Leaf Village: I, Uchiha, Am Done Lying Flat!

"I swear on the Sage of Six Paths that I absolutely won't tell anyone!"

"..."

They weren't stupid.

They knew that with Uchiha Jin's speed, they had no chance of escaping.

If they wanted to live, all they could do was beg for mercy.

But it was useless!

The next second.

Uchiha Jin vanished again. In merely ten seconds, the two of them had become corpses.

Just like Uchiha Yoshio, both had holes in their chests, their hearts completely torn apart.

Uchiha Jin stood where he was.

He looked at the three corpses before him, his gaze calm and cold.

As if he had merely crushed three ants, there wasn't the slightest trace of fear on his face.

"Hmph, begging for mercy?"

"If begging for mercy worked, why would anyone bother training in ninjutsu?"

"That's about enough. Time to leave."

After muttering to himself, Uchiha Jin vanished in an instant.

Outside the Forest of Death, silence returned once more.

Time slowly passed.

About two hours later, a white figure sprouted from the ground like a blade of grass.

He looked at the three corpses before him and couldn't help muttering to himself.

"How pitiful. There's a huge hole in their chests."

"That Taijutsu is incredibly powerful. Was that brat really an Uchiha?"

"Another promising seed has emerged among Lord Madara's kin!"

"I never expected to find such an unexpected gain."

"I need to hurry back and report this to Lord Madara."

After saying that.

He prepared to leave immediately.

But at that moment.

A figure moving at an extreme speed suddenly appeared beside him.

"Six Powers, Tempest Kick—White Lightning!"

A figure so fast that even his afterimage was invisible carried terrifying force as he performed a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree backflip in midair, slashing out a pale blue streak of light.

The white creature looked utterly confused.

But before he could react, his body was viciously torn in half.

The next second.

Uchiha Jin, who had supposedly already left, appeared on the spot once more.

He stood with his arms folded, his expression utterly calm.

After glancing at the white creature before him, he couldn't help sighing in a faint voice.

"Damn it, I knew it."

"Uchiha Madara isn't dead yet. How could there possibly be no White Zetsu monitoring the entire Leaf Village, especially the Uchiha Clan?"

"Luckily, I'm cautious enough and have deeply comprehended the Great Dao of Lying Low."

"Otherwise, that old immortal Madara might really have set his sights on me."

Uchiha Jin sighed to himself.

Then.

He looked at the White Zetsu by his feet and couldn't help calling out inwardly.

"System, come out."

"Don't even think about fooling me. Storage space is standard issue, don't think I don't know that."

"Hurry up and give it to me!"

Uchiha Jin was feeling a little nervous.

In truth, he had no idea whether his lousy system actually had storage space.

To put it plainly, there was only one word for it.

Bluff!

Ding, Host, you're really cowardly.

Storage space has been issued. Stop bothering me.

I'm out!

Only after hearing the system speak did he let out a sigh of relief.

He had guessed right!

Without another word, he directly stored White Zetsu in the storage space before leaving again.

At the edge of the Forest of Death, silence returned once more.

Time slowly passed.

After another full two hours, Uchiha Jin finally appeared again.

"Mm, not bad."

"Looks like there really aren't any fellow practitioners of the Path of Lying Low this time."

"Time to handle business."

Then.

He rushed to his backyard at top speed and began digging downward.

About ten minutes later.

He dug up...

Ahem, a corpse!

More accurately, it was a corpse wrapped in ice, wearing a Kumogakure forehead protector.

Looking at the corpse before him, Uchiha Jin fell into thought.

This had happened two years ago.

Back then, he had only been a third-year student. One night, just as he was about to sleep at home, a Cloud Ninja had suddenly appeared in his house.

Only after Uchiha Jin captured him did he obtain information from his mouth.

That Cloud Ninja squad had come specifically to seize Kekkei Genkai.

Whether it was the Uchiha or the Hyuga Clan, both were their targets.

It was just that this guy had been a little unlucky. He had happened to run into Uchiha Jin, a fellow practitioner of the Path of Lying Low who hid his strength behind a harmless facade.

After killing that Cloud Ninja, he had not made any commotion. He had vaguely felt that the corpse would definitely be useful someday.

That was why he had decided to freeze it in ice.

See? It had come in handy now, hadn't it?

Shisui's Kindness, Reaping a Heap of Benefits

At the edge of the Forest of Death.

After avoiding everyone, Uchiha Jin first used Fire Release to destroy the corpse's brain, then restored it to a near-death state. He casually tossed it into the forest before quickly leaving.

He did not encounter anyone along the way.

After returning home, Uchiha Jin immediately returned to his lazy salted-fish mindset, flopped onto his bed, and fell sound asleep.

Early the next morning.

While he was still sleeping soundly, someone knocked on his door.

Uchiha Jin looked utterly annoyed.