Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 120 How Did You Become a Jonin? (Please Subscribe)

"Now we need to be wary of the Cloud Ninja. Having lost the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, the Cloud Ninja are probably acting like madmen. They might frantically search our camp and then use the Tailed Beast."

Uchiha Yoichi said that after he brought Yukito back, Hatake Sakumo called all the Jonin together for a meeting to discuss the matter.

"The Cloud Ninja have a trick up their sleeve. I ran into their Abby duo on my way back. If that's the case, the Cloud Ninja have gathered quite a few powerful ninjas in the Land of Hot Springs. They'll probably be even more frantic in their search for our Konoha camp."

Many people anticipated this situation, as the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts should be the most important person in the ninja village, especially in a ninja village like Kumogakure, which has detailed training methods for controlling the power of the Tailed Beasts.

A tailed beast signifies that they can always have powerful ninjas appearing, and these ninjas are strategically important.

If someone like that were lost, Konoha would definitely go to great lengths to find him.

Sakumo Hatake spoke up, "Yoichi-kun, do you have any suggestions?"

"I don't have any particular ideas. It's just a matter of increasing patrols around the camp to prevent the Cloud Ninja squad from getting close, and also dealing with any potential decisive battles they launch."

Uchiha Yoichi said that the other side was obviously stronger, with more than double the number of people, as well as the number of Jonin and strongmen.

Konoha had no initiative in this war and could only passively defend.

A Jonin suddenly spoke up, "What if we use the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to threaten the Cloud Ninja into withdrawing their troops? As long as they abandon the war, we'll return the Two-Tails Jinchuriki to them."

"How did you become a Jonin? Who was your examiner? What mission did you undertake?"

Before the Jonin could finish speaking, Uchiha Yoichi couldn't help but ask, his tone quite unpleasant, causing the atmosphere in the tent to suddenly freeze.

If I remember correctly, he was a Jonin of the Sarutobi clan, his name was Sarutobi something...

"Uchiha Jonin, if you have any objections to my suggestion, you can raise them directly, instead of questioning my ninja rank!"

Sarutobi Kazutaka's face flushed with anger as he said, "So what if he's Konoha's Raiga? Why are you questioning me like that?"

Does this imply that he suspected his Jonin position was obtained through connections? That's outrageous!

"I've already been very lenient with you. This time you offered the Two-Tails Jinchuriki in exchange for the Cloud Ninja withdrawing their troops. What will you offer next? The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki or me? If the Cloud Ninja offers to send me out in exchange for peace, are you going to offer me as well?"

"I've said this before, and I can say it again: if you're afraid of dying, you can go back to the village. I'll kill his enemy for him, instead of letting him stay here and disrupt his resolve to fight!"

Uchiha Yoichi's words were utterly blunt, practically calling Sarutobi Kazutaka a coward and telling him to go back to the village.

"Also, don't make decisions based on my prisoners. If you want to use the tailed beast jinchūriki to force the Cloud Ninja to retreat, the Land of Hot Springs still has the Eight-Tails."

"Yoichi-kun!"

Sakumo Hatake, looking helpless, tried to persuade Yoichi Uchiha, but before he knew it, the two started arguing again.

Although what Uchiha Yang said was a bit extreme, his reasoning was correct. The Cloud Ninja had already attacked right at their doorstep, and had even deployed two of the Tailed Beasts. If they sent the Two-Tails back now, given the Cloud Ninja's bandit-like behavior, they might just turn around and attack again.

However, these words could have been spoken to Kazutaka Sarutobi properly; there was no need to resort to such an extreme method.

"Yilong-kun, although Yangyi-kun's words were a bit extreme, it's impossible for us to send the Two-Tails Jinchuriki back right now. If the Cloud Ninja keeps changing their minds, then we'll be facing two tailed beasts."

"Yang Yi, please don't do that again."

Sakumo Hatake spoke to both of them, but Kazutaka Sarutobi remained angry after hearing it.

His words were full of admonition, while he completely ignored Uchiha Yoichi. In Sarutobi Kazutaka's view, Hatake Sakumo was on the side of that Uchiha and was there to put him down.

"Let's get down to business. War is inevitable. We should have been prepared for this when we arrived here. I will arrange for more people to carry out the cleanup mission, and two squads will go together."

Hatake Sakumo said to everyone that the Cloud Ninja might launch a fierce counterattack and would definitely send out many elite squads; the previous four-person squads might not be able to deal with the Cloud Ninja's elite squads, but eight people would be more likely.

