A Healed Body

After seven days, Uchiha You's body had fully recovered.

Layer after layer of bandages beneath him was unwrapped, revealing tender new skin. Combined with his pale complexion, he looked like someone recovering from a serious illness.

But that was only an outward appearance. If his body erupted with force, it could surpass an ordinary person's by several times. After prolonged exposure to radioactive elements, his body had become vastly different from that of an ordinary person.

Uchiha You even suspected that he was no longer human.

Standing up again, You was overwhelmed with excitement. He clenched his fists, fully savoring the changes in his body at that moment.

In the withered forest, a black shadow flashed past the treetops. Uchiha You stood at the highest point, overlooking a vast stretch of forest.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Leaves fell as the kunai in his hand shot out in rapid succession. With Teacher Chishu's corrections, his kunai-throwing form had become increasingly standardized, allowing him to conserve more strength while improving his accuracy.

With his current strength, if Shuiyun dared stand before him, a kunai would instantly pierce through his body.

With a leap, he landed beneath the tree. His control over his body was growing stronger and stronger, while the radioactive elements within him had formed a delicate balance and would no longer damage his body.

"Hah!"

Another change was in his eyes.

Perhaps this subtle transformation had allowed the Uchiha Clan bloodline to fully erupt and awaken.

Reflected in his eyes was the shape of a single tomoe. He now possessed a One-Tomoe!

Without exception, everyone who awakened their eyes was a powerhouse.

Uchiha You had no intention of immediately exposing his talent. He intended to behave like an ordinary Uchiha genius. From entering the Ninja Academy to graduating, he would draw attention, but since he was an Uchiha, it would all seem perfectly reasonable.

The moment he walked normally into the classroom, every student inside—whether they had been spacing out or playing around—froze in place.

"Has You's body recovered? So he was actually that tall!"

"Oh my god, now that he isn't bound to a wheelchair, our class is going to produce a genius!"

"Uchiha You, will you go out with me!"

He understood his classmates' surprise. Naturally, he instinctively ignored that last proposal.

Women would only slow down his sword-drawing speed!

Then there were Kushina and Minato Namikaze. As his only two friends among his classmates, both of them gaped with their mouths open.

"I told you Lady Tsunade could heal your legs. If we had known, we should have asked Lady Tsunade to treat you sooner."

Kushina assumed Tsunade was the reason Uchiha You could stand again, thinking that Lady Tsunade's medical ninjutsu had improved even further.

Surprised as he was, Minato Namikaze was clearly more tactful than Kushina. He knew that kindness had to be repaid. Although they could not help Tsunade much, he made an appropriate suggestion.

"After class, we should buy some gifts and visit Lady Tsunade."

"We can go together. I haven't seen Lady Tsunade in a long time!"

You did not reveal the real reason. A convenient misunderstanding could help him avoid many troubles.

News of his recovered body caused quite a stir at school. Especially those who were on good terms with him, all came over to offer their congratulations.

Even Chishu asked several times and thanked Lady Tsunade for her medical ninjutsu.

With the other party's ninja talent, now that he no longer had a physical defect, he would certainly become a qualified ninja in the future.

"You, you can practice the Three Basic Techniques more during this period."

"You must master these most basic things well if you want to become a qualified ninja, inherit the Will of Fire, and contribute to the village!"

It had to be said that Chishu was a loyal supporter of the Third Hokage. He also taught every child with care. Whether they came from civilian families or powerful clans, as long as they came to the Ninja Academy, they were his students.

Being able to cultivate a genius ninja for the village was no small achievement to him.

"Don't worry. I've never neglected the basics."

Being physically inconvenienced did not mean he could not use ninjutsu.

Uchiha You had always trained diligently because he knew that his body would recover one day. In this world dominated by ninja, strength was an eternal subject.

"As a gift for your recovery, this is from your teacher."

It was a ninjutsu scroll.

"I know the Uchiha Clan is a great clan, but you are not well regarded within it. This ninjutsu scroll is one I have kept for myself. Don't worry, the village is not too strict about low-level ninjutsu like this."

As a teacher, he had fulfilled his duties with utmost dedication. You had not expected him to go this far.

"It records the Phoenix Flower Fire Technique!"

Every member of the Uchiha Clan possessed Fire Release chakra. Chishu believed that You would definitely need it, so he had prepared this scroll for him.

"Thank you, Teacher."

Though the scroll was low-level, mastering ninjutsu was an essential means for a ninja.

If he had only a handful of bonds with the village, then the teacher before him was one of them.

"After school today, you do not need to leave right away. I'll teach you how to use ninjutsu."

Chishu treated teaching by word and deed as his guiding principle. A sacred look appeared on his face; it was the sense of mission that came with being a teacher.

There were three geniuses in the class he taught.

Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and You before him.

Unfortunately, he was only an ordinary Chunin. The ninjutsu he knew was limited to Fire Release, so he could only teach You the simplest techniques.

Elsewhere, Qian Xishou, who was outside recording the daily lives of these little geniuses, watched You walk out of the classroom. His expression grew more solemn, but also more delighted.

"A genius of the Uchiha Clan who is not valued by his own clan. Someone like him is best suited to join Root and serve Lord Danzo!"

Qian Xishou had gathered information on many talented youths. The Uchiha boy stood at the very top of the list, and the words "pending" beside his name were crossed out with a line.

He was in no rush over the future paths of these geniuses. Most of them would join the ANBU, and then they could naturally serve Lord Danzo.

Uchiha You had constantly felt that someone was watching him lately, but with his strength, he could not discover who it was.

After all, this was not the forest where he lived. Only the tiny trace of radioactive elements scattered through the air allowed him to sense a few shadows lingering outside the Ninja Academy.

At first, he thought these people had come to protect and monitor Kushina. But after he left the school, some people also followed behind him, making him more wary.

"Could it be the Third Hokage?"

The Third Hokage's telescope technique could observe everything in the village. It was an exceedingly troublesome thing.

You did not expose them immediately. Instead, he observed them carefully.

There was also his ninjutsu training. Because of Uchiha He, the clan had undergone certain changes.