The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

It just goes to show that intelligence is extremely important in ninja battles. With proper ambush, it's not impossible for a genin to kill a jonin. Of course, it's very difficult.

Hands form a mudra.

"Earth Dragon Spear Technique"

After activating his Sharingan and engaging in a series of battles, Uchiha Kiyoshi's combat power rapidly increased.

They have a more precise grasp of the timing for activating ninjutsu.

With a single earth-dragon spear strike, two more Rain Ninjas were taken away.

The Rain Ninja who survived for three months was also seriously injured, and Uchiha Kiyoshi dealt with him in no time.

"Qing! Are you alright? You're back so quickly. Looks like those Rain Ninja aren't all that great after all. Hahaha!"

Open the barrier and let Rope Tree and the others in.

"The barrier can isolate chakra aura. You can use chakra when you run, just be careful not to leave footprints or other traces."

"Haha, Qing, you're the most reliable one. You even know how to create a barrier like this. Does that mean we'll never have to worry about pursuers again?"

"Shut up and run! If you don't leave now, the borders of the Land of Rain will be sealed off, and you won't be able to escape no matter how well you hide."

……

Three days later, Konoha.

With the help of Uchiha Kiyoshi's barrier, Team 3 successfully escaped from the Land of Rain.

On the way, due to Sarutobi Saku's injuries, the journey was delayed, and it took three whole days to return to Konoha.

During the journey, Uchiha Kiyo also took the time to treat Sarutobi Saku several times to ensure that his injuries would not worsen.

Chapter Sixty-Four: Barriers

The third shift returned to the village and immediately took the seriously injured Sarutobi Saku to the hospital.

After taking Sarutobi Saku to the hospital, Uchiha Kiyoshi and Nawaki went to the Hokage Building to submit their mission report.

This mission involves important intelligence gathering, and the information needs to be delivered directly to the Hokage for review.

As for the report, Uchiha Kiyoshi had already completed it on the way back.

Upon arriving at the Hokage's office, one sees the Third Hokage sitting behind his desk, handling village affairs.

"Ah, Kiyoshi and Nawaki are here. I remember your mission this time was to investigate the layout of the Land of Rain. How did it go?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi is indeed an excellent politician; he remembers everything that is important. Whether the mission itself is important or the members of Team 3 are important is hard to say.

"Lord Hokage, this is the mission report for this mission. Please take a look."

Handing over the scroll of the mission report, Uchiha Kiyoshi began to speak.

"With this mission, we have basically figured out the distribution of Rain Ninjas around Nanyun Town."

The Rain Ninja are concentrated in several bases, but their exact numbers and strength are difficult to determine.

However, later in this mission, we encountered a group of Rain Ninja and fought against them, which allowed us to make a preliminary assessment of their situation.

Judging from the routes taken at the time and the reinforcements received, each of the surrounding bases had at least twenty ninjas stationed there, including some at the level of Special Jonin.

As the Third Hokage listened to Uchiha Kiyoshi's account while examining the details of the mission in his hand, he gradually frowned.

"Judging from their deployment, this looks like war is imminent."

Uchiha Kiyoshi did not respond.

This is not a good response either. We can't exactly say that we're taking the initiative and catching Yu Zhong off guard, can we?

Although that's what Uchiha Kiyoshi thought, he couldn't say it out loud.

Konoha, which claims to represent peace, will not initiate a war.

Especially under the leadership of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Konoha was extremely frustrated and made various compromises in order to maintain peace.

These are all things that happened later, but from this perspective, it can be seen that Hiruzen Sarutobi's personality did indeed show this tendency.

If Uchiha Kiyoshi dares to say he'll take the initiative, putting everything else aside, his image will suffer a significant drop.

Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't care about the position of Hokage, but he couldn't ignore the Hokage's attitude towards him.

After all, if you're working under someone else and make a bad impression, they might assign you an extremely difficult task one day, and you'd be doomed. Although the Third Hokage might not actually do such a thing.

The Third Hokage couldn't do it, but Danzo definitely could.

Even if the Third Hokage didn't do anything, as long as he didn't stop Danzo's actions, Kiyoshi Uchiha's future would definitely be fraught with hardship.

Even Uchiha Kiyoshi, who was confident in his own strength, couldn't guarantee that he could survive time and time again under the Root's attacks.

The Third Hokage carefully examined the mission report in his hand, gradually falling into deep thought.

What exactly does Amegakure's action mean? Is it a prelude to war?

In recent years, with the rise of Hanzo the Salamander, the number of ninjas in Amegakure has been increasing, and many ninjas have been sent to the border.

In the past, even when Konoha ninjas encountered Amegakure ninjas in the Land of Rain, they never engaged in a direct war like today, with the Amegakure ninjas even resorting to baiting tactics.

The attitude of a newly promoted Jonin actually represents the attitude of Amegakure (the Hidden Rain Village).

It seems that Amegakure is about to lose its temper.

In addition to the problems of Amegakure, the Third Hokage was also considering another aspect.

