Promises and Experiments

"Burp~ I'm so full~"

Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina Uzumaki rubbed their round bellies and burped at the same time.

Neither of them had a small appetite, but Uchiha Yuzuru ate even more. A single meal's portion was already enough to leave both of them stuffed.

"Here, have some water."

Uchiha Yuzuru poured each of them a cup of plain water, then turned and headed out into the courtyard.

Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha exchanged a glance, rose to their feet, and followed him outside.

Watching Uchiha Yuzuru turn over the soil, Kushina Uzumaki asked curiously, "Yuzuru, what are you doing?"

Without looking up, Uchiha Yuzuru replied, "With such a big courtyard, it'd feel like a waste not to plant something."

"I'm planning to grow some vegetables."

After hearing Uchiha Yuzuru's explanation, curiosity appeared on both Mikoto Uchiha's and Kushina Uzumaki's faces.

"Growing vegetables?"

"That sounds so interesting."

In the world of the Hokage, ninjas did not engage in production.

Only farmers living outside the village did things like farming.

Mikoto Uchiha had it a little better. When she occasionally went out on patrol with her clansmen, she could at least see farmland.

Kushina Uzumaki was different. She had always been restricted from leaving the village and knew practically nothing about such things.

"Yuzuru, I want to plant some too. Do we just bury the seeds in the ground?"

"Of course not."

"Then can you teach me? Yuzuru, I want to learn how to grow vegetables from you!"

"Uh... all right."

Mikoto Uchiha was responsible for buying the seeds, while Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Yuzuru were responsible for tilling the land.

After working all morning, the three of them finally cleared out a small vegetable garden in the courtyard.

Kushina Uzumaki wiped the sweat from her face and said excitedly, "Yuzuru, this is my first time growing vegetables. Help me take care of them, okay? I'll definitely make time to come check on them often."

Uchiha Yuzuru nodded without hesitation.

He had originally intended to force Konoha's Higher-ups to intervene through his contact with Kushina, prompting them to say things like, "Uchiha clan members are forbidden from contacting the Jinchuriki," so that his clansmen would recognize Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others' wariness toward the Uchiha Clan. Naturally, he would not refuse Kushina Uzumaki's request.

After receiving Uchiha Yuzuru's answer, Kushina Uzumaki jumped up excitedly.

"Then it's a promise. I'll come see you again tomorrow."

"Mikoto, let's go shopping!"

"Oh, right..." As Kushina Uzumaki dragged her toward the exit, Mikoto Uchiha hurriedly said, "Yuzuru, Father said to come to my house for dinner tonight."

"Got it."

After the two left, Uchiha Yuzuru shut the door, a trace of excitement appearing in his eyes.

At last, he had time to properly experience his own strength.

Inside the room, Uchiha Yuzuru sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, beginning to examine the Chakra within his body.

After only a brief inspection, the corners of Uchiha Yuzuru's mouth lifted slightly.

The Chakra rewarded to him by the system could stack.

After awakening his three-tomoe Sharingan, he had already possessed Jonin-level Chakra.

Later, he opened system treasure chests and gained Chakra four more times: Genin-level, Chunin-level, Jonin-level, and Kage-level.

Although the Genin- and Chunin-level Chakra could practically be ignored, the combined addition of two portions of Jonin-level Chakra and one portion of Kage-level Chakra had made his reserves extremely abundant.

And after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, his Chakra had surged once more...

Uchiha Yuzuru felt that even among Kage-level experts, the only ones with more Chakra than him would be Tailed Beast Jinchuriki or ninjas with special constitutions, such as Kisame Hoshigaki.

After sensing the Chakra within his body, Uchiha Yuzuru directly activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Kamui!"

The surrounding space twisted like a vortex, and Uchiha Yuzuru's figure vanished in an instant.

"So this is the Kamui Dimension?"

Unlike the Kamui Dimension filled with towering stone pillars belonging to Obito Uchiha in the original work, Uchiha Yuzuru's Kamui Dimension was a flat expanse of land that stretched beyond sight.

The Alternate Dimension was not dark, either. Instead, it was as bright as day.

Furthermore, after gaining the power of Kamui, Uchiha Yuzuru had acquired an inexplicable perception of space.

He could place a mark on any location or object, and by activating Kamui, he could instantly transfer himself to the corresponding marked location.

The farther away it was, the more Chakra and Dojutsu Power it consumed.

It was somewhat similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After looking around some more, Uchiha Yuzuru nodded in satisfaction.

For now, it seemed that his Kamui and Obito Uchiha's Kamui were not connected.

That was for the best.

He had no desire to let his own territory become a backyard others could enter and leave at will.

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Yuzuru began Forming hand seals with both hands.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Water Style: Water Wall!"

"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"

Uchiha Yuzuru had never practiced Lightning Release Ninjutsu, so he stopped after releasing the other four elemental techniques.

Originally, he only possessed wind- and fire-nature Chakra. Although he could also use Chakra transformations to release Earth and Water Release Ninjutsu, they consumed more Chakra and were far from satisfactory in power.

Now that he had Five-Attribute Chakra, Uchiha Yuzuru felt that his combat strength had instantly risen to a whole new level.

After all, every type of release had its own strengths and weaknesses. With Five-Attribute Chakra, he could use more suitable methods against his enemies in battle.

Uchiha Yuzuru did not test Shuriken Throwing Technique or Uchiha Style Swordsmanship separately.

After all, both were taijutsu. With a mere thought, he could sense the perfectly honed, effortless control that felt as natural as moving his own limbs.

It could be said that he now had almost no weaknesses at all. He had completely grown into a true all-rounder.

Activating Kamui once more, Uchiha Yuzuru's body appeared in his room.

He rose to his feet and walked toward the outside of the room.

The door was tightly shut, yet Uchiha Yuzuru seemed to encounter no obstruction at all as his body passed directly into the courtyard.

Dojutsu Power surged, and the wooden training post in the courtyard silently split into two.

Uchiha Yuzuru waited a while longer before deactivating his Mangekyō Sharingan.

"The speed of the long-range attacks is very fast, and the maximum duration of continuous Intangibility is roughly ten minutes..."

After murmuring to himself, Uchiha Yuzuru reached out and stroked his chin.

Although his Dual Kamui made both his attack and transfer speed somewhat stronger than Obito Uchiha's in the original work, without Hashirama Cells, he had no way to restore his Dojutsu Power for the time being.

"It seems there's still a lot to do..."