Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

"No, Yuan, this is for you."

Sarutobi Enjun took off his coat and the pendant around his waist and threw them to Uchiha Gen. He then took out two bottles of kerosene from his ninja tool bag and stuffed them into the latter's hands.

"I have no objection either."

Ruri Uzuki shook her head, took out her personal handkerchief, and some other small items, and handed them over.

Very good, it seems that I have indeed gained a voice in this team.

With Orochimaru absent, command is in my hands.

Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Gen also took off several items from his body and handed them to the ninja crow.

"Well, let's go!"

Sarutobi Enjun and Uzuki Ruri obeyed the order and immediately moved to the sides.

Most of the ninja crows used their beaks and claws to grab these objects that carried the scent of the three people and flew off to various parts of the forest.

Gen Uchiha was not worried about the safety of these crows.

The fact that the Forest of Death is frequently used as a testing ground for the Chunin Exams indicates that it poses a considerable danger to ordinary Genin. Not only are poisonous insects and ferocious beasts everywhere, but there are also beasts that can extract chakra.

Even though their strength is far inferior to the signature ninja beasts of the three holy lands, Konoha Village often sends ninjas here to find suitable summoning beasts, form contracts, enhance their combat power, and make up for their weaknesses.

However, since these ninja crows have formed a summoning contract with him, he only needs to cancel the summoning in advance when he encounters danger to avoid it.

There were a total of sixteen ninja crows. Four remained with Gen Uchiha, including the largest ninja crow with the strongest chakra aura.

"You stay around me and help keep watch for dangers beyond my field of vision and perception. Also, look for water sources, mud pits, and other similar places. Remember to check for snakes in the surrounding area as well."

Gen Uchiha looked at the four ninja crows surrounding him and said softly.

It's easy to understand why Orochimaru would investigate snakes, since his specialty is snake-based ninjutsu.

The search for water sources and mud pits was necessary to block the spread of their own scent.

As for now...

Uchiha Gen walked forward for a while, keeping an eye on his surroundings. After killing a giant python coiled on a tree, he picked a lot of leaves from the tree, crushed them with his fingers, and applied them to his body.

The smell is pungent and unpleasant, but it should have some effect, more or less.

Now, let's see what Orochimaru will do.

Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Uchiha Gen and his group were racking their brains for a solution, Orochimaru had already quietly entered the scene.

Beneath the drooping sleeves, a dense swarm of snakes surged and crawled to the ground, spreading outwards.

These snakes were his best eyes and ears.

A few minutes later.

Orochimaru looked with interest at the coat hanging on the treetop in the distance, reached out and released a wind blade, cutting a mad boar charging from afar in half, and then looked up at the sky.

There was a little smoke residue there.

Gen Uchiha's ninja crows stayed nearby to keep watch. Once they spotted Orochimaru, they would immediately dispel the summoning, letting Gen Uchiha know that Orochimaru was nearby, so that he could avoid him in advance and stay away from Orochimaru.

"Knowing how to use this method to interfere with my judgment is good; it can buy me a little more time, but that alone is not enough."

Orochimaru smiled calmly and summoned another spirit jutsu with a wave of his hand.

Several enormous pythons appeared, and Orochimaru pointed to the coat belonging to Sarutobi Enjun hanging from the treetop.

"Find the owner of this scent and catch him."

A corner of the forest.

Uchiha Gen sat by the river that ran through the Forest of Death, holding a lump of freshly mixed mud in his hand. He haphazardly smeared it on his body and then hurried off to another part of the forest.

Judging by the time, more than twenty minutes have passed since Orochimaru entered the Forest of Death.

Perhaps it was the effect of my previous arrangements, but so far, none of my teammates have been eliminated.

Suddenly, Uchiha Gen's eyes flickered, and he formed a hand seal, summoning a ninja crow.

Where is Orochimaru-sensei now?

Looking into the dark, bright eyes of the ninja crow, Uchiha Gen asked softly.

The raven hopped around with its little claws, circled in place as if trying to find its way, then aimed at a spot and let out a few long, drawn-out cries.

"This direction is only seven kilometers away from here."

The ninja crow nodded at Uchiha Gen.

"The distance is still too close. You go back to your unit first and help with the guard duty. We'll give you extra food when you get back tonight."

