The Stronger My Clanmates Are, the Better I Get

Oki asked several colleagues to keep an eye on his class while he was away.

Especially those two Uchiha brats.

Then he hurried off to Konoha Hospital.

Ruohuo and Obito went with one of the teachers to the School Infirmary first.

The nurse was a married woman in her thirties, probably a few years older than Ruohuo had been in his previous life.

She had lovely features and the distinctive charm of a married woman. Her figure was full, and she wore a wedding ring on her right ring finger. She was exactly one of the types Ruohuo had liked in his previous life.

But considering how young he was, that he was still growing, and the pile of tasks the system had given him,

Ruohuo dutifully waited outside the infirmary with the teacher assigned to keep an eye on him.

With nothing else to do, Ruohuo opened his transmigrator-exclusive interface in his mind.

[The Stronger My Clanmates Are, the Better I Get System.]

[Name: Uchiha Ruohuo.]

[Gender: Male.]

[Age: 6.5 years.]

[Main Plane Identity Number: 168******1314]

[Current Plane: Naruto · Ninja World.]

[Bound Clan: Uchiha Clan]

[Current Overall Clan Strength Rating: A]

[Clan Reward Obtained (E): Fire Style Little Genius. (You can always learn Fire Release Ninjutsu quickly. The number of Fire Release Ninjutsu you have mastered can increase this reward's level. Your Fire Release Ninjutsu deal 30% more damage.)]

[Clan Reward Obtained (D): One-Tomoe Sharingan. (The level of your Sharingan depends on your clan's strength. Complete Clan Missions to unlock stronger Kekkei Genkai, up to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.)]

[Clan Reward (C) Not Obtained. Complete the Clan Mission: In the name of the Uchiha, become the top student at the Konoha Ninja Academy and break the early graduation record (six months). You must prove that the Uchiha Clan has the best talent.]

[Clan Reward (B) Not Obtained. Complete the Clan Mission: Become a Konoha Chunin. (Being a Genin for ten thousand years might sound impressive, but it is still the wrong path.)]

[Clan Reward (A) Not Obtained. Complete the Clan Mission: Join Root/Anbu and attain the rank of squad leader or higher. (Infiltrate Konoha and make your clan proud.)]

[Personal Skills Panel: Locked. (Requires completion of a Rank C Clan Mission.)]

[Personal Attributes Panel: Locked. (Requires completion of a Rank B Clan Mission.)]

Before transmigrating, Ruohuo had actually been given a choice.

The options had been the Senju during the Second Shinobi World War, the Uchiha five years ago, and the Hyuga in Konoha Year 48.

The Senju were too dangerous. The events of the Second Shinobi World War were a blank, and without the power to conquer the Ninja World by age ten, he would probably be doomed.

The Hyuga, on the other hand, were too weak. What future could there be for a clan that carved the Caged Bird Seal into its members' foreheads?

Sure, he could dig out all their eyes and piece together a Tenseigan, but why bother?

He'd have to deal with the Caged Bird Seal and dig out everyone's eyes one by one. He wasn't some kind of freak.

Ruohuo figured the Uchiha of this era were a pretty good choice.

The clan's overall strength was on the rise, the massacre was still a long way off, and there was plenty of room to maneuver.

So he bound himself to the Uchiha Clan.

The system worked just like its name suggested: the stronger his clanmates were, the better he got.

Whenever the Uchiha Clan reached a new level of strength, completing the corresponding mission would earn him a reward.

At present, the Uchiha Clan had an A rating.

There were five ratings, from A to E. The missions from C to A were similar to what things had been like before Itachi defected, so he couldn't complete them for now.

However, the two lowest-tier rewards didn't require him to complete any missions.

That meant Ruohuo had started out with a One-Tomoe Sharingan and a Fire Style Little Genius buff.

"Too bad I couldn't have started out a little older. Starting as a baby... really slowed things down."

The identity the system had arranged for him was that of an abandoned baby.

He'd been two years old when he was dropped into this world. The system hadn't shown the slightest sense of responsibility.

But Ruohuo had gotten lucky.

Obito's grandmother had gone up the mountain to gather firewood and found him there.

