Chapter 211: Upgrade Settlement

Chapter 203: Upgrade and Settlement

“Lord Gen! Another triumphant return this time!”

“Yeah, Cangsi, have your injuries from last time completely healed yet?”

“Thanks to you, this arm of mine is just as nimble as before when I swing my blade to hack down Hidden Cloud ninja!”

“I wonder if I can join Lord Gen’s team. I heard their team has the most combat achievements.”

“Give it a rest. To enter Lord Gen’s squad, you either have to be a Jonin or possess a special skill. You’re still far from ready.”

“The high number of combat achievements is because Lord Gen is constantly leading teams on high-difficulty missions with almost no rest time. Only true battle-hardened elites are qualified to follow Lord Gen.”

At the camp entrance, Uchiha Gen, who had returned from executing a mission, led his team to greet some Ninjas gathered nearby to rest. Amidst a chorus of discussions, he disbanded the squad and returned to his residence, along the way receiving a family letter sent from within the clan by Uchiha Cangsi.

Now, another year had passed, and Uchiha Gen’s height had also shot up to 1.7 meters, not differing much from a normal adult Ninja.

Although his face still retained a hint of youthful air, it also carried a maturity beyond his years, and his gaze revealed a murderous aura born from tempering on countless battlefields of blood and fire.

His hair, which had not been tended to for over half a year, had now merely been lightly washed and tied into a ponytail at the back of his head with a rubber band, with a few sparse strands hanging over his forehead. Coupled with his heroic visage and a temperament as sharp as a quenched sword blade, he appeared rugged yet handsome.

No one would view such a person as a teenager in his teens; they would only regard him as a strong expert tested through prolonged battles.

Meanwhile, this teenage expert who had carved out a resounding reputation on the battlefield against Kumogakure and become renowned throughout the Shinobi World was currently sitting quietly at the desk, reading the letters sent from within the clan in the soft sunlight of dusk.

There were two letters: one came from the Great Elder, and the other came from Uchiha Sumi.

“All matters within the clan are well, except that the Great Elder is advanced in age and his energy is not what it used to be. It is difficult for him to manage the numerous clan affairs day and night, so he wants to transfer Nobuyuki and Yatsushiro back to be nurtured as assistants.”

“Nobuyuki and Yatsushiro——”

Two faces flashed rapidly through Uchiha Gen’s mind.

The former was an old acquaintance; Uchiha Nobuyuki’s son, Inabi, was even a Ninja academy graduate from the same batch as Uchiha Gen.

As classmates, the two of them had once competed with Sarutobi Enjun for the top three positions in the class.

Although Uchiha Inabi was not as freakish as Uchiha Gen, his talent was quite good. Tempered by two years of war, he had now unlocked the double tomoe Sharingan, become a Chunin, and was currently following his father to learn the Nature Transformation of Fire Style.

Uzuki Ruri’s progress was about the same as his now, whereas Sarutobi Enjun had taken a step further, having learned the Nature Transformation of Fire Style and recently just been promoted to Special Jonin.

In fact, this was the norm for ordinary geniuses in this age group.

To return to the matter at hand.

“Uncle Nobuyuki is a trusted confidant of the Great Elder and also a branch captain of the Military Police Force. He holds a certain amount of prestige within the clan and can indeed serve as the Great Elder’s deputy to manage affairs, but his personality is upright, rigid, and inflexible.”

“As for Yatsushiro, he possesses considerable resourcefulness and can keep his composure when encountering matters. Although young, he understands worldly sophistication better, and even though his seniority within the Military Police Force is still shallow, it is sufficient to cooperate with Uncle Nobuyuki.”

“Here on the front lines, trivial matters are handled by trusted aides like Cangsi, so I’m not particularly lacking these two people. However, as Jonin-level combat power, transferring these two people requires filing a report with teacher Orochimaru, and perhaps the clan will also need to transfer a few more people over to fill this vacancy——”

Uchiha Gen closed the envelope and opened the other letter.

This one was sent by his cousin Sumi, and the contents of the letter were much shorter than the Great Elder’s.

“My cousin Sumi’s wife, Yuna, is already more than halfway through her pregnancy. It is expected that within two months, my nephew will be born, and it is hoped that I will name the child——”

At the end of the letter, there were also several alternative names left by Uchiha Sumi and Yuna.

“Female names: Mizuki, Shion; male names: Suito, Ushio, and——Shisui.”

Uchiha Gen scrutinized one of the familiar names for a moment, then smiled freely.

This world had already been changed by himself, so why continue walking along the path of the original spacetime?

Anyway, he already had sufficiently strong strength now to protect himself and the people he cared about in this world, so why fear making some changes?

He was like a drop of water falling into the great lake of the Shinobi World, stirring up ripples, causing ripples on the originally calm surface and bringing about change.

In that case.

Uchiha Gen picked up his brush and wrote a single character on the stationery.

“Lian.”

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Gen wrote two more characters below.

“Saki” and “Toru”.

Saki means flower blooming. Combined with Lian, it means splashed ripples blooming like water splashes, breaking the silence, growing outward, and bringing about change.

This is used as a girl’s name, and if it’s a boy, he will be called Liantoru.

Breaking the calm waves of water, clear and thorough; the connotation is close to the previous one.

“Let’s just use these two names.”

Uchiha Gen put away the envelope and looked out the window.

The names of their lineage were all related to water, so giving these two names happened to fit just right.

Putting away the letters, he took a simple bath to wash away the fatigue brought by rushing outside to execute missions for several consecutive days, then leaned quietly against the bedside and opened the system.

[Character Name: Uchiha Gen]

[Character Level: 47]

[Currently Loaded Character Cards: Karin Uzumaki (Shinobi World War), Uchiha Sasuke (Team Taka)]

[Currently Available Item Cards: 0]

[Available Card Draw Count: 1]

“The leveling speed is getting slower and slower——in a few months, I only went up four levels.”

Uchiha Gen looked at the level on the system panel and crossed his legs.

As the level got higher and higher, the experience required for leveling up also became more and more.

In fact, after he reached the level of Elite Jōnin, he already had the qualification to participate in almost all missions.

After all, missions only went up to S-rank at most, and the quantity was extremely limited. Even for all of Konoha’s S-rank missions in a year, there were only that many.

Relying solely on doing missions, the rate of experience points that could be obtained had already tended to stabilize. In the future, as the level gets higher and higher, the leveling speed would probably only get slower and slower.

Averaging one level up a month right now, it wasn’t actually considered slow. When reaching level fifty or sixty, it might not even be impossible to level up once every few months or even one or two years.

However, when reaching level fifty, the prize pool would also update once again accordingly.

Starting from this level, the guaranteed character cards were all of purple quality. In the games developed by his company in his past life, this also belonged to the level of high-end players.