Chapter 160 152: Raikage Advisor

This shows that Uchiha Gen himself does not have any obvious shortcomings. It is precisely this base value, combined with the bonuses to Ninjutsu from Young Kakashi, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan from Ninja Path Sasuke, and the Phantom Body Flicker Technique developed based on this, that has given him his current strength.

Only with a sufficiently good foundation can one bring out more effects from these character cards.

The best example is Ninja Path Sasuke.

Apart from that pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan, this flashy Ninja Path Sasuke has relatively mediocre abilities in other aspects. It can be said that every single one of them is covered by Uchiha Gen's own current abilities.

But he can still rely on this pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan to learn other secret techniques and develop additional value.

However, if he did not have his current foundation, even with the unexpected gains from the Third Hokage's guidance, he would not have been able to learn a high-difficulty Ninjutsu like the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.

Not to mention, his number of card slots is limited. In the future, as the number of Ninja character cards increases, he will need to make trade-offs.

"Right now, the only training task related to character cards should be Young Kakashi's Lightning Release Nature Transformation. It is expected that it won't take long to fully digest the abilities in this character card, freeing up a card slot, which is perfect for saving space for future character cards."

Uchiha Gen watched his three teammates who were still busy, his thoughts running non-stop.

He intended to grind his level up to forty during this great war.

With his current strength, he can basically complete A-rank and below missions with certainty. Even for S-rank missions, he is qualified to lead a team to execute them.

With high-level missions as support, it shouldn't take long to reach level forty. Even level fifty might not be impossible to reach during this great war.

"After level fifty, a new card slot will be unlocked. Theoretically, it should be enough, but with over twenty draws, statistically speaking, it shouldn't be the case that I don't draw a single character card. In that case, it might not really be enough, and I don't know if I can digest Ninja Path Sasuke's Three-Tomoe Sharingan by then."

The Young Madara character card drawn previously, under the subtle stimulation of ocular power, had activated his Uchiha bloodline and opened the Single-Tomoe Sharingan.

This was a major boon for Uchiha Gen, representing that these characters with Sharingan could also be fully digested over a period of time, just like other non-bloodline secret techniques, which is extremely cost-effective.

It's just that although the stimulation from the Three-Tomoe Sharingan is stronger than the single tomoe, the speed of upgrading is also slower.

He would remove Ninja Path Sasuke's character card every few days to experiment. It had just upgraded to Two-Tomoe a few days ago. Considering this time span, it's really hard to say whether it can advance to Three-Tomoe before that.

"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."

Uchiha Gen decided to stop thinking about it.

This kind of thing could not be changed by his will; he could only endure it slowly over time.

The squad continued to lead multiple reconnaissance squads to investigate.

It wasn't until more than an hour later that an unexpected situation finally occurred.

"The squad in the east has completed the investigation within a thirty-kilometer range; there are no abnormalities."

"Residual traces of enemies were detected in the west, but no enemies were found."

"The Yuhi Shinku squad in the north ran into a Hidden Cloud reconnaissance squad and is currently fighting; they are requesting support."

Aburame Shibi retracted a few parasitic insects that had fallen from the sky into his sleeves, closed his eyes to probe the information through the connection between his Chakra and the insects, and then spoke to report to Uchiha Gen.

"Looks like work has arrived."

Uchiha Gen clenched his palms and moved his shoulders a few times.

Kurenai Yuhi is the father of Kurenai Yuhi. His age is comparable to Sakumo Hatake. In the original timeline, he was entrusted with important tasks during the period when Minato Namikaze was the Fourth Hokage, but he sacrificed himself during the Nine-Tailed Incident.

He is also a fairly famous Elite Jonin in Konoha, proficient in the Yuhi clan's hereditary Genjutsu and the Konoha-style Kenjutsu founded by the Second Hokage.

Being able to force the squad he leads into a bitter battle and request support shows that the enemy's strength must be impressive.

"Let's go!"

Four figures, like arrows released from a bowstring, turned into blurry shadows and vanished using the Body Flicker Technique.

They were all formidable Ninjas, and a distance of over ten kilometers didn't take much time. Almost before long, Uchiha Gen's figure arrived at the destination.

More than ten figures were entangled with each other at the edge of this dense forest, and powerful Ninjutsu were used one after another.

Fighting against Yuhi Shinku was a ruddy-faced, high-nosed white-skinned old man.

He wore a black hat, and a character for "Thunder" was tattooed on his partially exposed, sturdy shoulder.

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!"

Balls of lava bounced and shuttled through the forest, piercing through countless trees.

On the ground, there were yellow pits attached with pools of viscous liquid.

Under the suppression of the Sunagakure Ninja he led, Yuhi Shinku and several Konoha Ninja could only struggle to dodge and resist.

"This is—a Raikage Advisor from the Hidden Cloud Village, Karai!"

Upon seeing this highly distinctive Lava Release, Uchiha Gen recognized the person's identity at a glance.

Karai, the Raikage Advisor hailed as the most capable right-hand man for two generations of Raikage, a Lava Release user.

A Raikage Advisor holds a status in the Hidden Cloud Village equivalent to a Hokage Advisor in Konoha Village, and belongs to the absolute high-level echelon.

In the original timeline, this person did not appear; instead, there was a Ninja quite similar to him, which was Dotai, the Advisor to the Fourth Raikage during the Ninja World War.

That person not only had formidable strength but also a brain that could not be underestimated; he was the strategist most relied upon by the Fourth Raikage.

The person before him, in this real world, was both the predecessor of Dotai as Raikage Advisor and the teacher who raised him; the latter's Lava Release was also inherited from Karai.

Such a powerhouse was, at his peak, a strong fighter with strength close to Kage-level.

Although he is old now, as a Ninjutsu-type bloodline Ninja, his combat power would not have declined too severely, still maintaining a very high level.

With a character of this level, it is no wonder he could beat the elite squad led by an Elite Jonin like Yuhi Shinku into fleeing in panic.

Just looking at the corpses on the ground, one could tell that the squad he led had already suffered more than fifty percent casualties due to the battle.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"

Seeing his teammates in danger, Uchiha Gen naturally took action immediately.

Balls of fire filled the sky, crashing down from mid-air like meteors, instantly sweeping across a small half of the battlefield, forcing Karai to temporarily stop his attack on Yuhi Shinku and the others to dodge the flames.

"Fire Release, Sharingan, is it an Uchiha? This age, and this appearance—"

The moment he saw the incoming Uchiha Gen, Karai's brain spun rapidly, recognizing Uchiha Gen's identity.