At that moment, on the outskirts of Konoha.
Several Kirigakure spies' corpses lay silently, their deaths gruesome, with several Anbu ninja standing nearby.
At their head stood the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, his hands behind his back and his eyes filled with shock.
The Anbu ninja could be seen carefully extracting something from the Kirigakure spies' bodies, seemingly hoping to obtain some intelligence from them.
Ever since ninjutsu had become widespread in this world, more and more ancient clans had developed their own secret medicines to improve their strength.
Kirigakure, in particular, was far ahead in this field.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist it had cultivated had distinguished themselves during the Third Shinobi World War.
Rumor had it that these Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were monstrous superhumans cultivated using secret medicines.
If they could discover even the slightest trace of Kirigakure's secret medicines on these spies, it would be a tremendous discovery.
However, it was plain to see that the more samples the Anbu ninja extracted from the Kirigakure spies' bodies, the more shocked they became.
"Lord Hokage..."
Suddenly, an Anbu ninja stood up and carefully presented Minato Namikaze with a small piece of tissue he had just collected, damp with water. "Kirigakure seems to have tampered with these bodies."
"As soon as these Kirigakure spies died, all the secret medicines in their bodies vanished without a trace, so we haven't found any valuable leads... However..."
The Anbu ninja hesitated at this point.
"However, what?"
Minato Namikaze motioned for the Anbu ninja before him to continue.
"However, we discovered that one of the Kirigakure spies died from extremely powerful Water Release Ninjutsu... His body also shows signs of scorching from high temperatures. As for the other Kirigakure spies, they all died in explosions from explosive tags.
"But whether it was their leader or the other two Kirigakure spies, they all died completely unprepared. You could even say it was as though someone had meticulously calculated their deaths..."
"Although that boy named Uchiha Minato possesses the Sharingan, with its powerful perception, calculating a battle with such precision is... is... it's terrifying!"
As the Anbu ninja spoke, Minato Namikaze initially looked disbelieving, but when he slowly crouched down and took a few simple tissue samples from the Kirigakure spies, his eyes grew increasingly shocked.
"Th-this is something a five-year-old child could... could do?!"
Minato Namikaze was horrified.
The Anbu ninja beside him instantly fell silent as well.
Uchiha Itachi, the prodigy of the Uchiha Clan, was already enough of a headache for all of Konoha.
Even now, Minato Namikaze still did not know how to handle the Uchiha matter.
And now, the Uchiha Clan had produced another genius like this, one who might even surpass Itachi. How Minato Namikaze felt was easy to imagine.
After all, the Uchiha Clan already harbored some dissatisfaction with Konoha at this point.
It was only after the later incident involving the Nine-Tails' arrival that this dissatisfaction erupted completely!
Just as Minato Namikaze was pondering this, another flash appeared, and Kakashi, who had already joined the Anbu by this point, knelt before him.
"Lord Hokage..."
Only after greeting him did Kakashi notice the bodies of several Kirigakure spies lying nearby. "This is..."
"Uchiha Minato of the Uchiha Clan did this. He killed three Kirigakure spies in succession, all by himself."
"During the fight, he very likely used the Uchiha Clan's signature Great Fireball Technique, the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and possibly even the Shadow Clone Technique..."
"What?!"
Kakashi's eyes widened, and he told Minato Namikaze about his earlier encounter with Uchiha Minato.
Once Minato Namikaze and the others heard his account, their gazes filled with horror and disbelief...
It was as though they were listening to an utterly fantastical tale!
Ning Feng paid little attention to the shock Minato Namikaze and the others felt-or, more precisely, he had no time to pay attention.
After Uchiha Itachi appeared and took Ning Feng away without hesitation, Ning Feng quietly followed him back to the Uchiha Clan.
Ning Feng also understood that everything had to proceed step by step. Before studying Kakashi's and Might Guy's respective signature techniques under them, learning more of the Uchiha Clan's ninjutsu from his older brother, Uchiha Itachi, was the way to go.
Of course, since Ning Feng had left in such a hurry, he failed to notice how shocked and furious the players behind him were when they heard that the two wanted to take him as their disciple.
Before Kakashi and Might Guy fought, countless players had tried to build good relationships with Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others to learn ninjutsu, but every last one of them had failed.
Yet the moment Ning Feng showed up, without even saying a word, the two had competed to become his teacher.
Comparing themselves with him was enough to infuriate anyone to death!
The Uchiha Estate was right before him. Before Ning Feng even entered, the other players who had also chosen to arrive in the Uchiha Clan were still wiping tables and washing floors under the supervision of Uchiha Clan members.
Even now, they were still level 1. Perhaps the only thing they had gained since morning was a meager increase of a few dozen points to their maximum chakra.
When these players saw Ning Feng, they were unbearably jealous, wondering why they did not receive treatment like that...
They were all members of the Uchiha Clan, so why was the gap between them greater than that between pigs and dogs?
"Minato, you're back!"
The moment he entered the house, Kushina Uzumaki, who had just been chatting away with Uchiha Mikoto, rushed over, hugged Ning Feng, and planted a big kiss on him.
Her ample bosom once again let Ning Feng feel the warmth of home.
"Mikoto, let me hug you too..."
Mikoto smiled beside them and, no longer paying attention to the infant Sasuke below her, pulled Ning Feng straight into her arms and planted a big kiss on him too, looking very much as though she thought her own child was simply wonderful.
Of course, Ning Feng also took the opportunity to reach out and give a squeeze, experiencing the warmth there... (๑‾ ꇴ ‾๑).
Uchiha Itachi watched the blissful-looking Ning Feng from a distance and shrugged helplessly. These two beautiful women probably have no idea that once this harmless-looking little fellow starts fighting, ruthless is the only word for him.
Once Ning Feng finally managed to come to his senses amid all that warmth, Uchiha Itachi took him straight to the Uchiha Clan's rear garden!
"Itachi, this is the little fellow you mentioned?!"
On the raised platform, Shisui Uchiha stood quietly with his hands behind his back, looking over curiously as he spoke.
As Uchiha Itachi's older brother, this was the first time Shisui Uchiha had ever seen Itachi place such importance on someone!
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