Genin: Chakra Nine-Stage Peak Grand Perfection · Half-Step Chunin

[Uchiha Itachi's favorability toward you has increased to: Trust (actively seeks closeness, shares inner thoughts, you are becoming best friends)]

[Genin Trait draw opportunity +1]

[World-line mission completed, rewards reached the cap and were issued automatically: Permanently Fixed Trait · Robust Physique · Blue]

[Robust Physique: Significantly increases constitution, recovery, and chakra]

Seeing the rewards, Uchiha Kazuhiko nodded in satisfaction.

Itachi, that kid, although a bit neurotic and tsundere, is actually a good person.

He is worth uniting with.

Of course, Comrade Shisui also did well; he deserves a special commendation.

Most importantly, his early ideological work did not go to waste and had laid a solid foundation.

Shisui is the only one with the "True Hokage Mindset" now; Itachi, you should learn well from him.

The [Robust Physique] trait, which required no equipment and was permanently fixed, appeared directly in his status bar.

[Permanently Fixed Traits: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique (Green), Chakra Sensory Mastery (Blue), Genjutsu Mastery (Blue), Chakra Potency (Green), Robust Physique (Blue)]

As the trait took effect—

Chakra began to surge and boil within every cell and meridian in Kazuhiko's body.

A warm current, like an empowerment, gushed out from his mind and poured into his entire body, soaking his cells, meridians, muscles, and even bones, silently nurturing something.

"Ah~..."

This comfortable sensation made Kazuhiko shudder, and he couldn't help but moan aloud.

He could clearly feel it—

His nerves were leaping with joy, his cells were becoming tougher, and his muscles and bones were slowly growing.

His body, just as the trait described, was becoming robust.

The enhancement ended quickly, and Kazuhiko examined his changes in the mirror:

"There doesn't seem to be any major change in appearance, but the muscle definition is much more prominent, a standard inverted triangle, and I've bulked up a bit..."

He lifted his shirt and stroked his well-defined abdominal muscles, feeling secretly pleased.

No one can refuse their body changing for the better, and Kazuhiko was no exception.

"What a pity..."

Identical traits cannot stack; otherwise, if he could get triple-digit [Robust Physique] traits, even Hashirama would have to polish his shoes!

Kazuhiko could understand why they couldn't stack.

After all, one stream of urine is 36°C; even if you pee ten times, it won't become 360°C and scald someone to death.

If you want quantitative change to lead to qualitative change, you have to pee out an entire ocean and drown them.

[Chakra Volume +0.2]

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[Chakra: 0.7 Kage]

"[Chakra Potency] increased my chakra cap by 0.1 Kage, and [Robust Physique] enhanced my constitution while adding another 0.2 Kage. This is a pretty good boost."

"The data doesn't reflect my true strength!"

If he were to truly manifest the values, Kazuhiko estimated that his attributes had increased by at least 0.6 overall.

After all, [Robust Physique] is just a general term.

Body strength, recovery ability, and chakra volume are all included in the trait and have been enhanced.

Combining these three attributes, Kazuhiko's chakra output in battle would definitely exceed 0.7 Kage.

If he added external means like military rations pills, his combat capability would certainly be even stronger.

Kazuhiko was now only one Chunin Exam away from becoming a Chunin.

I want to fight ten!

Uchiha Kazuhiko felt he was terrifyingly strong.

Genin · Chakra Ninth Stage Peak Grand Perfection + Half-step Chunin; this state gave him infinite confidence.

Bring on Hashirama!

The clinic hours ended, and Kazuhiko, holding his graduation yearbook, made a decision that went against his ancestors:

He was going to seek advice from Kurenai Yuhi.

That's right, he was base, he was lusting after Kurenai Yuhi's------

Genjutsu (...).

Actually, Kazuhiko intended to strengthen his Genjutsu one last time to prepare for awakening his eyes.

Of course, he had to handle favorability on both fronts as well.

Although Mom Eri also possesses Sharingan genjutsu, learning Uchiha genjutsu requires a prerequisite: the Sharingan itself.

