The First Test of Being a Ninja / Team Seven Defies the Principle of Balance

Are they disregarding the unspoken rules everyone follows, planning to isolate themselves from the Ninja World?

What a deep grudge...

After comforting the lord for a while, and Daigo Territory's emotions had calmed down somewhat, Uchiha Shingen first sent out a Shadow Clone to guard the Daigo Territory, then left the room and entered the courtyard, firing a signal flare into the sky.

A short while later, Uchiha Sasuke, Naruto Uzumaki, and Hinata Hyuga arrived with their respective protected individuals.

They were the wife of the Daigo Territory and his son and daughter.

"Madam, please stay with the lord and your child for now. The situation has changed slightly, and we need to make some rearrangements."

"Yes, thank you for your trouble Shingen, Lord Shingen." The noblewoman from the Land of Rivers did not show any signs of panic, but she held her children's hands tightly and then led them into the room of the Daigo Territory.

After the room doors were closed, Uchiha Shingen relayed the situation to the three children.

"Teacher, what should we do next?" Naruto Uzumaki, somewhat eager to try.

Although Uchiha Sasuke didn't say anything, he crossed his arms rather arrogantly, looking like a smug person who thought, "My great eagle is already thirsting for blood."

I hope he can still burn it like this the first time he kills someone with his own hands.

Only Hinata Hyuga's reaction was normal.

"The most important thing in the protection mission is to eliminate potential threats. Now that this mission has been upgraded to Level B, the client's protection methods must also change."

After all, it's normal for the protagonist team to be promoted from C-rank to B-rank on their first mission; it's not surprising at all.

After routinely upgrading the mission, Uchiha Shingen began to explain their new mission to the three.

Chapter Nine: The First Trial to Becoming a Ninja

On Blue Star, the strategy of "keeping enemies at bay" once nearly ruined a certain organization.

But in the Hokage world, this is how the ninjas of the Five Great Nations have always fought.

Uchiha Shingen has been doing the same thing during this cycle of protection missions.

He didn't do it the first time, and the result was a heavy loss—because the enemy got too excited when they saw the target customer and immediately called their friends and acquaintances, which led to the customer being cracked open.

On that mission, Uchiha Shingen went for nothing and even had to pay out of his own pocket.

From then on, Uchiha Shingen clearly understood the core idea of using Shadow Clone to protect the enemy at close range while the main body took the initiative to attack. If someone tried to flank him from the rear, he would use the Flying Thunder God Shadow Shift.

After that, he never spent any more money on protection missions.

He felt that the configuration of the Team 7, with all points allocated to offensive attributes, was very suitable for his central idea.

But before that, we have to eat meat.

After all, none of the three little ones had ever actually seen blood, while the other side had dozens of people.

How to break free from meat is, of course, to be kindly arranged by him Jonin.

After explaining the new battle plan to the three little ones, Uchiha Shingen left the Daigo Territory's mansion alone.

He needs to capture a few people alive first.

The Daigo Territory is only so big. Once you have a direction, finding a group of wandering ninjas isn't difficult.

It didn't take Uchiha Shingen too long to find this group of ninjas.

After all, the looted village clearly indicated the location of these ninjas.

When Uchiha Shingen found these people, they were plundering another village.

The village was burning, and thick smoke rose from the raging Kakkō, like a giant dragon soaring into the sky.

This group of people can be described as extremely wicked.

They can't be called wandering ninjas anymore. Wandering ninjas do rob, but not like this.

Uchiha Shingen didn't rush in immediately; with the fire raging like this, the village would definitely have to be rebuilt.

The villagers are pitiful, but it's not up to Uchiha Shingen to pity them. Even if he wanted to, they wouldn't appreciate it.

In the burning village, the reaction of dozens of Chakra was very obvious; the other party had not yet left.

Uchiha Shingen first pulled out his "Complete Guide to Ninja World Clothing".

Back in Kirigakure, he made a basic mistake by wearing an outdated Hidden Mist Village ANBU uniform when meeting with Karatachi Yagura. He hasn't made that mistake since, and now his "Complete Collection of Ninja World Uniforms" is up-to-date with the latest versions.

