Stunned Kirigakure

The growth Uchiha Sou experienced over the past six months actually exceeded even his own expectations.

His Sharingan had progressed all the way from A-rank level 3 to A-rank level 10, and he was only a small amount of experience away from reaching the next stage!

While such a rate of growth left Uchiha Sou somewhat stunned, it was actually quite normal when he thought about it carefully.

After all, this was something he had traded his life to earn!

With Shisui providing a safety net, he would activate his Sharingan and charge in to engage enemies in pure taijutsu whenever he encountered them.

It was fine against weaker enemies; although the proficiency provided was relatively low, it was definitely much higher than simply using the Body Flicker Technique to finish them off instantly.

When he encountered powerful enemies, he would often end up in a sorry state, and it was not uncommon for him to be covered in wounds from their attacks.

But it had to be said, under such tempering, the speed at which his Sharingan improved could truly be described as insane.

He could clearly perceive that he was becoming more proficient with his Sharingan, and that controlling these eyes was becoming simpler and clearer.

He even believed that he would have felt this way even without his cheat, because the improvement of the Sharingan itself required constant tempering.

The only difference was whether one had the potential and talent to allow their Sharingan to grow continuously!

No wonder Uchiha Madara liked to take his time even when bullying the weak; even bullying the weak is a form of self-improvement.

Recalling Uchiha Madara just after he had been resurrected and awakened from the Impure World Reincarnation, he could have completely wiped out the Allied Shinobi Forces in one go.

However, he did not do so, instead performing a display of Uchiha Style taijutsu in front of everyone, letting the world know what it meant to dance.

At first, Uchiha Sou thought the guy was just showing off, but now he felt that this guy probably wasn't just trying to show off!

In addition to the super-strong improvement of his Sharingan, his taijutsu had also seen the greatest improvement this time.

What was originally C-rank taijutsu had not only leaped to B-rank but had also reached level 9, an improvement that made him exceptionally happy.

He could now fully believe that even if he faced the siege of those two damned Mist Ninja from six months ago, he could take them both down with ease!

However, compared to Uchiha Madara's "dance," I'm afraid I'm still quite far off.

Although Uchiha Madara did not have a system, Uchiha Sou could use his own cheat to draw comparisons.

In his view, Uchiha Madara's ninjutsu level was at least A-rank, and his taijutsu was likely at an S-rank or even higher level!

Uchiha Sou knew that for him to compare himself to this god-like existence in his current state was somewhat overestimating his own capabilities.

But as someone with a cheat, and an Uchiha at that, if he didn't aim to match Uchiha Madara, he would lack ambition.

Fortunately, he had always been a person with ambition.

I wonder what kind of moves the Mist Ninja will make during this comprehensive operation.

After finishing his training, Uchiha Sou returned to his quarters to tidy up, though he was also thinking about the situation that would arise from this full-scale operation.

Although he was confident that his approach would yield good results—after all, everything was proceeding according to his plan—he was still somewhat worried about what would happen when the fighting actually started. When it came down to it, they simply had too few people.

This "manpower" did not refer to ordinary people; in terms of ordinary people, they had a force of nearly ten thousand who had received training!

The Land of Whirlpools was full of refugees created by the war. When Uchiha Sou and his group arrived in this small town, all the passing refugees chose to stay, which gave them a large population.

Moreover, those resistance organizations were also contacting them, and other villages and towns were also their targets; one way or another, the number of civilians they had who had received simple training naturally increased.

Furthermore, these people had been screened; otherwise, if the elderly, weak, women, and children were all counted, the number would definitely be far more than this!

But no matter how many civilians there were, the result when facing ninja would likely only be described as tragic, and because of the time constraints, these civilians had not received much training.

Uchiha Sou dared not imagine what kind of casualty ratio they would suffer if they encountered a regular ninja force.

So, caution must be the priority; the main strategy can only be sneak attacks.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Sou couldn't help but sigh slightly. Fortunately, all they needed to do was perform containment work; if things really went south, they could always hide in the mountains.

"Ikeno, when do you think the war will end?"

"How would I know, Wada? But I think it should be soon."

"I hope so. How long has this been going on?"

"You just want it to end quickly so you can go home and get married, right?"

On a small path in the forests of the Land of Whirlpools, a logistics squad of several dozen people was heading toward the front lines.

Although they maintained sufficient vigilance along the way, they couldn't help but chat during their spare time.

After all, their location was in territory controlled by Kirigakure, which was quite different from the front lines.

Although they might be attacked in this area, the people attacking them were just a resistance organization made up of civilians; such intensity was truly not worth mentioning to them.

They naturally didn't need to be nervous, worrying about being attacked by Konoha ninja at any moment and losing their lives.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Just as they were walking, the sound of things breaking through the air suddenly rang out from all directions, which immediately caused them to go on alert.

"Wooden sticks?"

When they saw what those things flying toward them were, they couldn't help but show expressions of mockery.

They knew that the people attacking them this time were likely those from the resistance organizations again.

Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately drew their kunai or ninja swords one after another, then scattered in their respective directions toward safety.

But the moment their formation broke, their expressions changed instantly, for they all sensed a scorching heat spreading all around them.

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Accompanied by the onslaught of a fire dragon, their formation was completely split in an instant, and at this very moment, the sound of something piercing through the air came from the sky once again.

And this time, what attacked them was no longer something like tree branches, but sharp kunai!

"Watch out, it's ninjas!"

At this moment, these Mist Ninja, who had originally been careless, finally came to their senses, but it was already too late.

With their formation divided, they were completely unable to provide mutual support.

Furthermore, because of their own negligence, the evasive maneuvers they performed were not up to standard, which meant they had no time to deal with this wave of attacks!

In an instant, several ill-prepared Mist Ninja were pierced by kunai and died on the spot!

And at this very moment, the surviving Mist Ninja saw that a dense crowd had already surrounded them; most of these people were civilians.

But leading them were several ninjas wearing Konoha uniforms!

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