Before Setting Out / Labyrinth Mountain

"Shingen, what brings you here?" The White Snake Sage looked at Uchiha Shingen.

It saw the three little guys too, but didn't ask.

It knew that Uchiha Shingen would explain it clearly.

"Sage, didn't you say you'd come back in a year? I happen to have some free time lately, so I thought I'd come and see you." Uchiha Shingen chuckled, first placing the Flying Thunder God Seal on the three little ones, telling them to stay still, and then leaped down.

"Oh, by the way, immortal, I also brought you something good."

Uchiha Shingen took out the last sealing scroll and unlocked it.

Two large vats appeared in the same spot.

The White Snake Sage Immortal could smell a scent that excited him from a great distance.

It's tobacco and spices.

And they are all of the highest quality.

"Shingen, you're so thoughtful." The White Snake Sage was very satisfied; it knew that Uchiha Shingen wasn't the kind of person who lacked manners.

How could I deliberately disturb its sleep? Impossible. This is one of the few humans that the White Snake Sage has ever acknowledged; it would never do such a rude thing.

It's all because of these little brats causing trouble.

I'll give them all a good beating later.

At this moment, Uchiha Shingen had already lifted the two large jars and jumped to the giant chair where the White Snake Sage was. He placed the jars containing tobacco and spices on a specially cleared platform next to the chair armrest.

He remembered that whenever the White Snake Sage needed to replenish tobacco and spices, he would do it here, with a group of slightly smaller large snakes specifically there to serve him.

"Immortal, may I place it here?"

"Okay, just leave it there. I'll have the children clean it up." The White Snake Sage exhaled another puff of smoke, this time with a gentler force.

"By the way, Immortal, I brought three children with me this time. I want them to have a good look at Ryūchi Cave. When the time is right, I hope you can give them the opportunity to cultivate the Dragon Cave Sage Technique."

"Oh?" The White Snake Sage looked the three men with Blackhead over again. "You think highly of them?"

"They are all excellent and very suitable." Uchiha Shingen nodded. "The Dragon Cave Sage Technique is known to very few people, which is quite unreasonable."

"It's alright, Ryūchi Cave only awaits those with the right destiny," said the White Snake Sage. "But since you think so highly of them, let's have them sign contracts today. Hmm... the one who looks a bit older, is that the one you mentioned last time? Has he already signed?"

"Yes, immortal, but they are all still young and need to be trained to become stronger."

"They need to train; they can't be this weak." The White Snake Sage's tone was light. "I'm not an unfeeling snake. If you think they're suitable, bring them over again, but the rules still can't be changed."

"Rest assured, Immortal." Uchiha Shingen patted his chest. "I am also a member of Ryūchi Cave, I won't cause any trouble."

"I naturally trust your words." The White Snake Sage nodded in satisfaction, then said, "I've already spoken to them about Mount Myoboku, but you'll need to find Mount Myoboku yourself. Just take the token with you when you leave."

The dragon head on the back of the chair moved, and the contract scroll it held in its mouth fell down. Uchiha Shingen quickly jumped up and caught it.

As soon as it landed, the dragon spat out something again, which landed right on Uchiha Shingen.

He reached out and caught it; it was a stone bead.

"Take this. If you find the passage, Mount Myoboku will take you in."

"Thank you, immortal!"

Uchiha Shingen was overjoyed, and then used the Flying Thunder God to teleport the three of them to his side.

He unfolded the contract scroll and had Haku and Uchiha Sasuke sign it.

The incredibly reliable Ryūchi Cave has welcomed two more new members today.

Chapter Eighteen: Before Departure

Giant snakes surrounded him, and in front of him was a scroll larger than a person.

This is how Uchiha Sasuke sees it.

However, when he saw Uchiha Shingen looking at him with encouraging eyes, Uchiha Sasuke felt less uneasy.

After all, Shingen- hyun is incredibly powerful!

Uchiha Sasuke bit his finger with a gleeful gusto and began writing his name on the list.

Bai had already written it before him.

However, what the young Indra didn't know was that the White Snake Sage's eyes lit up when he began to write.

"This handwriting..." The White Snake Sage stared at the words on the scroll, finding them increasingly familiar. "Shingen, isn't this child the child of the person I told you about last time?"

Before Uchiha Shingen could answer, it continued in a very satisfied tone:

"Good, good, you've thought of everything. That one is indeed too old for a human age, and its potential is limited. The child has more potential."

Uchiha Shingen's face darkened.

Uchiha Sasuke's handwriting is surprisingly in the same style as Fugaku's.

What a terrible thing to do!

What's with this? It immediately gave the White Snake Sage extremely high expectations.

Uchiha Shingen dares to guarantee that, starting today, Uchiha Sasuke will also be secretly watched live by the White Snake Sage.

Furthermore, the White Snake Sage will definitely remember Uchiha Sasuke; Uchiha Sasuke will have to learn the Dragon Cave Sage Technique whether he wants to or not.

"Brother Shingen, I've finished writing." Uchiha Sasuke scrambled to his feet and said proudly, "Is my handwriting nice?"

Your writing is fucking amazing!

Congratulations on becoming the second Uchiha Clan to shock the White Snake Sage.

"Sasuke, did you secretly watch your dad practice calligraphy?"

"Yeah!" Uchiha Sasuke said, even more proudly, "Naruto said that Dad's calligraphy is priceless, so we secretly found it that day."

Wait a minute!

"Naruto with you?"

