After the Battle

Chapter 44: Aftermath

Just as Uchiha Tajima had anticipated...

After some deliberation, both Hagoromo Ryozo and Yamanaka Makoto agreed to Uchiha Tajima's proposal for an alliance.

However, there were many pressing matters at hand: collecting the dead, treating the wounded, and clearing the battlefield.

Therefore, Hagoromo Ryozo, Yamanaka Makoto, and Uchiha Tajima agreed to discuss the specific details of the alliance at the Uchiha Clan's territory once these affairs were settled.

Uchiha Tajima nodded in satisfaction.

As for the batch of standard-issue weapons and equipment destined for the Land of Iron, along with the captured ninja monks from the Fire Temple, they were to be held by the Uchiha Clan and escorted back to the Uchiha territory first.

Uchiha Tajima believed that if the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had no intention of turning hostile at this moment, he would inevitably send someone to the Uchiha Clan to negotiate.

As for whether the Uchiha Clan would embezzle this massive shipment of standard-issue weapons and equipment, Hagoromo Ryozo and Yamanaka Makoto were not worried in the slightest.

If Uchiha Tajima dared to do such a thing, the Uchiha Clan would undoubtedly become a target for everyone.

Not only would the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Senju Clan not let the Uchiha Clan off, but even their own Hagoromo Clan and the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans would not allow the Uchiha Clan to live in peace.

Thus, Uchiha Tajima would certainly not be so unwise; the man was, after all, a person of ambition.

Half a day later, the Great Canyon that had served as the battlefield finally began to grow silent once more.

After collecting the dead, tending to the wounded, and clearing the battlefield, Hagoromo Ryozo and Yamanaka Makoto bid farewell to Uchiha Tajima.

Immediately, they departed with their respective ninja squads.

Likewise, having achieved all his goals for the day, Uchiha Tajima felt no regrets and led the Uchiha Clan's ninja squad toward the clan's territory.

On the way home, Uchiha Shin pulled Uchiha Tajima aside privately...

Uchiha Shin proposed that Uchiha Tajima help him extract the cultivation method for the Fire Temple's secret technique, the "Talent of the Immortal Clan," from the captured monks.

After listening, Uchiha Tajima thought for a moment and agreed without much hesitation.

As for the thoughts of the Fire Temple?

Apologies, but the Uchiha Clan never needed to consider the thoughts of others, let alone those of captured Fire Temple monks.

Because the Uchiha ninja squad was escorting the Fire Temple captives and the shipment of weapons on the journey home, their pace was not fast.

After traveling for two and a half days, the Uchiha ninja squad finally arrived safely at the Uchiha territory at dusk.

Once Uchiha Tajima had arranged the holding location and guards for the Fire Temple captives and the shipment of standard-issue weapons, he headed straight to the Uchiha Clan cemetery without a moment's rest. After all, although the Uchiha Clan had not lost any mid-to-high-level combatants, several genin had indeed fallen in battle.

Since they had died for the clan, the clan had to grant them the honor of their sacrifice.

Therefore, under the presiding of Clan Head Uchiha Tajima, these fallen genin were soon laid to rest according to the customs of the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha Hana knelt before Uchiha Sarina's grave, weeping until she was a mess of tears.

Watching Hana like this, Uchiha Shin shook his head slightly. He hadn't expected that Hana, who usually seemed so carefree and thick-skinned, would be so heartbroken and devastated.

In this era of ninjas, regardless of age or gender, shouldn't one suppress their emotions?

Why was Hana expressing her feelings for Sarina so openly?

Uchiha Shin did not quite understand; perhaps this was the difference between women and men.

After returning to the clan, everything returned to the daily routine.

Uchiha Shin's daily life consisted of looking after his younger brother and ninja training—a simple, repetitive cycle.

During this mission, encountering an elite chunin had nearly cost Uchiha Shin his life.

If not for Uchiha Goichi's timely rescue, the consequences would have been dire.

Thus, how to improve his own strength became Uchiha Shin's most urgent priority.

Uchiha Shin took stock of himself...

His strength had basically reached the peak level of an elite genin, and he needed a breakthrough to reach the level of a chunin.

Uchiha Shin also discovered that his chakra reserves were far greater than those of other Uchiha genin his age.

His current chakra volume was essentially on par with an average chunin.

As for why his chakra reserves far exceeded those of a typical Uchiha genin, he could not figure it out.

After testing, Uchiha Shin discovered that his chakra natures were actually Wind and Fire.

Originally, Uchiha Shin had thought that the Sharingan's dynamic vision and the Chidori would be a perfect combination.

He had even planned to go to the archives to borrow information on Lightning Release ninjutsu...

To see if he could perfectly recreate the Lightning Release Chidori, created by Kakashi in the original Naruto series, based on the principles of the Chidori he knew from his past life.

Who would have thought that his chakra natures would be Wind and Fire?

It was well known that the Uchiha Clan excelled in Fire Release.

Although his chakra reserves were now on par with an average chunin, there were certain secret Fire Style techniques of the Uchiha Clan that he simply couldn't learn yet, even if he wanted to!

Because he didn't have enough chakra!

Take the Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique, for instance; according to its classification, this ninjutsu even reached A-rank.

In the original Naruto series, the Uchiha Madara summoned by Yakushi Kabuto via Impure World Reincarnation once used this very technique to heavily wound the Five Kage in a single strike.

Furthermore, the Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique was quite difficult to master.

After all, this technique involved both nature transformation and shape transformation of chakra, making it no less difficult than learning the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken directly.

More importantly, with his current chakra levels, he didn't even qualify to cast it once, let alone learn it.

As for other B-rank Fire Style techniques of the Uchiha Clan, such as the Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique, the Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, the Fire Style: Majestic Demolisher Flame, or even the Fire Style: Dragon Flame Bomb.

These were all absolute chakra-guzzling monsters!

He could learn them, but in actual combat, given that Uchiha Shin currently possessed only the chakra levels of an average chunin, he probably wouldn't be able to fire off more than a few shots.

Could it be that I really have to start making meatballs?

This thought suddenly popped into Uchiha Shin's mind.

After all, anyone who had read the original Naruto knew that Asura could make meatballs, and Uzumaki Naruto could make them too.

Moreover, this "meatball" technique required no hand seals, and its chakra consumption was very low compared to other ninjutsu of the same rank.

Most importantly, Uchiha Shin had a very clear roadmap for the subsequent development of the technique.

Although the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken would damage the arm's meridians and potentially cause permanent disability without the support of Sage Mode, the power of this technique was truly immense.

And in the later stages, it could even be combined with the unique chakra properties of the Tailed Beasts for fusion attacks.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Shin felt a bit conflicted...

Forget it, I should just push my physical fitness to the limit first!

That way, whether I'm training in taijutsu or other ninjutsu in the future, it will always be beneficial.

Having made his decision, Uchiha Shin prepared to head to the training ground to start with ten thousand straight punches, ten thousand kicks, and then...

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