Chapter 121: Let the Bullets Fly for a While

"May I ask how old you are this year, brother?"

Uchiha Gin raised his head to look up at the blond boy with a face full of flesh, carefully examining his appearance.

After lingering for a moment on the six-path markings on his cheeks, he looked straight into the other party's arrogant eyes and asked with a sincere tone.

Kinkaku glared at the frail Uchiha before him. He hadn't expected the other party not only not to be afraid but to dare to ask his age.

"Hmph! I'm twelve this year!"

He snorted through his nose immediately, pointed his thick thumb at himself, and replied in a muffled voice.

Ah? If you hadn't said it, I would have thought you were thirty too. You look way too mature for your age!

Uchiha Gin was startled. This guy, who looked like a melon seller, was actually only twelve years old. It could only be said that he was innately gifted.

"This is going to be difficult!"

Uchiha Gin supported his forehead, his words filled with regret.

"You guy, what are you muttering about over there?"

Kinkaku, seeing that Uchiha Gin actually dared to ignore him and talk to himself as if no one else was around, immediately felt his anger rise. In a fit of rage, he stretched out his fan-like large hand and slapped it toward the curly head that was lowered in thought.

"Kinkaku! Don't!"

Hagoromo Shintaro hadn't expected Kinkaku to be so bold as to openly attack an ally who had come to help.

He knew Kinkaku's strength very well. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was too young, the position of acting clan head would never have been his turn to sit in.

"Bang!!!"

Hearing a loud noise, Hagoromo Shintaro, who hadn't been able to stop it in time, closed his eyes in pain.

It's over, it's all over. Not only have we provoked the Senju clan, but now we've also offended the last straw of hope. Heaven wants to destroy my great Hagoromo clan!

"Eh?"

Kinkaku, who had thought his slap would send the frail Uchiha flying, called out in confusion at this moment.

Kinkaku hadn't felt himself hit anything. He immediately prepared to pull back his hand to check, but was surprised to find his palm clamped by someone. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it in the slightest.

"Are children these days all so impolite?"

Uchiha Gin's lazy voice rang out. Hagoromo Shintaro hurriedly opened his eyes upon hearing it, only to see a scene that left him dumbfounded.

Uchiha Gin, who he had thought would be slapped away, was yawning at this moment. He raised one hand and extended two fingers, lightly clamping Kinkaku's angry palm, appearing very relaxed.

"!!!"

Kinkaku saw Uchiha Gin clamping his thick palm with just two fingers and was too surprised to speak.

"Let go of me!"

Using all his might, Kinkaku still couldn't pull his palm from between Uchiha Gin's fingers, which made him shout in anger.

"Ai ai ai ah!!!"

Uchiha Gin saw that this kid still dared to be stubborn, so he immediately exerted force with his fingers. His fingers, infused with superhuman strength, clamped onto Kinkaku's palm like a tiger's vice. Kinkaku felt the intense pain coming from his palm and couldn't help but start wailing.

"Lord Uchiha Gin, please let him go. He's still just a child!"

Hagoromo Shintaro, on the side, trotted over to Uchiha Gin's side and persuaded him in a strange tone, but looking at the corner of his mouth that he couldn't suppress, he was clearly saying one thing while meaning another.

Huh? He hadn't expected this thick-browed Hagoromo Shintaro to be this kind of person.

"You're a child?"

Uchiha Gin laughed teasingly, turned his head to look at the sweating Kinkaku, whose face was flushed red from being clamped, and whose terrified face no longer showed the arrogance from just a moment ago.

"Yes, yes, yes, I just turned twelve this year~"

Since the situation was stronger than the person, Kinkaku, no matter how stubborn he was, knew how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so he immediately softened his tone and replied.

"Alright."

Uchiha Gin released his clamping fingers. Kinkaku, feeling the giant force disappear, hurriedly retreated a few steps. Looking at the two iron-blue marks on his palm, he changed from his previous obedience and said stubbornly:

"You only had the advantage of age. When I reach your age, I will definitely be a hundred times stronger than you."

So this kid's mouth has been this hard since he was little. No wonder he could bite off the Nine-Tails' chakra.

"It seems you're a bit unconvinced?"

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows and said to Kinkaku, who looked indignant.

"Hmph!"

Kinkaku clutched his palm and snorted coldly, indicating that he was right.

"I, Uchiha Gin, like to convince people with virtue the most. Since you think I took advantage of my age, let my disciple have another tense and exciting duel with you!"

With that, he pushed out Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, who had been eating melon seeds and watching the fun with Uchiha Guang behind him.

"???"

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, who was eating melon seeds, held a handful of melon seed shells in her hand and looked at the confident Uchiha Gin with a bewildered expression.

Am I still your dearest disciple?

"Huh? Just her?"

He hadn't expected the other party to push out a little girl. Kinkaku, who had recovered his arrogance, mocked.

"Mr. Gin, if you don't want to take me as a disciple, please just say it directly. There's no need to do this."

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili secretly threw the melon seed shells behind her and rubbed her fair little hands.

She raised her head, stared at Uchiha Gin with hollow eyes that showed no anger, and said in a cold tone.

"Oh my~ Little Uchiha Zhili, how can you look at Master like that? Uncle here has a lot of confidence in you!"

Uchiha Gin smiled and patted Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's little head, his tone filled with inexplicable confidence.