The kind-hearted old woman had taken Ruohuo home and raised him alongside Obito, whose parents had died not long before.

Life was certainly a little hard, but Ruohuo had also experienced a kind of family love he'd never known in his previous life.

Back then, his father had been a director who served the people, and his mother had been a formidable businesswoman and corporate magnate.

The Rabbit had conquered all seven continents, and he'd grown up across the Pacific from his parents. He'd always longed for a loving family...

But Ruohuo had loved watching old cartoons since he was little, like Pleasant Goat and Grey Wolf, Boonie Bears, and some of the hot-blooded anime from Japan—Death, Fire, and One Piece.

Naruto in particular, with its story of Black Zetsu rescuing his mother, had been so damn inspiring.

So he was fairly familiar with the plot of this world.

"The Uchiha Clan's strength will probably hit its final peak in the six months after Shisui dies."

Ruohuo mused to himself. "Six Mangekyo... That should earn an S, right?"

In the original timeline, the Uchiha Clan's darkest period came after the Night of the Uchiha Massacre.

Only two members of the clan were left. At least they were both men, and when Sarada was born over a decade later, the clan's bloodline had been preserved.

Of course,

It was only Konoha Year 40 now. One of those two little troublemakers hadn't been born yet, and the other called him big brother.

There was still plenty of room to maneuver.

Besides,

Even if he ignored the system missions, Ruohuo wouldn't let the tragedy happen, if only for Grandmother's sake.

"Hmm... If Madara has his eye on Obito, then I've got six years left."

"Six years should be about enough..."

They were now in the preparatory stage before the Third Shinobi World War.

In two years, the warm-up would begin: the great ninja villages would clash in an all-out war.

Two years after that, the war would enter its main phase: the entire Ninja World would team up to beat Konoha, and the Uchiha would get their chance to shine.

By then, Fugaku should be able to awaken a pair of Mangekyo.

If Ruohuo also completed the missions from C to A, and each mission only gave him one Tomoe, that would still be enough to reach the Mangekyo.

Would that be enough to get him an S rating?

Once he completed an S-rank Clan Mission and obtained the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he should be strong enough to beat the old Madara.

"Just don't know if Fugaku will awaken his eyes in time..."

"And I hope the S-rank mission won't be too ridiculous."

As Ruohuo thought this, Obito came out of the infirmary.

The dark circles around his eyes had been treated, but his torn clothes still left him looking a little disheveled.

As his big brother, Ruohuo couldn't stand the sight of it. He turned to the teacher beside him.

"Teacher, could I borrow the vest you're wearing for my little brother for the day?"

The teacher was clearly new. He was a junior of Teacher Oki's and had just witnessed Ruohuo's "lethal force" in the office.

As he hesitated over whether to agree, Ruohuo launched a combo.

"Obito is a student at the Ninja Academy. He was bullied at school, and that's why he ended up looking like this."

"Our Uchiha Clan values most... Thank you, Teacher."

"...Um, remember to give it back tomorrow. I just started this job, and they only issued me one vest..."

The young teacher replied meekly.

"Don't worry. The Uchiha Clan always repays kindness and avenges wrongs. Obito will repay you for your kindness today!"

Ruohuo helped his foolish little brother put on the vest.

It was a bit too big and hung on him like a jacket.

He decided not to zip it up. It looked pretty stylish that way.

Once the vest was on, Ruohuo patted Obito on the back of the head.

"Why don't you thank the teacher?"

"Thank you, Teacher!" Obito gave a full ninety-degree bow and shouted.

"N-no problem." The teacher scratched his head, feeling a strange little sense of accomplishment.

These brothers... weren't actually that scary, were they?

"Oh, right, Teacher. Obito was badly beaten. Thankfully, the senior at the infirmary is a skilled medic. Otherwise, he might have suffered lasting injuries."

"The Hyuga might come confront us in the next couple of days. Please be sure to testify for us when they do."

Ruohuo spoke cautiously. "Of course, if you're afraid of the Hyuga Clan, you can pretend you don't know anything."

"But my Uchiha Clan..."

"Fine, fine..." The teacher was practically sweating.

"I'll report everything that happened today honestly, all right!"