The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

With nowhere to gain leverage in the air, Maka seized the opportunity and flung out the retrieved kunai, the lingering gale in his hand providing further assistance.

At this moment, Maga's throwing technique seemed to have undergone a transformation, instantly unleashing three kunai that surrounded the opposing Jonin from three directions.

The slow-witted Jonin of the Utatane clan was hit by three kunai in succession, and he couldn't dodge a single one.

Even so, the other party did not die.

However, the heavily injured Jonin's fighting ability was greatly reduced, and after a close-quarters battle in which he and Maga fought to the death, he was still killed by Maga.

Of course, during the final battle, Maga deliberately guided the movement of the battlefield between the two sides.

"The ninjas here in Sunagakure are still fighting, and it will be a long time before they can provide assistance."

"This place is so far from the main battlefield, it's impossible for anyone to find us in a short time."

Maka stuffed three soldier pills into his mouth and began to fully circulate his Qi-nourishing technique to restore his chakra.

Ma Jia also gave his injuries a simple bandage.

Maka originally intended to kill all the ninjas in the vicinity at this time, but there are a large number of puppeteers here.

However, the recent experience, coupled with Number 2's reminder, made Maga realize that he was only an avatar and seemed unable to kill him.

Even if they were killed, there wouldn't be time to cover it up, and their identities would inevitably be exposed.

The news that an unknown ninja was secretly watching the ninjas of the two great ninja villages would surely get out, and it would be bad if it attracted the attention of the two great ninja villages.

Therefore, Maga decided it was better to be cautious.

Having successfully counterattacked this Jonin, he should now be taken seriously, and his previous schemes may now have a chance of being realized.

"But wouldn't it be a waste of effort to lure the final battle to such a distant place?"

No, it's better to do something.

Number 1 couldn't suppress his restless heart and felt he had to do something.

"Taking all the spoils of war and the corpses isn't excessive, is it?"

The traces have all been clearly identified, so both villages will assume it was the other's doing and won't suspect me.

Maga, having fully recovered his chakra, used Shadow Clone Jutsu.

At this point, it's more convenient to use shadow clones to handle things, while the main body can just stay here and wait for rescue.

Without Maga giving any instructions, the shadow clone knew what to do. It used earth-walking techniques to disappear into the ground and headed towards the nearest battlefield.

And so, the corpses, puppets, and everything else that could be called spoils of war from the nearby battlefield vanished without a trace.

The shadow clones eventually arrived at a location 200 meters underground with all their gains, and then disbanded on the spot.

Chapter 134 The Path of Research Begins

The secondary shadow clone hid all the spoils two hundred meters underground, so there was absolutely no need to worry about anyone accidentally discovering them.

Upon learning about the Shadow Clone Technique, Maka silently gave it a thumbs up.

"It looks like we should find some time to collect it, otherwise it's no use burying it there."

The current situation doesn't seem to allow Maga to search for these things, nor does it allow him to sell them on the black market.

"Then let's leave it to the main body."

Having made the decision, Maga 1 began to cast the Annihilation Technique in the sealed space, transmitting its memories of this period to its main body. Then, the second shadow clone also cast the Revival Technique on Maga 1 right after Maga 2's Annihilation.

On a small island in the southeastern sea of ​​the ninja world, Uchiha Kiyoshi's main body also received Maga 1's memories and learned of Maga 1's thoughts. However, he was still too far away from the battlefield, and he was about to start his research. He didn't have time to run over there.

Having acted as a relay station, Uchiha Kiyoshi then passed the message to the Earth Stone clone.

Next, these spoils will be retrieved by the Earth and Stone clones and then sold on the black market.

There's absolutely no need to worry about finding the location; the message transmission is a direct memory sharing process, so it won't be lost.

Two hours later, Tu Shi took the spoils away.

Ten hours later, Maga was "discovered" and taken back to the Sunagakure front by the Sunagakure rescue team.

For the safety of his teammates and the smooth execution of the mission, Maka lured away a Jonin from Konoha and successfully killed him. He received high praise from the Sunagakure leadership, who added five A-rank mission records to his record and promoted him to Elite Chunin. From then on, Maka was no longer considered cannon fodder.

With special permission from the higher-ups, Maga, who had made a significant contribution, was allowed to spend a week recuperating at the camp.

Gui and Kong also visited Maka at his residence and greatly admired his act of killing the Jonin.

Although Maka has explained many times that it was the Jonin's fault, no one really believes that the counterattack was entirely due to that Jonin from Konoha.

According to other Sand Ninja who had interacted with that Konoha Jonin at the time, the opponent did indeed possess Jonin-level combat strength, at most having some issues with combat skills, as Maka mentioned.

Even for a Jonin like him, being able to kill his opponent demonstrates Maka's excellence.

During Maga's recovery, even Sun came to visit him.

After this mission, Suna was promoted to an elite Jonin and became a high-ranking combatant in Sunagakure.

Despite Uchiha Kiyoshi's past victories in killing many elite Jonin, his true strength was undeniable, and he possessed a wide array of methods and sound tactical arrangements, primarily employing tactics that countered his opponents' methods.

