Still...
After Uchiha Shisui left, the room fell into another brief silence.
But it didn't last long. The moment the armchair was reduced to splinters and honorably retired, the anger and shock on Uchiha Jin's face finally erupted again.
Damn it!
Damn it! Damn it!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!...
If he could, Uchiha Jin would use every means at his disposal to completely wipe out that guy known as "Body Flicker Shisui."
Unfortunately...
Uchiha Shisui wasn't like Uchiha Itachi, who was obsessed with his little brother. Jin didn't even have the chance to threaten him by taking his brother hostage.
Damn orphan!!!
Uchiha Jin swore that even when facing those ranked Silver in his past life who'd abandoned their teammates, he'd never felt as stifled as he did just now.
He wanted to tear the other guy to pieces, yet he still had to smile and soothe him, just to keep him fighting on the same team.
Team up with him? My ass!
If it weren't for his lack of strength and the rules of the game, he'd kill his teammate first to appease the heavens, then take on all nine and show off for the whole field.
Damn it. Grass is a plant!
Unfortunately, Uchiha Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and he was highly accomplished in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. Even across the entire Ninja World, he ranked among the strongest.
He was just a little brain-dead, and a little orphaned...
But still.
Jin, who had only the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, couldn't handle him. That was true even though Jin's Three-Tomoe Sharingan was no ordinary one, and even though he had a special trump card no one knew about...
[Host: Uchiha Jin] [Bloodline: Three-Tomoe Sharingan] [Chakra: 8 cards] [Skills: Yin Release LV5, Fire Release LV5, Taijutsu LV5, Genjutsu LV5, Lightning Release LV4, Wind Release LV3, Water Release LV2, Earth Release LV2, Yang Release LV1, sub-skills omitted...] [Filial Son Storage Room: Three-Tomoe Sharingan*1, Two-Tomoe Sharingan*2, Jonin...]
After glancing over the information on the storage panel, Uchiha Jin took a deep breath and finally calmed down.
There was no helping it.
In this ninja world, where everyone mouthed platitudes about righteousness and the Will of Fire, strength was ultimately what decided everything.
Strength gave the strong the confidence to promote their ideas. The words and will of the weak... were nothing but the anguished howls of losers, ignored by everyone.
Body Flicker Shisui!
Whenever he thought of the name that had made him wary for three years, Uchiha Jin felt an indescribable frustration.
To get through this "weak period" safely, he'd tried everything he could think of. In the end, he'd decided to don the guise of the Burn Together Faction, a group standing right on the edge of a knife.
That was right.
When Uchiha Jin had first arrived in this world, he'd been nothing more than an ordinary Chunin with a Two-Tomoe Sharingan. That level of strength didn't make him weak by Konoha standards, but it didn't give an "evil Uchiha" enough security, either.
After the Night of the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Jin had still only possessed a Two-Tomoe Sharingan. Though he spent most of his time on duty with the Konoha Military Police Force outside of wartime, that didn't mean he'd never face danger.
Spies, incursions, special missions outside the village...
Ninja missions were divided into ranks, but countless unseen dangers still lurked within them. Assassinations by other villages, not to mention the ever-watchful Darkness of the Ninja World—all of these gave that "Pot Kage" plenty of excuses to weaken the Uchiha.
With trouble within and threats without, a Chunin?
Who knew when someone might get the urge to kill him? Before he could become the Uchiha Terminator, Jin might be prematurely terminated by accomplices he'd never even met.
"Sir, I'm one of you, too..."
Unfortunately.
Ninjas didn't even need to hear that sort of thing, let alone believe it.
Well... leaving the village meant certain death!
So Uchiha Jin naturally had to stay in the village. For the already insular Uchiha Clan, the post of clan-discipline instructor could minimize the chances of Jin leaving the village.
But that plan wasn't foolproof. The simplest reason was that Uchiha Jin didn't want to spend those three years quietly biding his time, then happily attend Shisui's funeral feast.
He was—
The Uchiha cultivation master!
With the ideas of two worlds colliding in his mind, how could he not spark something that would shake the natives of this world?
Besides, the stronger the Uchiha Clan became, the greater the rewards Jin would reap—and the more confidence he'd have to look down on this cruel, cold ninja world.
