“Clan Head, I’ve heard of Hiruko.
He comes from a commoner Ninja background and is also a friend of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha.
In pursuit of the Sannin’s footsteps, he has always been conducting some strange experiments, which reminds me of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama.
I don’t like this person.
Can you assign someone else as my squad leader Jonin?”
As soon as Uchiha Bing heard that his squad leader was Hiruko, he immediately voiced his opinion.
Hearing Uchiha Bing’s words, Uchiha Fugaku frowned.
As fellow members of the Uchiha Clan, he believed that Bing’s words were true—this Hiruko was most likely indeed conducting some strange research, but this person’s identity was simply too sensitive.
As a friend of the Sannin, Hiruko was naturally branded as part of the Hokage’s faction of Ninjas.
Furthermore, the Uchiha Clan had already negotiated with him previously; changing their minds rashly would likely offend both Hiruko and the Legendary Sannin of Konoha at the same time.
Uchiha Fugaku knitted his brows in thought, weighing the pros and cons.
The entire main hall was pin-drop silent.
Everyone was looking at the clan head, observing how this newly appointed clan head would handle such a situation.
Fugaku had just become the clan head, and many people were watching his conduct and style of action.
Would he simply ignore Uchiha Bing’s opinion, or would he tyrannically and forcibly change Uchiha Bing’s squad leader Jonin?
Uchiha Fugaku pondered for a moment, and the answer formed in his mind.
He looked at Uchiha Bing and said in a deep voice:
“We Uchiha have already negotiated this matter with Jonin Hiruko, and even the higher-ups of Konoha have been informed.
It cannot be easily changed, Bing.
If you want to change your squad leader Jonin, then demonstrate your excellence during the graduation exam.
As long as you are outstanding enough, you can put forward your own thoughts to Hokage-sama, and Sandaime will respect the opinion of every genius.”
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku’s words, Uchiha Bing couldn’t help but sigh.
After all, Konoha wasn’t run by the Uchiha family, so it was normal that Uchiha Fugaku wouldn’t stick his neck out for him.
However, Uchiha Bing was very dissatisfied with this handling method.
Fugaku was still too weak, always thinking about keeping peace above all else.
Could the Hokage possibly eat you?
Since the clan head had already given his advice, Uchiha Bing had no choice but to shut up.
The graduation exam of the Ninja Academy in Konoha during this period wasn’t as simple as it would be later on, where learning the Three Basic Techniques was enough to graduate.
To pass the graduation exam, one had to undergo actual combat matches.
In other words, according to Uchiha Fugaku’s suggestion, Uchiha Bing would run into the little blondie Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze, that freak, possessed a terrifyingly strong neurological reaction speed, capable of processing a massive amount of information in an extremely short time and making the most correct choices.
His peak record was instantly killing fifty Iwagakure Jonin in one second—just how terrifying was that neurological reaction speed?
What was even more terrifying was that he never made mistakes under high-pressure, explosive situations.
Uchiha Bing even suspected that in Minato Namikaze’s eyes, the world was in slow motion, basically coming with built-in bullet time from birth.
Even though Minato hadn’t acquired the Flying Thunder God Technique yet and wasn’t in his complete form, Uchiha Bing estimated that the number of Chunin who could beat Minato was pitifully small.
However, he, Uchiha Bing, was no pushover either.
After the meeting ended, Uchiha Bing left the Konoha Military Police Force.
Just as he was preparing to return home, someone suddenly called out his name from behind.
Uchiha Bing was surprised.
Even before turning around, he knew that the person coming was Uchiha Homura.
What was he calling him for?
Turning his head, Uchiha Homura scampered over in a flash and directly tossed a scroll to him.
“My grandfather heard that you don’t like the Second Hokage.
As it happens, the old man doesn’t like him either.
He heard from me that you are practicing Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
Coincidentally, our family also has a collection of training scrolls regarding Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation.
Take it back and take a look; it might just bring us a surprise at the graduation exam.”
Uchiha Homura finished saying these words with a blushing face, and without waiting for Uchiha Bing to react, he directly used the Body Flicker Technique and bolted.
What the hell are you blushing like a bubble teapot for?
That’s going to make people misunderstand, okay?
Although Uchiha Bing could tell that Uchiha Homura was simply embarrassed about delivering a scroll to his arch-rival, this scene looked very bizarre to outsiders—for instance, Kogoro, who was watching the show from the sidelines.
Turns out he was trying to make friends with you.”
Kogoro crossed his arms and spoke with a righteous tone.
Uchiha Bing squinted at Kogoro, making his entire body break out in goosebumps.
He shivered and turned around to run.
“Hmph.”
Uchiha Bing let out a cold snort and returned home with the scroll.
There was no one at home.
As a qualified Konoha Ninja, Uchiha Bing inherited Konoha’s fine tradition of losing both parents since childhood, which was totally logical.
Returning home, Uchiha Bing didn’t open the scroll right away.
Instead, he opened the system panel.
In the personal attributes column, various Breathing Styles in the skills column were flashing incessantly.
As long as he consumed influence points, he could synchronize his training progress in the Demon Slayer World onto himself.
Uchiha Bing took a look: Water Breathing required one thousand influence points, Thunder Breathing required eight hundred influence points, Wind Breathing also required eight hundred, while Hinokami Kagura only required one hundred.
Among the numerous Breathing Styles, Water Breathing had the longest practice time and the deepest realm of cultivation, having already reached the state of Total Concentration: Constant.
Therefore, it was the most expensive among all the training progresses he wanted to synchronize.
Looking at the skill column in the system panel, Uchiha Bing thought about it repeatedly before closing the panel.
His original speed in practicing Breathing Styles was already very fast.
Now, coupled with the talents of Agatsuma Zenitsu and the Love Hashira, his cultivation speed would only become even faster, and there was completely no need to consume precious influence points.
Rummaging out a wooden sword used for swordplay practice from home, Uchiha Bing directly began practicing Water Breathing.
Water Breathing had an extremely low entry difficulty and an extremely high upper limit, making it perfect for laying a foundation.
Once he cultivated to the realm of Total Concentration: Constant, switching to practice any other Breathing Style would be effortless.
As Uchiha Bing finished a fluid set of ten forms, he was surprised to find that his cultivation speed was much faster than he had imagined.
The Love Hashira’s talent granted him formidable physical fitness, while Zenitsu’s hearing used to assist his own training was practically like turning on a wallhack—whenever the blood and qi circulation was incorrect or any sword form lacked precision, he could directly hear it out.
Uchiha Bing couldn’t figure out why Zenitsu, who possessed such heaven-defying abilities, couldn’t learn the other sword forms of Thunder Breathing.
Logically speaking, that shouldn’t have been the case.
Perhaps it was simply due to psychological issues?
For things he couldn’t figure out, Uchiha Bing simply stopped thinking about them, immersing himself heart and soul into the practice of Water Breathing.