Three Raps of the Ruler Test Aptitude, Deep Night Secretly Bestows Evasion Arts

Within the Uchiha compound.

Uchiha Yan's disciples had all gathered together. Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, 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' ties with the Uchiha, letting them mingle with Uchiha children their own age from an early age.

Every so often, Uchiha Yan would call his disciples to the Uchiha compound to eat, train, and attend lessons together. By now, these children treated the Uchiha compound like their own homes. When they encountered Uchiha clansmen on the road, most of them could even call them by name.

Thanks to this, the Uchiha Clan had harmonious relations with Konoha's various clans. Since the police force was now managed by the Senju Clan, the Uchiha had an excellent reputation in Konoha. Praising the Uchiha had become a form of political correctness—after all, the Hokage was from the Uchiha Clan.

Without the Uchiha, there would be no Konoha Village. "The Uchiha are a ninja clan with great love" had already become Konoha's consensus. In contrast, the Senju Clan's reputation was not nearly as good. Fortunately, Senju Momoka was fair and selfless, and the police force truly performed better under his command 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 police force, you would inevitably suffer harassment from Konoha's people. Konoha's villagers did not despise the poor or fawn over the rich; their character was simply rotten, and they cursed at whoever they came across. In the original story, even Konoha White Fang was driven to suicide by online harassment from Konoha's villagers. They knew perfectly well that Naruto was the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki, but when had Konoha's rabble ever been afraid? They bullied him just the same.

But this was not unique to Konoha. The entire ninja world was like this.

The neighboring Hidden Sand Village was no different. So what if you were the Kazekage's son? Faced with Gaara, who killed people at the slightest disagreement, they still risked their lives to bully him. In the barren land of the Hidden Sand Village, where nothing could be grown, its rabble even threw vegetables more precious than gold at Gaara.

There was also Killer B of the Hidden Cloud Village, though Killer B was rather special. At first, the people of the Hidden Cloud Village bullied him alone. Later, he alone bullied the entire village.

At the training ground in the Uchiha compound, 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 grant permission! I want to challenge Kagami to a duel!" Shimura Danzo stood and said.

Shimura Danzo pointed at Uchiha Kagami, who was sitting opposite him. Ever since Shimura Danzo lost to Uchiha Kagami during the academy's physical training class, he had challenged Kagami to duels every time he came to the Uchiha compound.

"A duel? Can you even beat him?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said without raising his head.

"Exactly, Danzo. You've tried more than a dozen times this month already. Just forget it." Utatane Koharu did not want Danzo to get beaten up either.

Danzo continued staring at Kagami. "Kagami, do you dare?"

"You can't beat me."

"I definitely won't lose this time!"

"You said the same thing last time."

"The teacher said: after three days apart, one should look at someone with new eyes."

"Danzo, it hasn't even been three days since your last duel." Mitokado Homura mercilessly tore open Danzo's wound.

"Enough, Danzo. Sit down first. With your current strength, you can't beat Kagami."

"But don't be discouraged. I have several ninjutsu here that are very suitable for you.

"In the original story, Danzo was highly skilled with Wind Release, and he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve. He could even combine it with shuriken. One could say Danzo was more like a Kazekage than the Kazekage himself. The only pity was that he lacked any Wind Release ninjutsu with overwhelming destructive power. If Danzo 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, if I learn Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet, can I 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."

"Then I'll teach you Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere."

"Can it beat Kagami?"

Uchiha Yan said, "No."

"Not learning it, not learning it."

"Teacher, teach me something else. I want to learn a powerful ninjutsu."

"You little rebel. You won't learn this, and you won't learn that. Let me show you the power of the ruler."

With that, Uchiha Yan picked up the ruler and struck Shimura Danzo three times on the head.

"Danzo, look, you've made the teacher angry." Sarutobi Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu complained.

"Teacher, what about me? What can I learn?" Sarutobi Hiruzen hurriedly asked.

"You need a beating too." With that, Uchiha Yan struck Sarutobi Hiruzen three times on the head as well.

In the original story, Sarutobi Hiruzen, known as the Professor of Ninjutsu, had mastered the five nature transformations of fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water. He could use Shadow Clones to simultaneously unleash Five Release Great Barrage against combined attacks. But the pity was that being well-rounded meant he excelled at nothing. His ninjutsu lacked power, and he could not do what Naruto did—rely on a single move for everything. When in doubt, use a Rasenshuriken; if still in doubt, use Sage Art: Rasenshuriken.

Uchiha Yan was very curious. If Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Professor of Ninjutsu, learned the Rasengan, could he make the Rasenshuriken truly shine—perhaps even create a Rasenshuriken fusing all five releases? As for whether they could withstand the Rasenshuriken's side effects, once they found the three great holy lands, he would have all of them learn senjutsu.

He had been searching throughout the ninja world for ninja whose summoning beasts were toads. He had found summoning beasts like lizards, spiders, and centipedes, but he had not found a single toad ninja. During this period, whenever he saw a toad, he wanted nothing more than to catch it and try summoning it. Unfortunately, those toads were merely ordinary toads and could not be summoned.

Ryuchi 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 compound.

Senju Tobirama was also organizing group 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. His nephew Shuzong possessed genes as exceptional as his elder brother's. He did not need to surpass his elder brother; as long as he possessed seventy or eighty percent of his strength, that would be enough to sweep aside the current generation of ninja. Tobirama had to teach him well. Shuzong would surely inherit his elder brother's Wood Release. The Senju had been suppressed by the Uchiha in Tobirama's generation, but the next generation of the Senju Clan absolutely 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 did too. Uchiha Yan held group activities for his students, so he followed suit.

Although Tobirama had issues with Uchiha Yan, he still greatly acknowledged Uchiha Yan's abilities. His elder brother was unreliable, thinking of nothing but Madara all day long. The Senju and Uchiha had fought one another to the death as enemies for so many years, yet a generation in which three pairs of Mangekyo Sharingan emerged among their peers was unprecedented. Sometimes, several generations would pass before even one pair of Mangekyo Sharingan appeared. The Senju did not believe the Uchiha could have such good luck again.