Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

Saving the Uchiha Clan Begins with Becoming the Clan Leader Author: Zi Ying Jiu Xiao

Name: Uchiha Sogen

Inherent Skill: Mana Release (Fire)

Noble Phantasms: [Knights Never Die Bare-Handed], [Samehada]

Target Noble Phantasms: [Amazuma Spear], [Totsuka Blade], [Yata Mirror], [Uchiha Fan], [Kusanagi Sword - Sky Blade], etc.

Life motto: What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine! —by a certain chubby tiger

[1. Chapter One: Knights Never Die Bare-Handed]

The climate in Konoha Village in April is the most comfortable and pleasant, neither too cold nor too hot. The gentle spring breeze sways the cherry blossom branches, and pink and white petals fall like rain, attracting passersby to stop and admire them.

This is the perfect time to enjoy the flowers.

However, not everyone has the leisure to enjoy the spring scenery and flowers. The Konoha Ninja Academy is also entering its annual enrollment season. The flood of application forms is exhausting all the faculty and staff. Senior students graduate in March, and new students enroll in April... These two months are the most tiring every year.

"Hey, have you heard? That fox spirit enrolled this year too."

"Really? Letting that kind of monster into the ninja academy? My son is also enrolling this year... Damn it, what are those people up there thinking?"

"Shh!"

"Keep your voice down, don't talk nonsense. The Hokage must have his reasons for doing this. Just keep your kids away from that fox spirit."

At the gate of the ninja academy, parents and relatives gathered in twos and threes to send their children to school. News about a boy who was actually a fox spirit enrolling in the academy quickly spread among most of the parents. The atmosphere suddenly became very strange, especially when the blond boy appeared on the street in front of the school gate.

Disgusted and contemptuous gazes, whispers that could be heard clearly...

The boy lowered his head and dragged his heavy steps toward the school.

"Brother, hurry up, we're going to be late!"

"How could we be late? Look at that little kid in front of us, he just arrived too! Teng Hua, stop pulling! You're going to tear my sleeve if you keep pulling!"

At the end of the street,

The little girl tugged at her brother's sleeve and charged forward like a missile launcher.

The boy, lost in the bleak reality of walking ahead, was completely unaware of the attack from behind. Caught off guard, he was knocked face-first into the mud by the girl, landing on his backside with his buttocks sticking up high, looking absolutely awful.

"See! Wisteria, I told you not to run! What if you hurt someone now?"

"How could it possibly be damaged? Brother, don't scare me."

The girl, clearly annoyed, kicked her brother's shin.

"Stop, stop, stop, Fujika, it was my fault, stop kicking me, you're going to break my bones." Uchiha Sogen raised his hands in surrender, jumping and dodging his sister's attacks, who had transformed into a shinbone destroyer.

"Hey, are you alright?"

Uchiha Fujika, who hadn't even landed a kick, turned her head away from her mischievous brother and focused her gaze on the blond-haired boy she had bumped into.

"······fine."

The boy got up, showing no intention of pursuing the matter. He dusted himself off and turned to leave.

"Why are you running? Are you also a freshman enrolling today?"

Uchiha Fujika called out to the boy.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

The boy reached up and scratched his messy blond hair, looking at the girl in front of him with great surprise.

The girl glared angrily at the blond-haired man in front of her, clearly annoyed by his nonsensical answer. "Who's afraid of you! You're clearly a boy, and you're not even as tall as me. You look like an easy target... Here's what we'll do! As compensation for knocking you down, I'll protect you at the Ninja Academy from now on. If anyone bullies you, just tell me, and I'll beat them up for you."

"Huh?"

The boy stood there dumbfounded, as if he had no idea what had happened.

"What are you standing there for? We'll be late if we don't hurry up and leave."

The girl... Uchiha Fujika sighed, rubbing her forehead. The first little brother she received after enrolling seemed a bit slow and not very smart!

"Hey, Teng Hua, you're already recruiting followers so quickly!"

Uchiha Munen looked the boy up and down.

He had a head of messy, bird's nest-like blond hair, bright blue eyes, and three whiskers on each side of his face. He wore a black short-sleeved shirt and white shorts... But if you looked closer, you would see an extremely powerful seal on the boy's body.

Naruto Uzumaki, the third Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha.

"Brother, you're so annoying! Go back now! We don't need you here anymore." Uchiha Fujika angrily pushed away her unscrupulous brother who always loved to tease her. "Hurry up and go! Don't you still have a mission? Go to work, and don't forget the gift you promised me for starting school."

"You haven't forgotten? I just said it casually. Besides, what does a five-year-old need a small sword for? I'll make you a wooden sword to play with later."

"I don't care, I have to keep my promise. If you dare to lie to me, I'll tell Mom you're bullying me."

"······Wine flower."

Uchiha Sogen's voice suddenly turned low. He put his hand on his sister's shoulder and said seriously, "Remember this, tattling is a privilege for children. Now that you've entered the Ninja Academy, you're a reserve ninja. If your classmates find out about this childish thing, they'll laugh at you."

“You have to keep your promises. That’s what Grandpa said. Brother, don’t try to fool me. I won’t fall for your tricks.”

Once bitten, twice shy; after being fooled so many times, the little girl developed a resistance.

