Great Fireball Technique

The night was deep. After climbing back over the wall from Gekko Hayate's house, Hanfu shut himself in his bedroom to study his Golden Finger.

In his mind, four pale blue Light Spots and a Red Stardust that radiated crimson light floated near the Green Light Orb. The pale blue Light Spots represented the Chakra Refinement Technique, Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and Substitution Technique, while the Red Stardust represented the Kekkei Genkai he had just collected: Tōton!

At that moment, the pale blue Light Spots and Red Stardust drifted around the Green Light Orb, like planets orbiting a star. The scene was incredibly beautiful!

Hanfu eagerly wrapped his consciousness around the Red Stardust. At a thought, the Red Stardust suddenly blazed with dazzling crimson light, hot and brilliant as the blazing sun!

Under the light, Hanfu felt his entire body grow hot, as if something scorching were forcing its way into him, violently rewriting his DNA. A wondrous, indescribable sensation slowly welled up in his heart.

In the next instant, Hanfu's eyes snapped open, and he instinctively activated Tōton!

"Tōton—Invisibility!"

Hum...

An invisible ripple surged out from Hanfu's body and spread across him in an instant. His handsome brows lifted as he clearly felt his body enter a strange state!

Hanfu looked down at his hands and feet and saw a thin, mercury-like film covering his body. It flowed slowly, like a dream or an illusion.

Was he invisible now?

Overjoyed, Hanfu was about to find a mirror and see how it looked. But the next instant, the mercury-like film covering his body burst silently like a bubble.

Then a wave of exhaustion rose from deep within him. Hanfu's legs went weak, and he nearly collapsed on the spot.

"Damn, I almost forgot!" Hanfu gritted his teeth.

Using a Kekkei Genkai consumed Chakra, and Hanfu's talent was so poor that he had only managed to refine a tiny bit of Chakra. He could barely maintain Tōton with what he had—at most, for three seconds!

But those three seconds had shown Hanfu his future!

With the Collection Technique, anything could change!

Hanfu closed his eyes and focused. The Red Stardust, which had been radiating scorching light, immediately drew in its glow. Its dazzling crimson light gradually dimmed until it returned to its original state, quietly floating beside the Green Light Orb and emitting a faint red glow.

Hanfu stared at the Red Stardust, entranced, and thought that one day, this place would be filled with Red Stardust!

Hanfu was sure of it, but in the next instant, he realized there was a rather serious problem.

If he collected more than one Kekkei Genkai, could he use them all at once?

Hanfu stroked his chin and pondered.

Kekkei Genkai were related to DNA. When the Red Stardust's light had enveloped him, Hanfu had felt as if his DNA were being rewritten. If that was the case, then if two, three, or even five Kekkei Genkai merged into his body and rewrote his DNA... Well, wouldn't his DNA just collapse?

But the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, had two Kekkei Genkai, and that Hiruko had several, too. So, as long as Hanfu's body was strong enough, he should be able to absorb two or even more Kekkei Genkai at once.

But...

How could he use the Sharingan and Byakugan at the same time?

The Sharingan had red, tomoe-patterned eyes, while the Byakugan had pure white irises. If he used them together, what would his eyes turn into?

Hanfu felt a headache coming on.

This Golden Finger didn't even come with a manual. One star!

Hanfu shook his head, trying to cast away all those jumbled thoughts.

He had only collected Tōton so far. He hadn't even seen a trace of the Sharingan or Byakugan, so why worry?

Things would work themselves out!

Hanfu yawned. He had just been a real man for three seconds and used up a "huge" amount of Chakra. Now that his thoughts had slowed, exhaustion washed over him like a tide.

When Hanfu opened his eyes again, the sun was already high in the sky.

He got out of bed. His parents were both gone, and two rice balls sat in a pot in the kitchen. They looked awful—he could tell at a glance that his father had made them.

Sigh.

Hanfu sighed. He realized his father had already left for the battlefield, and these two rice balls were... his last breakfast?

Hanfu felt a little down, but there was nothing to do but bear it. After all, he was still weak.

The rice balls tasted like nothing as he ate them. Restless from staying indoors, Hanfu decided to go out for a walk.

He changed his shoes in the entryway, stuffed the keys left there into his pocket, and stepped outside.

Hanfu's home was in the southeastern corner of the village. A small Commercial Street lay two hundred meters ahead. He walked over slowly and saw that the shops on both sides of the street were open for business. They seemed to be doing well, with the sounds of bargaining rising and falling. Hanfu also spotted a few ninjas wearing Forehead Protectors in the crowd. They haggled with shopkeepers like ordinary people and didn't throw their weight around just because they were ninjas.

Of course, that might have had something to do with the ninjas wearing Uchiha Uniforms.

The Konoha Military Police Force!

Hanfu watched three Uchiha clan members patrol toward him from the other end of the street, their faces expressionless. His appetite for collecting stirred.

This was a great opportunity!

The odds of failure were high, but even if he failed, he couldn't let the chance go to waste!

Hanfu studied the three Uchiha, paying close attention to their expressions and eyes. The one on the far left had lively eyes and kept glancing at the shops despite himself.

So he was just pretending to be aloof?

Hanfu chuckled. When the three came closer, he immediately used the Collection Technique on the Uchiha with the lively eyes.

At the same time, the Green Light Orb in Hanfu's mind churned. Then a pale blue Light Spot burst out of it.

Did it work?

Hanfu was delighted, but the next moment, his mouth twitched.

It was pale blue?

Not Red Stardust?

Had he failed to collect the Sharingan?

Hanfu was a little disappointed, but after thinking it over, he realized it made sense. The reason he'd been able to collect Tōton from Hayate so easily the previous night, aside from guiding the process himself, was that Hayate had been a "blank slate." He hadn't started school yet, and he hadn't even mastered the Three Body Technique. The only thing Hanfu could collect from him was Tōton.

But the Uchiha before him was patrolling as a member of the Konoha Military Police Force, so he was at least a Chunin. He must have mastered quite a few techniques!

Naturally, it would be difficult for Hanfu to collect the Sharingan from him directly.

Once he had figured that out, Hanfu wrapped his consciousness around the newly formed pale blue Light Spot and discovered it was the Uchiha's signature technique: the Great Fireball Technique!

The Original Work's chosen one, Sasuke, had taken ages to master the Great Fireball Technique. Hanfu had managed it in just one second. Well, it really was the transmigrator who was the true chosen one. The likes of Sasuke were just extras!

When Hanfu came back to his senses, the three Uchiha had already walked some distance away. He quickly gathered his thoughts and decisively used his two remaining Collection Techniques on them.

Unfortunately, he wasn't lucky this time. Both attempts failed.

Well, looks like he was a couch potato again today.

Hanfu stretched, glanced around listlessly, and began wandering through the shops.