Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

As the Uchiha clan members gradually unified their will, facing immense pressure and unanimous persuasion from their clansmen, Fugaku Uchiha's old habit of being easily swayed resurfaced.

He changed his stance and agreed to launch a coup.

The Uchiha clan's brakes turned into accelerators, hurtling headlong towards destruction, with no way to slow down.

The last pacifist of the Uchiha clan, Itachi Uchiha, panicked.

Uchiha Itachi was called a genius from a young age and was praised as a ninja with the mindset of a Hokage. He liked to think deeply and alone whenever he had nothing to do.

Although he has experienced a lot and killed a lot of people, he is still only 13 years old and is far from being mentally mature.

Especially now, Itachi Uchiha has lost his trustworthy older brother Shisui, and has been stimulated to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan. His body and mind have been severely damaged, and he is at an unprecedented low.

His thoughts were in disarray, his logic had vanished, and he had no idea what to do.

This is normal. A child who graduates early and has never experienced normal education or life experience will think like an adult or even a leader.

He can't possibly think straight!

The only solution Itachi Uchiha could think of was to go find the Third Hokage.

Thus, the Third Hokage learned from Itachi Uchiha that Shisui Uchiha was dead, that Shisui's eyes were missing, and that the Uchiha clan was fully inclined towards a coup.

When Itachi Uchiha told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Fugaku Uchiha had also taken a stand on the side of the coup, the Third Hokage felt a deep threat and that the Uchiha clan had completely escaped his control.

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to loosen the rope tied around Danzo Shimura's neck.

Having been lured away by a few words, Itachi Uchiha did not get an answer from the Third Hokage. He fell into even greater confusion, and his whole being seemed to be possessed as he frantically thought about things.

As we all know, without experience, wisdom, knowledge, and insight as a foundation, crazy thinking can only lead to a dead end and a dead end.

However, the extreme and unbelievable obsession that Itachi Uchiha had gotten himself into was truly astonishing.

……

Danzo Shimura was truly freed, and he actually stopped his actions against the Uchiha clan and began to contact the hidden forces in other villages.

Then a ninja wearing a mask, who called himself Uchiha Madara, appeared in Root.

The atmosphere in Konoha Village was becoming increasingly tense, with various ninja clans sensing the danger and beginning to restrict their disciples from accepting unnecessary missions.

The ninja clan began to be on high alert, preparing for the impending upheaval.

However, ordinary civilian ninjas need to support their families and earn money for training and equipment, so they cannot refuse missions.

Xia Zuo also received a mission, a mission specifically assigned to him by his regular customers.

He then appeared at the edge of the farmland and, with fluid hand seals, completed his unique ninjutsu.

Water Release: Rain Technique

A light drizzle fell unexpectedly on the farmland, nourishing the crops that had wilted under the sun, and causing them to stretch out their curled leaves again.

The immediate effect of the ninjutsu brought smiles to the faces of the farmers who had hired Xia Zuo.

"Well done, Xia Zuo."

"Since you've helped us, we've had two consecutive bumper harvests."

"This kind of task is really worth it."

These farmers would find it difficult to hire ninjas for such tasks individually, given that there might be more than a dozen rain showers, soil loosening, and insect catching throughout the year.

Under normal circumstances, they would only choose the most dangerous insect-catching task to avoid their farmland losing its entire harvest.

However, Xia Zuo's ninjutsu is different from others. His water-style ninjutsu has a huge range of influence, enough to cover a farmland area that is more than ten times larger than others.

Thus, the farmers banded together to hire Shazo.

With one or two D-level missions per month, Xia Zuo earned a stable income. Coupled with the rent from the two storefronts in the commercial street, his income was actually quite good.

After the rainmaking technique ended, Xia Zuo continued to form hand seals and cast the [Earth Release: Loosening Earth Technique].

The soil in the vast farmland began to be slowly turned over, which neither damaged the roots of the crops nor damaged the moistened topsoil. This prevented it from evaporating too quickly.

Just as the farmers were marveling at the harvest that would follow in 20 days...

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Xia Zuo silently put his hands together and used a Wood Release ninjutsu without using any hand seals.

[Wood Release·Prosperous Grass and Trees]

He diligently dispersed his Wood Release chakra, spreading it evenly across hundreds of acres of land, so that all the crops would benefit as a whole, and the changes wouldn't be easily noticed by others.

But he observed that the crops suddenly grew a little bit, no more, no less, exactly one centimeter.

Moreover, the crops are more vigorous and there is no phenomenon of forcing growth.

Xia Zuo smiled with satisfaction.

According to the "True Explanation of the Five Elements Battle" regarding Wood Release, the core secret to increasing the power of Wood Release is exactly the opposite of its strongest performance.

It's not about having a large amount of chakra, but about controlling chakra down to the most minute details.

Therefore, after completing [Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees], Xia Zuo focused his training on expanding the range of his ninjutsu and on finely controlling his Wood Release chakra.

Through diligent training, he further expanded the scope of his ninjutsu until he could clearly feel the limits of his control.

It wasn't Xia Zuo's limit of chakra control, but rather the limit of the Wood Release bloodline limit itself.

He knew for certain that the range of influence of a normal Wood Release technique was only this large.

Having completed his mission, Xia Zuo returned to the village to hand in his mission certificate, collect his mission reward, and then went home with the vegetables and fruits given to him by the farmers.

As soon as he entered, he saw Uchiha Izumi looking dejected, sitting at the stone table in his yard, his hands supporting his chin as he sighed and worried.

Baskets filled with seaweed rice rolls sat on the stone table, looking very tempting in the dappled sunlight.

Xia Zuo asked with a smile, "Aunt Miko has made something delicious again, that's so nice."

Uchiha Izumi forced a smile, but it looked more like a grimace: "Brother, what do you suggest we do to get everyone back to normal?"

Xia Zuo raised an eyebrow and advised, "This is a problem for the Third Hokage and Fugaku Uchiha to solve. You, a genin, shouldn't worry about it."

"Izumi, your aunt and uncle have moved back. Don't get involved in the Uchiha clan anymore."

Uchiha Izumi shook her head: "Brother, I can't be so selfish."

"Since returning to the Uchiha clan, I have benefited greatly from the clan. I cannot only think of myself when the clan is in trouble."

"Although my parents don't have any friends in the family, I do."

"Uncle Hand-Burning, Granny Jing, and many neighbors have all taken good care of me. Many ninjas from the Security Department have also helped me. I can't abandon them."

Xia Zuo sighed, "After Uchiha Shisui's incident, the conflict has intensified and is likely to escalate into a violent confrontation."

"Izumi, you're just a little girl. No matter what you do, you can't change anything."

Uchiha Izumi's mood worsened. She took a seaweed rice roll out of the basket and threw it "fiercely" at Xia Zuo.

"You'll stuff yourself to death, you silly brother!"