Konoha Archives.
[New Folder—Flying Thunder God]
Hiroki's consciousness hit the final Enter key in his System Space.
A brand-new, empty folder was created, waiting to be filled with massive amounts of data and complex code.
Too bad. If he'd copied this jutsu directly from Namikaze Minato, he'd probably already be drawing the seals at home.
"Hey, newbie. Quit pretending to be busy and come help me with something."
A lazy voice, carrying an air of natural superiority, tossed a pebble into the still pond and interrupted Hiroki's thoughts.
He raised his head, his gaze returning from an imagined sea of code to reality.
Beside the bookshelves not far away, a black-haired boy was leaning against one, hands in his pockets and chin slightly raised as he looked Hiroki over.
On the back of the boy's clothes was a striking red-and-white Gunbai—the Uchiha Clan's crest.
Oh, oh, oh~!
An Uchiha!
Damn it—was this obnoxious Uchiha about to start picking on the protagonist, just like in all those Naruto fanfics?!
"Where are the Fire Release jutsu?"
Uchiha Yoshihiro was Uchiha Togashi's son.
He'd awakened his Sharingan at just nine years old, and the clan practically treated him like a treasure. Naturally, he'd grown up arrogant and lazy.
Today, an elder in his family had sent him to look up some old Fire Release records, supposedly to prepare him for becoming a Chunin.
He'd graduated as a Genin at nine!
That was rare even across the whole village!
He looked down on this sort of errand—searching through books—and had planned to find some unlucky fool to do it for him as soon as he walked in.
The new librarian looked like the perfect candidate.
Hiroki glanced at him and, without changing expression, pointed in a direction. "What you're looking for is in Section