My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

Uchiha Touhuan led Sasuke to the backyard where he usually practiced archery and turned on the lights in the corridor.

"What kind of skills do you have?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

"My brother taught me the Three Body Technique before, and then I just learned Lightning Release: Lightning Ball a few days ago." Sasuke perked up when ninjutsu was mentioned.

"Lightning ball, let me see it," said Uchiha Touhuan.

"Yes!" Sasuke replied, and his two small hands quickly formed hand seals. Before long, a golden lightning ball with a diameter of more than one meter appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them. After flying forward for seven or eight meters, it exploded, and a dazzling white light flashed in the dim backyard for a moment.

After doing all this, young Sasuke looked at Uchiha Touhuan with expectant eyes, hoping to receive praise from his teacher.

However, Uchiha Touhuan slapped Sasuke hard on the back of the head, leaving the boy completely bewildered.

"What are you doing, kid? I told you to use a ninjutsu and you blew up my lawn? What's with that?"

"I'm sorry..." Sasuke said weakly.

"Watch closely, this is how the lightning ball is used." After saying this, Uchiha Touhuan snapped his fingers, and a dark blue lightning ball with a diameter of no more than ten centimeters appeared out of thin air.

Although this lightning ball was much smaller than the one he had created earlier, Sasuke could clearly feel that the energy contained within it was much more concentrated.

Then, Uchiha Touhuan turned his finger, and the lightning ball began to circle around the two of them according to Uchiha Touhuan's guidance, leaving Sasuke somewhat stunned.

After the lightning ball circled around the two of them a few times, Uchiha Touhuan snapped his fingers again, and the dark blue lightning ball suddenly flew into the sky and exploded into a burst of fireworks.

"Amazing!" Sasuke Uchiha exclaimed.

"See? Go back and practice like this. When you can do that, I'll teach you something else," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Yes!" Sasuke replied confidently.

Seeing Sasuke's confident smile, Uchiha Touhuan also smiled. This kid probably wouldn't be bothering him to learn new ninjutsu for a long time. You know, what he just did required precise control of chakra at the smallest details. Even many Chunin who are good at Lightning Release might not be able to do that. If Sasuke, a beginner, wants to do that, he'll probably have to suffer a bit.

However, with this process of honing his basic skills, once Sasuke can do this, he will find it much easier to learn other ninjutsu in the future.

Furthermore, the process of practicing this refined chakra mastery can also temper the child's temperament. Uchiha Touhuan, who was originally a hot-tempered person who would go out and get beaten up on a whim, could not stand it.

After Sasuke left, Uchiha Touhuan changed his clothes and prepared to go to the training ground to complete his daily training.

Before leaving, Uchiha Tohsen gave the instructions:

"Keiko-nee, could you please send a visiting card to both the Inuzuka and Aburame families for me later?"

"Now?" Keiko Uchiha asked. "It's so late."

"It's alright, I don't think they'll care," Uchiha Touhuan said.

"Then, under what pretext should we send it?" Uchiha Keiko pressed.

"Let's use the Security Department's name for the Inuzuka family, and as for the Aburame family, we can use my personal name," Uchiha Touken said.

"Understood," Uchiha Keiko nodded in response.

……

That night, the two clans that received Uchiha Touhuan's invitation were not at peace.

Upon receiving the invitation, the Inuzuka clan immediately convened a clan meeting.

Unlike the Uchiha clan gatherings of the past, which would start shouting at each other within five minutes of starting, arguing endlessly without ever reaching a conclusion, and sometimes even escalating into full-blown brawls, the Inuzuka clan gatherings were remarkably efficient.

Inside a not-too-large room in the family shrine, three Jonin of the Inuzuka clan, including the clan head, along with the clan's elder, sat around a table. At the center of the table was the visiting card that Uchiha Keiko had sent not long ago.

The current head of the Inuzuka clan, Inuzuka Jaw, glanced at everyone present and said, "Tell me your thoughts on this invitation."

"The Uchiha clan is extending goodwill to us on their own initiative? That's quite rare," said Inuzuka Hone, the 75-year-old elder of the Inuzuka clan.

"This new head of the Uchiha clan seems quite different from their previous leaders," Inuzuka Jacques said. "Feng, you've worked on missions with this new Uchiha head; could you tell everyone your impressions of him?"

The youngest of the four, Inuzuka Kaze, stroked his chin upon hearing this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "This new Uchiha clan leader, how should I put it, I can't see through him at all."

Inuzuka Kaze's words made everyone frown.

"However, we shouldn't suffer any losses by cooperating with him," Inuzuka Kaze said, and then briefly recounted what had happened at Orochimaru's base that day to the other three.

"I see. The current head of the Uchiha clan is quite a figure," Inuzuka Kotetsu remarked at that moment.

"So, are we going to fully cooperate with the Uchiha?" asked Retsu Inuzuka, the last Jonin present.

"It's not that bad." Inuzuka Jacques reached out and picked up the visiting card on the table. "This visiting card from Chief Tohwan was sent in the name of the Security Department. It gives our clan the option to choose twenty of the most capable adult ninja dogs from the newest batch of dogs in the clan as a gift to the Security Department."

"That's not enough." At this moment, Inuzuka Kotsu suddenly spoke up, "In addition to these, select a few more dog trainers and talented ninja dog users from within the clan and have them join the security force. If possible, also request a few more security department positions from the Uchiha clan each year."

Hearing Inuzuka Kotsu's words, Inuzuka Jaw was somewhat surprised: "Elder, if that's the case, in other people's eyes, our Inuzuka clan is equivalent to completely siding with the Uchiha."

"Since Chief Douhuan has shown such sincerity, we might as well show our Inuzuka clan's sincerity in return," Inuzuka Kotsu said.

"This... Elder, isn't this a bit too hasty?" Inuzuka Jacques hesitated. He didn't know why the elder, who usually reminded him to be cautious, would make such a radical suggestion today.

"Jaw, do you know why I've repeatedly reminded you, as the clan leader, to be cautious about every choice?" At this moment, Inuzuka Hone looked at Inuzuka Jaw, "Because although our Inuzuka clan has a family tradition since the Warring States period, in the end we are just a small family that has mastered the secret technique of training ninja dogs. We can't compare to those bloodline families that are born with powerful combat abilities. Only by being careful and cautious can we accumulate a family fortune and give the family the capital to take a gamble when facing opportunities."

"381 years ago, our ancestors moved their entire family to join the Senju clan in an invitation, which led to the Inuzuka clan we know today. Now, a new opportunity is before us," Inuzuka Honebami said.

"You think so highly of this new Uchiha clan leader?" Inuzuka Retsu asked at this moment.

"Just consider this my intuition as an old man who lived through the Warring States period," Inuzuka Kotetsu chuckled, then looked at Inuzuka Kaze: "Kaze, what's your opinion?"

"Following this Chief Dou Huan? It's not such a bad thing," Inuzuka Kaze laughed. "Our clan has been on the fringes of the village long enough. We're all clans of secret arts. If Ino-Shika-Cho can get to where he is today, we might as well compete with them."