Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

Just as Uchiha Gen was once again flipping through the book, organizing the parts that he could currently apply, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Konoha has arrived at the Rain Country camp.

This place is located in the southeast of the Land of Rain. It was an important base for Konoha in this area. After entering the Land of Rain, Konoha ninja occupied an abandoned military fortress.

With the ninjas' construction and production capabilities, this place was naturally built like an iron barrel, filled with various defensive fortifications and military facilities, making it an extremely difficult war fortress to conquer.

"Yuan, come down and move some things. This is a D-level mission."

From under the car, Sarutobi Enjun raised his head and called out.

Upon hearing that it was a mission and that he had experience, Uchiha Gen quickly put away his books, jumped out of the car, and helped move the supplies.

"Senior Yuan, let me help you."

Minato Namikaze walked over from the side and greeted them warmly.

"No, Minato, you go and move those over there. I'll take care of everything here."

Uchiha Gen hurriedly shook his head, moved the box of shuriken in his hand behind him, and pointed with his chin at a truck carrying medicine across the street.

His task settlement experience is linked to his participation and contribution in the task; the more he does, the more he earns, so naturally he has to rush to do the tasks.

Minato Namikaze watched Gen Uchiha busy in the rain and was suddenly moved.

Even though no one was urging him, it was as if a whip was constantly spurring him on, making him keep working hard on these simplest, most tedious, and low-paying tasks.

What is this? This is the Will of Fire!

Only those who truly love their village will dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to everything they can to contribute to it, regardless of its size or importance.

At that moment, Minato Namikaze recalled the scene that Jiraiya had told him the day before he set off, the scene before Mito Uzumaki's death.

"Senior Gen, you are truly admirable!"

"Well, after all, he's a child that Orochimaru values, and also someone that Mito-sama approves of."

Jiraiya appeared beside Minato Namikaze at some point, looking at Gendo Uchiha with an expression of admiration.

He is actually a very simple person in many ways, especially now that he is still very young.

In his eyes, whether it was himself or his companions Tsunade and Orochimaru, they were all legitimate and true inheritors of the Will of Fire.

While it might seem surprising to Jiraiya that he could produce such a steadfast "successor of the Will of Fire" as Uchiha Gen, it was perfectly reasonable.

but……

Jiraiya glanced at Minato Namikaze.

This apprentice in our own team seems to be quite good.

After several busy hours.

Gen Uchiha looked at the experience bar that had risen slightly and a genuine smile appeared on his face.

Even a mosquito's leg is meat; once you're on the front lines, the tasks will definitely be much more numerous than staying in the safe rear of Konoha.

Even though the frequency is certainly not as high as on the front line, from another perspective, the second-line missions are much less dangerous, giving you more time to develop.

After a short rest, Uchiha Gen and the others received a notification from Orochimaru to gather in a conference room.

Along with him arrived, there were also many ninjas who had been assigned to Orochimaru's subordinates.

Uchiha Gen and his group were not given a higher position just because they were Orochimaru's disciples.

Conversely, the fact that they were able to get in here already shows that they benefited from being Orochimaru's disciples.

Because they were the only three genin in this meeting room.

There were only nine people in the room besides them and Orochimaru. Apart from two boys who looked about three or four years older than them, the others were either Jonin or Special Jonin.

Uchiha Gen immediately realized that these people were Orochimaru's current core group and his most favored subordinates.

Orochimaru is now only in his early twenties. Although he has shown some potential to become Hokage in the future, he still lacks a significant achievement to prove his ability before he can step onto a bigger stage.

Therefore, Orochimaru is currently at the peak of his power, and his team is still in its early stages and has a small number of members.

But precisely because of their brilliant minds, extraordinary vision, and outstanding personal charm, this small team, though still quite simple, is of pretty good quality.

At least from Uchiha Gen's perspective, most of these people are relatively young, which means that this team still has room for growth.

If Orochimaru hadn't been led into darkness by Danzo in the original timeline, failed to become the Fourth Hokage, and then defected, he and his team would likely have achieved great success in Konoha.

"Everyone here is someone I, Orochimaru, can trust."

Orochimaru sat calmly in the main seat, looking around at the people sitting below.

The people here are either his confidants or disciples, or allies with whom he has sufficient vested interests; at present, they are all people he can trust on this battlefield.

"Some of you have met before, while others haven't. Let's take this opportunity to introduce yourselves. Zixiao, you can start first."

Orochimaru tapped the table and said.

The group of about ten people quickly introduced themselves to each other.

Of the remaining nine, two are Jonin. One is Mitarashi Shishou, who is only two years younger than Orochimaru, but has already been a Jonin for four or five years.

The identity of the other person surprised Gen Uchiha quite a bit.

This is a short, white-haired boy with a youthful, baby-faced appearance. He was in the same class as Orochimaru and had been his teammate on several occasions. His name is Hiruko.

He did not refer to himself as Orochimaru's subordinate, but rather as an ally and collaborator.

However, Orochimaru clearly valued him highly—in terms of strength, Hiruko was just an ordinary Jonin, far inferior to the three disciples of the Third Hokage, but Orochimaru greatly appreciated his abilities in other areas.

Besides these two, there are five other special Jonin. Three of them are commoners who became Orochimaru's companions during his growth and chose to serve him after he became powerful. The other two are related to Ruri Uzuki.

Of Orochimaru's three disciples, only Ruri Uzuki came from a small family.

Whether it's the Uchiha clan behind Uchiha Gen or the Sarutobi clan of Sarutobi Enjun, they are both top-tier clans in Konoha, and it's impossible for them to place their bets on Orochimaru so early on.

However, small families like the Maoyue clan can only make investments in advance in order to have a chance to obtain sufficiently high returns in the future.