Uchiha: Starting as Tobirama's Jinchuriki

But this time, he had another open wound on his arm.

"Damn it... I remember now, this is a genjutsu that Senju Tobirama developed specifically to target the Uchiha clan, as recorded in the clan's records! How does this brat know this move!"

Uchiha Hachimoku gritted his teeth, but a strange sense of relief welled up inside him.

Thank goodness Tobirama Senju is dead. If that bastard had lived for another twenty or thirty years, who knows how many more techniques he would have created to wreak havoc on the Uchiha clan!

"Yashiro-senpai, you need to concentrate."

Qing Shui's voice echoed in the darkness, ethereal yet cold: "I don't want to kill you, but don't lose focus, or I'll be forced to stain my own kind with blood..."

"Next, I'll cut off your left shoulder."

It's really hard to hold back...

Yesterday I was still making grand pronouncements with you, my dear readers.

If updates aren't on time, then there will be missed updates...

So the power's out today?

Perhaps this is life! (Shrugs)

Chapter 23 The Collapse of the Eighth Uchiha, and the Stern Aozumi

"That brat..."

Despite the excruciating pain, Uchiha Hachimo forced himself to calm down.

As a three-tomoe master, he hadn't encountered such a predicament in a long time. Qing Shui's techniques and swordsmanship had greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Uchiha Aosui's genjutsu is strange, but the three-tomoe technique can definitely be broken, I just need time..."

"I can't let him continue to control the situation. My injuries are serious; if this drags on, I might lose too much blood, and then it'll all be over..."

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha suddenly formed hand seals and spewed out a large amount of gray smoke, adding another layer of barrier to the mist and darkness that obscured his vision.

"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!"

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha fiercely extracted chakra, continuing to exhale smoke until the entire training ground was covered.

When darkness limited his vision, Uchiha Hachimoku made a clever response.

Enveloped in smoke, Qing Shui, who had lost sight of the danger, was brought back to the same starting line as him.

"Don't worry, this is a dust concealment technique, not an ash accumulation and burning technique. This smoke cannot be detonated."

Looking around at the swirling mist, Tobirama Senju shook his head with a wry smile:

"I almost forgot about the Hidden Mist Technique. He's not exactly a brainless Uchiha, but he's still going to be in trouble with a treacherous brat like you..."

When the particles that make up the gray fog meet the mist in the clear water, the mist quickly dissolves the smoke, turning it into a hazy gray expanse.

Uchiha Hachimoku seized this brief opportunity and exerted all his strength to activate his three-tomoe Sharingan, to the point that dense blood vessels crawled up the whites of his eyes, making him look quite terrifying.

"Kid, let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"

His eye power finally broke through the darkness before him, and Uchiha Hachimoku greedily savored the taste of light, but the hazy gray mist that came into view stunned him.

Uchiha Hachimoku had intended to use the smoke to buy time, believing that once the darkness was broken, the smoke carried away by the wind would not become an obstacle to his advantage in eye power.

嗏

The misty vapor absorbed the dust concealment technique, making it appear even heavier, and the oppressive feeling it brought was no less than the darkness of illusion.

"Could it be that all my actions were part of Uchiha Aokiji's calculations?"

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha was shocked. The layers of calculation made his three-tomoe Sharingan seem like a decoration, or even a burden, and he was caught up in the rhythm of Qing Shui.

This stark contrast, which overturned his entire understanding of life, made Uchiha Hachimoku feel an emotion that he dared not face.

fear!

In that moment of distraction, Qing Shui's blade, from an unknown location, slashed towards his left shoulder with deadly precision!

With his thick shoulder muscles severed, Muramasa cheered and drank deeply of Uchiha Yatsuhoku's blood.

Uchiha Hachimoku suddenly turned around and slashed, but his katana failed to catch Aozumi, and the powerful slash only made the air rustle.

The training ground returned to calm.

The Eighth Hokage forced himself to stay alert. He could hear the clear chirping of larks in the distance, the rustling of leaves in the breeze, and even the calls of vendors in the distance…

But there was no mention of Qingshui.

A tremendous sense of absurdity welled up in Uchiha Yatsuhoshi's heart, as if he were in a cage independent of this world.

"No, absolutely not! I won't lose to a brat like you!"

Overwhelmed by an uncontrollable fear, Uchiha Hachimoku could not bear his own cowardice and continued to frantically exhale large amounts of gray smoke!

"Watch out, this time it's the Ash Burning Technique..."

The instant the Eighth Hokage of Uchiha acted, Tobirama Senju warned him, "Excessive temperature will evaporate water vapor. Don't be too confident in the Hidden Mist Technique, brat!"

Qingshui nodded: "Understood."

"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"

The next moment, Uchiha Hachimoku used a fierce flame, just as Senju Tobirama had said, to forcibly evaporate the mist and detonate the entire training ground!

