Naruto: Starting the Plunder System to Save the Uchiha Chapter 4

"He won't make trouble for me over something like this."

"Why are you so sure? Do you know the Third Lord that well?"

"No, I just understand the Will of Fire very well."

Uchiha Mirai said calmly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was someone who cared deeply about his reputation.

He had only beaten up Asuma Sarutobi; it wasn't as if he had killed him.

There was no way the man would come after him over something like that.

Besides, in most people's minds, Uchiha clan members were supposed to have this kind of personality.

Seeing Uchiha Mirai's confident expression, Kurenai Yuhi did not know what to say.

She had never expected Uchiha Mirai to be so fearless because of the Will of Fire...

"Well said!"

A spirited voice suddenly rang out, drawing everyone's attention.

In the seat directly in front of Uchiha Mirai, a boy wearing goggles and sporting a short, spiky hairstyle abruptly turned around.

"Uchiha Mirai, although you're really annoying, what you just said was right."

"The Third Lord, who embodies the Will of Fire, would never come after you just because you beat up his son."

"I really didn't expect a guy like you to possess such awareness."

Seeing Obito Uchiha's airheaded expression, Uchiha Mirai ignored him.

He had never particularly liked Obito Uchiha. Not to mention that after coming to this world, Obito Uchiha had treated him like an imaginary rival at every turn, always taking every chance to badmouth him.

"Tch!"

Having failed to get a response, Obito Uchiha indignantly turned back around. But his words had already thrown the classroom into an uproar.

"What did Obito Uchiha just say? The Third Lord's son? Isn't that Asuma Sarutobi? Asuma Sarutobi got beaten up by Uchiha Mirai?!"

"Is that for real?"

"It must be. Look at Asuma's face and hands—he really does seem to have some scrapes."

"As expected of an Uchiha Clan brat. He's so arrogant that he even dared to hit the Hokage's son."

Listening to everyone's chatter, Asuma Sarutobi could only bury his head in his desk and play turtle.

He swore—

If there had been a crack in the ground, he would have crawled into it without hesitation.

Getting beaten up in front of the goddess had already been humiliating enough, yet now the whole class knew about it.

Inherently evil Uchiha!!!

Hokage Building.

Hokage's Office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a puff of smoke and reached out to wipe away the image in the crystal ball.

"First the village's Hokage, then a child's father..."

"He doesn't understand me, but he understands the Will of Fire..."

"What an interesting little brat."

Just as Uchiha Mirai had guessed, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not take Asuma Sarutobi being beaten up to heart.

Nothing in the village could be hidden from him.

Asuma had been the one at fault in yesterday's incident.

If someone could teach him a lesson, that was not necessarily a bad thing.

With that in mind, Hiruzen Sarutobi pulled out a scroll from beside the desk and wrote Uchiha Mirai's name on it.

Originally, he had planned to send Uchiha Mirai to the Konoha Military Police Force after he graduated from the Ninja Academy. Now, he had changed his mind.

He wanted to keep Uchiha Mirai under his command and observe him closely.

"Uchiha Mirai, since you think you understand the Will of Fire so well, let me see just how much resolve you possess."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze gradually deepened.

As the Uchiha Clan gradually faded from the village's core circle of power, voices of dissatisfaction within the clan had also been growing louder.

Although only a small number of Uchiha clan members were complaining at this stage, it was time for him to make preparations to prevent the worst outcome.

Uchiha Mirai was the needle he intended to plant in advance.

Ring, ring, ring!

The dismissal bell rang, and the classroom immediately became noisy.

Uchiha Mirai opened his bleary eyes, thought for a moment, then walked over to Kurenai Yuhi.

"Go away!"

Sensing someone approaching, Kurenai Yuhi continued packing up her desk without even looking up.

However, after waiting for quite a while, the person beside her still did not move.

Kurenai Yuhi raised her head, just about to lose her temper, when she saw Uchiha Mirai silently watching her.

"Mi-Mirai?"

"Sorry, I thought it was..."

Uchiha Mirai waved a hand. "No need to explain. Do you want to train with me?"

"Huh?"

Kurenai Yuhi was somewhat surprised by Uchiha Mirai's invitation.

Uchiha Mirai, who had always kept to himself, was actually taking the initiative to invite her to train?

Was she dreaming?

Or perhaps...

Did he really have other intentions toward her?

Kurenai Yuhi's heart began to pound.

Seeing the impatience gradually appear on Uchiha Mirai's face, Kurenai Yuhi finally remembered that she had yet to give him an answer and hurriedly nodded.

"I'd like to."

"Didn't you say you wanted to make it up to me? I've already thought of how."

"Then let's go."

Seeing Kurenai Yuhi agree, Uchiha Mirai turned and headed outside.

Watching the two leave, Asuma Sarutobi silently clenched his fists.

"Uchiha Mirai, just you wait."

"I'll definitely defeat you in front of everyone and return the humiliation you gave me a hundredfold!"

After passing through the streets of Konoha, Uchiha Mirai stopped in a dense forest behind the village.

Ahead of him was an open space dozens of meters wide, with several wooden posts scattered around it.

Farther ahead was a crystal-clear river.

"Mirai, is this where you usually train?"

Kurenai Yuhi asked curiously as she looked at the training ground before them.

"Yeah."

"Attack me. Let me see your strength first."

Without wasting any words, Uchiha Mirai beckoned Kurenai Yuhi over.

Over the course of the day, he had tried every possible method, yet none had triggered his Plunder System.

Thinking back to what had happened yesterday, Uchiha Mirai guessed that he could only plunder rewards through battle.

That was also why he had taken the initiative to invite Kurenai Yuhi to train with him.

"Then you'd better be careful."

Kurenai Yuhi said confidently.

A few seconds later.

Ding! Congratulations, Host, on successfully plundering a reward: Mental Power +1!

Hearing the system notification in his mind, Uchiha Mirai's lips curled slightly.

It worked.

It seemed his guess had been correct.

Only through battle could he trigger the Plunder System.

Uchiha Mirai only felt his mind become exceptionally clear, while a trace of warmth seemed to flow through his eyes.

"Mirai, your eyes..."

"Hm?"

Uchiha Mirai was confused by Kurenai Yuhi's words.

Kurenai Yuhi took out a small mirror and handed it to him. Only then did Uchiha Mirai realize that his eyes had become the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

"So Mental Power not only makes the mind stronger, but can also increase ocular power and the speed at which ocular power recovers..."

"This is really nice!"

Each time the Sharingan evolved, there was a period of adjustment. During that time, the Sharingan could not be actively deactivated.

So Uchiha Mirai did not pay much attention to it and simply beckoned to Kurenai Yuhi. "Again!"

More than ten minutes later.

Kurenai Yuhi squatted on the ground, her eyes red.

"I'm not doing this anymore!"

What was this?

They had called it a spar, but she had been getting beaten up one-sidedly the entire time.

This guy simply had no idea what it meant to go easy on a girl.

And besides...

She had clearly already lost, yet he kept dragging her into more sparring.

If he had not helped her out yesterday and treated her to such delicious food, she would have turned around and left long ago.

"A flower that cannot endure hardship can only wither in the night before sunrise."

"If you can't even persist through this little difficulty, I'd advise you to give up on becoming a ninja."

Uchiha Mirai said blandly.