The next morning, Takigakure.
Kakuzu is sitting in the temporarily renovated laboratory, squinting and flipping through a financial statement - this is the monthly expenditure details of Takigakure's underground base that he recently compiled.
Ever since Uchiha Jun handed over this base to him, his daily life has become a three-point and one-line affair of "research, accounting, and cultivation."
Although he is a "worker", Kakuzu works harder than when he was a rebel - after all, Uchiha Jun spends a lot of money, and his salary is several times higher than before by running around to earn bounties!
In the past, I had to run around everywhere and collect intelligence information to avoid capsizing in the gutter. Now I can make money just by sitting down. It's really comfortable.
"Well... this week's material consumption is 20% more than last week, but the amount of experimental data produced has quadrupled, indicating that efficiency is improving..."
Kakuzu pinched his chin and made a mark on the account book, "If the boss doesn't send money, we will be in trouble next month. After all, this is Xiaoren Village. The number of task delegations is pitifully low, and there are no special resources. It depends solely on the boss's 'blood transfusion'."
As soon as he finished speaking, a giant eagle covered in pitch black fell from the sky and landed steadily on the rock wall outside the laboratory.
A scroll wrapped in oilcloth hangs from the eagle's talons.
Kakuzu recognized the eagle - it was one of Summoning Animal's Uchiha Jun.
He quickly stood up, took off the scroll from the eagle's talon, and opened it to read.
After a while, his expression changed from impatience to surprise, from surprise to admiration, and finally settled on a complex expression of "Am I in trouble?"
"Tsk tsk... Even Orochimaru is online? Do you want me to be responsible for going to Land of Fields to ambush several Uchiha Clan Jonin and collect Sharingan?"
Kakuzu put away the scroll, and a light flashed in those emerald green eyes.
The scroll not only states the detailed information of the mission - including the equipment, personalities, fighting styles, and mission routes of those Uchiha Clan Jonin - but also comes with a personal letter from Uchiha Jun.
The letter detailed the tactical arrangements for this mission: Orochimaru will poison those Uchiha Clan Jonin during the mission to weaken their combat power, and Kakuzu will only be responsible for finishing the work.
The mission reward is a full thirty million taels.
"Thirty million taels is just for killing a few poisoned Jonin... The boss is really generous."
Kakuzu grinned, carefully put the scroll away, then turned and walked towards the depths of the laboratory, and began to prepare the arrangements for Takigakure during this "business trip".
"Takigakure's public security should first be left to those puppets who have fallen in love with Sealing Jutsu. No one dares to mess with Tailed Beasts's territory anyway."
Kakuzu packed his luggage, put on his iconic gray cloak, and Sealing Scroll on his waist, and strode out of the base.
He raised his head and glanced in the direction of Land of Fields, with a cold smile on his lips.
"Uchiha Clan..."
Meanwhile, Konoha.
Uchiha Jun was not in a hurry to pick up A-Rank Mission, but took advantage of this rare free time to familiarize Uchiha Hikari with Konoha's environment.
They walked from the lower reaches of the Naka River to the commercial street, and from the Ninja Academy to the foot of Hokage Rock.
Like a competent tour guide, Uchiha Jun introduced the origin and story of each landmark in Konoha.
"That's Ninja Academy over there. It's where I spent six years of my 'happy time'. I have to say that Konoha is a slump in pure quality education and is very unruly. It must be severely rectified."
"That's Yamanaka Flower Shop over there. The flowers sold there are pretty good."
"That's Ichiraku Ramen over there. I told you I would bring you something to eat. Let's go."
Uchiha Hikari followed him, his eyes scanning the pedestrians on the street in twos and threes, with extremely complex emotions in his eyes.
She saw a group of children wearing Ninja Academy uniforms practicing throwing Kunai. Those children's movements were clumsy and jerky, and some could even throw Kunai at their feet.
But their faces were filled with carefree smiles, as if the most important thing in the world to worry about was whether the next dinner would be delicious.
Uchiha Hikari followed Uchiha Jun and looked at the group of children.
I couldn't help but think of my childhood - growing up in the ruins of Warring States Period, my parents died in the war, and I awakened Mangekyo, and then I was forced to go to the battlefield. I spent not a day in my childhood without fighting and fleeing.
She never had a childhood of "practicing throwing Kunai".
I have never had the worry of "worrying about whether dinner is delicious or not."
Her life has been defined as a "tool" from the moment she awakened Mangekyo.
But now, standing on the streets of Konoha in this peaceful era, looking at those carefree children, she suddenly felt an unprecedented emotion surge in her chest - it was not hatred, not murderous intent, but a kind of... sour and subtle envy.
"What's wrong?" Uchiha Jun noticed something strange about her and stopped.
"... Nothing." Uchiha Hikari looked away and returned to his usual cold expression.
Uchiha Jun smiled without exposing her.
He could feel that Guang's heart was melting slowly and little by little.
In the evening, the training ground upstream of the Naka River.
The setting sun dyed the sky into a golden red, and the river glowed like broken gold in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Uchiha Jun stood on the river beach, with the two newly named "Sword of Benevolence" and "Sword of Righteousness" on his waist. Opposite him was Uchiha Hikari, which had retreated thirty meters away.
"Light, let's have a sparring session."
Uchiha Jun pulled out his two swords, and the blades reflected two cold rays of light in the setting sun.