The sky was filled with flames that engulfed the earth, and the raging flames attacked any matter present on the scene indiscriminately, friend or foe.

at last.

After the Eighth Hokage of Uchiha's all-out effort, he successfully broke through the damned fog, and his two three-tomoe jade pendants were able to see the light again!

"This time, I will not lose!"

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha was covered in burn marks, his eyes frantically scanning for Qing Shui's whereabouts, only to witness a scene that nearly drove him to despair.

Beside Qing Shui and Zhi Shui, the flowing water walls solidly blocked all the flames for them, leaving them without any signs of injury, and not even their hairstyles were messed up.

Aozumi, carrying Muramasa, looked at Uchiha Yatsuho with pity and sighed, "Yatsuho-senpai, I'm very disappointed in you. As an Uchiha, you've lost the wisdom to fight."

"Fear and anger do not give you strength; they are merely the weak's escape and inner lament..."

Uchiha Hachimoku clutched his shoulder, the tomoe in his eyes trembling.

He utterly loathed this feeling, and was equally terrified of this battle.

Qing Shui was like a prophet; his every move was anticipated, and his every action was under the enemy's control.

"I believe that for a powerful Uchiha, the Sharingan is only one of his weapons. Even without the Sharingan, a Uchiha ninja should still be a strongman who can stand out in the ninja world."

"However, since you love the Sharingan so much, I'll fight you in the Uchiha way."

Aokiji slowly revealed tomoe in his eyes, his powerful gaze meeting Uchiha Yatsuhoshi's Sharingan without flinching, and sternly rebuked him:

"Put your knife away! Looking at you in such a daze, you don't deserve to be called an Uchiha!"

The Eighth Hokage obediently raised his katana, staring blankly at Aoshui's Sharingan, completely bewildered.

What's going on?

Uchiha Aosui actually has the Sharingan...

This rebellious kid who criticizes the Sharingan actually has such powerful ocular power!

Aozumi's figure flashed, carrying Muramasa, his eyes flashing red, as he mercilessly slashed at Uchiha Yatsuho, attacking while scolding him:

"Swordsmanship must be combined with eye power! If you only know how to use the Sharingan, then you are a slave to eye power!"

Uchiha Hachimoku felt dizzy; the power of Aozuki's eyes made him feel disoriented and his mind spun around.

Immediately, Muramasa's blade tore through his flesh once more.

"Calm down, use your Sharingan to copy my taijutsu and break my offensive rhythm!"

As Qing Shui instructed Uchiha Yatsuho, Shisui watched intently, his eyes filled with admiration, like a sponge greedily absorbing knowledge.

"Where's your eye technique? You're at a disadvantage in a direct confrontation. Use illusions to distract the enemy and create distance."

"You only know how to use eye techniques? Don't you know how to use hand seals and ninjutsu? Try using one hand to form hand seals."

"Your swordsmanship is completely unorthodox, and your reactions can't keep up with the Sharingan's dynamic vision. So try slowing down the pace of your sword fights."

Qingshui carefully instructed Uchiha Hachidai.

But whenever Qingshui offered him a word of advice, Muramasa would cut a deep gash into him—a painful lesson learned.

do not know why.

Uchiha Yatsuhoshi recalled the time when his grandfather taught him martial arts when he was young…

"Yashiro, learn swordsmanship diligently from your grandfather! You will definitely become a great ninja someday! Your grandfather's swordsmanship was instructed by Izuna, the young clan leader..."

"Back then, Grandpa was just a boy, and he challenged Lord Izuna without knowing the immensity of the world. Although he was badly beaten in the end, Lord Izuna taught me a lot. These valuable experiences helped Grandpa survive the Warring States period!"

"The first rule is to combine eye power with swordsmanship..."

Grandpa's advice seemed to overlap with Qingshui's voice, each point being extremely similar.

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha trembled violently, his body covered in bloody marks, and the appearance of the blue water in his eyes had also changed.

It was as if Uchiha Izuna, who was being worshipped in his ancestral shrine, had stepped out.

But upon closer inspection, Qing Shui also resembled Tobirama Senju, whom every Uchiha remembered vividly…

The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha was devastated.

Feeling utterly powerless, he knelt on the ground, staring blankly at Qing Shui, muttering to himself, "Who...who are you...?"

Last-minute update!

Using the power outage as an excuse, Xiao Fan slipped away from the company, while I took a taxi to an internet cafe, feeling a great sense of accomplishment!

In short, although the 10 o'clock chapter was released earlier, it was still not on time.

Even if I owe one chapter!

Hmm... when it's released, I'll probably do at least ten chapters! (Shameless boast)

To prevent me from backing out later, I'll only consider it a make-up if I publish more than ten chapters!

Also, I urge all readers to continue reading!