Flying Thunder God Upgrade, Stepping Towards the Goal!

"Uchiha Jin, I'll kill you!"

Finally, with a mournful howl, Sasuke wrapped up his first day of school.

Before entering school, he'd been high-spirited and arrogant.

Even passing dogs would've earned two slaps from him.

After entering school, he was crestfallen, exhausted in both body and mind.

He just wanted to escape this place.

If that wasn't possible, destroy the school!

So when he heard the teacher say class was dismissed, he could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his heart and rushed back to the Uchiha Clan at full speed.

Revenge!

That damned man had to pay blood for blood!

In the span of a day, he'd been like a monkey.

Observed by countless girls with looks of concern, sympathy, or pity.

And from their voices, he'd finally understood one thing!

His reputation—was ruined!

All sorts of bizarre and outrageous experiences, enough to fill a two-million-word novel!

Yet they'd been so simply piled onto his head.

As for who?

Obviously, only that ridiculous guy!

He was furious!

Anger made him rage.

Burning with fury, Sasuke charged home like a bull seeing red.

And Jin was that red.

"Uchiha Jin! Come out! Get out here!"

"You bastard! How dare you ruin my reputation!"

"Damn it, what do you think you're doing!"

Amid the shouting, Mikoto leaned against the doorframe, a little worried.

"What's gotten into Sasuke? What set him off?"

Beside her, Fugaku said nothing, but the twitching at the corner of his eye couldn't be suppressed.

He hesitated, then looked at his still gracefully curved wife and said in a low voice, "How about... we start over with a new one?"

"What 'new one'? Jin's just spouting nonsense, Fugaku, how could you..."

At that, Mikoto's face flushed, and she poked her husband in the side.

"Ouch, stop, stop, that hurts!"

"I just remembered there's a clan meeting to attend, so let's leave it at that..."

Elsewhere.

Jin left the school, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.

"As expected of a class packed with geniuses—everyone's got a few tags on them!"

He'd talked until his throat was dry and his mouth parched today.

But the results were astonishing!

[After ten minutes of chatting, congratulations to the host for obtaining the elite tag: Simple Temperament (Green).]

[After ten minutes of chatting, congratulations to the host for obtaining the common tag: Strong Body (White).]

[Chakra Refining (Green), Kunai Proficiency (White)...]

Today's copy success rate seemed unusually high—nearly fifty tags in total!

That was the result of almost three months' work in the past.

"System, fuse all the white tags into the Flying Thunder God tag."

[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique improved. Teleportation distance +1.]

[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique...]

As one white and green tag after another vanished, the Flying Thunder God's range kept increasing.

At one point, when the last white tag disappeared, the prompt shifted slightly.

[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique (Gold) lv6→lv7. Maximum teleport distance increased to 1000 meters. Chakra consumption: 80-1000.]

"Huh, finally leveled up again?"

Jin was a little surprised.

"One kilometer... that opens up a lot of possibilities."

Konoha wasn't small.

He'd learned that over the years from chatting with people.

It was actually huge.

In the original story, it looked like just a village, but in reality, it was more like a big city.

Not just ninja, but a large number of civilians lived there too.

Before, using the Flying Thunder God Technique meant constantly activating it over and over.

Like a long-range Flash with no cooldown.

Now, though, this Flash had evolved!

One kilometer was enough to count as a teleport with no cooldown, no startup, arriving instantly.

So after glancing around, Jin had an idea and walked behind a tree.

The next second, with a whoosh, he vanished.

Not long after he disappeared, a rustle suddenly came from the tree.

Kakashi rubbed his head as he poked it out, looking a little confused.

"Vanished?"

"Was I tracking a Clone Technique just now?"

Ever since their last parting, he'd grown curious about Jin, this Uchiha.

And so he'd started checking up on him from time to time.

But this time, that kid had disappeared right under his nose!

Sensing the lingering scent of Chakra in the air, he sniffed lightly.

His brow slowly furrowed.

"Not a Clone Technique, not a Transformation Technique either..."

"Strange... this technique's scent feels a bit familiar..."

He frowned, vaguely feeling like he recognized it.

After a moment's hesitation, he pulled down his mask and snapped his right eye open!

In an instant, a flash of crimson appeared.

The Sharingan spun as it carefully searched the residual traces in front of him.

He even clapped his hands together and called Pakkun over to sniff along.

Soon, with Pakkun leading the way, he started heading outside the village.

Once the man and dog's figures disappeared, Jin's form suddenly emerged from behind the tree, a hint of a smile in his eyes.

"As expected of a dog's nose—he could still track me."

"Too bad, I've got things to do tonight, so I can't chat with you, Fifty-Fifty."

With that, he turned and headed in another direction within the village.

He'd spotted Kakashi as soon as he left the gate.

But that guy's conversation was still on cooldown.

Besides, what he was doing tonight wasn't really suitable for others to know.

Sticking to the principle of avoiding trouble, Jin used the Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and—the Flying Thunder God Technique right here.

His goal was to lead Kakashi away.

Rustle rustle.

Not long after he left, a rustling sound came from the tree trunk.

Kakashi pushed aside the leaves, staring in the direction Jin had vanished, his exposed brow lifting slightly.

"Young. Mysterious, sure, but still just a kid—too inexperienced..."

"Still—sneaking around like that, this kid's acting off today..."

For some reason, curiosity suddenly stirred in his heart.

With a flicker of movement, he followed.

He wanted to see just what Jin was up to.

Tap-tap-tap.

As his figure flickered, the surrounding residential areas gradually began to thin out.

Large trees and exposed rocks and soil grew more and more numerous.

The presence of people gradually faded.

Only when the sky had darkened completely did a vast cemetery slowly come into view.

"A cemetery? What's this guy doing here?"

"That's... the teacher's grave?"