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

He came to this village incognito, not for pleasure, but for some reason, he walked into the izakaya without thinking.

Shingen Uchiha was seen as a useful pawn by Zetsu, who refused to give him up, but in Zetsu's heart, he was a despicable person.

But this bitch is really strong.

Obito Uchiha wanted to uncover the other party's secrets, and in all his memory, Shingen Uchiha's life and training trajectory were inseparable from one place—the izakaya (Japanese pub).

I've heard that nonsense about tea containing three jade beads countless times.

So he went in.

He had a blank expression the whole time.

Finally, when he came out of the store, he felt nothing.

That dog-man couldn't speak clearly, and he hadn't figured out anything after drinking for half a day.

Could it be that the recipe for Konoha's sake is different in some way?

Or is it that... Uchiha Shingen was actually on drugs!?

Obito Uchiha thought it was the latter. It's not uncommon for ninjas to take drugs. Although the Uchiha clan is small, it's not unheard of.

These ninjas make rapid progress in the early stages, but this always leads to physical problems.

Obito Uchiha thought that the dog must be on drugs.

[Hmph! All that fancy talk, but it's nothing special!]

Feeling much better, he prepared to leave.

"Please don't leave, guest!"

A dancer ran out and grabbed Uchiha Obito, her pretty face beaming.

Obito Uchiha almost threw her off, but he held back, not wanting to reveal his true identity as a foreign businessman with his face wrapped in bandages, claiming he was disfigured.

The Cloud Ninja didn't care whether the merchant was disfigured or not; Obito Uchiha's goods were all top-quality, so he entered smoothly.

But that's not what the dancer saw.

The men of the Land of Lightning are generally quite rough around the edges. The population of this country is a mix of black and white, with no middle ground.

Black men are generally burly and don't understand what gentleness is.

The pretty boys tend to emulate the dark-skinned men in terms of personality, and they are most concerned about being told that they don't behave like men.

The girls of the Land of Lightning are generally as hot as they are hot, but as the saying goes, you crave what you lack; deep down, they all like gentle and delicate men.

To them, a man who constantly uses the slang "I" is no different from a wild bull, but if he's a man from the Land of Fire, they'll find him very manly.

Like the izakayas in Konoha, the izakayas in Kumogakure also offer a variety of services. Of course, the extent to which they offer these services depends on the mood of the girls.

This young lady from the Land of Lightning, who was used to seeing all sorts of roughnecks, was attracted by the upright fire-man vibe that Obito Uchiha exuded.

She couldn't be mistaken. Although the man was bandaged, the skin on his exposed hands was delicate, far superior to that of men from the plateau. His speech and manners also showed good upbringing. Most importantly, although he had ordered the girls to dance, he was very gentlemanly, simply and attentively appreciating their dance moves.

They're nowhere near as good as those roughnecks in the village!

Such a high-quality young man, if she doesn't keep him to be her... no, to marry him, she would be unworthy of being a woman of the Land of Thunder.

The women of the Land of Lightning are known for their passionate love and hate; they take the initiative when it comes to love, unlike those fake women of the Land of Fire.

To put it bluntly, the ideal partner for both men and women in the Land of Lightning is someone from the Land of Fire.

Men from the Land of Lightning like demure, shy women who are easily charmed, but they look down on men from the Land of Fire, calling them sissies.

Women in the Land of Lightning prefer men with gentle personalities who dote on girls, and a touch of assertiveness is incredibly charming. However, they consider the pretentious women of the Land of Fire to be little bitches.

"Guests..." the dancer said shyly, "Don't be in such a hurry to leave."

Obito Uchiha: "???"

Damn it, this woman is dressed so scantily, and she was already twirling around in front of him before. What is she trying to do now?

He still held back.

Tell yourself not to get angry, work is the priority.

"Sorry, young lady, I still have work to do."

The dancer opened her mouth and almost started the car.

She held back.

Tell yourself not to reveal anything, so as not to scare away the guy.

She looked at Obito Uchiha with eyes that seemed to be overflowing with moisture, only to receive a domineering "Don't touch me" look in return.

I can't take it anymore! I'm going to die! I've totally charmed her!

She decided to quit her job. She was determined to let this young man know that she was an artist, not a prostitute, and that she was a good girl!

"Oh..." She released Obito with great grievance, and for the first time, she felt that although this profession was free, it was not good.

Obito Uchiha had no idea why the dancer's emotions were so unpredictable, but he was pleased that she was so sensible and was happy to be nicer to her.

Perhaps he himself didn't realize that when he was out and about, he always acted in accordance with his grandmother's teachings when facing ordinary people. This made him very polite when speaking to people, but also very insistent on the core principles.

"I'm sorry, that's just my personality, I might not be the most tactful. Please don't take offense," Obito Uchiha said gently, then strode away.

The Hidden Cloud Village is still moving too slowly. Tonight, he'll add fuel to the fire!

The power of Konoha Village must be weakened! And the Uchiha clan, you better perform well and become stronger!

What happened in Chapter Eight?

In the training room of the Uchiha clan compound in Konoha Village, an Uchiha ninja is training.

