Naruto: I Borrow from the Future

Chapter 82 You Are the Challenger

Snapped!

Uchiha Tetsuka felt a sudden slap on the back of his head and immediately turned around angrily: "Which bastard hit me? Inahisa, was it you—uh, Elder?"

Looking back, he saw the First Elder, Uchiha Setsuna, staring at him with a cold face. He had just withdrawn one hand, but upon hearing his words, he subtly raised it again.

Uchiha Inahi watched from behind with a smug look on her face.

"Hey, Elder, what are you doing?!"

Tie Huo quickly retreated, creating a safe distance.

"What did I tell you before? Have you forgotten?!"

Uchiha Setsuna blew his beard and glared, saying, "Are those eyes something you can just casually talk about in public?"

"This is within the clan, not outside—"

Tiehuo felt a little wronged.

Now everyone here is from his own family. If there were even an outsider here, he certainly wouldn't have asked directly.

"That won't do either!"

Uchiha Setsuna said coldly.

The Mangekyou Sharingan is a forbidden power!

Even within the Uchiha clan, how many internal conflicts have there been over the Sharingan?

Even setting aside the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Uchiha clan has experienced internal strife in the past due to the forbidden techniques of the Sharingan!

"I'll be more careful next time, okay?"

Tiehuo shrank back and answered honestly.

He was just curious for a moment.

Aoya was in the same class as him at the Ninja Academy. Back then, their talents and strengths were not much different, and they also had a good relationship, so he asked directly.

They're clearly the same age, but after only two or three years on the battlefield, how did Qingye's strength suddenly skyrocket to this level?

Even the Mizukage of Kirigakure was killed by the dry water!

Tiehuo felt that he had made great progress in the past two years, and had even awakened the Sharingan, and had even reached the double tomoe stage.

Compared to Qingye, it was nothing.

"Sit down quickly, today is the day for the election of a squad leader in the police department, so be serious!"

As Uchiha Setsuna spoke, he walked to the front of the underground shrine of the shrine and sat down next to the ancient stone tablet.

Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha, the head of the Uchiha clan, had already taken his seat.

The underground ancestral hall was packed with people.

Almost all the ninjas in the Uchiha clan are here today.

At the very front were naturally the clan head, Fugaku Uchiha, and the last surviving elder, Setsuna Uchiha.

Then they took their seats in rows according to their strength, ninja rank, the number of tomoe in their Sharingan, and their rank in the police department.

There were fewer people in the second row.

Only Jonin with the three-tomoe Sharingan can sit here.

Given the intensity of the Third Shinobi World War, the number of Uchiha with three tomoe, which originally numbered in the double digits, has now plummeted to single digits.

Qingye naturally sat in the second row.

He glanced around at the familiar faces in the vicinity.

Uchiha Hachimoku and Uchiha Yakumi were roughly of the same generation as Uchiha Fugaku, both around thirty years old, and were already squad leaders in the police department before the outbreak of the Third Shinobi World War.

There was an acquaintance on the other side as well.

Uchiha Inahisa.

At 17 years old this year, he can barely be considered within the category of Uchiha Nobita.

During the war, he successfully upgraded his Sharingan to three tomoe and advanced his ninja rank to Jonin.

"Hey, Aoya."

Among the group in the third row behind, Uchiha Tekka couldn't contain himself any longer and quietly reached out towards Aoya: "How did you awaken those eyes?"

Why are you talking so much?

Qingye turned around with some disdain: "Elder, you didn't hit me hard enough!"

"It's not just me who's curious. Look at Shisui and Fuuji, they definitely want to know too."

Tie Huo pointed to the two boys who looked to be in their early teens beside him.

Qingye followed the gaze in that direction.

Uchiha Shisui —

He should be 11 years old now, right?

He was sitting in the same row as Tetsuka, which means he also has the Sharingan with two tomoe?

Given Shisui's talent, he should be able to get the three-tomoe jade soon.

As Qingye pondered this, she looked at Uchiha Fuuji, who was the same age as Shisui.

He suspected that the unfortunate child was a tool of Zhishui's kaleidoscope.

"I wasn't really that curious."

Shisui scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

Am I the only one who's curious?

Tetsuka stared wide-eyed at Shisui and Fuuji beside him. Seeing that neither of them paid any attention to him, he still reached out to reach Uchiha Inahi, who was sitting next to Aoya.

