Boom!
Like thunder exploding, lightning crackled, rendering all defenses pale and powerless.
The powerful impact sent Uchiha Ishi flying backward like a cannonball.
A dull thud echoed as a tree was snapped in half.
The sudden outburst, and Kai bathed in lightning, made the faces of the two remaining lackeys change dramatically.
Without thinking twice, they quickly drew their kunai and stabbed directly at Kai's chest.
However, Kai seemed completely oblivious.
Clang!
The moment the two pitch-black kunai pierced his chest, lightning surged, and they were deflected.
"This… what kind of monster is this?!"
The two lackeys turned pale. They just took a step back when a huge fist quickly enlarged in their pupils.
Bang!
The two figures flew backward like cannonballs.
They crashed into two trees.
Blood splattered, and they fell to the ground, unable to get up.
"This is too strong…" Uchiha Itachi's expression froze, filled with disbelief.
He had learned about his cousin's transformation from Uchiha Fugaku.
However, in Uchiha Itachi's understanding, this kind of change was at most the level of a Jōnin or Jōnin Elite.
When he saw Uchiha Ishi and the two other lackeys appear, he had considered intervening.
He never expected that Kai would eliminate Uchiha Ishi, a Jōnin Elite, with just one move.
"Are you hurt?" Kai rubbed Uzuki Yūgao's head, who was still dazed.
"If you're hurt, I can treat you."
When he was at the stronghold, Uchiha Kai hadn't missed the opportunity to have Shizune teach him medical ninjutsu.
Now, his Palm Sage Technique and Fine Injury Extraction Technique were already maxed out.
"I'm fine. I just ruined the lunchbox I brought you," Uzuki Yūgao said dejectedly.
"Let's go eat Ichiraku ramen," Kai shook his head helplessly.
"This… is this okay?" Uzuki Yūgao was stunned, her cheeks flushed red.
In her eyes, this was no different from a date.
"And that little guy over there, if you don't mind…" Kai looked at Uchiha Itachi, who was completely dumbfounded.
Itachi was only a little over six years old. He wouldn't graduate from the Ninja Academy until he was seven.
So, he had only awakened the single-tomoe Sharingan. His strength was at most slightly stronger than a Chunin.
"Is this your brother, Uchiha Itachi?" Uzuki Yūgao had clearly heard of this prodigy. She quickly said.
"Of course, I don't mind. Itachi is so cute," Uzuki Yūgao pinched Uchiha Itachi's cheek.
If people from the future knew that the God of the Uchiha clan was being treated like this, they wouldn't know what expression to make.
"I… I don't really have to go," Uchiha Itachi realized, snapping out of his daze.
"Don't you want to know how deep your brother is hiding?" Uzuki Yūgao said with a playful smile. "Let's team up and maybe we can squeeze his secrets out of him."
"And don't you want to know how he single-handedly repelled the Cloud and Mist?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Itachi hesitated for a moment, then bit his lip and agreed.
"Let's go," Kai rolled his eyes helplessly, turned around, and led the way.
Along the way, Uzuki Yūgao, a beautiful young lady, attracted a lot of attention.
Especially when they saw Uzuki Yūgao walking with a member of the Uchiha clan, they had a look of disgust on their faces.
Kai didn't care about any of this. He just didn't expect Konoha's hostility towards the Uchiha clan to be so deep.
"Welcome." A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl walked out.
"Ayame, show the customers to their seats first. I'll make the ramen, and then we can serve it," Teuchi's voice came from the kitchen.
"I'll have a chashu ramen," Kai said, casually taking a seat.
This was the Ichiraku Ramen shop, which was jokingly called the most mysterious ramen shop in Naruto, even if Konoha fell, it would never fall.
People even imagined that the real identity of Teuchi was actually the most mysterious Ōtsutsuki Teuchi, hiding in Konoha Village.
"I'll have chashu too!" Uzuki Yūgao echoed urgently.
In her eyes, only eating the same thing as Kai could be considered a date.
"I'll have one too," Uchiha Itachi said helplessly.
However, the two of them quickly entered into a conversation.
When Uzuki Yūgao mentioned how Uchiha Kai had used Lightning Release Kirin to kill over a hundred Cloud ninjas, Uchiha Itachi's eyes clearly showed a hint of awe and respect.
"Teuchi, give me a chashu ramen," a slightly tired voice came from outside.
Kai raised an eyebrow and saw a man with silver hair and a huge scroll on his back sitting down beside him.
"Jiraiya-sama, I didn't expect you to be back at this critical juncture," Teuchi walked out of the kitchen, a hint of joy on his face.
Teuchi was an ordinary merchant in Konoha. He only knew the general situation of the war.
However, with the three major battlefields opening at the same time, who wouldn't be worried?
Jiraiya, who had become famous during the Second Shinobi World War, was a reassurance for Konoha.
"Teuchi, you're still the same," Jiraiya tore open his chopsticks and looked at the snacks that Teuchi had signaled Ayame to bring. He shook his head. "I'm back this time just to report some intelligence to the Third. I'll be leaving soon."
"The war is about to end!"
Teuchi's expression changed. He quickly made a gesture to silence Jiraiya. "Jiraiya-sama, there are younger people here. You can't just casually talk about this intelligence."
"Also, don't drink this time. Last time, Jiraiya-sama, you spilled a lot of intelligence. If the Hokage-sama hadn't arrived in time, I would have been a criminal."
Teuchi took the sake from Jiraiya's table.
"Alright, I'm not really in the mood for drinking this time," Jiraiya, surprisingly, didn't argue with Teuchi this time. Instead, he looked at Kai.
Teuchi wasn't stupid. He instantly saw the situation and returned to the kitchen with Ayame.
"The ramen will be ready in ten minutes."
"Got it." Jiraiya knew this was Teuchi's reminder.
Looking at the young man in front of him who seemed to have recognized him from the start, Jiraiya sighed softly.
"I didn't expect that Minato asked me to come back for you, kid."
"I heard that you single-handedly repelled the Cloud and Mist. Your strength is already close to Kage level. Looking at the entire Konoha, there are very few people who could defeat you."
Uzuki Yūgao and Uchiha Itachi wisely didn't speak.
Seeing one of the Sannin give this kind of evaluation of Uchiha Kai, they were also filled with shock.
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