After flooring the two most threatening opponents besides Might Guy, Uchiha Mai swiftly shifted his target. His scarlet eyes turned toward Rin Nohara.
A girl? So what if she's a girl? Anyone who gets in my way is going down.
With no women in my heart, my punches naturally become divine!
Because of the angle earlier, Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen in the Hokage's office, and Fugaku had not seen Uchiha Mai's One Tomoe.
But when he turned his head, everyone saw those scarlet eyes and froze in unison.
He had awakened the Sharingan at eight?
"Awakening the Sharingan at such a young age... This child from the Uchiha Clan has limitless prospects," Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a sigh.
"Just luck.
"The age at which an Uchiha awakens his eyes has nothing to do with talent. Besides, he's also a member of Konoha."
Fugaku modestly deflected attention from Uchiha Mai as much as possible.
Sarutobi Hiruzen believed that the age of awakening had nothing to do with talent. After all, as Naruto, he knew many of the Uchiha Clan's secrets. They were all recorded in the archives.
Uchiha Madara, who had once rivaled the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama—how old had he been when he awakened the Sharingan?
Fifteen. Much later than Uchiha Mai, as well as Shisui, Itachi, Sasuke, and even Obito in the future.
The belief that awakening early meant having great talent was simply a misconception. Sasuke had awakened his Sharingan at seven, but was his talent really that impressive?
Without Indra's reincarnated chakra, without Uchiha Itachi paving the way for him step by step, Sasuke would have been nothing more than an ordinary Uchiha.
Obito, who had been called a dead last, lost his left eye at twelve while Kakashi tried to save him. It was only after anger and regret overwhelmed him that he awakened his Sharingan—and he awakened Two Tomoe right away.
Not long afterward, after witnessing Rin Nohara's death at Kakashi's hands, he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan as well.
Judging solely by the Sharingan, Obito was undoubtedly a genius. He had simply matured late, much like Jiraiya.
Therefore, the claim that those who awakened early had better talent was not precise. Strictly speaking, Uchiha who were talented, clever, and emotionally sensitive tended to awaken their eyes earlier.
A white horse was not a horse.
That was one of the reasons Uchiha Mai dared to show off his Sharingan.
Of course, the main reason was that Uchiha Mai believed things like talent and the Sharingan were like looks—they could not be hidden.
As for Danzo, whom his fellow transmigrators all feared...
First of all, Danzo was nowhere near as brazen now as he had been during the Shippuden period. Uchiha Mai had experienced that personally. With so many Jonin in the clan, he had heard at least some news over the past few years.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was still in his prime, the Uchiha Clan was powerful and well-armed, and undercurrents stirred throughout the Ninja World. War could break out at any moment.
Under Fugaku's management, the Uchiha Clan was united. Quite a few members also resented the village. You dare lay a hand on our people? Do you think we Uchiha wouldn't defect together and build a new Konoha?
In the original story, when Danzo moved against Shisui, the Third Shinobi World War had already ended. The major shinobi villages had suffered heavy losses and were unable to fight again for some time.
Only then did Danzo dare move against the Uchiha Clan—and even then, he merely recruited Shisui into Root.
It was only after he became certain that the village intended to move against the Uchiha, and that the village would not side with the Uchiha if he clashed with them, that Danzo revealed his true intentions and took Shisui's eye.
When he was sure the overall situation was unfavorable, Danzo had not even dared steal the eyes of dead Uchiha.
What the hell am I supposed to fear? He doesn't even dare get reckless or show off when things are going his way, yet he has to wait until he's on the back foot to develop in secret?
Fearless, Uchiha Mai glared at Rin Nohara before charging toward her.
The little girl immediately paled in terror. The delinquent leader at the Ninja Academy—and even Obito—had both been floored in two moves, and they had looked painfully miserable.
Won't I get taken down in one move too?
Acting on instinct, Rin Nohara drew several shuriken and threw them at Uchiha Mai. Her speed, technique, and accuracy were all perfectly standard.
Uchiha Mai curled up the corners of his mouth. This was truly an amateur showing off before a master—like brandishing a broadsword before Guan Yu, or dancing before Michael Jackson.
Would the words "Uchiha" in my name be for nothing?
Shuriken throwing had always been a specialty of the Uchiha Clan. The Sharingan's copying and analytical abilities allowed the Uchiha to develop the technique to an extraordinary level.
Mai was an unconventional Uchiha. Compared with Itachi and Shisui at the same age in the original story, his shuriken skills were far inferior, but among Genin, they were still considered excellent.
As for Chunin and Jonin... If their specialty was throwing ninja tools, could they really be proper Chunin? Even Tenten understood the principle that strength could make up for technique.
Tenten relied on quantity. She would fling out a huge pile of ninja tools, and at least one of them was bound to hit.
The One Tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated, locking onto every shuriken flying through the air.
Drawing on his years of understanding of shuriken throwing, Uchiha Mai analyzed the trajectories and speed of the shuriken in an instant.
The next moment, Uchiha Mai charged toward Rin Nohara. Within a mere second, he repeatedly twisted his body by small degrees and adjusted his steps, moving as gracefully as though he were dancing while avoiding every shuriken.
The lightness and grace of his movements intoxicated Yuhi Kurenai, who was watching from the side, completely unaware that she would be the next one to face a heavy punch.
As expected of the Ninja Academy's dance king, a man brimming with artistic talent who had created the dance style known as "Street Dance" and the astonishing move called the "Moonwalk."
Even when he fought, he was this entertaining to watch.
"Spin, jump, I close my eyes; with my eyes shut, I can't see the chaos. Are you intoxicated yet~"
"Heh-heh, you can't hit me!"
After dodging all the shuriken, Uchiha Mai had already closed in on Rin Nohara. He showed no mercy simply because she was a sweet, adorable girl.
He clenched his left fist and drove a Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts: Third Form into Rin Nohara's lower abdomen.
The abdomen was also one of the body's vital areas. It contained a considerable amount of soft tissue and internal organs, and a heavy blow could easily damage them.
Struck by the heavy punch, Rin Nohara immediately collapsed to her knees in pain and stopped breathing. It took several seconds for her to recover from the pain, but the damage to her organs left her unable to stand again.
Alas, I was ultimately too soft-hearted, Uchiha Mai thought with deep emotion.
When he had fought Asuma and Obito, he had aimed straight for their heads. Against a little girl, he had only struck her abdomen. That was no good. In the future, he had to treat men and women equally.
Then I'll start with the next one.
Uchiha Mai looked toward Yuhi Kurenai.
When the little girl saw her idol looking at her, she smiled sweetly and twirled a strand of hair around her finger. But when she noticed the murderous intent in Uchiha Mai's eyes, her smile instantly froze.
You're looking at me because you want to join this Yellow Hair's team with me, right?
Yuhi Kurenai knew that was impossible, because Uchiha Mai was already charging toward her with his fist clenched.
At that moment, the little girl's heart turned to ashes. I actually lost to a man?
Recently, Uchiha Mai had often been tangled up with Might Guy. They had truly been fighting passionately. Might Guy had even asked Mai to teach him the Cross Armbreaker technique that had pinned him down that day, and Mai had held nothing back.
After school, the two of them had wrestled into a heap numerous times, exchanging grappling experience. The little girls at the Ninja Academy had been green with envy.
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