You don't know if the other Root operatives get vacations, but as one of only two Uchiha in Konoha—and the only one in Root—you've got plenty of time off.
During that period, you mastered all the Wind Release jutsu you'd obtained. Under Danzo's personal guidance, you even learned an additional technique—Wind Release: Shuriken—a nifty little trick that lets you enchant shuriken with Wind chakra.
You also began training in Wind Release nature transformation. Unfortunately, your Uchiha bloodline doesn't seem to offer much affinity for Wind. Unlike Fire Release, which you can control as easily as moving your own limbs, Wind Release is far harder to handle—its slicing properties make it dangerous to the user, too. Because of that, you haven't made much progress in mastering this new nature transformation.
Thankfully, your work on creating composite jutsu has shown promising results. By using Fire Release as the base and Wind Release as a supplement, you infused Wind's cutting properties into your flames.
You combined Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere with Fire Release: Flame Bullet, and now, your flame bullets can pierce through defensive jutsu like Earth-Style Wall—with less chakra cost than a full-powered fire jutsu!
You also improved your shuriken techniques. While infusing Wind chakra around the outside of the shuriken, you use your fingers to manipulate Fire Release to heat the weapons. The result?
Wind Release: Shuriken, with double the cutting range.
Thanks to your control over Fire Release, the heated shuriken can melt on impact, triggering a powerful area-of-effect attack—even if your throw misses.
And it no longer has the original technique's weakness of being easily blocked from the side!
It's a highly practical, low-cost, and deadly technique—equally effective against single targets and groups.
...
Later, word came from the ninja tools workshop: the bow and arrows you custom ordered were complete.
After picking them up, you handed over the chakra alloy you'd earned from your last side mission to the smiths.
This time, your commission was a pair of gloves woven with chakra alloy threads. Your specs: excellent Fire chakra conductivity, but rejection of all other chakra types—to assist in using Iron-Melting Hands!
With bow in hand, your combat capability skyrocketed. Sure, the Sharingan can't rival the Byakugan's long-range precision, but your vision and dynamic tracking far exceed that of any ordinary person.
You tested it on a straw dummy—the accuracy was excellent. The arrows channeled chakra smoothly, and when you combined the shot with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, they pierced through nine Earth-Style Walls in a row.
It made you think: This thing could probably punch through the first or even second stage of a Susanoo at close range.
...
While strolling through Konoha, you ran into Kakashi again. This time, you formally introduced yourself. Once he learned you were an amnesiac Uchiha, his impression of you improved significantly.
During another walk, you stumbled upon Hinata Hyuga being cornered by a bunch of delinquent teens. A Hyuga branch house bodyguard was standing idly in the distance, just watching. You couldn't help but think—the Hyuga clan sure is... relaxed.
Later, back in Root, you ran into Danzo and asked him directly about Hinata's situation. Rather than answering outright, he spoke of old Konoha secrets: the Hyuga clan intentionally leaves such "loopholes" so that the village will always have something to hold over them—giving Konoha a sense of control.
For the first time, you found yourself genuinely admiring Danzo's cunning.
Honestly, if Danzo hadn't tried to use Kotoamatsukami to completely control you, you might've been happy to take over Root from him someday.
...
[Month 4]
Your long vacation ends, and you're assigned another mission.
But this time, it's no small fry job.
You're heading to the Wind–Earth border to assassinate one of Sunagakure's key figures—Baki.
According to Root intel, Baki is currently escorting a high-ranking Wind Country official to the Land of Earth.
This mission serves three strategic objectives:
Kill Baki to significantly weaken Sunagakure's power.
Kill the Wind Country official to strain relations between Sunagakure and their homeland—cutting off their financial support.
Carry out the assassination within Earth Country borders, to provoke tensions between the Wind and Earth nations...
This job practically qualifies as an S-rank mission.
Naturally, you weren't going to take it for free. You immediately requested to learn the Four Symbols Seal.
Danzo thought it over and agreed—promising to teach you the Four Symbols technique once the mission was complete.
Though you didn't get it immediately, you trusted Root's usual commitment to cultivating their operatives. After all, the stronger you get, the stronger Danzo becomes. There's no direct conflict of interest between you.
To prepare, you selected five Root operatives from the "breeding ground" training site—each specializing in different skills to support the mission.
Two Wind Release users would amplify your Fire Release and hold their own in combat.
One disguise and intel specialist would serve as a desert guide and coordinate with your contact embedded in Baki's convoy.
One Earth Release ninja would handle defense and help exploit the geography of the Wind–Earth border.
...
[Month 5]
To avoid detection, you couldn't arrive early, late, or be spotted en route. The team disguised themselves as a merchant caravan, traveling by wagon.
Using carrier pigeons summoned by the embedded operative in Baki's unit, you continually adjusted your speed.
After a full month of travel, you finally arrived at the designated location.
According to intel, Baki's group had to pass through this route. You only needed to lie in wait for two or three days to intercept a completely unguarded Wind Country convoy.
You felt uneasy, but didn't know the terrain well enough to scout solo. You nearly got lost in a sandstorm—if not for your Sharingan's visual clarity, you might've vanished in the storm entirely.
From then on, you had to bring the guide ninja with you on recon missions—though it slowed you down considerably.
After extensive scouting, you found only one viable ambush spot: a mountain pass. The rest of the area was either sheer cliffs or endless dunes.
You set up your ambush there.
But after two days, your water supply began to dwindle—and still, no sign of the convoy.
Reluctantly, you went scouting again with the guide, but found nothing. Your water usage only increased.
You tried using Water Release to help everyone stay hydrated, but the moisture produced wasn't real drinking water—more suited for washing up than sustaining life.
You decided to wait one more day. If they don't show up by day three, we move.
But even on the fourth day, there was still nothing.
Just as you were preparing to leave, the embedded agent sent new intel: they'd been caught in a sandstorm and had to halt progress.
You'd encountered a similar storm on day one of your arrival.
So you decided to wait another day.
As for food and supplies... well, worst case, you'd just loot the enemy after the battle.
Sure enough, on the evening of the fifth day, a convoy appeared in the distance—over a hundred people and dozens of wagons—slowly emerging from the shifting golden sands…
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