Awakening the Sharingan

Ten years.

Akaseki had finally endured to the ending.

Although "he" was now gravely ill, Akaseki vaguely remembered the title mentioning something about "regret."

He should be able to act for himself now, right?

Even by Genjutsu common sense, this was obviously a trap. After acting, his consciousness might suffer severe damage... but Akaseki accepted that!

However, what Akaseki had not expected was...

The way to "make her regret it" was actually for Hong Yan, the male lead he had been immersed in, to die of illness. Then, from a soul's perspective, he would watch Liu Ru regret it, along with her stupid and wicked best friend finally being moved...

Akaseki:???

They were not going to let him kill even one person?

What did that mean?

It was over?

Tobirama Senju, you really were rotten to the core!

After Akaseki's Immersion ended, the platform actually even gave him a survey, asking whether he was satisfied with the ending...

In Akaseki's view, this was simply Tobirama Senju's mockery and coercion!

Satisfied my ass!

Because his severed perception of the outside world suddenly returned, before Akaseki could react, his body had already surged up in fury. "You actually betrayed... Kill them with that vixen!"

At the same time, Akaseki felt a chill in his brain as an abnormal sensation of Chakra flowing arose. It poured uncontrollably into his eyes, then his pupils stung, and the Chakra throughout his body began to fluctuate violently...

Everything around him became clear at that moment. Every movement became easy to catch, and even... his thoughts became sharper and calmer than before.

Sarutobi, Danzo, Mikoto... and everyone else:!!!

What was going on?

He had really awakened the Sharingan?

And...

Had he been angered by his Ancestor Madara Uchiha's defection from the village?

Plop—

Akaseki soon sat back down, and the abnormality in his eyes completely vanished. First, he had only just awakened them, so they were unstable. Second... Akaseki's ninja talent was very ordinary, merely at the level of a normal Ninja Academy graduate. Among peers in the clan, he was even on the weaker side. With such an intense awakening just now, his Chakra simply could not sustain it!

Unable to stop his legs from going weak, Akaseki sat back down. At this moment, having just awakened the Sharingan, his mind easily calmed down.

Though he could not be called composed, he immediately began considering the cause and effect instead of merely staring blankly.

What is going on? How did I awaken the Sharingan?

Was it because... of the stimulation from that Genjutsu?

Judging by my physical condition, only around two hours have passed since I fell under the Genjutsu...

The others do not seem to have noticed that I was under a Genjutsu. They are only surprised that I awakened the Sharingan?

Why does the Third look surprised too? Does he really not know, or is he acting?

I think I cursed something just now... Will they think I am strange...

"Ahem, you are Akashi Uchiha, correct? I understand your indignation... This 'indignation' of yours is also part of the strength that unites us in Konoha!" Sarutobi looked at Akashi Uchiha with emotion. He had just matched this fiercely loyal Uchiha with the name on the student roster he had seen earlier.

"I... am sorry." Akaseki merely stood up awkwardly to apologize. Due to his Chakra expenditure, his legs were still somewhat weak.

Akaseki was also suspicious...

What is this gorilla talking about? Is he trying to hint at something?

"All right, the story ends here. Next... we will proceed with the Jonin squad assignments." Sarutobi looked toward Jiraiya, whom he had brought along, and gave him all kinds of meaningful looks.

Jiraiya:???

Jiraiya understood his teacher Sarutobi's signals, but... not entirely. Still, he was the first to step onto the stage.

Seeing that the first guiding Jonin was the renowned Jiraiya, the graduates were all extremely excited!

Jiraiya was a famous civilian genius ninja among Konoha's younger generation.

Twelve years ago, Jiraiya had graduated alongside Tsunade and Orochimaru, with Hiruzen Sarutobi serving as their guiding Jonin. He could be considered part of the Third's lineage.

The First and Second had succeeded one another as brothers, while the Second and Third had passed the position down as master and disciple. Thus, many suspected that the Fourth Hokage might also come from the Third's lineage...

Of course, even setting that aside, Jiraiya was now one of the best among Konoha's young Jonin!

With him serving as a guiding Jonin, the graduates were naturally both excited and expectant...

After coming up, Jiraiya did not waste words and directly said, "Those whose names are called will come with me: Minato Namikaze, Akashi Uchiha... Ranwu."

After naming them, Jiraiya glanced at Teacher Sarutobi. Originally, he had only come to serve as a guiding Jonin because Teacher Sarutobi had requested it.

The slots for the three graduates had already been decided beforehand.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had originally assigned his eldest son, as well as the Second's granddaughter—Tobirama Senju's granddaughter—to Jiraiya. Meanwhile, Jiraiya himself had taken a liking to Minato Namikaze...

But Jiraiya understood the look Sarutobi had given him just now—"Add that Uchiha in"!

Awakening the Sharingan at twelve was not earth-shattering, but it was already among the better prospects. Moreover, the Sharingan's abilities were extraordinarily powerful among ordinary ninja. Even if it had only just awakened, if one's Chakra was below Chunin level, it would quickly increase to roughly the passing standard for a Chunin. Furthermore, with abilities such as dynamic vision and copying Chakra flow, one would make rapid progress in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. The weaker one had been before awakening, the more obvious the improvement would be!

If it had only been "awakening the Sharingan at twelve," Sarutobi would not have cared too much.

However...

This was an utterly loyal Uchiha!

An opportunity like this could not be missed. Once the Uchiha Clan learned of what had just happened, they would certainly choose to cultivate him within the clan and have him follow the Military Police Force's internal promotion route. They would not readily let him out.

Thus, Sarutobi made a prompt decision and had Jiraiya "snatch" him away. With Jiraiya's status as his guiding Jonin, the Uchiha Clan would have nothing to say...

But Jiraiya only understood that much.

With three slots, adding an Uchiha meant removing one...

Jiraiya had come for Minato Namikaze, so he could not remove him. Then... the Second's granddaughter could not easily be removed either, right? Teacher Sarutobi presumably intended to display noble selflessness...

So Jiraiya left out Sarutobi's son.

After naming the three, Jiraiya glanced at Teacher Sarutobi from the corner of his eye. He found that although Teacher Sarutobi shot him a glare, he did not say anything else.

As for Akashi Uchiha, he was still dazed. What was going on? Everything had already been arranged before. A Jonin from the Uchiha Clan was supposed to come and sweep away all the Uchiha children.

How had he inexplicably ended up under Jiraiya's guidance?

It was not until Mikoto gently nudged him from behind that Akaseki came back to his senses and hurriedly followed...