Saving the Uchiha clan starts with becoming the clan leader.

"elder brother!"

"Brother Zongxian!!"

As soon as Zongxian pushed open the door, before he could even step inside, a barrage of greetings rained down on his face. Upon closer inspection, he realized that his newly renovated office was now filled with a bunch of little kids, and he immediately understood that his afternoon nap had been wasted again.

"Fujihana, shouldn't you be in class at the ninja academy right now?"

Zongxian walked over and ruffled his sister's hair. He then turned to look at Naruto and... Sasuke standing next to him. This puzzled him. Naruto was one thing, skipping class was normal for that kid. The problem was, why was Sasuke skipping class too?

"School is so boring! They give us unsharpened shuriken to play with, it's no fun at all."

Wisteria pouted and complained.

Her little face was full of displeasure.

"Today, Fujika replaced his unsharpened shuriken with a real one. The teacher punished him by making him stand until school was over in the afternoon, so he ran away." Naruto leaned over and whispered the truth of the matter.

"I see."

Zongxian understood, but didn't take it to heart.

In times of war, six- or seven-year-old children would go to the battlefield with knives to kill. But nowadays, ninja schools are becoming more and more pampered, and the young people they train have lost the killing intent and ferocity that ninjas should have. If they were thrown onto the battlefield, it would be a good result if even one-tenth of them came back alive.

In Zongxian's view,

Ninja training

We need the real thing; those unsharpened toys are really not interesting.

Moreover, Fujika's shuriken technique was personally taught by Sogen, so he wasn't worried that Fujika would hurt herself. If she were really that stupid, she shouldn't even think about becoming a ninja; she could just go home and be a proper young lady.

"So, Sasuke, what's wrong with you today?"

Zongxian turned his gaze to the Sunny Pillar.

"Um..." Sasuke stammered, his face turning red.

Sogen looked at his little informant from the Ninja Academy, and sure enough, Naruto didn't disappoint. As soon as Sogen looked over, Naruto immediately revealed Sasuke's impressive feat at the Ninja Academy that day: under his father's urging, Sasuke had recently learned the Fireball Jutsu, and couldn't resist showing it off during combat class…

"...Blow up the teaching building?"

Zongxian's eyes widened.

"No, no, Naruto, don't talk nonsense. I just accidentally knocked down a tiny bit of the school building wall. It was really just a tiny bit. The school building is still standing perfectly fine in the school." Sasuke argued with Naruto, his face flushed. His energetic appearance made it hard to imagine that he would have become such a gloomy and cold person in the original future.

"Fireball Jutsu? You learned Fireball Jutsu so quickly?"

Zongxian took a moment to realize what was happening.

She learned the Fireball Jutsu at the age of five, which is...

Okay! It's not too surprising that he learned the Fireball Jutsu at the age of five. After all, he was the reincarnation of Indra's chakra in this life. He and Naruto both have exceptional talent. It's just that in the original future, their talents were wasted for different reasons, so they didn't shine until they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

"My father taught me."

Sasuke said very seriously.

However, when his father was mentioned, Sasuke couldn't help but smile. He didn't care whether his father was the clan leader or not. In his opinion, his father, who was no longer the clan leader, had more time to stay at home. Moreover, he had almost never seen his father smile before, but recently he had seen his father's smiling face many times.

They even spent a lot of time teaching him the Great Fireball Technique!

This was something Sasuke had never dared to imagine before!

all of these,

All of this happened after his father was no longer the clan leader, so Sasuke truly felt that it was wonderful that his father was no longer the clan leader!

"Well done! But next time you unleash a Fireball in the school, you'd better remember to aim it at an empty open space or a pond."

Sasuke blushed and agreed.

Fujika, standing to the side, curled her lip in disdain. Despite skipping class together to go to the police department, the two were actually quite distant. To be honest, Sasuke was closer to Naruto than to Fujika. Although they were all Uchiha, and although Sasuke admired Sogen…

But that's not a reason for children to become best friends!

Fujika thinks Sasuke is clingy, and Sasuke thinks Fujika is too crazy for a girl. They can't stand each other and can't get along no matter what. On the contrary, Naruto is good at getting along with everyone and can play with anyone!

correct,

Besides Fujika, Naruto, and Sasuke, Sogen's only disciple was also in the room!

As for why they ended up together... it can only be said that Kurama Murakumo loved his daughter dearly. In order to help his daughter recover her health as soon as possible, he simply rolled up her bedding and sent it directly to Sogen's house.

This is not surprising.

In the ninja community, the intimacy of the master-disciple relationship is no less than that of the father and son. Of course, this refers to true direct disciples, not students trained by Jonin. True direct disciples not only live in their master's house and train with him, but also become close to him if their master accidentally kicks the bucket one day.

The disciple can handle the master's funeral arrangements in place of the son!

that's it,

The sickly Kurama Yakumo moved into Sogen's house and naturally became acquainted with Fujika. Of course, it's hard to say whether they are friends yet; their relationship is currently that of acquaintances. It will probably be when Yakumo and Fujika can act up together that they become true friends.

"Alright, go out and play! Stop making a ruckus here." After greeting the little ones one by one, Zong Xian waved his hand and chased them all away. They were all too noisy, and he had important business to attend to later!

