A mentally sound Uchiha

Even aside from the Flying Thunder God Technique, Uchiha Yi's overall strength was improving at a visibly rapid pace. At his age, he was naturally in a stage of rapid growth, and physical development alone would bring an increase in strength, let alone the fact that he had been training hard all this time.

Even if he had only practiced sealing jutsu and the Flying Thunder God Technique, the improvement would have been tremendous. And Uchiha Yi had been doing other training as well.

Meanwhile, over the past six months, Uchiha Yi had also gained enormous benefits from the battle space.

For instance, he had defeated Uchiha Itachi from his chunin days and gained Uchiha Itachi's combat insight.

He had defeated Uchiha Izumi from the Night of the Uchiha Massacre and gained Uchiha Izumi's eye power.

He had defeated Queen Sara and gained control over the dragon vein.

He had defeated Sasuke Uchiha from his first battle at the Valley of the End and gained Sasuke Uchiha's talent for Lightning Release.

He had defeated the young Yahiko and gained water release chakra.

He had defeated Senju Kawarama and gained Senju Kawarama's constitution.

He had defeated Ebisu and gained Ebisu's foundational knowledge of ninjutsu.

Through his own hard work and the victories he had racked up in the battle space, Uchiha Yi's strength had already approached jonin level, perhaps even elite jōnin level. If word of this got out, countless people would probably lose their minds.

After all, Uchiha Yi was still only a seven-year-old child. A seven-year-old jonin was simply too shocking. Even Madara Uchiha would probably suspect the news was false, since neither he nor Hashirama Senju would have been anywhere near a match for Uchiha Yi at that age.

In fact, Mito Uzumaki had previously worried about Uchiha Yi's condition. In particular, when she noticed that his Sharingan had somehow reached the three-tomoe stage, she was utterly dumbfounded.

Uchiha Yi was not a normal Uchiha at all. Since when could an Uchiha's eyes evolve just like that?!

Sometimes, Mito Uzumaki could not help wondering whether Tobirama Senju's research into the Sharingan had been flawed. Yet his conclusions had been founded on vast amounts of data, and even Madara Uchiha had been no exception. Uchiha Yi's Sharingan, however, simply evolved whenever it pleased.

Only the initial awakening of his Sharingan had been triggered by emotional shock. When it advanced from one tomoe to two, then to three, Uchiha Yi had suffered no such shock. His eyes had simply evolved.

Uchiha Yi's mental state was perfectly normal, too. In the end, they could only conclude that he might be a special kind of Uchiha who could not be judged by ordinary standards.

That day, after finishing their weeding mission, Kushina Uzumaki looked at Tsunade with indignation written all over her face. "Big Sis Tsunade, when are we going to do some other missions? I've had enough of these.

"Every day, it's either cleaning, finding people, catching dogs and cats, or helping harvest fruit. When is this ever going to end? We're supposed to be gaining experience!"

Kushina Uzumaki's complaints drew glances from Uchiha Yi and Hyuga Rinka. In truth, they had long since grown tired of these missions as well.

Although Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki had given them plenty of guidance during this time, and their strength had been improving rapidly, they were not here to be manual laborers!

Tsunade folded her arms and turned her gaze to Uchiha Yi. "What? You feel the same way? Then what kind of missions do you want to do?

"This squad has an orphan of the Uzumaki Clan, a young lady of the Hyuga Main Family, and an Uchiha genius. If you leave the village, the other villages and bounty hunters will all come running."

"Wouldn't that be even better?" Kushina Uzumaki waved a fist eagerly. "We're not weak, you know."

A gleam also flashed through Hyuga Rinka's eyes. She desperately wanted to fight strong opponents. Sparring with Uchiha Yi gave her hardly any sense of accomplishment at all; his strength was still far beyond hers.

I'm already every bit as strong as a chunin.

This guy is just too much of a freak.

"We could try taking a mission," Uchiha Yi said after considering it for a moment. "No matter what, we can't hide in the village our whole lives."

"Hmph!" Tsunade gave a soft snort, then looked at the others. Seeing that Kushina Uzumaki and Hyuga Rinka felt the same way, a smile tugged at her lips. "Fine. Go home and get ready. Tomorrow, we'll leave the village for a mission."

"Really?" Kushina Uzumaki asked, brimming with anticipation.

"I wasn't planning to take you out on a mission this soon, but since you're all asking for it, I'll take you out to see some blood." Tsunade gave the three of them a mischievous look.

"Hooray!" Kushina Uzumaki immediately started dancing with joy. Six months! Who knew how she had managed to survive those six months?

Almost every day, she had to do some exhausting chore. If it was not tiring, it was filthy! Some missions were both filthy and tiring.

After going home each day, she still had to study sealing jutsu with Grandma Mito. Kushina Uzumaki truly could not take it anymore.

Fortunately, those miserable days were finally coming to an end.

Watching Kushina Uzumaki's reaction, a hint of amusement flashed through Tsunade's eyes. Things had been unsettled both inside and outside the village lately. This was the perfect opportunity to cast some bait and reel in a few fish.

There was one thing Tsunade had not mentioned: she was an even more sought-after target on the Black Market than Kushina Uzumaki and the others.

Sending their squad out on a mission was practically the same as writing "Come hunt us down!" into the team's name.

"Monkey, are you really going to let the Tsunade Squad go out on a mission?" Shimura Danzō demanded, looking displeased as he faced Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was puffing on his pipe.

The repeated failures of the Wood Release Experiment had recently left Shimura Danzō uncertain, and he had once again turned his attention to Kushina Uzumaki. She was their fallback. How could they let her leave Konoha?

"There have been rather too many rats in the village lately. I need you to take care of a few things." Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Shimura Danzō. "I trust you'll keep them safe. Won't you, Danzo?"

"You want me to protect them?" Danzo frowned. "I'm very busy, and my people are all gathering intelligence in other countries, especially the Land of Rain. That fellow Hanzō could declare war on us at any moment. Where would I find the time for this?"