None of them left right away. Instead, they gathered around Uchiha Minamoto to express their gratitude.
"Minamoto, thank you so much."
"Minamoto, you're a genius!"
"Minamoto, you're a great man!"
Who said the Uchiha weren't warm and enthusiastic?
Seeing his clansmen's praise growing more and more outrageous, Uchiha Minamoto could only wave a hand to interrupt them.
"Everyone, if you have missions to attend to, feel free to leave first. If you have time, why not stay here and help me teach the clansmen who haven't mastered it yet?"
Now that was letting the advanced students help those lagging behind~ (hands strategically on hips)
Naturally, no one refused Uchiha Minamoto's suggestion at a time like this.
With their help, Uchiha Minamoto had an easier time and began focusing his attention on a few key targets.
"En, you're almost there."
A Lightning Doppelganger stood beside an Uchiha boy, a true genius ninja who had only encountered the [Great Fireball Technique] today but was learning it extremely quickly.
"The most crucial thing is still controlling your 'mental energy.' Put simply, that means your 'will.'
"You need to control ninjutsu with your will rather than relying on hand movements alone."
"Yes, sir!"
Uchiha En nodded earnestly, formed the Tiger seal, and took a deep breath.
"Great Fireball Technique!"
Boom!
A fireball the size of a soccer ball burst from Uchiha En's mouth, its orange light casting a red glow over his little face.
"Sir! I did it!"
Uchiha En was incredibly excited.
"Thank you so much!"
"It didn't have much to do with me. It's mainly because you have the talent, En."
The Lightning Doppelganger spoke with an air of calm ease.
"This is a gift from heaven. Treasure it and keep practicing. Don't waste your talent."
Elsewhere.
There was another Lightning Doppelganger, but his student was not a boy. He was a young man.
"Sorry, Minamoto. I failed again."
Uchiha Rai looked awful. He wore the uniform of the Konoha Military Police Force, but had no forehead protector.
That meant he was not a ninja. He had failed the Ninja Academy's graduation exam and had truly joined the Konoha Military Police Force on the strength of his surname alone.
"My chakra always goes out of control... I just don't have the talent to be a ninja..."
Uchiha Rai had once wanted to become a ninja too, to protect his clan and his village, until he took an arrow to the knee.
He had no talent for ninjutsu whatsoever. His chakra control was so poor that he could not even learn the simplest Three Basic Techniques.
Uchiha En was undoubtedly a young ninja prodigy. His talent for ninjutsu ranked among the best of all the Uchiha present.
Uchiha Rai, on the other hand, was undoubtedly the worst in that regard, without even a tie for last place.
"That's not your fault, Rai."
The Lightning Doppelganger shook his head. Looking at the brawny Uchiha Rai, he spoke earnestly.
"It's not that you have no talent. The [Great Fireball Technique] simply isn't the right ninjutsu for you."
If he had to describe it.
Uchiha Minamoto thought Uchiha Rai's situation was somewhat similar to Rock Lee's.
Yes, Rock Lee, not Might Guy.
Might Guy could at least use the [Summoning Technique].
Rock Lee really couldn't do anything except taijutsu!
Uchiha Rai was in the same situation.
He could produce chakra, but his talent for chakra control was so poor that it was essentially equivalent to having no talent for ninjutsu.
But taijutsu was also a path to the top!
Right at the start, Uchiha Minamoto had used the [Heart of Great Love] to scan every clansman in Training Ground 7.
Uchiha En's mental energy was strong. In fact, it could be said to far exceed that of his peers.
That was also why his talent for ninjutsu was so outstanding.
The chakra refinement, chakra nature transformation, and maintenance of shape transformation involved in the [Great Fireball Technique] all relied primarily on mental energy for control.
Uchiha Rai, by contrast.
Uchiha Rai's main talent lay in the strength of his life energy!
Put simply.
This guy was suited to the path of taijutsu!
Instead of being a perfectly good warrior, he insisted on becoming a spellcasting assassin. Wasn't that just making a mess of things?
Uchiha Minamoto felt he needed to correct Uchiha Rai's way of thinking.
