If he had arrived a little earlier, Ensei Uchiha would have feared no threat with his innate talent alone.
But unfortunately, with only a few years to face two Mangekyo Sharingan and the animosity of nearly the entire Konoha, he had no confidence he could handle it.
The gap between Mangekyo and Three Tomoe was too vast, not something mere genius could bridge.
Fortunately, he had spent a long time talking with Minato Namikaze through a shadow clone yesterday.
Even if the other party didn't fully believe him, leaking the information in advance might prevent the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
As long as Minato Namikaze was alive, the probability of the Uchiha clan's destruction would likely decrease significantly.
But for now, improving his own strength was the most important thing.
"Brother Inaho, does the clan have any medical ninjas? I want to learn medical ninjutsu."
After breakfast, Ensei Uchiha hesitated for a moment before speaking to Inaho Uchiha.
Hearing this, Inaho Uchiha's expression immediately turned grim.
"Ensei, where did you hear about medical ninjutsu?"
"Your talent is excellent; you shouldn't waste it on medical ninjutsu."
Inaho Uchiha's attitude was firm, his voice exceptionally stern, with a hint of killing intent emerging.
Facing Inaho Uchiha's anger, Ensei Uchiha showed no fear, his expression remaining calm.
Yet, the calmness on his young body appeared somewhat innocently naive.
"Brother Inaho, don't rush! Since I've decided to learn medical ninjutsu, I naturally have my reasons."
Inaho Uchiha let out a cold snort upon hearing this but didn't retort. He silently resolved in his heart to stop the other's childish actions.
However, the next moment, seeing Ensei Uchiha skillfully walk up the wall to the ceiling, Inaho Uchiha's eyes nearly bulged out.
Generally speaking, ninjas have good physical fitness, otherwise, they couldn't extract chakra from their bodies. But even the most talented ninjas need to follow the laws of growth.
Normally, only students around eleven or twelve years old, about to graduate from the Ninja Academy, would have enough chakra to practice techniques like water walking and tree climbing.
But geniuses never follow the rules.
"Come down quickly! How long have you been extracting chakra? At your age, using chakra like this will quickly lead to overexertion."
Listening to Inaho Uchiha's anxious words, Ensei Uchiha obediently descended from the ceiling.
Due to his excellent control over chakra, simply walking on the wall wouldn't consume too much.
But Ensei Uchiha saw no need to explain such things.
"Brother Inaho, this is why I want to learn medical ninjutsu."
"I have already learned all the ninjutsu you taught me and have successfully mastered the chakra control techniques for tree climbing and water walking."
"But I have too little chakra in my body now. I need to improve my chakra control, and learning medical ninjutsu is the perfect way."
For a moment, Inaho Uchiha fell silent.
After a while, Inaho Uchiha, with a complex expression, said, "I can't make this decision. I will report it to the Clan Head, and he will make the decision."
After speaking, Inaho Uchiha seemed to flee the scene.
Inaho Uchiha was naturally happy about a genius appearing in the clan, but at the same time, he felt immense pressure.
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Watching Inaho Uchiha leave, Ensei Uchiha's expression was calm, still unhurriedly eating breakfast.
Not long after, Inaho Uchiha saw the "busy" Clan Head.
To ordinary clan members, Fugaku Uchiha was a high and mighty figure.
But in reality, it was quite easy to meet him. After all, unlike other ninjas, the Uchiha clan didn't often go on missions and were quite idle in the village.
The conversation with Fugaku Uchiha didn't last long. He merely passed a test set by the latter and obtained the qualification to seek someone to learn medical ninjutsu from.
Fugaku Uchiha's attitude was decent, but only decent.
Perhaps it was because the level of genius Ensei Uchiha displayed wasn't enough, or perhaps it was the arrogance of a clan head.
In any case, Ensei Uchiha didn't develop any good feelings towards him because of this.
Of course, he didn't particularly like this so-called clan head in the first place.
In the following time, Ensei Uchiha began to immerse himself in learning medical ninjutsu.
Konoha village had a vast amount of information on medical ninjutsu, but the actually applicable medical ninjutsu was very limited. Most of it was theory and symptoms.
Ensei Uchiha even found records of human experimentation within the medical ninjutsu materials.
"The ninja world seems to be following a path of genetic technology development."
Looking at the materials in his hand and recalling the brief information about the Otsutsuki Clan in his mind, an interesting thought arose in Ensei Uchiha's heart.
Next, Ensei Uchiha began to focus his energy on researching chakra.
In this world, everyone knew that chakra was formed by the combination of physical energy and mental energy.
In reality, however, chakra originates from the Otsutsuki Clan and is an external power.
Yet, in the ninja world, no one has ever paid attention to what chakra actually is.
Therefore, Ensei Uchiha could not find what he was looking for within the archives of the Uchiha Clan.
Since he could not find what he needed, he had no choice but to conduct his own research, and that required funding.
At times like this, the Transformation Jutsu proved to be incredibly useful.
Although the Transformation Jutsu is a technique easily seen through by other ninjas and must be used with caution, it is more than perfect when dealing with commoners.
Solving the problem of money was easy; in the beginning, Ensei Uchiha did not require a significant amount of wealth.
However, the laboratory space and the energy for equipment were major issues; by comparison, common experimental apparatuses were the easiest to acquire.
A few days later, with the help of Uchiha Inaho, Ensei Uchiha successfully signed a summoning contract with the Ninja Cat Clan.
But the Ninja Cats are different from other summoning species in the ninja world; their combat prowess is not particularly outstanding, and at times, they seem less like ninja beasts and more like business partners.
For Ensei Uchiha, however, this relationship was just right.
Thus, Ensei Uchiha chose to establish his laboratory in the vicinity of the Ninja Cat Clan.
Ensei Uchiha expended a great deal of effort to reach an agreement with the Ninja Cat Clan, but it was precisely because of this that he earned a respectable status among them.
With everything prepared, Ensei Uchiha began his research into chakra.
Time slipped away bit by bit, until one day, three years later...