Gen Uchiha patted the ninja crow's head, then stood up, determined the direction, and quickly ran off into the distance.

The raven flapped its wings and blended into the surrounding flock of crows.

At this time, the number of ninja crows surrounding Uchiha Gen within a hundred-meter radius had recovered to nine.

Seven kilometers was still too close for Uchiha Gen.

The Forest of Death is twenty kilometers in diameter, only a couple of times smaller than Xiamen Island, but the ninjas there are far more mobile than ordinary people, let alone Orochimaru.

Orochimaru, now in his early twenties, is likely not far from becoming one of the Legendary Sannin, at least close to Kage-level strength. Even if he didn't unleash abilities beyond the three Genin's capabilities when testing them, it's still fair to overestimate his strength.

Keep running! The distance between the two sides needs to be at least ten kilometers to ensure safety!

However, just as Uchiha Gen was speeding along, at another location only three or four kilometers away from him, Sarutobi Enjun was using his family's taijutsu, his figure as agile as a monkey as he darted through the forest.

Uchiha Gen's ninja crows clung tightly to the leather shoulder pads on his shoulders with their claws, occasionally letting out a cry to warn Sarutobi Enjun of the dangers on the road.

Not far behind Sarutobi Enjun, a massive, two-headed serpent, at least ten meters long, was flicking its tongue and crashing through giant trees along the way at a speed beyond its size, chasing after Sarutobi Enjun.

This snake, though far less powerful than Orochimaru, was still quite troublesome for Sarutobi Enjun.

He wasn't sure if he could defeat the snake, but he was certain that the giant snake had the strength to hold him off. Once Orochimaru arrived, he would definitely be out of luck.

"I wonder if Yuan and Liuli are in any danger. Oh well, there's no use in me worrying about this. I need to get rid of this snake as soon as possible."

Sarutobi Enjun sighed at his bad luck.

Actually, he wasn't the most unlucky one, since all that was chasing him was a snake.

In the heart of the forest, Orochimaru smiled as he looked at the ravaged ground. In the distance, holding a kunai, he elegantly licked his lips as he looked towards the girl running deep into the grass.

My foolish student, the trap was well set, but it was too textbook-perfect.

When facing an enemy whose experience and strength far surpass one's own, traps cannot bridge the gap between the two sides.

By setting up these arrangements, we are essentially telling the enemy, "Have I been here?"

Orochimaru raised his head and peered through the gaps in the trees to gauge the time.

No rush, there's still plenty of time. Less than half of it has passed, so we can keep going.

Since they hadn't shown any real skill in the previous missions, I might as well take this opportunity to force them to reveal their full potential, so I can guide them in the future.

Just minutes later.

Another ninja crow was summoned by Gen Uchiha.

"Has Liuli been eliminated?"

After receiving a positive reply from the ninja crow, Gen Uchiha couldn't help but feel a little more anxious.

Only half the time had passed, and one of the teammates had already been eliminated.

Worse still, most of the ninja crows have returned to his side, which means that Orochimaru has already explored most of the Death Forest.

Given Orochimaru's abilities, Gen Uchiha had no doubt that he had already left spies throughout the Forest of Death.

This means that soon they will have nowhere to hide and will be forced to flee.

"Since Ruri has been eliminated, it means that we can be certain that Orochimaru-sensei is located there. The current distance is fourteen kilometers, which is relatively safe for the time being. However, before Orochimaru-sensei catches up, I need to get rid of the trouble in front of me first."

Uchiha Gen looked at the flock of crows cawing, then glanced at the black-scaled serpent rushing towards him from behind, stopped in his tracks, and quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique!"

One after another, fireballs flew out, scattering like flowers from a fairy maiden, and hurtled towards the black-scaled serpent.

The latter hissed, and the muscles of its snake body beneath its black scales bulged suddenly, its body twisting and contorting as it dodged the Phoenix Fire.

However, the reason why Gen Uchiha used the Phoenix Flower was because he valued the advantages of this fire jutsu in terms of speed and range.

Even though its power is not as great as his signature Fireball, it should not be underestimated. When the two sides are far enough apart, it is perfect for testing each other.