"Rai, you can put learning the [Great Fireball Technique] aside for now."
The Lightning Doppelganger spoke softly, then continued before a bitter expression could appear on Uchiha Rai's face.
"I have another ninjutsu here-no, I should call it 'nintaijutsu.' It might suit you very well.
"It's another technique I developed myself, the [Lightning Body Flicker Technique]!"
The [Great Fireball Technique] was conventional fire release ninjutsu.
[Lightning Body Flicker], however, leaned more toward nintaijutsu.
"Minamoto..."
Uchiha Rai was deeply touched, but his expression was hesitant.
He was extremely grateful for Uchiha Minamoto's generosity.
Apart from him, no other ninja would be so generous as to openly teach ninjutsu knowledge.
But Uchiha Rai's talent for ninjutsu really was too poor. He truly did not want to waste the other man's time and energy.
"Give it a try!"
The Lightning Doppelganger patiently urged him.
"If [Lightning Body Flicker] doesn't work, I'll think of something else."
Let this be the last try!
Uchiha Rai gritted his teeth. "All right!"
The result came as no surprise.
Uchiha Rai was extremely well suited to lightning release nintaijutsu.
After just one or two attempts, Uchiha Rai managed a respectable execution of the [Lightning Body Flicker Technique].
"See, Rai?"
The Lightning Doppelganger looked relaxed.
"If you lack talent, keep repeating.
"Besides, you're a genius yourself. You simply never discovered where your talent lay."
Uchiha Rai's eyes brimmed with tears.
The moment he learned the [Lightning Body Flicker Technique], he even wanted to become Uchiha Minamoto's dog!
"Minamoto, from this day forward, I'm yours to command. I'll never waver in my loyalty!"
Uchiha Minamoto could almost hear a notification chime in his ears: "Follower +1."
Although Uchiha Rai was not an "SSR card" like Naruto Uzumaki.
He was at least a "rare card"!
While the Lightning Doppelganger was winning hearts.
Uchiha Minamoto's real body walked over to another "SSR card."
"Sasuke."
Uchiha Minamoto called out Uchiha Sasuke's name warmly.
"Is there anything you don't understand?"
That was right.
Uchiha Sasuke had come to Training Ground 7 today too!
Because Uchiha Itachi was so talented and shone so brightly.
Sasuke Uchiha did not receive much attention at home.
Uchiha Fugaku was not particularly attentive to his second son either, essentially leaving the child's education to the Ninja Academy.
But everyone knew.
What could anyone learn at the Ninja Academy!
Sasuke Uchiha also wanted to learn advanced ninjutsu and become as powerful as his older brother.
So he had come today too.
This was the [Great Fireball Technique]!
Learn it!
An Uchiha had to learn the Great Fireball!
"Minamoto."
Sasuke Uchiha kept his little face stern, forcing himself to look calm, afraid that the memory of his mortifying embarrassment a few days ago would suddenly come back to life and elbow his brain.
"My chakra tends to veer off course when it passes through certain chakra points..."
"That's because..."
Uchiha Minamoto held nothing back and began teaching him earnestly.
As he taught.
The [Heart of Great Love] was also quietly at work.
[S-rank Uchiha bloodline scanning progress: 1%... 2%... 3%...] [SSS-rank chakra · Indra scanning progress: 0.0001%!]
Over the past week.
Sasuke Uchiha had not appeared on the roster of the "Uchiha Minamoto and His Children" group.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha clearly were not yet close enough for Naruto to bring him along to acknowledge a big brother.
Uchiha Minamoto had, however, noticed Uchiha Itachi hiding near Naruto Uzumaki.
But Shisui Uchiha was still alive, and Uchiha Itachi had not yet awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan. The [Heart of Great Love] still showed his scan result as [A-rank Uchiha bloodline].
It was strange, really.
Uchiha Itachi, who would awaken his eyes in the future, was classified as having an A-rank bloodline.
Yet Sasuke Uchiha, who had not even awakened his eyes, registered as having an S-rank bloodline.
He really could not understand the [Heart of Great Love]'s assessment criteria.
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