[Left Eye: Okuninushi]
(Okuninushi: A Japanese mythological god of war, agriculture, and medicine)
Lightning Immunity (permanent after awakening)
Rapid Healing (active healing ability)
Okuni Rebirth (ultimate ability; can only be used on oneself. After use, there is a lengthy recovery period during which the left eye cannot be used. Blindness lasts for more than five years.)
[Right Eye: Takemikazuchi]
(Takemikazuchi: A Japanese mythological god of thunder, swords, and archery)
Thunder Control (permanent after awakening; mastery of Lightning Release and enhanced control over it)
Eight Thunder Arrows (active offensive ability; after a target is marked, lightning attacks will automatically pursue it within a one-kilometer radius.)
Takemikazuchi Realm (ultimate ability; empowers oneself and others, increasing the power of lightning. Can only be used once per day.)
The ability known as "Eight Thunder Arrows" was also quite similar to its description in Japanese mythology.
"On the head is Great Thunder, on the chest Fire Thunder, on the abdomen Earth Thunder, on the back Young Thunder, on the buttocks Black Thunder, on the hands Mountain Thunder, on the feet Field Thunder, and on the genitals Split Thunder."
This was an active Mangekyō Sharingan attack that inflicted eight different types of damage on anyone struck by its thunder arrow.
While Tsunade treated Fugaku, Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru led the Konoha forces in completely eliminating the remaining resistance.
Once Konoha's reinforcements arrived, the few Sand Ninja left could no longer put up any fight.
During this process, several injured Konoha Ninja, especially those who had also been afflicted with Chiyo Poison, were all brought to Tsunade.
With Fugaku still undergoing treatment, Uchiha Fucheng led Mikoto and a few others to help set up tents for the wounded.
During this time, several Root Ninja began appearing repeatedly around the medical camp.
Uchiha Fucheng could always sense a faint malice in the crowd, steadily fixing its sights on him.
I need to find a way to kill a few of them. Having thieves constantly eyeing me isn't a good thing. Fucheng pretended not to notice.
But his Sharingan kept scanning the crowd, searching for the faces of any Ninja who seemed familiar.
And sure enough, Fucheng spotted a Ninja who was "easy to overlook, yet somehow unforgettable."
The reason she stood out was that she was so young.
She looked about eight or nine, which meant she had likely graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago. She was probably a civilian or an orphan.
During the Second Great Ninja War, most of the young Ninja on the battlefield were civilians or orphans.
Even small clans like the Inuzuka and Aburame wouldn't send their clan members into formal combat before the age of ten.
The mortality rate for Genin under ten on a battlefield of this scale was outrageously high!
The girl before him was short and frail, with soft, flaxen hair.
She had a round face and wore round, black-rimmed glasses.
She was so small that she seemed to stand out like a "crane among chickens" in a crowd of Ninja.
Fucheng hadn't been sure at first, but when he heard a Genin call out her name, he immediately recognized her. She was the "Wandering Miko" from his memories.
Yakushi Nonō!
She was still a newly graduated medical Genin.
He had no idea whether Pot Kage had already recruited her into Root.
It wasn't that Fucheng was looking to go up against Shimura Danzō right away.
But after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, he'd sensed far too much hostility.
Anyone who openly showed such hatred toward the Uchiha in a Konoha camp—especially toward a Mangekyō Uchiha of considerable strength—was, in Fucheng's view, almost certainly a Root Ninja working for Shimura Danzō.
He wasn't a judge. He didn't need evidence. He just had to figure out who seemed most suspicious and find a way to kill them.
Since he was bound to face Shimura Danzō sooner or later, he wasn't going to pass up the chance to save a few Root Ninja from their fate.
Yakushi Nonō, the "Wandering Miko," had a great talent for Medical Ninjutsu.
So this time, she had been following Tsunade's medical unit, learning as she went.
What Fucheng was trying to figure out now was how to get the "Wandering Miko" assigned under his command.
There were nearly two hundred Uchiha Clan members on this battlefield.
Uchiha Fucheng's status as a Ninja ranked far above that of an ordinary Konoha Jonin.
He only needed Tsunade's personal approval to have Yakushi Nonō reassigned.
Having made up his mind, he walked over to the newly erected medical tent, intending to speak to Tsunade directly.
Yakushi Nonō wasn't anyone particularly important, after all. Asking for her openly was the most effective approach.
Inside the tent, four beds stood in a row.
Tsunade had finished treating the poison and wounds and had placed Fugaku, now recovering, on the bed at the far end.
"Lady Tsunade!"
Fucheng nodded to Tsunade's guard standing watch at the entrance, then quietly thanked Tsunade. "Thank you so much for treating him, Lady Tsunade. My brother Fugaku might have lost his life otherwise."
Tsunade's golden ponytail swayed as she gave Uchiha Fucheng a meaningful look.
"You don't have to thank me so much. With your Mangekyō's healing, Fugaku was never actually in danger of dying this time. The poison would only have made him suffer terribly."
Tsunade studied him. Uchiha Fucheng looked somewhat like Fugaku, but his features were more handsome and sunny.
Another young genius, Tsunade thought with a sigh.
"The Uchiha Clan is full of geniuses. Not just Fucheng, either. Many of the Uchiha Clan Jonin fighting in this war don't seem to be over twenty."
Tsunade wasn't like Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, who would "turn pale at the mention of the Uchiha."
When Tsunade was a child, the Uchiha she most often encountered was someone like Kagami Uchiha, who was kind and easy to get along with.
Having never lived through the Warring States Period, Tsunade felt no particular "hatred or revulsion" toward the Uchiha Clan. "The Uchiha are born evil" simply wasn't in her vocabulary!
If anything, the Uchiha Ninja she'd met all seemed like decent people.
This time, a small squad of Uchiha Ninja had even saved Nawaki's life on the battlefield.
Otherwise, the reckless Nawaki might really have died in one of the Sand Ninja's Explosive Tag traps.
Fucheng asked, "Lady Tsunade, could you have Yakushi Nonō from the camp look after Fugaku for me for a while? I know her. She's a careful medical Genin."
Tsunade thought for a moment, trying to remember who Nonō was, then realized she was a girl who had been following the medical unit to learn Medical Ninjutsu. She nodded.
Nonō was just an ordinary Genin, after all. If she was someone Uchiha Fucheng knew, then having Yakushi Nonō look after Fugaku was indeed a sensible arrangement.
Seeing Fucheng thank her again, Tsunade smiled and waved it off.
She also brought up Nawaki. "Uchiha Yashiro told me you were the first to spot the explosive trap. Thanks to your quick thinking, they were able to save Nawaki. I owe you one. If you ever need anything, come straight to the Senju Clan Compound. I'll consider myself indebted to you."
As they spoke, Orochimaru entered the tent, lifting the flap. He looked at Uchiha Fucheng with an amused expression.
"Nawaki is my student too, so I owe you one as well, Fucheng," Orochimaru added with a smile.
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