I'm retrieving corpses in Konoha.

"Sigh." Uchiha Natsu sighed.

I don't know what's so good about the spot next to him.

The original body disposal team had no female members; the presence of even one was a rare occurrence.

But many years ago, when Uchiha Natsu enrolled, the girls in the same class at the Ninja Academy went crazy, vying for those few spots.

The entire medical class is almost full of women, and there are many more medical ninjas this year.

Now, everyone in the corpse disposal team, except for the Jonin leading the team and Uchiha Natsu, has become a female.

Uchiha Natsu had to endure this torment every day; it was truly agonizing.

Sometimes, Uchiha Natsu would think that anyone could see that his future was bleak.

After graduating for so many years, he's still just a temporarily promoted Chunin, arguably the weakest ninja in terms of talent among the Uchiha clan. So why are there still so many girls drawn to him?

Looks can't put food on the table.

"Never mind." Uchiha Natsu was too lazy to think about it anymore. He quickly finished his bento and left the noisy place.

After leaving the house, Uchiha Natsu headed straight west, passing through the Uchiha clan's territory, and arrived at the woods outside the village.

"Spirit Spell!"

The technique was completed, and the giant bear appeared before Uchiha Natsu amidst a cloud of smoke.

Every few days, Uchiha Natsu would bring out the giant bear "Big Gray" to be his sparring partner.

Of course, Uchiha Natsu's order was not to use their full strength, but to keep it at a level similar to his.

Big Gray was very obedient and always behaved weaker than him, which was good.

In fact, over the past three years, Uchiha Natsu has collected nearly three thousand corpses, but each time he increases his power, he feels no different from before.

According to his own feelings, these three years have been wasted, and he is now barely at the level of a normal Chunin.

But today, Uchiha Natsu has a bold idea.

He wanted Big Grey to loosen up a bit and perform a little better than him.

"Big Gray, go all out a bit today. I want to test my true strength," Uchiha Natsu instructed.

"Big Gray" looked puzzled and somewhat confused.

Following Uchiha Natsu's instructions, it always performed much like Uchiha Natsu, but it had already used its full power two and a half years ago.

Now they're saying to let it have more freedom, but how do we let it have more freedom?

Although it didn't understand, the giant bear, Big Gray, still nodded. It couldn't speak or communicate telepathically; it could only obey commands.

Just as Big Grey got into position.

"Wait! Let me warm up!" Uchiha Natsu quickly reminded him.

He was a little nervous. It was the first time he had let Big Grey unleash its full power, and he felt that his small body couldn't handle it.

Therefore, Uchiha Natsu immediately started doing various warm-up exercises on the spot.

Half an hour later, the warm-up was finally over.

"Phew, come on!"

Big Grey was getting bored while waiting, but upon hearing this, he immediately perked up, roared, and pounced with one paw.

"and many more!"

The massive, ten-meter-tall Grey Bear suddenly stopped, nearly straining its back.

"Big Grey, you'd better be careful later. If I get hurt, you'll be in big trouble!" Uchiha Natsu said nervously.

Big Gray nodded vigorously, thinking to himself, "When have I ever not used my full strength, only to be utterly crushed? This time it's just a formality."

With everything in place, Uchiha Natsu felt he was fully prepared. He had already put on layers of protective gear and his muscles were warmed up just right.

So he said earnestly, "Come on!"

Big Grey immediately roared again, his expression even more ferocious than before, his eyes wide open, and he pounced on the enemy menacingly.

Since hard power cannot be improved, the only option is to make the expression look more fierce.

Now, it's the actor Big Grey.

Uchiha Natsu didn't use any weapons, since it was, after all, his summoned beast. He and Big Gray always fought hand-to-hand, and this time was no exception.

"boom!"

The bear's paw and hand met, and the next second, the huge gray bear's body soared into the air and circled once.

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Then, he fell heavily to the ground.

Chapter 5 Instructing Chunin

"Rumble..."

A dull thud resounded, like an earthquake, and a huge crater was smashed into the ground.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards, looking quite alarming.

Big Grey groaned as he felt the pain coursing through his body.

"Didn't I tell you to go all out...? As expected, summoned beasts can't bear to unleash their full power in front of their masters." Uchiha Natsu sighed in disappointment and released his grip on the bear's paw.

This guy, just like always, pretended to fall down, and he acted it so convincingly.

He was about to use his full strength, but when he felt that the power coming from Big Gray was as weak as before, he gave up the idea of ​​using his full strength halfway through.

The result was that he only used a tiny bit of chakra, less than one-thousandth of the total, and Big Grey acted so exaggeratedly.

From a distance, the "duel" just now looked like an ant tripping an elephant, and the elephant actually did trip over it.

