I Don't Eat Beef

Whoosh!

Having just entered the Secret Technique Room of Iwagakure Tower, Uchiha Gen heard the sound of something slicing through the air.

He casually raised a hand and blocked a long, slender, snow-white leg kicking at him.

"Leg Shadow, huh."

Uchiha Gen glanced at the person who had attacked him. She was a beautiful short-haired girl in a red cheongsam.

The girl was named Kurotsuchi. Fourteen years old, she was the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Kitsuchi's daughter, and the future Fourth Tsuchikage.

Because of her especially long, pale, beautiful legs, she was teasingly called the Leg Shadow.

Though her future strength was fairly decent, she was quite ordinary now, only at the level of a Jonin.

Uchiha Gen glared with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and the girl, who had been about to change moves and attack again, immediately stiffened before collapsing limply to the floor.

"You are a dignified Konoha Elder. Aren't you afraid of provoking a war between our villages by breaking into Iwagakure Tower to steal secret techniques?"

The girl lay limply on the ground, unwilling to accept this. As she tried to break the genjutsu, she questioned him aloud.

As a high-ranking member of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Gen did not spend much time in Konoha, but he still held the position of Konoha Elder. He was not only among the Uchiha high command, but now also part of Konoha High Command.

Five years ago, Uchiha Gen and the Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, had joined forces and swept through Kumogakure's army in a short time. That formidable feat was still widely discussed throughout the Shinobi World.

Because of that, Uchiha Gen was actually quite famous in the Shinobi World. Kurotsuchi had seen his photograph and knew what he looked like.

But Uchiha Gen's life had been