Single Hand Speed, Prepare for Ten Consecutive!

Early morning at the Uchiha clan training grounds, many Uchiha were engaged in intense, fiery training.

Uchiha Kazuhiko was walking along the edge of the plaza, performing physical rehabilitation.

Excessive training with Shadow Clones and over-consumption of chakra yesterday meant he had to enter "Sage Mode" for the next few days, halting all taijutsu training.

For the sake of his future happiness, Kazuhiko followed the doctor's orders strictly, heading out early in the morning for his rehabilitation exercises.

Since he was already there, he naturally wouldn't stay idle.

[Equipped Trait: Single Hand Speed (White)]

[Description: High-speed finger movements, micro-manipulation of the wrists, maxed-out frequency, extremely fast rhythm, significantly increased hand seal speed.]

[Evaluation: Loneliness is the best mentor. Your hands have long been battle-hardened, reacting faster than a Sharingan.]

[Permanent Fixation Condition: Perform 4 hand seals in 1 second and successfully cast a ninjutsu.]

The moment the trait was equipped, the memory of Shisui's hand seal training was rapidly etched into Kazuhiko's mind, and the experience of forming seals was written into his hands, causing his fingertips to twitch involuntarily, eager to form seals.

Compared to those traits that directly strengthened his body, [Single Hand Speed] didn't seem to bring any intuitive changes.

"Maxed-out frequency, extremely fast rhythm—so this description actually refers to hand seal experience..."

"I thought it was just traditional hand-sealing technique."

Kazuhiko began his seal-forming training according to the memories.

Four seals in one second: it wasn't difficult, but it wasn't simple either.

As it stood, even without the [Single Hand Speed] trait, Kazuhiko could manage four seals in one second.

He could even go faster, reaching a speed of 4.5 seals per second.

When it came to the duration of being single, Shisui had twenty years less experience than Kazuhiko.

Who wasn't a member of the "Single Kneeling Clan" anyway!

But to perform four seals in one second and successfully cast a ninjutsu—that difficulty spiked instantly.

While channeling chakra to form seals, if the chakra volume, frequency, or the trajectory of the flow failed to meet the requirements, the ninjutsu would not be cast successfully.

However, the sequence of hand seals was fixed, so Kazuhiko equipped the [Body Flicker Proficiency] trait and began to grind away at low-level ninjutsu.

He couldn't manage four seals in one second for high-difficulty ninjutsu, but for the Body Flicker Technique, the most basic of ninjutsu, surely the combination of two traits would lead to success.

Hard work pays off; soon, Kazuhiko managed four seals in one second and successfully cast the Body Flicker Technique.

[Single Hand Speed (White) trait permanently fixed.]

As the trait solidified, Kazuhiko felt his stiff hands relax, and a warm current began to repair the fatigue brought on by the seal-forming training.

Kazuhiko tried forming the seals again.

Swish, swish, swish!

Poof! Kazuhiko vanished from where he stood!

The next second, he appeared beside a bench in the plaza.

Four seals in one second, and he had successfully cast the Body Flicker Technique on his first try!

Kazuhiko was pleasantly surprised.

"Although it's only a white-tier trait, the bonus to seal-forming speed is quite considerable!"

The seal-forming speed of a top-tier genius was five or six seals per second.

Kazuhiko's current speed of four seals per second was already at the level of an average Jonin, and because his seals were smooth and stable, his speed in casting ninjutsu had reached a new level.

"In all the world's martial arts, only speed cannot be broken. Not bad, not bad."

In a great mood, Kazuhiko left the training grounds to head to work.

As he walked, he checked his panel, taking the opportunity to continue thinking about how to choose from the six missions.

[Name: Uchiha Kazuhiko]

[Age: 18]

[Rank: Genin]

[Affinity: Fire, Yang, Yin]

[Chakra: 1 Kage]

[Ninjutsu: Chakra Healing Technique, Hemostasis Technique, Minor Healing, Genjutsu: Hypnosis, Great Fireball Technique, Three Body Technique (Transformation, Substitution, Clone), Demonic Illusion: Mirror Flower Echo]

[Permanent Traits: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, Chakra Perception Mastery, Genjutsu Mastery, Chakra Thickening, Robust Physique, Sharingan: Perfect Double Tomoe (Deep Blue), Sharingan: Hypnotic Illusion]

[Equipped Traits (2/2): Phantom Body Flicker: Shisui Exclusive (Purple), Strongest Genius Eye Power: Shisui Exclusive (Purple)]

[Permanent Fixation Condition (Phantom Body Flicker): Master the Body Flicker Technique. Awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. In a normal state, be able to sustain multiple physical illusions (ten or more) for a long period.]

