Since the original story never explained it, Uchiha Kurohane did not know the truth. He guessed it was related to human experiments involving Wood Release.
According to the original story, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that relying solely on Jinchuriki to restrain the Tailed Beasts was unsafe. He wanted to revive Wood Release through human experimentation by injecting Hashirama's cells.
But Hashirama's cells were too active for ninja to control, and everyone who underwent the experiment died.
Sarutobi Hiruzen shut down the experiment, but later, Danzo and Orochimaru took it over and continued it in secret.
Logically speaking, the Senju Clan's bloodline was the closest to Hashirama's. To adapt to Hashirama's cells, they would definitely have been used for the experiments.
So the Senju Clan had likely been wiped out during the first round of human experiments.
No matter what, this proved that the original story had indeed concealed certain dark events.
So it was possible that Konoha would send nine-year-old students to participate in the ninja war. Uchiha Kurohane could not let down his guard. He needed to become stronger quickly.
And to grow stronger, what he needed was not training, but farming Entries.
What method could let him farm more Entries?
"Kurohane, are you listening? We might have to go to the battlefield. Aren't you worried?"
"My hometown, the Village Hidden in the Whirlpools, was destroyed by war. Every member of my clan died. War is terrifying!"
Kushina Uzumaki's trembling voice pulled Uchiha Kurohane back from his thoughts.
Seeing the worry on her face, Uchiha Kurohane reached out and rubbed her hair.
"Don't worry. Konoha is very strong. We have so many ninja clans, and our enemies are no match for us. Besides, we still have our ultimate trump card, Lord Hokage."
"At least, we won't be sent to the battlefield anytime soon. Even if we really do have to go, you're my underling, so I'll protect you. You don't need to worry."
Hearing that, Kushina Uzumaki felt inexplicably reassured and gently nodded her little head.
Yoshino Nara asked doubtfully.
"Kushina is your underling?"
Uchiha Kurohane smugly patted Kushina Uzumaki on the head and confidently asked Yoshino Nara.
"That's right. Got a problem with that?"
Kushina Uzumaki felt embarrassed, but she did not deny it. She merely lowered her little head.
Yoshino Nara felt that she looked like a tamed kitten, and her feelings were complicated.
She coughed and returned to the original topic.
"That's your business. Why would I have a problem with it? Anyway, you need to be careful. Study hard lately. If you fail another test, you might be sent to the battlefield."
Uchiha Kurohane refuted her with a smile.
"Wrong. Students with poor grades are less likely to be sent to the battlefield. Sending weaklings into battle is meaningless. They would only drag their teammates down."
"There's a saying: the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. It's actually the students with better grades who are more likely to be sent to the battlefield."
"If you don't want to go to the battlefield, deliberately score worse on the next test and fail with me."
Hearing such twisted logic, Yoshino Nara was so angry that even her ponytail seemed to jump. She instinctively opened her mouth to argue, but could not think of anything to say.
After thinking it over carefully, Yoshino Nara instead felt that Uchiha Kurohane's words made sense. She could only say angrily.
"You're all talk and cheap tricks. You just love playing clever and bragging. I'm different from you. I'm the class president. How could I fail an exam?!"
Uchiha Kurohane said mockingly.
"Oh, right~ You're the class president. You have to take responsibility. Whether you pass or fail, you still have to go to the battlefield."
Hearing that, Yoshino Nara immediately panicked.
She had never dated, never gotten married. She did not want to die like this.
That was why she was so afraid of going to the battlefield.
At that moment, she began to think that she did not want to be class president anymore.
No!
I only wanted to remind Kurohane to study hard. Why did talking to him make me not want to be class president anymore?
Had that guy tricked me again?
Yoshino Nara looked at Uchiha Kurohane's handsome, wicked smile and unknowingly blushed slightly.
Just then, the Chunin teacher entered the classroom and passionately announced.
"Starting today, we'll be holding combat drills. Everyone, gather on the training field immediately."
"Ah? Combat drills? Are we really going to the battlefield?"
"No! I'm going to die!"
The students immediately cried out in alarm.
The Chunin teacher hurriedly explained.
"You're not being sent to the battlefield. This is only to prepare you in advance. Don't worry, Lord Hokage has said that before you graduate and become Genin, you won't be sent to the battlefield."
Hearing that, the students relaxed a little.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had an extremely high reputation in Konoha. He was a Hokage who always kept his word. Other than Uchiha Kurohane, no one doubted him.
The Chunin teacher continued.
"This time, you'll be facing students from the higher grades. If you lose, you'll embarrass me, and then I'll punish you."
"What? The higher-grade students are older than us and have studied longer. How can we win?"
Upon hearing that they would be punished, the students grew anxious again.
The Chunin teacher said with a beaming smile.
"Relax. I'm not counting on you to win. I'm counting on Minato to win. You just need to avoid performing too badly."
"So the teacher is counting on Minato. You should've said so earlier. You almost made me misunderstand."
"Minato's a genius. He's much stronger than us. Other than the Hyuga brothers, no one can be his match, right?"
Although Namikaze Minato was a civilian ninja, he possessed incredible reflexes and exceptional speed. Like Sasuke, he was one of the geniuses in the class.
The Hyuga brothers were Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga. They were one grade above them and were praised as genius brothers. Like Hyuga Neji, they were hailed as the strongest ninja of the new generation.
Everyone had always been curious about who was stronger, Minato or the Hyuga brothers. Now that they finally had a chance to compete, everyone became excited.
Kushina Uzumaki said in a dissatisfied whisper.
"How is that sissy a genius? Kurohane should be stronger than him!"
Uchiha Kurohane smiled and rubbed her head.
"Although you're right, don't say it out loud normally. I don't want attention, so I deliberately became the class dead last."
"So that's how it is~ I was wondering why Kurohane was dead last. It was intentional!"
Kushina Uzumaki pursed her lips and smiled happily.
She seemed proud of Uchiha Kurohane's strength.
Yoshino Nara had never seen Uchiha Kurohane's true strength. There was a hint of disdain in her eyes as she looked at him.
"You're saying you deliberately failed your exams? That as long as you worked hard, you could rank first in the class?"
Faced with Yoshino Nara's sarcasm, Uchiha Kurohane did not argue with her. He merely replied calmly.
"Wrong. It's not that I need to work hard to rank first in the class. As long as I want to, I can rank first. I don't need to work hard at all."
What Uchiha Kurohane needed were Entries.
Yoshino Nara held her forehead with a speechless expression.
"I have never seen someone as shameless as you."
What could a ten-year-old girl like you possibly have seen?
Naruto, the number one dead last in the Hokage world, saved the world. Obito, the number two dead last, destroyed the ninja world.
Jiraiya, the number three dead last, reached Shadow Level.
The weakest dead last, Akimichi Chōji, could use Butterfly Mode, a secret technique that increased strength a hundredfold. It was a low-tier version of the Eight Gates.
The dead last had always been the strongest.
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