The Benefactor of Kushina!

"That dead-last actually took out Pineapple-Head in one hit?!"

"Something's wrong with him!"

Onion-Head and Radish-Head felt a surge of intense fear, and cold sweat instantly broke out across their bodies.

Since Pineapple-Head had been standing behind Onion-Head and Radish-Head, Uchiha Kurohane was now positioned behind those two delinquents.

Uchiha Kurohane ignored the two small-fry and asked Kushina Uzumaki, "You aren't hurt, are you?"

Kushina Uzumaki stared at Uchiha Kurohane's handsome face, feeling even more bewildered.

You haven't even finished taking them all down yet, so why are you turning your back on them to ask about me?

Did the Konoha Ninja Academy not teach you anything?

Never turn your back on an enemy!

Even if it looks cool, you won't be able to see the enemy's movements!

Onion-Head and Radish-Head weren't just aimless thugs; they immediately noticed this glaring opening.

Onion-Head curled his lips into a domineering, villainous smirk.

This idiot actually dares to turn his back on me?

Turning your back on an enemy is the number one taboo taught by our instructors!

Is it because he's a dead-last who never pays attention in class that he doesn't know this?

Haha, this is a god-given opportunity!

You were busy looking at a girl, now go to hell!

Onion-Head shielded his head with his hands, braving the pecking of the crows to force his way behind Uchiha Kurohane, intending to launch a sneak attack with a punch from behind.

Kushina Uzumaki was startled by the sight and hurriedly opened her mouth to warn him.

However, before she could even make a sound, Uchiha Kurohane spun around with a swift flying kick, landing a precise strike right in Onion-Head's crotch.

"Ughhh—!"

Onion-Head let out a shrill, miserable scream as he flew backward several meters, passing out from the sheer pain.

Radish-Head widened his eyes in shock.

Strange!

How does it feel like it wasn't the dead-last kicking Onion-Head's vitals, but rather Onion-Head slamming his own vitals into the dead-last's foot?

And he was facing away from Onion-Head; he shouldn't have been able to see where he was.

Does he have eyes in the back of his head to see what's happening behind him?

Between these eerie crows and his eerie back-vision, this is completely impossible to understand!

Forget it, I won't lower myself to his level; I'll let him off the hook and get out of here.

Radish-Head took off running, bolting in the opposite direction.

But just as he took his first step, a crow slammed into his lower leg.

He lost his balance and tumbled to the ground.

Radish-Head scrambled, trying to crawl away.

Uchiha Kurohane stepped down, pinning his back to the ground like he was stepping on a turtle.

"Wait, Big Brother, don't hit me!"

"I was wrong! We're classmates, please let me go!"

Radish-Head had lost his nerve, screaming for mercy at the top of his lungs with a truly pathetic sound.

Uchiha Kurohane sneered, his tone cold as he asked, "Weren't you acting pretty tough when you were ganging up on me? Weren't you shouting for me to come down and fight one-on-one? Now that I'm down here, you're folding?"

That's not right, the one who shouted for you to come down was Pineapple-Head, you dead-last, you've got the wrong person!

Radish-Head felt incredibly aggrieved and wronged, but he didn't dare talk back because he felt like his spine was about to snap under the pressure of that foot, so he could only cry and admit his fault.

"Big Brother, I know I was wrong, please spare me!"

Seeing that his apology was sincere, Uchiha Kurohane turned his head toward Kushina Uzumaki.

"Red-hair, he knows he was wrong. Do you want to forgive him?"

It was the first time Kushina Uzumaki had seen such a cool way of fighting, and she had been so mesmerized that she only snapped back to reality when she heard Uchiha Kurohane's voice.

"...Ah, is that so? If he knows he's wrong, then let him go."

Although Kushina Uzumaki had a fiery temper and had originally wanted to throw some heavy punches to give these three kids a good beating, the level of brutality Uchiha Kurohane had displayed far exceeded her expectations.

Kushina felt that he had gone a bit too far.

Especially that explosive kick to the onion-head's vitals—wouldn't that turn the guy into a girl?

Is this kind of attack really okay?

Kushina Uzumaki was a kind-hearted girl at her core; she wanted to integrate into Konoha and didn't want to make a scene.

Hearing Kushina's words, Radish-head let out a sigh of relief.

"She's already forgiven me, so hurry up and take your foot off; my bones are about to snap."

Uchiha Kurohane ignored Radish-head and spoke earnestly to Kushina.

"No. If you make a mistake, you have to be punished. His other two companions have already paid the price; if he doesn't, it would be unfair to them."

"Eh... is that how it works?"