There isn't a single Super Kage-level ninja in the entire ninja world right now. There are only so many Kage-level ninjas, maybe five in a single village.

If an elite Jonin makes another breakthrough, they become a Kage-level powerhouse.

Although there is a saying about near-shadow level, it is not a level, but just a way of saying it.

A ninja's strength progresses gradually. Even after a breakthrough and entering a period of rapid development, it still takes time to improve. Breaking through to the Kage level is no exception.

A ninja who successfully breaks through the bottleneck and enters the Kage level may experience a boost at the moment of breakthrough, but afterwards they can only rely on time to hone their skills and gradually acquire true Kage-level strength. For convenience, these ninjas are called "quasi-Kage," like the Sannin and White Fang at this moment. Strictly speaking, they are at this stage, but because their foundation before the breakthrough was deep enough, they already had the ability to fight against Kage-level ninjas before the breakthrough. After the breakthrough, they made rapid progress and quickly gained the strength to fight against normal Kage-level ninjas.

Strictly speaking, however, the Sannin and White Fang were still in the process of growing in strength, which is what is known as the near-Kage level.

Near-film level is film level.

It's just that they've just reached the Kage level; in the ninja world, the term "quasi-Kage level" is simply used to describe the concept of someone who has just reached the Kage level.

Therefore, elite Jonin are the highest level below Kage-level shinobi, and such individuals are the pillars of every village.

With this achievement, and having become acquainted with Sand, a highly promising elite Jonin, it's easy to imagine that Maga's identity will definitely play an important role in the future.

Uchiha Kiyoshi set up a smaller isolation array to cover his own territory. After storing enough chakra for the array to operate for half a month, Uchiha Kiyoshi began his research.

In the ninja world, the most precious thing is knowledge of ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi strongly agreed with this.

Knowledge is the ladder to progress.

It is also the key to acquiring power.

In the original work, Orochimaru, a ninja who possesses core technology, is active from the early to the later stages, and his strength is basically maintained at its peak, making him unique among ninjas.

With even greater ambitions, Uchiha Kiyoya, who wanted to create a new training system, had long since found his direction.

In the ninja world, a place where "science" exists, Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally chose the path of science.

And his actions were indeed in line with his own path. From a young age, Uchiha Kiyoshi had been researching.

From researching hand seals to speculating on the essence of ninjutsu, and then to proposing and refining his own series of conjectures, Uchiha Kiyoshi was constantly engaged in research.

It was through these studies that Uchiha Kiyoshi successfully developed his own secret techniques, including the Substitution Technique (which also included mental perception, but was developed to assist the Substitution Technique) and the Nourishing Vitality Technique (which included both the Body Nourishing Technique and the Body Tempering Technique).

These two secret techniques have always been the foundation of Uchiha Kiyoshi's reputation.

Since the outbreak of the Second Shinobi World War, Uchiha Kiyoshi has greatly reduced his research time. Apart from his necessary daily training, he rarely conducts research anymore.

Two years later, Uchiha Kiyoshi was finally about to begin his long-term research again, and he was extremely excited.

Or more accurately, it was the first time I was able to conduct research without worrying about being disturbed by other things, and to do it my own way.

For this research, Uchiha Kiyoshi's target is the aspect that interests him most.

That is spiritual energy.

It's not the soul, but spiritual energy!

Having cultivated for so many years and conducted research along the way, Uchiha Kiyoshi has also discovered the wonders of spiritual energy.

Before the existence of chakra, spiritual energy did not exist in the ninja world.

It can be said that spiritual energy is a unique type of energy found only in chakra.

However, since ancient times, very few people have been able to figure out exactly what spiritual energy is.

Spiritual energy can not only combine with physical energy to form chakra, which allows ninjas to perform amazing ninjutsu, but Uchiha Kiyoshi also discovered that spiritual perception can connect with the soul.

Not long ago, Uchiha Kiyoshi, who had completed the Annihilation and Resurrection Technique, discovered another major function of spiritual energy: by connecting with the soul, he could temporarily exert a part of the soul's function!

This further piqued Uchiha Kiyoshi's interest.

With the isolation array activated, Uchiha Kiyoshi no longer worried about the chakra aura issue and began his research.

Spiritual energy is the target this time, but Uchiha Kiyoya is not in a hurry to study it immediately.

Having not conducted systematic research for two years, Uchiha Kiyoshi needs to summarize and organize his insights and gains from this period.

Another aspect is improving one's own foundational knowledge and theoretical framework.

As the saying goes, if the foundation is not solid, the ground will shake.

Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally understood the importance of a solid foundation.

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

I've compiled my insights from the past two years and integrated my understanding of the small circulation of chakra.

The Uchiha purge involved reviewing the basics once again.

The next step is to study spiritual energy.

"First of all, spiritual energy is too conceptual and too abstract, and it is still impossible to study it directly."

"If you want to study spiritual energy, you have to verify it from the side."

This is also a method that Uchiha Kiyoshi learned from various experiments in his previous high school life.

Conversion method.

Some objects that are not suitable for direct study are replaced with other more intuitive things.

I cannot directly study spiritual energy, but I can indirectly verify some of the characteristics of spiritual energy through chakra, another energy that is more convenient to study and is related to spiritual energy.