Therefore, even if Kazuhiko wanted to rely on his parents right now, he lacked the capability to do so.

To enhance his genjutsu prowess in a short time, make the VR illusions more realistic, and ensure Shota's eye-awakening effect reaches its peak, he still had to sharpen his spear at the last minute.

Exchanging experiences with ninjas proficient in genjutsu and learning from one another was undoubtedly the best way for Kazuhiko to polish his "spear" until it gleamed.

Thus, Kurenai Yuhi, as the [Leading Figure of Konoha Genjutsu], was undoubtedly the best person outside the Uchiha clan to learn from.

Kazuhiko's plan was to request a mission budget from his mother to directly hire Kurenai Yuhi to teach him genjutsu.

However, there was a problem: everyone's genjutsu techniques were clan-specific ninjutsu, subject to copyright restrictions.

So, to hire Kurenai Yuhi and learn her clan's genjutsu, he would have to offer ninjutsu of equal value in exchange and obtain consent from their respective clans.

As the sole heir and current female head of her family, Kurenai Yuhi held the "copyright" to all her ninjutsu, so that part was not an issue.

Kazuhiko, on the other hand, intended to use the Uchiha "Exclusive Genjutsu Seal," an amplification secret technique, for an equal exchange with Kurenai Yuhi.

But he only held the right to use the ninjutsu, not the "copyright" to teach it to others; that copyright rested with his mother, Eri.

Clan secret techniques must not be passed on lightly!

Private dissemination is treated as clan betrayal!

To conduct an equal exchange with Kurenai Yuhi, he had to apply to his mother and have it officially recorded within the clan.

Although Eri doted on Kazuhiko, granting him a status second only to her and above the ninja cat, she would clearly never agree to this.

After all, the Uchiha were the premier clan of Konoha, and Sharingan genjutsu was renowned throughout the ninja world, claiming the top spot with no one daring to call themselves second.

Trading a Heaven-tier genjutsu for an Earth-tier or even Profound-tier one—what kind of genius would agree to that?

However, life would always find a way.

Kazuhiko had already figured out how to sweet-talk his mother; he would apply for the startup funds and the secret technique copyright as soon as he got home today—

"Mom, you wouldn't want your son to grow old alone, would you?"

In the center of the clan grounds, Eri's small courtyard.

Uchiha Kazuhiko rushed home the moment he got off work, ready to chow down.

The dining table was square, with two meat and two vegetable dishes arranged exquisitely.

Uchiha Eri, dressed in casual attire, sat at the head of the table, rightfully eating watermelon with a wooden pick.

Fruit tastes best when eaten with a wooden pick; this was a consensus formed by the whole family.

Of course, this consensus was guided by the clan head Eri, with the house-husband Hideki responsible for execution.

Perched on a booster chair to her right was the ninja cat Black Charcoal, pitch-black with a sleek, oily coat, tucking its paws in while closing its eyes and flicking its tail.

Black Charcoal was a traditional ninja cat; it only ate fish, not fruit.

On the other side, Uchiha Hideki had it worse; he wasn't at the table and was still busy in the kitchen.

From the smell, Kazuhiko knew his dad was cooking fresh fish for Black Charcoal and preparing the final soup.

"Mom, eating watermelon! The clothes you're wearing today..."

Eri raised a hand to stop Kazuhiko's performance, focusing on her watermelon without even glancing at her son.

"Speak, how much money do you want."

Kazuhiko was overjoyed: Mom is so domineering, I love it.

Hearing his wife's words, Hideki quietly pricked up his ears.

As for Black Charcoal, it didn't even open its eyes, continuing to flick its tail.

It was kept by its owner, Eri, and could perform missions on its own without having to hand over earnings, so it was never short on money.

Thinking of the silver needed to hire a Jonin, Kazuhiko felt uncharacteristically embarrassed.

"150,000 ryo should be enough."

"How much!?"

Dad Hideki let out an involuntary gasp from the kitchen, his tone filled with disbelief.

150,000 ryo?!

And that was just "should be enough"!