I Use Chakra to Upgrade Kekkei Genkai

Fugaku's words were like a hard slap across his face, jolting him awake.

Back when Obito gave his eye to Kakashi, many members of the Uchiha Clan had opposed it.

Kekkei Genkai were the foundation upon which a clan stood.

Allowing an outsider to learn the secrets of a Kekkei Genkai would impact the clan's very foundations.

In this matter,

even Konoha's higher-ups could not say much.

But Fugaku believed

that it had been Obito's final wish, so he overruled all objections and allowed Kakashi to keep Obito's Sharingan.

Only then did Kakashi avoid the pain of having his eye gouged out a second time.

Gazing at Obito's gravestone, Kakashi was speechless. After a long silence, he slowly said, "Obito, I think I did something wrong today..."

Not long after Kakashi left,

space rippled.

A mysterious man wearing a Tiger-Pattern Mask appeared before Rin Nohara's grave.

He tossed aside the flowers before Rin Nohara's gravestone, his voice filled with angry mockery.

"Kakashi, you're still as hypocritical as ever. Heh heh..."

After a long silence, the mysterious man spoke in a firm voice.

"The real world is too cruel. There's nothing wrong with a Genjutsu world. Rin, I'll create a world with you in it!"

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Land of Grass.

It lay at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.

It was a small shinobi nation unable to control its own fate.

In the forest,

four figures darted through the trees.

"The Land of Earth's outpost defenses are ahead. Stay on high alert!" The speaker was Utatane Banfeng, the Jonin leading the Root team. He wore the standard Root uniform and a bird mask.

They had come to obtain intelligence from Konoha spies within Iwagakure.

"Stop. Hide!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The four figures

immediately concealed themselves within the dense forest.

They carefully observed everything around them.

"Something's wrong!" From the shadows, Utatane Banfeng's gaze shifted as he warily surveyed his surroundings.

Although this was Land of Grass territory, Iwagakure had established its defensive line on Land of Grass soil in order to guard against Konoha.

As for whether the Land of Grass had any objections?

Iwagakure did not care.

In the Shinobi World, might had always made right.

"Usually, Iwagakure Ninja patrol around the defensive line."

"Why is there no one here today?" The more Utatane Banfeng thought about it, the more something felt off.

Suddenly,

dozens of Kunai bearing Explosive Tags attacked their position from every direction.

It turned out that Iwagakure's ninjas had received intelligence long ago and discovered them!

"Move!"

At Utatane Banfeng's command,

the Root ninjas became afterimages as they fled toward safety.

Boom!

The Explosive Tags detonated.

Flames shot into the sky.

More than ten ninjas in red uniforms emerged from the forest, Iwagakure forehead protectors fastened across their brows.

They slammed their palms against the ground and simultaneously performed Earth Style.

Earth Style: Earth Flow!

The ground instantly split into countless grains of sand that surged toward the Root ninjas like ocean waves.

Root ninjas were the elite among Konoha's shinobi.

They had all experienced countless life-and-death battles.

After a brief moment of panic,

they steadied themselves.

They hurriedly used their own signature techniques to evade the encroaching sand.

Then, they launched a coordinated counterattack.

Though the Root ninjas were fewer in number, their combat strength was not weak. They fought the Iwagakure Ninja evenly!

"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave." Utatane Banfeng leaped down from a towering tree. After easily evading several Shuriken, he formed hand seals continuously in midair before spitting out seven or eight wind blades that swept forward.

Splat!

Two Iwagakure Chunin were cut in half at the waist by the wind blades.

Scarlet blood sprayed down.

They died on the spot!

Utatane Banfeng was one of the Utatane Clan's finest Jonin in Konoha and was deeply favored and valued by Utatane Koharu. In order to train him, she had arranged for him to join Root and gain experience.

"Argh!"

The Iwagakure Jonin let out a grief-stricken howl.

Aside from himself, their squad had brought only eleven Chunin, all precious assets to the village.

Losing two Chunin at once pained him deeply.

Fury burned in the Iwagakure Jonin's eyes as overwhelming killing intent burst from his body. He charged forward, intending to kill Utatane Banfeng!

Earth Style: Earth Dragon.

Surging chakra poured from the Iwagakure Jonin's body.

The ground then began to writhe, transforming into an earth dragon more than thirty feet long with an imposing presence.

The earth dragon raised its head,

as if releasing a soundless roar.

Then it lunged fiercely at Utatane Banfeng.

But Utatane Banfeng was simply too fast and agile, dodging the attack in an instant.

Earth Style: Swamp Flow! As though he had anticipated that the earth dragon could not effectively strike Utatane Banfeng, the Iwagakure Jonin had prepared a backup plan and formed hand seals again to perform another Ninjutsu.

"Damn it!" Utatane Banfeng's feet landed in the swamp, leaving him unable to move!

Facing the incoming earth dragon attack, his hands rapidly formed seals.

Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves.

More than ten gales howled out before Utatane Banfeng, instantly shredding the earth dragon while also engulfing the Iwagakure Jonin.

"What? Such powerful Wind Style!" The Iwagakure Jonin knew how formidable Konoha's Root was and did not dare let down his guard. He immediately used Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall.

Three slabs of earth and stone rose before him.

But what the Iwagakure Jonin had not expected was

that Utatane Banfeng's Wind Style was incredibly powerful, directly slicing through all three layers of stone slabs.

The remaining gales

cut his body into pieces.

The Iwagakure Jonin immediately lost his ability to fight, collapsing into a pool of blood. His entire body was covered in blood, with seven or eight fatal wounds.

Bleached bone was visible in every one of them.

Both were Jonin.

Yet the gap in their strength was enormous.

But that made sense.

Root ninjas

were powerhouses who had crawled out from mountains of corpses.

Though few in number, they were immensely strong. Even with a numerical advantage, the Iwagakure Ninja could not compare to them.

Moreover, Utatane Banfeng had often sparred with Hei, who specialized in Earth Style, so he had plenty of experience dealing with Earth Style users!

The Root ninjas nearby were evenly matched with the Iwagakure Ninja.

But once Utatane Banfeng finished his battle and joined the fight, the Iwagakure side was instantly slaughtered like helpless chickens and dogs.

In less than five minutes,

every Iwagakure Ninja had been wiped out!

"Leave no survivors!" Utatane Banfeng ordered.

After all, leaving survivors could lead to leaked intelligence!

The Root members finished them off.

Kunai slit the Iwagakure Ninja's throats or pierced their hearts. The scene was exceptionally bloody.

A minute later,

all the Iwagakure Ninja were thoroughly dead.

After resolving the trouble, the Root ninjas did not leave.

They were waiting for someone.

Kabuto Yakushi!

He was Konoha's spy planted within Iwagakure.

Because Iwagakure's defensive line stretched for more than a hundred miles and there was only one stronghold here,

the nearest stronghold was some distance away, so they did not need to worry about other Iwagakure Ninja rushing over.

And even if they did arrive,

Root could set traps and hunt down the Iwagakure Ninja instead.

"Captain Utatane, you're truly incredible!" A Root ninja said excitedly in praise.

Utatane Banfeng's strength had long been recognized by Danzo, who valued him greatly.

After he cultivated Wind-nature chakra, Danzo personally taught him. The latter could be considered his teacher.

Danzo even planned to transfer him to become a personal guard in a few years.

Tap, tap, tap.

Just then.