I have a bunch of relatives who want to become Hokage.

"I understand." Uchiha Shingen handed the intelligence scroll back. "It shouldn't be long. If I do encounter any ninjas from the underworld, I'll act accordingly."

“It’s good that you know what’s going on.” Minato Namikaze nodded. “Alright, go ahead. If it takes more than a month, go back to the village and take a look around. Don’t end up like Jiraiya-sensei, where you don’t see him for months.”

"it is good."

After reporting his arrival, Uchiha Shingen turned and set off.

Chapter 42 This place has been taken over by Konoha

After leaving Konoha, Uchiha Shingen first went to the Land of Hot Springs.

It was not for any other reason than to destroy any spells left in the armory.

I was in a rush and didn't have time to make it.

The technique definitely has to be destroyed. Although it was just a supporting technique and the risk of it falling out wouldn't be too great, it would still be bad if someone else got their hands on it.

He's always the one who gets freebies from others; when has he ever been the one who gets freebies from others?

This isn't a matter of technique; it's a matter of principle in being a person.

Uchiha Shingen first ran all the way to the border, and then followed the original route to the mountainous area in the northwest.

He was still very careful, after all, the Yunren had already "redeemed" Nanguan City.

Since even the gold exchange has missions, the Cloud Ninja probably won't let it go either.

The ninjas in the underworld are only after money, while the Cloud Ninjas have just been attacked and are determined to find out what happened.

Along the way, Uchiha Shingen began to discover traces of ninja activity.

Judging from the traces, there were quite a few people, but they were scattered.

It was probably left behind by underworld ninjas who lost or defected from the organization.

After losing their organization, these ninjas will have no "comrades". Even if they form teams, it will only be driven by self-interest, and there will be little trust and cooperation.

There are reasons why the various ninja villages look down on these ninjas.

As Uchiha Shingen drew closer, more and more traces appeared, including signs of a battle.

After venturing into the mountains, they even discovered several explosive tag traps.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, he defused the trap and confiscated the explosive tags.

He didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique. Although he had no shortage of chakra, he still wanted to conserve it in case the enemy outnumbered him.

Following the winding mountain road, Uchiha Shingen entered the depths of the dense forest.

He also encountered an enemy for the first time.

The other person had a cut on their headband; they were a rogue ninja.

Hidden in the mist.

This is not surprising. Since the Third Mizukage implemented the Blood Mist Policy, Kirigakure has been producing a large number of rogue ninja, almost occupying half of the rogue ninja world.

There are very few truly powerful ones; most are mid- to low-ranking ninjas who fled during the war.

The rogue ninja saw Uchiha Shingen's face clearly halfway through his attack.

He turned and ran.

Then his head was severed by a chop that crackled with lightning.

Since upgrading to three tomoe, no ninja below the rank of Jonin has ever successfully used the Substitution Jutsu in front of him.

"Crazy..." Muttered to himself, Uchiha Shingen continued on his way.

He activated the Lightning Release: Body Flicker Technique, treating it as a form of training.

Among the techniques of Body Flicker Technique, Lightning Release Body Flicker Technique is the fastest, bar none.

After Uchiha Shingen digested the principles of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he recorded the technique and the Lightning Release Taijutsu he modified based on those principles into the Uchiha Library.

There are actually quite a few members of the Uchiha clan who can manipulate lightning nature transformations.

Few people use Wind Release techniques; Wind Nature Transformation is quite rare in the Land of Fire.

The idiom "swift as the wind and lightning" truly applies to Uchiha Shingen now.

Arcs of electricity generated by the Lightning Release technique flashed repeatedly through the forest.

As the crimson sun reached its highest point in the sky, Uchiha Shingen arrived at the location of his armory.

The seal is still intact, there are just a few more people.

About five or six ninjas were attempting to break the seal with actions that Uchiha Shingen considered quite unprofessional.

After activating his Sharingan and carefully checking his surroundings to confirm that there were only a few people around, Uchiha walked out.

These people didn't even notice that he had been squatting there for half a day, which seemed like a waste of his time.

No one shouted "Who goes there?" They were all people who made a living in the underworld, so they didn't have the desire to chat. When the ninjas saw Uchiha Shingen appear, they were first startled, and then they drew their weapons.