"Yeah, but I'm the only one who learned Dad's characters! Naruto's too slow, he can't learn them at all! Shingen- nii, aren't I awesome?"

Uchiha Shingen: "... Then you're amazing."

He had a premonition that if Uchiha Mikoto found out about this, Uchiha Fugaku would be in big trouble.

But...

"Sasuke."

"What?"

"You might become the richest ninja in Leaf Village."

This level of writing is exactly the same as what Uchiha Fugaku himself wrote.

The price of Uchiha Fugaku's original artifacts is soaring, and they're even starting to spread beyond the Land of Fire.

Even Uchiha Shingen was shocked by that price.

This damn thing, is it going to become the Ninja World's tulip?

Will this piece of junk lead to a Ninja World war in the future?

You should know that this thing is much rarer than tulips; it was truly written stroke by stroke.

Coming to his senses, Uchiha Shingen patted Uchiha Sasuke on the shoulder and said earnestly.

"Take it easy, and don't try to imitate your dad's handwriting in the future."

He wouldn't dare say it was all form and no spirit; if he did, Uchiha Sasuke would definitely train like crazy when he got back.

"Why?" Uchiha Sasuke was puzzled; he had wanted to show off to his friends.

The thought of not being able to perform miracles in front of others made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you now," Uchiha Shingen said sternly. "Anyway, this is a big deal, just listen to me."

"Alright..." Uchiha Sasuke. He was disappointed, but seeing how serious Uchiha Shingen looked, he had no choice but to agree.

He decided to practice secretly from now on, and once he had mastered the divine skill, he would give Uchiha Shingen a surprise and show it off properly.

Uchiha Shingen rolled up the contract scroll on the ground again and placed it beside the giant chair.

"Immortal, we apologize for disturbing you today. We'll be taking our leave now."

"Yes, go." The White Snake Sage stared intently at Uchiha Sasuke, making him feel uneasy. "Bring this child back to see me as soon as possible."

Goodness, they've even brought in the kids.

Reluctantly, Uchiha Shingen bid farewell to the White Snake Sage and, along with the three others, left Ryūchi Cave using Reverse Summoning Technique.

When they reappeared, the group was back in the Empty Zone, the place where they had summoned the Black Snake before. However, because the Black Snake had pressed a crater into the ground, the group was at the bottom of the crater when they first appeared.

After jumping out of the pit, Uchiha Shingen led them on the road back to Leaf Village.

Four days later, they returned to Hidden Leaf Village.

As soon as they entered the village, Uchiha Sasuke to slip away, but Uchiha Shingen was quick-witted and grabbed him.

Then he went to Namikaze Minato's house and brought Naruto Uzumaki and Uzumaki Clan Karin, who were playing at home, out of the house.

Now that the war is over, he is no longer some Leaf Village White Ghost; he is the Devil Teacher Shingen.

Uzumaki Kushina had no objection to this; she also felt that Naruto was too playful and had corrupted Karin!

After using the Flying Thunder God, Uchiha Shingen took all the kids to the Valley of the End.

The first thing he did was to look at Uchiha Sasuke with a critical eye.

Uchiha Sasuke's talent is undeniable, but there's one downside: he tends to let himself go when there's no pressure.

And it was specially made.

Uchiha Sasuke has no idea what good deed he's done today; he'll find out later.

Uchiha Shingen started by launching into a barrage of criticism.

"Sasuke, look at yourself, and look at everyone else. Why do you want to play as soon as you get home?"

"Naruto and Karin are playing too." Uchiha Sasuke, feeling wronged. He actually just wanted to find Naruto to play with.

"That's different," Uchiha Shingen said. "Their situation is different from yours; they were just playing around."

Uchiha Sasuke: "..."

"Alright, I'm not kidding anymore." Uchiha Shingen chuckled and ruffled Uchiha Sasuke's hair. "Actually, I'm going on a long trip in a few days, and I wanted to give you guys a lesson before I leave."

Upon hearing this, the five children reacted in different ways.

Both Shiro and Mitarashi Anko were reluctant to part with them and felt very regretful.

Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke's eyes darted around, clearly not up to anything good.

Uzumaki Clan Karin, on the other hand, always asked questions when she didn't understand.

"Brother Shingen, are you going to be gone for a long time?"

"I don't know, but I estimate it will take a month or two," said Uchiha Shingen.

Then he looked at the three people who had gone to Ryūchi Cave with him.

"Anko, although you can use the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, you've never properly summoned the snakes of Ryūchi Cave. Since the three of you have all been to Ryūchi Cave, today I'll teach you Summoning Technique."

He explained to the three of them what summoning was, and then said, "The success of your summoning is linked to your Chakra level, so don't expect to summon any particularly powerful snakes, but you should at least summon a snake, and not just a snake egg."

At this point, he glanced at Naruto Uzumaki.

In the original timeline, this was a prodigy who could communicate with tadpoles and witness how a tadpole grew.

It just so happens that the person who taught him at the time was Jiraiya, who doted on him the most in the entire Ninja World; anyone else would have gone berserk long ago.

Chapter Nineteen: Maze Mountain

The journey from Hidden Leaf Village to Sunagakure takes three days, but to reach Mount Myoboku takes about thirty days.

This was what Uchiha Shingen originally thought, but after he had a late-night snack with Namikaze Minato, he realized he was wrong.

The correct statement is that it takes thirty days to get from Hidden Leaf Village to Maze Mountain.