While Seimei was training hard and fighting against Chakra Beasts to sharpen his battle instincts and combat experience, his other classmates from Class 1-S weren't idle either.
They were the future powerhouse of Konoha.
Naturally, their clans had also arranged special training for them and scheduled many combat drills.
Many of Seimei's classmates had already fought against Chakra Beasts during the holidays.
Although most couldn't take on B-rank beasts, they still successfully fought and exterminated quite a few C-rank ones.
A few of them had also tried to fight against B-rank Chakra Beasts.
Unfortunately, their combat prowess and battlefield IQ weren't enough to take those beasts down.
They were completely, decisively thrashed by the B-rank Chakra Beasts.
If not for their hidden protectors, they would have died gruesome deaths.
Even though the students who tried to challenge the B-rank beasts already had the combat prowess of a novice-level Chunin, it wasn't enough to fight the B-rank Chakra Beast.
Their upper limits were still beasts with a danger rating of C+ or C.
Challenging beasts of B- danger rating was a reckless choice, but they just had to learn the hard way.
After all, even though they were geniuses, they were still 8 or 9-year-old kids.
At least, they had gotten valuable lessons, causing their combat instincts to sharpen further.
However, there was one anomaly.
If Seimei was a bug in the system, then this girl was a complete oddity—the final world-class boss-level irregularity.
An 8-year-old child who dominated even the B-rank Chakra Beasts, just like Seimei.
In fact, she eliminated them with even greater ease compared to Seimei.
It was the same girl who ruthlessly defeated Seimei during his first year at the Ninja Academy.
A regressor with future knowledge and nearly 600 years of combat experience.
It was none other than the newly emerging prodigy of the Uchiha Clan—Uchiha Reina.
And right now, she was out to deal with another Chakra Beast extermination mission.
Currently, she was looking at the group of Chakra Beasts with an impassive expression, as if she were looking at something utterly insignificant.
"Tsk~"
"This young body is limiting my combat effectiveness."
"I can't use most of my signature techniques. This immature body simply won't allow it."
"Even my Taijutsu skills have nosedived."
"All these problems are happening because of my young age."
"If only I could grow up faster."
Uchiha Reina muttered in a low voice with a hint of impatience.
In front of her was a group of 26 C-rank beasts, 2 beasts of B- danger rating, and 1 beast of B danger rating.
These beasts were glaring sharply at Reina. They clearly felt an immense threat from this little human girl.
Their mental alarms were blaring with maximum intensity.
But what these vicious beasts were thinking had nothing to do with her.
She was still complaining about her young, immature body in her mind.
If she had faced these Chakra Beasts before her regression, she could have killed them all with just a glare.
All she had to do was release her ocular techniques.
She wouldn't even have to snap her fingers.
But now, with her 8-year-old body, she would have to exert quite a bit of effort.
It was really frustrating.
Although she was happy to regress and meet her loved ones again, the sudden decline in strength was really hard to adjust to.
"Oh well. I will just have to train and improve my strength from scratch again."
"At least, I can train hard now and have the hope to become powerful enough to repel those horned alien bastards this time."
"Plus, I can train a lot of powerful lackeys…cough cough…ahem…I mean allies to support me."
"Especially that brat, Senju Seimei. He truly has enough potential to surpass the Sage of Six Paths level before the Otsutsuki Enforcement Team's invasion."
"I don't know how I missed this treasure trove of potential back in my previous life before I regressed."
"It was truly regretful."
"But now, I must wipe that guy into shape and transform him into a true powerhouse to protect our home."
"Hmm hmm…I will check on him once the 2nd year of the Academy starts."
"He must not slack off."
As Uchiha Reina kept lampooning, the Chakra Beasts finally lost their patience.
4 C-rank beasts lunged toward her simultaneously.
Reina, noticing it, quickly activated the Body Flicker Technique and instantly disappeared from the spot before the claws of the beasts could reach her.
Bang~ Bang~ Boom~ Smash~
The claws of the beasts hit nothing but the empty ground.
These Chakra Beasts looked around frantically and finally found Uchiha Reina 40 meters away on their left.
As for Reina, she had already taken out her weapon, a single-edged, straight-bladed katana sword, from her Storage Seal bracelet.
Her crimson Sharingan gleamed ominously in an eerie glow.
Two black tomoe were rotating slowly within her glowing crimson irises.
Her immense ocular power burst out, causing the four chakra beasts to instinctively step back.
It wasn't because of fear.
No!
It was just that looking at this human girl's eerie red eyes caused their innate beastly survival instincts to scream out in alarm.
Uchiha Reina saw all this, and her lips curved up slightly.
She smirked with utter disdain and asked with a voice laced with sarcasm, "Getting impatient now, are we?"
"Very well, let me dispatch you to the Pure Land."
Although the beasts didn't understand what she was saying, her sarcastic voice and disdainful look clearly conveyed her intent to them.
The Chakra Beasts instantly got angry.
This little human is obviously mocking them.
How dare she?
She is nothing but a mere food supply for them.
How could they, the hunters, accept this insult?
The four Chakra Beasts, now completely enraged, charged at her.
Watching the beasts charging at her, Reina channeled Fire Release chakra into her ninja sword, causing the blade to turn red and wisps of flame to flicker on its surface.
The searing heat emanating from the blade was so intense that it caused the air around it to distort.
Next, Reina flickered toward the beasts.
