Mission: Go To Valley of Hell!

Currently, The stage is silent, you could hear a pin drop.

The Uchiha Group wore looks of horror, not daring to breathe.

Afraid that taking a single breath, Uchiha Setsuna would immediately dismember Uchiha Ci on the spot!

And Uchiha Setsuna, who was being gazed at by everyone, had a face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Being confronted so recklessly by Uchiha Ci, even with his good temper, he was starting to lose it!

Uchiha Setsuna's eyes flashed with a crimson cold light, his Three Tomoe slowly spinning in his Sharingan, staring directly at Uchiha Ci.

An extremely suppressed killing intent gradually spread through the hall.

It was as if in the next moment, this Great Elder would draw the long sword from his back and hack Uchiha Ci into pieces like fruit!

However, at this moment, Uchiha Ci, who was being stared at, didn't have the time to pay attention to this suppression.

Currently, he was staring in a daze at the subtitles that appeared before his eyes.

[Ding!]

[You bravely confronted Uchiha Setsuna and obtained a random skill from the target: Uchiha Style - Silk Manipulation Shuriken Jutsu (Mastered).]

[Your Heart of Steel stacks increased.]

At this instant, Uchiha Ci was stunned for a moment, and a vast flow of knowledge poured into his brain.

From various styles of shuriken, to the material of steel wire, to the techniques, skills, hidden strength, and clever strength of ninja tool throwing, all sorts of knowledge flashed through his mind.

In an instant, enlightenment, analysis, mastery, and proficiency crossed one stage after another that required time to temper.

Once again crossing stage after stage of muscle instinct that needed to be etched in the space between life and death, Until—

Mastered!

Uchiha Ci had mastered the Uchiha Style - Silk Manipulation Shuriken Jutsu at a Mastered level!

"Huh?!"

"What, what is this situation?" Uchiha Ci was dumbfounded.

Jokes aside, the shurikenjutsu of this caliber isn't even fit to carry the water for the pinwheel shuriken Young Sasuke played with in the original work.

There are no shortcuts to practicing shurikenjutsu; it can only be accumulated with time.

For shurikenjutsu of this level, one would need to reach the level of Arm-severed Sasuke, who fought Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, to even be able to compete with him.

But he actually obtained it just by confronting Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna head-on!

However, considering Uchiha Setsuna's terrifying record of assassinating the Second Hokage and still being alive and kicking, Uchiha Ci felt relieved.

Is this the confidence of an Old Generation Uchiha Artist?

This, this, to be honest. As expected of Heart's Hardness, it has a kind of numerical beauty!

Awesome!

But why hasn't the Great Elder killed me yet?

On stage, After a full three minutes of silence, Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna turned his head away speechlessly.

He finally confirmed that this Uchiha Ci was a greenhorn who had no idea what fear was.

Under his terrifying killing intent, this kid seemed completely unaffected, just staring him down.

If they kept staring, the situation would become awkward.

Uchiha Setsuna then snorted coldly:

"Since you're so eager to go die for Konoha, then I can't stop you."

"You, step forward!"

Uchiha Ci immediately jolted, snapping back to attention and looking up at the Great Elder. Instead of joy at receiving a mission, his face was filled with bewilderment.

Wait, this script is wrong!

Uchiha Ci had approached Uchiha Setsuna with the mentality of immediate self-sacrifice.

He was just short of cackling maniacally...

But, Great Elder, why haven't you killed me yet?

Just do it and end me!

As a Hawk Faction Leader, can't you show a little manliness?

"Ci-kun." Shisui Uchiha couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Looking at Uchiha Ci's expression, one could tell how dangerous the war was. This youth understood it very clearly.

Look, Ci-kun's face has turned pale with fear.

But even so, he still bravely stepped forward.

In that case...

Shisui Uchiha, his Sharingan activated, walked out from the crowd and said solemnly to Uchiha Setsuna:

"Great Elder, the mission is still short one Genin. Please allow me to participate."

Uchiha Setsuna looked at Shisui Uchiha walking out and frowned slightly. His gaze fell on the other's pair of Crimson Sharingan. "You are Kagami's grandson? Shisui?"

