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

"Splitting it fifty-fifty, or I'll lie down in front of your house." Uchiha Shingen refused him without any politeness, even though he knew that this guy was actually trying to comfort him.

Shingen Uchiha didn't know what Uchiha Shisui's situation was at that age in the original timeline, but in this timeline, Uchiha Shisui was recognized as the strongest of the new generation within the clan.

At that moment, Uchiha Shingen sensed a familiar gaze and turned around.

Behind him was Uchiha Shisui, also dressed in combat gear, accompanying an elder as they walked over.

Uchiha Setsuna, a heavyweight elder of the Uchiha clan.

"Shingen, you've arrived." Uchiha Setsuna looked at the boy in front of him.

While Uchiha Shisui is undoubtedly a shining star among the new generation, Uchiha Shingen is also a celebrity. His strength has increased dramatically in recent years, which has sparked discussions among his clansmen about this path.

Today's competition is meant to stop this pointless discussion.

Which one is better? We'll find out by having a competition.

"You are all indispensable forces of the Uchiha clan. Sparring is fine, but don't get carried away."

Even if you're in a bad mood, otherwise, how can I watch you embroider?

"You two get ready, we'll begin once Uchiha Fugaku arrives."

We should get started now, it's so boring here.

After saying something he didn't mean, Uchiha Setsuna went upstairs in an instant, his figure perfectly embodying the meaning of "still vigorous in old age."

Several Jonin who came with him greeted the two of them and went upstairs as well.

The clansmen who were originally gathered on the first floor also went upstairs to sit down when they saw this.

After a while, Uchiha Fugaku arrived, bringing his son, the most filial son from the original timeline.

Five-year-old Itachi Uchiha still has a baby face and looks like a little thinker. However, his thinker mode instantly breaks when he sees Shisui Uchiha, and he waves happily.

Fugaku Uchiha didn't say much, and took his young child upstairs.

The audience was already in their seats. Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Shisui exchanged a glance, leaped onto the arena, and stood on opposite sides.

They were dressed exactly the same, and even their weapons were the same—both were short swords.

In the audience, the voices of the tribesmen gradually thinned out, and eventually the arena fell silent.

"Let's begin," Uchiha Setsuna's voice rang out.

The two figures disappeared at the same moment, and a clanging sound was heard in the air, but no one was seen.

In the audience, one by one, the clansmen activated their Sharingan. Uchiha Setsuna rested his chin on one hand, watching with great interest as he opened his three-tomoe Sharingan.

"He's quite capable," the old man muttered.

At this moment, dozens of scarlet eyes were fixed on the scene.

The two figures were almost blurred together; their ability to teleport was so advanced that it could be described as divine.

It's only natural that "Shisui" has such mastery of the technique of teleportation, but another person did not gain fame on the battlefield because of it.

The next moment, everyone saw that the two people in the arena had also activated their crimson Yin Release Eyes.

Like ink dissolving in water, their afterimages filled the arena.

Satisfaction deepened in Uchiha Setsuna's eyes, while Uchiha Fugaku remained silent.

After another collision, Uchiha Shingen and Uchiha Shisui simultaneously used the shockwave to bounce off to either side.

Halfway there, several shuriken flew out from Shisui's sleeve, and in a second, eight hand seals were completed, maintaining the posture of a "Yin" seal.

The shuriken multiplied in mid-air, creating two, then three, until they formed a dense, continuous swarm that enveloped Uchiha Shingen.

This technique, created by the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi based on the Shadow Clone Technique, is a highly practical battlefield ninjutsu.

But Uchiha Shingen simply raised his hand and slashed, the wind sweeping across the arena, causing all the shuriken to fall back and attack Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui's expression remained unchanged. He formed hand seals again, and the shuriken shadow clones exploded in mid-air, instantly enveloping the arena in smoke.

The next moment, a massive fireball, large enough to occupy half the arena, broke through the smoke, illuminating the figure of Uchiha Shingen.

Bathed in the light of the flames, everyone saw that Uchiha Shingen had only formed one hand seal.

The temperature of the air in the arena, which had been scorching hot, suddenly dropped.

White waves rolled and churned, like silver flowers in full bloom.

The surging steam brought a refreshing coolness to the people in the audience.

White replaced red.

The water barrier, like ocean waves, blocked the flames in front of it. It relentlessly expanded its power, forming a violently rotating vortex that completely protected the caster from all angles.

"Senju Tobirama's Water Release technique?" Uchiha Setsuna raised an eyebrow.

Hearing about it before was one thing, but seeing it now is another.

If it weren't for Tobirama Senju's technique, he would have been spinning upside down on the spot.

“According to Shingen, he mastered it,” Fugaku Uchiha added from the side.

"Then he should learn Wood Release; that's even more powerful." Uchiha Setsuna snorted and continued reading.

The Great Fireball Technique of Uchiha Shisui had completely disappeared, and the layers of white waves gradually dispersed, revealing the figure of Uchiha Shingen.

