Konoha's Strongest Genin / Joint Chūnin Exams

He kept blocking the way because he was afraid someone would pass by.

Even a gentleman like him had the urge to reach out and commit evil deeds.

The downside of practicing Yang Release is that it makes one too impulsive and hot-blooded. Fortunately, his ability to control his blood and energy is also top-notch, so he didn't embarrass himself.

He's a man who possesses the real Adamantine Staff!

Sakurako is so tempting, one day she'll scratch his back until he can't take it anymore!

Not yet. Turning a master into a brother-in-law is a very delicate operation, and as a technically skilled individual, Uchiha Shingen wouldn't leave any loopholes.

Pakura lives across the street from me.

As a seasoned veteran, Uchiha Shingen said that when it comes to sex between men and women, going straight for the body can easily lead to disaster.

To be fair, during his first playthrough, it was always a period of spiritual elevation.

Regardless of ulterior motives, once the mind is elevated, all sweet talk becomes nothing but candy.

After coaxing Sakurako into the house and closing the door, Uchiha Shingen pinched Sakura's pale face, his tone very affectionate.

"Elbow, your brother will teach you a new trick today!"

Bai nodded repeatedly, extremely happy.

Next came the formalities: picking up Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin, and then taking them all to the Uchiha Training Ground.

The weather is getting cold, so we won't go to the Valley of the End anymore. It's pointless to go there all the time, and there's no need for them to run around today.

After leading the little ones into the Chakra training room, Uchiha Shingen took out test strips and gave one to each person.

"You've already developed a basic understanding of Chakra refinement and control over time. This little piece of paper is for testing Chakra properties. First, adjust your state, and then try inputting your Chakra into this."

"Teacher, what is the nature of Chakra?" Naruto Uzumaki asked, raising his hand.

"I'll teach you all of this today, and you'll start to understand it, but for now, do what I just mentioned."

"Okay!"

Following Uchiha Shingen's instructions, the four children began to adjust their state. When they felt they were ready, they started to try to input Chakra into the paper, as they had learned all along.

After a while, all four of them raised their hands to indicate that they were ready.

The test strips they had were all different.

Uchiha Shingen collected the test strips and compared them one by one.

It was pretty much as he expected.

Only the Karin was slightly different from what he had imagined.

"Alright, everyone come over here," said Uchiha Shingen.

Four little heads crowded around, their faces full of thirst for knowledge.

"Girls first, let's look at Karin's first."

Uchiha Shingen showed everyone Karin's test strips.

It appears that nothing has changed.

"There are five common Chakra natures: water, fire, wind, earth, and lightning. The names of the Five Great Nations are derived from these. For example, most people in the Land of Fire are born with the fire nature, and so on. People with bloodline limits generally have two types born with them. Of course, this refers to bloodline limits within the scope of the five elemental escaping techniques."

The children nodded as if they understood, explaining the concept before teaching Uchiha Shingen. They already had a concept of bloodline limit and knew that ancestral inheritance was not necessarily in the form of bloodline limit.

For example, Naruto and Karin were endowed with special Chakra and powerful vitality by their ancestors.

A strong life force will manifest as outstanding physical strength and a greater amount of Chakra extraction than ordinary people.

However, they do not yet understand the nature of Chakra, so their understanding is only superficial.

"Each person is born with one of the five elements, which will be reflected differently on the test strip. There are two types of Karin, water and fire, but water is stronger, so this paper was first wetted and then dried."

Chapter Twenty-Five: Leaf Village's Strongest Genin

According to the test results, the four children's innate Chakra nature was roughly as expected.

Sasuke is fire and lightning.

White represents water and wind.

Somewhat surprisingly, Karin comes in two varieties: fire and water.

Naruto is still just a figure of wind.

However, neither Naruto nor Karin rely on this for a living.

Due to the unique nature of Chakra, the Uzumaki Clan's ninjas rarely use the Five Elements Release techniques as their primary means of ninjutsu.

However, the unique Chakra of the Uzumaki Clan comes from their active life force, which is quite random.

Naruto inherited this trait from his mother. His Chakra was born with the ability to suppress the Tailed Beast Chakra, and his vitality was outstanding even among the Uzumaki Clan; otherwise, he wouldn't have become the reincarnation of Ashura.

Karin's Chakra is special in its sensory abilities, and her powerful life force has a strong conductive and pervasive ability.

In terms of team roles, although both are part of the Uzumaki Clan, this inherently determines that their roles are different.

Uchiha Sasuke, like Naruto Uzumaki, is a character who deals damage directly.

Bai is different from these two, but ultimately he's still an output-type character.

After describing the characteristics of each child, Uchiha Shingen then explained the seven natures of Chakra to them, and also told them the difference between nature transformation and form transformation.

The children immediately expressed that they wanted to learn Yin Release or Yang Release, and that they thought Form Change was too weak.

"Although I'd love to tell you right now what Yin Release and Yang Release are, unfortunately, your knowledge and experience aren't enough for you to understand them at this point." Uchiha Shingen smiled. "As for form transformations..."

He opened his palm.

A flame emerged from the palm of his hand, gradually growing larger. Just as it was about to spread out, it changed shape, and the flame solidified into the form of Kunai.

This is also the strength of Kagutsuchi; from the outward appearance alone, it appears as if he is using Fire Release without any seals.

After Chakra Nature Transformation, release it directly, and then control it using Kagutsuchi.

"Wow~~" the children exclaimed in amazement as their curiosity was satisfied.

Uchiha Shingen casually tossed it away, and it pierced the chest of a wooden dummy in the training room.

