This Uchiha is Too Cautious
Chapter 1

A Failed Attempt

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Hoo, hoo.

Heavy breathing echoed in the dark room. Uchiha Kei opened his eyes and looked at the pair of scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan in the mirror, sighing.

Another failure.

Although Uchiha Kei, who had failed countless times, was somewhat disappointed, he still forced himself to write down some of his insights in his notebook.

The language he used was not Japanese, but pure Chinese. He was not from this world. Uchiha Kei was originally an Earthling, but due to some accident, he came to this world, this somewhat bloody world.

After arriving in this world and knowing that he was part of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Kei had been proud for a while. However, everything that followed dealt him some severe blows.

Living in this world, weakness is the original sin!

Perhaps because he was from modern times, Uchiha Kei could never quite get used to the cruelty of this era. Moreover, in terms of talent, Uchiha Kei seemed to be only average.

If it weren't for the fact that he was a transmigrator, his innate mental strength seemed to be a bit stronger than others, allowing him to barely survive on the battlefield by relying on the Sharingan. Otherwise, the grass on his grave might have grown several feet high by now.

Sometimes, he truly admired the ninjas of this world. They often possessed the ability to kill at the age of six or seven, and going to the battlefield around the age of ten was commonplace. Even more so for someone like Kakashi, who was already a Jonin who had killed countless enemies at the age of twelve.

Uchiha Kei knew his own situation, so he never dared to easily reveal his Sharingan since childhood. Even on the battlefield, he was very careful not to let his eyes be exposed.

Without enough power to protect himself, Uchiha Kei really didn't think he could afford to be reckless. At least, having the Mangekyo would give him some ability to protect himself, right?

As for what to do after obtaining the Mangekyo? Uchiha Kei hadn't even considered those things. If you can't even get the Mangekyo, what right do you have to think about other problems?

"Is the stimulation not deep enough?" Uchiha Kei couldn't help but ponder after recording his feelings from this attempt.

Uchiha Kei was very familiar with the Sharingan. He naturally knew its origin and evolutionary history very well.

Simply put, this thing opens its eyes and evolves through intense emotional stimulation. It's not without reason that the Uchiha Clan is called crazy by many.

Especially the Mangekyo, which requires even more intense emotional excitement, even to the point of abnormality. The Chakra in the brain stimulates the eyes, thus opening them.

When the eyes open, the inner depiction resonates with the brain, completing the reorganization and sequencing of ocular Chakra, granting corresponding abilities.

It was precisely because Uchiha Kei knew these things that he wanted to try to open his eyes himself.

Compared to those guys from the Hyuga Clan next door, the Uchiha Clan's eye-opening was considered simple. If he had truly transmigrated into one of those guys with cataracts next door, Uchiha Kei might have already died.

You must know that in his past life's memories, the Hyuga Clan's genius, Hyuga Neji, was also a character who mostly played a supporting role and finally died a tragically inexplicable death. Not to mention the other Hyuga clan members.

If we don't consider the issue of clan extermination...

"Where exactly did it go wrong?" Uchiha Kei silently stroked his chin. "Is the depth of stimulation insufficient? Or is my Genjutsu ineffective? Or is it that because I know all this, I subconsciously judge the Genjutsu as fake?"

Uchiha Kei was truly frustrated. He used a special method to cast Genjutsu on himself, and then made himself fall into the Genjutsu 'unknowingly'.

But Uchiha Kei had tried many times, and he had never succeeded. It wasn't that there was no effect; at least his Three Tomoe proved that this method was feasible.

Uchiha Kei didn't know if this method only worked for him, but he had never seen any other Uchiha use it.

However, after Uchiha Kei had used this method to a certain extent, he was still unable to cross the final hurdle.

Coupled with the fact that the war outside seemed to be nearing its end, perhaps it was a final frenzy. Except for the villages that had already declared surrender and ceasefire, the remaining villages also began to launch a final frenzy against Konohagakure.

This was arguably the most dangerous time. Although Uchiha Kei had survived the previous battles, he couldn't guarantee his survival in the upcoming battles.

"Has it reached a threshold?" Uchiha Kei thought to himself as he tidied up his diary, "Or has my mental power developed an immunity? No, mental power doesn't have white blood cells or anything like that."

Uchiha Kei couldn't figure these things out. The only thing he could foresee was that the days ahead would definitely not be peaceful.

It was now Konoha Year 47, and the Fourth Hokage would take office in one year. And wasn't this considered the most troublesome stage of the war?

The Kamikakushi Battle had ended, Suna had been defeated and surrendered. Now, Konohagakure only had one opponent left – Iwagakure.

He had to thank some of the peculiar actions of Iwagakure. If they hadn't launched a sneak attack on Kumogakure from behind, leading the Third Raikage to fight tens of thousands of Iwa Ninja alone to allow his comrades to escape, and die of exhaustion after three days and three nights.

Otherwise, Konohagakure would now be facing a pincer attack from both Kumogakure and Iwagakure. But it was precisely because they wanted to maximize their profits that Namikaze Minato alone held off the Fourth Raikage brothers head-on.

Otherwise, Konohagakure's troubles would be even greater, as neither Kumogakure nor Iwagakure were easy opponents.

"Kamikakushi Battle, Kakashi will also get Obito's Sharingan and become a Copy Ninja by then."

After organizing all the logs, Uchiha Kei formed a hand seal and sealed them all into a scroll, then solemnly put them away.

Japanese and Chinese still had many similarities. If this thing were lost, Uchiha Kei would be in serious trouble.

To prevent his memory from fading, he had written down all the Hokage plot points he could remember.

The advantage of this was that Kei could know what was happening at any given time, allowing him to avoid disasters or gain some benefits.

After doing all this, Uchiha Kei sighed. His Three Tomoe Sharingan was simply not enough.

Without the Mangekyo Sharingan, how could he face those who had already surpassed human limits in the future?

Not to mention them, the Uchiha clan extermination incident a few years later would be enough to give Uchiha Kei a headache.

"I must think of a way, otherwise, I'll just be someone Uchiha Itachi dispatches with a single strike in the future."

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