Big Gray lay on the ground, panting for a long time before finally recovering. He struggled to get up, sticking out his tongue and giving a fawning smile.

Uchiha Natsu looked at the bear-licking creature and sighed inwardly once again.

I'm still too weak. Even after using the system to collect three years' worth of corpses, I'm not much stronger than I was three years ago.

Over the past three years, all the rewards I've received have been minor improvements to one of my abilities; there haven't been any external rewards like the summoned beast, Big Gray.

It could also be because those corpses had very low scores.

I originally thought that I could rely on the system to survive until I reached the "Super Shadow" level, and at least have a 90% chance of surviving the night of the massacre.

It seems that he is still that weak and insignificant Uchiha.

The night of annihilation is less than four years away, which is extremely dangerous. If things continue like this, my life is in danger.

Life is too difficult.

Just then, Uchiha Natsumi sensed something and immediately canceled the summoning jutsu, and the giant gray creature disappeared.

A moment later, a masked ANBU ninja landed in front of Uchiha Natsu.

Fox-face mask, Kakashi Hatake.

"Natsu, the Third Hokage is looking for you." Kakashi glanced at the deep pit beside him, his lips twitching.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Uchiha Natsu responded, then hesitated and said, "Kakashi, could you help me with this?"

In the past, he would use Earth Release to cover up the traces himself, but this time, with the Third Hokage summoning him, there was clearly no time for that.

Uchiha Natsu and Kakashi were classmates, and their relationship had become much closer since they went on a mission together last time, which is why he asked Kakashi to help him.

Kakashi hummed in agreement and waved his hand, signaling Uchiha Natsumi to leave without worry.

After Uchiha Natsu left, Kakashi came to the crater and looked at the cracks that had spread for dozens of meters in all directions. He muttered to himself, "Such a huge crater, and Natsu actually made it... How did he do that?"

I thought about it but couldn't figure out the trick; it looked like it was just forced out.

"This guy seems to be getting more and more mysterious." Kakashi shook his head and began to smooth out the crater using Earth Release.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Natsu arrived at the Hokage's office.

"Third Hokage." Uchiha Natsu knelt on one knee in the center of the room to pay his respects.

"You've come." Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pen and said slowly, "Xia, I called you here because I wanted to transfer you out of the corpse disposal team to be the Chunin leader who guides the graduating freshmen."

Uchiha Natsu raised his head and quickly said, "Third Hokage, I don't think I have that ability yet..."

It's right now that the freshmen are graduating, and the Third Hokage clearly intends for him to be a Chunin instructor, but Uchiha Natsu feels that he can't teach them well at all.

In fact, the corpse disposal team's improvement in strength for Uchiha Natsu was "neither painful nor significant," and Uchiha Natsu had long wanted to take on missions.

He just felt that his strength was too low, so he decided to train hard first and apply to the Third Hokage when he had truly reached Chunin level.

Now, Uchiha Natsu believes he has reached Chunin level and can take on missions like eliminating bandits to collect a large number of corpses.

However, he absolutely lacks the ability to mentor Chunin.

Most importantly, every year, outstanding graduates and those with connections are assigned to lead Jonin, while those with slightly lower qualifications or no family background are assigned to Chunin.

After all, the number of Jonin is limited. Apart from the Anbu, Root, and those who are on missions, there aren't many left.

It's clear that he'll likely be assigned someone with mediocre skills, which would essentially make him a burden.

“Natsu-kun, I’ve always seen your hard work. Fugaku also told me about your living conditions and how you’ve almost neglected sleep and meals to practice ninjutsu. In Fugaku’s and my eyes, you are a very steady ninja, which is why I decided to let you lead the graduating freshmen.” Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke sincerely.

Having come this far, Uchiha Natsu felt that if he didn't accept it, he would be disrespecting the Hokage and might be targeted in the future.

Whether it sounds nice or not is not important; what's important is to have a stable life in the future.

Therefore, Uchiha Natsu could only nod and say, "Yes, sir."

The Third Hokage laughed and handed a ninja file to Uchiha Natsu: "Originally, I planned to have Hayate Gekko lead it, but Hayate is still young and inexperienced. You are more mature than Hayate, and I believe you will definitely become an excellent Chunin instructor."

Uchiha Natsu bowed and accepted the file, where the name column read "Uzuki Yugao".

Bowing as he left the Hokage's office and the Hokage Building, Uchiha Natsu couldn't help but feel a little troubled.

It's obvious that Uzuki Yugao was just randomly assigned to someone because there was no one else to take care of her.

However, just a few days ago, Hinata was kidnapped in Konoha, and the Hidden Cloud Village signed a contract with Konoha. This also signifies the official end of the Third Shinobi World War, and the village is still severely short-handed.

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