Revitalizing the Uchiha clan starts with becoming a Kage.

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Of course, if possible, when carrying out his mission, Jiang Si would also take care of the civilians of the Land of Hot Springs to the best of his ability, just like the burning Uchiha clan sentiment left behind by Jiang Si. This insignificant "benevolence" is also a "special legacy" left behind by Liu Heng's consciousness.

This can be described as 'hypocrisy'.

He never cared what others thought; he only cared that he felt at peace with himself.

after all.

Who doesn't wear a little 'false mask'?

Another point worth mentioning is that, over the past six months, he has repeatedly executed missions perfectly, and even when he was trying to exercise restraint, he still demonstrated an extremely high level of personal strength during combat.

After being approved by Suzaku Nara, the report was submitted to the village.

Approved by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Shoji is now a legitimate Jonin of Konoha.

Unlike before, when he had to carry out missions under the command of Akimichi Motoyasu, last month, Shoji, who was granted Jonin qualifications, was able to lead a small team to carry out raid missions on his own, under the arrangement of Nara Suzaku.

This includes the initial task performed.

Over the past six months.

More than thirty Cloud Ninja have died at the hands of Shoji, including three Jonin. The Uchiha clan already had a very high reputation in the ninja world, and Shoji's strength attracted the attention of the Cloud Ninja. Tsuchida, the front-line commander, had planned and issued plans and orders to encircle and kill Uchiha Shoji.

However, the Cloud Ninja could not muster such a powerful force.

Secondly, the generals are very skilled in pursuit battles and generally will not easily give the Cloud Ninjas an opportunity to ambush and surround them.

therefore.

The generals are still active on the battlefield.

He became the most famous and powerful Uchiha ninja, and even Konoha ninja, currently stationed in the border region.

Suzaku Nara relied on the strength of Shoji.

They successfully carried out several challenging raiding tactics.

The situation remains in Konoha's hands, and it's likely that this intense suppression has gradually increased the pressure on the Cloud Ninja, causing their frontal attacks to decrease significantly recently.

Instead, the frequency of reconnaissance and raids in the Fengzui Mountain area on the west side suddenly increased significantly.

Unable to determine the Cloud Ninja's intentions in the short term, Nara Suzaku could only strengthen reconnaissance and security in the western area to prevent the Cloud Ninja from taking the opportunity to invade the Land of Fire from the Fengzui Mountain area. Even though the probability of the Cloud Ninja launching a larger-scale war was extremely low, the Cloud Ninja was the most warlike of the five great ninja villages.

Zhuque still needs to be wary of people acting impulsively.

Yes.

During this period of time.

The Shoji squad frequently appears in this area.

Together with his companions, he was responsible for coordinating with surrounding defenses and reconnaissance outposts, as well as suppressing the Fengzui Mountain area.

Nowadays.

At the same time.

Just like Jiang Si, he led his own squad to the northeastern part of Fengzui Mountain, cautiously watching for the Cloud Ninja who might appear at any time.

Especially since it's already December and winter has arrived.

Snow could fall heavily in the Land of Hot Water at any moment.

In that case...

For the investigative team, intelligence gathering will become much more difficult.

Therefore, during this period, multiple Konoha squads frequently launched attacks, conducting reconnaissance and gathering useful intelligence. Since neither side had any intention of large-scale direct combat, the past three or four months have been mainly characterized by squad-based confrontations, with the largest number of participants in a single clash being only four or five squads totaling twenty or thirty people.

With the help of accumulated combat experience over a period of time, Jiang Si further compressed and enriched the adaptation process of his own power, including Lightning Release Techniques, Fire Release Techniques, and swordsmanship. In addition, the use of the Sharingan, combined with the original owner's memories and experience, has reached a level of perfection.

The only regret is that he has never had a chance to test his Mangekyou Sharingan. One reason is that he is not acting alone and has companions with him, but they are not the kind of companions he can fully trust. The other reason is that there is no worthy opponent worth using his eyes on.

However, Jiang Si was not in a hurry. He was already very satisfied with how fulfilling his time had been. Just as he had planned, he had developed Yan and another person of the same age named Feng Lin into reliable companions within his clan.

This can be considered as having achieved the initial goal.

Even though there is still no sign of the second goal so far.

"Captain, someone just passed by here. Although there were signs of erasure, some traces were still left. It should be a reconnaissance team from the Cloud Ninja."

After gathering information about the surrounding area, one of the Chunin in charge of the investigation returned to Shoji and replied with a slightly respectful expression.

Since entering the stalemate and attrition period, most of the teams sent out by the Cloud Ninja and the Leaf Village have suffered casualties. Only a few teams with exceptional luck or extremely strong individuals have been able to achieve unparalleled success.

Jiang Si was one of the latter.

In the nearly two months since becoming a Jonin and leading the team into battle.

Let's not talk about death.

Not a single person was seriously injured.

A single general can often deal with an attacking enemy.

The members of their own squad had only suffered minor injuries, which made them respect and admire Jiang Si even more.

41. The Magnet Release ninja of Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village)

After all, who wouldn't want to be with a strong captain who can lead them to complete missions without any unexpected incidents?

In addition, Shoji does not have the old habits that are common among the Uchiha clan.

Therefore, all of these people abandoned their prejudices against Shoji and wholeheartedly obeyed his orders.

"Can you scout out the direction this group is heading?"

Today was also the usual time for Jiang Si to lead his team out for reconnaissance and sweeping operations. The Cloud Ninja squad they had chased down was the same squad that had frequently attacked their supply lines before. Jiang Si and his other squads had already tracked and surrounded them several times, but they had always managed to escape. The most important point was that it was difficult to catch them. Otherwise, with Jiang Si's current strength, he could have wiped out this squad.

I just feel like I was a little unlucky.

But this morning, we unexpectedly caught the tail of this small team.

Although General Si felt there was something fishy going on, he couldn't miss this opportunity. After notifying the other nearby teams, he led his team straight to catch up.

The more I pursue this, the stronger the warning signs in my heart become.

"Yes, Captain, we can track it. It's roughly to the southeast and not too far from us. If we maintain our current speed, we can catch up within half an hour!"

The Chunin with the ability to detect and sense objects spoke with great confidence.

"Can we catch up in half an hour?"

Upon hearing these words, the general frowned.

According to common sense, this is a perfectly normal development.

However, no matter how Jiang Si looked at it, it seemed like a trap. If he had a Hyuga clan member in his team, he would be bolder to pursue them. But there weren't many Hyuga clan ninjas originally assigned to the northeast region, so it was hard to say that he could assign the right people to every team.

Thinking about this.

With a resolute look in his eyes, Jiang Si said, "Let's retreat first!"

"Huh?"

"team leader?"

Some of the answers were unexpected.

Uchiha Shoji, who had been leading them to victory against countless enemies for the past two months, suddenly made the decision to retreat temporarily.

The three or four team members sitting nearby were slightly taken aback.

However, on the battlefield...

Obeying orders is the duty of every ninja.

"Yes!"

After a moment of stunned silence and confusion.

These people didn't say a word, and each responded in kind.

"hehe!"

Just as they were about to set off.

"Get out of the way!"

Suddenly.

A cold laugh echoed from high above.

"Magnetic Release - Iron Sand Rain Technique!"