After eating barbecue with Yūgao, Uchiha Sora returned to his home.
The rewards from this encounter with Orochimaru could be said to be immense.
In terms of Chakra, having already exceeded an ordinary Jonin's by many times, with it doubling again, he had likely reached the threshold of Kage-level Chakra reserves.
Furthermore, under the dual automatic cultivation of body and spirit, his Chakra growth would no longer have an upper limit.
At his current automatic cultivation speed, in less than three years, his Chakra volume would likely be comparable to an average Tailed Beast!
As for experience, he now had the history of confronting a Kage-level figure; such experience is something ordinary Ninjas likely wouldn't have in a lifetime.
However, alongside these gains, Uchiha Sora was also secretly wary of the eyes watching him from the shadows.
This time it was Orochimaru; who would it be next time?
Danzo? Or Uchiha Obito?
Therefore, he still couldn't afford to be careless when it came to developing Ninjutsu.
He already had plenty of Chakra and his trump cards, but those trump cards could only be used as hidden aces to be revealed at critical moments.
For everyday Ninjutsu, aside from a few Fire Release and Wind Release techniques, he seemed to be lacking Release techniques of other attributes.
The defense of Earth Release, the versatility of Water Release, the powerful explosive force of Lightning Release...
"Besides being innate, the five basic attributes of Chakra can also be learned later," Uchiha Sora thought to himself. "Because of his great talent, Kakashi has already mastered the transformations of five attributes, and with the Sharingan, he even learned the Yin attribute transformation."
"And I not only have the Sharingan but also a Sage Body. Theoretically, I can master all attribute transformations!" Uchiha Sora murmured softly. "Starting tomorrow, I'll look into things related to Nature Transformations."
In the following days, while performing Anbu missions, Uchiha Sora would also consult Kakashi on knowledge regarding Nature Transformations.
However, Uchiha Sora's own talent was limited; even if Kakashi's explanations were very clear, he couldn't learn Chakra attribute transformations he wasn't born with in a short time.
Fortunately, the Automatic Cultivation System stepped in to help at this time.
After consulting Kakashi for several consecutive days on Lightning attribute transformation, the system's notification sound successfully rang in Uchiha Sora's mind.
"Ding! Through the host's continuous hard study, your physical talent has been moved by your efforts! You have awakened a new talent attribute: Lightning!"
After gaining the Lightning attribute talent, it didn't take long for Uchiha Sora to master Lightning Nature Transformation.
Subsequently, Uchiha Sora pulled Kakashi aside again, asking him to explain the knowledge of Earth Release and Water Release Nature Transformations in detail several times.
About half a month later, Uchiha Sora's physical talent successfully awakened Earth and Water talents.
With this, Uchiha Sora finally possessed a body with all attributes: Yin, Yang, Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water.
With these attribute talents, the subsequent training became much simpler.
Uchiha Sora could directly copy some low-level Ninjutsu himself through observation with the Sharingan.
As for those high-difficulty B-rank and A-rank Ninjutsu, as long as he saw their principles clearly with the Sharingan and memorized the hand seals, he could bring them back to practice slowly on his own.
Even if Uchiha Sora's own cultivation talent was mediocre and his progress was slow, with the system helping out from time to time, his Ninjutsu library was expanding rapidly...
Time flew by, and the end of the year soon arrived.
A light snow began to fall in Konoha Village.
Uchiha Sora finally reached the age of eleven.
Through his time in the Anbu, he had performed many high-difficulty missions, including several A-rank missions and even a few S-rank ones.
Under the tempering of Anbu missions, his combat experience and willpower had grown significantly.
His strength was also gradually being revealed.
With excellent Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Kenjutsu, he could handle any mission with ease.
Sometimes, even opponents that Kakashi found troublesome could be defeated once they were in Sora's hands.
At Uchiha Izumi's home.
Sora, along with Uchiha Izumi and her mother, enjoyed a sumptuous feast.
Half a year ago, Uchiha Izumi had already graduated from the Ninja Academy and become a Genin; she had been performing Genin missions recently.
Listening to Izumi talk about some interesting things from her Genin missions, Uchiha Sora was in a very good mood.
After dinner, Uchiha Sora took Izumi out for a walk, going to the theater to enjoy the New Year's celebration programs of the Naruto World.
After the show, Sora and Izumi strolled through the snow, their hands tightly held, feeling each other's warmth.
Izumi reached out her other small hand to gently catch a falling snowflake. With a slight blush, she said to Uchiha Sora, "Hey, Sora, when we both grow up, can we still walk together like this to watch the snow?"
The girl spoke words of confession, her eyes filled with nervousness and anticipation.
Uchiha Sora raised his hand and gently patted her head. "We can."
A simple word, without the need for excessive flowery speech, made Uchiha Izumi feel exceptionally at peace.