But that would make it hard to hide what made him special from the Konoha F4, who were bound to keep a close eye on the Uchiha Clan.
It would surely lead to a dramatic scene like, "Danzo, I'm the Hokage!" and "Sarutobi, you'll regret this..."
After that infamous scene, Pot Kage Shimura Danzō would think he'd covered his tracks perfectly, then gleefully start digging a pit for Uchiha Jin.
It had to be said.
The Darkness of the Ninja World might not have been much of a political mastermind, but when it came to underhanded tactics, he had plenty Jin didn't want to endure.
So, while attending a feast at a fellow Uchiha's home, Jin "accidentally" awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. At the same time, he showed off his remarkable teaching skills and revealed his uncompromising will as a member of the Jade Shatter Faction.
"Make the Uchiha great again! Konoha belongs to the Uchiha!"
"The Uchiha should launch a surprise attack on the Hokage Building and decapitate the Konoha High Command!"
"Kill Sarutobi, execute Danzo, butcher Mitokado Homura, and make all of Konoha kneel at the Uchiha's feet!"
And just like that—
Uchiha Clan Discipline Camp instructor! The Uchiha's one and only "Jade Shatterer"!
You could say that.
The moment Uchiha Jin dared to step outside the Uchiha Clan Compound, that infamous "Burn Together Faction" member would be in grave danger.
Under the circumstances, neither the Moderate Faction nor the Radical Faction—both of whom were fiercely protective of their own—would stand by and let that happen.
Whether it was a special mission offer from the Hokage or a pack of monsters disguised as Anbu, they kept them all outside the clan compound.
Then, after a Three-Tomoe Uchiha Jonin died unexpectedly on a simple mission, the Uchiha grew so vigilant that, at a clan meeting, they directly appointed Uchiha Jin as a member of the Uchiha Elder Council.
For someone who could strengthen the foundations of the Uchiha Clan, and who was the only person protected by both the Radical and Moderate Factions—
Sacrificing him to placate the Konoha High Command?
As if!
To that end, Fugaku, the clan leader who'd once seemed so "weak," went so far as to make it clear to Sarutobi Hiruzen, backed by the Elder Council, that Jin held a special position in both the Military Police Force and the Uchiha Clan.
Jin was not a ninja!
Uchiha Jin was a member of the Uchiha Elder Council. He was only responsible for training the clan and would neither obey nor accept orders from anyone.
Under those circumstances, the dangers Uchiha Jin faced were greatly reduced.
Unless Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to turn the Uchiha Clan into a sworn enemy, even as Hokage, he couldn't do much to Jin.
And Shimura Danzō?
That guy couldn't even enter the Uchiha Clan Compound. If a Root member set foot inside, no one would lift a finger even if he died.
So.
Whether out of fear that Uchiha Jin would bring trouble upon himself or concern for a fellow clan member's life, Jin became the only special case in the Uchiha Clan: someone who couldn't—and wasn't allowed to—leave the compound.
Still, although Uchiha Jin had made what seemed like a perfect plan, placing himself in a relatively safe environment for development, two swords of Damocles still hung over his head.
Uchiha Obito! Uchiha Shisui!
The former's Kamui could bypass the Uchiha Clan's barriers entirely. And few could withstand the combined power of the Mangekyō and Wood Release.
The latter's Kotoamatsukami was the one Jin feared most. Though he knew Uchiha Shisui wouldn't use it on him lightly, even if he really did fall victim to Kotoamatsukami...
Jin was sure he'd only be mentally controlled, not killed. After Shisui met his fated death, there was a very good chance Jin could break free of its influence.
But that was a last resort, and one Uchiha Jin would never accept unless absolutely necessary!
That was why he least wanted to face Uchiha Shisui. He'd used a "family ties" plan to drive him away, hid behind the threat of being "the last straw" to intimidate him, and prayed Shisui's political instincts really were terrible.
Tsk, tsk...
He was still too weak...
No!
If you guys don't work hard, how am I supposed to get stronger?!
Uchiha Jin's eyes turned cold as he looked toward the group of Uchiha brats sweating through their training. Then he let out another furious roar.
"Everyone, listen up! Add twenty kilos to your weights!"
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