You Know Nothing of Power

As boys of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Liang and the others thought highly of themselves.

They generally looked down on commoners and did not even consider children from other clans worthy of notice.

After all, ever since the Senju Clan had declined, they had begun calling themselves Konoha's number one clan.

But who would have thought that during the test just now, Uchiha Chen had thrown off their rhythm? They tried to speed up as well, but later on, they ran out of strength and were overtaken by many people.

As a result, their scores were utterly ordinary. It was hard for them to save face.

After all, they had always considered themselves the Uchiha Clan's Three Geniuses! They had even bragged about it to children from other clans before.

How were they supposed to keep hanging around the ninja world after this?

And the one who had taken first place was Uchiha Chen, whom they had often bullied before.

Although Uchiha Chen was mentally mature, when he was three or four years old and had not begun training yet, he still could not beat them.

After all, they had strength in numbers.

And since he was ostracized by the Uchiha Clan, few adults would stand up for him.

So the three of them came over in a fury, intending to teach him a lesson.

He wanted to leave after stealing the spotlight?

I'll tell you, things aren't that simple!

The three of them each struck a pose. Uchiha Liang gave a look, and his lackey, Uchiha Feng, immediately understood what his boss meant.

Uchiha Feng stepped forward. "Uchiha Chen, get over here!"

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Uchiha Chen asked lazily.

"You ask what's wrong? You sure showed off just now!"

Uchiha Chen curled his lip. "You got red-eyed because you lost? Instead of training properly and finding your own shortcomings, you came all the way here just to cause trouble for me."

"Looks like you're pretty confident in your own strength. Don't tell me that because you were in such a hurry to awaken the Sharingan, you stuffed everything in your heads into your eyes?"

Uchiha Chen had retained a bad habit from his previous life: he had a sharp tongue.

Faced with the provocation of the three children before him, he truly did not consider it worth mentioning. A few casual remarks were enough to make the Uchiha Trio before him stamp their feet in rage.

"Enough, you three!" Mikoto said to them. It was obvious that they had come looking for trouble.

Before Uchiha Chen could say anything else, Mikoto, who stood beside him, could no longer stand by and watch. She wanted to stop them. In her eyes, no matter how capable Uchiha Chen was, he could not be a match for three people.

"Uchiha Chen, if you're still a proper man, don't hide behind Mikoto!" Uchiha Liang wanted to make Uchiha Chen look cowardly in front of Mikoto.

You're doomed to be single!

How could he speak like that? With that kind of emotional intelligence, how could he ever find a soft, cute girl?

Uchiha Chen sighed.

He was deeply worried about the Uchiha Clan's future marriage rate.

For Mikoto's sake, the three on the other side could not keep putting on a spectacle of shrieking abuse in the middle of the street.

After all, they cared about their image too.

They could only leave behind a threat and depart resentfully. Before leaving, Uchiha Liang glared fiercely at Uchiha Chen.

"I'll be waiting for you to come beat me up." Completely unconcerned by their provocation, Uchiha Chen lazily called out once more, then gestured for Mikoto, who had just spoken up for him, to continue heading home.

"Come on, Mikoto, let's go back."

Mikoto looked at Uchiha Chen with some concern,

as if he were already lying in a hospital bed.

Uchiha Chen smiled. "It's fine. They're no match for me."

After escorting Mikoto back to her home, Uchiha Chen returned to his own little courtyard.

Although his strength had improved, he could not relax.

He needed to keep training.

No one was born destined to become strong.

Even if he could allocate points to become a genius in every area, a genius was still only a genius. What he wanted to become was a true powerhouse.

He quickly packed up, brought some food, and ran toward the forest beside Hokage Rock.

Konoha was quite humane in its treatment of war orphans. They could receive enough relief money each month to live on.

But something as luxurious as a Training Ground was not something war orphans could have.

The Uchiha Clan did have Training Grounds within their clan.

But he was ostracized within the clan.

When he was younger, he had gone there and suffered harassment and bullying. That was why he no longer liked going there afterward.

Thus, the vast forest behind Hokage Rock became Uchiha Chen's training ground.

Simple training could still be carried out there.

The Uchiha Clan Grounds were still located in the center of the village. After all, the Uchiha Clan was one of the two core clans that had founded the village.

The Clan Grounds were not yet in the remote location they would occupy in later generations.

So he quickly reached Hokage Rock.

This time, the system's emotionless voice did not sound.

Because Uchiha Chen had not trained seriously. He had deliberately slowed down.

It still pained him a little.

A single point was still a point!

Points were art!

But forget it.

After all, he had other things to do.

Uchiha Chen stopped. Three little tails were following behind him.

He needed to deal with them.

He shook his Uchiha Brand Windbreaker and said, "Come out. You've been following me ever since I left the Clan Grounds."

Three figures leaped down from the large trees behind him.

"Just in case you ran away again." Uchiha Liang stood with his arms crossed, wearing the arrogant expression of a child that made one want to plant a fist in his fair face. "That's why we followed you out here! This time, Mikoto isn't here to protect you."

"Thank you for your hard work, my foolish clansmen."

Uchiha Chen was expressionless, completely unable to summon any interest in continuing to talk to the Extra Trio before him.

"Who's foolish, you bastard? This is just a little concern from us Uchiha toward another clansman! So, are you ready?" Uchiha Feng had already found an excuse.

"So what exactly do you want? A fight?"

Carrying his Ninja Pouch, Uchiha Chen was eager to give it a try. He had not properly tested his current strength yet. Besides, these three had bullied him before, and he wanted to teach them a lesson.

"Don't describe a sacred duel between ninjas as some brat's entertainment!" Uchiha Liang shouted.

"I recently learned a new move. It can't be shown through Taijutsu. Don't think getting first in the physical test means you can do whatever you want. As long as I win, you have to agree to one condition. How about it?" Uchiha Liang was brimming with confidence.

"Oh, you're not planning to come at me together?"

Uchiha Chen nodded. It seemed the other side had gotten a little too full of themselves; they needed a lesson. "What if I win?"

Uchiha Feng immediately placed inexplicable trust in his boss's strength like a devoted lackey. He said disdainfully, "How is that possible? Have you forgotten how we used to teach you a lesson?"

"Then hurry up. Don't waste time." Uchiha Chen loosened up his body.

Uchiha Liang's two lackeys cheered him on.

"Boss, hit him hard!"

"Beat him down, trample him, humiliate him!"

"Hmph."

Faced with Uchiha Chen's indifference, Uchiha Liang snorted coldly. In his eyes, Uchiha Chen was merely an ignorant fool who knew absolutely nothing about his true power.

"You arrogant fool, you know nothing of true power. I'm not the same as I was before!"