Warrior Race

After dealing with the island's original inhabitants, the Uchiha Clan was temporarily settled.

Over the next two days, Yoru directed the clan to thoroughly rest and reorganize the camp.

For the Uchiha, who possessed ninjutsu, this process became extremely simple.

With a few Earth Style techniques, all trees within a five-hundred-meter radius were uprooted, and the ground became flatter than if a steamroller had pressed it.

Then, with a few more Earth Style: Earth Flow Walls, the outline of a small town took shape.

If only the Uchiha had a Wood Style user, they could have cast the Art of Three Rooms and Two Halls a few times.

This place could have turned back into a lively town in minutes.

Meanwhile, amid the clan's astonished exclamations, Uchiha Yoru pulled astonishing supplies from a scroll—enough to sustain thousands for years.

He gave it all to the clan for free!

No need to thank him too much.

After all, these supplies came from Yoru's tireless embezzlement of clan wealth over the past half-year, all secretly used to purchase these goods.

He had hidden them in the scroll without daring to touch a single item, saving everything for this moment.

Additionally, because the clan had been tricked by Yoru into coming to the Pirate World, they hadn't had time to bring any wealth when they left.

That wasn't a concern either.

Because after sending off all the clan members during the day, Yoru split into dozens of Shadow Clones and searched the Uchiha Compound inside and out many times over.

Now, in Uchiha Yoru's private warehouse, there were stacks of Explosive Tags, bundles of Kunai and Shuriken, and thousands of neatly arranged short swords and blades.

Most importantly, there were scattered deposits totaling eight hundred million Ryo.

Now Uchiha Yoru was so poor he had nothing left but money!

What, you ask why he didn't return the money to the clan?

Because currency from the Hokage World had no value in the Pirate World. To help the clan integrate into this world quickly, Yoru had thought it over and decided the Uchiha needed to cut ties with this useless money.

He would just keep this worthless cash for himself.

What, you ask why he went to such trouble to gather money if it couldn't be used in the Pirate World?

Of course, even if he couldn't use it for now, he wasn't about to let Konoha have it for free!

So when the Third Generation and Danzo eagerly prepared to sweep the Uchiha Compound for spoils, they would probably only find a pile of useless buildings.

That's a story for later.

In short, in just one day, this land that was once a forest

had transformed into the Uchiha's new compound.

By the next day, as the first rays of dawn appeared, Sandersonia led several senior Imperial Guards from Kuja Island to this place and was startled.

Was this the same forest from yesterday? How had a small town suddenly appeared?

"These people's little tricks aren't much for offense, but they do have their uses."

Kikyo, following behind, caught sight of scattered Uchiha clan members still using Earth Style and Fire Style to build structures nearby, and said sourly.

She was very bothered by having lost to someone without Armament Haki in such a short time.

After waking up yesterday, through the conversation between their clan head and the Emperor, she had learned that this clan excelled at using their eyes to control enemies.

She had fallen victim to that technique during the fight.

She felt it was all because of her carelessness.

If they fought again now, she was confident she wouldn't lose to that man again!

"Just as we don't know them, they don't know our Armament Haki either. Actually, they're not weak—they're quite strong."

Thinking back to how she had been cleanly defeated yesterday by that one-eyed man, Sandersonia hesitated:

"If they all truly learned Armament Haki, their overall strength would be even more terrifying!"

That was Sandersonia's worry—that group didn't seem like good people.

If they really learned Haki, could her Kuja Tribe live peacefully on the island anymore?

"It's fine, Lady Sandersonia. Armament Haki isn't that easy to learn. Many Kuja Tribe members have studied it for over a decade and only grasped the basics.

With them—a bunch of bumpkins who'd never even seen Haki before—how much could they possibly learn?"

Kikyo said disdainfully.

The women of the Kuja Tribe began training in Haki from childhood, barely managing to reach a level where the entire tribe could use it.

Did they really think any random group of people could achieve their level?

That would be underestimating their warrior tribe, the Kuja!

Even if the methods for training Haki were handed to them, in the end, only a handful would manage to learn it.

Haki, after all, is an ability only the strong can master!

The few of them, with varied expressions, entered the Uchiha Clan's camp.

Seeing them arrive, Shisui immediately gathered all the Uchiha ninjas except for Yoru, about 300 in total.

These 300 were all of the Uchiha's combat personnel, with 80% having awakened their Sharingan, though the vast majority were only at the One-Tomoe or Two-Tomoe level.

Among the Uchiha, the rate of Sharingan awakening was around 30%.

Those who hadn't awakened by a certain age would gradually withdraw from being ninjas, no longer combat personnel.

As for the remaining 20% who hadn't awakened, if they never managed to open their eyes, they would eventually be persuaded to step down as ordinary clan members.

This was the strongest warrior clan of the Hokage World, the Uchiha Clan.

Without awakening the Blood Wheel Eye, you didn't even qualify to be a combatant!

Sandersonia stood before the gathered Uchiha clan members, her massive frame exuding an overwhelming pressure, and began her explanation in a low voice:

"Listen up. What we call Haki is a latent power possessed by all humans in this world. It is divided into Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and Conqueror's Haki.

What the Empress has permitted us to teach is Armament Haki. It enhances one's defense, can be turned into offense, and is the only means to grasp the solid body of a Logia-type Devil Fruit user."

Beside her, Kikyo scanned the Uchiha before her—their frames incredibly slender, yet their eyes exceptionally sharp—and added with a faint, barely noticeable trace of disdain:

"However, you'd best not get your hopes up too high. The awakening and training of Haki, especially Armament Haki, are closely tied to one's will and conviction.

Haki belongs to true warriors!

Without an unyielding heart of a strong person, without being able to produce a will 'hard' enough, it's extremely difficult to even get started.

Many people spend their entire lives unable to even touch the threshold. You... be mentally prepared to spend years, or even longer, on this."

Her words were half a reminder, half a kind of "discouragement" or "show of force."

Deep down, perhaps she didn't truly believe these outsiders could easily master the power the Kuja warriors took pride in.

It wasn't that she looked down on the people before her.

But on Kuja Island, where a strong physique was considered beautiful, the group in front of her looked far too weak.

Those thin arms and legs.

They were practically like ordinary people who had never fought at all.

Were all men this frail?