Barbecue Q, private room.
Takada Fujiwara acted more maturely, while Kakashi remained indifferent to everything. Only the clever Nara Shikaichi was somewhat gossipy, though more than anything, he was probably testing them.
"Jin, why?"
"I can understand hiding your strength, but what's the point of hiding your personality?"
However, regarding that—
Seeing the curiosity on Nara Shikaichi's face, Uchiha Jin swallowed the barbecue in his mouth before slowly revealing a faint smile. "The Uchiha have a cautionary example. His name is Uchiha Obito!"
In an instant—
Nara Shikaichi immediately understood. After all, that oddball Obito was quite famous among their peers.
Even though he was two years ahead of Uchiha Jin and Kakashi, he had still heard of this so-called disgrace of the Uchiha. Naturally, he instantly understood Uchiha Jin's thoughts as well.
If he belonged to another Ninja Clan or came from a civilian background, being aloof and arrogant would make him stand out.
But in the eccentric Uchiha Clan, whether he acted too high-profile or too low-profile, Uchiha Jin would almost certainly appear different. On the contrary, an aloof and arrogant Uchiha fit the fixed impression everyone had of them much better.
"Jin, you're really clever!"
Nara Shikaichi spoke very sincerely, because he had thought of even more implications.
Uchiha Jin merely chuckled softly. "Talking to clever people really saves effort!"
Takada Fujiwara and Kakashi, however, were utterly bewildered.
They had never experienced nine years of compulsory education, and their minds were not as sharp as Nara Shikaichi's. They truly could not understand what Uchiha Jin and Nara Shikaichi were discussing.
"You mean that idiot Obito?"
Kakashi muttered softly, then shook his head and said nothing more.
Because of Nohara Rin, he was quite familiar with Obito. He had never expected Obito to become a cautionary example in Uchiha Jin's mouth.
Of course—
He was merely sighing in passing. At present, he was not interested in any of this.
Time slowly passed.
Their team dinner proceeded harmoniously. Everyone became much more familiar with one another, and they had at least developed some initial cohesion.
After the dinner ended—
Uchiha Jin parted ways with everyone and went straight back to the small courtyard he called home.
On the outskirts of the Uchiha Clan Compound—
A simple two-story courtyard was Uchiha Jin's home in this world.
The house was very quiet!
The courtyard had been cleaned immaculately. After entering the living room, Uchiha Jin dropped onto the tatami.
His parents were civilian Uchiha. They ran a small Izakaya in the clan compound, so they naturally closed up and returned home very late each day. This was a good thing for Uchiha Jin. After all, he possessed an adult's soul, and there were many things he could not let his parents discover.
For example—right now!
Uchiha Jin lay on the tatami, constantly exploring the system he had just obtained.
Forget about dominating the Shinobi World. Whether he could survive in the future would most likely depend on this system!
"Plundering fate and traversing the myriad heavens!"
"Looks like these are the system's main functions. But traversing the myriad heavens requires fate points—and my initial fate points are zero?!"
"I'm an Uchiha, at least. But considering the Uchiha's situation, not having a negative number is already generous."
"Becoming a captain earned me ten fate points, but killing bandits earned me fifty."
"Looks like I'll have to change the plot from here on!"
Uchiha Jin muttered to himself.
He was not very concerned with traversing the myriad heavens for the time being. After all, he could not obtain the full 1,000 fate points in a short time. What he was focusing on now was the fact that every time his fate increased by 100 points, he would receive one standard attribute reward and one random reward.
He already had 60 fate points. Once he accumulated 40 more, he would receive a reward!
[Ding! Congratulations, host.] [Slightly altered the fates of Takada Fujiwara and Nara Shikaichi, preventing their deaths; slightly altered Kakashi's fate. Reward: 50 fate points!] [The host's fate points have reached 100. Reward: one standard Uchiha Bloodline and one set of Uchiha Madara's Fire Style insights!]
Almost in the blink of an eye—
Before Uchiha Jin could react, the Uchiha Bloodline began to merge with him. Lin Mo instantly felt his Chakra surge once again, while the power of his Sharingan also increased somewhat.
In particular, Uchiha Madara's insights into Fire Style gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment and immense benefit.
"Uchiha Jin, come out for a moment!"
Just as Uchiha Jin was slowly comprehending Fire Style, a shout suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
Uchiha Jin opened his eyes, faintly displeased.
The voice outside the courtyard was filled with coldness and arrogance, bringing a certain name to mind.
Uchiha Ryugan!
He was one of his neighbors. Although he was a few years older, they could barely be considered peers.
However, unlike Uchiha Jin, who came from a civilian Uchiha family, this man's father was an elite Uchiha jōnin and one of Clan Head Uchiha Fugaku's most trusted confidants.
Although he was puzzled about why this man had come, he hurriedly opened the courtyard gate.
"Lord Ryugan!"
Uchiha Jin was extremely respectful.
In the Original work, the Uchiha Clan had essentially been background characters, so many things had naturally gone undescribed. For instance, everyone in the village might have appeared gentle on the surface, but the rules within a Ninja Clan were extremely strict!
There was a strict hierarchy of status and seniority!
As an ancient clan of distinction, the Uchiha were naturally no weaker than the Hyuga.
It was simply that most Uchiha were arrogant and disdainful of using a Caged Bird Seal like that of the Hyuga.
The Uchiha Ryugan before him was a Chunin, making him one of the clan's elites. Thus, Uchiha Jin had no choice but to lower his head for now.
"This contains a training scroll for Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame, as well as five hundred thousand ryō, twenty Kunai, twenty Shuriken, ten Explosive Tags, and three rolls of clan-made Steel Wire."
"Although you lost your qualification to join the Police Force, you will instead represent the Uchiha in the regular shinobi forces. These resources are the clan head's support for you."
"Don't disappoint the clan head!"
He tossed a scroll to Uchiha Jin. His tone was cold and arrogant, as though he were bestowing charity.
It was not that he had anything against Uchiha Jin. Almost all Uchiha simply wore this expression.
Uchiha Jin was the same.
After respectfully accepting the scroll, he spoke in the same cold, arrogant tone.
"Thank you, Lord Clan Head. I will never bring shame upon the Uchiha!"
"Hmm, not bad!"
Uchiha Ryugan's face was filled with satisfaction. After all, Uchiha Jin's performance was that of a standard Uchiha.
He patted Uchiha Jin on the shoulder, then left directly with the Body Flicker Technique.
In front of the courtyard gate—
Looking at the scroll in his hand, Uchiha Jin could not help sighing inwardly. He had really brought shame upon the transmigrator army!
Other transmigrators agonized over which faction to join.
The moderate faction within the Uchiha? The radical faction? Or Fugaku's centrist faction?
Or perhaps they joined the Hokage faction. The more formidable ones even formed their own factions for fun.
And him?
He looked down on the Hokage, and he looked down on Fugaku too.
They could not even be bothered to come recruit him personally, sending a mere Chunin to fob him off instead.
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