You Are the Challenger

Snap!

Uchiha Tekka felt a sudden slap on the back of his head and immediately turned around angrily. "Which bastard hit me? Inabi, was it you—uh, Great Elder?"

Looking back, he saw the Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna a cold face. He had just withdrawn one hand, but upon hearing his words, he subtly raised it again.

Uchiha Inabi watched from behind with a smug look on her face.

"Hey, Great Elder, what are you doing?!"

Uchiha Tekka quickly retreated, creating a safe distance.

"What did I tell you before? Have you forgotten?!"

Uchiha Setsuna bristling and eyes wide, retorted, "Are those eyes something you can just casually talk about in public?"

"This is within the clan, not outside—"

Uchiha Tekka felt a little wronged.

Now everyone here is from his own family. If there were even an outsider present, he certainly wouldn't have asked directly.

"That won't do!"

Uchiha Setsuna said coldly.

The Mangekyō Sharingan is a forbidden power!

Even within the Uchiha clan, weren't there countless internal conflicts surrounding the Sharingan?

Even setting aside the Mangekyō Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan has experienced internal strife in the past due to the forbidden techniques of the Sharingan!

"I'll be more careful next time, okay?"

Uchiha Tekka shrank back and answered honestly.

He was just curious for a moment.

Qingye was in the same class as him at the Ninja Academy. Back then, their talents and strengths were not much different, and they also had a good relationship, so he asked directly.

They're clearly the same age, but after only two or three years on the battlefield, how did Qingye's strength suddenly skyrocket to this level?

Even the Mizukage of Kirigakure was killed!

Uchiha Tekka felt that he had made great progress in the past two years, and had even awakened the Sharingan, and had even reached the Futatsudomoe.

Compared to Qingye, it was like a small fry compared to a big fish.

"Sit down quickly! Today is the election for a squad leader in the Konoha Military Police Force, so be serious!"

Uchiha Setsuna spoke, he walked to the front of the underground shrine of the shrine and sat down beside the ancient stone tablet.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha Clan, had already taken his seat.

The underground ancestral hall was packed with people.

Almost all the ninjas from the entire Uchiha Clan are here today.

At the very front were naturally the clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, and the Uchiha Setsuna.

Then they took their seats in rows according to their strength, ninja rank, the number of Tomoe in their Sharingan, and their rank in the Konoha Military Police Force.

There were fewer people in the second row.

Only Three-Tomoe Sharingan Jonin to sit here.

Given the intensity of the Third Shinobi World War, the number of Uchiha with three tomoe rank, which originally numbered in the double digits, has now plummeted to single digits.

Qingye naturally sat in the second row.

He glanced around at the familiar faces in the vicinity.

Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Yakumi were roughly of the same generation as Uchiha Fugaku, both around thirty years old, and were already squad leaders in the Konoha Military Police Force before the outbreak of the Third Shinobi World War.

There was an acquaintance on the other side as well.

Uchiha Inabi.

At 17 years old this year, he barely falls into the category of Uchiha Nobita.

During the war, he successfully upgraded his Sharingan to the Mitsudomoe and advanced his ninja rank to Jonin.

"Hey, Qingye."

Among the group in the third row behind, Uchiha Tekka couldn't contain himself any longer and quietly reached out towards Qingye: "How did you awaken those eyes?"

Why do you talk so much?

Qingye turned around with some disdain. "Great Elder, you didn't hit me hard enough!"

"It's not just me who's curious. Look at Shisui and Fuuji, they definitely want to know too."

Uchiha Tekka pointed to the two boys who looked to be in their early teens beside him.

Qingye followed the gaze in that direction.

Uchiha Shisui ----

He should be 11 years old now, right?

Sitting in the same row as Uchiha Tekka means he also has the Two-Tomoe Sharingan?

Given Shisui's talent, he should be able to get the Mitsudomoe soon.

Qingye pondered this, she glanced at Uchiha Fūshi was the same age as Shisui.

He suspected that the unfortunate child was a tool in Shisui's Mangekyo project.

"I wasn't really that curious."

Shisui scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

Am I the only one who's curious?

Uchiha Tekka stared wide-eyed at Shisui and Fuuji beside him. Seeing that neither of them paid any attention to him, he still reached out to reach Uchiha Inabi, who was sitting next to Qingye.

"Inabi, you've Mitsudomoe now, you must be really curious, right?"

