We Uchiha Never Recognize Copyright

"..."

Kakashi opened his mouth, wanting to retort.

But he thought back to their spar earlier and realized it was true.

"I, I thought Qingye just didn't react in time..." Kakashi muttered distractedly.

Minato Namikaze shook his head. "With the perception of a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, all it takes is a little combat experience. How could he not react in time? Kakashi, you're being a bit arrogant."

Kakashi's talent was undeniable.

But perhaps it was precisely because of this outstanding talent that Kakashi had rarely felt pressure from his peers.

It was good for someone to push him a bit now.

After pointing out Kakashi's previous mistake, Minato Namikaze turned to Qingye. "Qingye, I've heard about you from your clan head Fugaku, but it seems you're even more of a genius than I imagined."

"Jonin Minato, you flatter me," Qingye said humbly.

Minato Namikaze shook his head slightly.

This young man's talent and strength were indeed beyond his expectations.

Aburame Ryoma had directly requested that Uchiha Qingye's team also participate in the Kannabi Bridge mission.

He had initially worried about the mission's difficulty, but seeing the opponent's strength firsthand, he could finally relax a little.

Although completing the mission was almost impossible, with the strength the opponent had just shown, it was likely possible for them to hold out until his return.

"Oh right, Kakashi!"

Qingye suddenly thought of something, his eyes lighting up. "Weren't you developing a new Lightning Style Ninjutsu? Did you finish it? Why didn't I see you use it just now?"

"Of course."

Kakashi said with a slight smirk, forming hand seals with a series of swift movements. "This move's power is too great, not suitable for a spar."

As Lightning Style Chakra gathered in his palm, an intense buzzing sound, like a thousand birds chirping in unison, filled the air. High-density Chakra was gathered in his palm, almost becoming tangible!

A-rank Lightning Style Ninjutsu, Chidori!

"And Chidori requires a lot of perception... Hey, what are you doing?" Kakashi's face darkened as he saw Qingye staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes.

This guy was openly copying his Ninjutsu with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan right in front of him?

How brazen!

"Ahem, impressive. It's indeed a very powerful Ninjutsu. You truly live up to your reputation, the genius Kakashi Hatake," Qingye praised, giving him a thumbs-up.

As everyone knew, the Uchiha clan never cared about Ninjutsu copyrights.

What I see is mine!

"..." Kakashi rolled his eyes.

Fine, he wouldn't argue with him.

It took him so long to develop this A-rank Ninjutsu, and it was difficult to learn. How could he possibly master it just by glaring at it with his Sharingan?

Night.

After having dinner with Minato Namikaze's team, Qingye didn't linger for pleasantries and quickly returned to his single tent, waiting silently.

Time ticked by.

As he watched the repayment period countdown on his status panel change from hours to minutes, then from minutes to seconds, the final ten-second countdown felt as long as a century.

[Three-Tomoe Sharingan Chakra Loan Repayment Period Ended.]

The system's electronic voice sounded in his mind. Qingye felt his whole body tremble as the invisible shackles that had bound him disappeared.

The physical and mental energy that had been restricted due to the Chakra loan returned to their normal maximum limits!

"Whoosh... Nice!"

His body felt an unprecedented sense of freedom!

As the invisible restraint disappeared, his body's Chakra limit also recovered.

[Stats: Spirit 7, Body 8, Strength 5, Speed 8, Ninjutsu 7, Hand Seals 6, Illusion 8, Wisdom 9]

He checked his status panel. The total was still 58 points. Compared to the first loan repayment three months ago, only his Taijutsu stat had increased by one point.

"Spirit 6 to Spirit 7. My Chakra limit has increased by about double."

Qingye estimated. If Spirit 6 was about one unit of Chakra, then his current Spirit 7 Chakra limit was about two units.

He looked at his status panel and found that the Ninjutsu Learning module was still locked.

He could only choose the Talent Enhancement module.

Two options lay before Qingye, and he still had to make a choice:

Should he choose to evenly increase his Chakra limit, or should he upgrade his Sharingan bloodline to the Mangekyo level?

"System, if I choose to enhance my chakra comprehensively, will my Sharingan bloodline also be enhanced accordingly after the upgrade?" Qingye murmured in his mind.

[No.]

A cold, electronic voice.

Then it's nothing.

There's nothing to hesitate about anymore.

While enhancing chakra is indeed important, and the results would likely be more predictable.

But opening a Mangekyo Sharingan gacha is definitely more interesting!

The current version of the ninja world is still the five-village conflict: Legend of the Eyes, not the tattoo era yet!

If he could awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, with Kamui in his left eye and Yachihoko in his right, he'd be willing to become a chakra monster even if it meant transforming from a chakra user to a chakra behemoth!

"Choose to enhance the Sharingan bloodline."

[Confirm?]

"Confirm."

After the final confirmation, a strange power came from nowhere. Qingye only felt his body begin to heat up.

The strange power seemed to surge out from within him, his body felt hot, and his mind grew increasingly excited.

The thumping of his heart sounded deafening!

Qingye could feel his body undergoing a miraculous change at this moment. A power filled his entire body, and simultaneously, his mental perception became exceptionally clear, as if he could feel the blood flowing in every blood vessel within him!

What's going on?

Body and marrow cleansing?

Am I going to excrete waste through my pores soon?

This isn't a cultivation world, is it!

"Wrong!"

Qingye felt his physical and mental energy constantly increasing, along with his chakra limit, which rose from two units to three, and continued to climb towards four units.

"System, are you sure?"

He clearly chose to enhance his Sharingan, not his chakra!

Why is his Sharingan completely unaffected, while his chakra is constantly increasing?

The system did not respond.

Did this idiotic system make a mistake!

The upper limits of his physical and mental energy continued to rise. As his chakra limit reached four units, Qingye's vision suddenly went black, and he passed out.

In his blurred consciousness, Qingye felt like he had a dream.

In the dream, he didn't encounter any system.

He barely possessed the strength of a Tokubetsu Jonin. With a great war imminent, Qingye, seeing Minato Namikaze's team arrive, deliberately injured himself during a mission to avoid the great battle with Iwagakure.

Relying on his foreknowledge, he successfully survived the Third Shinobi World War.

Next, he watched the Uchiha clan's situation deteriorate day by day...

The Nine-Tails' attack. He urged the clan head to suppress the Nine-Tails and support the Fourth Hokage. Uchiha Fugaku replied, refusing him!

Insufficient strength, insignificant voice.

He approached Orochimaru, wanting to cooperate with experiments to improve his talent, but his body almost collapsed and left him disabled.

As the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre drew closer and closer, Qingye simply abandoned the idea of persuading his clansmen to stage a coup or abandon the coup.

He couldn't lead them, he simply couldn't!

Using a mission as an excuse, he connected with the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, then faked his death and escaped, leaving Konohagakure for Kumogakure, to become a stud.