The Uchiha's Path to the Top, Starting from Konoha

Chapter 82 Clearing out the Hidden Mist Village Ninja Army

The soft moonlight streamed into the room, making the two girls' beautiful faces even more alluring and sweet.

Like two white and red crabapple blossoms, they quietly bloomed amidst the girl's enchanting and melodious soft singing.

After a long while, Uchiha Takeoshi, who was more exhausted than a dog, covered his two wives with blankets and, amidst the cat ear and tail decorations scattered on the floor, put on the Hokage's robe and went downstairs, all ready to go.

"Hikaru, why aren't you asleep yet?"

In the brightly lit living room, Uchiha Hikaru, mimicking Kaori Minamoto's upright sitting posture, had her little face tense, trying her best to appear dignified and solemn. However, the cat-themed pajamas she was wearing, combined with her flushed cheeks, made her look incredibly cute no matter how you looked at her.

"sleep?"

The girl sighed and gave her a very complicated look.

"After the victory, my older brother and two older sisters wanted to celebrate, which Hikaru completely understood."

"But before we celebrate, could you please ask your older brother or sister to set up a soundproof barrier? This constant noise... how am I supposed to sleep?!"

After Uchiha Hikaru finished speaking with his eyes closed, Uchiha Takeo also blushed.

But with his thick skin, he straightened his face and said seriously, "Don't always expect your older brothers and sisters to be perfect in every way in case of emergencies. You have to be understanding too."

"When it gets light, go find Sister Zhili to learn barrier magic. From now on, you can activate barrier magic yourself when you go to sleep at night."

Uchiha Takeo's confident and assertive words made Uchiha Hikaru's eyes widen in astonishment.

"It's very late now, little girl, don't stay up late. Go to sleep now, you have to get up tomorrow morning to instruct Orochimaru and the others in class."

"I'm going to the front lines in the Land of Whirlpools. I should be back tomorrow."

Watching Uchiha Takeoshi disappear after speaking, Uchiha Hikaru, his eye twitching, pouted and walked upstairs with a displeased expression.

"What the hell? You're the one who's supposed to be the instructor, but now you're handing over the instructor's job to me."

Uchiha Hikaru, both complaining and delighted to be able to help, looked at the innermost closed door and sighed like an adult.

Then, he summoned Tachibana, who was fast asleep and snoring softly. Uchiha Hikaru carried the chubby Tachibana back to bed and soon fell asleep.

In my dream, Orochimaru and his four companions were scattering flowers in front of me, and I, dressed in a white kimono, was walking down a red carpet, happily embracing the man beside me… Wait, how come it's Tachibana no Sasuke?!

Startled, Uchiha Hikaru suddenly opened his eyes and immediately felt short of breath. Looking closely, he reached out and moved Tachibana, who was lying on top of him, away. Gazing at the moon gradually setting in the sky, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

After getting out of bed and washing his face with cold water in the bathroom on the first floor, Uchiha Hikaru went up to the second floor again. Looking at the innermost room, a thought began to stir in his mind—should he sneak a peek?

(It's okay, I'll just take a look.)

(The sisters were shouting so loudly, and the brother was a neglectful person who was busy with Naruto's work late into the night.)

(I need to check on my sisters; it would be terrible if something happened to them.)

Once a thought arises, it takes root in the mind.

Uchiha Hikaru moved step by step toward the innermost part of the house. When he reached out and grasped the doorknob, he couldn't help but swallow hard. Then, holding his breath, he carefully opened the door and peered inside.

The cat toys scattered all over the floor puzzled Uchiha Hikaru. His gaze then fell on the bed, where, under the moonlight, he could only see his two older sisters, who were covered up tightly, their faces rosy and glowing, sleeping soundly.

Having seen nothing, Uchiha Hikaru silently closed the door, silently returned to his room, silently covered his head with the blanket, and made "woo-wa-woo-ah" noises from under the blanket.

