The Great Hero Uchiha

"You were so cheeky today, making those kinds of jokes, and he tolerated it all. If you actually used the [Anti-Yuxing Tactics], he would probably cooperate and be defeated by you, begging for mercy and trying to make you happy without any of the manners of a strong person. Even so, I think jokes should be kept in moderation and not go too far."

After thinking for a moment, Aburame Momoe shook her head and retorted.

“You’re being too cautious. He’s not the kind of person who pays too much attention to details. No, I should say that this relaxed atmosphere is actually something he created so that we wouldn’t dwell on our grief.”

"I know, but I just can't get over that hurdle."

"..."

Momoe Aburame sighed.

I've always been reluctant to bring up this topic, afraid that my words might hurt Yami, but now that we've come this far...

She still forced herself to speak.

"We who survived should carry on the happiness that the dead share. This is the greatest respect we can show to the deceased. Otherwise, it would be a desecration of them. If they were alive, they wouldn't want us to be stuck in grief and unable to move on... This is the philosophy that the captain has always wanted to convey to us."

Yami, cheer up!

Don't let down the captain's good friend, and don't make me live those days of constant anxiety, fearing you might do something rash.

At this point, Momoe Aburame paused, then clenched her fist and swung it at Miyuki Uchiha.

"You were pretending to be asleep after all, you got fooled!"

Uchiha Miyuki could continue pretending to be asleep, but he opened his eyes at this moment and nimbly dodged to the side to avoid Aburame Momoe's attack. At times like this, only laughter and playfulness could dilute the sad atmosphere. Of course, besides these, he also preferred this lighthearted atmosphere of laughter and playfulness, and did not want to live such a repressed life every day.

"Do you think I'm a pig?! That I can sleep so soundly?"

"What sleeping? You were clearly pretending to be asleep the whole time, trying to spy on us while we changed! Prepare to be punished—"

"Who wants to see you changing clothes like a washboard! You have nothing to offer, what's there to see?"

"Are these your last words, my beloved captain?"

"Slip of the tongue! Slip of the tongue, that was just a slip of the tongue, don't take it seriously, really, don't take it seriously—"

"You make so many slips of the tongue, and every single one of them hits home."

Momoe Aburame smiled gently, but that gentle smile felt a little scary.

"My lord, spare me! I still have wounds that haven't healed... Yamei, quickly... quickly tell her how serious my injuries are, and whether they will worsen if touched!?"

Yami chuckled softly before speaking, "As long as you don't hit the body, there won't be any problems. Hmm, even if it gets worse, it's fine. I can use this opportunity to practice my medical ninjutsu. Momoe, feel free to go ahead and do it—"

86. War is merely a continuation of politics.

It took longer than Uchiha Miyuki had anticipated; the hunger lasted for a full week before it subsided, and his body underwent changes as a result.

A few days ago, perhaps due to the body's excessive energy demand, the Yang Escape power entered the body uncontrollably and continuously strengthened the body's gastrointestinal system. On the first day, the digestive ability was greatly improved, allowing the stomach and intestines to absorb more energy from the same food. On the second day, this ability was further enhanced, and it wasn't until the fourth day that new changes began to appear.

Increased appetite.

By the seventh day, the body had reached a balance and could replenish its energy deficit by eating.

This finally calmed the restless cells down.

After the digestive system comes the heart, lungs, liver...

The entire body was constantly changing under the influence of the Yang Release power, and it took nearly a month to completely complete the transformation from the inside out.

Without doing anything, his physical and ninjutsu skills improved at a visible rate every day. Combined with daily training, his taijutsu reached the level of a regular special jonin, and the quality of his chakra reached the level of a jonin. This is only the quality; the real key is his chakra recovery ability. Although it is still far inferior to that of Hashirama Senju, it is already abnormal enough.

If it is just a regular C-rank ninjutsu, it will hardly cause any consumption, and the chakra will be fully restored after the ninjutsu is released.

Do not!

It recovered before it had fully released its energy.

In addition, the body also possesses the ability to transform into water and lightning attributes, and has extremely high talent in these two areas. Ordinary C-rank water and lightning attribute ninjutsu can be mastered with a little practice, and B-rank ninjutsu can be mastered with a little effort as long as it is not too complicated. Moreover, this is not just concentrated on water and lightning ninjutsu, but on all ninjutsu!

Compared to water and lightning, the nature transformations of other attributes are more difficult to cultivate. Even if it is "slightly more difficult", it is still something that ninjas can only look up to.

It is clear that this talent originated from the Senju clan.

In terms of sealing ninjutsu, Uchiha Miyuki also tested it and found that he also had extremely high talent.

This improvement made him feel very unreal, as he would have to wait a year to graduate from the Ninja Academy. It was as if he used to walk up a mountain with a limp and there was no path, and every step of improvement was very difficult. But now he found that there was a flat path to the top, and his leg was no longer limping. He could even jump. He wondered if he could fuse with Hashirama's cells in the future, and if he could take a cable car directly.

Although this integration brought about a significant improvement, he was well aware that no one can become fat overnight, and nothing should be rushed.

He quickly set the direction for his future cultivation.

Illusion and taijutsu will remain secondary; ninjutsu will be temporarily set aside.

Even the most talented person has limited energy.

His current tactics are mainly based on genjutsu, and incorporating taijutsu won't have any impact. Blindly switching to ninjutsu will only disrupt the existing tactical system. In the future, when facing enemies, rashly using tactics that he is unfamiliar with and has not yet mastered will be suicidal unless there is a huge difference in their visual perception.

Moreover, his talent for illusion is stronger than his talent for ninjutsu.

