Chapter 7: The First Battle After Transmigration

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As Senju Banma desperately fled, he suddenly found a member of the Uchiha clan blocking his path, a look of despair etched across his face. Though only five years old, no matter how gifted he was, facing a grown Uchiha left him with little hope of resistance.

The Uchiha before him had curly hair wrapped in bandages, his dull, lifeless eyes showing no excitement at the prospect of an easy catch. Instead, his somewhat handsome face bore a conflicted expression.

Without hesitation, Senju Banma gripped his kunai tightly and charged at the dazed Uchiha Gin. Seeing Banma’s resolute, death-defying expression, Uchiha Gin drew his wakizashi, preparing for battle.

“Bang!”

Their weapons clashed with a muffled sound. Feeling the heavy blow resonate through his arm, Uchiha Gin was sent flying several meters, landing face-first on the ground. Astonished, he scrambled to his feet.

“This kid is actually this strong?”

“This guy is really that weak?”

Senju Banma stood frozen, incredulous as he stared at his kunai. He couldn’t believe he had actually managed to repel a grown Uchiha warrior.

Uchiha Gin swore he hadn’t held back. As this was his first battle since transmigrating into this world, he instinctively used all his strength, but the result was being knocked away by a mere five-year-old child.

Seeing Uchiha Gin struggle to rise, hope flared in Banma’s eyes. He swung his kunai with even greater effort, charging at the Uchiha.

At that moment, a system prompt sounded in Uchiha Gin’s mind.

“Combat detected. Heart of Steel treasure chest accumulating points...”

The Heart of Steel treasure chest trembled in his consciousness, then began playing an energetic background track like a speaker.

Hearing the familiar music in his head, Uchiha Gin’s whole brain twitched—could this ancient system be any more reliable?

Returning to the fight, Senju Banma, limited by his height, nearly stabbed at Uchiha Gin’s lower body with his kunai. Ignoring the distracting BGM in his mind, Uchiha Gin barely dodged the life-threatening strike.

He then countered with a classic Uchiha sword technique, slashing at Banma, who blocked it with his kunai. Uchiha Gin looked on in disbelief as his full-strength strike was effortlessly parried by a five-year-old.

This was the moment Uchiha Gin truly confirmed that the body he now inhabited was utterly weak. Twenty-plus years of his past life had been wasted; his combat ability barely reached the level of a low-ranking ninja from the future, not one of the elite Twelve, but a mere background figure.

Still, he could not give up so easily. Uchiha Fuka and Uchiha Ryoichi were likely about to end their fights. Even if he let Senju Banma escape now, the next moment he would die at their hands.

Moreover, his mission was to rescue Senju Banma from Uchiha Fuka and the others. Now alone, releasing Banma meant the mission's outcome was uncertain. Failure would mean starting over from scratch.

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