A Stable Life

"Kushina, Nagi is doing this on purpose. You must not shout it out."

Namikaze Minato was startled by Kushina's expression. If she really blurted out the truth, wouldn't everything Nagi had done be in vain?

"I know, I just don't understand why he has to hide it," Kushina said, feeling a bit frustrated.

"Perhaps it's because he's an Uchiha?" Namikaze Minato wasn't sure, he could only guess.

Kushina froze at these words. She thought of all the rumors surrounding the Uchiha Clan and her own experiences interacting with Uchiha Nagi.

She truly hadn't felt any of the traits described in those rumors from him.

Yet, she didn't believe the rumors were entirely false, as Uchiha Enichi's behavior was a constant, living proof of them.

"Nagi must be quite tired, right?" Kushina suddenly remarked.

Namikaze Minato paused, watching Uchiha Nagi, who was still performing in the arena. If he were in such a clan and wanted to live as a normal person, it wouldn't be easy either.

"Probably."

"And what about you?"

Kushina suddenly looked at Namikaze Minato. "Nagi said you've been hiding your strength, too."

Namikaze Minato didn't deny it. "I'm different from Nagi. He is likely forced by his clan, while I simply don't like being high-profile."

After that, the two fell silent.

At this moment, the confrontation in the arena had reached its final stage.

Uchiha Nagi had already unleashed a somewhat crude-looking Clone Technique, launching a final, fierce assault on Uchiha Enichi.

Just as the attack was about to land, Uchiha Enichi transformed into a block of wood.

Seeing the look of shock on Uchiha Nagi's face, Kushina stuck out her tongue.

"He's acting so well, even though I could clearly see through that Substitution Technique..."

In the end, Uchiha Nagi "panted heavily" and voluntarily conceded defeat, despite being completely unscathed in reality.

A look of smug satisfaction appeared on Uchiha Enichi's face.

"Hmph, you're not bad for forcing me to use the Substitution Technique, but that's as far as you go!"

With that, Uchiha Enichi walked toward the classroom with his head held high, like a victorious rooster.

Just then, the younger brother of that genin clearly wanted to say something. Although he hadn't seen through Uchiha Enichi's Substitution Technique, he knew that Uchiha Nagi had also mastered it.

Therefore, Uchiha Nagi was definitely hiding his strength!

However, at that very moment, his gaze met Uchiha Nagi's eyes.

Even though they were just a pair of pitch-black pupils, he felt as if he had seen a pair of blood-red eyes.

The next instant, he stood there, completely dazed.

Soon, his body shuddered as he snapped out of it, and he scratched his head in confusion.

"I must be wrong. Why would I feel like that Uchiha Nagi is stronger? As expected, Boss Enichi is the most powerful!"

Uchiha Nagi rubbed his forehead. After acting for so long, the Sharingan hadn't consumed much, but this final genjutsu had drained quite a bit of chakra.

However, this should allow him to continue keeping a low profile.

His current life, while a bit too full, was surprisingly stable now that he had confirmed his body was actually fine.

He didn't want any uncontrollable variables to disrupt his life because of this incident.

"Ugh! It makes me so mad, that guy is definitely going to be even more arrogant now." Kushina walked up to Uchiha Nagi, puffing out her cheeks.

"The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. It's not a bad thing to let him be the 'king' of the class," Uchiha Nagi said indifferently. "Besides, he's just a bit high-profile; he usually doesn't look for trouble without a reason."

"I suppose that's true." Kushina thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Namikaze Minato also nodded, watching Uchiha Enichi's retreating back.

He had been completely shackled by the glory of the Uchiha Clan and could only continue down this path.

He could not bear to fail, nor could he admit that his skills were inferior to others.

Such a life was quite pathetic.

From that day on, rumors of anyone being stronger than Uchiha Enichi never appeared in the class again.

Uchiha Enichi firmly secured his position as the class boss, and eventually, he even became the boss of the entire first grade.

However, Uchiha Nagi didn't care about that; he only cared about himself.

After learning about his mental "issues," he slightly adjusted his training plan.

The taijutsu training he had originally intended to keep at a normal pace was forcibly ramped up.

Since his symptoms of lethargy were caused by his body being unable to keep up with the excessive growth of his spirit, the most direct and simple method was to strengthen his physique.

At the same time, he no longer resisted the lethargy. As it stood, his spirit grew most rapidly while he was asleep.

Therefore, as long as his body didn't suffer any major issues, he had to seize the opportunity to increase his mental capacity as much as possible—this was inextricably linked to his future Yin Release power.

However, it was a pity that even if Uchiha Nagi prioritized taijutsu, he couldn't train it endlessly.

After all, he was still just a child, and his body followed the laws of human growth.

Excessive training would cause his body to transfer energy meant for development to physical strength, with a high probability of affecting his future height and causing various negative side effects.

As for Might Guy and Rock Lee, their physical talents were good enough, and perhaps if their training volume were smaller, their development would have been even better?

Didn't Hatake Kakashi strongly condemn Might Guy when he saw Rock Lee's weights?

This showed that Rock Lee's training volume at the time had already far exceeded what a young boy should be doing.

Uchiha Nagi didn't believe his physical talent could compare to these two monsters, so he approached Tsunade.

That's right, since you want to observe my talent and have me come in every month for you to record data.

Then I can naturally use this opportunity to determine the maximum training volume without affecting my physical development!

And the reason is readily available: I'm worried about my spirit continuing to grow, leading to more severe symptoms, so I need to strengthen my physique as much as possible!

In addition, Uchiha Nagi's ninjutsu training was also proceeding in an orderly fashion.

Train, copy, continue training, and so on...

While Uchiha Nagi was living and training peacefully in Konoha, the entire ninja world was not calm.

Due to the imbalance in economic development between countries, the economic gap widened.

The martial factions in the ninja villages of various countries rose to prominence, promoting military expansion and resource plundering under the guise of increasing fair privileges.

The stable situation began to fluctuate, and conflicts between countries gradually escalated.

And this turmoil, starting from the surrounding small countries, eventually involved the Five Great Nations as time passed.

Everyone vaguely felt that a major war might be coming!