Uchiha Jin's eyes flickered.
Fugaku had merely sent a Chunin over to brush him off, while Sarutobi Hiruzen still had not summoned him. That proved Takada Fujiwara had not exposed the fact that he had awakened the Sharingan.
It seemed he had made the right move by sharing the spoils!
The old ancestor's words from his previous life had indeed been right: all under heaven hurried about for profit, and all under heaven bustled about for gain.
Without any emotional foundation, entangling their interests was the fastest way to break through the deadlock. Of course, profit was also a double-edged sword. From now on, he still had to build relationships on the battlefield as quickly as possible.
Only then would he be following the true path!
He pondered for a moment.
Since it was still early, he went to the small training ground within the clan.
"Great Fireball Technique!"
Uchiha Jin formed the hand seals incredibly quickly. A fireball as tall as two people erupted from his mouth and smashed into the target in the distance.
Amazing!
Looking at the enormous fireball before him, the corners of his mouth lifted into a faint smile. It seemed Uchiha Madara's insights into Fire Release had indeed helped him tremendously!
He began using the Great Fire Annihilation he had just learned, along with the ninjutsu he already knew. Once he had truly grown accustomed to his current strength, he began that day's training in Nintaijutsu.
He had no intention of scheming for the Eight Inner Gates. He was cultivating Uchiha Nintaijutsu and following the conventional Uchiha assassin route.
The reason? It was simple!
His body could not withstand that level of strain. Even cultivating low-intensity Uchiha Nintaijutsu already felt extremely taxing.
Even if he really managed to obtain the Eight Inner Gates, he would be willing to endure that suffering, but there was a high probability he would cripple himself in the process.
After a brief sigh of emotion, he opened his Sharingan and began casting ninjutsu while training in Uchiha Nintaijutsu.
In a conventional shinobi battle, the slightest difference meant death!
Now that he had obtained the Sharingan and new ninjutsu, and the amount of Chakra in his body had increased eightfold, he needed to familiarize his body with his new techniques again and redesign his tactics, among other things.
Five hours later.
Uchiha Jin was completely exhausted, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"Not bad!"
"After five hours, I've finally mastered it all."
After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Uchiha Jin retrieved his Kunai, Shuriken, and other equipment. Only then did he leave the clan grounds in high spirits and head toward Ichiraku Ramen.
His parents returned too late, and he had long since grown tired of eating at the Izakaya his family ran. So he decided to try this place that did not discriminate against the Uchiha.
He had been in this world for five years. It was time to check in!
Ten minutes later.
Uchiha Jin sat down at Ichiraku Ramen and calmly said, "One deluxe bowl of your signature Tonkotsu Ramen."
"All right, please wait a moment." Teuchi paused.
After all, Uchiha were rarely seen, and they basically never came to eat at his place.
However.
Just as Uchiha Jin had expected, Teuchi Ichiraku was somewhat surprised, but he still showed no discrimination toward him. After greeting him with a smile, he turned around and began preparing the ramen.
There were quite a few people coming and going in the ramen shop. Although their brows furrowed and their eyes were full of dislike at Uchiha Jin's arrival, no one dared provoke an Uchiha lightly.
Twenty minutes later.
After finishing his meal, Uchiha Jin said, "Thanks for the meal," then smiled and left the ramen shop.
"Jin, what a coincidence!"
Uchiha Jin turned his head and saw a little girl walking toward him.
Her face was full of innocence as she said with a smile, "By the way, I haven't congratulated you yet!"
"I didn't expect you and Kakashi to graduate at the same time. Compared with geniuses like you two, I feel like I'm really too useless."
Uchiha Jin's mouth twitched.
Graduating early to become cannon fodder—was that something worth congratulating?
Looking at the girl's innocent, smiling face, he suddenly felt an intense headache.
Nohara Rin!
Obito's beloved. He truly did not want to get involved with her.
Not to mention Nohara Rin standing before him—even the characters from the Original work were people he did not want to provoke, because the protagonist group also represented trouble.
Kakashi had merely been an accident!
As for Nara Shikaichi and Takada Fujiwara, those were the people Uchiha Jin was genuinely willing to associate with, because they lacked the lofty righteousness found in protagonists and supporting characters.
He really did not want to associate with these people brainwashed by the "Will of Fire"!
Because associating with them meant trouble!
And that was exactly how things turned out.
Nohara Rin had only just appeared. Before Uchiha Jin could respond, Obito, wearing goggles, rushed over. "So what if he graduated early? What's so great about that? Once I awaken my Sharingan, I'll surpass this guy in no time!"
"Rin, believe me!"
Looking at Uchiha Obito's guarded expression, Uchiha Jin could not help rolling his eyes.
What a twisted fate!
Still, he could not be bothered to argue with Obito. Getting too deeply involved with this guy would make it easy for Uchiha Madara to notice him. "Rin, you should work hard too!"
"Our squad should be heading to the battlefield in a few days, so I'll be rather busy lately. See you around!"
Uchiha Jin spoke in a calm tone.
After briefly greeting Nohara Rin, he completely ignored Uchiha Obito and turned around, leaving with an easy confidence.
Cool and aloof!
That was how he had managed to become practically invisible within the Uchiha Clan. The opposite example was Uchiha Obito before him. That guy was deeply disliked within the Uchiha Clan, and almost everyone who saw him would mock or provoke him a few times.
That was only natural. Throwing a husky into a pack of wolves—if Obito did not stand out, that would be strange.
He had suffered a great deal of ostracism and bullying within the clan. It was just that his mind was too simple, and he had never truly taken any of it to heart.
Perhaps that was precisely why Obito became so insane after falling into darkness in the Original work, caring nothing for the fate of the Uchiha Clan!
Uchiha Jin, however, had taken an entirely different approach. His aloofness had allowed him to blend into the crowd among the Uchiha.
"Rin!"
"Why are you playing with such an impolite guy?"
Seeing Uchiha Jin leave, having ignored him the entire time, Obito was so angry that his nose nearly twisted out of shape.
Nohara Rin was the person he regarded as his moonlight. Having one Kakashi around had already been irritating enough, and now Uchiha Jin had appeared out of nowhere.
So whenever he found an opportunity, he would secretly slander Uchiha Jin.
Nohara Rin frowned slightly at his words, looking somewhat angry. "Obito, how can you say that? Jin is just rather reserved. In that respect, he's quite similar to Kakashi. He's nothing like the impolite person you described!"
Hearing this, Obito panicked completely and hurriedly began apologizing in every way he could.
"All right, I forgive you!"
Although Nohara Rin forgave Obito, she continued watching Uchiha Jin's departing figure, her eyes filled with deep confusion and worry.
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