Nearly half of the fireballs were dodged by the black-scaled serpent, but the remaining ones struck its dark scales, exploding into sparks.

The scales, which were originally jet black and shiny, had lost their luster and fell to the ground during the movement.

"It is fast and difficult to shake off. It has strong defense, but it can be broken by ninjutsu. The best option is to restrict or severely injure the snake in a short time and then move away as soon as possible."

Seeing the black-scaled serpent, which was hurting and angry, and attacking like a roaring heavy truck, Uchiha Gen retreated rapidly, throwing out kunai wrapped with steel wires, which swirled around and hooked onto the giant trees around him.

Just by looking at its enormous size and the way it crushed trees along the way, he knew he couldn't engage this snake in close combat.

He would have to take advantage of his small size, the complex environment, and the explosive power of his ninjutsu to have any chance of taking down the snake in a short time.

Otherwise, if you get entangled by this snake and it keeps following you, it's like telling Orochimaru your real-time location.

With a smooth sliding sound, Uchiha Gen, holding onto a spring wire hanging from a large tree, swiftly swung through the air, dodging the Black Scale Serpent's attack. At the same time, he picked up several kunai with his right hand and shot them towards the Black Scale Serpent's eyes.

The latter did not pay attention, because although snakes do not have movable eyelids that can blink, they have transparent fixed scales that protect their eyes, called eye scales, and their defense is not that weak.

Uchiha Gen only noticed this after discovering that several kunai had been knocked away.

However, he still had a backup plan.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Smoke bombs, carried by crows, were dropped one by one, sending thick black smoke billowing through the ravaged forest ravaged by the black-scaled serpent.

These smoke bombs aren't meant to interfere with vision, since snakes don't have very good eyesight to begin with, but the purpose is the same.

This is because the smoke can interfere with snakes' ability to detect smells.

As for infrared sensing, Gen Uchiha was glad that he had just smeared a lot of cement-containing soil on his body, which had not yet solidified, and the moisture contained in it could still play a good role in cooling and heat insulation.

Losing its lock on to its target, the black-scaled serpent's roars became even more ferocious, rampaging and crushing a large number of trees around it, only to fall into the elastic steel wire net that Uchiha Gen had already laid out.

It's now!

Gen Uchiha mustered all his strength and ran swiftly through the thinning smoke, finally gripping several steel wires tightly with both hands, and even biting two of them into his mouth.

He couldn't possibly restrain this enormous, heavy serpent on his own. The elastic wires were merely a medium connecting him to the black-scaled serpent.

"Oil!"

Uchiha mumbled a cry at the crow.

The largest and smartest ninja crow immediately used its beak to snatch a bottle of oil hanging around its neck, pried open the stopper, and poured the kerosene into Uchiha Gen's mouth.

The oil given by Sarutobi Enjun came in handy at this moment.

Ordinary oil doesn't amplify the Fire Release technique as much as this special oil, which contains some special minerals that can significantly increase the temperature of the Fire Release.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

A ball of flame mixed with oil spewed from Uchiha Gen's mouth, flowing along the elastic steel wire and transforming into several thin, straight fire dragons that rushed towards the black-scaled serpent.

Like the Great Fireball Technique, the Dragon Fire Technique is a basic C-rank fire-style ninjutsu within the Uchiha clan. Only those who have mastered these two ninjutsu are qualified to learn those high-difficulty, high-power advanced fire-style techniques.

The sign of mastering this ninjutsu is the ability to directly unleash a thin, straight line of fire with powerful impact.

Gen Uchiha's mastery of the Dragon Fire Technique was not as proficient as that of the Great Fireball Technique. To directly unleash such a line of fire, one would need to cultivate the form transformations of Fire Release to a certain level, which is why he used a steel wire as an aid in its execution.

However, the advantage of using steel wire is that it guarantees a hit in this situation.

Furthermore, the Dragon Fire Technique's explosive power and piercing force in a fixed direction are stronger than the Great Fireball Technique, making it very useful against enemies with strong defenses.

The intense orange-red flames, under the influence of the kerosene, gradually glowed white at their core.

As the smoke dissipated, streaks of fire were found coiled around the black-scaled serpent, scorching it and causing it to hiss and struggle fiercely.