Excessive Self-Defense

The next day at the Senju Clan Grounds, in Nawaki's house.

"Next time, I will definitely defeat that guy!"

Nawaki, after this battle, resolved to work harder.

However, combined with the bandages all over his body and the plaster cast on his hands, it was indescribably comical.

"Save your energy..." Tsunade slapped Nawaki's small head, wrapped in bandages, "You just got back from the hospital last night, and now you're yelling and shouting, don't you want to get better?"

Nawaki immediately bared his teeth, "Sis, it hurts! I'm starting to suspect you don't want me to get better."

"Severe burns on the left arm, more than 30% of the cells in the right hand were penetrated by lightning..."

"Multiple meridians damaged throughout the body. If you weren't from the Senju Clan, you could basically say goodbye to your ninja career."

"It's... all that guy's fault, why did he have to go so hard?"

The injuries Tsunade mentioned actually made Nawaki feel regretful inside.

No one would have thought that a duel between six-year-old children would cause such serious injuries.

"Tch, you were just overestimating yourself. If you had known a little more about the other person's information, you wouldn't be in this state."

"Well... well, I know enough now, next time..."

Before Nawaki could finish speaking, Tsunade, looking angry, stopped him, "Nawaki, are you stupid? That Uchiha kid, won't he develop other Ninjutsu specifically to counter you?"

"But... I will also impr..."

"Five chakra natures, Sharingan, a modified Fire Release, and a special chakra mode..."

She shook her head, pressing down on Nawaki's head with a little force, "Against such an opponent, you'll probably have to train your Super Strength to the extreme to compete. I didn't expect that only a little over a decade after Madara's death, another genius has appeared in the Uchiha Clan."

A fair duel, you can't blame others for losing.

"Sis, how did you get to the scene so quickly?"

Nawaki, with a painful expression, noticed the key point, "I remember that I lost consciousness not long after the big commotion with that guy."

Tsunade's face was full of hesitation.

She didn't know if her younger brother would lose his fighting spirit if he learned the truth.

But after thinking about it, she figured that with her brother's intelligence, he probably wouldn't care too much.

"Actually, the Third Hokage sent ANBU to notify me..."

"Later I found out that Uchiha Shin has been secretly protected by him."

Nawaki looked puzzled, "Secretly protected? Why?"

"The Third Hokage said that the child's future is very likely to surpass Uchiha Madara. If your injuries weren't treated in time, you would have been bedridden for at most a month or two."

"What does that prove? Later on, I was going back and forth with him!"

Tsunade, looking at Nawaki's face full of unwillingness, was actually a little angry.

She thought her own brother was just stupid.

"It means that he didn't use his full strength, and he was able to seriously injure you without turning you into a cripple."

"So what? Maybe that's all that guy's got." Nawaki was still unconvinced.

"Don't be naive, an Uchiha with the Sharingan can see the flow of chakra in your body..."

She removed her hand from his little head, "What if he attacked the meridians in your vital areas?"

"What if he didn't focus on electricity, but used Wind or Fire Release?"

"!!!" Nawaki finally understood what it meant.

It meant that even with all his strength, he still couldn't defeat the other person.

"So, I'm going to be lying at home for three months?"

"According to him, he originally wanted you to be bedridden for a year and a half, but your body strength forced him to give up."

"That guy, he even told you guys things like that?"

"Ahem... actually, he told the Third Hokage."

Let's rewind time to yesterday.

Shin, who arrived at school on time, was sitting obediently in the second seat in the first row of the classroom, listening attentively to Nishinodera's lecture.

Then, before five minutes had passed, he was singled out and taken away by several ANBU.

At the time, the entire class was shocked by this scene.

"Uchiha Shin was taken away by the ANBU?"

"I knew he must have done something wrong. I knew he wasn't a good person at first glance."

"The most evil freshman in the history of the Ninja Academy!"

"..."

Nao listened to the various rumors with a blank expression, suddenly sensing that something was off.

"At this rate, he might actually blow up the school~"

Hokage's office.

"Hokage-jiji, why are you looking at me like that?" Shin felt that the other party's gaze was somewhat malicious.

"Tell me, what happened with Nawaki?" The Third Hokage seemed to have given up on his original intention to question him.

"Oh, you're talking about that? That blockhead stopped me on my way to school and challenged me to a duel, so I beat him up."

"Then how did he get so badly injured? You know that if something happens, your father will have a headache."

"It's fine, I held back. I originally wanted him to be bedridden for a year and a half."

The Third Hokage, listening to Shin's nonchalant tone, began to have a headache even sooner than Chiken.

Held back? Originally wanted him to be bedridden for a year and a half? And he's just a child, yet he can precisely control his Chakra?

"Don't worry, Hokage-jiji, as I expected..." Shin patted his chest, assuring the Third Hokage, "He'll be bedridden for three months at most. I have complete confidence in my calculations."

"Even so, there was no need to beat Nawaki up like that, right?"

"Then let me put it another way..." Seeing that the other party still wanted to pursue the matter, Shin changed the subject. "If someone stopped Hokage-jiji on the road, what would you do?"

"I would definitely reason with him."

"What if the other party was unreasonable and even tried to attack you, Hokage-jiji?"

"I would definitely stop him."

"So, that's the situation~"

The Third Hokage looked at Shin, who shrugged and spread his hands, and finally understood what he meant.

It was self-defense, at most excessive self-defense.

"Then... then how can you be sure that Nawaki won't have any aftereffects?"

"He's from the Senju Clan, their bodies are very sturdy..."

Shin curled his lips. "I just used Lightning Release Chakra to give him electrotherapy. With his recovery ability, Hokage-jiji, you can rest assured that there will definitely be no aftereffects."

"..."

The Third Hokage didn't know whether he should believe him or not.

Years of intuition still made him unable to believe that a six-year-old child could have such strength.

"Swish..." A figure quickly entered from outside the window.

After whispering a few words in the Third Hokage's ear, he disappeared the way he came.

"Nawaki is not seriously injured..."

"However, Shin, you need to be careful. Other children don't have his recovery ability."

"Relax, Hokage-jiji, he's the only blockhead at school who dares to say things like 'duel' to me..."

"I'm well aware of how others view the Uchiha."

Shin's amiable smile at this moment made the Third Hokage unable to believe that he was an Uchiha.

He began to doubt the Second Hokage's research.

Wasn't the Uchiha Clan's power supposed to come from hatred?

"Hokage-jiji, tomorrow there might be all sorts of rumors about me~"

"How is that possible? The supervisory departments formed by the various clans are not just for show."

"Let's wait and see." Shin's reminder ended there.

If there really were rumors, it would definitely be released by ninja clans who were unhappy with the Uchiha and wanted to get rid of him quickly.

He had plenty of ways to deal with those ninja clans.