Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 82 Konoha Raiga One Year Later (Third Update, Please Subscribe)

"Jonin Yoichi, you're back."

"Yes, thank you for guarding the gate, Naoki-kun."

"It's not hard work, Jonin Yoichi."

Because he frequently visited the village throughout the year, Uchiha Yoichi became acquainted with the ninja guarding the gates of Konoha. After greeting them, he led Uzumaki Mina into the village.

It is now Konoha Year 46, a year since Uchiha Yoichi copied the Book of Seals from the Hokage Building.

Throughout the year, aside from short periods of training, Uchiha Yoichi spent most of his time undertaking challenging missions, earning him considerable renown in the ninja world.

His team with Mina Uzumaki was practically famous throughout the ninja world.

Konoha Raiga!

His movements were as swift as lightning, and the blade in his hand was faster than thunder!

This is the name that Uchiha Yoichi earned in the ninja world, and this name wasn't even given to him by himself, but by other ninja villages.

One is Konoha's White Fang, and the other is Konoha's Raiju. The fact that Uchiha Yoichi has a similar title to Hatake Sakumo is enough to show that the impression he left on other ninja villages is very similar to that of Hatake Sakumo.

Both are mission-oriented ninjas. Even when Uchiha Yoichi's teammates were wiped out during his Chunin era, it wasn't considered a mission failure. To this day, his mission success rate is still 100%.

Raiga was originally one of the Seven Great Swords of Kirigakure, but within a year, the rest of the ninja world had gradually gotten used to calling Uchiha Yoichi Raiga.

After all, Raiga of Kirigakure rarely appears in the ninja world, while Uchiha Yoichi often travels between various large and small countries for missions; A-rank missions already involve matters between countries, and the lowest-rank missions he accepts are A-rank.

He completed eighty-four A-rank missions and forty-one S-rank missions within a year. This efficiency in completing missions is among the best in Konoha.

Unless Konoha's White Fang works year-round, he can't match Uchiha Yoichi in the number of missions.

The reason he made such a great name for himself was because of a super S-rank mission that no one in Konoha had ever taken on before.

Gather information on the perfect Jinchuriki of Kumogakure!

After this mission was announced, almost no one dared to accept it. Even Orochimaru, who had caused a great disturbance in Kumogakure and released the Eight-Tails, did not want to go again.

In retaliation for Kumogakure's attack on Kushina, which nearly resulted in the abduction of Konoha's Jinchuriki candidate, Konoha mobilized all of Orochimaru's spies in Kumogakure to help him infiltrate the village. It took them a long time to find an opportunity to release the Eight-Tails.

However, after that incident, the Hidden Cloud Village purged a wave of spies within the village, and now Konoha has no spies in the Hidden Cloud Village, making it very difficult to gather intelligence.

Moreover, within a few years of that, the Hidden Cloud Village produced a Jinchūriki who could control the power of the Tailed Beasts.

There must be some secret behind this. Konoha really wants to know. If they knew the method of the Hidden Cloud Village, they might be able to utilize the power of the Nine-Tails.

As the strongest tailed beast, if one can control the power of the Nine-Tails, they will definitely become one of Konoha's top combat forces; moreover, the current Konoha leadership has witnessed firsthand how strong the previous generation of Jinchuriki was when they controlled the power of the Nine-Tails.

Unfortunately, Kushina couldn't do that. Not only could she not control the Nine-Tails' power, but she was also constantly at risk of being affected by the Nine-Tails.

Therefore, after learning that the Hidden Cloud Village had a method to control the power of the Tailed Beasts, the Hidden Leaf Village leadership immediately issued this extremely difficult mission, which was almost S-rank, and dispatched the Anbu and Root to try to obtain this method.

But in the end, they all failed.

The secret technique for controlling the power of the tailed beasts is no less important in Kumogakure than the Book of Seals in Konoha. It is extremely difficult to obtain, so the mission has been left unfinished, and few people have tried it.

However, after Uchiha Yoichi found out, he readily accepted the task.

And he actually did it!

Relying on his gradually growing perception abilities, along with the [Demon Passport], Uchiha Yoichi not only stole the training method for the perfect Jinchuriki, but also copied and packed up all the ninjutsu secret techniques of the Hidden Cloud Village and took them away.

He blew up the original with an explosive tag!

If it weren't for his last-minute attempt to seize the opportunity to kill the Third Raikage, who was affected by the Devil's Passport, Uchiha Yoichi could have swaggered out of Kumogakure.

However, even without killing the Third Raikage, Uchiha Yo's actions were enough to make him famous in the ninja world; after this incident, the Hidden Cloud Village immediately issued a kill order against Uchiha Yo.

He also sternly rebuked Konoha for handing over the person, otherwise the responsibility for starting a war would lie entirely with Konoha.

