The Second Transaction

"Bang!"

Sparks flew at the point of impact between the kunai. Yun used the momentum to backflip, lashing out with a kick aimed at Itachi's chin.

"Snap!"

With a crisp sound, Itachi blocked the blow and retreated two steps, shaking his arm slightly. "Fast reflexes, decent power."

Yun sheathed his kunai and smiled. "You haven't even used your Sharingan yet, have you? Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to keep up with you."

Itachi shook his head slightly. "Shisui said I am no match for you. I don't know the reason why, but Shisui has his own justifications."

The two performed the Seal of Reconciliation to conclude their training, and the Chunin instructor standing nearby finally let out a sigh of relief.

Two Uchiha geniuses—one rumored to have awakened his eyes at five and a half, the other capable of trading blows with him—a spar between these two could go wrong at the slightest lapse in concentration.

Being a teacher to geniuses was no easy task.

"Big brother, here."

Yun took the water bottle Izumi handed him and took a few sips, only to notice the girl holding a bento box, her face flushed as she stared at Itachi nearby.

It was noon after the sparring class, the time for lunch. Was she trying to go on a date?

"Ding-ding-ding..."

The bell rang just in time, and Yun reached out to grab Izumi's bento. "Let's go, let's eat together."

Izumi looked at Itachi drinking water in the distance, then back at her brother who had already snatched her lunch, too angry to speak.

"Tokuma, Hana, let's eat together."

Hearing Yun's invitation, the two children from Konoha's prestigious clans were momentarily stunned. However, thanks to the prestige of being labeled geniuses alongside Itachi right at the start of the semester, they quickly agreed.

It turned out that not every child was as precocious as Itachi, who spent every day obsessing over profound, lofty questions. With just a few words, Yun and Izumi—the two Uchiha—became friends with the children from the Hyuga and Inuzuka clans.

It wasn't hard to get along with an Uchiha who had cast aside their arrogance.

Yun smiled as he looked at the two of them. After today, their attitude toward coming to school would, to a certain extent, represent the stance of the Hyuga and Inuzuka clans regarding the Uchiha's current predicament.

Everyone could see the Fourth's trust in Uchiha Shisui, but the high-ranking officials left over from the Second's era, including the Third, had always harbored prejudice against the Uchiha.

The attitudes of the Hyuga Branch Family and the Inuzuka toward the Uchiha would partly evolve into a question of which side the prestigious Konoha clans would take: the decaying, aging Third, or the young and radiant Fourth?

"Yun, your taijutsu is amazing. You can actually fight evenly with Itachi even when he hasn't awakened his eyes." There was a hint of envy in Tokuma's tone, but he looked down at the headband on his forehead and grew despondent.

The Caged Bird Seal of the Hyuga Branch Family—the curse mark that, in the original story, was carved into Neji at age four.

"Enough power and enough reflexes are all you need. But Itachi hasn't used his Sharingan; otherwise, the outcome wouldn't be certain."

As he spoke, Yun offered his own bento. "Tempura, want to try some? It's my favorite."

Because it was their first time interacting, both shook their heads.

Hana Inuzuka then said, "I've heard my mother mention some of the Sharingan's abilities. Once awakened, it enhances dynamic vision even when not actively in use. Yun, you're already very impressive."

Yun smiled modestly, while Izumi stared curiously at Hana's face. "The face paint you're wearing is so pretty... where did you buy it?"

Hana smiled. "This isn't ordinary paint; it's something unique to the Inuzuka clan."

Listening to the laughter and chatter nearby, Yun looked at Itachi not far away.

Five or six girls were peeking at him from the side, not daring to approach, while the boys looked on with gritted teeth. In this way, he had become a loner.

His aura was too cold; it was as if he had a sign on him that said "keep away."

"Itachi!"

The shout made Itachi, who had been staring blankly at his bento, freeze. When he looked up, Yun caught a fleeting glimmer of joy in his eyes.

"Come over and eat with us!"

Itachi looked around, nodded, and walked over slowly.

Yun looked down at his sister helplessly. "Can you let go? You've pinched my arm purple. Are you really that excited?"

Exposed, Izumi looked at the approaching Itachi and turned bright red.

Hana and Tokuma laughed as well. It had to be said that in this class, only the Inuzuka girl had no interest in Itachi.

"Humans are social animals. If you stay alone for too long, you'll start overthinking, and if you overthink for too long, you'll go crazy."

Yun pointed to the step beside him, signaling for him to sit. "If you go crazy, you'll start killing everyone, and if you get caught, you'll be locked up and tied down. Do you want to go on a killing spree or be locked up?"

The words startled Itachi, and it took him a moment to ask, "I know what a killing spree is, but what is 'ga-ga'?"

School life was boring for both Yun and Itachi, so much so that a month later, they both started using the Shadow Clone Technique to attend classes.

It had to be said that Yun had actually underestimated his own talent all along. One had to remember that when Itachi wiped out the clan at thirteen, Izumi was also thirteen.

Izumi awakening her Three Tomoe at thirteen was proof enough of her talent. The records stating she was only skilled in taijutsu were simply because no one had taught her anything else; otherwise, why would an Uchiha with Three Tomoe be proficient in taijutsu?

Under the cover of night, after midnight, on October 10th.

Yun rose and took a scroll from a hidden compartment under his bed, brushing off the dust that had accumulated over the past year.

Space-time scrolls were just too expensive. If he knew the Sealing Jutsu inscribed on them, he could store things on his wrist just like Sasuke.

"Release."

As the smoke cleared, a pale arm appeared in the center of the unfurled scroll.

This was the arm Uchiha Obito had left behind a year ago, a construct crafted using Hashirama Body Material. Relatively speaking, this one on Obito was far superior to the one Danzo had.

After all, one could use Kamui at will, while the other would suffer a Chakra backlash and sprout into a giant tree at the slightest provocation.

[Information Exchange successfully initialized]

[Rule Replication function successfully initialized]

[Medium triggered]

[Target lockable: Senju Hashirama (Pure Land), Uchiha Obito]

The notification from the Exchange in his mind left Yun stunned. There were two of them?

In truth, locking onto Senju Hashirama had been a gamble; after all, no one said trades could only be made with the living, right?

During this period, both the First and Madara were in the Pure Land. While he couldn't find the Six Paths, finding a medium for those two was actually quite easy.

But what was going on with Uchiha Obito?

Was it because this was Uchiha Obito's arm?

He had been using it for years, so there was plenty of Uchiha Obito's biological material inside?

The thought made Yun shiver, and he pulled his wandering mind back.

It was a good problem to have—Senju or Uchiha, Sage Body or Mangekyou, how to choose?

Wait...

The Sage Body was Hashirama's Sage Body, but the Mangekyou was not Madara's Rinnegan.

Given Uchiha Obito's fragile frame, if not for the Hashirama Body Material, he would have gone blind eight hundred times over by now.

Yun fixed his gaze once more on the severed arm in the center of the scroll, pondered for a moment, and then pulled out a Kunai.

"Pfft!"

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