Internal Strife, Shooting Phoenix Sage Fire!

You spoke righteously and used reason to counter Uchiha Seiichiro.

You gained the skill from him: Fire Style - Phoenix Sage Fire Technique (C-Rank) (Proficient).

Your Steel of the Heart stacks increased.

Now, you can view your Steel of the Heart stacks and open your own skill panel.

Uchiha Ci froze slightly, then a look of speechlessness appeared on his face.

He really hadn't intended to trigger this talent; he just wanted an excuse to go to his death.

This can trigger a reaction?

Uchiha Ci's consciousness stirred, and a phantom grid immediately floated before his eyes.

[Employee: Uchiha Ci]
[Title: Heaven-Sent Strong Man]
[Talents: Steel of the Heart (SSS), Sharingan (Unawakened, B), Combat Intuition (Undeveloped, S)]
[Skills: Uchiha Style - Threaded Shuriken Technique (Mastered, S), Fire Style - Great Fireball Technique (Beginner, C), Fire Style - Phoenix Sage Fire Technique (Proficient, C), Taijutsu (Beginner)]
[Steel of the Heart Stacks Accumulated (Expandable)]
[Insurance Status: Paid]

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

Except for the Combat Intuition that inexplicably appeared under his talents, which puzzled him a bit.

Everything else was within his predictions.

An extra panel and a ninjutsu were no big deal.

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

Fire Style was known for being a merciful ninjutsu, following the "smoke but no damage" principle.

As long as he could persuade the two members of his squad, 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, immediately causing the latter's expression to darken.

Seiichiro was a member of the Uchiha clan's pacifist faction and knew the inside story of the mission.

He was already full of resentment when he joined this mission, and when Uchiha Ci retorted, 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, how dare you lecture me?"

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

Previously, Uchiha Ci's words had some logic, but 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 far too dangerous and not within his consideration.

Therefore, he appeared so angry.

Seeing the Sharingan light up, 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 hadn't expected at all that Uchiha Seiichiro would dare to start an internal conflict and attack him while the Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna was right there!

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

Following the force of the headlock, he twisted his foot on the ground, using his waist, back, and legs to exert force, flipping backward and slightly turning his face in mid-air to dodge the incoming knee strike.

At this moment, his hand had already reached his lower back, and he swiftly threw three shuriken.

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

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

He quickly leaned back, urgently releasing his grip on Ci's hair, and dodged the three shuriken.

A hint of shock rose in his heart, followed by a surge of intense anger!

Uchiha Ci actually dared to resist!

Resist him, a Chunin superior!

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

However, before Uchiha Ci could finish positioning himself, he was already forming hand seals in mid-air.

Child-Ox-Dog-Boar-Rabbit-Ox!

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!

Just as Seiichiro was forming the last Ox seal, six not-so-small fireballs materialized before his eyes, rapidly flying towards him.

Closely following the fireballs, several whistling sounds of objects cutting through the air quickly followed!

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

"This is bad!" Seiichiro couldn't help but widen his eyes.

A quantitative change leading to a qualitative one. A full fifteen projectiles were coming at him. Even with his two- tomoe Sharingan, which could see the trajectory of all incoming projectiles, it was useless.

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

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

Four shuriken were already held between the fingers of his left hand.

And it wasn't over yet!

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

In the center of the scroll was a large character: '忍' (Ninja)!

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

Damn it!

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 ninja 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 cut down and deflected by this single strike.

"Uchiha Seiichiro." Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna slowly sheathed his sword, his gaze chilling enough to make one's heart freeze.

"Get to work."

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

He silently walked a distance away to set up warning traps.

However, a hint of defiance lingered on his face.

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

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

The conflict was stopped.

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

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

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

This was all money!

Money that should have been used on a strong enemy was wasted on this Uchiha Seiichiro, making him feel like he'd taken a huge loss.

Uchiha Setsuna's gaze lingered on the first three shuriken Uchiha Ci had thrown for a moment before he calmly looked away.

With his eyesight, he could clearly see that the three shuriken that had initially missed were wrapped with a fine thread.

If he hadn't stopped the fight just now.

Uchiha Seiichiro would have used the Body Flicker Technique to move to that position, and then Uchiha Ci would have pulled the thread.

If this kid had been more ruthless, Seiichiro would have likely been decapitated.

Uchiha Setsuna frowned slightly, looking at Uchiha Ci.

He suddenly had a strange feeling.

It was as if he himself had been the one to deal with Uchiha Seiichiro just now.

This kid's shurikenjutsu... it seemed to have some substance.

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

"Ah, yes, that's me." Uchiha Ci was stunned 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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