Konoha naturally refused. Konoha was still the victor of the Second Shinobi World War, the White Fang of Konoha was still alive, the Uchiha were the largest ninja clan in the village, and Uchiha Yoichi was a hero who had completed the mission.

If we hand the person over, will we still have any hope of winning the hearts of the villagers?

Even Danzo, who hated Uchiha Yoichi the most, didn't mention this. If he dared to suggest handing over people to avoid war, a large group of people would storm into the Shimura family tomorrow, arrest and torture all those associated with "Shimura," and see how many Kumogakure spies were among them.

Even the shinigami from the Shimura family would be labeled as "shinigami from Kumogakure".

The fact that the Hidden Cloud Village issued a kill order actually boosted Uchiha Yoichi's reputation in the village.

Their enemies are my heroes. Since they are hated by the Cloud Ninja, they are heroes of Konoha Village.

As a result, the bad reputation that had circulated during his Chunin days has diminished considerably, and those former teammates who slandered Uchiha Yoichi are now keeping their heads down and afraid to show their faces.

As he walked through the village, Uchiha Yoichi also garnered some admiring glances from women.

However, Mina Uzumaki, who was following behind, could accurately discern the 'enemy's' gaze and glared back fiercely.

The two quickly arrived at the Hokage Building to submit the mission. When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw that another A-rank mission had been perfectly completed by Uchiha Yoichi and his companion, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking, "They are truly rising stars."

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the composition of Uchiha Yoichi's team: two of the four were just there to fill in, often staying in the Uchiha clan's territory and not going out, and Mina Uzumaki wasn't a combat-type ninja.

In other words, almost all of the hundreds of A-rank and S-rank missions completed in the past year were done by Uchiha Yoichi alone.

His efficiency, talent, strength, and growing reputation in the village allowed Uchiha Yoichi to gradually grow into someone that no one could ignore.

We must make him feel the Will of Fire as soon as possible and stand on the side of the village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe, smiled, and said to Yoichi Uchiha, "Well done, Yoichi-kun. I knew this mission wouldn't be difficult for you. Do you want to take on any more missions?"

"Not recently, I haven't had much rest in a year, I'm going to take a break."

Uchiha Yoichi shook his head and said that he had already done enough missions and his reputation from missions was almost at its peak. Next, he needed to gain even greater fame in war.

His current reputation is similar to that of Minato Namikaze; both need a war to prove themselves. Without the added prestige of being a "war hero," no matter how many missions he completes, he's still not quite on par with any Hokage candidate.

"Take a break? That's fine. You've certainly had a tough year. But since you're taking a break, Yang Yi, why don't you consider becoming a Jonin who leads a team?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly remembered this matter. If Yoichi Uchiha continued to choose to do missions, he would really have a hard time persuading him. After all, compared with leading genin, A-rank and S-rank missions were obviously more important.

However, since we're planning to rest in the village, let's act as the team leader Jonin and experience the master-disciple relationship. Protecting our disciples is also an important part of the Will of Fire.

"I'm not suited to be a Jonin leading a team, Third Hokage. Let's just forget about this."

Uchiha Yang refused without hesitation. He figured it would be easier to bring Kakashi and his clansmen than to bring genin.

"Yoichi, your strength is evident to everyone in the village. Moreover, the friction with the Sand Village has been escalating recently, with most of the Chunin and Jonin being dispatched to Kikyo Castle. The village is severely short-handed, and we've also recently had a new Genin graduate."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and continued, "With graduation from the Ninja Academy approaching, the previous genin haven't been properly assigned yet, and new genin are arriving. If there aren't experienced and powerful ninjas to lead and mentor them, these Konoha freshmen might..."

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It's really disgusting for an old geezer to use a self-inflicted injury ploy. Last time when he used the devil's passport, we should have just cut him up while we were at it!

However, Uchiha Yoichi also realized that Hiruzen Sarutobi would probably try every means to persuade him to lead the team.

"Alright, then please ask the Hokage to find me two genin."

"Let's find three, Yang Yi. The policy of three-person teams was set by the Second Hokage. The genin who have not yet been assigned and the freshmen who have graduated from the Ninja Academy are all in groups of three. If we only assign two people, there will be one extra person who cannot be assigned."

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and offered his advice, then glanced at Mina Uzumaki and continued, "As for your teammates, they can be assigned to Konoha Hospital. Konoha Hospital is currently short-staffed, and medical ninjas aren't usually needed for missions involving genin."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Yoichi turned his head to look at Uzumaki Mina.

Having spent over a year together, Uchiha Yoichi is no longer worried about Mina being kidnapped by Konoha. Placing her in Konoha Hospital is a good idea. With Mina's special chakra and medical talent, she might very well take over Konoha Hospital after the Third Shinobi World War.

