Chapter 4: Weeding Operation

Just as Uchiha Gin was wondering why the few of them were reacting so intensely, the four people present simultaneously activated their scarlet Sharingan, staring fixedly at him, which for a moment made him afraid to make the slightest move.

"One three-tomoe, the other three are all two-tomoe."

Uchiha Gin, who was nearly scared out of his wits by being stared at by several pairs of eyes, slowly raised his hands above his head and said cautiously.

"Everyone, if you want to kill or carve me up, at least give me a reason; although I delayed the mission, there's no need to treat me like this, is there?"

"Shut up! Who exactly are you? With such a brilliant Transformation Jutsu, even my two-tomoe Sharingan cannot see the slightest flaw."

The ponytail Uchiha stared at him and said viciously.

"No problem, he is indeed Uchiha Gin."

Uchiha Feng Huo exerted his full power to activate his three-tomoe Sharingan, earnestly scanning Uchiha Gin from head to toe, and finally closed his eyes to deactivate the Sharingan.

"Then what is he playing at now?"

The burly Uchiha who had been silent on the side asked suspiciously.

Uchiha Gin then recalled the original owner's eccentric personality and discovered that it wasn't just his strength that was lacking; the original owner was also a pure piece of trash as a person, relying on being the clan leader's nephew to bully ordinary clansmen, looking exactly like a spoiled brat.

During this mission, he had repeatedly contradicted the others; if not for Uchiha Feng Huo holding them back, he would have long since been beaten until his teeth were scattered all over the floor.

Thinking of the original owner's past actions, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but gasp.

That the original owner could survive until now can only be said to be thanks to the protection of the Sage of Six Paths.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin felt that if he continued to maintain the original owner's style of conduct, he would likely be killed in the upcoming missions.

After all, there were people fanning the flames behind his previous reckless behavior; he had offended too many people in his daily life, and it was hard to say if someone wanted him dead, so he had to do something now.

Thinking this, Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes and spoke up.

"The former me only looked at this world from my own perspective, with only narrow individualism in my eyes."

Uchiha Gin took advantage of the gap while the others were confused and began to perform.

Hearing this, the few of them also deactivated their Sharingan, starting to watch what kind of tricks he was pulling now.

"However, after spending these few days with you all, I have truly realized that as an Uchiha, I should not live only for myself; I must fight for the revival of the Uchiha!"

Uchiha Gin clenched his right fist and began to exert force.

The few who were originally just watching the show, upon hearing Uchiha Gin's impassioned speech, for some reason, felt the blood in their bodies begin to heat up and churn, as if something was about to burst forth.

"This guy, he seems to have something in him."

The ponytail Uchiha said in a low voice.

"I lived the first half of my life under the wings of Clan Leader Tian Dao, enjoying the shade of my ancestors; now that I think about it, it is truly shameful. I, Uchiha Gin, will definitely struggle for the rest of my life for the rise of the Uchiha clan!"

Uchiha Gin began to spout nonsense, but combined with his inflammatory rhetoric, it made the other Uchiha listen and be deeply convinced, nodding repeatedly.

"This kid is making sense."

"Looking at it this way, he has indeed awakened."

"To know one's mistakes and correct them is the greatest virtue."

Hearing that the few had been infected by his "sincere" performance, a smile of a successful scheme flashed across Uchiha Gin's mouth, so he continued to increase the power.

"I am a member of the Uchiha clan's Youth Vanguard, and I swear under the Uchiha clan emblem: I am determined to follow the teachings of the Uchiha ancestors, exercise my ocular techniques, practice ninjutsu, temper my taijutsu, and be prepared at all times: to contribute all my strength to the cause of the Uchiha clan's revival!"

The speech was impassioned, and the dumbfounded crowd seemed to be able to see a flickering red clan emblem vaguely behind Uchiha Gin.

One Uchiha clansman who was not good with words even quickly took out a scroll and excitedly transcribed the words just spoken word for word.

"Clap, clap, clap..."

It was unknown which Uchiha was the first to start applauding involuntarily, and then the others woke up as if from a dream, one after another echoing each other.

Among them, the ponytail Uchiha, who had the biggest conflict with Uchiha Gin, clapped the loudest.

