"Uchiha Jin, I'll kill you!"
At last, accompanied by a heart-wrenching wail, Sasuke finished his first day of school.
Before entering school, he had been full of confidence and utterly arrogant.
Even passing dogs had gotten slapped twice.
After entering school, he had worn a long face, exhausted in both body and mind.
He had only wanted to escape this place.
If that didn't work, he'd destroy the school!
So when he heard the teacher dismiss them, he could no longer suppress the murderous rage in his heart. He raced back to the Uchiha Clan.
Revenge!
He had to make that damned man pay for his blood debt!
For the entire day, he'd been like a monkey on display.
Countless girls had watched him with concern, sympathy, or pity.
And from their conversations, he'd finally learned one thing!
His reputation had been thoroughly ruined!
All kinds of bizarre, outrageous experiences had been pinned on him—enough to fill a two-million-word novel!
And they'd all been heaped on him just like that.
As for who was responsible?
Obviously, it could only be that ridiculous guy!
He was furious!
Anger made his blood boil.
Fuming, Sasuke charged home like a little 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 want?!"
As the shouting continued, Mikoto leaned against the doorway, looking worried.
"What's gotten into Sasuke?"
Fugaku beside her didn't say a word, but the twitching at the corner of his eye wouldn't stop.
He hesitated, then looked at his still-graceful wife and said quietly, "How about... we make another one?"
"What do you mean, 'make another one'? Jin's just talking nonsense. Fugaku, how could you..."
At that, Mikoto's face flushed, and she poked her husband in the waist.
"Ow! No, no, stop! That hurts!"
"I just remembered there's a clan meeting. Let's leave it at that..."
Elsewhere.
Jin left the school with a satisfied smile.
"As expected of a class full of geniuses. Everyone's got at least one trait!"
He'd talked until his mouth was dry and his throat felt like it was smoking.
But the results had been incredible!
[After chatting for ten minutes, congratulations, host! You have obtained the elite trait Simple Temperament (Green).]
[After chatting for ten minutes, congratulations, host! You have obtained the common trait Strong Body (White).]
[Chakra Refining (Green), Kunai Proficiency (White)...]
His copying success rate seemed unusually high today. He'd collected nearly fifty traits!
That was as much as he'd managed in almost three months before.
"System, fuse all these white traits into the Flying Thunder God trait."
[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique improved. Teleportation distance +1.]
[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique...]
As one white and green trait after another disappeared, the Flying Thunder God Technique's range kept increasing.
Then, when the last white trait vanished, the notification changed.
[Fusion successful. Flying Thunder God Technique (Gold) lv. 6 → lv. 7. Maximum teleportation distance increased to 1,000 meters. Chakra cost: 80–1,000.]
"Phew. It finally leveled up again?"
Jin was a little surprised.
"With a full kilometer of range, there's a lot more I can do."
Konoha was no small place.
He'd figured that out over the years of stopping to chat with people.
In fact, it was enormous.
The original story made it look like a mere village, but in reality, it was more like a major city.
Not only did ninjas live there, but plenty of civilians did, too.
Before, using Flying Thunder God required him to activate it over and over again.
It was like a long-range Flash with no cooldown.
Now, that Flash had evolved!
A kilometer was enough to make it a teleport that had no cooldown, no windup, and got him to his destination instantly.
After glancing around, Jin had an idea and walked behind a tree.
The next second, he vanished with a whoosh.
Not long after he disappeared, a commotion stirred in the tree above.
Kakashi rubbed his head and peered down, looking puzzled.
"He disappeared?"
"Was the trail I was following a Transformation Technique?"
Ever since they'd parted ways last time, Kakashi had grown curious about Jin, the Uchiha.
He'd started checking in on him from time to time.
But this time, the boy had disappeared right under his nose!
He sniffed lightly, catching the lingering scent of Chakra in the air.
His brow gradually furrowed.
"That wasn't a Transformation Technique, and it wasn't a Clone Technique..."
"Strange. Why does this technique's scent seem familiar?"
He frowned, vaguely feeling that he recognized it.
After hesitating, he pulled down his mask and opened his right eye wide!
In an instant, a flash of crimson appeared.
His Sharingan spun as he carefully searched for the traces left behind.
He even clapped his hands and called Pakkun over to sniff them out.
Before long, following Pakkun's lead, he headed out of the village.
Once the man and dog had disappeared into the distance,
Jin suddenly emerged from behind the tree, a hint of amusement at the corner of his eye.
"Gotta hand it to that nose. You actually managed to track me down."
"Unfortunately, I've got things to do tonight, so I can't stick around and chat, Fifty-Fifty."
With that, he turned and headed in the opposite direction.
He'd spotted Kakashi as soon as he left the gate.
Unfortunately, Kakashi was still on cooldown from their last conversation.
Besides, what Jin had planned for tonight wasn't something he wanted anyone to find out about.
To avoid trouble, he'd used the Clone Technique, the Transformation Technique, and—Flying Thunder God.
The plan was to lure Kakashi away.
Rustle, rustle.
Not long after Jin left, a rustling came from the tree trunk.
Kakashi pushed the leaves aside and looked in the direction Jin had disappeared, his exposed eyebrow lifting slightly.
"Young. A little mysterious, sure, but still just a kid. He has so little experience..."
"But sneaking around like that... this kid's acting strange today."
For some reason, curiosity suddenly stirred in his heart.
With a quick movement, he followed.
He wanted to see what Jin was up to.
Tap, tap, tap.
As he darted along, the residential areas gradually thinned out.
Trees and exposed patches of rocky earth grew more and more numerous.
The area grew quieter.
By the time the sky had grown dark, a vast graveyard gradually came into view.
"A graveyard? What's he doing here?"
"That's... the teacher's grave?"
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