After returning to Konoha and resting for a few days, Uchiha Kei began using training as an excuse to head to the forest where he always practiced.
Uchiha Ryoko still had plenty of complaints about it. Uchiha Kei was usually a quiet, well-behaved child, but his relationship with her and Keisuke didn't seem much like that of a child and his parents.
At first, Ryoko and Keisuke had both found it hard to adjust, but after all these years, they had grown used to it. All they could do was pour as much love as they could into the boy. They had no better way to handle things.
They didn't care that Uchiha Kei had made a name for himself on the battlefield. They were glad he had awakened his Sharingan, and that it was already the Three Tomoe, but what mattered more to them was his health.
As his father, Uchiha Keisuke was much calmer than Uchiha Ryoko. Kei had already spent six years on the battlefield, and Keisuke clearly believed that Kei could make his own decisions.
After all, no matter how powerful a ninja was, he still needed a healthy body. Wasn't Keisuke himself a good example?
Uchiha Kei headed for the forest where he often trained. He wasn't sure whether anyone was watching him. After all, it was hard to call him a mere "fringe figure" anymore.
And Kei didn't have the same scouting abilities as Imai Kenta and Hyuga Aya. So, for now, he had to give up on visiting the place where he kept his records and focus on training and experimenting with other things.
For instance, there was the Chidori Kakashi had entrusted to Namikaze Minato to pass on to him. Kei still hadn't properly studied the scroll, which contained both the technique