Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu

Early in the morning, he heard loud banging on the door downstairs.

Were people these days becoming more and more rude? Anyone who disturbed someone else's sleep should be arrested.

Though he had tried his best to ignore it, the person outside was remarkably persistent, clearly determined not to leave unless the door was opened.

Uchiha Qingfeng went downstairs and opened the door, full of resentment.

"Qingfeng, let's have a race that embraces youth!"

Looking at the bowl-cut head at the door, the gleaming teeth, and the raised thumb flinging off several drops of sweat—

He had clearly already warmed up. Who would sacrifice their sleeping time to go running with a gentleman in a green bodysuit? That would be like having something wrong with their head.

"The referee is already in position too. Let's set off quickly!"

Only then did Qingfeng notice there was a girl riding a dog behind him. Were Ninjas all this diligent???

He suddenly considered not becoming a Ninja. Being an ordinary person seemed pretty good too.

"Qingfeng is a lazy pig."

"Woof woof woof."

He was even being mocked by a dog. He might as well go back to sleeping in the Uchiha Clan Land from now on. At least there had not been any strange people disturbing him before.

But faced with such an enthusiastic Guy, he really could not bring himself to refuse.

With a bark, the Leaf Village Hundred-Lap Competition officially began.

Might Guy truly lived up to his name as the Blue Beast. He seemed to possess endless energy.

Uchiha Qingfeng had only managed to finish one hundred laps thanks to the cheat item, the "Xuzhu Royal Body Strengthening Secret Medicine." By the time he finished, Guy had lapped him at least dozens of times.

As for Inuzuka Hana, she relied entirely on her dog. She happily ran two laps, then quietly became a referee once she got tired.

An entire morning had passed before he finally escaped that humanoid beast.

Qingfeng had his own plans for the afternoon. With no money for draws, he could only study some Ninjutsu to keep himself going.

A single piece of Chakra Paper cost a thousand ryo, enough to eat at Ichiraku Ramen for a week. Uchiha Qingfeng's heart was bleeding.

He pinched the test paper between his fingers and injected Chakra into it. Half caught fire while the other half wrinkled, until the entire sheet of Chakra Paper was consumed by flames.

As expected, he had Fire Release and Lightning Release, with Fire Release as his primary affinity. The Uchiha Clan's primary Chakra affinity was always Fire Release. There was simply no reasoning with it.

See that? This entire forest was the Uchiha Clan's exclusive Training Ground.

Carrying two Ninjutsu Scrolls, Uchiha Qingfeng found an empty patch in the forest and began learning the Great Fireball Jutsu.

For nearly every Uchiha, the Great Fireball Jutsu was their first Ninjutsu. Everyone had it, but the quality varied enormously.

Following the Hand Seal sequence: Snake—Ram—Monkey—Boar—Horse—Tiger.

Failure!

Failure!!

Failure!!!

A tiny C-rank Ninjutsu was this hard to learn? Then wouldn't S-rank techniques and the like be beyond his reach for the rest of his life?

Something had to be wrong. Uchiha Qingfeng sat down and carefully recalled the original story.

No way, right? Did he really have to do this? But it was a little embarrassing.

Anyone who had carefully read the original story knew one major detail: whether they were ordinary Genin or Six Paths Madara, they always had to shout out their Ninjutsu when casting it.

In other words, they had to shout while forming Hand Seals.

Whether it was real or not, he had to give it a try.

"Fire Style—Great—Fireball—Jutsu!"

Do not ask why he had shouted it in fits and starts. His Hand Seals were simply too slow, so he could only wait for each one to be completed.

The air visibly grew scorching hot as a fireball rapidly expanded and shot forward.

So it really worked? No, it was more that he had not expected it to actually work. This setting was truly absurd, but in the Ninja World, he had no choice but to bow his head.

Then by the same logic, the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique would work the same way. Just shouting it out completely killed his motivation.

The fireball slowly went out. Its power was decent enough. He could confidently say that as long as an enemy stood within five meters of him without moving or fighting back, he could definitely burn them to death.

Uchiha Madara's Great Fireball Jutsu did not count.

Someone emerged from nearby. It was Itachi, who had been haunting him lately.

Itachi trained in this forest every day. Hearing the commotion, he had come over out of curiosity. If it had been someone he did not know, he would have pretended he had never come, but it turned out to be Qingfeng.

And after seeing Qingfeng's Ninjutsu, he had to come out and say hello.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu

Uchiha Itachi fired off a Great Fireball Jutsu first, treating it as a greeting between Ninjas.

Uchiha Qingfeng watched Itachi cast the Great Fireball Jutsu. Its power was roughly the same, but he did not stumble over the chant, and his Hand Seals were much faster.

"Qingfeng, want to spar?"

Itachi was eager to try. Among those his age, Qingfeng was the only one even more talented than him. It was truly necessary for them to test each other.

Fighting was impossible. What was the point of fighting and killing? Besides, the tomoe form of the Sharingan would not turn someone blind from prolonged use.

He instantly activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan and stared straight at Uchiha Itachi.

"Sure, we can spar."

Knowing full well how powerful the Clan's Kekkei Genkai was, Itachi saw Qingfeng directly open his Three Tomoe Sharingan without acting human at all. There was no need to humiliate himself.

"Maybe not. Chatting is pretty nice."

Chatting? Uchiha Qingfeng had another idea.

"Itachi, I think I'm too weak. I only know two low-level Ninjutsu. I don't even know the basic Shadow Clone Jutsu that everyone has."

Huh?

Uchiha Itachi had no idea how to respond. Did Uchiha Qingfeng really know nothing? He did not even know the Clan rules?

"Actually, once you awaken the Three Tomoe Sharingan, the Clan will train you as a future Jonin. That includes all the Clan's A-rank Ninjutsu, which you can learn for free."

Of course, Uchiha Itachi had no restrictions at all. He could browse whatever he wanted.

"The Uchiha benefits are this good?"

Uchiha Qingfeng was already impatient.

"Can you take me to see them now?"

Uchiha Itachi led Qingfeng to the shrine at the center of the Clan Land.

The guards at the shrine entrance were far more impressive than those at the main gate. Every one of them wore a Jonin vest.

Uchiha Itachi passed through unimpeded. No one questioned him, and they even greeted him with smiles. "Itachi, have you learned the Ninjutsu from last time?"

Itachi casually brushed them off.

Uchiha Qingfeng revealed the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes, and no one inspected him either.

The Uchiha's unique Kekkei Genkai—there were plenty of Jonin who had awakened tomoe. This feeling could not possibly be mistaken.

"Someone about the same age as Itachi awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan at six or seven. First there was Shisui, then Itachi, and now another genius like this has suddenly appeared. Is the Uchiha Clan about to rise again?"

Uchiha Qingfeng paid no attention to the guards' excitement.

If they wanted the Uchiha Clan to rise again so badly, they should start working on themselves. Placing their hopes on other Clan members could very well harm them in the end.

"So this is the Uchiha's Ninjutsu collection?"

All the Ninjutsu Scrolls were placed in compartments, with the names of the techniques written outside, always available for any qualified Clan member to study.