The Home Front Had Been Raided

"That fish is really huge!"

Using the moonlight, Uchiha Yuan shamelessly stood on the river with chakra to "catch" fish.

Whenever a curious fish swam close, he snatched it into his hand with lightning speed.

Looking at the nearly one-meter-long fish, he could not help sighing. Nature that had never been developed truly was something else.

He built a fire beside the waterfall, scraped off the scales and other impurities with stones, then sat nearby and waited for the fish to cook.

"I forgot to get some seasonings. Oh well, I'll make do this time."

Plain fish was not bad either. As long as it was grilled well, it could still be crispy outside and tender inside.

After finishing the fish, it was already late. He glanced toward the waterfall and suddenly opened his Sharingan.

He slowly walked to the riverbank. Though it was dark now, the Sharingan's powerful vision let him see his reflection clearly.

"Two-Tomoe! Awesome!"

But when he remembered that he was already twelve years old, his excitement gradually faded.

"Only Two-Tomoe. What garbage. How did the Sharingan evolve again?"

Uchiha Yuan squatted by the river and pondered slowly. In his previous life, there had been countless arguments on this topic in online forums and fanfiction chat groups.

Some said that stimulation alone could awaken the eyes, while others said a large amount of Yin-nature chakra was required. Everyone had their own theories and reasoning.

"The Sharingan reflects one's state of mind, so it must be connected to the thoughts in the brain. But power can't arise from nothing. The conditions for evolving the tomoe must also be related to one's own strength."

He ran through all the characters he had seen awaken their eyes in Naruto, gaining a rough understanding of the Sharingan.

"The genjutsu I know are all low-level trash. I'll have to make up for that later."

As an Uchiha, he knew so few genjutsu. It seemed this body had not liked reading much.

Then again, according to his memories, he had already gone to war at seven or eight years old. Even if he wanted to study, he would not have had much time.

After thinking it through, he stretched lazily.

It was late. Time to go back and sleep.

The moon hung high in the night sky. Uchiha Yuan's body clock told him it was just past ten.

As he walked back toward the clan grounds, the sound of the breeze rustling through branches and leaves inexplicably felt sinister.

Uchiha Yuan's steps slowed further and further, while the fingers hidden in his sleeves twitched restlessly.

Thump, thump, thump!

His heartbeat grew louder inside him like an engine, and the Sharingan activated in response to an unknown aura of danger.

Danger!!

Boom!

The road beneath Uchiha Yuan suddenly exploded! Rubble flew everywhere, while kunai shot in from all directions and plunged into the smoke!

"Did we get him?"

An adult man's voice came from the nearby forest. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Four or five dark figures landed where Uchiha Yuan had been to inspect the scene, only to find a large crater on the ground without even a trace of blood.

"Not good!!"

Before those ninjas could leap away, the ground abruptly sank and trapped their feet.

A scorching aura followed close behind. When they turned around, their pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.

A fireball several meters wide was already right in front of them!!

When did he—?!

Boom!!

Another massive explosion rang out, no weaker than the previous one.

More than ten minutes later, a figure finally appeared at the scene. It was Uchiha Yuan.

He waved away the smoke and inspected the results. The four or five unidentified ninjas had been burned beyond recognition. Not a single part of their bodies was intact, and the scent of cooked meat was already drifting through the air.

"Hehe, who said Fire Release couldn't kill people? It works pretty well, doesn't it?"

Poof!

Uchiha Yuan burst into smoke, and another Uchiha Yuan jumped out of the forest. The one from before had merely been a clone.

"An Uchiha who has been on the battlefield really does have sharp instincts."

Uchiha Yuan was still shaken. What he had done just now had been purely his body's instinctive reaction; only afterward did he realize what had happened.

He briefly cleaned up the wreckage and only found a few intact kunai.

"They aren't strong. Just a few inexperienced Chunin. They're really poor!"

Without stopping to rest, he leaped onto a tree trunk. Chakra covered his legs, and every jump carried him more than ten meters.

"Madara and Izuna are both out. Hopefully, there aren't too many attacking ninjas."

Uchiha Yuan's mind was perfectly clear. He had already analyzed the situation.

Those unidentified ninjas could not possibly have been lying in ambush specifically for him. They had likely been stationed outside as sentries or a rear guard, and he had happened to run into them.

Uchiha Yuan sped forward. As the Uchiha clan grounds drew closer, the smell of blood in the air grew stronger, and shouts of battle reached his ears.

Since the Uchiha clan grounds were located at the mouth of a valley, with nothing around to conceal him, he was spotted immediately.

"There's another one who slipped through!"

"He has injuries on his head! He isn't reinforcements!"

"Finish him quickly!!"

Thud, thud, thud!

Uchiha Yuan glared with his Sharingan and tilted his head, letting several white bone segments whistle past him.

Camellia Dance!!

Clang!!

The kunai struck bone, yet the impact sounded like steel crashing against steel.

"Kaguya! What are you doing attacking my Uchiha clan?!"

"Hmph! Brat, I can't be bothered to waste words on you."

A white-haired ninja gave the signal, and Kaguya ninjas around him extended bone spikes from their palms as they charged at Uchiha Yuan.

Fire Release! Phoenix Flower Fire!

Uchiha Yuan rapidly formed hand seals with both hands, releasing the jutsu in less than three seconds.

More than ten small fireballs, like tracking missiles, screamed toward the enemy. The Kaguya ninjas hurriedly raised their bone spikes to block them.

Though Phoenix Flower Fire was not particularly lethal, it was quite effective at obstructing vision.

When the Kaguya ninjas looked up again, Uchiha Yuan had indeed vanished.

"Damn it, where did he go?!"

In a flash, Uchiha Yuan was already inside the Uchiha clan grounds. He swiftly weaved through the surrounding buildings. He had to check on the clan members' safety as quickly as possible.

"Damn it, why would the Kaguya attack the Uchiha?"

He could not understand it at all. Hadn't his second brother said they had just taught them a lesson?

At this moment, aside from women and children, the Uchiha headquarters was full of wounded people. The combat strength they could organize was hardly worth mentioning. Though the clan head had left some members behind in case of emergencies, still...

"There's another Uchiha here!"

"Kill him!"

Tch! Uchiha Yuan's face darkened. To avoid being discovered, he had not chosen to travel across the rooftops, but his haste had still exposed him.

Ten-Finger Bullet!

Flower-Flaring Dance!

Uchiha Yuan was now very close to the area holding the wounded. Flames blazed within, and the screams of clan members rang out continuously.

"Damn it! You brought this upon yourselves!"

With a flick of his wrists, two kunai landed in his hands. Uchiha Yuan was anxious, but he knew clearly that acting rashly would not solve anything.

Clang!

Bang!

Buildings surrounded them, making it difficult to fully unleash ninjutsu. Groups of three to five Kaguya clan members surrounded and attacked him. Although Uchiha Yuan's taijutsu was good and had been strengthened by chakra, he could not withstand being ganged up on by so many people.

Before long, several holes had appeared on his body, but the Kaguya clan did not fare well either, paying the price of seven or eight of their own.