The upper body of the wooden dummy was blown open, crackling and burning, with wood chips burning before they could even fly out.

"There are many kinds of changes in form, and compression is one of them," said Uchiha Shingen. "The changes in Chakra are a holistic system. Focusing only on nature or only on form is incomplete. Except for some special cases, taking both into account is the normal approach."

After saying this, Uchiha Shingen began to teach the children how to change the nature of their Chakra.

Most people use nature transformation passively; the purpose of Hand Seals is to simplify the process and popularize Ninjutsu.

Indra is portrayed as arrogant and disdainful of ordinary people, but he invented Hand Seals, and the main beneficiaries were ordinary people.

With Hand Seals, even without understanding them, one can still use them by simply following the instructions.

Uchiha Shingen hoped that the four kids would understand from the beginning, and if they understood it well, even ordinary Ninjutsu could be very useful.

Simplifying the number of Hand Seals at your own discretion also depends on your individual understanding.

The ultimate goal of simplification is no imprint.

Just like what Uchiha Shingen just did.

The power of the Fire Release Kunai surpasses that of commonly made Explosive Tag on the market.

However, the Explosive Tag lack the applicability of the Fire Release Kunai itself, making the superiority of one over the other obvious.

Of course, this effect can only be achieved by Kagutsuchi.

Each child has an unsharpened Kunai in their hand, on which they are to manifest the nature of Chakra.

Even the type of property they needed was carefully chosen by Uchiha Shingen.

This is obviously much more difficult than refining Chakra, and you won't see significant results even after a whole day.

The four child prodigies were no exception.

They felt very frustrated.

Uchiha Shingen comforted them, making them less concerned.

Many people practice their whole lives and still can't master even one single property change.

That evening, after sending the four children home, Uchiha Shingen returned to the Hokage Building.

There was nothing he could do; when he went to pick him up during the day, Namikaze Minato told him to come to his office for a short meeting after he was done.

Upon entering, the room was filled with smoke.

All five were present, and the old smoker was all smiles, claiming he deserved the most credit for the air pollution.

"Shingen, how are the children's talents?" the old man Sun Zinu asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"That's good, Leaf Village has a successor." Uchiha Shingen's response was also quite old-fashioned.

"That's good, that's good. Konohamaru will have company now." Sarutobi Hiruzen was delighted.

He was so pleased with his grandson's talent that he felt uneasy if he didn't show it off every day while smoking.

The Sarutobi Clan's renewed glory will undoubtedly depend on this little guy.

A natural talent with five elements! The Sarutobi Clan has finally produced another person with this kind of talent.

Konohamaru has also discussed it with his old partner Enma, and it's agreed that Konohamaru will have a fighting partner with an indestructible body in the future.

"Yes," Uchiha Shingen said with a smile, "Having partners creates healthy competition."

You'll find out how much of a shrewd person your grandchildren's generation will be in the future.

Your father experienced firsthand what it was like to compete against Indra and Ashura.

"Lord Third, let's talk about Sand Village first," Uchiha Fugaku suggested.

Leaf Village's top calligrapher is unconvinced by Tenten Sarutobi's Sarutobi Hiruzen his grandson's talent.

If we're talking about which family cultivates the best, then we have to look to the Uchiha Clan.

He believes his second son will definitely surpass this generation!

As for this generation, they were all completely suppressed by Uchiha Shingen.

This is the lineage of the Uchiha Clan!

Tremble, mortals!

"Ah, right, right, right." Sarutobi Hiruzen slapped his forehead. "Getting old, I just like to ramble on."

"Then let me start," Namikaze Minato said.

"According to reports from the ANBU, since the village defeated Cloud Village last time, relations between Sand Village and Cloud Village have warmed up. After Leaf Village and Iwagakure went to war, Kumogakure even provided Sand Village with some material aid."

Namikaze Minato spoke with a serious expression, and the expressions of the others were not very friendly.

"This time, we repelled Iwagakure, but we had no intention of cooperating with Sand Village to further expand the war. The connection between Sunagakure and Kumogakure has continued to strengthen, and there are already plans to hold the Chunin Ninja Exams simultaneously."

"They dare!"

Someone slammed their hand on the table.

It was none other than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"The village disregarded past grievances and saved Sand Village from dire straits. Such betrayal is absolutely unacceptable." Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone grew increasingly compassionate as he spoke. "However, it seems the village has been too preoccupied with other matters in recent years and has neglected its connection with Sunagakure. This could be an opportunity. Why don't we invite Hidden Mist Village and Iwagakure to join Sand Village in hosting a Chunin Ninja Exams? With Sand Village as the host, we can all gather together, open our hearts, and clear up any misunderstandings."

"That's right. The village treats people with sincerity, and Sand Village will feel at ease." Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura spoke with a strong sense of Doves. "Unnecessary misunderstandings can lead to war, and we should do our best to avoid them."

Not only do you three old men and women have the same expression, but even your mother's tone of voice is equally fake!

Uchiha Shingen gave them a thumbs up.

"The Chunin Ninja Exams..." Namikaze Minato turned to Uchiha Fugaku. "Fugaku, how many genin in the village are eligible to participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams Genin?"

"The number is quite considerable. There have been wars in recent years, and no Chunin Ninja Exams have been held, so we've accumulated a considerable number of people, some of whom have made contributions on the battlefield."

"I imagine every village is the same in this regard." Namikaze Minato nodded. "Then let's do it this way. I believe that Leaf Village's Genin are the strongest."

Chapter Twenty-Six: Joint Chunin Exams

When people talk about the Land of Wind, their first impression is of distant camel bells and swirling yellow sand.