Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 16 Hunting Part 2

Uchiha Ryuka and his companion Uchiha Yukito, who was a year older than him, did not wait there for long.

Yukito, who is already a first-year student at the Ninja Academy, is fine, but Uchiha Ryuka, who is only six years old and about to enroll in the Ninja Academy, is impatient.

"They're finally here!" He shouted as he spotted Uchiha Mamoru in the distance, barely able to contain his excitement, almost jumping for joy.

"Calm down, Dragonfire. What we need to do now is find a safe place to hide and not disturb the prey..." his companion, Uchiha Yukito, reminded him. Unlike him, Uchiha Yukito, who had several hunting experiences, was quite calm, and secretly shook his head to himself.

"A kid is a kid, not everyone is as mature as Toshiro." Hmm... the word "calm" seems to have originated from Toshiro Uchiha's mouth...

He patted Uchiha Ryuka on the shoulder, looked up and gestured to the big tree beside him. He crouched slightly, pushed off with his feet, and in a few quick steps, climbed up a branch about five meters above the ground in the middle of the tree.

Not to be outdone, Uchiha Ryuka also scrambled up the tree, hiding behind the dense branches, quietly waiting and observing, his movements quite practiced.

These are all the results of Toshiro Uchiha's subtle influence over the past two years. The game "Werewolf" has a great educational effect, and the direct result is that the adults in the Uchiha clan have found that their children are becoming increasingly difficult to fool over the past two years.

Hunting, a novel game for six- or seven-year-old children, greatly enhanced their enthusiasm for cultivation.

At the very least, they had to be able to successfully complete tree-climbing training—the bare minimum requirement. This forced them to work even harder than usual. At the same time, basic ninja skills such as shuriken and kunai throwing, trap setting, hand signals, and simple teamwork were all trained in advance.

Uchiha Toshiro's actions were based on careful consideration. During the Third Shinobi World War, a more cautious approach might have allowed him to survive. However, after the Nine-Tails' massacre of his clan, without awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan and successfully mastering Sage Mode, surviving alone would be incredibly difficult.

His clanmates, who were around the same age as him, were probably just over 20 at the time, the golden age for a ninja to mature from naivety.

I just don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Through the gaps in the leaves, a distant figure slowly came into view. From small to large, it gradually became clearer.

At this moment, Uchiha En, who was running ahead, was already out of breath, covered in sweat, and his face was extremely pale due to tension.

Ahead of him lay a narrow path, a rare passageway through the forest. In the middle of the path, a patch of land covered with dead branches and leaves, lay his destination.

He turned around and threw the last few shuriken from the ninja tool bag behind him at the wild boar, which made it let out another scream and launch a new charge at him.

He gathered his strength and leaped high over the trap, which was deliberately left undisguised to warn him, a newcomer. Although he stumbled upon landing due to nervousness, making his forward run rather awkward, none of that mattered at this moment.

He heard a muffled thud behind him—the sound of prey falling into a trap. This was followed by the piercing scream of a wild boar, a rectangular pit that Uchiha Yukito and Yan had deliberately prepared for it.

The trap was poorly set up, even crudely constructed. The simple pit wasn't deep, only sixty or seventy centimeters. At the bottom of the pit were several kunai with their blades facing upwards, their handles firmly tied to sturdy tree branches. The branches were then inserted into the bottom of the trap until the rings at the ends of the kunai pressed against the ground.

Driven by rage, the prey, the target of the trap, staged a true "pig charge," stepping into the snare. The momentum from its high-speed sprint, its own weight, and its soft belly exposed beneath the kunai all seemed to foreshadow its fate.

"Finally, we succeeded!" Remembering his companion's reminder, he mustered his last bit of strength and rushed up a tree next to Uchiha Ryūka. Uchiha En was panting heavily, still shaken.

With his physical abilities, a distance of eight or nine hundred meters should have been no problem for him. However, the wild beast chasing after him and the tension of being bait for the first time caused his adrenaline to surge rapidly, and his physical strength was being depleted at several times the usual rate. After only a short run, he already felt completely exhausted.

"Haha, it's finally my turn to shine!" Uchiha Ryuka, who could no longer contain his excitement, leaped down from the tree.

"Oh no!" x2

"Idiot!" x2

"That idiot!"

These are the sounds made by Uchiha Ryuka's friends because of his recklessness. Although the pronunciations are different, the meanings are the same...

The crude trap failed to ensnare the wild boar; the fear following its severe injury unleashed a power greater than usual. In a flash, it broke free from the trap. Driven by its injuries and fear, it lowered its head and charged towards the suddenly appearing figure, launching its final, desperate attack.

Uchiha Ryuka, who had just jumped down from the tree and was slowly walking towards the trap, was caught off guard by this sudden turn of events. He thought that "the matter was settled," but when he saw the wild boar charging at him with a fierce aura, his limbs went weak and he couldn't even make a move to dodge.

At this critical moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside him and kicked him, sending him flying two or three meters away.

"I'm saved!" He breathed a huge sigh of relief!

Despite being kicked, Uchiha Ryuka, who was saved as a result, suddenly felt a slight urge to defecate.

Uchiha Toshiro, who had just kicked Uchiha Ryuka away, didn't have time to think about that.

Facing the wild boar charging at him, he turned and ran. Chakra gathered beneath his feet, and in a few steps, he leaped onto the large tree from which Uchiha Ryuho had jumped. Then, with a powerful push, he performed a somersault, circling around the boar from in front of him to behind.

Losing its target, the wild boar, fueled by fear, sprang into action and, unable to brake, crashed into a large tree with a loud thud!

At this moment, Uchiha Toshiro finally drew the small katana he had carried with him since the start of the journey.

"The Secret Techniques of Konoha... The Essence of Taijutsu..."

(End of this chapter)