You Are My First Friend

How much chakra does a five-year-old Uchiha even have?

Shin, who exchanges chakra for powerful taijutsu, is very clear about exactly where his shortcomings lie.

Struck in the chest, Shin didn't waste chakra to dissolve the pain from the pressure point attack.

Ninjutsu? Releasing one or two D-rank ninjutsu would probably empty his chakra reserves.

Illusion Arts? The Byakugan's ability to see everything with no blind spots means there wouldn't even be an opportunity for eye contact.

As for taijutsu, there's even less to say.

That pair of eyes that only appears when an Uchiha's emotions are strongly stirred, eyes that can precisely control the flow of chakra, is Shin's best chance for a complete victory.

"Why did I transmigrate to this world?"

"Why don't I have a cheat to defy fate?"

"Why do I have to lose?"

"Why..."

The continuous pain from his body amplified the emotions he was deliberately stirring within himself in order to gain power.

Scenes of the original work's tragedies, like shattered glass, appeared in his mind after repeated overlays.

His soft-hearted but stern old father, Chiken.

His caring mother, Aoko.

His always-deferential older brother, Fugaku.

And all the other Uchiha clansmen who cared for and loved him, but whose emotions were easily triggered.

"I will change all of this!"

A large amount of special chakra surged within Shin's brain.

His eyes, which already possessed powerful dynamic vision, under the influence of this chakra, split from one small black dot into two small black dots in each eye.

"I win, Uchiha Shin!" Nao shouted sweetly, swinging her final palm strike.

"Clap!"

A hand gently supported her fair-skinned right wrist.

"Thank you, Hyuga Nao."

Shin's originally jet-black pupils were dyed a bewitching red.

The two tomoe in each of his eyes turned Nao's originally joyful little face into an icy mask, just like always.

"Sharingan..." Trying to pull back her right hand, she found that she couldn't.

Using Nao's hand to complete the hand seals, Shin tightly grasped her wrist.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Along with the warning, a fireball spewed from his mouth.

With her right wrist held tightly, Nao had no choice but to raise her left hand to block the unavoidable attack.

"Boom...!"

Her face pale as she defended against the intense flames with her left arm, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

The spectators below the stage, at the moment Shin gave his warning, had all fled the classroom and were now in the hallway.

"That was terrifying! He was just getting beat up, and the next second he activates his Sharingan and unleashes a Fire Release!" The chubby Heiji exclaimed, looking like he'd just escaped death.

"It's more than that. If I'm not mistaken, he used Nao's right hand to complete the hand seals!"

Mikoto was excited. For the clan's second young master to awaken his Sharingan at the age of five was extremely rare in the clan's history.

"He really is a genius. If you want to know why..."

The unremarkable Shibi Aburame added, "That's because doing so completes the hand seals while also allowing him to firmly control his opponent during the subsequent release of the Fire Release..."

"Balancing purposefulness and practicality."

This assessment was indeed not an exaggeration for an incoming freshman.

Heiji looked at the classmate in front of him, whom he didn't recognize at all, and began to wonder, "Who are you again?"

"I'm Shibi Aburame."

"Oh, you're from the Aburame clan. Never mind then." - Everyone else

Meanwhile, inside the freshman classroom.

Nao, who had defended against the Great Fireball Technique, actually had a rare, beautiful smile on her lips.

Her pure white kimono had many scorch marks due to inadequate defense.

But she didn't pay any attention to these things.

"Uchiha Shin, it's really hard to get your approval."

Nao's eyes were filled with satisfaction, as if she had received a precious toy for the first time in her life.

"It's not that hard..." Shin released his left hand, which had been holding her right wrist.

"A duel between the Sharingan and the Byakugan, that's what I'd call fair, right?"

Shin's double tomoe Sharingan were reflected in Nao's white pupils.

An odd feeling inexplicably arose in her heart.

"Fair? Do you think there's fairness in this world?"

"Maybe..." Shin smiled and spoke his thoughts, "Both you and I were born with powerful Kekkei Genkai..."

Then he tilted his head to look at the blue sky outside the window, "While some people, even if they struggle their whole lives, can only usher in a moment of glory."

Nao, lost in thought, stated the cruel reality, "But most people don't even have that chance."

Shin nodded in agreement, "It's just a duel, there's no need to follow the rules of ninjas..."

"Besides, we're not even ninjas yet." Nao, understanding, wholeheartedly agreed with this statement.

She couldn't imagine that such a person would appear in the always proud Uchiha Clan.

Absolute fairness has never existed.

Is it really fair for a Hyuga, powerful in taijutsu and born with the Byakugan, to fight against an Uchiha of the same age, who can only consume chakra?

Shin, using his trickery, saw Nao's thoughtful expression and laughed wildly in his heart, as if he had succeeded.

To change the Hyuga Clan, where everyone is under a rigid system, cannot be pointed out directly.

The product of a distorted ninja system is something that Nao, who is still young and whose worldview has not yet fully formed, cannot truly understand.

"Give me your hand..." Shin stared at the burned left arm, "Let's settle the score after your injury heals."

"Is this what you consider fair?" Nao offered her left hand, accepting his kindness.

"No..." Shin transferred his remaining chakra into her body, "I'm just thanking you for letting me obtain these eyes."

At this moment, Nao looked at his scarlet eyes and, for the first time ever, gave a big smile.

"Uchiha Shin, you're really weird."

"Many people say that..." Shin returned a similar smile, "But I don't think so."

"Uh..." Nao, looking a little dazed, felt the constant and unusually warm chakra coming from within her body.

"You... you were born with all five chakra natures?" Nao asked slightly surprised, having figured it out.

"Yes." Shin nodded lightly and continued to output lightning and wind attribute chakra.

"It seems I'm getting weird too..." Nao smiled again, "I actually don't find you annoying anymore."

This time, it was Shin's turn to be stunned.

"What's wrong? Why are you staring at me?"

Her pouting lips brought him back to reality.

"It's nothing..." Shin released his left hand, "Your hand is healed."

"Is it?" Nao looked puzzled, with a thoughtful expression.

The "young" Shin felt that he, at the age of five, was not suitable to say too much to a girl.

Slightly changing the other person's views and healing their injuries was enough to repay them.

However, Nao, after thinking for a long time, suddenly asked a question that caught him off guard, "Uchiha Shin, are we friends now?"

"Friends?"

After careful consideration, Shin realized that, apart from his family, he really didn't have even one person by his side whom he could truly call a friend.

Plans can't keep up with changes, that's the state that can be described with words right now.

After ten or so seconds, Shin looked directly into Nao's eyes, his tone becoming extremely serious, "Hyuga Nao, you are my first friend."