Ability Breakthrough

Mito Uzumaki looked at Chika's smile and knew that, just like before, she would never be able to persuade her.

She sighed and walked up to Chika, looking into her eyes as she said:

"My time as an old woman is over, but yours has only just begun."

"When you change your mind someday, tell me."

Mito Uzumaki then pulled Tsunade into the inner room, while Chika silently left after watching Mito Uzumaki walk away.

Chika might have been stubborn, but whenever Mito-sama asked something of her, she always did her utmost to do it perfectly.

She understood Mito Uzumaki's temperament and knew she was not someone who played favorites.

Even if it was only an adopted child, the treatment would not be any worse.

So, since Mito-sama had asked her to tidy up the room, she would do so according to Tsunade's standards.

After Mito led Tsunade into the inner room, she raised a hand and flicked Tsunade's forehead.

"Ouch!"

Tsunade covered her reddened forehead, staring at Mito Uzumaki with a puzzled expression.

"Little Tsunade, your ability to hold back laughter still needs work. That expression like you suffered internal injuries was pretty funny too."

Tsunade immediately felt guilty, but she still forced herself to speak boldly.

"What? Grandma, you're so old, yet you're still picking on a child..."

Before she could finish, Tsunade inwardly cried out in alarm. She hugged her head with both hands, shut her eyes, and waited for the coming storm.

Yet after quite some time, everything remained calm. Tsunade opened her eyes and saw Mito Uzumaki glaring at her irritably.

"Alright, put your hands down. I have something important to tell you."

Hearing that Mito Uzumaki had something to say to her, and feeling that she had escaped disaster, Tsunade lowered her hands and obediently sat up straight.

"I didn't adopt that child today to be your child husband. Tsunade, as the leader of this generation of the Senju Clan, you cannot be so naive."

"Tell me, what other purpose did I have in adopting that child today?"

To become the Fifth Hokage, and still occasionally sneak off for drinks without letting anything go wrong in the village...

Tsunade's intelligence was beyond question. Though she had only just entered school, the cruelty of the ninja world made children understand the ways of the world far too early.

After Mito Uzumaki's reminder, Tsunade came to her senses.

"Hoshiryu Uchiha is undoubtedly from the Uchiha Clan, and he is also an orphan. Did Grandma adopt him because he is Uchiha?"

Mito Uzumaki looked at Tsunade approvingly and praised her.

"As expected of my Granddaughter. You are right. It is precisely because he is from the Uchiha Clan."

"The village is currently rejecting the Uchiha Clan. If this issue is not resolved, it will leave great trouble for future generations."

"My taking the lead in adopting an Uchiha will send a signal to the village and change its attitude toward the Uchiha Clan."

"The village was Hashirama's lifelong achievement. I cannot allow his hard work to be destroyed."

Just as Tsunade was beginning to feel pleased by the praise, Mito Uzumaki suddenly changed the subject and said something that made Tsunade regret not running away earlier.

"Since you are so clever, you will study Sealing Techniques with me this afternoon."

Before she could even be happy, Mito Uzumaki's words sank Tsunade completely.

There was no need to question Tsunade's talent. She would definitely become a Kage Level powerhouse in the future, so learning simpler Sealing Techniques would naturally not be a problem.

Then why did she resist? Because learning Sealing Techniques was incredibly tedious, and many advanced Sealing Techniques were like heavenly tomes.

Not to mention that her teacher had a terrible temper, and that teacher was also her grandmother. If she failed to learn it, she really would be hung up by Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Mito Uzumaki did not care how Tsunade reacted. Learning Sealing Techniques was not going to harm her.

Besides, Mito Uzumaki had seen all of Tsunade's behavior, whether at Barbecue Q or around Chika.

Tsunade thought it was already over, never realizing that Mito Uzumaki had been holding back something big.

Time passed in study. Early the next morning, Hoshiryu Uchiha was awakened by the changes in his body.

Hoshiryu Uchiha felt a powerful force surge into his body, as though countless fine threads were churning through his meridians.

His breathing became steady and powerful, while his heartbeat accelerated as if it were about to leap from his chest.

The muscles throughout his body also seemed to be filled with an endless supply of energy. The tense sensation made him feel as excited as a drawn bowstring.

Hoshiryu Uchiha could sense every subtle change in his muscles, bones, meridians, and internal organs. The feeling was like being reborn.

At that moment, his eyes suddenly activated the Sharingan of their own accord.

As a cool sensation swept through his eyes, his vision became sharper. Every trace of breath and every tiny movement was captured by him.

The changes continued for an entire hour before finally stopping. The instant they did, Hoshiryu Uchiha immediately opened the system panel.

Host: Hoshiryu Uchiha

Skills: Two-Tomoe Sharingan (Green) lv9, Indra's Bloodline {Incomplete} (Blue) lv1, Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique (Green), Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Technique (Green), Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique (Green), Cooking (White)

AFK Slot: Empty, Indra's Bloodline {Incomplete} (Blue) lv1, Two-Tomoe Sharingan (Green) lv9

Combat Power: 150 (Rapid combat power gains mean cheats, right? You're right, I cheated.)

Notice: The host's abilities have improved. Combat power is for reference only; excessive reliance is not recommended.

The system's snark was still as sharp as ever, but it had also undergone many changes.

First, there was now an AFK Slot. Without another word, Hoshiryu Uchiha placed the Great Fireball Technique into it.

Then there was a new function: notices.

It did not seem like much at first glance, but Hoshiryu Uchiha could sense the system's progress in it.

Previously, aside from its snark about combat power, the system had been as rigid as a machine.

Yet now it actually had a notice function, which meant the system itself could also level up.

The upgrade to his bloodline ability had also upgraded Hoshiryu Uchiha's Sharingan. Though it was still a green ability, it had changed from one tomoe to two tomoe.

Its level had also risen from LV8 to LV9. This change made Hoshiryu Uchiha understand something.

Even if an ability did not break through, changes in its level could still improve it and bring benefits.

What excited Hoshiryu Uchiha even more was that merely a Blue Grade ability had already reached Indra's level.

Based on that, when the Sharingan broke through to blue, it would become the Mangekyō Sharingan, and at purple, it would become the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Although the Uchiha Clan were Indra's descendants, every Uchiha possessed different levels of talent.

Only Indra's reincarnations were truly outstanding. For other Uchiha, breaking through to the Mangekyo was immensely difficult.

Not to mention an Eternal Mangekyo without the Mangekyo's side effects. It had been mentioned in the story that Indra's Mangekyo had no side effects from the moment it awakened.

So calling the world of Naruto Otsutsuki Affairs and the Legend of Eyes was not wrong at all.