The Ninja Academy's Incredible Legends (15): Not Everyone Likes Ninjas Who Surpass Their Masters

A short distance from the bustling main street, an old-fashioned shrine stood nestled within a small grove.

In the increasingly prosperous Konoha, such a quiet corner was truly rare.

However, judging by the poorly maintained state of the buildings, there was probably no one looking after them.

To keep such a large plot of land vacant in land-starved Konoha was simply a terrible waste.

Even if one had money, ordinary people had no right to openly hoard land in Konoha. It took no ordinary amount of power and influence to do that.

The reason it had been left to decay like this was hardly worth mentioning.

This was Naka Shrine—the secret gathering place of the once-mighty Uchiha clan.

A few years ago, most of the Uchiha clan's territory had been destroyed in the war. The clan's nominal heir, Sasuke Uchiha, had spent all year away from the village and simply could not manage such extensive properties. After years of neglect, only this large plot of land remained.

Sasuke Uchiha himself did not care much for worldly possessions. To Sasuke, who had made it his mission to revive the Uchiha clan, this place was more like a sacred symbol that could not be desecrated. Aside from the residence where his family had once lived, this was the only ancestral property he still cared about.

And now, this place was finally seeing some noise again after a long absence.

With a thunderous boom, a pair of pale blue energy hands seized a massive bluestone boulder from the ground and hurled it at the figure constantly dodging ahead.

"Calm down, Sakura. You're already an outstanding jonin. You need to learn to control your emotions."

"You make that sound so easy."

The pink-haired young woman, wrapped head to toe in an energy cloak, clasped