Not Much Time Left for Him

[Skill Proficiency System initialized]

[Chakra Refining Technique (B): Level 10 (998/1000)]

[Dojutsu Sharingan (A): Level 3 (200/300)]

[Taijutsu Uchiha Style (C): Level 9 (100/900)]

[Ninjutsu Transformation Technique (E): Level 3 (199/300)]

[Ninjutsu Substitution Technique (B): Level 10 (999/1000)]

[Ninjutsu Body Flicker Technique (A): Level 3 (50/300)]

[Ninjutsu Fire Release Great Fireball Technique (C): Level 3 (219/300)]

[Ninjutsu Fire Release Phoenix Sage Fire Technique (C): Level 3 (117/300)]

[Omitted.]

Having just finished his training, Uchiha Sou sat in the camp looking at his panel and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

It was a cause for celebration that his Chakra Refining Technique was about to break through, but the slow growth of his Sharingan always left him feeling powerless.

I've been grinding hard enough, so why is it still so slow? Although the war is coming to an end, this is the most dangerous time, and as for the future...

Uchiha Sou felt quite melancholy, as the current situation was truly unfriendly to him.

As a former resident of Earth, he had arrived in this somewhat cruel world for no apparent reason after contributing to the "performance metrics" of a construction site.

Although he was initially excited about transmigrating into an Uchiha, he wanted to slap himself once the excitement faded.

His name was Uchiha Sou, and he had been terrified when he first learned that was his name.

After all, if there were no surprises, his younger brother was none other than Uchiha Kei!

Fortunately, that didn't happen, though Uchiha Sou's childhood wasn't exactly pleasant either.

As an old-school Uchiha who possessed the Sharingan, Uchiha Sou's father, Uchiha Nobutada, followed the traditional Uchiha path regarding family education.

Compared to simple lectures, he preferred to use his fists on the training ground to enhance Uchiha Sou's physical intuition.

By achieving spiritual sublimation through physical means, Uchiha Sou's strength improved rapidly in this environment of "fatherly love and filial piety."

He reached a masterful level, especially in the practical application of the Substitution Technique.

However, despite the strained relationship between father and son, Uchiha Nobutada still placed great importance on Uchiha Sou's education.

Although he was ruthless, he would correct and teach him about his shortcomings every day and made him read many books belonging to the Uchiha clan.

Simply put, he hoped Uchiha Sou could uphold the prestige of the old Uchiha clan and become a qualified Uchiha ninja.

His family misfortune was already miserable enough, but to make matters worse, when he started school and discovered that his classmates included Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Obito, he immediately realized his future might be devoid of light.

He didn't know if he was just unlucky or if the benefits of being a transmigrator had finally arrived, but just when he was at his most desperate, he not only awakened his Sharingan but also activated his system.

His system was, in simple terms, a "grind" machine, because it required experience points.

As long as it was a skill he had learned or already possessed, he could improve it through daily training or combat performance.

This included his Sharingan, though the requirements for improving the Sharingan were harsh, as it required constant use in battle.

Every skill had a level, and some skills started as low as E-rank.

For example, the Substitution Technique was originally E-rank, but he had ground it up to B-rank through sheer effort, and it was on the verge of reaching A-rank.

Some abilities started at C-rank or higher, such as his Sharingan, which was C-rank when he first awakened it.

As for the maximum level, Uchiha Sou didn't know yet, because he hadn't ground any skill past A-rank.

"It's just that the experience required gets more deadly the further you go, especially since the experience gained drops significantly after leveling up."

Uchiha Sou had been grinding desperately since he got the system, and he even had to thank his father for his tireless, ruthless training.

This not only earned him the title of "genius" but also allowed his Sharingan to improve constantly.

But just as he was in the middle of his grind, he encountered a "minor accident."

As a member of this grand era, his school teacher found him at age ten and told him some "good news."

You're already a Chunin, and since the cannon fodder on the front lines is mostly dead, isn't it time for you to go?

Upon hearing about his son's deployment, his "dog of a father," Uchiha Nobutada, was terrified. In his view, the front lines didn't need his son to be cannon fodder, so he naturally refused to agree.

But the war had reached an extremely intense moment; Konoha was already short-handed and had been sending out six or seven-year-old "graduates" for years.

As an Uchiha genius, isn't it a bit excessive for you to be hiding in Konoha at ten years old?

He couldn't fight the inevitable, and after his father failed to stop the deployment, Uchiha Sou finally stepped onto this vibrant, competitive land.

Truth be told, if he weren't a transmigrator with rich "combat experience" that allowed him to survive near-death situations on the battlefield using his Sharingan, the grass on his grave might already be several feet high.

Actually, his luck wasn't that bad; perhaps because the Uchiha still had some say in matters, he wasn't sent to the most brutal front lines in the Land of Grass to fight Iwagakure.

Instead, he was sent to the Land of Whirlpools, west of Konoha, to fight against Kirigakure, though the brutality was relative.

Heaven knows what Konoha was thinking, sending an Uchiha to fight a group of people who specialized in the Hidden Mist Technique—wasn't that just asking for his life?

But fortunately, the Konoha commander in the Land of Whirlpools at the time was Orochimaru, and at this stage, Orochimaru clearly hadn't completely turned to darkness yet.

Especially after Orochimaru learned about the Sharingan of Uchiha Sou, he never sent him on any suicide missions.

For some necessary tasks, Orochimaru would even assign a member of the Hyuga Clan to accompany him.

Such treatment made Uchiha Sou shudder, and he even began to suspect whether Orochimaru was mistaking him for Uchiha Itachi.

However, such good days were clearly coming to an end; at this point in time, there was less than a year left until the end of the war, and it was also the moment when the other three major hidden villages, besides Sunagakure, were launching their most intense offensives against Konoha.

The four major ninja villages were gearing up, putting all their strength into physically debating the pros and cons in various locations, so the brutality of such battles could well be imagined.

And in the future, there were even more terrifying things to come!

For instance, the future Fourth Hokage had only been in power for about a year when his "filial" disciple, Uchiha Obito, came to give him a "surprise."

As a result, this beloved Fourth Hokage and his wife both perished, departing this world together, and this massive black pot was placed directly on the heads of the Uchiha.

A few years later, the ultimate "filial" son of the Uchiha Clan would begin his enlightenment, and for the "regional separatism" of the Uchiha, he eventually came up with a brilliant solution—

Although Konoha had been suppressing the Uchiha, setting aside the facts, didn't you Uchiha have any faults at all?

Since the Uchiha were deeply rooted and incompatible with Konoha, and even wanted to launch a coup, wouldn't it be fine if I just killed my whole family?

Then, he took Uchiha Obito and the forces of Root to slaughter the Uchiha.

"So strictly speaking, there really isn't much time left for me," Uchiha Sou sighed slightly. "If I don't push myself, in the future, I'll either have to run or end up taking a blade to the chest."

He was absolutely unwilling to take a blade, but where could he run to?

Just as he was deep in thought, a voice suddenly rang out from not far away.

"Uchiha Sou, Lord Orochimaru wants to see you."