Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Chapter 127 (handwritten)

"The Hidden Ninja Village is actually a very interesting place."

Orochimaru noticed the look in Uchiha Gen's eyes as he stared at the scroll, and immediately revealed an expression of "I knew it." He then walked with his hands behind his back to a glass container filled with a liquid similar to formaldehyde, which contained a corpse.

"Their use of chakra and combat is very different from that of ninjas in other parts of the ninja world. They rely heavily on external tools in battle and have created many interesting ninja tools."

While it poses limited threat to powerful ninjas of Jonin rank or higher with comprehensive abilities, it can pose a significant threat to ordinary ninjas.

They followed a completely different path as ninjas, and their research into the human body and medical ninjutsu took a different approach. Although it seems flawed to us, it may not be without its merits.

Gen Uchiha put away the scroll and looked at Orochimaru.

He accepted the technique.

Seeing this, Orochimaru's smile grew even more satisfied, and he continued, "The Body Activation Technique is incomplete; it is merely a part of a more interesting technique. Although, as I mentioned before, it has certain flaws and requires external assistance, its various ingenious ideas and functions are of considerable value and can greatly aid in combat and research."

Gen Uchiha knew that Orochimaru was probably referring to Shennong's physical transformation technique.

Physical transformation is a combination of the techniques of physical activation and physical regeneration.

By releasing a large amount of chakra at once to stimulate cells, it gains a powerful self-healing and regeneration ability and enters a reverse-generation state, restoring its youth in a short period of time.

However, the flaw is also obvious: if the flow of chakra within the body is disrupted, then the Body Transformation Technique will be broken.

Both the Sharingan and Byakugan have the ability to see through the flow of chakra. There are also many other related methods. As long as you can disrupt the enemy's chakra flow by attacking acupoints, or make the enemy fall into genjutsu and have to disrupt their own chakra, you can break the Body Transformation Technique.

However, if it is applied to the treatment of simple injuries, the effect is extremely strong.

Gen Uchiha knew that Tsunade's high-level medical ninjutsu, which she was still conceiving, was most likely based on some of the spoils of war captured from the Sky Village back then.

In the original timeline, Shizune, along with the higher-ups of the medical team, used this medical ninjutsu to save the severely injured Neji.

As long as you have a breath left, even if you are missing an arm or a leg and your internal organs are damaged, theoretically this technique can save you, which is equivalent to the initial version of the technique of creation and regeneration.

However, that's just theory. In actual practice, it requires an enormous amount of chakra and mental energy, which no one can sustain, let alone gathering several high-level medical ninjas.

In this era, besides Tsunade, Konoha only had two high-ranking medical ninjas: Gen Uchiha and Biwako Sarutobi. They couldn't even gather enough people to perform this technique, so it remained shelved and became an unrealizable idea.

It wasn't until the medical ninja system was truly established that this technique came in handy. Years later, Tsunade used it to invent a Creation Regeneration Technique that could be passively cast by concentrating one's mind without needing to set up any related formations. She also used it in conjunction with the Yin Seal to cast the Hundred Healings Technique, which led to the complete Hundred Healings Tsunade during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

More than an hour later.

As Gen Uchiha walked out of Orochimaru's house carrying a scroll, he couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Despite his growing strength and rising status, he is becoming increasingly busy and has almost no time to relax.

Perhaps it was just like that for ninjas during wartime, or perhaps it was ambition, pressure, reality, and a sense of crisis that bound him too tightly, leading to this situation.

"Hey! Hey buddy, you look a bit lost, how about a bowl of ramen?"

Suddenly, Uchiha Gen was stopped by a young voice from the roadside.

In a small shop on the street, a young man wearing a chef's hat was diligently boiling water and cooking noodles, and he called out to him.

Uchiha Gen initially intended to refuse, planning to simply go back and start training without much thought. However, upon seeing the shop's name and smelling the rich aroma of food wafting into his nostrils, he changed his mind and nodded slightly.

"Okay, bring me one of your signature dishes."

"Okay! Please wait a moment!"

Before long, a large bowl of steaming hot ramen was served on the table.

"Please enjoy your Ichiraku Signature Tonkotsu Ramen!"

The soup base is pure white and rich, with a few tempting pieces of char siu and greens covering the noodles, and garnished with scallions and naruto rolls, making it a feast for the eyes and the palate.

"Did the owner just open this shop?"

As he asked the question, Uchiha Gen took a sip of soup with a spoon, raised his eyebrows, and addressed the boss.

The person in front of me is the still very young Handty.

I must say, his ramen really does taste delicious.

The reason this shop is so famous in the original timeline is not only because of the relationship between the person and the protagonist Naruto, but also because their craftsmanship is impeccable.

The fact that it could run from this period until Naruto was in his thirties, spanning nearly half a century, is enough to explain everything.

"Haha, that's right. I was learning my craft all along until I mastered the skills and thought I could support myself with my skills. That's when I used my savings to open this shop."

Holding a soup spoon, he laughed heartily.

"The learning process must be very difficult, right?"

After Uchiha Gen finished speaking, he picked up a piece of noodles with his chopsticks, blew on it, and then sucked the noodles into his mouth.

"What job isn't tough? But now I can run my own shop, and business is doing alright. Doesn't that mean all the hard work was worth it?"

"Don't you feel regretful that after years of learning and finally mastering your culinary skills, you're still tied down to a shop and your livelihood?"

"Well—now that you put it that way, it does seem true? But I really enjoy making ramen, and I love seeing customers enjoy the ramen I make. As long as I'm doing what I want to do, and everything is going in a good direction, then the so-called constraints aren't constraints at all. They're just your own ambitions and expectations for yourself, proving that you still have the courage to keep climbing."

It may only be when you find that this constraint has disappeared that you have reached the peak.

Just like me, I want to continue running this shop, keep expanding it, so that everyone in the village has eaten my ramen, and I want to open chain stores all over the Land of Fire.

If you really feel tired, just find a chance to rest. You can always take a day off!

As Uchiha Gen slurped his noodles, he listened to the hand-tossed reply and realized that what he said made sense.

Why worry about so much? I'm just too exhausted lately.

It's time to take a good rest this afternoon.

After the Jonin meeting ended, even if he wanted to slack off, he wouldn't have a chance.