Shippo Template

"Uchiha Mikoto, who had the Sharingan, actually lost? That's unbelievable!"

"Natsuki is four years younger than Mikoto! He defeated her despite a four-year gap—he really is a monster!"

"What was that last ninjutsu of his? Genjutsu?"

The students from both classes broke into lively discussion over Natsuki's victory.

After all, most of them had supported Uchiha Mikoto.

Such an unexpected outcome left them stunned.

The dizziness quickly faded.

Uchiha Mikoto steadied herself and saw the Kunai at her throat.

She could not help but feel dazed.

Although she was not a typical Uchiha, she had believed she had a strong chance of winning before the fight.

After all, she had not only learned Fire Release and Genjutsu, but had also awakened the One-Tomoe Sharingan.

In the Ninja World, there was a saying: in a one-on-one fight, the Uchiha were invincible.

It could not be helped. The Sharingan was simply too powerful.

Just being able to see every movement the target made gave its user an enormous advantage in battle.

And that was indeed the case.

Her fight with Natsuki could basically be called evenly matched.

After thinking it over, Uchiha Mikoto realized that the problem lay in Natsuki's Non-System Magic: Phantom Strike.

She had only heard that Natsuki excelled at Sword Technique; she had not expected him to know Yin Release ninjutsu as well.

"I lost. You're very strong."

Uchiha Mikoto looked at Natsuki and spoke.

"I only won by luck."

Natsuki put away his Kunai and shook his head.

"If you were my age, you'd probably defeat me quite easily."

A gentle smile appeared on Uchiha Mikoto's face.

Natsuki was young and such a genius. Like an Uchiha, he ought to have been proud and unruly, yet he was remarkably humble.

She had a very good impression of him.

"Mikoto-senpai, I have something I'd like to ask your help with."

A thought occurred to Natsuki. "I want a Crow as a Summoning Beast. I can offer payment."

"No payment is necessary."

After a slight pause, Uchiha Mikoto replied, "I can introduce you, but whether you can obtain a Summoning Beast will depend on your own ability."

Sure enough, the Uchiha Clan also had ties to the Crow Clan.

Natsuki nodded. "Thank you, Mikoto-senpai."

After their brief conversation ended, the two returned to their respective class formations.

Natsuki was immediately surrounded enthusiastically by the students of Second Grade Class A.

After all, he had defeated Uchiha Mikoto from the sixth grade.

From this point on, as long as he defeated Nawaki, Natsuki would dominate the Ninja Academy and become the undisputed number one.

Namikaze Minato looked at him with complicated feelings.

Uchiha Mikoto possessed the Sharingan, making her similar to him in dynamic vision and reaction speed.

Her loss meant that he would most likely lose as well.

But there was always a difference between the first battle and the second. Namikaze Minato already understood Natsuki's strength, so the outcome was still uncertain.

Because ninja battles were information battles.

[You have awakened the Shippo Template.]

After dealing with his classmates, a line of text appeared before Natsuki's eyes.

He froze for a moment and instinctively looked toward his newly awakened Character Template.

[Name: Shippo.]

[Period: Final.]

[World: Inuyasha.]

[Level: C-rank.]

[Ability One: Clone, unlocked.]

[Effect: Use a Leaf to create a Clone. When attacked, it will make a sound to confuse the enemy.]

[Ability Two: Fox Fire, locked.]

[Effect: Release a massive ball of flame.]

[Unlock Condition: Defeat three Fire Release ninja.]

[Ability Three: Fox Demon Arts, locked.]

[Effect: Trap the target in Genjutsu, making them experience an illusion as though it were reality.]

[Unlock Condition: Defeat three Genjutsu ninja.]

So he was the mascot of the Inuyasha main cast, a little fox demon with a role similar to Chopper in One Piece.

But mascots were not merely mascots; they also possessed certain abilities.

Shippo's three abilities were quite good in the Ninja World, comparable to those of a Chunin.

Ability One: Clone.

Although using a Leaf as a Clone had no combat ability, it could serve many purposes in the wilderness.

Ability Two, based on its description, was similar to Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique—a C-rank Fire Release.

Its unlock condition was defeating three Fire Release ninja.

It did not specify Genin, Chunin, or Jonin, which meant he only needed to defeat three ninja who knew Fire Release.

Overall, the difficulty was moderate.

The most useful was undoubtedly Ability Three, because Fox Demon Arts was Genjutsu.

Natsuki had just experienced the power of Genjutsu firsthand. It truly was extraordinary.

Even D-rank Genjutsu was so troublesome, let alone high-level Genjutsu.

And the most powerful Genjutsu in the Ninja World came from the Mangekyō Sharingan.

For example, Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami could silently alter a person's will and subconscious, practically like a hypnosis bracelet.

The unlock condition for Ability Three was also defeating three ninja.

Only, Fire Release had been replaced with Genjutsu.

He could even unlock both abilities at once—that was, by finding three ninja who knew both Fire Release and Genjutsu.

Natsuki's expression suddenly turned subtle.

Because in Konoha, most ninja who knew both Fire Release and Genjutsu belonged to the Uchiha Clan.

He had already defeated Uchiha Mikoto. If he defeated three more Uchiha ninja, people would definitely think he was targeting the Uchiha Clan.

On top of that, he was Orochimaru's student, a ninja of the Hokage's faction, so the matter would escalate.

It would go from him targeting the Uchiha Clan to Hiruzen Sarutobi targeting the Uchiha Clan.

Natsuki shook his head.

The best approach was to ask Orochimaru for help and find three Genin who met the requirements.

Time slowly passed, and the exchange meeting between the two classes came to an end.

Second Grade Class A had suffered a crushing defeat, winning only three matches.

But no one felt discouraged, because Natsuki had defeated Uchiha Mikoto.

Winning that one match was already enough.

Meanwhile, news of Natsuki defeating Uchiha Mikoto spread through Konoha at incredible speed.

The reason was simple: neither of their identities was ordinary.

Especially since quite a few ninja and villagers had long suffered under the Uchiha.

To be fair, the Uchiha Clan's own personality accounted for more than half the reason they eventually met the fate of extermination.

The other smaller half of the reason came from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

No longer young, he had been indecisive in handling the Uchiha Clan, ultimately causing the situation to spiral out of control.

After school, Uchiha Mikoto returned home.

But as soon as she entered the courtyard, she froze.

There was an unexpected guest there: Uchiha Fugaku.

He was already seventeen this year, and with the strength of a Jonin, he had succeeded as clan head not long ago.

"Clan Head."

Uchiha Mikoto hurriedly greeted him.

"You lost to Natsuki?"

Uchiha Fugaku looked at her and asked.

"Yes."

Uchiha Mikoto sighed inwardly, already understanding.

"The clan members are very disappointed in you. Quite a few even wanted to challenge Natsuki, but I stopped them."

Uchiha Fugaku spoke bluntly. "I hope you can reclaim the honor you lost yourself."