Suddenly, the sound of crying came from the snowy ground ahead, mixed with the shouting and cursing of some children.
Uchiha Sora frowned slightly, while Uchiha Izumi had already quickly walked over.
It turned out that a few children nearby were incessantly throwing snowballs at a little girl, completely ignoring her crying.
"Hey! You guys, stop it!" Uchiha Izumi immediately rushed out and shouted, putting a stop to the children's bullying behavior.
"Hey, why are you meddling in other people's business!"
"Who are you? Do we know you?"
"Why should we listen to you!"
The children behaved very arrogantly.
Izumi's face flushed with anger; she really wanted to give them all a beating.
But she didn't want to be a bully, picking on children who hadn't even attended the Ninja Academy yet.
For a moment, she didn't know what to do.
"Brats, if you don't listen, people might die!" Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind them.
It was Uchiha Sora speaking. He walked over slowly, exuding a terrifying aura from his body.
This scene immediately froze the children in place, each of them on the verge of tears.
"So cowardly, yet so good at bullying others! Why haven't you apologized yet?" Seeing that just releasing a tiny bit of aura had terrified these kids, Uchiha Sora curled his lip and retracted his aura.
Hearing this, the children immediately went obediently to apologize to the little girl they had been bullying.
After apologizing, they scampered away and disappeared in a flash.
Uchiha Izumi helped the little girl sitting on the ground and said gently, "Don't be afraid, those who bullied you have been chased away by that big brother."
The little girl finally stopped crying and looked up. Her delicate and cute face revealed a pair of pure white eyes as she looked at Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Sora.
"Eh? Are you from the Hyuga family? What's your name?" Uchiha Izumi then realized that the little girl actually came from a prestigious clan like the Uchiha, the Hyuga Clan.
"Thank you, big sister, thank you, big brother. I... my name is Hyuga Hinata." The little girl blushed and said timidly.
"What? You are Hyuga Hinata?" A look of surprise appeared on Uchiha Izumi's face, and she couldn't help but look at Uchiha Sora.
This girl was the daughter of the Hyuga Clan leader; her status was anything but ordinary!
For her to appear here and be bullied—if any accident happened or a misunderstanding arose, it would be troublesome.
"It's fine, we'll just take her back," Uchiha Sora said.
He had also recognized Hinata's identity. Since he had already helped, he would see it through and take her home.
After all, this could be considered fate.
Uchiha Izumi nodded and took Hinata's small hand. "Come, big sister will take you home."
"Mm." Hinata nodded gently, stood up holding Izumi's hand, then pointed in the direction of her home and walked forward.
Along the way, Uchiha Izumi asked why those children were bullying her. Learning it was because of Hinata's weak personality, she encouraged her, "Girls need to be even stronger! As long as we are strong, we won't be bullied by boys!"
Hinata nodded gently. Feeling Uchiha Izumi's kindness and gentleness, a smile gradually spread across her face.
The three soon arrived at the Hyuga Mansion.
At the mansion entrance, a guard from the branch house recognized Lady Hinata at a glance and rushed to inform the clan leader.
Before long, Hyuga Hiashi came out personally to receive his daughter.
To thank Uchiha Sora and Izumi for their kind help, Hyuga Hiashi brought them into the hall and served fine tea in gratitude.
Facing Hiashi's hospitality and gratitude, Uchiha Izumi was somewhat nervous and stiff.
After all, he was a clan leader-level figure; Izumi, who was still just a Genin, wasn't used to interacting with such people.
Uchiha Sora, however, appeared very calm and said composedly, "Clan Leader Hiashi, there's no need to be polite. It was just a small matter."
"Haha, Uchiha Sora, my daughter has caused you trouble; it's only right to express my thanks." Hyuga Hiashi was all smiles and appeared very polite.
After some pleasantries, Uchiha Sora left with Izumi.
Once Uchiha Sora and the other had left, Hyuga Hiashi retracted his smile and said to Hinata beside him, "Hinata, you must remember: no matter where you encounter Uchiha Sora in the future, you must be extremely cautious! You must maintain respect toward him! Do you understand?"
"Oh..." Hinata didn't dare to disobey her father and nodded.
But in her heart, she was still very confused.
That big brother clearly seemed like a very good person; why did she need to be cautious around him?
Hiashi naturally wouldn't explain to his daughter; he only needed her to remember this point.
Because under the observation of his Byakugan, the Chakra volume within the eleven-year-old Uchiha Sora was so massive it shocked him! It far exceeded his understanding of the Uchiha Clan's Chakra reserves!
It was conceivable that his strength was definitely not as simple as it appeared on the surface!
Such a person would definitely become the most dazzling existence in the Uchiha Clan in the future, perhaps even the most dazzling in Konoha!
When that day came, the entire Hyuga Clan would likely be nothing in front of him.