"Yakumo, how have you been these past few days?"

Zongxian dragged a chair and sat down in front of Yakumo.

He opened his scarlet eyes and carefully examined his disciple's condition, confirming the stability of the seal.

"It's much better than before. I tried walking around the yard this morning and didn't feel tired at all."

Yakumo nodded vigorously.

"It's good that it works. In that case... it seems I still need to study sealing techniques more thoroughly!"

Regarding the problems with his own apprentice, Zongxian thought long and hard, and there were only two possible solutions.

One approach is to find a way to strengthen Yakumo's physical energy, such as by transplanting cells from Senju or Uzumaki, in order to balance the imbalance between his spiritual and physical energy. However, this method is not currently feasible, as Sogen doesn't have any cells from Senju or Uzumaki.

Besides, he doesn't have that skill.

However, it's not like there's absolutely no way; there's still Samehada!

As for option two, which is to find a way to weaken Yakumo's overly powerful spiritual energy, either by sealing it or by directly plundering it... After careful consideration, he decided to try to see if he could seal off a portion of Yakumo's spiritual energy without using his eye power.

As for using 'Konohana Sakuya' to steal his disciple's talent to make himself stronger, Zongxian would never stoop to such a thing. This terrifyingly powerful spiritual energy is the foundation for his disciple's future rise.

finally,

Zongxian chose to take a two-pronged approach.

On one hand, he uses Samehada to slowly help Yakumo strengthen his physical energy, because he also needs to train, so it really is a slow process. On the other hand, he studies sealing techniques and tries to temporarily seal Yakumo's overly powerful spiritual energy.

Zongxian raised his hand to form a hand seal.

It summoned Samehada, who was happily feasting inside the Konoha prison.

[Chapter 50. The Messenger of the Mist Ninja! (Seeking votes! Seeking investment!)]

Samehada!

Yakumo didn't dislike Samehada, which was covered in sharp spikes, at all. Instead, she felt an unusual sense of closeness and joy. She reached out and grabbed Samehada's hilt. With Sogen watching over her, Samehada naturally behaved itself and didn't dare to cause any trouble. It extended the hilt, like a small snake, and wrapped itself around Yakumo's right arm.

"Amazing!"

Yakumo's eyes sparkled as she looked at Samehada wrapped around her arm.

Even though it wasn't the first time I'd seen it, the excitement and exhilaration I felt never faded.

This is what exists in the world of ninjas that she longs for!

"Samehada, you may begin."

Zongxian gently patted Samehada's blade. The obedient Samehada had already retracted its sharp spikes. Upon hearing Zongxian's command, it gently twisted its body, and then the hilt wrapped around Yakumo's arm tightened again. At the same time, a special kind of energy was slowly released and sent into Yakumo's body little by little by Samehada.

This is the purest body energy after Samehada has absorbed and refined it.

That is, the power of Yang Dun.

Of course, this thing can only be said to be the prototype of Yang Release power. It is still far, far away from the realm of truly infusing life into the body. However, even if it is only a prototype, it is an extremely useful elixir for Yakumo. As Samehada continuously sends body energy refined by it, Yakumo's bloodless, pale face, like a person in a painting, gradually has a touch of red.

"Yang Escape..."

Having activated his Sharingan, Sogen watched intently as Samehada transferred energy into his body.

Previously, like Yakumo, he observed everything from the perspective of the recipient. But now, looking at everything happening before his eyes from the perspective of an outsider, he indeed has different insights... Although Yin and Yang attributes are on par with water, fire, wind, thunder, and earth, in essence, Yin and Yang are indeed a higher level of existence.

Not too much time has passed.

Samehada stopped transmitting energy to its body. This was not because Samehada was drained, but because Yakumo's body had limited capacity. Everything in excess is harmful. Even the best things become deadly poison when taken in excess. Not to mention that Yakumo was born weak and deficient, so the remedy naturally had to be done with extra care.

"Yakumo, how is it?"

Zongxian asked with a concerned look.

"Master, I feel like I can kill a cow with one punch right now!" The little girl, who looked like a bean sprout, waved her slender arms, which were as thin as burdock roots, and boasted with great confidence.

"It looks like it won't be long before you can go to the Ninja Academy with Fujika and the others!"

Zong Xian played with just one finger,

Samehada immediately contracted and lay obediently on the table.

"Really? Master!"

Yakumo looked over expectantly.

"What good would it do me to lie to a little girl like you?" Zongxian smiled. "If my sealing techniques weren't a bit lacking, you might have been able to go to the ninja academy sooner."

"No! Master, I'm already very happy to be able to go to the Ninja Academy. It's okay if it's a little later."

"I'm being very obedient," Yakumo said.

"happy?"

Zongxian didn't say anything more, but simply asked someone to send his disciple to rest. Just as people need time to digest food, Yakumo's body also needs time to integrate this foreign body energy. Fortunately, this energy had already been purified and refined by Samehada, so it only takes a certain amount of time to integrate and there won't be any other problems.

He also happened to need to deal with some troublesome matters!

outside the window,

The crows kept by Zhishui were perched on the windowsill, staring at them.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.