Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 17 Uchiha Pill

"Bloodline limits are so convenient."

As Dai watched Hinata Yu's progress, he sighed softly.

However, he quickly adjusted his mood, and the green steam around him rose even higher.

"It seems like Du Men can't teach you anything, so let's see what this move is for."

"Eight Gates Formation, Sixth Gate, Gate of View, open!"

As the gate opened and flames clung to Dai's fist, Yu's pupils contracted, and he instantly dodged several meters away.

"The Morning Peacock!"

The burning flames and fist shadows enveloped the surrounding area, destroying everything in their path.

"So this move was taught to Kai by Dai? It's truly terrifying," Hyuga thought to himself.

With the sixth gate of the Eight Gates Formation activated, Kai was able to fight Kisame to a standstill.

He couldn't withstand this kind of ultimate technique from the View Gate using only Konoha Steel Fist Style and the Gate of Absolute, without using Gentle Fist techniques.

"Yu, you are only fifteen years old now. You will definitely be able to open the View Gate in the future, but I cannot be sure about the seventh gate above that."

Dai looked at Yu with a serious expression.

"Now I will teach you all the martial arts techniques I created. Whether you can use them or not is up to you."

"Yes!" Yu nodded solemnly.

The two trained until late at night before leaving separately.

The following day, Hyuga Yu received a notification from the Anbu.

The Jonin Exams will begin in one day!

Jonin are an important fighting force for each ninja village and serve as a key standard for measuring the village's combat strength.

Due to the war, there are only about one hundred Jonin left in Konoha, excluding the elite Jonin. Each of them is the core and captain of their squad.

When necessary, these individuals can even become commanders of a war zone, demonstrating their strength and status.

On the day of the assessment, Hyuga Yu was taken by the Anbu to an underground training ground.

Twenty people have already arrived here.

Hinata Yu secretly observed them for a while. He recognized most of them, but he only knew their information and abilities on his own.

The only boy unfamiliar to Hyuga Yu was the one wearing the Uchiha clan crest.

When Hinata Yu looked at him, the Uchiha boy keenly noticed it and turned around to see a pair of Byakugan eyes.

"..."

They're from the Hyuga clan.

The boy's expression visibly darkened, and he sneered, "Your clan is all settled now, huh? You even have time for the Jonin Exams?"

Recently, internal affairs within the Hyuga clan have caused the security forces a lot of trouble.

Some of the Hyuga clan members' bodies were not discovered in time by the patrol troops, but were seen by the villagers, who then did the cleanup work.

Not only was the culprit not caught, but the higher-ups also seemed unwilling to investigate further, which made the Uchiha members of the security force very unhappy for a long time.

Hinata Yu stared at him indifferently for a while, then looked away, no longer looking at him, and instead observed the others.

"you……"

The blatant disregard made the boy even angrier, but when he thought of the impression the Hyuga branch family left on him, which was that they were mostly a group of gloomy and withdrawn people, he felt it was justified.

So he could only say unhappily, "Hmph, there's no use observing any longer. The Jonin Exams test strength. If you're not strong enough, don't bother coming. My name is Uchiha Yakumaru, a Special Jonin. Pray you don't run into me."

Hinata Yu, who had originally intended to ignore him, had a strange expression for a moment and turned to look at him.

"Uchiha pills?"

"What, you've heard of me?" Uchiha Yakumaru's unpleasant expression softened upon seeing Hyuga Yu's response. He crossed his arms and looked at him. "You're only about fifteen years old. Is this your first time taking the Jonin Exams?"

"If you meet me, you won't even have a chance to show yourself, let alone become a special Jonin."

Konoha does not have a special examination for promotion to Special Jonin; it only has an examination for promotion to Jonin.

After all, a special Jonin is someone who excels in a certain ability but is not strong enough to serve as a Jonin, so there is no need to set up a separate test for them.

Simply record the abilities of the eliminated ninjas during the Jonin Exams and select suitable candidates from among them.

However, if the assessment performance is too poor, one can only remain at the Chunin rank.

and so……

"If you apologize to me properly on behalf of the Hyuga clan, I might let you off the hook."

Hinata Yu did not reply.

The Uchiha Yakumaru in front of him has clearly made himself a ninja.

"I've never heard of you before, but I think your name sounds similar to Senior Yaowei's."

Pills... This name is surprisingly suitable for the Uchiha clan.

The person who named you was quite prescient.

"Uncle Yaowei?" Uchiha Yakumaru frowned, his arrogant expression vanishing as he sized Hyuga Yu up and down. "You're from the Hidden Mist battlefield?"

Uchiha Yakumi was a direct subordinate of Uchiha Fugaku, and he always did his best to assist him.

Originally a high-ranking member of the security force and also a relative, he is now active in the Hidden Mist Battlefield alongside Chief Fugaku due to its needs.

Thinking of this, his expression softened. "Since you are Uncle Yaowei's comrade-in-arms, I will let it go."

"I'll go easy on you if we encounter you, and let you show off a bit."

"Discussing this kind of thing before the exam? Do you want to be disqualified?"

A gentle voice came from behind. Yamaru's expression stiffened, and he reluctantly turned around to see the smiling Fourth Hokage.

"Lord Hokage, I didn't..."

"I know, but underestimating your opponent is a big no-no, you're doomed."

Minato Namikaze smiled gently: "Yu, like you, is a Special Jonin."

"...?"

Uchiha Yakumaru stared wide-eyed at Hyuga Yu.

A 15-year-old special jonin, a genius who is about to become a jonin, is not much different from him, yet he is pretending to be young here?

While some Chunin might overestimate their abilities to participate in the Jonin Exams, those Special Jonin who dare to participate are almost guaranteed to succeed.

As it turned out, the Hyuga clan member was still observing the Chunin, as if he were wary of them, making him think that it was their first time participating.

He's really sick!

Ignoring Uchiha Yakumaru's gaze, Hyuga Yu respectfully said, "Hokage-sama."

It was necessary for him to observe those Chunin and gather information about them, since these people would be the backbone of Konoha in a few years!

"Um."

Nodding in response, Minato Namikaze gave Hyuga a satisfied look, "Keep this level of vigilance in the future."

Ultimately, he has been tempered on the battlefield, and his mindset is different from that of someone who takes medicine.

Although Uchiha Yakumaru was also a Special Jonin, he was a ninja left behind by the Uchiha clan in Konoha, and he grew up during the peace period between the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars.

Lacking mental discipline, coupled with the arrogance characteristic of the Uchiha clan...

Is this assessment just a perfunctory test?

For ninjas, even an explosive tag can threaten their lives; Chunin are far more dangerous than an explosive tag.

Underestimating them might lead to unexpected setbacks.

Minato recalled that when he rescued Kushina, the ninjas who had kidnapped her had also underestimated him.

(End of this chapter)