I Have a Plan

"He's still a child?!"

Hearing this, Danzo completely lost his temper. He pointed at Sen in the crystal ball, trembling with rage.

On Sunday, he had just returned home from a mission when his precious nephew came crying to complain, saying Uchiha Sen had given him the nickname "Shimura Eunuch."

At first, he thought it was some kind of compliment, but after asking carefully, he found out—

Eunuch meant he was missing "that" part!

This was an absolute disgrace!

The more he thought about it, the angrier Danzo became. He cursed directly, "Damn it, this makes me so angry! I've lived for over forty years, and I always thought the Uchiha were just ordinarily evil. Today, my eyes have truly been opened!

How could... how could that thing about me be spread around so casually! Back then, only you and a few people in the clan knew!"

That was a man's most important part! Now, the whole world knew!

Watching him gasp for air in his fury, Sarutobi Hiruzen silently covered the crystal ball and calmly said, "See, you're getting worked up again."

"You damn monkey! Do you believe I'll expose your habit of using the crystal ball to peek into the women's bathhouse?!"

"You're slandering me!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly stood up, slammed his hands on the table, and roared:

"You're slandering me!"

Danzo, unfazed, also stepped forward and slammed his hands on the table. The two men faced each other, less than twenty centimeters apart, glaring intently.

"You're the only one in the village who knows this jutsu. If you say I'm slandering you, let's see if they believe you or me!" Danzo delivered the fatal blow.

"I... I saw it by accident! It wasn't..." Realizing he had let slip, Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted, sat down, and forcefully changed the subject, "It's so late, did you barge in just to argue with me?"

"Then are you going to deal with Uchiha Sen or not?!"

"I've already said, the village's peace was hard-won! Countries are clashing at the borders right now, and war could break out at any moment. Do you have to stir up internal conflict at a time like this?!" Sarutobi Hiruzen insisted on his principles.

The Nine-Tails Attack had not yet occurred, and in the eyes of the world, Uchiha Madara had been gone for a long time. The current Uchiha, whether openly or secretly, were Konoha's top combat power.

As for using the Sharingan to control the Tailed Beasts, that was just an extreme example.

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Danzo no longer leaned on the table. He straightened his body, putting distance between them.

"I truly didn't expect Teacher to choose such a weak Hokage like you! Why didn't he choose me back then?!"

Hearing this old, oft-repeated complaint, Sarutobi Hiruzen's forehead veins bulged. "You simply don't understand how to govern a village! Your hawkish ideology will only lead Konoha into an abyss! Only balance..."

"Enough!" Danzo couldn't be bothered to listen to his twisted logic anymore. He turned and walked out. "If you won't send anyone, I will!"

"Danzo! Stop! I am the Hokage!"

Danzo stood at the doorway, looking back at him with a sneer, a cold smile curling his lips. "You're nothing but a lucky monkey. You'll regret this!"

With that, he walked out of the Hokage Building and slammed the door shut.

"Bang!"

As Danzo stepped out of the gate, two Root Ninja followed behind him, awaiting new orders.

Danzo turned his head, his voice chilling. "Send someone to beat up Uchiha Sen. Break two of his ribs, and then threaten him, telling him he fell by accident."

"Yes, Lord Danzo." One of the Root Ninja asked, "This person... is he a new prodigy that the Uchiha have recently produced?"

"What prodigy! He's just a primary school student who hasn't even graduated yet!" Danzo's anger flared up whenever he thought about it. "If I weren't tied up with missions recently, I would have gone to the school gate myself!"

"Ah?"

The two Root Ninja exchanged glances, muttering to themselves.

Although their Root organization did many dirty jobs and had a bad reputation.

But... sending someone to beat up a six-year-old child who hadn't even graduated yet, wasn't that a bit too outrageous? If this got out, they would truly become rats in the street, hounded by everyone.

The two tacitly looked at each other and made a decision: this task should be given to a newcomer.

Their own résumés were already dark enough; they couldn't add "shameless" to the list.

The next day, Ninja Academy.

Kushina secretly observed Sen and was surprised to find that, for the first time ever, he wasn't dozing off today. Instead, he was seriously... looking at something.

Although he looked completely bewildered, scratching his head from time to time.

She happily thought, It must be because I advised him to sleep early last time, and he listened! Hehe.

In reality, Sen hadn't been training all night. To help him grow, he had been going to bed on time recently.

But as for attending class seriously? That was impossible.

He was unfurling a scroll, his head spinning from reading it.

It was densely packed with the training outline for the "Shadow Clone Jutsu":

Shadow Clone Jutsu: From Beginner to Practice

Step One: Condense Chakra and release it outside the body.

Step two: Understand the composition of a "person." The Clone Technique isn't a transformation jutsu; it's about completely replicating oneself using Chakra, thus requiring the study of human anatomy.

2.1: Human Proportions: The head-to-body ratio for adults is approximately 1:7, and for children, it's about 1:5. When using the Clone Technique, clothing needs to be considered...

2.2: Human Skeletal Structure...

2.3: Human Musculature...

Sen scratched his head, bewildered.

Back when he watched the anime, Naruto could casually form a cross-hand seal and create hundreds or thousands of clones. Why did it seem so complicated now?

This was far more difficult than the Clone Technique itself. Learning it would take weeks. He could spend that time grinding more stats on Kushina.

How could he do this more effectively?

Just as he was agonizing over it, the teacher on the podium asked, "Regarding the inheritance logic of Kekkei Genkai, this question is quite complex. Minato, please answer."

Namikaze Minato stood up and replied confidently, "Kekkei Genkai inheritance primarily depends on dominant and recessive genes. For example, the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan in our village—everyone there possesses it. This indicates that everyone carries AA genes. Even if they marry someone from another clan, the first generation will have Byakugan 100% of the time, and subsequent generations will have a 50% chance.

However, the situation is different for the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. It seems not everyone can awaken it. This suggests that the bloodline gene for the Sharingan might be recessive, 'aa,' requiring both parents to have the relevant genes for the potential to awaken it.

Therefore, if they marry someone from another clan, there's a 0% chance of awakening the Sharingan's ability."

"A perfectly flawless answer!" the teacher praised, allowing Minato to sit down.

For a moment, many female classmates in the classroom cast admiring glances at Minato.

Sen, sitting in the back row, grumbled inwardly:

You know nothing about the Uchiha. The Sharingan also requires mental fortitude and needs to be triggered by emotional impact. Otherwise, how did Sarada awaken her Mangekyo? Did she just pick it up?

But... this guy has truly mastered these theoretical concepts...

With that thought, Sen suddenly raised a finger, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Minato. A mischievous grin spread across his lips:

"I have a plan."