The blinding flash of lightning indicated that he was practicing the transformation of lightning properties.

However, the results on the target were not satisfactory.

Uchiha Shingen withdrew the electric light from his hand, carefully examined the target, and was quite disappointed.

Proficiency is indeed not that easy to improve.

Of the seven nature transformations of chakra, the special characteristics of Yin and Yang are not discussed here, but the Five Elements are something that everyone can master, and they belong to the regular nature transformations of chakra.

There are two ways to master it: either you are naturally good at it and your proficiency is already at the passing level from the beginning, then you don't need to learn the basics, you just need to max out your proficiency.

Another type is one that has no innate skill level, starting with 0 proficiency. In this case, one can only rely on grinding proficiency to build it up, which is much more difficult.

Most people are not naturally good at many types of nature transformations; having only one is considered normal. Since the generating and restraining relationships of the five elements are an important factor in ninjutsu battles, a ninja will be proficient in at least two nature transformations when he is promoted to Jonin. If he is only born with one, he will have to work hard to learn the other one.

People like Hiruzen Sarutobi, who are naturally proficient in all five, are simply incredibly wealthy.

Uchiha Shingen wasn't that rich; he was naturally skilled in three things, and even so, he was already far ahead of many others.

However, according to the standards set by Uchiha Shingen himself, he still has weaknesses in the interaction of the five elements. Therefore, having already mastered the three nature transformations of fire, water, and wind, he had long ago begun to consider the fourth and made his choice.

He chose Lei.

Ultimately, for Uchiha Shingen, who was accustomed to highly mobile warfare, the lightning element, which was more offensive, had a higher priority than the earth element.

With his magical abilities, he doesn't need to worry about insufficient defense in his current situation.

It's really not easy to just start from scratch and change the nature of something.

After returning from Ryuchi Cave, Uchiha Shingen began practicing his Lightning Release techniques.

Counting the days, he's been doing this for over half a year now.

After Orochimaru defected, Tsunade also officially left, and Jiraiya left after recuperating in the village for more than a month.

After that, Konoha Village entered a period of peace, and nothing else happened.

The Hokage Building doesn't seem to be in a hurry to restart contact with Kirigakure; the matter isn't progressing much and there's been little progress for the time being.

This gave Uchiha Shingen a lot of time to spend practicing his Lightning Release techniques.

At first, his lightning release was just a few sparks, but now, at least it can be used to launch attacks.

But compared to his already maxed-out Fire Release, Water Release, and Wind Release techniques, it's pathetic.

This progress is actually quite fast, thanks to Shingen Uchiha referencing Naruto Uzumaki from the original timeline and using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to accelerate it.

However, he didn't dare to do it like Naruto Uzumaki. He stopped adding more than twenty Shadow Clone Jutsu. There was a reason why the rich man listed this technique as a forbidden technique.

Back then, some people died suddenly because of their lack of self-control.

The original Naruto Uzumaki was able to use the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique without restraint because he not only possessed Ashura's chakra and had an innate excess of chakra, but was also the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

It gets even more monstrous in the later stages; it can kick away Truth-Seeking Balls with a single kick!

When Naruto achieves this, it means that he is already a genuine Tailed Beast-level being based solely on his chakra reserves.

Truth-Seeking Balls are products of highly condensed chakra. They transcend the five elements and the seven chakra nature transformations of Yin and Yang, forming a transcendent realm called Yin-Yang Release, which was also the realm that Uchiha Shingen dreamed of.

For an Uchiha, Yin-Yang Release is especially significant, as it is the only path to the Rinnegan!

If you can awaken the Rinnegan, who would bother awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan?!

Unfortunately, given Uchiha Shingen's own circumstances, he had no precedents to follow and could only try to explore this path on his own.

In this life, he successfully obtained the chakra of Indra and Ashura. Based on his observations of the chakra of these two ancient masters, he made some reasonable conjectures and chose a route that he felt was relatively safe.

Since Yin-Yang Release is a realm that transcends the Five Elements and the seven types of Yin-Yang Chakra Nature Transformations, he will first master all of these types of Nature Transformations!

If you think about it positively, even if you can't unlock Yin-Yang Escape after maxing out all the resources, it's not a complete loss.

Being a man with all attributes is also cool.

Uchiha Shingen was a greedy person. He wanted to be strong enough to be stronger than anyone else, and at the same time, he wanted to fully enjoy the good things in life. For a ninja, he was simply greedy.

But he's also someone who knows his place; he understands that not all good things in this world come his way.

All he wanted was to avoid being a fool tied to a tree and used as a battery in the final battle; he'd rather be killed by Madara Uchiha.

If you can have a second playthrough, then you can definitely have a third. People who can have multiple playthroughs are just that capricious.

Sensing that his chakra consumption was nearing a safe level, Uchiha Shingen stopped his training in lightning nature transformation and dispelled his shadow clones.

Inside the training room, nearly twenty shadow clones turned into smoke. The next moment, the memories and experiences of the shadow clones were fed back into Uchiha Shingen's body.

With a single punch, the lightning shone brighter than ever before, destroying the target in front of him.