Chapter 201: Uchiha Soya

Chapter 201: Chapter 193 Uchiha Soya

Chapter 193: Uchiha Souya

After all, although Sasuke hadn’t used Susanoo at this point, as long as he had the Mangekyō Sharingan, he could always try to develop it.

Through various combinations, Uchiha Gen believed that once he fully developed the abilities of this pair of eyes and thoroughly mastered the capabilities of this card, he would have the ability to contend with any expert in the Shinobi World of this era.

Under the night sky, Uchiha Gen picked up the two Shuriken he had thrown earlier and put them back into his ninja tool pouch. Then, he sat cross-legged on the ground, cupping his chin with his hand, and gazed at the sky. He recalled several battles that had taken place over the past half-year with several high-level combatants from Kumogakure, mentally deducing the outcome if he were to encounter them again at this moment.

As for Karai and Totai, the two Lava Release users, if he encountered them one-on-one, he would definitely win.

The strength of these two was not weak, and their combat intelligence was not low. Lava Release was also a decent Bloodline Limit with extremely strong functionality. However, previously, he could already suppress these two purely with his strength. Now, with Taka Sasuke’s Mangekyō Sharingan and other abilities, the two of them could at most use Lava Release to stall him for a while in his hands. If it dragged on for too long, a prolonged defense would inevitably lead to a mistake, and they might not even have the chance to retreat unscathed.

If they encountered him, they would at least have to act like they did against Orochimaru, going up together and keeping each other in check, in order to possibly protect themselves in Uchiha Gen’s hands.

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As for winning—

That possibility almost didn’t exist.

Both his stats and mechanisms were stronger than those two, and his overall endurance and recovery power were formidable enough. Thus, the longer the battle lasted, the greater his chances of winning would be.

Compared to those two, it was actually the Raikage father and son who were truly opponents worthy of his vigilance.

Over the past half-year, none of his several clashes with Fourth Raikage A had resulted in a clear victor. What if they encountered each other next time?

Uchiha Gen couldn’t help but recall that battle in the original timeline during the Five Kage Summit between Sasuke, who had already mastered the usage of Susanoo, and the Fourth Raikage, who was at his peak.

The Fourth Raikage’s speed was extremely fast, and even Amaterasu could be dodged in time with the Body Flicker Technique. The reason he got tainted by Amaterasu was because this guy was truly reckless; facing Sasuke, who had augmented the Susanoo skeletal structure with Amaterasu, he still dared to strike with a hand blade, intending to trade an arm at the cost of Sasuke’s life.

Even after failing, he could still keep being reckless, intending to use the loss of his legs as a price to stomp Sasuke to death. If Gaara hadn’t intervened in time with his sand to separate the two, the final outcome definitely would have been Sasuke dying on the spot, and the Fourth Raikage becoming paralyzed, losing an arm and both legs to completely become a cripple.

In his previous encounters with Uchiha Gen, the current Fourth Raikage A had not shown such recklessness and impulsiveness.

It was probably because, in the Fourth Raikage’s eyes at that time, Killer Bee, who had cut off his tail to survive and sneaked out, had miserably died at the hands of Sasuke, a member of the Akatsuki. Driven by an urgent desire to avenge his younger brother, he acted so desperately.

As for the present, Fourth Raikage A had not yet inherited the title of Raikage, and his strength was still quite a ways off from his peak thirty years later.

Previously, relying solely on the insight of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan combined with the Phantom Body Flicker Technique, he could already react to Fourth Raikage A’s movements and barely keep up with his speed. Now, with the Mangekyō Sharingan, his insight had further improved, making it even less of an issue.

If both sides fought desperately to the very end, the one who died in the end would definitely be Fourth Raikage A.

The only trouble was that if the other party was wholeheartedly intent on escaping, given his speed, he probably wouldn’t be able to catch up, making it very difficult to truly keep him behind.

Unless there was an opportunity to get the Amaterasu black flames onto the opponent’s body, there would be a chance.

As for whether it would hit, it would depend on the combat awareness and tactical game displayed by both sides during the battle.

To be honest, let alone Fourth Raikage A, even against the Third Raikage, who was currently nearly the strongest in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Gen felt that he might not necessarily lack a chance of winning.

That thing called Amaterasu had a somewhat lackluster track record in the original work, but that was also because ever since Sasuke unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan, he had constantly been playing high-end matches, acting cool all the way while getting beaten up until the finale.

In terms of aura and coolness factor, this thing was actually not low at all.

It burned everything, never went out, and once it touched someone, it could not be shaken off.

Even with the strongest defense in the Shinobi World, the Third Raikage would still be in for a rough time if he were burned by Amaterasu. If he wanted to survive, he probably would only be able to emulate Fourth Raikage A by cutting off one’s arm to save one’s life, discarding the limbs tainted by the black flames.

By that time, missing a limb, his strength would inevitably decline.

The real trouble was the fear that this old fellow would be just like the Fourth Raikage in the original timeline, recklessly charging from start to finish without a care in the world, trading life for life even if he was burned by Amaterasu.

In that case, if no third party intervened, the final outcome would likely be a mutual defeat.

“After analyzing it this way, no matter what, I should at least be able to rank in the first tier among all Kage-level experts in the Shinobi World now, and I can have a winning chance against a peak Kage-level expert like the Third Raikage.”

“After all, just a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan that doesn’t fear blindness, can wantonly output Ocular Power, and can proficiently use ocular techniques and the three-stage Susanoo is enough to propel me to the front ranks among Kage-level experts. Coupled with my own foundational strength approaching the Kage level, having such an improvement is only reasonable.”

“But at the end of the day, this is only based on my personal subjective judgment. The situation in battle changes in a split second and is not a simple contest of stats and mechanisms. How it truly fares will have to wait until I am truly familiar with the power of these eyes and let my combat record speak on the battlefield.”

Gazing at the bright moon that had risen to the mid-heaven, Uchiha Gen raised his arms and stretched, discarding the distracting thoughts filling his mind. He leisurely turned around and returned to his tent.

After a major battle during the day, it was time for him to rest well.

Although it was already late, dragging into the early morning hours, with the Sage Body of Tsunade and Karin, as long as he slept for just two or three hours, he would be able to recover to a full-spirited, vibrant state.

The next day, the morning’s slanted sunlight shone into the fortress, awakening the busy main camp.

As soon as Uchiha Gen walked out of his room, he saw a flock of Ninja Crows flying across the horizon into a certain area gathered by the Uchiha clan within this fortress.

That was the temporarily established front-line Ninja Crow breeding ground. Even Uchiha Gen’s Ninja Crow was usually fostered there.

“Were there letters sent from the clan? There seem to be quite a few letters this time, I wonder what happened.”

Uchiha Gen slightly narrowed his brows.

If something important happened within the clan, the Great Elder would definitely have written to him as well.

In that case, he figured someone would likely come knocking on his door soon.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gen paused at the doorway, intending to wait a little while.

Sure enough, after just a few minutes, a fellow clansman hurriedly came looking for him.

He actually knew this person; he was a Jonin with a Three-Tomoe, named Uchiha Souya, twenty-nine years of age, and very adept at raising Ninja Crows. Those Ninja Crows in the camp were tended to by him and his men.