Unleashing Your S-Rank Potential

Ignoring the current rebellious stage of Asuma's loyal follower, Toki was swiftly moving through the forest. He had already left the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water and was heading towards the Land of Grass further west.

The reason for going there was simple—Uchiha... was broke. Back when he watched the anime in his past life, he didn't feel much about it. Except for the Hokage, it seemed like nobody cared about Asuma's bounty. However, when Toki actually took control of the Uchiha clan, he realized that everything required money. Medicine, food, ninja tools, explosive tags, propaganda...

If the Uchiha were still in their former state, each member would just stay in the Konoha police force and receive a fixed salary on time. In that case, Toki, as the clan head, wouldn't have to worry about Asuma. But now, everyone had transitioned under his leadership, from being civil servants to private enterprises. The military funds provided by the daimyo were almost running out.

After all, they used to be conscripted, but now they were paid to go to war. So, to generate revenue, Toki decided to revive their original wealth accumulation plan. War profits. Despite the chaos of the Five Great Nations, wars between small countries were even more brutal. They never stopped fighting. Whether it was the great nations using these countries as a buffer zone for their wars or small ninja villages fighting for control of elite nobles.

In short, to survive, the wars in small ninja villages couldn't stop. Once they did, their existence would lose meaning. If the Five Great Ninja Villages could sustain themselves through missions even after the war ended, then once small ninja villages lost war, they would become nothing more than the lowest-level laborers. The Five Great Ninja Villages didn't differentiate missions by country or region. It was more reliable for these small ninja villages to go to them. And that's precisely why Toki had the opportunity to make money. He was now approaching the vicinity of the Grass Village.

"Halt!"

Suddenly, several shinobi blocked Toki's path.

"Who are you?"

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Toki's mouth, and then his eyes turned crimson with the Sharingan as he calmly said,

"Uchiha clan head, Toki!"

The two Grass shinobi trembled all over, looking at Toki's eyes with fear. They exchanged glances, their voices much more respectful as they asked,

"We wonder what the purpose of the Uchiha clan head's visit to our Grass Village is? You should know that we are currently in wartime, so it should be appropriate to confirm the visit time through official documents, shouldn't it?"

Both of them were extremely worried that the person in front of them was an enemy hired by the Tozumura Village. The fact that the Uchiha clan had shown great power on the battlefield in the Land of Hot Water had already spread throughout the ninja world. Relying on the power of a single clan to resist the forces of a village made some elders recall the fear of being dominated by the Uchiha clan.

And their Grass Village, despite having the title of Kage, was only a strong jonin at best, and the whole village didn't have the existence of an elite jonin. Toki looked at the nervous two and smiled faintly:

"Don't worry, I'm just here to negotiate a deal with the Grass Kage."

The two were stunned,

"A deal?"

Then one of them asked awkwardly,

"Can we report this first?"

Toki nodded with a smile,

"Of course."

The two breathed a sigh of relief, apparently he wasn't here to cause trouble. After reporting, Toki was personally welcomed into the Grass Kage's building under the escort of more than ten ANBU. The Grass Kage smiled at Toki with some flattery:

"I wonder what brings Lord Toki here today?"

Actions speak louder than words; despite the Uchiha clan's heavy losses in the consecutive Ninja World Wars, eliminating a Grass Village was not that simple. Toki smiled slightly:

"Just here to do some business with the Grass Kage."

"Business?"

Toki placed a glove with technological ninja tools on the table, then took out three scrolls the size of bullets containing technological ninjutsu.

"These are the God-slaying gloves developed by our Uchiha clan, which can allow a lower-ranked ninja to unleash the power equivalent to that of a Kage."

"What!?"

The Grass Kage looked at Toki in shock, speechless, "How is that possible!" Toki smiled faintly,

"You can find someone to test it. These three secret technique scrolls each seal a C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu, the Fireball Technique, a B-rank Water Release ninjutsu, the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and an A-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu, the Lightning Blade. Just by wearing these gloves, even a ninja academy student can easily release a ninjutsu that only elite jonin can unleash."

The Grass Kage and his assistant looked at the gloves and scrolls on the table with disbelief. Just this little thing? The Grass Kage asked incredulously:

"How can a lower-ranked ninja release an A-rank ninjutsu? And does using it not require chakra?"

Toki smiled slightly:

"You guessed it right. These secret technique scrolls were personally made by our Uchiha clan's jonin. Each jonin can only make ten scrolls a day, making them extremely valuable. If your village equips this ninja tool during missions, and a lower-ranked ninja suddenly uses an A-rank ninjutsu, you can imagine the effect, right?"