Uchiha Fujika made a face, grabbed her newly recruited underling, and dashed into the school.

"Don't run so fast, be careful not to bump into someone... You really don't learn your lesson at all!" Uchiha Sogen stood outside the school gate watching his sister and the blond-haired guy's backs disappear into the lobby of the teaching building, slowly retracting his long, outstretched neck.

Today is the first day of school. In order to help students adapt to school life as soon as possible, parents are no longer allowed to enter the school. Dropping them off at the school gate is the limit.

“Brother Zongxian.”

“Brother Zongxian.”

A somewhat familiar greeting came from behind me.

Uchiha Munen turned around and saw two figures, one tall and one short. "It's Itachi! Is this... sending Sasuke to school?" Standing in front of him were Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke, the brothers from the clan head's family.

"Is that so? Brother Zongxian, you are also..." Uchiha Itachi's words were interrupted before he could finish.

"Fujika and Sasuke are the same age! By the way, Sasuke, you're also in Class A, right?"

"Yes, I'm in Class A."

“That’s perfect. I need to entrust you with a task. I wonder if you dare to accept it?” Uchiha Sogen squatted down and looked at the little Sasuke as he spoke.

"What task? Just give it to me, I guarantee I'll complete it."

Sunny Pillar, still in his tiny form, got excited. Boys his age are most enthusiastic about ninja games, especially since this was a mission entrusted to him by his famous older brother, Sogen... He agreed without even thinking and didn't even ask what the mission was.

good boy!

At this age, Sunny Pillar is still a proper good kid from the Uchiha clan who hasn't been poisoned by talk-no-jutsu. He's much more lovable than his older brother who always thinks about sacrificing his own family for the greater good!

"This is a long-term task."

Uchiha Sogen cleared his throat. "This year, only you and Fujika are from our Uchiha clan who have entered the Ninja Academy. You and Fujika can be said to be carrying the honor of our Uchiha clan in the Ninja Academy. Fujika is a girl... So, Sasuke, don't hold back. Use your strength to tell those people in the academy that we Uchiha are the strongest in Konoha."

"Uh-huh!!!"

Sasuke Uchiha's face flushed with excitement. He nodded vigorously, puffed out his chest, and made a promise, "Brother Zongxian, don't worry, I will never disgrace the name of our Uchiha clan."

just,

Itachi Uchiha, standing to the side, frowned slightly.

"Oh! That's ambitious."

Uchiha Sogen patted Sunny Pillar on the shoulder and encouraged him, "Sasuke, if you can get first place in all the exams at the Ninja Academy this year, I can give you a chakra weapon!"

"Really?"

"I never lie."

Chakra weapons are weapons incorporating special metals that possess different properties such as absorption, conduction, extension, enhancement, and conservation. Due to their high forging difficulty and large market demand, a good chakra weapon is extremely valuable, and even ordinary Jonin cannot afford a suitable one.

Although Uchiha Sasuke was only five years old, his family background instilled in him an understanding of the value of chakra weapons.

So what if we just take first place?

He won't lose to those stupid classmates.

The cheerful Sunny Pillar rushed into the school.

Only Uchiha Sogen and Uchiha Itachi remained standing outside the school gate.

“Brother Zongxian.”

"what happened?"

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's identity is sensitive, and our clan... it's best not to have too much contact with him."

"Hmm... Itachi, you've grown up too! You're even starting to tell me what to do!"

“Brother Zongxian, that’s not what I meant, I just…” Itachi Uchiha tried to explain.

"Haha! Just kidding." Uchiha Sogen laughed. "Don't worry, I'm not interested in the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but I won't stop Fujika from making friends. Since the Hokage allowed the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to enter the Ninja Academy, it should be fine for children to interact, right?"

"...Brother Zongxian, I have said too much."

"It's alright, it's alright, you're doing this for the family!"

Uchiha Sogen waved his hand, maintaining that fake smile.

"Itachi, if you have something to do, go do it! There's no need for you to waste your time here with someone as idle as me."

"Well... please forgive my rudeness." Uchiha Itachi politely took his leave and headed towards the Hokage Building... As he watched that still quite short figure fade from view, Uchiha Sogen's smile gradually disappeared, leaving only a chilling coldness in his eyes.

Uchiha Itachi!

In his memory, this was a cold-blooded monster who would slaughter an entire clan for his younger brother and the village!

It's important to know that the Uchiha clan isn't all those snobbish, arrogant people. There are also many elderly people and children in the clan! There are also many ordinary people who have never awakened their Sharingan and aren't even ninjas. However, regardless of age or gender, whether you're a sixty- or seventy-year-old man or a toddler, they were all wiped out.

Uchiha Sogen felt nothing but wary disgust towards this cold-blooded junior; he couldn't muster any goodwill whatsoever.

If you start as an orphan who has been bullied by your clan, that's one thing. If you have a cheat code, you can fake your death to avoid Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, those cold-blooded villains who killed their master and parents. You can then find another place to hide and slowly develop your skills. Once you've mastered your skills, you can avenge your dead clan members.

The problem is that his parents are both alive, he has many relatives and friends, his family is warm and harmonious, and he has an adorable younger sister...