Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 314 Strategies Win Hearts and Minds!

Although these traces are not signs of love, leaving a trace is certainly better than leaving none.

The worst thing is to ignore things. As long as you don't ignore them, there are always loopholes to avoid loving or hating them.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and it's now September, the golden autumn season.

Following Mikoto's suggestion, the three families, who were acquainted, decided to organize an autumn outing.

This made Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin extremely happy, especially Sasuke and Naruto.

Since they have never left Konoha Village since birth, how could they not be excited to have the opportunity to go out and see the outside world?

The two of them were practically counting down the days...

It's worth mentioning that although Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin haven't entered the Ninja Academy yet, their families have already started their education, so they don't spend all their time playing.

Sasuke's education was mainly handled by Gen Uchiha, with Itachi providing assistance. This education refers to ideological education, such as the history of the Uchiha clan and the history of Konoha.

Uchiha Gen generally didn't concern himself with the specific skills of ninjas; Mikoto and Itachi were responsible for teaching them.

On September 10th, the day of the autumn outing, the three families gathered at the village entrance.

This time, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Biwako Sarutobi, and the others were not present. The two were past the age for an autumn outing and had not been invited.

Kakashi and Shisui were also absent; they each had their own things to do.

Red, red bean, and evening glories are there, after all, it's not possible for part of the family to go on an autumn outing and the rest to stay at home, right?

The group was predominantly female. Apart from Sasuke and Naruto, who were just kids, and Itachi, who was only a teenager, the only adult male was Gen Uchiha.

Uchiha Gen did not skip work; the day was specially chosen to be one of his days off.

Although Jinchuriki cannot easily leave the village, Kushina is clearly not among those who are subject to such restrictions.

Once outside Konoha Village, the three little ones let loose, chasing and playing around, running around everywhere, with Itachi, their leader, in charge of keeping an eye on them.

The group turned into the forest, chatting and enjoying the scenery. They stopped at a pebble-strewn riverbank and set up camp there.

Uchiha Gen used a summoning jutsu to have some large pieces of equipment delivered by Orochi's deliveryman, which caused the three naive children to exclaim in surprise.

Everyone worked together to set up the various equipment, and then went their separate ways to find ingredients; otherwise, they could only fill their stomachs slightly and wouldn't be full.

Some people fished upstream and downstream on the riverbank, while others went into the forest to hunt and gather wild vegetables and fruits.

Upon entering the forest, Uchiha Gen used his soul perception ability to clearly sense the presence of living beings in the vicinity.

After determining the location of Kushina and the others, Uchiha Gen formed hand seals and separated a wisp of his soul from his body.

This wisp of soul merged into the ground and, with lightning speed, took over the body of a fat dove resting in a tree.

Uchiha Gen was multitasking, controlling the Ikaruga to fly towards the direction where Kushina was.

The fat dove quickly attracted Kushina's attention, and she cautiously crept over, ready to capture it.

Unexpectedly, the fat pigeon was a nimble fat man who dodged Kushina's sneak attack.

Kushina was somewhat annoyed by this. Had she not made a move for so long that she couldn't even handle a fat turtledove?

Seeing that the dove was not flying very high, Kushina immediately gave chase. The two chased each other among the treetops, dodging and weaving.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Gen was also chasing another dove, and the two doves were rapidly approaching each other under Uchiha Gen's covert control...

The forests of the Land of Fire are filled with towering trees with lush foliage that greatly obstruct the view, so there's no need to get worked up and use ninjutsu for a simple hunt.

Thus, after turning east and west, the man and woman, who were quickly chasing their prey, met "coincidentally" like cars meeting on a bend.

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing figure, both of them were startled and hurriedly tried to dodge. However, Uchiha Gen was too fast, and Kushina had no time to forcefully turn her body before crashing into him.

With a thud, the two collided in mid-air and then fell to the ground, with Kushina below and Uchiha Gen above.

