In the Information Exchange, the illusory scene slowly changed. Before long, it had become an empty, deserted Konoha.
Uchiha Yun sat alone atop Kage Rock, gazing down at the village as he pondered.
It seemed this world's circumstances aligned more closely with the TV Version he remembered. Two years ago, he'd thought Fugaku didn't have a Mangekyou. He hadn't expected the clan head to have kept it so well hidden.
But judging by the single token he'd gotten, the two abilities of those Mangekyou eyes—aside from the other ability used against enemies—must have had significant limitations.
Madara Uchiha, Indra Chakra from Sasuke Uchiha, Uzumaki... No, at this point, he should be called Naruto Namikaze. Asura Chakra.
He just wanted to live a good life in the village. But since he couldn't leave something as important as life and death in someone else's hands, he needed ever-greater strength.
At midnight, after Yun left the Exchange, his gaze narrowed. The information from the Exchange that had appeared in his mind was overwhelming.
[Projecting Uchiha Obito's future changes]
[Established fact of death: uncertain]
[Third layer of the Matryoshka: Madara Uchiha's fate altered]
[Fourth Shinobi World War altered]
[Uchiha Obito's fate altered: 62%]
[Fire Release Chakra (can fuse with a bloodline limit)]
[Wood Release (bloodline limit)]
[Mangekyou Sharingan ocular power (Uchiha Obito, Kamui, right eye)]
[Note: Uchiha Obito (bloodline)]
[Mangekyou Sharingan ocular power (Uchiha Fugaku, Word God)]
[Note: Uchiha Fugaku (bloodline)]
[Summoning Technique (Kurama, sealed)]
Word God?
One Word God?
Was that the power of Uchiha Fugaku's eyes?
In fact, what Yun had wanted from the start was Obito's pair of Kamui Mangekyo. But from the looks of it, the eye had still been Two Tomoe while it was in Obito's socket.
By the time it had become a Mangekyou, its right eye had already ended up in Kakashi's socket.
As one of the two pairs of Mangekyou widely considered the strongest in his memories, Kamui's space-time abilities could provide both offense and defense if both eyes were together.
But...
Yun's thoughts settled on the two notes.
[Note: Uchiha Obito's bloodline]
[Note: Uchiha Fugaku's bloodline]
There was no way those notes were meaningless. And the fact that Obito had only one Kamui Mangekyou had also been completely unexpected.
After pondering for a moment, Yun looked again at the other option.
[Mangekyou Sharingan ocular power (Uchiha Fugaku, Word God)]
The power of these eyes might not be simple to use...
And with Uchiha Fugaku's bloodline, the next step after the Mangekyou Sharingan was the Eternal Mangekyou. Combine the Eternal Mangekyou with Hashirama Cells—or Asura Chakra—and it could evolve into the Rinnegan.
For a moment, Yun thought of the so-called Six Paths-level fighters in his memories. As the highest level of power in the Naruto world, Six Paths-level strength was in a class of its own.
Uchiha Yun stared quietly at his reflection. His pupils began with One-Tomoe, then the tails of the Three Tomoe slowly spun and formed a three-bladed shuriken, with the round tomoe dots arranged around its triangular shape.
The power of the Mangekyou, combined with his Sage Body.
Yun looked at the water cup in front of him. "Word God!"
In his vision, another scene appeared in his mind, as if he were using two minds at once. A kunai shattered the cup, and the water spilled across the floor.
Two seconds!
The power to foresee the next two seconds?
Yun glanced at his ninja tool pouch but didn't take out a kunai and throw it at the cup, as he'd thought he would.
That created a paradox. In other words, it was only a prediction, not a true glimpse of the future.
Constructing a picture from a single point: One Word God.
Yun looked at the cup on the table. Two seconds passed, and it still sat there, completely intact.
Unfortunately, the limitation on his other eye's ability was even more absurd than the one on Shisui's Kotoamatsukami. It could use a single point to predict a possible scene that might occur later. Even the old toad on Mount Myoboku could only make random predictions.
Otsutsuki Kaguya?
Madara Uchiha?
Should he use it?
And on whom?
Yun scratched his head in frustration. Danzo had Hashirama Cells, and even when he used Shisui's right eye, there had been a certain recovery period.
Danzo had used the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyou that required a Chakra connection and couldn't be interrupted. If he'd had the other Kotoamatsukami eye—the one from his memories that needed no Chakra connection and could directly override Impure World Reincarnation—
Even with Hashirama Cells, its recovery time would probably have been terrifyingly long.
Forget it. He'd think about it next year!
Obito was probably busy moving corpses right now. Once he'd finished, Yun could go steal them.
And if Otsutsuki Kaguya really had enough flesh left behind in this world, then who needed a bicycle?
Also...
If he'd guessed correctly about what Uchiha Fugaku's bloodline meant, he'd have to wait for Itachi's Mangekyou.
He wondered whether the Eternal Mangekyo could reduce the cooldown. If all it did was prevent blindness, then he'd have to wait until Uchiha Sasuke was a little older.
The Rinnegan... And the Six Paths...
Morning light spilled down. At the doorway, Uchiha Yun yawned and called into the house, "Izumi, are you ready?"
"Just a moment, big brother! I'll be right out," Izumi called from inside.
Their mother looked at Yun with a smile. "Izumi's been taking her time getting ready today. Do you know if it's for that little boy?"
Yun replied, feeling a little helpless, "Mother, Izumi and I won't even be nine for another three months. Are you in such a hurry to marry her off?"
Uchiha Hazuki smiled. "No matter what, I hope to see you get married and have children, Yun, and to see Izumi marry someone she loves."
Looking at his mother, Yun seemed to understand her a little better.
Their family had lost its pillar long ago. Their mother had brought them to the Uchiha Compound when they were very young. Nothing tragic had happened, but this hope was still the wish she held for the rest of her life.
He sighed and looked toward the room. "A Genin will be taking us on a mission today. The former clan head Fugaku's child will be joining us too, so..."
Izumi had finished getting ready at last. She ran out in a dress, a hair clip tucked into her side-swept bangs.
"I'm ready, big brother. Let's go."
Yun looked her up and down. "You're wearing shorts underneath, right?"
Izumi replied in surprise, "Of course! I want to look pretty, but we're going on a mission today. I'd definitely wear shorts underneath!"
Only then did Yun nod in satisfaction. After saying goodbye to their mother, the two headed to school.
"Big brother, why aren't you using a Shadow Clone to go today?"
"How do you know this isn't a Shadow Clone?"
"Huh? Really? You went out to train so early?"
"I'm kidding. I'm not using a Shadow Clone today. I'm in a good mood, so I'll walk you to school."
"Do you want to see Itachi too, big brother?"
"Uh..."
Uchiha Yun felt a little awkward, though he was thinking that it had already been over a year since he'd graduated. Why hadn't he heard anything yet?
Fugaku's eyes had never been Obito's cheat. They were the protagonist's other golden finger. Otherwise... how could he surpass the Six Paths?
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