The Top Student and the Struggling Student

Chapter 21: The Top Student and the Struggling Student

To be honest, looking after four kids at once was exhausting. Even with Uchiha Hana helping out, the children were far too energetic.

Especially Uchiha To and Uchiha Kawa. They were only two, but they had frightening amounts of energy. One minute they were pestering him to play one game, and the next they were pestering him to play another...

Sigh...

As the eldest brother, he had no choice but to take responsibility.

Uchiha Shin felt that if Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Aoi went on a few more missions like this, he would die young.

Fortunately, Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Aoi made it home in time that evening.

It was no exaggeration to say that when Uchiha Shin saw them return in time, he nearly burst into tears.

After safely handing his younger brothers over to Uchiha Aoi, Uchiha Shin rushed back to his room without even eating dinner.

The next day, Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Aoi were both free of missions.

Now that he no longer had to look after the two little ones, Uchiha To and Uchiha Kawa, Uchiha Shin couldn't help feeling lucky.

After a hurried breakfast, Uchiha Shin took Madara, Izuna, and Hana to the forest beside the Uchiha Clan's compound.

Since they wanted to learn how to precisely mold and control Chakra, tree climbing and Water Walking were the basics.

Of course, it still came down to individual talent. Not every ninja could precisely mold and control Chakra.

After all, in the original Naruto, the only ones who learned Strength of a Hundred were Tsunade and Sakura, along with Sarada from Boruto.

That showed how much talent Strength of a Hundred required.

Led by Uchiha Shin, the group slowly entered the forest through an entrance beside the Uchiha Clan's compound.

Uchiha Shin looked around as they walked. After about fifteen minutes...

Uchiha Shin finally found a suitable spot. A tall, straight tree stood there, so thick that it would take two or three people to wrap their arms around it.

The area around the sturdy tree was fairly open, with no short, dense shrubs on the ground. It was relatively flat, too.

This place looks good...

Uchiha Shin nodded to himself, surveyed the surroundings, and walked around the tree once. He was quite satisfied with the spot for everyone's tree-climbing practice.

Uchiha Shin looked at Madara, Izuna, and Hana, who stood in front of him with bewildered expressions. He clapped his hands to get their attention, then said, "Today, we'll practice the basics of molding and controlling Chakra here."

"First, let me explain. Simply put, Strength of a Hundred is a special technique for controlling Chakra."

"The principle behind Strength of a Hundred is simple: concentrate Chakra in one part of the body, then release it all at once to achieve tremendous destructive power."

Madara, Izuna, and Hana stood straight, listening intently as Uchiha Shin explained.

Uchiha Shin continued with a serious expression, "Although it sounds simple..."

"Even the basics—precisely molding and controlling Chakra—are difficult enough to stump countless people."

"Strength of a Hundred takes quite a bit of talent. If you're gifted, you can learn it with enough effort."

"Take your big brother, for example."

Uchiha Shin smiled faintly, indulging in a rare bit of humblebragging.

"If you don't have the talent, sorry, but you probably won't even get started, let alone master it."

Uchiha Shin looked the three of them in the eye, preparing them for the possibility in advance.

"All right. Before we learn to control Chakra precisely, let's start with how to mold it precisely."

"Madara, tell us how a ninja molds Chakra."

When their big brother questioned Madara, Izuna and Hana turned to look at him as they thought about the answer.

"Chakra is a form of energy produced when a ninja controls and perfectly combines different types of energy. It can be used to perform ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and genjutsu, or to create threads that bind opponents or cut off the energy source of materials made from Chakra."

"This energy is composed of two things: the physical energy drawn from each of the ten trillion cells in the human body, and the spiritual energy developed through experience and accumulated through extensive training."

"After molding Chakra, a ninja can perform techniques by forming Hand Seals."

In response to Uchiha Shin's question, four-year-old Madara clasped his hands behind his back and delivered the standard answer, word for word, with a serious expression.

"Good, good. That was a very precise answer."

Uchiha Shin nodded approvingly at Madara's textbook-like response.

"But Madara, have you ever wondered why ninjas of the same age have different amounts of Chakra stored in their bodies?"

"And why some ninjas can perform techniques very quickly, while others are much slower?"

"Of course, a ninja's speed at forming Hand Seals is one factor."

"Have you thought about what the other factors might be?"

Uchiha Shin smiled and continued questioning Madara.

Faced with his big brother's questions, Madara faltered. He quickly lowered his head and began to think through the reasoning.

Madara knew his big brother wasn't asking these questions for no reason. They must have something to do with Strength of a Hundred.

Izuna and Hana also quickly lowered their heads to think about the questions.

Heh. Seeing Madara, Izuna, and Hana at a loss for words, Uchiha Shin didn't mind. Madara was only four, and Izuna was just three.

Hana was six, but she came from a civilian family, so she probably hadn't been encouraged to think about things like this.

It was perfectly normal for the three of them to lack the knowledge and experience to answer.

If they understood everything as soon as he asked and learned everything at once, Uchiha Shin would have to wonder if they were also transmigrators, or if they had some kind of system inside them.

"Clap, clap..."

Uchiha Shin clapped his hands again, signaling the three to look up at him.

"The three of you don't need to worry if you can't figure it out right now. You'll understand sooner or later."

"But so we don't waste time, I'll give you a rough explanation of the principles today."

"Just keep them in mind for now. You can take your time understanding them later."

Uchiha Shin smiled at the three of them.

These were the Uchiha Clan's precious young talents, the clan's future.

Who knew what the future held for Uchiha Hana? But the brothers Izuna and Madara had both awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in the original Naruto.

Could they really be lacking in talent?

Madara did have the uncertain advantage of being Indra's reincarnate.

But what about Izuna?

He had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan through his own talent. He was skilled at using the Mangekyō Sharingan and Fire Release, and he had even created the Flame Release: Kagutsuchi technique. During the Warring States Period in the original Naruto, shinobi from other clans had called him a formidable opponent "without a single opening."

Unfortunately, his ending was too tragic. But if he hadn't let his guard down, how could he have died at Senju Tobirama's hands?

That white-haired bastard Senju Tobirama?

Uchiha Shin absolutely refused to believe it.

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