Uchiha Gen stretched out his right arm and hugged Kushina's waist, twisting his body in mid-air with his powerful core strength.

Thump... The two landed on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As the smoke cleared, Uchiha Gen lay on his back on the ground, while Kushina lay on top of him.

However, there was no "coincidence" that the two kissed; when they landed, Kushina's face landed on Uchiha Gen's shoulder.

"Kushina-nee, are you alright?"

Putting aside the soft touch and the faint fragrance at the tip of his nose, Uchiha Gen smiled with concern, a hint of anxious worry in his eyes.

"I'm fine, how are you?" Kushina asked with a complicated look in her eyes.

Is this the second man to take the initiative to protect him in a dangerous situation?

Even though she would be fine even if she fell straight down, it's been such a long time since I've felt this way.

"It's nothing serious, just some fluctuation in your blood and qi."

"It's good that you're alright. Get up quickly, it wouldn't be good if someone saw you."

In reality, Uchiha Gen was completely unharmed; a height of over ten meters was nothing to him given his current physique.

"It doesn't matter if they saw it, we're completely innocent."

Despite saying that, Uchiha Gen decisively released Kushina's slender and supple waist, even though he was somewhat reluctant to part with her.

Kushina, who had just stood up, rolled her eyes slightly. "Although we are completely innocent, I know you have ulterior motives towards me."

Hmph, although the reaction was brief, she sensed it.

"Chirp chirp chirp..."

At this moment, two plump doves stood together on the treetop, chirping at the two people below, as if mocking their incompetence.

Seeing this, Uchiha Gen, who was brushing off dust, pretended to be angry and said, "These two dead birds dare to mock us, just you wait..."

As he spoke, Uchiha Gen raised his right hand, and wind-style chakra rapidly gathered into two miniature spiral shuriken in his index and middle fingers...

"Don't kill them, let them go," Kushina said quickly.

Why?

"They look like a couple, let them live a good life," Kushina said with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

You're wrong, they're all male.

"Kushina-nee, you're so kind."

"Alright, I'll let you off the hook for Kushina's sake."

As he spoke, Uchiha Genju flicked his finger, and two miniature Rasengan shuriken flew out, severing the branch where the two doves were, startling them into flying away in a panic.

"Silly bird, it won't move if you lead it, and it'll back down if you hit it."

"Kushina-nee, let's go hunting together."

"Um... okay."

Having heard what she said, she had to give him some face.

"Your Wind Release technique is quite strong; you're actually able to use such a ninjutsu..."

"It's alright. I'd say I'm second in Konoha, but I doubt anyone would dare claim to be first..." Uchiha Gen said with a confident smile.

"Nonsense, the Third Hokage's Wind Release skills are no worse than yours."

"The Third Hokage's Wind Release is no match for mine. Apart from Earth Release and Water Release, I'm confident that he can't compare to me in Fire Release, Lightning Release, or Wind Release."

"So confident?"

"Of course, it's a pity there wasn't a chance to show it off, otherwise I would have let Kushina-nee broaden her horizons."

"There will be a chance to show it off. How about we stretch our muscles after lunch?" Kushina tilted her head and said with a half-smile.

If you're going to try and take advantage of me, I'll see if you're even qualified...

"OK."

"I've never forgotten how powerful you were during the battle against Kirigakure back then, and I've wanted to experience it for a long time."

"However, we need to find a place far away from Konoha. The noise we make while stretching our muscles will be quite loud, and it wouldn't be good if we disturbed Konoha," Uchiha Gen said with a slight smile.

Hehe, it's normal to accidentally hit some sensitive areas when you're fighting, right?

Hmm... I can't do that deliberately, it's too shady. Let's just let things happen naturally.

"That's right, we should stay away from Konoha."

Could this guy have been plotting against me back then?

I once heard Minato say that this guy didn't try to become his disciple before. If he had, Shisui might not have become his disciple.

Is it because becoming Minato's apprentice is bad... that's why I didn't?

(End of this chapter)