Shimura Danzo had been jointly impeached by the Jonin on the front lines.
The news sent shockwaves through Konoha.
Once it broke, the spies hidden throughout Konoha could no longer keep it under wraps.
Before long, all the major shinobi villages had received reports about it.
"Uchiha? A Mangekyō Sharingan user barely in his teens? He wiped out a Jonin team led by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen?!" Ōnoki skimmed the report, sensing trouble.
He had never forgotten how Uchiha Madara's power had crushed him and his teacher back in the day.
At long last, the Uchiha had fallen into obscurity for decades. No one worthy of note had emerged to stir up trouble in the Ninja World.
He had nearly forgotten that part of history.
Then, out of nowhere, this report had appeared.
It left him feeling rather wounded.
From what the report said about Uchiha Yuzhen...
He had come into his own, and his combat prowess was fully developed.
He was one of those rare people who had lived up to his potential.
Thinking this, Ōnoki continued reading:
"Flying Thunder God... Mangekyō Sharingan... around thirteen years old..."
Bang!
"A combination of Senju techniques and the Uchiha's bloodline power? What kind of monster is this?!"
Ōnoki was genuinely miserable.
He had planned to use the boy's age against him, even if his combat ability was formidable.
He figured the kid would lack experience, and hoped to exploit that weakness to eliminate the threat.
Who would've thought...
He could even use the Flying Thunder God?!
"Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable! If this kid gets a few more years to grow, and reaches Uchiha Madara's level, how are we supposed to survive?" Furious, Ōnoki shot to his feet.
He was about to slam the desk again to vent his anger.
Crack!
"Ow! Someone help me up! I... I've thrown my back out."
Leaving Ōnoki's old ailment aside...
The AB Duo in Kumogakure had also received the report.
"Big Brother... Uchiha Yuzhen is really strong." Killer B was full of praise for Yuzhen's accomplishments.
He was always such an optimist.
Whenever a genius appeared in an enemy village, he'd openly praise them if he thought their feats were impressive.
"Hmph! B... stop praising him. This guy is Namikaze Minato's student." As the older brother, A snorted. "That Uchiha brat has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. If we run into him on the battlefield, kill him on sight!"
The Mangekyō Sharingan was a power...
Other shinobi villages might not understand it.
But Kumogakure knew all about it!
The reason was simple...
Kumogakure and the Uchiha were direct rivals in the Land of Lightning.
The lucrative job of guarding the Chinoike Clan had always been held by the Uchiha.
When Kumogakure had first been founded, it had tried to take over that job.
But the Uchiha, then at the height of their power, had beaten them to a pulp.
So Kumogakure had never let its records on the Mangekyō fall behind.
Uchiha Yuzhen was so young, yet already so powerful.
They couldn't let him keep growing.
The village now believed a shinobi war was inevitable.
If they crossed paths, A would make sure to kill the kid!
Time flew by.
A month had passed since the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had been wiped out.
At that moment...
In a quiet forest somewhere in the Land of Fire...
Uchiha Yuzhen sat cross-legged.
He was on his way back to Konoha alone and had stopped to rest because he was tired.
He was quite satisfied with how things had turned out.
Nothing had gone beyond his expectations.
After Danzo was impeached, the Third Hokage had immediately stripped him of his position as head of Root.
The next step had been to appease Yuzhen.
There wasn't much to say about it.
He had been promoted to Jonin, and the corresponding financial compensation had also been provided.
He'd also be offered a ninjutsu or a special ninja tool as a reward, but he could only choose one.
He had already made up his mind.
As for ninjutsu, the village wouldn't teach him Impure World Reincarnation, and learning any other technique wouldn't be much use.
The Uchiha Clan had no shortage of ninjutsu, either.
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He planned to go back and ask for the Second Hokage's special ninja tool—the Thunder God Sword.
He wanted to see if he could get its Affix.
That was right: he had his eye on an Affix for a ninja tool.
This brought him to the gains he'd made this time.
"I never thought weapon Affixes that couldn't be used on people could work like this!" Uchiha Yuzhen marveled.
Not long ago...
While sealing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's weapons into scrolls...
He had touched them and obtained their respective Affixes.
Some of those Affixes were useful.
For example...
[Chakra Absorption and Integration (Blue)]: Weapons equipped with this Affix will grow fond of the corresponding chakra!
Effects:
· Absorbs chakra and feeds it back to its wielder
· Has a chance to give the weapon a spirit
[Thunderbolt Attachment (Blue)]: Once equipped with this Affix, your weapon will be wreathed in lightning.
Effects:
· Affinity for lightning
· Thunder Summoning—inject chakra to call forth and generate lightning
[Chakra Mimicry (Blue)]: Once equipped with this Affix, the weapon will gain the power to change its form.
Effects:
· Inject chakra to enlarge the weapon
· After chakra is injected, it forms a concentrated mass of chakra, granting tremendous destructive power
These three Affixes belonged to Samehada, Kiba, and Hiramekarei, respectively.
They were all useful, and he planned to install them on his Ninja Blade in a moment.
The other three...
The Affixes for Shibuki, Nuibari, and Kabutowari weren't much use to him.
Their descriptions said they needed specific mechanisms to be installed.
For someone like him, who only wanted to use a Katana...
They were worthless.
At the time, he'd been at a loss over what to do with the Affixes from weapons he didn't plan to use.
He couldn't equip them himself, and he didn't want to use weapons with mechanisms.
As if sensing his headache...
The system had immediately made an adjustment and issued a notification.
The notification explained that, from now on, Affixes from weapons or tools he couldn't use...
Could be converted into Combat Points.
He hadn't hesitated for a second before converting those three Affixes into Combat Points.
There was nothing to it.
Blue Affixes were worth 100 Combat Points.
He'd gained 300 Combat Points on the spot.
As for his current Combat Points...
He'd gained them by defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and five Root shinobi—twelve Jonin-level enemies in all.
One hundred each, for a total of 1,200.
Then there was the biggest prize: the special envoy, White Zetsu, "Tobi"...
He hadn't been enhanced by "Yamato" yet, so he wasn't as strong as he'd been in the original Fourth Shinobi World War.
But he was still at least Kage Level.
Defeating this Kage-level opponent had earned Yuzhen a full 1,000 points.
So after that battle...
He'd gained a total of 2,500 Combat Points.
"Now, let's see which Affixes I should upgrade!"
Thinking this, Uchiha Yuzhen turned his thoughts to the panel.
Host: Uchiha Yuzhen Gender: Male Age: Twelve Strength: Kage Affixes: [Child of Time and Space (Gold)], [Genius (Gold)], [Phantom Fate (Gold)]. [Uchiha (Purple)], [Steel Training (Purple)], [Mangekyō Sharingan (Purple)], [Forest of the Senju (Blue)], [Uchiha Style (Blue)], [Natural Energy Affinity (Blue)], [Flying Thunder God Technique Formula (Blue)], [Medical Genius (Blue)], [Chakra Seed (Blue)]. Special Affixes: [Thunderbolt Attachment (Blue)], [Chakra Mimicry (Blue)], [Chakra Absorption and Integration (Blue)]. Combat Points: 2570
"Hm? The system's pretty smart. It actually separated the weapon and tool Affixes and listed them under Special Affixes."
"But that's not the important part..."
Yuzhen's thoughts churned. He had more than 2,500 Combat Points.
He already knew...
What he wanted to spend them on!
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