"Inahime, you've reached three tomoe level now, you must be really curious, right?"

"You'd better shut up!"

When Uchiha Inahisa saw the unfriendly look in the eyes of the elder in front of her, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

Why does Tiehuo talk so much?!

There's so much talk at the clan meeting!

Ignoring Uchiha Tetsuka, everyone listened quietly to Uchiha Fugaku's instructions.

Because the Uchiha clan suffered heavy casualties in the war, and the police department was almost abandoned during the war, it is now necessary to select new clan members to strengthen the police department.

The most crucial element, of course, is the position of the four squad leaders!

The police department's organizational structure is modeled after the secret service, with roughly corresponding ranks. Of course, its power is definitely less than that of the secret service.

"Due to the sacrifice of Arashiyama and Kazetsu in the war, apart from Yashiro and Yakumi, there are now two vacant squad leader positions."

"Then, according to our Uchiha tradition, everything will be decided by strength."

"Any clansman with three tomoe can take over the position of squad leader if they can withstand the attacks of the Eighth Generation or Yakumi for half an hour."

"The election of squad leaders and ordinary members will also follow this rule."

"Uchiha Fugaku said in a deep voice."

After the arrangements were completed, a group of people emerged from the underground shrine and headed to the training ground on the banks of the Namga River.

"Aoya, are you running for squad leader?"

Uchiha Inahi leaned closer and asked.

"Of course."

Qingye nodded.

Now that the war is over, all he wants to do is get through the remaining months of the Kaleidoscope loan repayment period as quickly as possible.

If he were elected as the squad leader of the police department, and there were any miscellaneous tasks in the village that required a Jonin to handle, the Third Hokage could only ask other available Jonin from the Jonin squad to come forward.

This will save me from any more messy troubles on my end.

"That means there's only one spot left to compete for."

Uchiha Inahi suddenly felt a toothache.

With Qingye's strength, he has almost secured a spot as a squad leader.

If he wants to become a squad leader, he not only has to last half an hour against Uchiha Hachimoku or Uchiha Yakumi, but he probably also has to defeat all the other competitors first.

On the riverside training ground.

Several Uchiha members who were planning to run for squad leader first decided the winner in the simplest way: a contest of eye power!

As an Uchiha, if your Sharingan is inferior to others, what's the point of fighting?

Don't waste other people's time!

The competition for candidates was over very quickly, without taking much time at all.

"call----"

Uchiha Inahisa wiped the sweat from her brow.

Thankfully, we passed this hurdle smoothly.

"Then let's draw lots to decide who each of us will challenge."

Fugaku Uchiha, with his ever-present deadpan expression, walked over with two slips of paper: "These are the names of the Eighth Hokage and Yakumi. Whoever you draw will be your opponent in a moment."

Behind him, Uchiha Hachiro and Uchiha Yakumi were both sweating profusely.

There are now only two challengers left.

Uchiha Aoya and Uchiha Inahi.

If it's the latter, that's fine.

If you accidentally end up fighting the previous one—who is the challenger anyway?

"Shall I go first?"

Uchiha Inahisa stepped forward. Seeing that Aoya had no objections, she didn't hesitate and casually grabbed a piece of paper: "Hmm, it's Uncle Yashiro."

Uchiha Yatsuho let out a sigh of relief, then laughed and patted Uchiha Yaku's shoulder: "Not bad, not bad, hmm, then let me see how much your strength has improved over the years, Inahisa."

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Uchiha Yakumi, standing to the side, looked as if his mother had died.

"Now let's begin the individual challenges," said Fugaku Uchiha.

"It smells like medicine. Why don't you go first?"

Uchiha Hachimoku said gleefully.

"----roll!"

Uchiha Yakumi's face was dark.

"How about I challenge Uncle Yashiro first?"

Uchiha Inahisa felt it was better for him to go first, otherwise it would be embarrassing if he performed poorly after Aoya had already shown his skills.

A crowd gathered around the exercise area.

Uchiha Hachiro and Uchiha Inaho stepped onto the field and formed opposing hand seals.

"Catch the rice scorching fire, keep your spirits up, don't embarrass yourselves!"

When Tetsuka saw the two of them come on stage, he started to stir things up: "Uncle Yashiro, don't go easy on him, don't let Inahikasa look down on you!"

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"Can you just go die somewhere else?!"

Uchiha Inahi cursed loudly.

That bastard really loves to stir up trouble!