Internal Strife, Shooting Phoenix Sage Fire!

[You righteously refuted Uchiha Seiichiro with reason.]

[You obtained the skill from the target: Fire Style - Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu (C-rank) (Proficient).]

[Your Heart of Steel stacks have increased.]

[You can now view your Heart of Steel stack count and open your status panel.]

Uchiha Ci froze for a moment, then a helpless expression appeared on his face.

He really didn't intend to trigger this talent, he just wanted an excuse to go to his death.

This could actually be resisted?

As Uchiha Ci willed it, a phantom grid immediately floated before his eyes.

Employee: Uchiha Ci
Title: Heavenly Strong Man.
Talents: Heart of Steel (SSS), Sharingan (Unawakened, B), Combat Intuition (Undeveloped, S).
Skills: Uchiha Style - Silk Manipulation Shuriken Jutsu (Mastered, S), Fire Style - Great Fireball Jutsu (Beginner, C), Fire Style - Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu (Proficient, C), Taijutsu (Beginner).
Heart of Steel stacks added (Expandable)
Insurance Status: Paid.

Uchiha Ci glanced at it briefly. It seemed about the same as he estimated, so he closed the panel with his mind.

Except for the [Combat Intuition] that inexplicably appeared on his talents, which made him a little puzzled.

Everything else was within his predictions.

Having an extra panel and a ninjutsu wasn't a big deal.

After all, the panel was just for looking, and this ninjutsu was only a C-rank Phoenix Sage Fire.

Fire Style was also known as a compassionate ninjutsu, following the rule of "smoke without damage."

As long as he could persuade the two members of his team, this suicidal opportunity could still be attempted.

However, Uchiha Ci's thoughts were beautiful, but reality did not go as he wished.

His preachy words now echoed in Uchiha Seiichiro's ears, causing the latter's expression to sink.

Seiichiro was a member of the Uchiha Clan's Dove Faction and knew the inside story of the mission.

He was already full of resentment when he joined this mission. Now, being retorted by Uchiha Ci, his eyes narrowed, and the Sharingan in his eyes quietly lit up.

"Uchiha Ci, you are lecturing me?"

Seiichiro coldly raised his eyebrows, staring intently at Uchiha Ci, his tone icy.

"You, a Genin who hasn't even awakened your Sharingan, what right do you have to lecture me?"

"It seems you need to be taught a lesson!"

Earlier, Uchiha Ci's words had some truth to them, but Uchiha Seiichiro's original intention for participating in this mission was to save his own life.

Sneaking across the border was something only a madman would do; it was too dangerous and not within his consideration.

Therefore, he appeared so angry.

Seeing the other party activate his Sharingan, Uchiha Ci instinctively averted his gaze, only looking below Uchiha Seiichiro's chest.

Then, he saw--

Uchiha Seiichiro suddenly attacked, grabbing his hair with one hand and reaching for his shoulder with the other, pressing his entire head down.

A knee strike was rapidly aimed at Uchiha Ci's head!

Uchiha Ci's pupils contracted sharply.

He had never expected that

With Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna still present, Uchiha Seiichiro would dare to start an internal conflict and attack him directly!

The next moment, Ci took a deep breath and instinctively moved his body.

Following the force of the opponent's head press, he twisted his feet on the ground, exerting force from his waist, back, and legs simultaneously. With a backflip, he slightly turned his face in mid-air to dodge the incoming knee strike.

At this moment, his hand had already swept to his lower back, quickly throwing out three shuriken.

And in an instant, he locked onto Uchiha Seiichiro's exposed throat, wrist, and temples.

"What!" Uchiha Seiichiro was startled. His Sharingan widened, and with his dynamic vision, he could clearly see the shuriken spinning rapidly towards him.

He quickly leaned back, urgently releasing the hand gripping Ci's hair, and dodged the three shuriken.

His heart was filled with a trace of shock, and after the shock, a surge of explosive anger rose!

Uchiha Ci actually dared to resist!

Resist him, his Chunin superior!

The two tomoe in Seiichiro's Sharingan spun, his eyes narrowed dangerously, and the next moment, his palm rapidly formed hand seals--

However, before his opponent could land, Uchiha Ci was already forming hand seals in mid-air.

"Tiger-Monkey-Dog-Ox-Rabbit-Tiger!"

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

Just as Seiichiro was forming the last Tiger seal, six sizable fireballs materialized before his eyes, rapidly flying towards him.

Following closely behind the fireballs, several whistling sounds of air being torn apart quickly followed!

Six shuriken and three kunai, accompanied by the six fireballs, surged towards him like an overwhelming tide.

"Damn it!" Seiichiro couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Quantity had led to quality. A full fifteen projectiles were hurtling towards him. Even with his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, which could discern the trajectory of every flying object, it was useless.

All he could do now was dodge quickly using the Body Flicker Technique.

But after the fifteen projectiles, Uchiha Ci was still pulling out more.

Four shuriken were already held between his left hand's fingers.

This wasn't even the end!

Uchiha Ci's right hand reached for the scroll storage bag at his waist and pulled out a Sealing Scroll, unfurling it.

A large character, '忍' (Ninja), was written prominently in the center of the scroll!

Judging by the scroll's length, it likely contained no less than a hundred ninja tools.

What the hell!

How can this kid throw so much!?

"Enough!"

Just then, Uchiha Setsuna, who had been watching silently from the side, spoke with a cold voice.

He suddenly appeared between the two, drawing the ninja sword from his back.

The sword swung in a circle, emitting a moon-like arc of light.

Clang, clang!

Precisely, the six fireballs, six shuriken, and three kunai were all struck and deflected by this single sword strike.

"Uchiha Seiichiro." Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna slowly sheathed his sword, his gaze chilling one to the bone.

"Go do your task."

Seiichiro trembled under the Great Elder's gaze, then fell silent.

He walked a distance away without a word to set up Alert Traps.

A hint of defiance lingered on his face.

He was a Chunin. He had simply been caught off guard by Uchiha Ci's barrage of ninja tools.

If he got serious, this Genin, Uchiha Ci, would definitely not be his opponent.

With the conflict halted, Uchiha Ci was now silently picking up the ninja tools from the ground, feeling heartbroken.

The Great Elder's sword strike had directly broken two of his high-quality kunai.

As for the crudely made shuriken, there was no need to even mention them; they were split in two.

This was all money!

Money that should have been used on a Strong Enemy was wasted on this guy, Uchiha Seiichiro, making him feel like he'd suffered a huge loss.

Uchiha Setsuna's gaze lingered for a moment on the first three shuriken Uchiha Ci had thrown, then he calmly withdrew his gaze.

With his eyesight, he could clearly see that fine threads were attached to those first three shuriken that had missed their mark.

If he hadn't stopped the fight just now.

Uchiha Seiichiro would have Body Flickered to that position, and then Uchiha Ci would have pulled the threads.

If this kid had been more ruthless, Seiichiro would likely have ended up Head and Body Separated.

Uchiha Setsuna frowned slightly, looking at Uchiha Ci.

He suddenly had a strange feeling.

It was as if the one who had just acted against Uchiha Seiichiro was himself.

This kid's Shurikenjutsu seemed... to have something to it.

"You, your name is Uchiha Ci, right?" Uchiha Setsuna suddenly asked.

"Ah, yes, that's me." Uchiha Ci was startled and nodded.

Uchiha Setsuna narrowed his eyes slightly, walked over to the bonfire, and sat down, beckoning Uchiha Ci over.

"Come here."

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