In addition to the two teams working together on the cleanup mission, these Jonin also led elite ninjas on cleanup missions.

"If a decisive battle breaks out, their Eight-Tails Jinchuriki will also need a countermeasure."

"Leave it to me."

Uchiha Yang said, "I will handle the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and the Third Raikage's son. I also have the giant snake from Ryuchi Cave, which is stronger than an average Jonin and can help in the battle."

"Alright, if there are no problems, let's stop here."

Sakumo Hatake smiled helplessly and said, "Yoichi really doesn't want to suffer any loss. Although I don't want him to say those extreme things, he turns around and uses summoning beasts to mock Sarutobi Kazutaka."

For a regular Jonin, after the two had just argued, it goes without saying which Jonin this summoning beast could replace.

Anyway, Sarutobi Kazutaka was the last to leave the tent, his face looking very unpleasant. Nara Shishika, who was standing next to him, patted Sarutobi Kazutaka on the shoulder, said nothing, and went back to the tent with him.

Sarutobi and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio have been friends for generations, and Nara Shika was not happy about Uchiha Yoichi's statement about him being his prisoner. He felt that Uchiha Yoichi was too selfish and treated the Two-Tails Jinchuriki as his own.

Such important hostages should be handed over to the village for safekeeping.

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As he entered his tent, he saw a blonde girl staring at him with a face full of hatred.

However, Uchiha Yoichi didn't care at all; he had seen plenty of angry, resentful, and fearful looks in people's eyes.

"Have you discussed it? What price will you demand to let me go?"

"I've already said, if you want to die, no one will stop you, but if you want to go back, there's no way!"

Uchiha Yoichi lay on the bed, preparing to take a short rest, but after lying down, he suddenly asked, "What will happen to your parents in Kumogakure?"

My parents died in the war.

"Then you'd better adapt to life in Konoha as soon as possible."

Yugito was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening. Her little face twisted with anger as she clenched her fists and shouted, "I will not stay in Konoha! I must go back to Kumogakure! The Third Raikage will definitely save me!"

"Give up. I will not let you go back. And your Third Raikage will find that it is impossible to let you go back through war and political means. He will then try every means to kill you."

Uchiha Yoichi lay on the bed with his eyes closed, resting. Even though he wasn't looking, he could tell from Yugito's disbelieving expression.

"Don't take yourself too seriously. The Hidden Cloud Village values ​​the Two-Tails, not you. Without the Two-Tails, if there were only you, the Hidden Cloud Village would just have one more ninja, at most a Jonin."

"But if we still have the Two-Tails even without you, then the Cloud Ninja will have a continuous supply of Tailed Beast Jinchuriki; if we really can't get you back, then the Third Raikage will do everything he can to kill you, and then wait for the Two-Tails to be reborn before capturing it again."

Yugito's heart skipped a beat after hearing this, and her eyes reddened slightly, but she still glared fiercely at Uchiha Yoichi lying on the bed and said, "That's all because of you, otherwise I would still be in Kumogakure."

"That's just how kids are; they're still kids even on the battlefield."

After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi ignored Yugito.

Without chakra or weapons, she's just an ordinary girl. Once she returns to Konoha, Mina will put another seal on Yugito.

If she can change her mindset and become his subordinate, then we'll slowly unlock the seal on her. If she can't change her mindset, then she can just be his Uchiha Yangyi's power bank.

Yugito saw that Uchiha Yoichi was no longer speaking, and still had a resentful little face. However, she couldn't even refine chakra now. Every time she tried to refine chakra, the two seals on her body would interfere with her ability to gather it together.

The Four Symbols Seal and the Five Elements Seal are both sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, but the Iron Armor Seal and the Five Elements Seal are completely unrelated. The two seals sealed her chakra tightly, making it impossible for her to mobilize it at all.

This was Yugito's first time on the battlefield since graduating from the Ninja Academy, and he was captured and taken to the enemy country, where he may never be able to return to Kumogakure.

This drastic change gradually instilled fear in the girl, especially after Uchiha Yoichi's words: if she couldn't return, the villagers would try every means to kill her and allow the Two-Tails to be reborn.

These words almost broke down Yugito's psychological defenses. She then lay down on the bed, curled up, and soon silently shed tears.

A bed was prepared for her in the tent, which would temporarily serve as the place to keep Yugito under guard; the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was extremely important, and Uchiha Yoichi was not at ease leaving him elsewhere.

In the afternoon, the tent flap was suddenly opened, and a head peeked in.