She disappeared from her location and reappeared right beside the Chakra Beast, which was at the farthest position out of all four beasts that were charging at her.
The beast felt scorching heat radiating from its left and tried to move its neck to glance at the source.
However, before it could react, Reina already slashed her flaming sword down.
The blade decapitated the beast with ease and completely charred the wounded area, stopping the blood from gushing out immediately.
The other three C-rank Chakra Beasts stopped in their tracks as they smelled a nauseating smell of burning flesh and the sound of a heavy object dropping on the ground.
When they turned back, they saw a flaming red blade coming at them.
The beasts, sensing danger, immediately tried to retreat.
However, before they could move, Reina beheaded one of the Chakra Beasts with her ninja sword and slashed the forelimb of another one in a single, swift motion.
Rooooaaar!
The last beast safely retreated.
However, Reina's sword slash nearly severed the right forelimb of the third one.
The deadly cut combined with the painful burns caused by the Fire Release chakra attached to the blade made the beast howl in pain.
Reina silently approached the injured beast and plunged her sword into the beast's heart.
The Chakra Beast's howls suddenly stopped, and its eyes lost their light. The beast was already dead.
The last beast suddenly jumped toward Reina, opened its jaw, and tried to bite her neck.
It saw the little human busy dealing the finishing blow to the other beast and wanted to use this opportunity to take her down.
Unfortunately for the Chakra Beast, Reina's senses were already on high alert.
The moment the beast tried to approach her, she turned her head toward it.
Her Sharingan rotated slowly, analyzing the beast's movement and attack trajectory. Everything seemed to move in slow motion before her eyes.
Leveraging her Sharingan's insight, she fully analyzed the beast's upcoming movements.
Without hesitation, she charged forward and ducked slightly, causing the beast's attack to miss.
At the next moment, she thrust the sword at the beast's heart.
The airborne beast had no way to avoid the attack. It could only watch in despair as the sword slowly stabbed through its chest and pierced the heart.
Instantly, flames erupted from the sword as Reina supplied the sword with more Fire Release chakra.
The blazing hot flame completely incinerated and destroyed the beast's heart as well as its other internal organs, making it whimper in unimaginable pain.
Uchiha Reina pulled her sword out. The beast's life was extinguished at the next moment as well.
Soon, Reina saw the remaining beasts charging at her.
They didn't need to probe anymore. Now, they just wanted to gang up on her and finish her off as soon as possible.
Their leader, the B-rank beast, deemed her too dangerous to fight alone or in small groups.
Of course, Reina wasn't bothered by this scene at all. If anything, she welcomed it.
This would make it easier for her to eliminate them quickly and go home for a nap.
As soon as the Chakra Beasts got closer, Reina quickly made a series of hand seals and unleashed a devastating sea of flames.
Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame
The flames came out as a thin line from her mouth before quickly widening into a fan-like shape.
The burning hot, devastating orange-yellow flame quickly engulfed the Chakra Beasts that were just 10 meters away from her, burning them into ashes.
The flames of this Ninjutsu continued to travel up to 45 meters, and its fan-like spread covered a width of 30 meters.
Only the 3 B-rank and a couple of C-rank Chakra Beasts had enough time to get out of the way of the blazing sea of flame.
However, they were not completely unharmed, as all of them had varying degrees of burns.
As for the remaining Chakra Beasts, the flames had already turned their corpses into ashes. Not even their bones remained intact.
The flame subsided. And the remaining five Chakra Beasts were growling at Reina.
Their voices were tinged with boiling anger and deep fear.
They really didn't want to face her any longer. If possible, they wanted to run away.
But they deeply feared turning their backs on this little, 1.28-meter-tall human girl.
If they did, they would die without even knowing how they were killed.
So, they could only face her.
Reina saw all this with an expressionless face, brandished her ninja sword, and charged toward them.
5 minutes later…
Uchiha Reina flicked her sword to the side. The blood that was dripping from the blade flew away and created a line of blood on the ground.
She took out a clean piece of cloth from her storage seal bracelet and wiped out the remaining bloodstain from the blade.
Once she was done, she unleashed a wisp of Fire Release chakra, causing the now-stained cloth to burn into ashes.
In front of her was the corpse of the remaining five Chakra Beasts. 3 of them were decapitated, and 2 of them had various deep gashes and piercing wounds that reached their hearts.
After a few moments, Reina walked away from the corpse at an unhurried pace, arrived at a clean place free of blood, and crouched down on one knee.
Then she released a generous amount of Earth Release chakra and molded the earth to create a chair of solid earth.
She got up, sat down on the chair, and calmly said, "Come here."
As soon as her words fell, 2 Jonin and 3 Elite Chunin wearing standard Uchiha outfits along with deep green Konoha Shinobi vests showed up.
Reina looked at them and said, "Clear the field and store everything of value in the sealing scrolls."
"After you're done with the clean-up, we will head back."
The five Uchiha Shinobi bowed slightly and said in unison, "We will finish it within 10 minutes."
Reina nodded, and they went to work.
As the Uchiha Shinobi were working, Reina's thoughts drifted to the upcoming Ninja Academy classes.
The second year will start just after a week.
And the butterfly effect of my regression had already changed quite a few things this time.
My classmates are getting stronger at a faster rate. I can see many promising talents that can become the pillar of support for the world.
I wonder what surprises the upcoming Academic year will bring.
Reina's Sharingan glowed brightly as her anticipation intensified.
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