"Master has tested you. This kid is just a paper tiger with a flashy exterior. You only need to make a slight move, and that will be his known limit."

"Really?"

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili was dizzy from Uchiha Gin's words. Looking at Kinkaku, her eyes no longer held the worry from before.

"It's a piece of cake. You take the weapon I gave you, and dealing with him will be like cutting melons and vegetables."

Uchiha Gin patted his chest with a loud thud.

"Are you two ready?"

Kinkaku, who had been rubbing his palm for a long time, felt his state had recovered enough and started clamoring again.

"Go, Uchiha Zhili, give that stubborn kid a lesson he'll never forget."

Patting Uchiha Uchiha Zhili on the back, Uchiha Gin encouraged her.

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, who was still a bit suspicious in her heart, drew the weapon Uchiha Gin had gifted her yesterday from her waist.

Holding the electric-arc-covered electric sword, the girl suddenly felt a bit of confidence. Without further delay, she strode out.

"Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, please enlighten me."

The girl raised the weapon in her hand and said softly to Kinkaku not far away.

"Hmph! To deal with a little girl like you, I don't need ninja tools at all."

Kinkaku snorted, choosing not to take out the inheritance left by his father, and instead prepared to fight the girl with his bare hands.

Facing Kinkaku, whose momentum was several times stronger than her own, it would be impossible for Uchiha Uchiha Zhili not to be nervous.

The girl, who had activated her two-tomoe Sharingan at thirteen, could be said to have top-tier talent.

Given time, she would definitely become a pillar of the Uchiha clan, but currently, her comprehensive strength was at most that of a Special Jonin.

As for Kinkaku opposite her, due to the blessing of his ancestral bloodline, he already possessed the chakra volume of an elite Jonin at twelve, and his physical development speed far exceeded his peers, bringing his comprehensive strength to at least the Jonin level.

"Heh, little girl, I'll let you have three moves first!"

Kinkaku, with a look of contempt, crossed his arms and generously indicated that he would stand still and let Uchiha Uchiha Zhili attack first.

Uchiha Gin:???

"I'm thirteen this year, you should call me sister."

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, holding the electric sword, suddenly spoke, her eyes filled with a strange meaning.

"Long-winded! Here, we rank by strength!"

Kinkaku, who had been stepped on his sore spot, shouted in anger. He had been mocked privately by clan members more than once because of this prematurely aged appearance.

"Brother, stay calm! Don't fall for someone else's provocation."

The silver-haired boy who hadn't spoken until now stepped forward and began to soothe his somewhat irritable brother.

"Despicable Uchiha, hurry up and make your move!"

Kinkaku, having calmed his mood, gritted his teeth and said to Uchiha Uchiha Zhili. After her three moves, he would definitely make this sharp-tongued little girl suffer.

"Go! Little Uchiha Zhili, use the electric sword!"

Uchiha Gin waved his hand, striking a trainer's pose.

"It's the Sword of the Thunder God, okay~"

Uchiha Uchiha Zhili pouted, protested in a low voice, and rushed toward Kinkaku, who had his arms crossed, with the electric sword.

Watching the girl swing her sword at him, Kinkaku gave a disdainful smile. Just by relying on this kind of small dagger, she wanted to hurt him? It was simply wishful thinking.

Facing the blade about to cleave down, he didn't dodge or evade, but stretched out his thick arm to block.

"Ping!"

With a single metallic chime, Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's blade was easily blocked by Jin Jiao, who felt a slight tingle of numbness but didn't take it to heart.

Glancing at Uchiha Uchiha Zhili, who hadn't even broken his skin, he pulled out a cruel smile.

"Two moves left."

Seeing that her first strike, a strike she had swung with all her might, hadn't even broken this guy's defense, Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's heart sank. She furrowed her delicate brows and began to think of a countermeasure.

"Little Uchiha Zhili! Don't be discouraged. You must hit three times. My electric sword has a special function, you know~"

Seeing Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's hesitation, Uchiha Gin, who was watching the battle from the side, shouted at her immediately, and with a big smile, gave the girl a bright thumbs-up.

"It's the Sword of the Thunder God!!!"

The girl couldn't help but turn her head to complain. Immediately after, feeling the sound of thunder coming from the weapon in her hand, the girl chose to believe in it.

So Uchiha Uchiha Zhili raised her weapon again and attacked Kinkaku.

"Hmph! Wasted effort."

Kinkaku, who had already tested Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's depth, shook his head disdainfully. He raised his hand, preparing to take two more moves before resolving the girl with the momentum of thunder, to vent his anger.

"Ping!!"

Second strike, Kinkaku didn't even lift his eyelids, easily blocking it.

"Ping!!!"

Third strike, Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's strike, infused with all her strength, attempted to create a miracle.

"Hehe, this level of attack doesn't even have the strength of Ginkaku scrubbing my back."

Kinkaku's mockery continued, even indicating that Uchiha Uchiha Zhili's attack wasn't as good as his brother's scrubbing towel.

After three strikes, Uchiha Uchiha Zhili retreated a few steps and looked at Uchiha Gin, who was eating melon seeds on the side, with suspicious eyes. Wasn't it supposed to have a special effect? She had slashed three times, and there wasn't a single special effect.

"Don't rush, let the bullets fly for a while."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 122 =====