Kushina Uzumaki looked at Uchiha Kurohane's serious expression, feeling a bit dazed.

"Wait, didn't you just say that there's no need for fairness in the face of justice? Why are you asking for fairness now?"

"Besides, the fairness you're pursuing is too strange. Pineapple-head and Onion-head are both my friends; do you really think they'd have an issue with it?"

Radish-head felt that Uchiha Kurohane was completely unreasonable and far too savage.

Who exactly is the delinquent here?

Uchiha Kurohane curled his lips, revealing a pleased smile.

"Let me teach you another principle: justice is defined by the victor."

"I won, so whatever I say is justice!"

Hearing such unreasonable nonsense, Radish-head finally reached his limit.

"That tomato already said she wanted to forgive me, how could you—"

"The loser has no right to speak!"

Uchiha Kurohane delivered a soccer-style kick directly to Radish-head's vitals.

!

"Ah—!"

Radish-head let out a shrill, piercing scream that echoed across the sky before foaming at the mouth and passing out.

Seeing such a brutal strike, Kushina Uzumaki couldn't help but tense up; even as a girl, she felt the pain.

She sighed in her heart.

Although Uchiha Kurohane's moves were terrifying, he was so cool.

To knock out one person per move while fighting three at once—it was truly handsome.

Kushina Uzumaki felt a flutter in her chest; she covered her pounding heart with her small hand, her eyes filled with admiration as she looked at Uchiha Kurohane.

This dead-last is actually so cool!

He is the most handsome man I have ever met!

Uchiha Kurohane turned back to look at her.

"In the future, don't be a coward when you run into guys like this. They're trash who bully the weak and fear the strong; pin them down and beat them to death."

"Once you beat them until they're terrified, they won't dare to bully anyone ever again."

Only then did Kushina Uzumaki realize that there was a deeper meaning behind Uchiha Kurohane's heavy-handedness.

He wasn't a violent maniac enjoying the pleasure of beating others; he was trying to prevent them from bullying others in the future.

He's so mature and so farsighted!

After finishing his sentence, Uchiha Kurohane didn't wait for Kushina Uzumaki's response and turned to leave.

Kushina Uzumaki watched his cool silhouette and froze again.

Why did he just walk away? I haven't even thanked him yet!

Could he be shy?

The naive Kushina guessed wrong; Uchiha Kurohane was fishing.

After walking away, he began a ten-second countdown in his mind.

He believed that Kushina Uzumaki would chase after him within ten seconds.

The reason Uchiha Kurohane was so certain was that he wasn't a native of the Hidden Leaf, but a transmigrator.

He had been born nine years ago as an infant of the Uchiha clan, and his parents had died shortly thereafter.

He had a house and a bloodline, but unfortunately, he had no younger sister.

Thus, he achieved the "Uchiha Orphan" milestone and obtained the trait "Yatagarasu S."

This was a bloodline limit that could be upgraded. Its initial ability allowed him to sign a summoning contract with crows, strengthening their basic abilities and granting him their senses and field of vision.

This bloodline limit didn't look strong, and in reality, it wasn't; it could only be used to deal with inexperienced genin.

However, Uchiha Kurohane soon discovered that gaining the crows' vision was actually an upgraded version of Pain's shared vision.

Because crows can fly in the sky, they provide an incredibly vast field of vision, and there is no limit to the number of summons one can have.

It was effectively the same as having the entire map revealed.

However, controlling the crows consumes both chakra and mental energy. Since Uchiha Kurohane did not have much chakra, he could only use them during combat.

On the other hand, Uchiha Kurohane's parents had not left him any ninjutsu scrolls.

(Uchiha Izumi, for instance, did not know Fire Style and only practiced swordsmanship.

The Uchiha clan also had a large number of civilians.

The original work never mentioned the Uchiha clan providing ninjutsu scrolls to the entire clan; Sasuke and Itachi were both taught Fire Style by their father.)

He could only learn the basic ninjutsu taught at the Ninja Academy, such as the Clone Technique, Substitution Technique, and Transformation Technique. Furthermore, at only nine years old, his strength was quite weak.

To avoid drawing attention to himself, he lived very low-key before meeting Kushina, even deliberately disguising himself as a dead-last student.

The reason he stopped pretending after meeting Uzumaki Kushina was that Kushina was the mother of the protagonist of the Naruto series; surely, helping her would result in an achievement, right?

[Hehe~ Host saved Uzumaki Kushina, achieved "Lifesaver of Uzumaki Kushina", and obtained the trait "Otsutsuki Lineage: Uzumaki Kushina".]

[Host's Otsutsuki Lineage increased by 15%!]