In the audience, the tribespeople were discussing it animatedly.

The fact that he could easily unleash such a large-scale water jutsu in such a dry environment further elevated the clan members' opinion of Uchiha Shingen.

Although everyone knew he was powerful in Water Release, it wasn't until his opponent was Uchiha Shisui that they realized this fellow clansman's Water Release was no ordinary feat.

The incredible Body Flicker Technique, and that exaggerated Water Release technique.

The Uchiha members present, disregarding the fact that their leader was still nearby, began to discuss the matter amongst themselves.

This competition is going to be interesting.

Chapter 18: You Can Do It Like This Too

As he watched the water gradually disperse ahead, Uchiha Shisui finally understood why all his predecessors in history hated water-style techniques.

On the battlefield of Kirigakure, the Uchiha generally felt that Water Release techniques were actually not that great.

In particular, Uchiha Shisui only practiced one of the five elemental releases: fire release. Because of his focus, he mastered fire release exceptionally well. His fire release was powerful and hot, and it was common for him to evaporate the water releases of the Mist Ninja.

Although he hadn't used his full power in the previous fireball attack, Uchiha Shisui was still unconvinced that it had been so easily neutralized by Uchiha Shingen.

He decided to vaporize his cousin's water-escape technique to prove to everyone that he wasn't only skilled in body-flickering and illusion techniques.

In the Uchiha clan, strength is the only passport to achieving one's ideals.

"Hmm?" Uchiha Shisui suddenly felt something was wrong.

The Water Release: Water Wall technique will immediately disintegrate after it has completed its defensive mission.

But ahead, although the layers of water barriers are being peeled away one by one, the water barriers themselves still appear to be solidified.

They changed techniques?

Just then, Uchiha Shingen's figure finally emerged from the gradually disintegrating water barrier.

The handprint has been changed.

The water layer, which was already exhausted and resembled withered petals, seemed to pause for a moment as if time had been frozen.

The next second, the water flow rapidly reversed, the volume of water surged, and layer upon layer, revealing ten dragon heads.

The dragon heads are lifelike, appearing and disappearing in the waves. They spread their bodies and swim like real, living creatures.

It is said that the tailed beasts have a very lazy way of fighting: they stretch out their tails and spin around in place, leveling everything in their path.

In Uchiha Shingen's view, simply copying the techniques of his predecessors was meaningless.

"Water escape, ten dragons rush forth."

He named the technique.

Like a giant beast spreading its tail, ten dragons stirred up the surging waves beneath them, rotating counterclockwise around Uchiha Shingen at high speed, creating a raging storm.

Everything on the arena, including Uchiha Shisui, was effortlessly swept away and became part of the raging torrent.

The rapid, high-pressure water waves instantly caused the martial arts gym to make a sound as if it were on the verge of collapse.

Although they felt the restaurant could still hold on, everyone unanimously opened the windows, ready to jump.

However, both the large vortex of water covering the arena and the large plumes of water vapor constantly gushing upwards in front of them were eye-opening experiences for them.

Water escape techniques can be used in this way.

Everyone knew that neither Uchiha Shisui nor Uchiha Shingen were really competing; they were just sparring, not fighting to the death, and were both holding back.

The whirlpool in front of us looks like something that's meant to be used on the battlefield.

When Uchiha Shingen killed someone using Water Release, he never left a complete corpse.

The Uchiha clan's greatest skill is genjutsu (illusionary techniques), which allows them to kill without shedding blood.

The Jonin watched intently, seeing everything clearly.

Those objects that were rolled up and approached Uchiha Shingen were shredded as soon as they got a little too close.

These surging waves are both the caster's shield and spear, combining offense and defense. And if the caster also possesses the Sharingan's insight, then there is no other way to break through except by forcefully using even greater power.

The only thing that puzzled the Jonin was that the Sharingan was not the Byakugan, and its blind spots were the same as those of ordinary people. However, Uchiha Shingen did not seem to have this in mind. He made no adjustments to his body at all, but precisely shredded any debris that might threaten his location.

Even if something approaches from behind.

Was he using the water wall as a mirror? But the water around Uchiha Shingen was constantly flowing at a high speed, so using it as a mirror didn't seem quite right.

The Jonin were puzzled.

Uchiha Setsuna and Uchiha Fugaku were also speculating.

They had a nagging feeling that perhaps the least likely answer was the truth.

“I remember when I was a child, there was a saying in the ninja world about the Hyuga clan.” Uchiha Setsuna looked at Uchiha Fugakuyama, “Back then, like us, not most of the clan members could awaken their Sharingan or use ninjutsu to fight.”

"Was there really such a saying?" Fugaku Uchiha replied calmly.

When Uchiha Setsuna was young, it was the late Warring States period. In that era when ninja clans and ninjas were completely synonymous, every ninja clan had a lot of "unofficial histories" of unknown authenticity.