Uchiha Shingen created two Shadow Clones and then took out the clothes of Rain Village and Sand Village ANBU.

The two Shadow Clone switched places.

Once the mask is on, all emotions vanish.

After changing their clothes, the two Shadow Clone took off running, one after the other, and rushed directly into the village where the fire was growing larger.

Uchiha Shingen, having carefully timed his movements, sank into the ground and escaped.

Amidst the sweltering heat, the crackling and popping of burning fires could be heard intermittently, and the air was thick with a pungent odor. The fire spread extremely rapidly; before one house could even collapse, the surrounding houses would be ablaze.

Murdered villagers can be seen everywhere on the streets.

A wandering ninja is using Fire Release to incite an even larger fire.

Although he didn't know why these lunatics attacked unarmed ordinary villagers, Uchiha Shingen thought it would be perfect to capture them and use them as practice targets.

He was afraid of scaring the other party away; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone so indirectly; he would have just arrested them directly.

The arrival of the Rain Ninja and Sand Ninja in the village immediately attracted the attention of these wandering ninjas.

Having just slaughtered a village, they were filled with murderous intent, and upon seeing any living people, they immediately attacked.

The two Shadow Clones were just thinking about how to act better when they didn't expect this group of people to be so "in character" that they actually delivered themselves to their doorstep, which made them overjoyed.

The Shadow Clone, disguised as Rain Ninja, first created a Water Formation Wall to block the enemy's ninja tools and Fire Release. Then, while pretending to run away, it took the initiative to step forward and slap one of the enemies unconscious before throwing him away.

The Shadow Clone disguised as Sand Ninja were very cooperative; seeing the embarrassing obstacle ahead, they used Wind Release, blowing it far away.

In the chase, exactly three rogue ninjas were scrambled out of the rogue ninjas' sight using this method, and then Uchiha Shingen captured them.

By the time the wandering ninjas realized what was happening, the Rain Ninja and Sand Ninja had already disappeared through the village.

This brought the wandering ninjas, who had been caught up in the killing frenzy, to their senses. However, when they searched in the direction their companions had flown off in, they could no longer find them.

Uchiha Shingen had already returned the way he came, carrying the three ice blocks.

He then casually altered the marks he left behind to make them look like those of Mist Ninja.

For a man capable of collecting the "Complete Collection of Ninja World Outfits," this is just basic stuff.

All of this was observed by Black Zetsu.

Although it doesn't actually have eyes, that doesn't stop the two things that look like eyes from becoming rounder.

Black Zetsu had long since changed its original plan. Its new plan was to wait until this group attacked the Daigo Territory, then appear to save the Daigo Territory's life, and then, with the help of this minor nobleman, happily establish its branch base.

But who did it see!?

What the hell?! How could Uchiha Shingen be here!?

It immediately abandoned the group of wandering ninjas and secretly followed Uchiha Shingen.

Uchiha Shingen didn't notice Black Zetsu's presence, after all, Black Zetsu's skills in this area were truly unparalleled. He dragged the three ice lumps all the way back to the Daigo Territory's mansion.

When the three students were called over, they were stunned when they saw these three things.

"Teacher, what is this?"

Naruto Uzumaki always couldn't resist being the first to speak up.

"Isn't it obvious?" Uchiha Shingen said as he released the three wandering ninjas from their ice seals.

The Ice Release didn't freeze them for long; the three wandering ninjas were still lying on the ground after being thawed.

After a while, they groggily regained consciousness.

Then they saw three children staring at them with wide eyes, and a Konoha Ninja standing next to them.

This startled them, and they sprang to their feet, forming a circle back to back.

"Your reaction... is this organized?" Uchiha Shingen immediately looked at them with newfound respect.

The wandering ninja group has no trust in each other. Their first instinct is to be back-to-back with ninjas who are part of an organized, inherited ninja lineage.

The three ninjas had already clearly seen the Leaf Village Forehead Protector worn by the three children, and when they saw Uchiha Shingen next to them, they knew exactly what was going on.