"You'd better shut up!"

When Uchiha Inabi saw the unfriendly look in the eyes of the Great Elder ahead, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Why does Uchiha Tekka talk so much?!

So much talk at the clan meeting!

Ignoring Uchiha Tekka, everyone listened quietly to Uchiha Fugaku's instructions.

Because the Uchiha Clan suffered heavy casualties in the war, and the Konoha Military Police Force was almost abandoned during the war, it is now necessary to select new clan members to strengthen the Konoha Military Police Force.

The most crucial element, of course, is the position of the four squad leaders!

The Konoha Military Police Force's organizational structure is modeled after the Anbu, with roughly corresponding ranks. Of course, its power is definitely less than that of the Anbu.

"Due to the sacrifices of Arashiyama Fūretsu in the war, excluding Uchiha Yashiro and Yakumi, there are now two vacant squad leader positions."

"Then, according to our Uchiha tradition, everything will be decided by strength."

"Any clansman with Mitsudomoe) who can withstand the attacks of the Uchiha Yashiro or Yakumi for half an hour can take over as squad leader."

"The election of squad leaders and ordinary members will also follow this rule."

"Uchiha Fugaku said in a deep voice."

After the arrangements were completed, a group of people emerged from the underground shrine and headed to the training ground on the banks of the Naka River.

"Qingye, do you want to run for squad leader?"

Uchiha Inabi leaned closer and asked.

"Of course."

Qingye nodded.

The war is over, and now he just wants to get through the remaining months of the Mangekyo loan repayment period as quickly as possible.

If he were elected as the squad leader of the Konoha Military Police Force, and there were any miscellaneous tasks in the village that required Jonin, the Third Hokage could only ask other available Jonin from the Jonin Commander to come.

This will save us from any further messy troubles on our side.

"That means there's only one spot left to compete for."

Uchiha Inabi suddenly felt a toothache.

With Qingye's strength, he has almost secured a spot as a squad leader.

If he wants to become a squad leader, he not only has to last half an hour against Uchiha Yashiro or Uchiha Yakumi, but he probably also has to defeat all the other competitors first.

On the riverside training ground.

Several Uchiha members who were vying for squad leader positions first decided the winner in the simplest way: a contest of eye power!

As Uchiha, if your Sharingan is inferior to others, what's the point of fighting?

Don't waste other people's time!

The competition for candidates was over very quickly, taking almost no time at all.

"Call----"

Uchiha Inabi.

Thankfully, we passed this hurdle smoothly.

"Then let's draw lots to decide who each of us will challenge."

Uchiha Fugaku, with his ever-present deadpan expression, walked over holding two slips of paper. "These have the names of the Uchiha Yashiro and Yakumi on them. Whoever you draw will be your opponent in a moment."

Behind him, Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Yakumi were both sweating profusely.

There are now only two challengers left.

Uchiha Aoya and Uchiha Inabi.

If it's the latter, that's fine.

If by accident, you end up fighting the previous one—who is the challenger anyway?

"Shall I go first?"

Uchiha Inabi stepped forward, and seeing that Qingye had no objections, she didn't hesitate and casually grabbed a slip of paper. "Hmm, it's from Uncle Uchiha Yashiro."

Uchiha Yashiro let out a sigh of relief, then laughed and patted Uchiha Yakumi's shoulder, "Not bad, not bad, hmm, then let me see how much your strength has improved over the years, Inabi."

Uchiha Yakumi, standing to the side, looked as if his mother had just died.

"Now we will begin the individual challenges," said Uchiha Fugaku.

"Yakumi. Why don't you go first?"

The Uchiha Yashiro said gloatingly.

"----roll!"

Uchiha Yakumi.

"How about I challenge Uncle Uchiha Yashiro first?"

Uchiha Inabi felt it was better for him to go first; otherwise, if Qingye finished his performance and then he went on stage and performed poorly, it would be too embarrassing.

A crowd gathered around the exercise area.

Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Inabi stepped onto the field and formed Seal of Confrontation.

"Inabi, keep your spirits up! Don't embarrass yourself!"

Seeing the two of them enter the arena, Uchiha Tekka started stirring things up. "Uncle Uchiha Yashiro, don't go easy on him, don't let Inabi look down on you!"

"Can't you just go die somewhere else?!"

Uchiha Inabi.

That bastard really loves to stir up trouble!