"You use Three-Tomoe Sharingan, not Mangekyo."
Uchiha Hikari was stunned for a moment. "Only use Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"
"Yes."
Uchiha Jun crossed his swords in front of him in a standard starting position.
"Your Mangekyo is your real trump card and cannot be exposed casually. You are used to relying on Mangekyo, but if the enemy finds out your ability, you will be very passive. Previously, I observed that your Taijutsu and combat experience still have a lot of room for improvement - just in time, let me help you make up for it."
[Senju Tobirama(Equipment)]
Uchiha Hikari was silent for a moment, then nodded and slowly opened his eyes.
Three pitch-black Tomoe appeared in the scarlet pupils, spinning slowly.
She said, "Then be careful."
Before she finished speaking, her figure had disappeared from the spot!
The next second, a Kunai stabbed from the left side of Uchiha Jun, so fast that only an afterimage was left in the air!
"Good speed!"
Uchiha Jun blocks with a backhand knife--
"Keng!"
The blade collided with Kunai, and a string of sparks exploded!
But Uchiha Hikari's attack did not stop there. Her left hand had already formed a seal. "Fire Release·Fireball Jutsu!"
A huge fireball with a diameter of several meters erupted from her mouth, dragging scorching waves of air and hitting Uchiha Jun's face!
Uchiha Jun did not dodge or evade, crossed his swords, and at the same time activated the water attribute chakra in his body. "Water Release·Water Formation Wall!"
A thick curtain of water exploded from the ground and collided head-on with Great Fireball!
"Tsk--!"
Water vapor spread, blocking the sight of both parties.
But when the water vapor dissipated, Uchiha Hikari found that Uchiha Jun's figure had disappeared.
The next second, a silver-white blade stabbed out from the shadow behind her--
"Senju-style Swordsmanship·Reverse slash!"
Uchiha Hikari was taken aback, but she didn't panic.
Sharingan provided sufficient dynamic visual capture capabilities in the Three-Tomoe Sharingan state. Her body twisted at an incredible angle to avoid the knife, and at the same time she kicked out with her right foot -
"Bang!"
Kicked Uchiha Jun on the side!
Uchiha Jun was kicked back three or four steps, rubbed the area where he was kicked, and said with a grin on his face, "You're so stupid, I almost didn't kick you off with this big kick."
"What should I do if I want to be happy in the future?"
Uchiha Hikari's face turned red.
"You... what are you talking nonsense!" She gritted her teeth and said, "If you say that again, I will burn you with Amaterasu!"
"No, no, no, I was wrong." Uchiha Jun quickly raised his hands in surrender, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
He stopped smiling and said seriously, "But to be honest, your Taijutsu is very good, but you just lack some practical experience. Sharingan can let you see the opponent's movements, but whether you can react in time is another matter."
"Come again!"
The two of them fought back and forth on the Naka River river beach for nearly half an hour.
At the beginning, Uchiha Jun could still rely on the [Senju Tobirama] template's Water Release sword skills and Body Flicker Technique to fight back and forth with light.
But as time went by, Hikaru's combat experience increased rapidly. Three-Tomoe Sharingan's insight and her huge amount of chakra allowed her to steadily suppress Uchiha Jun in a short period of time.
Finally, Uchiha Jun took the initiative to stop and sat on the ground panting.
"Okay, okay, that's it for today... Your progress is too fast. If I practice for a few more days, I'm afraid I'll be pushed to the ground and hammered by you."
Uchiha Hikari put away Sharingan and stood on the river beach, breathing a little quickly, but a rare smile appeared on his face - not a sneer, but a smile that truly came from the heart and was revealed because of success.
"You taught me well." She said softly.
Uchiha Jun looked at her and suddenly felt that this afternoon's "sparring training" was worth it.
This wave of relaxation not only allowed Guang to improve her actual combat ability, but also allowed her heart, which had been frozen by hatred for too long, to begin to thaw little by little.
In the next few days, Uchiha Jun's life rhythm became very regular.
During the day, he took the light to familiarize himself with every corner of Konoha, and by the way, he completed several simple reports within the clan at Uchiha Fugaku to consolidate his position in the clan.
At night, he focused on [Abundance Chamber] and began to frantically complete B-level difficulty dungeons.
The B-level Abundance Chamber is much harder to beat than the E-level - Mechanical Ninja City has complex terrain, dense traps, and a wide variety of enemies. Even the BOSS has the configuration of Kekkei Genkai.
However, these are not important to the European and American style Uchiha Jun. The only difference is that the sweep takes a little longer.
The harvest of Uchiha Jun is also rich - a large amount of Copper Coin, rare Secret Scroll Fragment, and a small but extremely precious Gold Coin, continuously flow into the panel.
On the fourth night, he finally gathered all the materials needed to upgrade [Chakra] Secret Scroll!
[Ding! Secret Scroll Chakra has been upgraded from Lv.1 to Lv.2!]
[Chakra Lv.2]
[Effect: Immediately after use, 3 Chakra Bean (full beans) will be restored, and the ninjutsu attack power will be increased by 10% in the next 3 seconds.]
[Lv.3 effect preview: Immediately after use, 3 Chakra Bean (full beans) will be restored, and the ninjutsu attack power will be increased by 30% in the next 5 seconds.]
Uchiha Jun looked at the effect of the upgraded Secret Scroll and nodded with satisfaction.