Training Crows

Preparing the supplies could not be done overnight. They still had to wait for the Sand Ninja jonin to arrive. Only once everyone from both sides had assembled could the transport begin.

This was precisely to prevent either side from pulling dirty tricks.

The schedule was estimated for one week later.

"With a jonin protecting you, there won't be any problems."

Tsunade anticipated the pressure that came with a high-level mission. She crouched slightly to meet his eyes and offered some reassurance.

"You'll only be responsible for treating the people in the team. You might even get a high-level mission for free."

"If you run into danger, make sure you stay close to the jonin."

Unless the other side deployed elite personnel and risked becoming enemies with both Sunagakure and Konoha, there was absolutely no chance of danger arising.

"Alright."

A week was enough time for him to prepare. He needed to train the crows until he could use them.

After leaving Tsunade's laboratory, Uchiha Yuu needed to buy a few things.

Prices for ninja tools were not fluctuating much at this stage. The Hokage could keep them under control, and weapons shops would not dare fleece customers during wartime. There was no point making money if they would not live to spend it.

The title Hero of the Shinobi was not given for nothing. Of course, everyone would turn a blind eye to modest price increases, so long as they remained reasonable.

"Explosive Tags, kunai, and shuriken are necessities. Tsunade will prepare the medical equipment."

"Money... I'm broke again."

Those three things alone cost quite a bit. Being a ninja was a high-expense, high-return profession. As one's strength increased, one could earn more money, but one would also spend more.

For now, the only way to make money was by taking missions.

He had a few ideas in mind, but he was limited by the current situation and his age, leaving him unable to put them into practice.

The best ways to make money were all written in Konoha's criminal code!

After returning home, he fed the crows. These crows had already been trained and could carry out some simple tasks.

As he displayed the power of the Sharingan, scarlet light flashed in Uchiha Yuu's eyes. He could see the crows' eyes beginning to synchronize with his Sharingan.

This method effectively allowed the crows to carry out certain commands.

"Bird Clone Technique!"

He attached his chakra to the crows. Ten crows gathered together, forming a clone identical to Uchiha Yuu.

Compared to an ordinary Clone Technique, this clone could catch people off guard. Unless someone watched closely, they would not notice when he had created a clone out of crows.

It also consumed far less chakra.

"Whew!"

"The results are better than I expected."

However, when he dismissed the clone, he noticed that something was wrong with the crows.

Feathers began falling from the ten crows. Uchiha Yuu caught them in his hands and lifted the fallen feathers, only to discover a layer of fine down growing underneath.

"My home contains a large amount of Radioactive Element. It looks like the crows have been affected by Radioactive Element."

Unsure whether the crows' changes were good or bad, Uchiha Yuu did not rashly move them somewhere normal.

If they adapted to their surroundings, it would clearly help improve Yuu's strength.

He imagined ten crows containing Uranium Element landing on an enemy. The intense radiation source would instantly rob them of their ability to fight.

He carefully nurtured them, then formed hand seals with both hands as his Sharingan began another round of interaction.

Over the next few days, Uchiha Yuu did not go out. He seized every moment to strengthen himself and cultivate those crows.

But things differed somewhat from what he had expected. The crows' cultivation went smoothly at first, but later, nine of the ten crows rapidly began to weaken.

Their bodies could not withstand the invasion of Radioactive Element and twisted into the shapes of some kind of monsters before their cells ruptured and they died.

Uchiha Yuu carefully observed the one that survived. Its body had already become noticeably different from that of an ordinary crow.

It was a full size larger than a normal crow, and its eyes contained shapes resembling tomoe. It would actively devour objects containing radiation sources to improve itself.

As for its claws and beak, wounds inflicted by the crow would develop radioactive decay.

Unlike poison, no one in the Shinobi World besides him could cure Radioactive Element. Even Tsunade's Medical Ninjutsu could only maintain a balance and barely keep someone alive, while they endured the torment caused by illness.

"The results of this cultivation are better than I expected, but there's only one."

After experimenting on quite a few animals, he could now confirm that crows could endure Radioactive Element better than ordinary animals. Using crows as his summoning beasts was completely feasible!

"Once this mission is complete, I'll be able to buy more crows."

The Uchiha Clan's crows were expensive. They were superior breeds produced through artificial cultivation and selection, then raised by the clan's jonin.

Of course, he could expand the scale, provided he had enough money. If he only bought a few dozen, they would not pay him any attention.

Sunagakure worked more efficiently than expected. These supplies were not important to Konoha, but to impoverished Sunagakure, they were like fuel delivered in a snowstorm.

They could cultivate quite a few high-quality ninja.

After Ebizo returned, the Third Kazekage dispatched an Elite Jonin to lead the team: two jonin and three chunin in total.

Konoha also sent two jonin, one of whom was specifically assigned to protect Uchiha Yuu.

Such a luxurious lineup of four jonin could easily carry out an S-rank mission, so transporting these supplies would not be a problem.

Among the transport team, Uchiha Yuu spotted a ninja who had a grudge against him.

It was Uchiha Shuiyun!

The man hid in a corner of the group and shot him a venomous glance, which happened to meet Uchiha Yuu's gaze.

"There's actually him among the chunin team Konoha sent?"

To be honest, once Uchiha Clan ninja awakened their Sharingan, their strength improved enormously. It was not surprising that he had been selected.

But having this person in the team would only make Uchiha Yuu uncomfortable.

Once all the teams had assembled, Uchiha Yuu found a haystack at the back and flipped himself onto it to sit down. None of the ninja present had anything to say about it.

Before they set out, it had already been made clear that Uchiha Yuu was a medical ninja. Who knew whether they would encounter danger on this mission? A medical ninja was no less valuable than a jonin.

No one would pick a conflict with a doctor.

Uchiha Shuiyun kept his distance from him, but that icy gaze never left Uchiha Yuu.

"Damn Yuu, just you wait!"