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

When Uchiha Touhuan was surrounded by enemies dozens of times his size on the battlefield, he awakened his will to survive and used his dojutsu to seize the only chance of life in a near-death situation. In an instant, when learning Sage Mode, which requires a certain amount of luck, it was simply the strongest cheat code!

Even if there is a 99% chance of failure, as long as there is a possibility of success, Uchiha Tohsen has a 100% chance of seizing that one sliver of opportunity!

"You've already mastered Sage Mode at the very beginning. Your talent has truly surprised even me," the White Snake Sage said. "Now that you've mastered Sage Mode, all that's left is to practice repeatedly to speed up the process of condensing Sage Chakra."

The Sage Mode chakra condensed from the small amount of natural energy injected by the White Snake Sage was quickly exhausted, and Uchiha Tohkan subsequently exited Sage Mode.

"Thank you for the gift, White Snake Sage," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile, having achieved his goal.

"No need for formalities. Ryuchi Cave fairly gives opportunities to everyone who comes with a destiny. Being able to seize this opportunity is your own ability," said the White Snake Immortal. "Alright, this old woman will continue to sleep. If there is anything else, you can ask Tianxin and the other children. I hope that when I wake up next time, this world will have already changed in your hands."

Since the White Snake Sage had said so, Uchiha Touhuan simply bowed slightly and took his leave.

After leaving the White Snake Immortal's cave, the three fairy maidens who had not yet left approached.

"It seems that Mr. Douhuan has successfully passed the final test," said Tianxin Shenji with a smile. "Please come with us. Now that Mr. Douhuan has mastered Sage Mode, some of the Sage Techniques of Ryuchi Cave can be made available to him."

Uchiha Touhuan nodded and followed the three of them to the front of a cave.

"This contains Ryuchi Cave's research on immortal arts over the years. If you wish to learn it, Mr. Tohwan can choose a scroll to copy it," said Princess Tashin.

"Isn't there a teacher or something?" Uchiha Touhuan raised an eyebrow slightly, but seeing the three of them maintaining their smiling and silent demeanor, he understood. Unlike the Sage Techniques tutorials at Mount Myōboku, which offered a one-stop service from beginner to expert as long as you passed the test, Ryūchi-dō's main approach was to let you learn freely. You could choose any Sage Technique you wanted, but whether you could learn it or not was none of their concern.

Uchiha Tohkan entered the Ryuchi Cave's scripture cave alone, casually took down a few scrolls, and began to read them.

These Sage Techniques were diverse, and Uchiha Touhuan spent some time choosing two. One was a support-type technique that enhanced his perception of natural energy fluctuations in Sage Mode, thereby improving his wide-range perception ability. This also made up for Uchiha Touhuan's lack of wide-range perception methods. The other two Sage Techniques were: one was a unique technique from Ryuchi Cave that used Sage Chakra to guide and manipulate the natural energy on this planet for attacks, similar to the Frog Kumite of Mount Myōboku, and was called the Spirit Serpent Force.

As for the Ryuchi Cave Sage Techniques and other powerful Sage Techniques that Kabuto Yakushi used in the original timeline, Uchiha Touhuan had no choice. His combat system was already established. Although these Sage Techniques were powerful, they either required the cooperation of the snakes from Ryuchi Cave or some modifications to his body. Uchiha Touhuan did not lack powerful ninjutsu. Currently, his Lightning Release ninjutsu had already reached a much higher level of power with the support of Sage Chakra. Learning these would be completely counterproductive. On the contrary, techniques that utilize natural energy to make up for his own shortcomings were what Uchiha Touhuan truly needed.

After selecting his sage technique, Uchiha Touhuan released the reverse summoning and left Ryuchi Cave.

……

Meanwhile, at the Hatake family's ancestral home.

Naruto has been staying at Kakashi's house for two days now, and the two have gradually become acquainted.

If Naruto was somewhat reserved when he first moved into the Hatake family's ancestral home, after two days, his mischievous heart began to stir. Driven by curiosity, his current favorite prank was to find a way to remove Kakashi's mask and see his true face.

Therefore, while Kakashi was out entertaining guests, he had already made thorough preparations.

Kakashi pushed open the door as usual and casually called out, "I'm home."

He was greeted by a large basin of water being poured down on his head.

Such childish tricks would not fool a seasoned elite Jonin. If Kakashi didn't have takeout food in his hand, he wouldn't mind playing along, but that's obviously not the case now.

Kakashi dodged the basin of water that fell from the sky and said with some exasperation, "Naruto, stop with these pointless tricks."

At that moment, Naruto suddenly rushed out of the storage room next to the entrance, holding a water gun, and aimed at Kakashi. But before he could pull the trigger, he was shocked to find that Kakashi was not wearing a mask today, and he was stunned on the spot.

"You...you...who are you?!" Naruto pointed at Kakashi and questioned him.

"Who else could I be?" Kakashi rolled his eyes at the kid, annoyed. "Clean up the floor yourself after dinner."

"Don't try to fool me! You can't possibly be Kakashi!" Naruto continued shouting. "Kakashi doesn't even take off his mask when he takes a shower!"

Kakashi, his face dark, punched Naruto on the forehead. Kids this age really do need a good beating to behave.

After a while, Naruto, who had a big bump on his head, was eating his meal at the table, but he still looked up from time to time at Kakashi, who was leaning on the sofa and flipping through Little Liu Bei.

"Hey Kakashi, why did you suddenly take off your mask?" Naruto asked.

"No reason, I just suddenly don't want to wear the mask anymore," Kakashi replied without looking up.

"After you finish eating, tidy up the area in front of the door and go to bed early. Your ninja academy should be on holiday tomorrow, right? I'll take you to buy some things," Kakashi said.

"Okay!" Naruto nodded in response while eating.

The next afternoon, the two, who had slept until late morning, complained to each other as they went out. However, when they arrived at the village's commercial street, Kakashi keenly sensed that the atmosphere seemed a little off.

The two of them unknowingly became the center of attention on the entire street, but almost everyone kept their distance from them after seeing them, as if they had something dirty on them.