Ambitionless? Wanting to Train in Taijutsu

Ding dong, ding dong.

Two Shuriken struck the bullseyes of two Wooden Stakes, embedding themselves halfway!

With that kind of skill,

probably no one present could pull it off.

"How was that?" Xuanyu looked at his handiwork, casually clapped his hands, and smugly raised his chin. His little face even carried a trace of calm disappointment. "Sigh~~ Two of them missed the bullseye. What a shame!"

He looked as though those two misses had truly been beyond his expectations.

Uchiha Zhen's mouth twitched. At such a young age, Xuanyu had already mastered the art of showing off to perfection!

Though he disliked Xuanyu's effortless bragging somewhat, Uchiha Zhen still praised him. "Your talent is excellent. As long as you train hard, even without awakening the Sharingan, you will surely become a top-tier ninja in the future and contribute to both the clan and Konoha!"

Those were his sincere words. Uchiha Xuan Yu's talent truly was formidable. Even if his special eyes prevented him from awakening the Sharingan, he could still become a top-tier powerhouse!

After all,

there were quite a few people who had become top-tier powerhouses without a Kekkei Genkai.

Jiraiya, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, Sakumo Hatake, and others were examples.

"While I agree with you very much—this young master was born gifted, after all—" Xuanyu's tone remained calm, but then his words took a turn.

"But there's no need for me to become a ninja. I've had no grand ambitions since I was little. I only want my family to remain safe and sound!"

He spoke with complete sincerity. He had no interest whatsoever in that so-called village or clan.

Hmph, just as I thought—he has no ambition. No matter how talented someone like that is, he'll never become a powerhouse! Itachi sneered inwardly as he listened to Xuanyu. He had originally thought Xuanyu would become a top-tier ninja, but now it seemed he had been wrong!

No ambition!

And no sense of honor toward the village or the Uchiha Clan!

An Uchiha clansman without a sense of honor toward the village was an outlier. It was precisely because of people like them that the relationship between the village and the clan had grown increasingly strained!

As he thought that, the way he looked at Xuanyu became even colder. In the future, if he needed to make an example of someone to establish his authority, Xuanyu would be that chicken.

Uchiha Zhen also fell silent after hearing Xuanyu's words. Only after a long while did he say, "Once you become a ninja, you can earn generous rewards from missions!"

Every ninja mission came with monetary rewards, which were also an important source of income for ninjas.

"Generous rewards? Can they compare to what my father, Uchiha Hanjō, earns?" Xuanyu asked.

Uchiha Zhen shook his head. "No."

Uchiha Hanjō was one of the wealthiest men in the Land of Fire. An elite jonin might spend an entire year carrying out missions and still earn less than what he made in a single day.

Uchiha Xuan Yu said, "Then I'd rather wait to inherit my father's family business in the future!"

"..." Uchiha Xuan Yu's words truly left people speechless, and it was actually a perfectly reasonable choice.

He could sit at home and earn more than they did as ninjas, working tirelessly and risking their lives.

There was nothing they could do about it.

Who told him to have a business that made money even while he lay down?

With money, who would be willing to become a ninja and risk their life?

"Then why did you come to the Training Grounds to train?" Uchiha Zhen still refused to give up and continued, "Isn't your dream to become a ninja?"

He did not want such a talented child to fade away before he had even bloomed.

"Wrong. I came here naturally to train. Does not wanting to become a ninja mean I can't train?" Xuanyu looked seriously at Uchiha Zhen. "Our family may be rich, but a person must have the strength to protect themselves. I don't want to be like him, needing to bring two ninjas along for protection every time I go out!"

No matter how strong others were, it was better to be strong himself!

As long as he was strong enough, no one could shake him.

Of course,

there was another reason he said that. He did not want Konoha to notice him too early. Otherwise, given the ruthlessness of the Third Hokage and Danzo, he might be killed before he had even grown up.

"..."

Uchiha Zhen could do nothing about Uchiha Xuan Yu's carefree attitude.

If someone truly lacked the desire and perseverance to train, then no matter how talented they were, their future achievements would not be very high.

At most, they would reach the strength of a Chunin.

Xuanyu was like that now!

With a sigh, he stopped bothering with Xuanyu. After all, the boy was wealthy. It did not matter if his father supported him for the rest of his life.

However,

the other Uchiha juniors looked down on Xuanyu even more.

Just like that, evening arrived in the blink of an eye.

As the sun set in the west, the young members of the Uchiha Clan had already trained for an entire day, and some had left.

However, Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke were still diligently training. They were both very hardworking and had earned the approval of the two instructors.

Xuanyu was still sleeping behind the bluestone, with the setting sun shining upon him and making him look especially comfortable.

"Xuanyu!"

At that moment, a woman's call came from nearby. Her voice was very pleasant.

Thud!

Xuanyu, who had been comfortably basking in the sunset, instantly sat up. His little eyes blinked as he looked toward the source of the voice.

His movements were as nimble as someone who had trained for a long time.

Even Uchiha Zhen's eyes lit up at the sight.

Looking in the direction of the voice,

he saw a beautiful woman walking over gracefully. She was stunning, and her brows and eyes were filled with a smile.

It was Xuanyu's mother, Senju Suyu Ji.

A descendant of the First Hokage's family, she was naturally beautiful and possessed the Senju family's voluptuous figure as well.

Perhaps because he had married a woman from the Senju family, Xuanyu's father, Uchiha Hanjō, was somewhat unwelcome within the Uchiha Clan.

"Mom, why are you here?" Xuanyu slung his small backpack over his back and ran over with a stubborn expression, surprise still on his face.

Senju Suyu Ji had not planned to come, but when she considered her family's standing within the Uchiha Clan and Xuanyu's identity as someone with Double Pupils, she could not help feeling worried!

She was afraid Xuanyu would be wronged at the Training Grounds!

So she came!

The moment she arrived, she saw the contempt and alienation the other Uchiha children directed at Xuanyu, which made her heart ache even more!

"My Xuanyu has been wronged. You must be tired, right?" Seeing little Xuanyu run over, the beautiful woman continued, "Come home. Mother will make you something delicious!"

Xuanyu seriously shook his head. "I'm not tired!"

Yet to Senju Suyu Ji's ears, it sounded as though her son had been wronged here and could not bear to tell her!

That made her heart ache even more!

"Xuanyu... If you don't want to train, then you don't have to come anymore. I can support my Xiao Yu!" Senju Suyu Ji said affectionately, concern lingering in her tone.

"No, I'll keep coming!" Xuanyu shook his head. He could meet some Uchiha clansmen here, and they might be useful in the future. Besides, he could also learn some ninjutsu. "Mother, I want to ask you for a favor!"

"What is it?" Senju Suyu Ji was startled. Her son had never spoken to her like this before!

Xuanyu took a deep breath. "I want to find a taijutsu teacher!"

His eyes possessed the traits of the Byakugan, making him well suited for taijutsu training as well!

"Taijutsu? A teacher?"

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