They secretly groaned inwardly.

The person before me is none other than one of those who nearly wiped out the Hannya Group sect back then. Now, he's become ridiculously strong.

Seeing that the three remained silent, Uchiha Shingen did not force them.

The Sharingan glared directly at one of them.

In the blink of an eye, it emptied the other person's mind.

"The Hannya Group, you're still alive?" Uchiha Shingen was quite surprised by the other party's identity, but he didn't comment on their desire for revenge.

This kind of petty squabble is precisely a sign of inability to retaliate.

"Sasuke." Uchiha Shingen called out Uchiha Sasuke's name first, then grabbed forward and activated Magnet Release. Yellow sand burst out of the ground, sweeping away the other two Hannya Group ninjas, leaving only one person standing blankly in the middle, not knowing what to do.

"The first lesson of becoming a ninja is killing. Go and kill him."

Chapter 10 Team 7, which does not conform to the principle of equilibrium

Having lived for thirty years in his second life, Uchiha Shingen felt he could proudly declare himself a Sharingan expert.

The idea of gaining enlightenment through the loss of loved ones is not only cruel but also crude.

In the original timeline, Uchiha Sasuke unleashed his One-Tomoe rage during the massacre of his clan.

This is still a modern-day Indra.

Therefore, the old methods are not worth advocating at all.

Uchiha Shingen had already made up his mind to have Uchiha Sasuke take a different path.

According to the custom of the Warring States period, many Uchiha Clan actually awakened their Sharingan for the first time when they were killing someone.

Whether it was a release of pent-up emotions or an overcoming of fear, even for a long-established ninja clan like the Uchiha Clan, most people had quite a profound emotional experience when they went through this ordeal.

In this timeline, Uchiha Sasuke lives a very happy life.

However, Uchiha Shingen always had a feeling that although Uchiha Sasuke in this timeline received a better education, he might not be able to defeat Uchiha Sasuke of the original timeline at this age in a real fight.

At this moment, Uchiha Sasuke looked at the Hannya Group ninjas in front of him, and as Uchiha Shingen had predicted, he was caught in a dilemma.

Even with Uchiha Shingen by his side, he still didn't feel that he would be in danger facing an adult ninja who had killed people for many years. His dilemma was that, despite having undergone so much training, he felt helpless when asked to act with the intention of "killing".

"What's wrong, Sasuke?" Uchiha Shingen looked at him. "You've studied for so long for this. If you can't get past this, you can't be a ninja."

Uchiha Sasuke swallowed hard.

He suddenly felt that the Kunai very heavy, as if the air had turned into water, making it completely difficult for him to swing it.

Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga stood there blankly, even more nervous than Uchiha Sasuke.

In the ensuing silence, someone finally broke out.

It was that Hannya Group ninja.

Knowing full well that he couldn't escape, and with the idea of taking someone down with him, he suddenly lunged at Uchiha Sasuke.

Subconsciously, Uchiha Sasuke, who had been trained by Uchiha Shingen for many years, used Ninjutsu that Uchiha Shingen had taught him long ago.

The desperate attack of the Hannya Group ninjas struck Uchiha Sasuke smoothly, the Kunai deeply embedded in his neck.

The next moment, Uchiha Sasuke, who was standing still, "dispersed" and turned into a ball of small snakes. The effect of the Hannya Group ninjas' attack was that he cut off several small snakes and deeply agitated the others.

These small snakes, whose intelligence was unclear, swarmed angrily, crawling all over the bodies of the Hannya Group ninjas. One snake bit one of them, causing him to collapse to the ground, his limbs twitching and paralyzed.

Uchiha Sasuke stood behind the Hannya Group ninja, holding Kunai in his hand. Although he had subconsciously used the Medium Clone and Substitution Technique to put his opponent in this state, he did not immediately stab with the Kunai.

Finally, he looked longingly at Uchiha Shingen.

"Brother Shingen..."

Uchiha Shingen didn't show any anger or disappointment. In the first playthrough, he was even less Uchiha Sasuke.

But he knew what to do.