Uchiha's road to the top started from Konoha

Chapter 53: Just Holding Hands
"Tomorrow is the official start of your studies. You must work hard. Although the senior department is a three-year program, there is a system of repeating a grade. My requirements are very strict."

"I won't let Teacher Wu An down!"

Although the five little rascals were curious about the flying ninja eagle, they all shouted in unison in response to Uchiha Takean's words. On their young faces, there was only the enthusiasm to fight for the future of Konoha.

The honorable Hokage showed a gratified look in his eyes - these are the top workers in the future.

"The teacher has something important to do. You guys go down first."

Waving at the five little rascals who bowed to him, Uchiha Takean teleported directly back to the Hokage's office. He glanced at Minamoto Kaori and Uzumaki Minako who were in the room, then continued to work with his head down.

(Why do I feel like a black-hearted capitalist who is not welcomed by the people?)

This thought flashed through his mind and was then thrown out. The great and glorious Hokage took a look at the information he got from Ninja Hawk, and saw that the last person to sign the message was Sarutobi Sasuke.

Uchiha Wuan sensed the location of the Flying Thunder God Kunai. There was no obstruction around the kunai, and the chakra in his body was enough to allow him to teleport there at any time.

Then he looked thoughtfully at the two secretaries in the room, and finally his gaze fell on Uzumaki Minako.

It's the secretary's turn to do something.

………………

At the foot of a cliff on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Whirlpools, Sarutobi, Sasuke and three others stood quietly by, looking at the Flying Thunder God Kunai stuck in the ground.

The sudden appearance of two figures made them lower their heads.

"Hokage-sama."

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Letting go of Uzumaki Minako, whose pretty face was slightly red, Uchiha Takean's breathing became a little rapid——

Teleporting here directly from Konoha, and with the help of a beautiful young woman who had learned the Uzumaki seal technique, even the shadow Uchiha with strong chakra felt a little chest tightness and shortness of breath.

After a second or two of relaxation, Uchiha Wuan opened his Mangekyō Sharingan, which had now extended to the area of ​​2,200 meters around [Tenjo Rizun], and directly discovered a sealed altar underground.

The stone altar was already very old and had cracks all over it, but the spell formation on it was still as new as ever.

At the center of the altar is a young girl sealed in a substantial chakra crystal.

The girl had waist-length black hair and was wearing the traditional dark long dress of the Uchiha clan, revealing her well-proportioned and smooth calves. She had a ninja belt tied around her waist and black sandals on her feet that revealed her ten round toes.

Uchiha Hikaru closed her eyes, still holding a blood-stained samurai sword in her right hand, but a faint serenity appeared on her face, as if death was not a fear in her life, but a great relief.

During the turbulent times of the Warring States Period, the average life expectancy was only 30 years, and it was common for children to take up weapons and fight the enemy at the age of six.

The Uchiha and Senju clans, who stood at the top, were the hardest hit by this situation. The clan leader's children had all gone to the battlefield, not to mention the rest of the clan members.

Killing and being killed are repeated every day. The ninjas in the entire ninja world are like poisonous insects. Uchiha Hikaru, who is used as a weapon, ignores the lives of others and also ignores his own life.

I wonder if the Sage of Six Paths, who spreads "benevolence and love, and is committed to mutual understanding among people", is still keeping his pair of eyes of reincarnation open, representing everything in the universe, overlooking all living beings?

(Judging from deeds rather than hearts, no one is perfect when it comes to hearts, the Sage of the Six Paths, ha!)

Uchiha Wuan turned off the Mangekyo, and his pure black eyes fell on Sarutobi Sasuke.

"Captain Sasuke, this mission was accomplished well. Go back and rest, and prepare for the expedition to the Land of Lightning. Secretary-General Mito will inform you of the specific rules."

"As you command, Hokage-sama."

After one night, he heard that Sarutobi Sasuke was going to the Land of Lightning. He suppressed his surprise, but also knew that Uzumaki Minako was here, so it didn't matter whether he was there or not. Sarutobi Sasuke, who was a little anxious, bowed and led the team straight to Konoha.

"Let's go, Minako."

"Ah."

Uzumaki Minako regained her composure and followed Uchiha Takean into the underground passage with a normal expression. In the dark corridor, only the footsteps of two people could be heard.

In a trance, Uzumaki Minako heard her own heartbeat slightly quickening.

Wow.

A ball of flame lit up in front, illuminating the road and the handsome profile of the young Hokage.

(What’s wrong with me? I just held your hand because it was necessary for the Flying Thunder God Technique.)
(Why is this?)
(Calm down, Minako, you are already married and have children, don't think too much.)
The warmth of her palm seemed to spread to her chest along with the fire, and Uzumaki Minako couldn't help but let her thoughts fly.

"what!"

A soft touch invaded from behind. Uchiha Takean turned around to look at the beautiful young woman who had hit someone with the ball. The inquiring look made Uzumaki Minako take a few steps back and turn her head away with a blush on her face.

"The passage here collapsed."

After explaining his stop, following the memory that [Tenjo Rizun] had put into his mind, Uchiha Takean performed the earth escape ninjutsu, opened a passage for people to pass, and then reached out and took Uzumaki Minako's slightly cold hand.

"Hey, Wu An-san?!"

The surprised and uneasy beautiful young woman instinctively wanted to pull her hand away, but found that she couldn't. Her deep blue eyes couldn't help but look at the young Hokage who had a calm and natural expression in the firelight.

"It's a little bumpy underfoot, so it's safer to hold on."

This statement is pure nonsense. Uchiha Takean himself doesn't believe it, because even a Genin would not wrestle in such a place, let alone the Kage-level Uzumaki Minako.

But it was this step that made Uzumaki Minako, who had not been loved by her husband for five years and had been under cold violence in the Senju clan, walk down and follow Uchiha Takean closely.

In the firelit corridor, the warmth of palms was spreading. Neither of them spoke. In the quiet corridor, only the sound of footsteps could be heard.

Soon, the road ahead suddenly became clear, and the beautiful young woman, whose hand was released, actually felt a sense of loss.

But he was immediately attracted by the scene before him - in the familiar sealing array, there was a beautiful girl with a calm and peaceful expression in the crystal that emitted a light blue chakra glow and illuminated the surroundings.

"Wu An-san, what is this?"

"During the turbulent times of the Warring States Period, he was sealed here for nearly a hundred years. He belonged to the Uchiha clan... a member of the clan that everyone has forgotten - Uchiha Hikaru."

While explaining, Uchiha Wuan was thinking deeply in his heart.

Chakra is the product of an even mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy. This should be the reason why Uchiha Hikari, who was sealed in the crystal, has been able to survive until now.

Uchiha Wuan could feel that Uchiha Guang's pupil power was fluctuating.

The instinct of life made her body want to live, so the eye technique [Eight Thousand Spears] transformed the solid chakra that should have been unable to be absorbed into strands of chakra energy to nourish her body.

But Uchiha Hikari's main consciousness did not want to survive, so her pupil power remained at an extremely low power, putting her in a state of neither life nor death.

According to the current absorption power and the size of the chakra crystals, Uchiha Hikaru will not be able to unseal himself for hundreds of years.

So, Uchiha Wuan said solemnly, "Please, Minako."

(End of this chapter)