Integrating ninjutsu into a tactical system still requires time to accumulate experience. Whether it's developing new tactics, improving attribute and nature transformations, or mastering ninjutsu form transformations, all of these take time.

Overall, he was quite satisfied with this improvement. His only regret was that he didn't have the opportunity to learn the Senju clan's secret techniques such as [Super Strength] and [Yin Seal], which prevented him from further exploring the potential of his Sage Body. [Super Strength] could be replaced by the Fire Release Chakra Mode, but there were no substitutes for the [Yin Seal] related secret techniques, which was a real pity.

If one can master this secret technique and accumulate some chakra, perhaps one can forcibly unleash the complete Susanoo.

"Meow, can you please stop hiding in such a remote place to cultivate?"

Upon seeing the appearance of the ninja cat, Uchiha Miyuki frowned. For the past month or so, he had been focused on integration and adapting to the new power and had not contacted his clan.

"What happened?"

“Your clan chief has a letter for you.”

After taking out an envelope, Ninja Cat finally spoke, "Thank you for your patronage. Please pay ten thousand yen."

Uchiha Miyuki took out 10,000 yen and handed it to Shinobu Cat.

The ninja cat then handed its anxious heart to Uchiha Miyuki, and then licked its paws and spoke.

"Take a look first. Let me know if you need a reply. If not, I'll go back."

Uchiha Miyuki nodded.

Opening the letter, there was only a very short sentence on it.

[Be prepared. I will arrive in three days and, together with the village's elite Jonin, head to Sunagakure to force them to sign a peace treaty.]

So that's what it was about—

Uchiha Miyuki has been busy adapting to the changes in his body lately and hasn't had a chance to meet with Uchiha Fugaku, so he naturally doesn't know the progress of this matter.

After pondering for a moment while looking at the letter, Fugaku Uchiha understood the connection. Fugaku Uchiha did not make this arrangement because he provided firsthand information, but because he recognized Fugaku's position as the new generation leader of the Uchiha clan and wanted him to participate in such a major event to make his presence felt.

Only after thinking this through did he speak to the ninja cat.

"Alright, you can go back now. I don't need a reply."

"Do you know that you're only narrowing your path by doing this? The clan chief sent you a letter, and you didn't even reply to show your loyalty."

Uchiha Miyuki was somewhat speechless.

"Do you ninja cats also charge the clan leader?"

"Of course."

"I really don't need to reply."

"Tch, what a waste of my saliva."

After saying these words, the ninja cat turned into smoke and disappeared.

After burning the letter with Fire Release, Uchiha Miyuki got up and returned to the camp, but encountered Aburame Momoe on the way.

"The administration department wants you to attend a meeting."

Uchiha Miyuki nodded. "Yes, I understand."

We went straight to the meeting room upon returning to the camp.

Apart from him, who was a special Jonin, all the Konoha ninja present were Jonin.

"You sit in that seat."

Uchiha Miyuki nodded.

The meeting officially began after everyone had arrived.

"The village has issued a new order, instructing us to exert maximum pressure on the Sunagakure front within two days!"

The ninjas on the field seemed unaware of the inside story, showing a confused expression, clearly not understanding why the village had suddenly adopted such an aggressive strategy.

Uchiha Miyuki, who knew the inside story, understood why.

The news of the Third Kazekage's disappearance is key to the peace talks.

War, however, is a continuation of politics. How much benefit a village can gain from these negotiations depends on the pressure the front lines can exert on Sunagakure. The sudden change in the strategic objectives of the entire front is precisely to put pressure on Sunagakure and force them to make greater concessions in the negotiations.

P.S.: This is a make-up update; the previous chapter was indeed a bit too weak.

Actually, I added some daily routines after seeing your feedback that you wanted to see some daily routines. However, it's clear that I chose the wrong time to add these routines.

And the battle after the book was published was indeed written in a rather drawn-out way, but that was not intentional on my part. The reason I kept emphasizing it was because what you see in a day or two is a plot point that has been going on for me for half a month or even longer, so I subconsciously emphasized it.

Please point out any problems.

It also helped me correct the mistakes I made during the writing process.

87. If you don't like something, you'll naturally try to get someone else to do it.

"Our next strategy is to destroy this main enemy stronghold. According to the intelligence we've gathered so far, there are three Jonin, ten Special Jonin, and thirty-five Chunin at this camp... This is the information on the Jonin and Special Jonin whose identities have been confirmed. For this operation, we will deploy five Jonin, fifteen Special Jonin, and eight Chunin squads—"

Kato Jonin had barely finished speaking.

Everyone frowned, clearly feeling the operation was far too risky. It involved nearly three-quarters of the camp's fighting force—such a large-scale undertaking. Whether successful or not, the operation would trigger a chain reaction. Was the village truly prepared?

The most important question is how to keep such a large-scale operation a secret from Sunagakure? What if the enemy realizes the operation has abandoned the gathering point and instead launches a surprise attack on the camp?

Furthermore, since everyone participated in this operation, who will guarantee the safety of the logistics troops?

Although they couldn't figure out the key point, years of experience made everyone realize that the village had found the key to ending the war; otherwise, the village wouldn't have taken such a big step.

"Crow Squad, Jonin Sanwu, you two go to this area and lie in ambush. Once the battle begins, you will enter the battlefield. Prioritize eliminating all Chunin squads that appear in your field of vision, followed by enemy Special Jonin... The rest of you will move with the main force. Taiwu, you are responsible for leading the Special Jonin and Chunin units to hold back the enemy's main force. The rest of you will follow me to hold back the enemy Jonin."