Returning to the Uchiha Clan Compound

Three days later, the group successfully returned to the Southern Army camp.

On the day of the ambush, the Uchiha successfully caught the enemy off guard.

Regrettably, they failed to capture Nara Kensuke, which could be considered a minor regret.

Upon returning to the army, Uchiha Hikazu prepared two reports.

First, he was to report the mission to Army Commander Rei Uchiha.

Second, he needed to notify the clan leader regarding the news of Kyosuke.

There was no help for it; awakening the Sharingan at the age of seven was simply too rare.

Throughout the generations of the Uchiha heritage, no one had ever been heard of possessing such talent.

As for how the clan leader would decide, that was no longer a problem for him to worry about.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

Kyosuke recovered from his injuries and began conducting planned training.

Ninjutsu, secret techniques, including the Kekkei Genkai, could all be exchanged for using points, and even abilities he had already mastered could be improved by spending points.

However, this did not mean that Kyosuke did not need to train.

To give an example, upgrading swordsmanship to level 2 required 100 points.

Then through his personal training, the point requirement would gradually decrease, indicating that personal effort was not entirely useless.

At present, his strength was insufficient, making it difficult to quickly acquire points, and wanting to accumulate strength required enduring corresponding hardships.

Little did he know, all of this had been witnessed by those paying attention.

Today, Kyosuke had just woken up when he received a notice that the Army Commander requested his presence.

It's finally here. He nodded, following his clansmen to go to Rei Uchiha's tent.

A teenager with astonishing talent lived in the camp, and if the other party took no action, he would not be worthy of competing with Tajima for the position of clan leader.

Along the way, the clansmen were all enthusiastically greeting young Kyosuke.

He had definitely never received such treatment in the past, indicating that the news of his awakening the Sharingan had already spread out.

Did they not attempt to blockade the news? Kyosuke's gaze flickered slightly, while his expression remained calm on the surface.

Soon, he followed his clansmen to the tent.

Offering a brief word of thanks, Kyosuke did not rashly enter, but instead waited patiently and silently outside the tent.

Rei Uchiha was a powerhouse at the clan-leader level, and any slight disturbance within a hundred meters could not escape him, so he naturally knew of his arrival.

Waiting was the respect he gave to the Army Commander, and it was also telling everyone that he, Uchiha Kyosuke, was a youth who understood the rules.

Understanding the rules meant that for many things, he would not choose to act recklessly, and superiors sometimes valued this very much.

After waiting for about ten minutes, he finally heard a call come from inside the tent, "Come in."

Lifting the curtain and walking in, before a wide desk, a middle-aged man looking to be in his 40s was lowering his head writing something.

This person was none other than the supreme leader of the Southern Army, and one of the high-ranking, powerful elders of the family, Rei Uchiha.

"You're here." Slowly closing the letter, Rei Uchiha looked up toward the youth, his gaze flashing with peculiar colors. "These days I've often heard people talking about you."

To this, Kyosuke did not open his mouth to reply; when facing a superior, the best way to get along was to speak less and listen more.

"Awakening your bloodline at the age of seven, your talent is truly rare to see in this world, and I am very glad that a talented youth has appeared under my command."

"I am willing to serve you, My Lord." Kyosuke chimed in, knowing the proper etiquette.

A local official was no match for an immediate supervisor, as he was currently selling his life for the Southern Army, and Rei Uchiha's importance went without saying.

"Hahahaha." Seeing him be so tactful, the Army Commander could not help bursting into laughter, and only after a long while did he continue speaking, "It's a pity, you have to leave for a period of time."

"With such outstanding talent, you will inevitably receive the clan's meticulous cultivation."

Saying this, the Army Commander paused slightly, and his smile also became somewhat playful. "Of course, hiding in the rear might not necessarily be completely safe."

"That clan leader of ours is not someone of broad mind." Rei Uchiha seemed to imply something.

Throwing over a packed envelope, he waved his hand and said, "The escort team is waiting for you; remember to deliver the letter to the clan leader."

"Yes, this subordinate takes his leave." Knowing when to yield, Kyosuke bowed and saluted, then withdrew from the Commander-in-Chief's Tent.

After leaving, someone quickly found him, stating that the clan leader had issued an order requiring him to return immediately to the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Looking at the parcel in the other person's hand, Kyosuke nodded and immediately followed the small team away from the Southern Army.

On the road, he kept pondering the dialogue inside the tent.

Judging from his words, the conflict between the Army Commander and Tajima is extremely intense.

Perhaps those words also carried the meaning of testing me.

If Kyosuke leaned toward Tajima Uchiha, then those words regarding the clan leader having a narrow mind would definitely reach his ears.

Conversely, Rei Uchiha would truly feel at ease with him, and in the future if anything should happen, the Southern Army would be Kyosuke's fallback.

A bunch of old foxes.

It took about a week for Kyosuke and his group to finally step into the Uchiha territory.

A large number of civilians lived on the outer periphery of the territory, and only by penetrating further inward did one reach the true clan grounds of the Uchiha.

If a clan wanted to develop and grow, it had to have a massive civilian presence.

Basic labor force tasks, including reclaiming fertile land and raising livestock, all required a massive number of civilians to accomplish.

One could hardly expect Uchiha clansmen to all be holding hoes and digging in the fields.

There was also another very important point, which was the reproduction and continuation of descendants.

In order to ensure the purity of their bloodline, large clans often chose intra-clan marriage, but not everyone did so.

Otherwise, after thousands of years, everyone would have long been close relatives.

Aside from direct-line clansmen, collateral branches generally chose to marry people from outside the clan to ensure the circulation of the bloodline within the clan as much as possible.

In Kyosuke's view, this practice had nothing wrong with it; the strength of Indra's bloodline was far from something that simple intermarriages with outsiders could dilute.

Rather than fussing over bloodlines, it was better to have a few more children, as expanding the population was the true kingly way.

"The Clan Leader cares deeply about you." The leader of the group looked at the dazed Kyosuke and said with a smile, "Seeing you return safely, everyone will definitely be extremely happy."

This person was a loyal follower of Tajima Uchiha, and along the way he kept brainwashing him, attempting to instill all sorts of ideologies.

In short, it meant that in order to develop, one had to be loyal to the Clan Leader; otherwise, no matter how strong one's talent was, one would still just be an ordinary clansman.

Unfortunately, his Talk-No-Jutsu still needed practice, and at the very least it was far from enough to bewitch Kyosuke.

"If Naruto had been sent here, maybe I really would have surrendered."

From what he had seen and heard since crossing over, combined with his slight impression of Tajima Uchiha from his past life, this Clan Leader gave him the image of someone self-willed and foolish.

Before the two sides had even met, the initial impression score had already fallen below the passing line.

Rei Uchiha had been willing to let Kyosuke leave easily because he had long since seen through Tajima's character, concluding that the brat could never remain within the clan forever.

Sooner or later, Kyosuke would definitely return to the Southern Army.

"To have managed such a terrible reputation, he really takes the cake." With messy thoughts spinning in his mind, he soon arrived at the Clan Leader's mansion.

With his own eyes, he saw Tajima Uchiha, along with a hedgehog-haired teenager...

Madara Uchiha!