected.

It seems that if I want another Sharingan skill scroll, I'll have to challenge a ninja stronger than me.

Kyosuke muttered silently, then opened the Instance Dungeon menu again and began searching among the small pool of "young Uchiha" for his next opponent.

"Uchiha Sasuke—damn, even the weakest version is him in his Valley of the End state. Skip, skip."

"Izuna Uchiha. Good lord, he participated in two foreign wars. At the very least, he's a Three Tomoe Jonin. Skip, skip."

"Madara Uchiha... Forget it."

"Shisui Uchiha. Huh, he seems to be only two years older than me. I can consider him."

"Oh, an old acquaintance. Mr. Itachi. Hmm, Anbu Itachi? Forget it, it wouldn't be good to keep targeting him. Skip, skip."

"Shin Uchiha. Damn, he starts out with the Mangekyo already awakened? Skip, skip."

"Indra... Don't mess with me."

"Huh, Sarada Uchiha. Hehe, you're the one!"

Kyosuke looked at Sarada's cover image, where she wore glasses, and chuckled strangely before choosing to enter the Instance Dungeon again.

"Hey, have you heard about the Konoha White Fang?" A villager glanced around before mysteriously speaking to the people beside him.

"I heard." Another villager hesitated slightly before saying, "Actually, I don't think it's entirely his fault. After all, his comrades' lives—"

"Hmph." The first villager snorted coldly, then said in an icy tone, "I don't care about comrades or anything else. All I know is that his mission failed and caused the village such enormous losses. He must be punished."

"...It wasn't your loss."

"Don't be stupid. War is about to break out again. If this mission failure causes us to lose the war, have you considered what will happen to us?"

"That does seem right."

"Exactly. I don't care how important he is. He must be severely punished!"

Inside the Root base.

"Sama Danzo, we have spread the rumors as instructed." A Root ninja knelt before Danzo as he spoke.

"Good." After hearing this, Danzo forcefully tapped his cane against the floor, then waved the man away.

"Hatake Sakumo, you are simply too dazzling." Danzo narrowed his eyes and sneered inwardly. "After this, I hope you learn your lesson and understand your place."

"Otherwise... Konoha may not be able to tolerate you."