"Hikaru, you're such a big idiot!"

Suddenly awakened, Orange hadn't even had time to check her surroundings when a small hand grabbed her and pulled her into the blanket, leaving behind a "Meow, my life is over" before falling silent.

In the Land of Whirlpools, at a ninja camp twenty kilometers from the coastline, Uchiha Takeoshi comforted Minako Uzumaki and patted the young woman's sweat-drenched back.

"I'll go deal with Kirigakure now. After dawn, you take the ninja army back to Uzushiogakure. I'll come pick you up around dusk."

"Hmm~"

Minako Uzumaki gave Uchiha Takeoshi a seductive look, then opened her mouth and raised her fair neck. The sight of red and white intertwined made Uchiha Takeoshi's waist feel a little sore and numb.

"Minako, I'm leaving now."

"Hmph~"

"I bet you didn't come to see me right away. I don't believe those two young girls are any better than me."

Minako Uzumaki glanced at the spot where Uchiha Muan had left, a smug look in her bright eyes. She slowly swallowed the syrup in her mouth while starting to pack up her tent.

Using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport outside, Uchiha Takeoshi headed straight for the coastline where the Hidden Mist Village's ninja army was stationed.

As he drew near, he made no unnecessary movements. The Eternal Eye appeared in his eye socket, and he directly used the Summoning Jutsu to summon the Two-Tails, Matatabi. At the same time, his fourth-stage Susanoo rose up, riding the Mighty Two-Tails, and charged in and out of the more than a thousand ninjas of Kirigakure seven times.

The only one worth watching was the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure, who, despite his Kage-level strength, managed to utter a few water-style ninjutsu before being slapped to death by the Two-Tails in its armor.

From beginning to end, the two-tailed beast in its armor didn't even break a scratch.

Uchiha Takeo, standing in the diamond-shaped crystal atop the Two-Tails' head, yawned boredly. He then grabbed a seemingly pleasing elite Jonin, told him to have the Fourth Hokage of Kirigakure come to Konoha to pay his respects in five days, and then disappeared with the Two-Tails.

The remaining less than three hundred Kirigakure ninjas slumped in the ruins of their camp. When they reached for the ground, they found mud mixed with blood. Their eyes swept over the mangled remains of their former comrades.

In this darkest hour before dawn, some ninjas, unable to withstand the blow and with their worldviews shattered by the mighty Two-Tails, chose suicide, while many others couldn't even hold a kunai.

As the sun rose over the coastline, casting its morning light, the remaining less than two hundred Kirigakure ninjas fled this nightmarish land amidst a raging fire.

"This is?!"

Uzumaki Ashina, the leader of the Land of Whirlpools and the village of Whirlpools, who doubted Uzumaki Minako's words, silently watched the towering fire. The cold and violent chakra emanating from the area terrified him even more.

"This time, the Senju clan has lost its Wood Release, and the Uchiha clan has produced a Mangekyou Sharingan even more powerful than Madara Uchiha's. Who can withstand that now?"

With advanced age and completely white hair, Ashina Uzumaki, known as the founder of Konoha's sealing techniques, had a look of melancholy in his eyes.

The Uzumaki clan is a blood ally of the Senju clan, and even a distant relative. They are often hostile to the Uchiha clan, and the Uchiha clan is the Hokage of Konoha. Given this background, it's hard for Ashina Uzumaki, whose hands are stained with the blood of many Uchiha, not to be apprehensive.

"When Minako addresses the Hokage, her tone is often affectionate. With Mito, who still holds a high position in Konoha, acting as a mediator, as long as the Land of Whirlpools behaves itself and guards the eastern gateway for Konoha, there should be no trouble."

After much deliberation, Ashina Uzumaki still didn't feel it was a safe bet.

"The only option now is to consider becoming related to the Uchiha clan through marriage. If the Senju can join forces with the Uchiha, then the Uzumaki won't be any different."

(End of this chapter)