Mina Uzumaki nodded to Yoichi Uchiha, indicating that she would listen to Yoichi Uchiha's every word.

So Uchiha Yoichi said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Alright then, Third Hokage, let Mina join the medical team."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away. With her abilities, she could be the team leader even in the medical corps."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a smile, "It's been a year, you've finally let it go."

"We will send someone to inform you about your subordinates, Mr. Yang, once the list is finalized."

"Understood."

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After handing over the mission, Uchiha Yoichi and Uzumaki Mina headed towards their clan's territory.

Since his unlucky draw of the "God Tongue" a year ago, Uchiha Yoichi hasn't drawn any good abilities in the past year.

Of the twelve abilities, eleven are pretty useless; the only useful one is related to the tongue.

[Shennong]: After tasting it, the ingredients and production process can be quickly and accurately analyzed.

Uchiha Yoichi used this ability to help Uzumaki Mina master the preparation of dozens of poisons. The price was that his tongue was numb for a long time. Even if he tasted a bit and quickly spat it out to rinse his mouth, he was still burned by the poison several times.

The poisons in the ninja world are not the same as ordinary ones; some insidious poisons target chakra. However, this skill is not useless, as it greatly enhances Mina Uzumaki's detoxification ability.

Knowing the ingredients of a poison allows you to know its effects, enabling you to prioritize targeting the poisoned area during treatment and quickly extract the poison.

To put it bluntly, Mina Uzumaki's healing abilities are now even better than Tsunade's; her constitution can even heal internal organ damage.

However, after acquiring the ability of "Shennong," Uchiha Yoichi's luck didn't improve.

His current ability is "Master Chef's Hands," which allows him to perfectly bring out the flavor of ingredients. Even a bunch of wilted vegetables can be transformed into the freshest vegetables after being processed by his hands.

Moreover, he was a self-taught master of top-notch cooking skills. Even if Uchiha Yoichi poured a bottle of soy sauce into his stir-fries, the dishes he served would still be delicious.

Unfortunately, the ability could only be maintained for a month. During this time, Uchiha Yoichi was the one cooking. The dishes he made using his ability were so delicious that even Uchiha Yoichi himself was very satisfied with them.

As for the forbidden techniques he acquired, although the Flying Thunder God Technique has made some progress, Uchiha Yoichi can only teleport over a large area at present; if there are five or six Flying Thunder God imprints within a hundred square meters, the sensing may not be so accurate.

The sensor detects point A, but it might actually transmit to point B. The range is too small and there are too many imprints, making it easy to transmit incorrectly.

However, Uchiha Yoichi's training time was not very long. During this year, he focused on completing missions and had very little time for training. He also studied the Impure World Reincarnation technique, which distracted him a lot.

"Mina, you go back first. I need to go and discuss something with the Second Elder."

"I understand, Lord Yang."

Mina Uzumaki nodded, and then, as Yoichi Uchiha was about to leave, she reached out and tugged at his sleeve, asking somewhat shyly, "Yoichi-sama, are you cooking again tonight?"

"Okay, go buy some of your favorite food, I'll take care of it when I get back tonight!"

Uchiha Yang said nonchalantly, "I only have two days left to use my abilities, and all I need to do is cook a delicious meal. It's no big deal to lift a finger."

"Thank you very much, Lord Yang."

Mina Uzumaki said with a smile, then turned and walked toward the village shop.

Uchiha Yoichi then went to the Second Elder's house, presented the gifts, and took off his shoes before going inside.

"Yang Yi, I reckon you'll be back soon. Have a seat."

Kenji Uchiha looked at the young man before him, his satisfaction growing. This was the hope for the Uchiha clan's resurgence, far surpassing any Uchiha he had ever seen, and even more knowledgeable about how to develop the Uchiha clan than Madara had been back then.

"How long do you plan to stay with the tribe this time?"

After sitting down, Uchiha Yoichi said, "I'm not taking on any more high-level missions for now. I've been out there for a year, it's time to improve my strength."

However, the Third Hokage wants me to be the team leader Jonin and also wants Mina to join the medical team. I've already agreed, and I expect to receive the appointment in a few days.

"Leading a team of Jonin? Hopefully, he can assign you some good prospects, otherwise, if they lack talent, no matter how much effort you put in, it won't be of any use."

Kenji Uchiha shook his head and said, "However, becoming a Jonin leader can also train some ninjas who are on good terms with the Uchiha clan. By the way, it seems that a clansman also graduated this year. Did the Third Hokage say that you would be in charge of him?"

"I don't know. If their talent is average, I'll just use shadow clones to lead the team."

Uchiha Yoichi said that leading a team of Jonin is quite easy in the early stages; you just need to let the Genin accumulate mission experience.

"By the way, Elder Kenji, how is things within the clan?"

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