They each maintained a "safe distance".

Uchiha Shingen's identity is self-evident; he was dressed in Konoha ninja attire.

Their first reaction was to suspect each other, believing that someone had made a deal with Konoha.

"Stop guessing, no one made a deal with me." Uchiha Shingen interrupted their overly dramatic inner monologues. "Konoha has taken over this place, you can leave."

"Konoha ninja, such a request is impossible... I'm sorry! I've disturbed you!"

One ninja initially spoke in a tough tone, but halfway through his sentence, he saw Uchiha Shingen activate his three-tomoe Sharingan, and his attitude completely changed. He quickly bowed and disappeared.

The others reacted a little slower, but took the same actions.

"So you're a Jonin from Konoha. Why didn't you say so sooner? I didn't see anything. I'm leaving now."

"Oh dear, the person who issued the quest has left, so this place has nothing to do with me anymore."

"Um... Jonin-sama, I'm just making some money. I have absolutely no intention of going against Konoha. I'll leave immediately."

The group of people slipped away in the blink of an eye.

Uchiha Shingen didn't make things difficult for them.

Although it sounds far-fetched, Konoha Village needs to maintain a certain size for its gold exchange center and the wandering ninjas who make a living there.

Konoha is the village that posts the most missions at the Gold Exchange every year.

Konoha Village has the largest number of ninjas, but there are many things that Konoha ninjas cannot do.

After Minato Namikaze reorganized the Anbu, the Konoha Anbu members, who were working hard to improve their intelligence gathering capabilities, also realized the value of the Exchange Shop platform. They collected a lot of useful information through this platform.

After the group had all left, Uchiha Shingen squatted down to examine his seal.

Although it was tried on in a haphazard way, the sealing technique was not structurally damaged and is still usable.

Uchiha Shingen's hands moved swiftly through various hand seals before he slammed his hand on the ground.

The runes, like tadpoles, swam up the cliff, and the door reappeared.

Uchiha Shingen went inside.

The first thing that catches the eye is the rows of coffins that have been opened and are empty inside.

Uchiha Shingen walked to the nearest coffin, touched it, and the spell on it began to crumble.

Visually, it looks like ink being washed away with water, as if it is "dissolving".

But Uchiha Shingen had to do it one by one.

There's no other way but to erase these techniques, we have to use this clumsy method.

When about half of it had been wiped away, someone came in.

The image is very vivid.

"Someone beat me to it," the man said in a low voice, his eyes like sunglasses.

Uchiha Shingen glanced at him, then with a backhand, he dispelled another spell.

"Kakuzu, there's no money for you here. Go back."

"Konoha's Anbu?" The future financial director of Akatsuki wasn't angry, he just asked.

Of course he's not angry; Konoha is one of his biggest financial backers.

Even if there's no business for him now, he's not an enemy.

Or rather, Kakuzu has no interest in anything other than money.

Seeing that the Konoha ninjas in front of him ignored him and continued to destroy the jutsu, Kakuzu thought that this was probably the so-called "legacy".

So he walked up to a coffin, raised his hand, and lifted the coffin lid.

"This should be able to be exchanged for money, right..." He hoisted the coffin lid onto his shoulder and prepared to leave.

A flame ignited in the darkness.

From a great distance, an arrow made of flame shot over and struck the coffin lid that Kakuzu had just lifted. The powerful force sent the lid flying from Kakuzu's hand and rolling onto the floor beside him.

Chapter 43 This is a good ninjutsu

The coffin lid slammed to the ground with a bang and cracked in the middle.

Kakuzu looked down, and the flames covered the spell, "wiping" it away.

"The Sharingan's eye technique."

Kakuzu withdrew his gaze; he had seen this technique before.

In other words, the person in front of me is not a member of the Konoha Anbu, but a powerful member of the Uchiha clan.

"I thought that no one in the Uchiha clan knew how to use this technique anymore."

As one of the few ninjas in the current ninja world who doesn't care about the name Uchiha at all, Kakuzu has the right to say such things.

He actually fought Hashirama Senju in a real battle.

However, when Hashirama Senju started "seriously clapping with both hands to keep the beat," he got beaten up.