Within the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
Uchiha Yan's disciples had gathered together. Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, the new generation of Boar-Deer-Butterfly, and Aburame Shibi were all present.
This was mainly because Uchiha Yan wanted to deepen his disciples' bond with the Uchiha Clan, letting them grow up mingling with Uchiha peers from an early age.
Every so often, Uchiha Yan would summon his disciples to the Uchiha Clan Grounds to eat, train, and attend lessons together. Now, these children treated the Uchiha Clan Grounds like their own homes. When they encountered Uchiha clansmen on the road, most of them could call them by name.
Thanks to this, the Uchiha Clan had harmonious relationships with Konoha's various clans. Since the Military Police Force was now managed by the Senju Clan, the Uchiha enjoyed an excellent reputation in Konoha. Praising the Uchiha had become a kind of political correctness—after all, the Hokage was from the Uchiha Clan.
Without the Uchiha, there would be no Konoha. "The Uchiha are a ninja clan filled with great love" had become Konoha's consensus. By comparison, the Senju Clan's reputation was not particularly good. Fortunately, Senju Momoka was fair and selfless, and the Military Police Force really did perform better under his leadership than it had under the Uchiha. Otherwise, the Senju Clan's reputation would have been even worse.
Konoha's villagers bullied every clan equally. Whether you were Senju or Uchiha, as long as you took over the Military Police Force, you would inevitably suffer the bullying of Konoha's people. Konoha's villagers did not despise the poor or fawn over the rich; they were simply uncultured and cursed at whoever they caught. In the original story, even the Konoha White Fang had been driven to suicide by online harassment from Konoha's villagers. They knew full well that Naruto was the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, but when had Konoha's unruly commoners ever been afraid? They would bully him all the same.
But this was not exclusive to Konoha. The entire ninja world was like this.
The neighboring Sunagakure was the same. So what if you were the Kazekage's son? When facing Gaara, who killed people at the slightest disagreement, they still risked their lives to bully him. In Sunagakure, that barren land where nothing could be grown, its unruly commoners would even throw vegetables more precious than gold at Gaara.
There was also Killer B of Kumogakure, though Killer B was rather special. At first, the people of Kumogakure bullied him alone. Later, he alone bullied the entire village.
At the training grounds of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, Uchiha Yan was teaching the children. He had just finished explaining the basics of chakra nature transformation and was preparing to arrange the next stage of training.
"Teacher, please approve it! I want to duel Kagami!" Shimura Danzō stood and said.
Shimura Danzō pointed at Kagami Uchiha, who was seated opposite him. Ever since losing to Kagami Uchiha during the academy's physical training class, Shimura Danzō had challenged Kagami to a duel every time he came to the Uchiha Clan Grounds.
"A duel? Can you even beat him?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said without looking up.
"Yeah, Danzō. You've tried more than a dozen times this month already. Just forget it," Utatane Koharu said, not wanting Danzō to get beaten up.
Danzō continued staring at Kagami. "Kagami, do you dare?"
"You can't beat me."
"I definitely won't lose this time!"
"You said that last time too."
"Teacher said: after three days apart, one should look at someone with new eyes."
"Danzō, it hasn't even been three days since your last duel." Mitokado Homura mercilessly tore open Danzō's wound.
"Alright, Danzō, sit down first. With your current strength, you can't beat Kagami."
"But don't lose heart. I have several ninjutsu here that are very suitable for you."
"In the original story, Danzō's Wind Release was quite skillful and varied, and he could even use it in conjunction with shuriken. It could be said that Danzō was more like the Kazekage than the Kazekage himself. The pity was that he lacked a Wind Release ninjutsu with overwhelming destructive power. If Danzō learned the Rasengan and later developed the Rasenshuriken, his strength would definitely surpass that of the original story.
"I'll teach you Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet."
"Teacher, can learning Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet let me beat Kagami?"
Uchiha Yan said, "No."
"Not learning it, not learning it."
"Then I'll teach you Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves."
"Can it beat Kagami?"
Uchiha Yan said, "No."
"Not learning it, not learning it."
"I'll teach you Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere instead."
"Can it beat Kagami?"
Uchiha Yan said, "No."
"Not learning it, not learning it."
"Teacher, give me something else. I want to learn a powerful ninjutsu."
"You insolent brat. You refuse to learn this and refuse to learn that. Let me show you the power of the ruler."
With that, Uchiha Yan picked up the ruler and struck Shimura Danzō on the head three times.
"Danzō, look, you made Teacher angry," Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu reproached him.
"Teacher, what about me? What can I learn?" Sarutobi Hiruzen hurriedly asked.
"You need a beating too." With that, Uchiha Yan struck Sarutobi Hiruzen on the head three times as well.
In the original story, Sarutobi Hiruzen, as the Professor of Ninjutsu, had mastered all five nature transformations—Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water—and could use Shadow Clones to simultaneously perform the Five Release Great Barrage against combined attacks. But the downside of being well-rounded was that he did not excel in any one area. His ninjutsu lacked sufficient power, and he could not do what Naruto did—rely on one move everywhere: when in doubt, Rasenshuriken; if still in doubt, Sage Art: Rasenshuriken.
Uchiha Yan was very curious. If Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Professor of Ninjutsu, learned the Rasengan, could he create new variations of the Rasenshuriken, such as a Rasenshuriken combining all five releases? As for whether he could withstand the Rasenshuriken's side effects, that would have to wait until they found the three great sacred lands, after which he would make them all learn Senjutsu.
He had been searching the ninja world for shinobi whose summoned beasts were toads. He had found summoned beasts such as lizards, spiders, and centipedes, but had not discovered a single toad shinobi. Lately, whenever he saw a toad, he had the urge to seize it and attempt a summoning contract. Unfortunately, those toads were merely ordinary toads and could not be summoned.
Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest were even more mysterious than Mount Myoboku. At first, he had thought Hashirama's Sage Mode came from Shikkotsu Forest, but later he specifically asked Hashirama and learned that his Sage Mode was innate.
Within the Senju Clan Grounds.
Senju Tobirama was also organizing team-building activities.
Tobirama's human experiments had slowed down somewhat recently. Ever since his nephew Shuzong was born, Tobirama had placed all his hopes on his nephew. Shuzong possessed his elder brother's excellent genes. He did not need to surpass his elder brother; as long as he had seventy or eighty percent of his strength, it would be enough to sweep aside the shinobi of the current era. Tobirama would teach him well. Shuzong would certainly inherit his elder brother's Wood Release. The Senju had been suppressed by the Uchiha in his generation, but the next generation of the Senju Clan had to win it back.
After handling Konoha's government affairs, Tobirama now spent his free time imitating Uchiha Yan. Uchiha Yan took disciples, so he took disciples too. Uchiha Yan held team-building gatherings for students, so he followed suit.
Although Tobirama had his objections to Uchiha Yan, he still acknowledged Uchiha Yan's abilities. His elder brother was unreliable, thinking about Madara all day long. The Senju and Uchiha had fought each other as rivals for so many years, yet a situation where three people of the same generation awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan had never happened before. Sometimes, several generations would pass before even one pair of Mangekyō Sharingan appeared. The Senju did not believe the Uchiha would have such good luck again.
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