When Uchiha Shin stumbled out of the middle school entrance exam hall, he was completely disoriented.
His older brother forced him to take the high school entrance exam, leaving him no choice but to come from the military academy to take it.
The result was that he found he couldn't understand a single word written on it. What was all this nonsense? What was addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division? What was an assumption? What did any of this make sense?
For the first time, Uchiha Shin felt a deep sense of defeat in the exam. The last time he felt defeat was when his parents left him, and he felt powerless to change anything.
And how long has it been? Only two years, and he already felt the same sense of powerlessness in exams.
It's that feeling of having a lot of energy, only to find that the energy is wrong and you can't use it at all—it's incredibly uncomfortable!
The Mangekyō Sharingan he awakened was utterly useless; he was completely clueless when faced with exams, and the questions on it were written in a way that looked like gibberish.
Especially the Chinese language section! What the hell are those characters? I can't understand them at all!
This brings us to Uchiha Shin. Generally speaking, there weren't many literate people during the Warring States period.
When Uchiha Takashi founded his clan school, he didn't intend to teach writing; he only added the subject later.
However, at that time Uchiha Shin awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after only a few days of study and went to military school, which resulted in him not knowing many words at all.
Military academies primarily use verbal instruction, rarely employing written language. And if something is truly incomprehensible, a simple Genjutsu spell is all it takes.
In actual battles, intelligence is rarely transmitted in writing, so Uchiha Shin's illiteracy has remained to this day.
This has led to him being unable to even read the words on the high school entrance exam paper. How can someone who can't even read possibly do well on the exam?
Uchiha Shin was internally cursing a million times. He knew the guy wasn't going to take this middle school entrance exam, and he shouldn't have agreed to it. Now look what happened, he's completely lost face!
He could even imagine how his classmates would laugh at him when he got back... Thinking of this, he painfully covered his face with his hands:
"Destroy me, I'm tired!"
Uchiha Takashi, utterly dejected, slumped back in his chair, tossed aside his pen, and simply lay there, ignoring everything else.
His assistant from the Nara Clan kept pulling at him, saying, "My lord, get up! You still have over 100 documents to approve! You must finish approving them today!"
Upon hearing this number, Uchiha Takashi nearly fainted.
"Someone save me! Anyone will do! I really don't want to revise this document anymore!" Uchiha Takashi was on the verge of tears, his hands trembling as he picked up the pen again.
Just then, a researcher from the Uchiha Research Institute suddenly rushed into the office. "Clan Chief! I've discovered something new!"
Uchiha Takashi suddenly raised his head, a wild grin spreading across his face. His chance had arrived.
He suddenly tossed the pen aside, struck a cool three-point shooting pose, and said, "Oh? You've figured out something new? Very good, you did a great job!"
As the ruler, I will naturally go and see for myself what new thing you've researched. I need to see what its uses are. I'll postpone approving this document and go to the research institute first.
Alas, the future technological development of the nation is of utmost importance, and I, as its ruler, should naturally shoulder the corresponding responsibilities. There's no need for excessive worship of me.
As he spoke, Uchiha Takashi strode towards the door.
The Nara Clan assistant, listening to these words, twitched his lips violently. "My lord, do you dare say you're not just making excuses to go out and slack off? Damn it, who would believe that?"
The Uchiha researchers who rushed in exclaimed, "Ah, as expected of the clan leader! The light emanating from him is so dazzling I can barely open my eyes! This is the purest Will of Fire!"
Nara Clan assistant. "..." Seriously? There are idiots who would believe that! Your Uchiha Clan's brains are way too simple. How did someone with such a simple mind even become a researcher?!
While the Nara Clan members were internally ranting and raving, Uchiha Takashi had already left the office with the Uchiha researchers.
The Nara Clan member glanced at the empty office and suddenly laughed with relief, "Heh... hehehe..."
Uchiha Takashi, who had already left the office, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He looked up at the sky in confusion. "The weather is nice today, so why do I feel a cold?"
The Uchiha researcher standing nearby was enthusiastically recounting his research. "Clan leader! My research has revealed that our world is actually composed of an indivisible basic powder."
Not long ago, I saw gunpowder powder. At that time, I thought that if gunpowder could be turned into powder, stones could be turned into powder, and everything in this world could be turned into powder.
Then, after further research and development, the powder became even finer and finer until it was completely invisible. I was thinking...
Could the world actually be made up of such extremely tiny powders, with the smallest particles unable to be broken down any further?
These powders aggregated under various conditions, possibly due to a variety of reasons, and then formed something large like this that we can see.
With this in mind, I began my experiment. I heated a piece of iron to a feverish temperature; if it were true, then the air should also contain this smallest powder.
Therefore, if the original conditions of an existing object are changed, it is very likely that it will attract powder in the air and clump together!
If the weight of the iron produced at the end of the combustion process is greater, then it will prove my guess was correct, Chieftain. Do you know? Do you know the result?
The Uchiha researcher was visibly excited, practically beaming with pride. Uchiha Takashi calmly stated, "So, your final conclusion is that iron became heavier."
Uchiha researcher. "That's right! Although the change is very slight, I can still feel it; the iron is heavier than before! Clan leader, I think I've discovered something extraordinary."
"This is truly an extraordinary thing," Uchiha Takashi thought to himself, looking at the excited Uchiha researcher with awe.
It's unbelievable that this guy could actually pull off something like chemistry. What this Uchiha researcher said is absolutely correct, at least 80-90% accurate.
The smallest powder he mentioned, isn't it the smallest particle in chemistry? The smallest powder that makes up matter, isn't that a molecule?
Uchiha Takashi truly hadn't expected that in this era, under these conditions, there would still be someone capable of developing chemistry; it was truly impressive.