The Two Old Foxes Made Their Move

"That felt amazing!!!"

Xia Yu's eyes lit up, a flash of scarlet bearing the Three-Tomoe appearing and vanishing in an instant.

As an Uchiha, he had finally awakened his Sharingan at the age of nineteen.

Unlike other Uchiha, however, he had awakened it purely by having children, through the power of his blood essence...

The harvest season continued.

During this time, Xia Yu had booked out all the delivery rooms at Konoha Hospital.

His wives lined up to give birth, Uchiha offspring were born one after another, and all sorts of system rewards kept coming.

As the various system rewards arrived in succession, Xia Yu's physique and complexion improved rapidly, visibly changing before the eye.

He also gradually realized that the rewards were determined by the physical potential ratings of his newborn offspring.

A C rating rewarded him with various ordinary ninja techniques, which he learned instantly.

A B rating mainly rewarded chakra, almost always doubling it.

An A rating mostly rewarded advanced ninja techniques.

He had yet to encounter an S rating.

An SS rating rewarded him with the awakening of his Sharingan, skipping stages to evolve straight to three-tomoe.

The child with the SS rating had been born to Anko.

Those rated B and C had almost all been born to ordinary women who were not ninja.

It looks like I'll need to find powerful partners if I want to improve the quality of the system rewards! The stronger my partner's physique and abilities, the greater our child's potential will be.

But I should still have children with ordinary people. Who cares what the ratings and rewards are? Even a grasshopper's leg is meat-the more, the better! It's not like I lose anything!

More than half a month of the harvest season passed...

Uchiha Xia Yu now had nearly a hundred children.

Xia Yu had actually built a postpartum care center and a newborn care facility in the clan compound ahead of time, but there were simply too many children. No matter how many nannies he hired to look after them, they were still run off their feet.

"Honey, honey! Qiushi's about to give birth! Hurry and go see her!"

Akimi Inuzuka was among the first group of wives Xia Yu had "sown his seeds" in, but physical complications had unexpectedly delayed her delivery. Xia Yu was very worried about Qiushi's condition.

Covered in sweat, Xia Yu replied urgently, "All right! I'll go see her as soon as I finish changing the children's diapers!"

Just then, Sasuke ran over and volunteered, "Xia Yu, leave the children to me. Hurry to the hospital!"

During the harvest season, the happiest person besides Xia Yu was Sasuke.

The rows of tiny Uchiha of the new generation lying in their cribs let Sasuke see hope for the Uchiha Clan's resurgence.

He was truly happy, and he also recognized his responsibilities as their "little uncle," even though he was only eight years old.

Sasuke had specifically taken extended leave from the Ninja Academy so he could spend more time caring for the Uchiha's future.

It seemed to be in the Uchiha Clan's nature to be especially caring toward their younger generations.

They really were all obsessed with their younger siblings...

Watching Sasuke calmly direct the nannies in caring for the newborns in an orderly fashion, Xia Yu was gratified by his ability to manage the situation.

"Sasuke, you've grown up..."

On his way to the delivery room, the system's reward notifications continued sounding nonstop in Xia Yu's mind:

[Ding! Uchiha clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is C. Reward: Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique.]

[Ding! Uchiha clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is B. Reward: Host's chakra doubled.]

[Ding! Uchiha clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is A. Special reward: Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!!]

[...]

Every reward notification meant another Uchiha had been born.

But almost all their potential ratings were below A.

"No S-rank or higher have appeared. Qiushi probably hasn't given birth yet. I should still make it!"

Xia Yu believed that, given Akimi Inuzuka's Jonin-level strength, her child's potential would definitely reach SS.

Konoha Hospital was in the very center of the village, while the Uchiha Clan Compound was in its farthest corner. Normally, even running at full speed from the compound, Xia Yu would need at least ten minutes to reach the hospital.

Now, however, his chakra had increased more than several dozenfold. As his chakra increased, his physique and speed had also improved dramatically. Combined with the many ninjutsu he had received as rewards, he felt his strength was nearly on par with an Elite Jonin's.

Within a few minutes, he reached the hospital.

Akimi Inuzuka had just been wheeled out of the labor ward and was about to enter the delivery room to give birth.

"Qiushi! Sorry I'm late!"

At the sight of Xia Yu, Qiushi forced a smile through her pained expression. "Don't worry. The baby and I will both be fine... Don't worry about me. With so many newborns, you should hurry back to the clan compound and oversee things..."

Xia Yu held Qiushi's hand tightly and reassured her, "Sasuke's looking after things in the compound. It'll be fine. I'll wait outside the delivery room for you and the baby to come out together."

"Mm-hmm, all right... Urgh!"

"Her water broke! Get her into the delivery room! Family members, please step back and wait outside!"

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office.

With a pipe between his lips, Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed solemnly at the starry sky outside the window and slowly spoke:

"Danzo, more than half a year has passed. Xia Yu hasn't died from exhausting his essence. His complexion is even rosier than before. This... is very different from your earlier prediction!"

Danzo replied, "I underestimated him before. I thought he was just a stud. I never expected him to be such a tremendous stud..."

Hiruzen said, "Indeed. In that regard alone, I can't compare with Xia Yu. And neither can you, Danzo..."

At that, Danzo said disdainfully, "Hmph. You're not me. How do you know I can't? Back in my younger days, I once...!"

Before Danzo could finish, Hiruzen shook his head and cut him off:

"Enough, Danzo. Stop bullshitting. As if I don't know what shape your kidneys are in... I didn't call you here today to discuss that. The Uchiha newborns now number over a hundred, and there are nearly another hundred women waiting to give birth..."

"Almost all of Xia Yu's remaining wives are pregnant, too. Once they've all given birth, there will be at least a thousand Uchiha children... That number should satisfy you, shouldn't it?"

"You need to understand that Xia Yu has taken in quite a few more women lately. If this continues, Konoha will have more and more bachelors! I can barely suppress their protests anymore! If Xia Yu doesn't die, it will put me in a very difficult position as Hokage!"

As Hiruzen spoke, he fixed Danzo with a deep, unrelenting stare.

Their eyes met, and Danzo immediately understood.

He rose and walked toward the door, saying coldly, "You don't need to remind me. I understand. After tonight, the Uchiha newborns and those pregnant women will all be under our Konoha's complete control. Once they've given birth, I'll arrange for them to remarry."

Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment, then exhaled a thick cloud of smoke. "What do you intend to do?"

"Hmph. Since Xia Yu hasn't died in a woman's bed, I'll simply have to send someone to personally send him on his way."

"Mm. Keep it clean. Remember, don't touch Sasuke, and above all, don't let Sasuke or anyone else discover that our people in Konoha were responsible for Xia Yu's death!"

"Hiruzen, I told you, you don't need to remind me! When Root handles something, you can rest easy..."

Danzo left the office and instructed the subordinate who had been waiting outside the door:

"Find a time tonight to take some men to the Uchiha Clan Compound and eliminate Xia Yu! That piece of trash has outlived his usefulness. It's time to draw in the net. Once you've dealt with him, remember to bring all the newborns back to the Root Base."

"Yes, sir!"

"Oh, and knock Sasuke unconscious before the operation. Don't let him find out."

"Understood!"

After receiving his orders, the subordinate vanished.

Danzo strolled alone down the corridor with his cane, unable to help muttering coldly:

"Heh heh heh. To think I'd get to fleece the Uchiha again so soon. Oh, Uchiha Clan... I, Shimura Danzō, will be forever grateful to you..."