Uchiha Touma carefully checked the Dire Wolf's body. When he confirmed that the Chakra Beast was actually dead, he finally sighed in relief.
"Phew! Finally dead," said Touma.
Uzumaki Keiko also appeared in front of the dead beast's body, turned her head toward Touma, and asked curiously.
"Wow! You truly look battered and broken. Are you sure you won't just drop dead?"
Touma, though irritated, still responded, "I'm fine."
"I drank a bottle of minor healing potion and a blood regeneration pill a while ago. My bleeding has already stopped."
"My wounds should heal completely within one day."
Keiko interjected, "These lacerations will still need one day to heal after chugging down an entire bottle of minor healing potion?"
"Is your constitution that weak?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Touma's expression darkened even further.
If they weren't in the middle of a forest brimming with numerous Chakra Beasts and multiple enemies, he would have already fought her and shown her what Uchiha power really was.
He gritted his teeth and remarked, "I'm a Uchiha, not a Uzumaki. I don't have the same cockroach-level vitality as you guys!"
And that was the truth.
The Uzumaki clan, which branched out from the Senju clan thousands of years ago, had many unique characteristics.
One of them was their abundant vitality, which in some cases was even more outrageous than the boundless vitality of the Senju clan members.
Although their innate chakra control abilities and physical strength couldn't match the Senju descendants, the Uzumaki clan had compensated for it with their overflowing vitality and generally higher chakra reserves.
Their overflowing vitality and innate Yang Release affinity were so powerful that their stamina, recovery abilities, inherent strength, and lifespan were off the charts.
If we had to compare the Uzumaki's unique traits with the Senju, then…
Let's say that a Uzumaki Jonin has the same level of chakra reserves as a Senju Jonin. In that case:
• The Uzumaki Shinobi's lifespan would be 1.5 times that of the Senju Shinobi.
• The recovery ability of an Uzumaki Shinobi would be 1.2x that of a Senju Shinobi.
Fortunately, the Senju clan still had monstrous strength and innate chakra control abilities that were higher than the Uzumaki clan.
This allowed the Senju clan to master, invent, train, and copy Shinobi combat techniques faster than the Uzumaki clan.
What's more, the Senju clan ninjas could awaken many Kekkei Genkai, such as Wood Release, Mud Release, Seigan—the Eye of Life (Dojutsu), Dark Vine Release, Spring Release, etc.
The Uzumaki clan had no such inherent Kekkei Genkai.
However, their sheer power of Yang Release and enhanced vitality awakened many unique and bizarre abilities that were no less powerful than Kekkei Genkai in some aspects.
For example…
Mind's Eye of Kagura—the overpowered innate sensory technique awakened by many Uzumaki Shinobi with high bloodline purity.
Adamantine Sealing Chain—a unique secret technique of the Uzumaki clan that incorporates their mastery of Fuinjutsu and their innate bloodline and mental capabilities. It can be used for offense, defense, sealing, and many other purposes.
Heal Bite—an outright logic-defying ability, awakened only by a select few Uzumaki clan members. This ability allowed users to bite themselves and taste their own blood to heal even the most grievous injuries. The blood contained a huge amount of potent Yang Release chakra. They can also let others bite their hands or fingers to heal others.
The more you look, the more each of the Uzumaki clan's abilities gets.
The key point is that the Uzumaki clan's potent vitality, massive chakra reserves, and powerful bloodline powers can help them achieve many ridiculous things.
Take the minor healing potion, for example.
If Uzumaki Keiko had the same number of lacerations and bloody wounds, and she drank the minor healing potion, her wounds and cuts would be completely healed within a few minutes.
She wouldn't even need the blood regeneration pill to restore the lost blood inside her body. Her own vitality could do the trick.
However, the same potion would need a whole day to completely heal all wounds of Uchiha Touma.
For these reasons, Touma often felt the Uzumaki clan's physique might be more miraculous and powerful than his Sharingan.
However, he would only harbor such thoughts for a few seconds.
Only for a little while.
And after that, the pride of Uchiha ingrained in his very bones would suppress such thoughts.
Yes. I'm a Uchiha.
I have Sharingan—the most powerful Dojutsu in the current world.
How can my eyes be inferior to the mere powerful bodies, abundant vitality, and unreasonable innate techniques of these red-haired, Fuinjutsu-obsessed lunatics?
I just need to eat, drink, train, and sleep. Sooner or later, I will surpass Keiko, her clan, those white-eyed Hyuga bastards, and all my rivals.
I will grow up and show them why we, the Uchiha, were the most feared and powerful Shinobi clan during the Warring States Era.
So, what if you have a powerful body?
I just need one glance to see through your tricks and trap you into my Sharingan Genjutsu.
In front of these eyes, everything else is meaningless.
As Uchiha Touma kept thinking, his thoughts became more and more absurd.
His lips curved into a smirk, and he started grinning ear-to-ear like a madman.
Uzumaki Keiko, who watched her friend's expression change visibly with each passing second, couldn't help but hold her head with her little hands.
"This guy is daydreaming again," muttered Keiko under her breath.
If she didn't have the Mind's Eye of Kagura technique to identify Touma's chakra signature and confirm the lack of foreign chakra inside his body, she would have suspected Touma to be possessed by a third party through some weird Jutsu.
Fortunately, it was still her very same friend.
Maybe.
Just maybe he is having a minor mental breakdown right now.
Maybe the prolonged fight against the Dire Wolf and his injuries took a toll on him.
Poor guy!
May the Sage of Six Paths save your soul.
Amen!!
Keiko silently prayed for her friend's mental health.
Seeing Touma, who was still lost in his inner musings, Keiko could no longer stay calm.
So, she did what she thought was the best way to bring someone to their senses.
Smack!!!!
Keiko approached Touma and smacked him hard on the back of his head, bringing him out of his fantasy.
"Ouch!!"
Touma let out a shrill cry, held the back of his head in pain, and glared at Keiko.
"Keiko, what the fuck??"
Keiko didn't bother with his glare and responded, "How long are you going to daydream here?"
"We need to move fast."
"Our fight caused a lot of commotion."
"The students from the other classes and the Chakra Beasts of this forest are probably converging on our location."
"If you don't want to fight in your current condition, we need to move out of here. Right now."
Hearing this, Uchiha Touma, who was about to argue, quickly came to his senses.
Fighting a group of ninja or Chakra Beasts in his current condition?
No chance!
They must evacuate quickly.
Touma nodded and said seriously, "You're right. Let's get out of here."
With that, both of them spent a couple of minutes covering up their traces and burning the Dire Wolf's body with a simple Fire Release Jutsu.
Then, they both activated the Body Flicker Technique and quickly bolted away.
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