That is what was stated in the mission report: Uchiha Kiyoshi activated his Sharingan and killed nearly twenty Rain Ninja.

"As expected, he did awaken the Sharingan? Someone with Kiyoshi's personality actually killed so many people after awakening the Sharingan."

Was it influenced by the Sharingan?

Given the circumstances at the time, especially when he finally reunited with Nawaki, Kiyoshi could have chosen not to kill those Rain Ninja.

well……"

He picked up the pipe, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled a cloud of smoke.

Looking at Uchiha Kiyoshi with a complicated expression, the Third Hokage was also thinking about how to deal with him in the future.

Even though he advocated for peaceful coexistence between the village and the Uchiha clan, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive.

The Uchiha not only possess great strength, but more importantly, their minds are affected by the Sharingan, making them somewhat unclear-headed and possessing a strong desire to fight.

According to Tsunade, many Uchiha clan ninjas experienced too much stimulation when they awakened their Sharingan, and combined with the effects of the Sharingan itself, this caused them to develop some mental problems.

A group of uncontrolled forces is the most frightening.

This is also why, in the original work, Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Danzo and others to massacre the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Kiyoshi also sensed that the Third Hokage's attitude towards him was not as kind as before; there was less expectation and more disappointment.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was also confused by the Third Hokage's change in attitude towards him, wondering what he had done wrong.

Little did he know that his killing of a large number of Rain Ninja had led the Third Hokage to mistakenly believe that the usually cowardly Third Hokage was showing signs of madness after activating his Sharingan.

Madness itself isn't scary; what's scary is the madness that's imperceptible deep within. No one can predict what such a person might do at any given time.

Of course, the Third Hokage wouldn't kill him outright with one blow. Whether Uchiha Kiyoshi was actually affected remains to be seen.

However, the seed was still planted in my heart.

"Alright, I understand the situation. Go report to the mission department. This mission will be more difficult; we'll classify it as Rank A."

After Uchiha Kiyoshi and the other two left, the Third Hokage spoke to the air.

"Go, send the nearby secret agents to check if the situation is true."

"Yes."

A deep voice came from the shadows behind the Third Hokage, and a ninja wearing a cat-face mask stepped out and raised his question.

"Lord Hokage, do you suspect their intelligence is inaccurate?"

"No, no, I still trust them quite a bit in this regard. I've seen their growth over the past three years."

I mainly wanted to confirm this. Also, I wanted to understand the process of the battle.

Go for it. "

Without giving the other party too many answers, the Third Hokage didn't let them continue asking questions.

The cat-faced ninja had his own judgment and knew that some things couldn't be asked directly. He used the Body Flicker Technique to leave the Hokage Building.

As he left the Hokage Building, Uchiha Kiyoshi recalled the Third Hokage's unusual behavior, unable to understand what had happened, and felt increasingly agitated.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Although I haven't fully grown up yet, I at least have some ability to protect myself now. If I use the Body Flicker Technique well, even a Jonin won't be able to take my life easily."

Uchiha Kiyoshi stopped thinking about it and focused his attention on what he had gained this time.

Chapter Sixty-Five Summary

At present, Uchiha Kiyoshi's Substitution Jutsu cannot perform long-range substitutions, but mid-to-close-range substitutions are no problem.

If I encounter danger, I can't guarantee I can fight back, but I'll definitely be able to save my life.

In the original work, wasn't Obito also just starting out, not very strong, barely a Jonin, yet he managed to fight against a Kage-level opponent using Kamui?

Uchiha Kiyoshi's Substitution Flip is not yet as powerful as Kamui, but his goal is not to fight against Kage-level opponents; he just needs to survive.

That's achievable.

Having developed the Body Flicker Technique to a certain extent, Uchiha Kiyoshi was already considering changing his fighting style.

Initially, his main problem was a lack of strength, which created a constant sense of insecurity. Combined with the character's requirements, Uchiha Kiyoshi resorted to his previous tactics. It had little to do with his actual personality.

Now that he had the ability to register and his safety was initially guaranteed, Uchiha Kiyoshi was also more confident and began to try to change his tactics.

Regarding his character development, Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't worried. In his view, he was gradually overcoming his psychological barriers. His comrades who knew him had also witnessed Uchiha Kiyoshi's transformation, but others didn't. The Third Hokage misunderstood, attributing this change to the influence of the Sharingan, making the conservative Uchiha Kiyoshi extremely aggressive.

In fact, Uchiha Kiyoshi had already begun this transformation a few months earlier, starting to try attacks while fighting and thinking about his own attack tactics.

In this mission, Uchiha Kiyoshi's fighting style was actually designed by himself, mainly based on his advantage in taijutsu, using brute force to overcome all techniques!

Coincidentally, the Sharingan was activated during this mission, and Uchiha Kiyoshi tried out this tactic for the first time. It seems to be working well.

Of course, the main reason this time was that the opponent was not familiar with this kind of battle and was caught off guard, which is why he was easily killed by Uchiha Kiyoshi.