Sunbathe!
Let's sunbathe together!
Sasuke's lips moved, but the words caught in his throat. For a long time, he couldn't get them out.
Ever since he'd been chased by a dog two and a half years ago, sunbathing had become an obsession of his.
Only because Fugaku had personally trained him had he managed to put it aside for a while.
But now, after being provoked again by his second brother's shameless slacking, the idea sprang up like bamboo shoots after the rain.
And in an instant, it formed a complete loop:
Sunbathe first, then use Lightning Release!
Once I learn Lightning Release—electrocute dogs!
Thinking this, he stopped hesitating. After looking around, he found a large rock and lay down on it, arms and legs spread out.
Let's sunbathe together!
Fugaku: ...
He was exhausted.
He'd spent two and a half years getting his youngest son back on track, only for Jin to make the slightest effort and send him right back?
Of course, what he felt most was disbelief.
His lips moved. After seeing that no one was around, he asked in a low voice,
"Jin, just now... did you use hand seals?"
He'd seen it clearly. Jin had used Chidori almost the instant the thought crossed his mind.
And it was even more powerful than Kakashi's!
The lightning was also far more imposing!
It shook everything he'd believed in for more than thirty years.
Since when could someone perform a ninjutsu without using hand seals to guide the Chakra in their body?
It was true that, with practice, the number of hand seals required for an ordinary ninjutsu could be reduced.
But Chidori was at least an A-rank ninjutsu!
No matter how familiar you were with it, you couldn't just skip the seals, could you?
At that moment, Fugaku was deeply shaken.
He was so distracted that he couldn't even be bothered to stop Sasuke from sunbathing.
Smack.
At Fugaku's question, Jin casually clapped his hands. "Look, didn't I just use them?"
"Clap your hands, and whatever you call for appears?"
Fugaku was even more bewildered.
A ninja's worldview seemed on the verge of crumbling.
Of course, he couldn't help feeling a little pleased, too: My sons really are all geniuses... All right, most of them are geniuses.
He glanced back at Sasuke, who had already started sunbathing, and sighed with a small shake of his head. "Sasuke, don't forget to go to school."
Then he turned and left.
For a moment, even his retreating figure seemed unsure whether to hold its head high or hang it in defeat...
Behind him, Jin's body had stiffened as well.
He stared at the notification before him, his Sharingan spinning rapidly.
From one Tomoe to two, then three, until the Tomoe joined into a line and returned to their original state!
The notification was crystal clear.
[After talking with Uchiha Fugaku for ten minutes, attempting to copy a trait.]
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host! You have obtained the Epic Trait Mangekyō Sharingan (Purple): An advanced form of the Sharingan that can only be awakened after an extreme emotional shock. The strongest heavenly eye, capable of seeing through the three realms; a world-shaking Dojutsu.]
Mangekyō Sharingan!
Jin hadn't expected that, after six years of constant conversation without managing to copy the Mangekyō, he'd finally gotten it today!
If he got Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō, even those little Shiba Inu puppies around Pakkun would get burned just for passing by!
It took him a long while to recover from the shock.
Patter, patter, patter.
He ran all the way to the river.
Leaning out, he looked at his reflection in the water.
His features were handsome, his face fair, and his scarlet eyes bright.
After staring for a while, he leaned closer, confused. "Huh? Why hasn't the Mangekyō Sharingan changed?"
In the river, the Sharingan in his reflection's eyes still had three Tomoe slowly spinning.
It didn't look any different from the Three Tomoe.
"Could it be that copying it doesn't change its appearance?"
His breath caught, and he hurriedly leaned even closer.
He almost had his whole body hanging over the water.
Only then did he notice that the Sharingan below did seem to have changed a little.
The three Tomoe in the pupils looked slightly larger.
From "," to "6."
"So both my eyes are six hundred and sixty-six now?"
His mouth twitched. That sounded ridiculous.
Then, with a thought, he began to activate the Mangekyō.
As the Uchiha clan's true Dojutsu at the pinnacle of the world, the Mangekyō wasn't just stronger in its own right. More importantly, it awakened unique abilities in each eye!
Abilities unique to each person, awakened according to their strengths!
That was where the Mangekyō Sharingan's true power lay.
As his Sharingan turned, he could clearly feel the world around him changing.
The Natural Energy everywhere, and the tiny creatures—
They were all laid bare before his eyes.
He could even make out the stripes on mosquito larvae by the river.
His visual prowess had risen again!
Three minutes later.
Drip.
Drip.
Drops of scarlet fell onto the river's surface.
The water nearby turned a deep red.
This was... blood!
"Ugh... I nearly stared my eyes out, and still no ability showed up..."
Jin gave up and closed his eyes.
His eyes burned.
It felt as if someone were continually jabbing them with needles.
Sharp and painful.
"So, System, my Mangekyō is just an upgraded Sharingan, and it doesn't have an ability yet?"
Jin was surprised—or perhaps just unlucky.
"So now, when I use the Sharingan, I risk going blind and still haven't awakened an ability?"
System: (っ ̯ -｡) -→-→╮(╯3╰)╭
This trait was a bit of a bad deal.
Jin shook his head, but he didn't fuse the trait away.
He'd leave it alone. Maybe he'd only just awakened it and a new ability hadn't emerged yet?
"But... I should hurry and deal with the blindness."
"Just taking medicine will only make me end up like Itachi in the original story, coughing up blood, right?"
Muttering to himself, he began to think.
"Besides transplanting a close relative's eyes, Wood Release's healing power seems like it could suppress it, too."
"So where can I find a trait with Wood Release?"
Lost in thought, Jin unconsciously wandered along the riverbank.
Large trees lined the bank, towering up from the earth.
Their thick, sturdy roots burrowed underground, drawing nutrients from along the river.
"Hmm... Root?!"
He abruptly stopped, then turned to look toward the cliffs on the outskirts of the village.
"If I remember right, the cheerful young man's eyes are about to get gouged out soon, aren't they?"
"So... that old geezer Danzo will be alone soon, too?"
"I just don't know which spot is the real cliff-jumping location..."
As soon as he realized this, his figure gradually turned into a glimmer of light and faded away.
A minute later, at a cliff several kilometers away.
A small figure slowly appeared.
A stream babbled below, while the cliff soared into the clouds above.
Its edge was nowhere in sight.
This was also where Itachi and Shisui often met in private to talk.
So Jin had come here more than once.
Tap, tap, tap!
Just as he appeared, he suddenly heard the sound of water being splashed beneath someone's feet.
That caught him by surprise.
He turned to look.
A handsome young man in a dark blue, high-collared shinobi uniform was practicing something on the surface of the water.
Whoosh—
A gentle breeze brushed past his hair, lifting the wispy bangs on his forehead.
Beneath them was a remarkably warm and friendly face.
Shisui of the Uchiha clan.
One of the Uchiha clan's rare cheerful, sunny young men!
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