Chapter 30: A-Rank

Chapter 30: Chapter 30: A-Rank

"Moreover, you’ve probably heard from Tsunade that I’ve been trying to improve Tobirama’s techniques. However, my understanding of space-time is not particularly profound.

Over the years, since most of Tobirama’s techniques are related to Summoning Techniques and Sealing Arts, I’ve occasionally tried to refine them as well.

But in the end, I’m not Tobirama, so the improvements I could make were limited. Even with the Flying Thunder God Technique, I only managed to optimize and refine a few of its derived Sealing Arts formulas.

It’s a shame that after Tobirama became Hokage, he was constantly busy with official duties. Otherwise, the Flying Thunder God Technique could have become even stronger."

Uzumaki Mito spoke with regret. When it came to Senju Tobirama’s talent for researching Ninjutsu, she believed ten of her combined couldn’t match him.

"I understand."

Uchiha Xuan nodded lightly upon hearing this. Sealing Arts—he was gradually mastering them.

After all, he still wanted to continue refining the Yin Seal to form a second Dantian. To improve the Yin Seal, a deep understanding of Sealing Arts was essential.

In a sense, Sealing Arts represented the fundamental logic of the Ninja World.

"Child, are you ready... to make a name for yourself in the Ninja World?"

Looking at Uchiha Xuan, Uzumaki Mito smiled, her eyes crinkling at the corners. In her vision, two familiar figures stood behind Uchiha Xuan, overlapping and merging into the person before her now.

One was deeply missed, while the other was utterly detestable.

......

As a war machine, Konohagakure moved with remarkable speed. In just one night, the farewell ceremony had been organized.

At this moment, the streets of Konohagakure were lined with its rowdy citizens, loudly cheering and wishing victory to the ninjas about to depart.

Uchiha Xuan and the other two were among the ranks, following the flow of the crowd as they made their way out of Konohagakure.

Their destination was the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire.

"I really don’t get what my sister is thinking, but whatever. Hey, blondie, remember to stick close to me once we’re on the battlefield. I’ll protect you.

As for you... hmph, out of respect for Grandma and my sister, you should stick close to me too. To uphold the honor of the Senju, I won’t let anyone die easily in front of me."

Not long after leaving the village, Nawaki spoke to Namikaze Minato, glancing at Uchiha Xuan as he did so.

In response, aside from Minato’s polite smile, Uchiha Xuan chose to ignore the fool entirely. As he walked, he focused on gathering Chakra into the diamond-shaped mark on his forehead.

With Uzumaki Mito’s help over the course of the night, Uchiha Xuan had successfully condensed the Yin Seal mark and was now slowly storing Chakra within it.

Although the storage space for Chakra was still small, it was gradually expanding as more Chakra gathered.

It had to be said that when it came to Sealing Arts, Uzumaki Mito was undoubtedly the foremost expert in the current Ninja World.

"You jerk..."

Seeing Uchiha Xuan ignore him again, Nawaki couldn’t help but recall being knocked down by Tsunade’s punch yesterday. Anger surged within him, and he reached out to grab Uchiha Xuan’s shoulder.

However, the moment he extended his hand, Nawaki’s body stiffened. Upon closer inspection, a golden thread could be seen instantly wrapping around him.

Where the thread touched his skin, a bright red mark appeared, indicating the sharpness of the golden thread.

"Ignorance is not what hinders a ninja’s survival—arrogance is. If you cannot change your temperament, then to spare some from grieving over your death, I wouldn’t mind taking action to cripple you directly.

After all, compared to death, I think they could accept you being disabled. War is no boring ninja game."

The golden thread was connected to Uchiha Xuan’s fingertip, and his indifferent words echoed in Nawaki’s ears.

"When... did you..."

Feeling the thread wrapped around him, Nawaki looked shocked.

Although Nawaki was carefree and not suited to be a ninja, that didn’t mean he was a novice. On the contrary, with the Senju heritage and Orochimaru’s guidance, he could definitely be considered a ’little genius.’

Yet, even so, he hadn’t noticed when Uchiha Xuan had made his move.

"Xuan, he is a comrade we’ll need to work with in the future."

Namikaze Minato, standing nearby, immediately spoke up to mediate. However, he only offered words and made no move to intervene.

[Defeated C-grade target. Obtained C-grade Card Pool draw: 1]

Hearing the data sound effect in his ears, Uchiha Xuan flicked his finger lightly, and the golden thread wrapped around Nawaki instantly vanished.

As his Medical Ninjutsu advanced, Uchiha Xuan’s mastery of the Golden Light Mantra grew increasingly proficient. He had already mastered Golden Light Materialization skillfully.

"..."

The moment Uchiha Xuan retracted the thread, Nawaki’s legs gave way, and he slumped to the ground. Just moments ago, he truly felt Uchiha Xuan would kill him—no... cripple him.

’This Uchiha, younger than me... what is going on? That golden thing...’

Sitting on the ground, Nawaki looked up in disbelief at Uchiha Xuan, who had already walked away. A passing Konohagakure ninja immediately stepped forward to help Nawaki up.

"Xuan, was that really appropriate?"

Beside Uchiha Xuan, Namikaze Minato scratched his head and spoke up.

"I think it was fine."

"Ahaha, is that so?"

"...."

"...."

They walked in silence for a long time until night fell. The team leader instructed everyone to set up camp and rest. Namikaze Minato started a campfire and sat before it, lost in thought. Beside him, Uchiha Xuan closed his eyes, resting and cultivating his Qi while his consciousness sank into the Mist Space.

Mist Space.

Familiar cards of various colors danced in the sky.

Looking at the colorful cards flying in the sky, Uchiha Xuan raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Snap!

As the snap echoed, all the cards flying in the air instantly burst apart, releasing countless shimmering streams of light.

Amidst the dazzling radiance, a hint of purple quietly emerged.

An A-rank Card!?!

Expecting it to be the usual C-rank reward from his Card Draws as before, Uchiha Xuan’s eyes lit up upon seeing that flash of purple light.

Was that idiot Nawaki actually this useful?!

With anticipation, Uchiha Xuan reached out to take the Card. On it, a peculiar pattern composed of squares was imprinted.

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