The team leader, Uchiha Feng Huo, also looked at Uchiha Gin with a gratified expression, nodding repeatedly. He did not expect this spoiled brat to be able to say such inspiring remarks; he was truly a great talent.

"Uchiha Gin, this speech of yours has made my blood boil! Now, I, Uchiha Liang Yi, acknowledge your identity."

So the ponytail Uchiha was named Uchiha Liang Yi.

"I have long seen that Brother Liang Yi is a man of talent, and your shuriken technique is practiced to perfection, quite like the style of our ancestors!"

"I, Uchiha Fei He, am the same!"

"Brother Fei He's short sword technique is also practiced to the peak, dazzling people, taking the enemy's vital points within a hair's breadth."

"Me, Uchiha Da Lang, is the same!"

"Brother Da Lang's Fire Style is even more supernatural; wherever it goes, not a blade of grass grows. Could it be that you have already comprehended the nature transformation of chakra, and your Fire Style's power is approaching that of the clan leader!"

"Alright, save the compliments for after the mission is completed."

Seeing the sky turn pale white, Uchiha Feng Huo called a halt to their commercial mutual flattery.

Hearing the captain's words, the crowd reluctantly stopped their exchange; any later and they were afraid they would have to kowtow to Uchiha Gin one by one to become sworn brothers.

"This 'Weeding Operation' has already left our squad far behind, especially with the Haguromo clan taking the lead, which has truly shamed our clan's reputation. Now that we have entered the white-hot stage of the war, I will distribute the mission target information to you."

Because the Haguromo clan's target elimination was successful, the Senju clan had already discovered their purpose, so Uchiha Feng Huo simply stopped hiding anything about the mission.

Taking the information handed over by Captain Uchiha Feng Huo, Uchiha Gin began to read carefully. The original owner only knew a little about the mission targets, but Uchiha Gin, who knew the plot, vaguely guessed the purpose of their mission this time.

The list enumerated more than a dozen children of the Senju clan, the oldest being in their early teens and the youngest only four or five years old.

Uchiha Gin sighed in his heart. What a cruel era; no wonder living to 30 in the Warring States period was considered a long life.

The ages of the new generation of the Senju clan on the list were just children in his previous life, studying and playing carefree at school.

Immediately, he began to read carefully from the first person on the list.

【Hashirama Senju: 14 years old, eldest son of Butsuma Senju, excels in taijutsu and shuriken jutsu, suspected of having natural super strength, other information unknown...】

Staring at the hand-drawn boy with a bowl cut on the data, Uchiha Gin could vaguely recognize this future God of Shinobi who ended the Warring States period, created the ninja village system, stepped on nine Tailed Beasts, and beat Uchiha Madara for a lifetime.

Based on the age, Uchiha Gin analyzed roughly what time period this was; it should be another dozen years before the peace he wanted would arrive.

"It seems the ill-fated relationship between Hashirama and Madara has already begun."

Continuing to look down.

【Tobirama Senju: 10 years old, second son of Butsuma Senju, excels in Water Style ninjutsu and sword techniques, taijutsu speed is extremely fast, other information unknown...】

Looking at the red-eyed, white-haired brat in the information in his hand, Uchiha Gin had a headache; this was the future brilliant Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Many of the forbidden jutsus he researched ran through the entire Naruto series—the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, and the Reanimation Jutsu that played a decisive role in the Fourth Ninja War—all came from his hands.

Although he admired him, recalling Tobirama Senju's prejudice against their Uchiha clan in the plot, not only did he target the Uchiha everywhere while alive, but after being reanimated, he kept calling the late-stage Sasuke an "evil Uchiha brat."

The reason for this was likely that his own big brother was so infatuated with Madara that he neglected this only brother, so jealousy turned into illness, and for the rest of his life, he began to crazily suppress the Uchiha clan.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin sighed inwardly and continued to flip down.

【Kawarama Senju: 7 years old, third son of Butsuma Senju, excels in Earth Style, taijutsu, other unknown...】

After all, they were young ninjas, so the information was not prepared in too much detail, and all of it summarized their general strength in a few words.

But this Kawarama Senju was different from the previous two; a red X was drawn on his portrait, with three words scribbled in the margin:

【Eliminated.】

(End of chapter)