[Permanent Fixation Condition (Strongest Genius Eye Power): --Awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan]

[Kage-level Trait Draw Chances: 4]

[Jonin-level Trait Draw Chances: 5]

[Chunin-level Trait Draw Chances: 11]

[Genin-level Trait Draw Chances: 5]

[Equippable Traits: Shadow Clone Technique (Blue), Will of Fire (Blue), Genjutsu Susceptibility (Blue), Hidden Weapon Master (Deep Green), Taijutsu: Uchiha-Konoha Style Mastery (Deep Green), Uchiha Style Taijutsu (Green), Chakra Control (Light Green), Maiden Killer (Deep Green), Sigma Uchiha (Light Green)...]

The only traits worth noting were Chakra Control, Maiden Killer, and Sigma Uchiha.

[Tree Climbing Basics] + [Water Walking Basics] fused into [Chakra Control].

[Warm Man] + [Husband Aura] fused into [Maiden Killer].

[Uchiha-Style Smile] + [Uchiha-Style Straight Man] fused into [Sigma Uchiha].

Of course, these traits weren't the main point; the real issue was his indecisiveness.

After a night of deep contemplation, Kazuhiko had only confirmed one promotion mission:

[Route 6: Sealing-Type Uchiha Chunin]

The [Sealing Genius] trait rewarded by this mission was an advanced trait similar to [Genjutsu Mastery], meaning its grade was at least Deep Blue, and likely Purple.

After all, while Kazuhiko had fused Deep Blue traits before, he had never actually drawn one labeled with such a grade.

As for why he chose this route, it was naturally to pave the way for his future Mangekyo ocular jutsu.

Rule-based ocular jutsu were absolute Tier 0 in the current meta.

Among all Mangekyo, if one were to ask whose ability was the strongest and most unquestionable, it would undoubtedly be—

Uchiha Sarada's Amaterasu Omikami (Oohirume).

As the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura, not only was her process of awakening the Mangekyo incredibly difficult, but her ability was also in a league of its own.

Her friend was misunderstood, and in her rage, she awakened the Mangekyo—Amaterasu Omikami.

The ocular jutsu manifested as:

Summoning a mini-sun black body, capable of targeting, absorbing, pulling, and crushing both ninjutsu and enemies, and... without affecting allies.

To put it simply, it was Kamui + The Hand + Crescent + Cream.

Therefore, Kazuhiko was determined to get a taste of a rule-based Mangekyo no matter what.

Trusting the meta-dominant ninja was never a mistake.

As for the other mission choice, he was truly in a bind.

Continuing to strengthen his Genjutsu path could help him deal with the current problem of Danzo.

After all, Shisui's strength was a known factor; for Kazuhiko to make him completely sink into a "True Genjutsu" right now would be nothing more than a pipe dream.

Only by further enhancing the Sharingan's ability to amplify Genjutsu, combined with the [Genjutsu Genius] trait, would it be possible to help Shisui awaken his Mangekyo.

And the sooner Shisui awakened Kotoamatsukami, the safer Kazuhiko's situation would be.

He also craved the Taijutsu path.

As the saying goes, the body is the capital of revolution.

If an Uchiha wanted to stand tall, a real man like Madara was the ultimate role model.

Without any flashy ocular jutsu, simply by augmenting his own body, he could thrash the Five Kage and become an army of one.

Who wouldn't want to dance under the gaze of the masses!

And there was also...

Kazuhiko shook his head, stopping himself from agonizing over it any further.

He didn't know when the Chunin Exams would be, so it wouldn't be too late to choose the promotion mission when the time came.

However, he needed to put learning Sealing Jutsu on his schedule.

A rule-based ability would definitely occupy one Mangekyo slot, and if he couldn't perform a single sealing technique during the exam, it would be a joke if he failed the mission.

"For this Chunin ten-pull, I need to find a banner that features Sealing Jutsu..."

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