Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 175 The Number One Person in Konoha

"When we have time in the future, we can exchange cooking skills, learn from each other's strengths, and make progress together."

Although he doesn't dislike cooking, he still prefers to eat ready-made meals.

If enough women learn his cooking skills, he'll never have to cook again. He can eat ready-made meals every day. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Upon hearing Uchiha Gen's words, everyone agreed, and Itachi, who had no cooking skills, asked Mikoto to teach him.

"Come on, let's toast Xuan to his birthday and wish him a peaceful life!" Mikoto said, raising her juice glass.

Upon hearing this, the others quickly raised their glasses as well.

Thank you everyone.

Afterwards, everyone clinked glasses and took a big gulp of juice.

Da Zhuzi and Er Zhuzi truly lived up to their destiny; after eating and drinking their fill, they didn't cry or fuss at all. Infected by the lively and joyful atmosphere, they bounced around in their mother's arms, looking very happy.

"Ah...that feels so good!"

"Senior brother, tell me about your experiences with the teacher on the front lines," Hongdou said, taking a sip of her drink to soothe the burning sensation.

"Haven't you heard of it?"

After saying that, Uchiha Gen picked up a spicy enoki mushroom with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, glancing to the side with his eyes.

Red, Red Bean, Yugao, and Kushina all shook their heads, and Uchiha Gen then turned his gaze to Shisui and the others.

"We do know some of it, but we learned it through the Uchiha clan."

Mikoto's heart stirred, and she spoke.

"There's not much news from the front lines in the village," Zhishui said.

"Heh...it seems the Konoha leadership doesn't want news from the front lines to disrupt the village's peaceful atmosphere," Uchiha Gen sneered.

Sensing Uchiha Gen's unfriendly tone, the pace of adding food to their plates slowed down.

"Has something bad happened at the front?" Xi Yan asked with a hint of worry on her face.

"Probably not, otherwise why would Xuan come back at this time?" Hong shook her head and said.

"I'm not too familiar with the Cloud Village front, but the Mist Village front is winning every battle; what could be wrong with that?"

"When Orochimaru and I first arrived at the Hidden Mist battlefield, the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle. Because the Hidden Mist had the advantage in high-level combat power, Konoha was at a clear disadvantage."

"Orochimaru and I were attacked by ten Jonin, who were either members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, bloodline ninjas, or the best of the best among non-bloodline ninjas."

"At the very beginning of our encounter, two Jonin died at the hands of me and Orochimaru-sensei."

"Then Kirigakure began to divide the battlefield, attacking me and Orochimaru separately."

"The commander of Kirigakure, Suigetsu Hozuki (one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist), and Raiga Kurosuki (another of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist) are attacking me, while six other Jonin are attacking Orochimaru-sensei."

Even though everyone knew that Uchiha Gen was standing there unharmed, they couldn't help but show worry on their faces upon hearing this.

"After a fierce battle, Raiga Kurosuki died at my hands. Suigetsu Hobuki was terrified and used two other Kirigakure Jonin who came to support him to hold me off while he went to attack Orochimaru-sensei."

"The two Jonin who came to provide support died at my hands not long after, and then I went to support Orochimaru-sensei."

"Having suffered more than half their losses and realizing the situation was hopeless, Kirigakure began their retreat."

"Orochimaru and I led Konoha's elite forces to press our advantage and achieved another victory."

"This achievement is the fundamental reason why I was promoted to deputy commander of the front lines."

Holding chopsticks in his hand, Itachi Uchiha exclaimed with stars in his eyes, "Wow, Brother Xuan, you're amazing!"

At this time, Itachi Uchiha had already started attending the Ninja Academy and was ranked first in the entire school, so he had some idea of ​​what a Jonin was.

Of course, compared to Itachi, apart from the still immature Sasuke and Sasuke, the others felt it more deeply, and the stronger they were, the deeper the feeling was.

Jonin are very strong, and Jonin who make a name for themselves are even stronger.

The three men in red looked at Uchiha Gen with admiration.

Mikoto's eyes gleamed with admiration; her strength was already on par with, and perhaps even slightly greater than, that of her husband.

What is Fugaku's age? What is Gen's age? They truly deserve to be called the twin stars of the Uchiha clan!

"If it were me, I couldn't do that much; at most, I could only hold off the Kirigakure forces."

"Xuan, your strength has surpassed mine."

Shisui smiled and spoke, not minding at all that he had been surpassed; on the contrary, he was quite happy.

Without awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, Uchiha Shisui would indeed have a very difficult time facing the same lineup that Uchiha Gen had previously encountered.

Despite the truth of the matter, Uchiha Gen did not get cocky.

You'll catch up eventually.

"Your strength is already very close to Kage level, that's really impressive," Kushina said with an approving expression.

"Compared to you, Kushina, I'm still far behind."

Kushina smiled slightly upon hearing this and said, "Then you'd better keep up the good work!"

"I will," Uchiha Gen nodded slightly.

"Is Kushina-nee very strong?" Yugao asked, somewhat dazed.

Given Yugao's background, all that is known is that Kushina was the wife of the Fourth Hokage, but no one knows that Kushina was also the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

There are quite a few ninjas in Konoha who know who the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is, but it's not yet common knowledge.

"Hmm... It's safe to say that Kushina is the strongest in Konoha."

Maoyue Xiyan: "???"

Others: "???"

Although everyone else who knew about Kushina's identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki knew that she was very strong, no one thought she would be the strongest in Konoha.

"Hehe, it's not as exaggerated as you say."

Kushina held Naruto in one arm and covered her mouth with the other, giggling.

Uchiha Gen smiled slightly upon hearing this, but said nothing more.

Exaggeration?

Uchiha Genko believes this is not an exaggeration at all.

First of all, the Vajra Lock is a powerful weapon, and very few people can stop it.

Furthermore, even though only half of the Nine-Tails remained inside Kushina, Kushina's strength actually increased instead of decreased.

In the original work, Kushina's control over the Nine-Tails was already at a very high level.

As is widely known, the highest level of control over a tailed beast is called the Perfect Jinchuriki!

Before Naruto fully matured, only Hashirama, Madara, Yagura, and Killer Bee were able to perfectly control the power of the Tailed Beasts.

The first two relied on absolute strength, while the latter two took the route of becoming friends with the tailed beasts on equal terms.

Below the level of a perfect Jinchuriki is the level of tail control similar to that of the Two-Tails Yugito, followed by the level of tail control of the Golden Body Naruto.

Yugito can instantly transform into a tailed beast; one second he's talking in human form, and the next he's transformed into the complete form of the Two-Tails.

However, this level of tail control is at least half a level below that of Killer Bee.

Yugito's method of controlling the Tailed Beasts is similar to Gaara's in the first season. He can fully transform into the Tailed Beast, but he and the Tailed Beast are not a duo working together.

It's merely a matter of forceful control, and its dominance over the tailed beasts doesn't reach the level of Hashirama or Madara, who could control them with ease.

Yagura could have instantly transformed into a full Tailed Beast, but because he encountered Amaterasu, he didn't have a chance to use it before he died.

Naruto's tail control in Golden Body form is a level below Yugito's.

Because the Golden Body Naruto didn't actually control the Tailed Beasts, but rather learned how to steal and control their chakra.

The portion of chakra that Naruto stole should normally be stored in his mental space as a backup chakra tank. When used, it would cause Naruto's body to turn golden and glow.

The reason it seems to have a high level of control is not only because Nine-Tails is too strong, but also because of the protagonist.

How could the protagonist's transformation not be cool?

So, at what level is Kushina's tail control?

(End of this chapter)