Invincible with a Cultivation Progress Bar

Even when faced with such fierce questioning and rebuke, Fugaku Uchiha, soft-tempered and lacking resolve, showed no anger on his calm, stern face.

"You're still too young. One day, you'll understand that what you're doing now is nothing but a dead end."

"The path you're taking has been walked by others before. But none of them met a good end."

"I can't persuade you, and you can't persuade me."

"Then let me see just how far your caliber can carry you."

Fugaku Uchiha drained his tea in one gulp, further solidifying his resolve. Then he left without looking back.

"Caliber? Heh."

Hearing that word, Uchiha Kyu could not help thinking of that filial son, Uchiha Itachi. It seemed the word "caliber" had been passed down from Fugaku Uchiha. Like father, like son.

"Then we'll each rely on our own abilities."

Uchiha Kyu fixed his deep, aggressive gaze on Fugaku Uchiha's departing back.

"Ying."

"Your subordinate is here."

Uchiha Ying appeared before Uchiha Kyu in an instant. Kneeling on one knee and raising his head, the terrifying Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes glowed crimson.

"Has he arrived?"

Uchiha Kyu refilled two cups with hot tea and spoke casually.

"He has arrived." Uchiha Ying lowered his head respectfully.

"Kyu, it has been a while. I trust you've been well."

A cold, sinister voice, like that of a snake, came from a corner of the courtyard.

An unidentified venomous snake slowly opened its mouth in a grotesque grin. Orochimaru, one of Konoha's Three Sannin, crawled out from within, covered head to toe in nauseating snake slime.

Uchiha Kyu subconsciously frowned, then relaxed and gave a mocking laugh.

"I never expected Orochimaru, one of Konoha's Three Sannin, to come to me this way. The glory of the Three Sannin in the past, and now you can only pay secret visits. How lamentable."

"Times have changed."

There was not the slightest anger on Orochimaru's pale face. Having long since lost faith in his teacher, he now only wanted to accomplish his dream by any means necessary.

"Sit."

Uchiha Kyu stared at Orochimaru and gestured for him to take a seat.

"It seems you're prepared to make your move, Kyu."

Orochimaru's hoarse, chilling voice slipped from his mouth. A trace of anticipation appeared in those snake-like eyes.

"I have already prepared the test subjects you wanted. Where is what I asked for?"

Uchiha Kyu smiled without answering, rhythmically tapping his fingers against the wooden tea table.

Making a deal with Orochimaru was dangerous.

But as long as their strength remained evenly matched, Orochimaru would not easily break his word.

When he heard that the test subjects he needed had been prepared, a rare smile appeared on Orochimaru's pale, colorless face, and he unconsciously licked his lips.

"Naturally, I prepared what you wanted, Kyu."

A venomous snake slowly slithered to Orochimaru's side and directly spat out a scroll from its mouth.

Orochimaru did not find it disgusting in the slightest. Smiling, he placed the scroll, covered in snake slime, on the wooden table.

Uchiha Kyu stared at the scroll within arm's reach. His face twitched as if he wanted to speak but held himself back, and he looked at Orochimaru speechlessly.

"I won't look at the scroll. Next time, please clean it first. I'm not a germaphobe, but you're about to turn me into one."

"Ying, have someone deliver the test subjects to Orochimaru immediately."

"As you command." Uchiha Ying respectfully lowered his head and vanished from the spot.

"Kyu, I'm looking forward to what happens next."

Orochimaru took a sip of tea, then his entire body transformed into countless venomous snakes that scattered in every direction and disappeared without a trace.

"You truly are hard to kill."

Uchiha Kyu watched the venomous snakes gradually vanish into the corners of the courtyard. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes, which were as unfathomable as a deep pool.

Orochimaru was a ruthless man who outlived everyone else in the Shinobi World and repeatedly escaped the Death God's grasp.

Even Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, probably could not outlive Orochimaru.

Uchiha Kyu stared at his reflection in the teacup. His bewitching, crimson Mangekyō Sharingan appeared in the tea.

Although he had not been transported to this Naruto World for long, his strength had already risen to a level ordinary people could never reach.

They said every transmigrator came with a cheat ability, and Uchiha Kyu was naturally no exception.

With a thought, he opened his cultivation progress panel and could easily see his training progress.

[Three Body Technique: 100%]

[Sharingan: 80%]

[Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique: 100%]

[Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation: 100%]

[Lightning Style: Chidori: 100%]

[Sharingan: Izanagi: 100%]

[Sharingan: Izanami: 100%]

Whether it was the ordinary Three Body Technique or forbidden Sharingan techniques, he had effortlessly trained them all to perfect, one-hundred-percent completion.

This progress bar had completely erased the bottlenecks of cultivation. Visible progress bars made training no longer dull; every bit of effort turned into strength.

In a single year, Uchiha Kyu had gone from being Fugaku Uchiha's insignificant cousin to the vice-captain of the Uchiha Police Force, a peerless genius of the Uchiha Clan not seen in a century.

The radical younger generation of the Uchiha Clan regarded him as the goal they would follow for life, an idol they admired and strove toward.

The radical backbone of the Uchiha Clan saw him as their hope of restoring Uchiha glory.

This transaction with Orochimaru marked the beginning of his plan.

Those test subjects were no ordinary test subjects. He hoped Konoha's higher-ups would like this gift.

"Vice-Captain, Orochimaru's people have successfully taken away those test subjects."

Uchiha Ying leaped down from the rooftop, knelt on one knee beside Uchiha Kyu, and respectfully lowered his head as he reported the transaction in detail.

"Take the scroll and clean it."

"As you command."

Uchiha Kyu truly could not stand Orochimaru's way of conducting business. He could have simply held it in his hand or tucked it into a pocket, yet he insisted on putting it in his stomach. Was having stomach storage space really that impressive?

Only after Uchiha Ying returned the cleaned scroll did Uchiha Kyu open it and examine the forbidden ninjutsu within.

The techniques recorded on it had all been taken from the Sealing Scroll privately kept by Konoha's higher-ups. The Sealing Scroll could also be called Senju Tobirama's exclusive collection of forbidden techniques.

Most of them had been created by Senju Tobirama himself. Whether the Shinobi World was in chaos or not was up to Senju Tobirama.

As the beloved disciple of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru had naturally read the Sealing Scroll many times.

This deal with Orochimaru had been for the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Five Elements Seal.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was a rare space-time ninjutsu. Uchiha Izuna had died to this technique back then. Uchiha Kyu had coveted it for a long time, and today, he had finally gotten his wish.

The Five Elements Seal was the sealing technique used to seal the Nine-Tails, and it even included the method to undo the Five Elements Seal.

The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki was still Kushina Uzumaki, one of the surviving remnants of the Uzumaki Clan, which had publicly been exterminated.

Although the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had already taken office and extended assistance to the Uchiha Clan.

Only Uchiha Kyu himself knew that Minato Namikaze was like a brilliant shooting star in the night sky—dazzling for an instant before vanishing. He was destined to die young.

Once Kushina Uzumaki became pregnant, it would mean that the Fourth Hokage and his wife would both perish after the birth.