MTLNOVEL Chapter 61: Second Tomoe
As the 40th year of the Hokage era approached, there were no major battles between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, only continuous smaller conflicts lasting over half a year. The Third Raikage finally realized he couldn't defeat the Land of Earth and began considering withdrawing his troops.
With the Land of Lightning's withdrawal, the Second Great Ninja World War gradually came to an end. After the war concluded, the Ninja World fell back into a false peace. Dan, Tsunade's lover, an elite Jonin at just twenty-seven years old, was unfortunate to suffer severe wounds during the final days of the war. While using the Spirit Transformation Technique in battle, his physical body had been left unprotected and was attacked by an enemy sneak assault. Despite Tsunade's efforts to rescue him, he eventually died from his injuries.
The Second Great Ninja World War took the lives of the two most important people in Tsunade's life. As the greatest doctor in the ninja world, she was unable to save either her closest relative or her beloved. Witnessing Dan's traumatic death devastated Tsunade deeply, causing her—as a Medical Ninja—to develop an extremely stubborn fear of blood. It truly was a great irony. Besides Tsunade, even Orochimaru's worldview was completely reshaped by this war. Sensing the fragility of life, he entered a period of confusion in his life and gradually began various studies to find his own answers. Fortunately, he hadn't gone completely off the rails yet. The transplantation of Hashirama's Cells described in the original storyline happened during these years through his collaboration with Danzo.
Shiyu Uchiha's team was granted some downtime, left on break until the Great Ninja World War officially ended, due to the Land of Whirlpool Incident and the absence of any subsequent large-scale wars after Konoha's involvement.
With the end of the war, Shiyu Uchiha found his pace of life suddenly slowing down. At first, it felt somewhat unfamiliar, much like students suddenly thrown into a vacation after finishing their final university entrance exams. Yet knowing another ninja war would break out within a few years—and that he would enter frontline combat—Shiyu quickly adjusted himself back into a training mindset.
In the mornings, he practiced Fire Release techniques. By now, he had long mastered the Great Flame Technique gifted to him by Hiruzen Sarutobi. He had seriously underestimated this signature Sarutobi technique—it not only packed a punch but also used surprisingly little chakra. Most importantly, it significantly helped Shiyu comprehend the nature transformation and shape transformation of chakra.
Reminded by Uchiha Shizhi, he learned by comparing the three famous Fire Release techniques of the Uchiha clan, appreciating both the similarities and differences among them.
[The Great Flame Technique] was very similar to [The Great Fireball Technique]—they were both massive fireballs primarily used at the beginning of a fight to force opponents into evasive action, allowing follow-up attacks based on the opponent's reaction.
Both traveled at relatively low speeds, making them easy to dodge, though the Great Fireball packed stronger power, while the Great Flame consumed much less energy.
This highlighted the fundamental differences between the two clans' ninjas. After all, as descendants of Indra, the Uchiha clan possessed extraordinary chakra reserves, second to none among bloodline clans aside from Asura's descendants. Therefore, they emphasized power over chakra conservation.
The Sarutobi clan specialized in secret techniques but possessed relatively low chakra reserves, thus focusing more on efficient management. Their family's composite ninjutsu effectively compensated for its lack of power. Hiruzen Sarutobi's Five Elements Grand Combination Technique represented the pinnacle of composite jutsu - solely relying on shadow clones and five B-ranked ninjutsu, it could unleash power rivaling a Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Ball strike. The title "Ninjutsu Professor" was truly well-earned.
Since the Great Flame Technique served as a basic foundation, Shiyu Uchiha continuously refined it by incorporating his insights on shape transformation and nature transformation gained from studying the Great Dragon Fire and Phoenix Fire Techniques.
When encountering difficulties, Shiyu Uchiha would research within the family archives to resolve issues independently. If books couldn't provide answers, he could consult Uchiha Shizhi. However, after realizing that Uchiha Shizhi preferred independent problem-solving, he seldom sought help unless absolutely necessary.
Just like learning from a textbook and then practicing with exercises, Shiyu set a personal goal: developing his own A-rank fire release technique as his graduation exam for fire-style training.
After lunch, he would practice chakra refining techniques to recover from the chakra depletion in the morning before resuming further cultivation at full capacity.
In the afternoon, sword techniques were typically practiced. Sword training had progressed smoothly recently, occasionally including sparring sessions with Uchiha Shizhi who provided guidance. Because of this daily progress, Shiyu had promising potential to reach jonin level through sword skills alone within three to five years.
With solid foundations already established in chakra shape and nature transformations under Uchiha Shizhi's guidance, he finally mastered the Uchiha Style chakra flow physical taijutsu [Sword Flashing Flames], marking a significant achievement after years of effort.
This was mainly because, during his early training, Shiyu often reached for techniques that were beyond his current abilities — driven by ambition but lacking the foundation to match. Although Uchiha Shizhi noticed this, since no serious consequences resulted, she deliberately withheld direct intervention.
Uchiha Shizhi's intention was to teach him a lesson, which Shiyu later understood completely, leaving him to remark bitterly that the longest road he'd ever walked was through parental strategies.
[Sword Flashing Flames] adheres chakra to the blade through shape transformation, substantially enhancing the sword's durability and sharpness. Its nature transformation allows additional flaming damage, significantly increasing weapon lethality.
When mastered sufficiently, it could even manifest flame blades similar to Kung Fu masters' blade auras in Wuxia novels, enabling short-range separated strikes.
When fully proficient, combining it with the Shifting Body Technique could advance into [Uchiha Style Sunburst Dance], instantly executing triple strikes. Three flame blades could block an opponent's every escape route, making this technique capable of gravely wounding or even killing seasoned jonin opponents.
Shiyu Uchiha loved this ninjutsu because he had dreamed of becoming a Jianghu (martial world) expert since childhood. He felt the Flaming Blade Variation's long-range attack perfectly matched his childhood kung fu fantasies.
At night, he endured grueling training in the Shifting Body Technique within the traps meticulously set up by Shizhi Uchiha. This was a life-saving technique, so Shiyu placed the utmost importance on its cultivation. Especially after Nawaki's death—grandson of First Hokage—the major clans of Konoha intensified training in this area for promising young members.
Of course, practicing meditation techniques twice daily, in the morning and evening, remained unchanged. This was the shortcut Shiyu Uchiha used to progress toward the third tomoe in his Sharingan before the Third Great Ninja War.
Perhaps due to that previous dangerous incident, Shizhi Uchiha no longer allowed Shiyu Uchiha to train alone. He not only watched him closely but also conducted unscheduled evaluations.
Thanks to Shiyu Uchiha's intense training during this period and the near-death experience on the battlefield, along with his self-developed Sharingan Meditation Method, his inner potential rapidly grew within a short time, allowing his Sharingan to advance and successfully unlock the second tomoe.
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