Upon seeing Uchiha Yoichi, Kurenai Yuhi walked in with a smile and said, "Yoichi-sensei, we're back. Who are you?"

"She is a very important prisoner of the Cloud Ninja, and she is being held here with me for the time being."

Uchiha Yangichi sat up and said that he felt much better after resting for a while. However, the soldier pills could not restore all his chakra, so he still needed to eat and rest.

Kurenai looked at Yugito with some suspicion. She believed the Cloud Ninja prisoner's words, and the look in his eyes was full of bitterness and hatred; but why did he have tears on his face? What did Yoichi-sensei do to her?

Kurenai Yuhi, who was quite pretty, carefully examined Yugito, a girl from the enemy village who was about the same age as her.

"What are you looking at? How's the mission going lately? Never mind, let's talk about it over there."

Uchiha Yang asked a question, then got up and led the three to another tent. Once inside, the three began to report on the missions they had recently completed.

Basically, aside from reconnaissance, they completed every mission and even teamed up with another squad to eliminate a Cloud Ninja squad that came to gather intelligence.

Thanks to Uchiha Yoichi's instructions, the Uchiha clan treated Kurenai and the other two relatively well, but other genin did not receive such good treatment; for genin without a background or powerful connections in the village, their growth was often accompanied by the death of their comrades.

Kurenai and her two companions basically grew up by following the experience of their predecessors. Although there were dangers, they were minimized.

"Well done, but you have only experienced the initial stage of the war. It will be ten times more dangerous than before, so you must be ten times more cautious."

Uchiha Yoichi warned the three, "I've killed dozens of Cloud Ninja these past few days. Most of them died because they relaxed, and some of them were much stronger than you."

The upcoming war will only be more brutal than before. If there is any carelessness, Uchiha Yoichi will have no choice but to visit the memorial stone for his three students.

"Yes, Teacher Yangyi."

After being solemnly admonished by Uchiha Yoichi, the little bit of pride that had arisen in the hearts of the three was suppressed.

Just as Konoha had predicted, the Cloud Ninja clearly intended to start a war and were determined to take Yugito back no matter what.

The Third Raikage even went further: if they couldn't take it back, then the wooden golem would kill him during the war!

Kill Yugito immediately, and the Two-Tails can be reborn. If Konoha transfers the Two-Tails, it will be too late. Konoha's sealing techniques are much stronger than those of the Cloud Ninja. They even stole their method of training the power of the Tailed Beasts.

Therefore, after learning of this news, the Third Raikage dispatched nearly two hundred mission teams to carry out a desperate purge and counter-purge against Konoha.

Uchiha Yoichi continued to go to the battlefield. His strength was terrifying. Every time he encountered a Cloud Ninja, he would kill them with a single strike. Only Cloud Ninja Jonin could withstand a few moves from him, but in the end, they could not escape death either.

His teammates were all ninjas skilled in reconnaissance and sensory perception. Their job was to help Uchiha Yoichi search for enemies and then stand guard to prevent them from being surrounded.

In just ten days, as many as sixty Cloud Ninja died at the hands of Uchiha Yoichi; a total of one hundred Cloud Ninjas died in ten days, sixty percent of whom died at the hands of Uchiha Yoichi.

Konoha Raiga, this title is like a grim reaper reaping lives among the Cloud Ninja. Once you encounter Konoha Raiga in a mission, even Jonin will find it difficult to survive.

Even the Third Raikage was considering whether to start the final battle directly. Uchiha Yoichi was like a ghost on the battlefield, impossible to catch or surround, and he continued to reap the lives of the Cloud Ninja.

What angered the Third Raikage the most was that Uchiha Yoichi stopped destroying the body, leaving behind a clear stab wound that indicated his death, and then dumped the body in the Land of Hot Springs.

The Cloud Ninja who collected the corpses were filled with fear. Their companions, who had greeted them in the morning, would turn into cold corpses the next day. Moreover, they had collected sixty corpses with the same manner of death in ten days, including some of their village's Jonin.

Once the news spread, this psychological pressure weighed heavily on every Cloud Ninja squad that went out to eliminate the enemy and conduct reconnaissance; none of them wanted to encounter Konoha's Raiga.

Uchiha Yoichi's reputation grew ever stronger, and it was said that the reputation of Konoha Raiga made the Cloud Ninjas afraid to fight him.

Moreover, news of Uchiha Yoichi's reputation, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and the possibility of a decisive battle between the Cloud Ninja quickly reached Konoha.

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