"Yes, and please allow me to be willful this once. I wish to choose the mission to the Land of Rain."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Setsuna didn't speak. He merely glanced at Shisui indifferently and then looked past him, continuing to assign missions to other ninja.

This was tacit approval.

As the leader of the Hawk Faction within the Uchiha Clan, He and the Dove Faction were naturally at odds. Moreover, Shisui's development didn't require his concern.

Within the Dove Faction, for a genius who graduated early from the Ninja Academy, awakened the Sharingan, and was the grandson of the Previous Patriarch, they would naturally provide him with full, nanny-like training.

Compared to Shisui, Uchiha Setsuna was more troubled by Uchiha Ci's issue.

Although the Hawk Faction's ideology for cultivating talent was to throw children off a cliff.

Those who could fly would naturally become eagles soaring with free will.

Those who couldn't would fall to the valley floor and become a pile of rotten dog shit. Perhaps in this increasingly chaotic era, that was a form of luck.

But Uchiha Ci...

He hadn't even fully grown his feathers yet, and he was already thinking about flying. His stubbornness was simply astonishing.

Even he, an extremely extreme Hawk Faction leader, felt that this kid might be a bit too extreme...

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Soon, the personnel assignments were complete. Uchiha Setsuna scanned the crowd with cold eyes and indifferently announced:

"For the Battlefield of the Land of Rain, Jonin Shinichi will be the Captain. Special Jonin support, and Genin Shisui will form a squad. They will arrive at the border camp first to await arrangements. The Flying Eagle Message has been sent, and Uchiha members will be there to meet you."

"To you, I give a special reminder: Your lives belong to the Uchiha, and to yourselves. They do not belong to Konoha. You had better understand this point, old man!"

"For the Valley of Hell in the Land of Hot Water, I myself will be the Captain, with Chunin Kiyochiro and Genin Ci forming a squad to reinforce the garrison troops in the Valley of Hell."

"Team members, gather at the village entrance tomorrow at 8 AM."

"That's all, dismissed!"

Uchiha Setsuna always had a decisive style. After announcing the mission, he instantly disappeared.

The ninjas present looked at each other blankly for a moment, then no longer lingered. The Security Department didn't keep idlers.

Soon, only Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Ci, who was deep in thought, remained in the hall.

Uchiha Ci frowned slightly.

Because of Shisui's interruption, he was ultimately assigned to go to the Valley of Hell.

In contrast, he wanted to go to that meat grinder battlefield in the Land of Rain more.

The Battlefield of the Land of Rain had been fought from the eve of the shinobi war until its end, lasting a full five years. During this time, the fronts were pushed from the Land of Rain all the way into the Land of Fire by the combined efforts of Iwa, Suna, and Kumo.

Finally, The battle that broke out was the heaviest casualty battle of the Third Shinobi World War—

The Battle of Kikyoumori.

Therefore, Uchiha Ci wanted to go to that place even more, because it was a genuine battlefield comparable to a meat grinder.

But he was insignificant, and it was already a stroke of luck to get a mission.

He had no choice but to accept the mission distribution results.

He was thinking about another problem.

In the original work, without his participation in this event, Uchiha Shisui should have only been able to choose to go to the Land of Hot Water, and then be incorporated into the front line confronting Kirigakure.

Without Uchiha Ci actively snatching a spot, the Dove Faction would not allow Shisui to make such a willful choice. Even if Shisui stood up on his own, he would definitely be assigned to the relatively safer Kirigakure Frontline.

And finally emerge with the title of Body Flicker Shisui.

Now, Because of his appearance, the plotline had already begun to quietly change, like a butterfly flapping its wings.

Would Uchiha Shisui, because of this, die in the Land of Rain?

Without Shisui in the aftermath, would Uchiha Itachi then awaken his Mangekyo and become that lunatic who massacred his clan?

Uchiha Ci suddenly realized, His very existence, his intent to commit insurance fraud, the choices he made, had already changed many things silently.

The path ahead seemed to be shrouded in a dense fog that obscured all sight.

This sent a shiver down his spine.

Please collect and follow, sirs, bang bang bang.