Uchiha Shin didn't go straight to help Madara. He had his reasons. With his own strength and Madara's, they could probably suppress the enemy Jonin, but killing him was all but impossible.
Shin knew this very well. B-Rank jutsu wouldn't be enough to kill a Jonin. Only an A-Rank jutsu might do the trick.
So he had to learn one on the spot. He remembered that A-Rank jutsu cost 5,000 points in the system. Killing a Special Jonin had earned him 2,000 points, which meant he only needed to kill one more Special Jonin and one Chunin to earn enough points to redeem an A-Rank jutsu. Then he'd have a chance of killing a Jonin.
"Fire Style: Flame Slash!"
The Special Jonin, who had been locked in a fierce fight with Uchiha Hayate, hadn't noticed Uchiha Shin suddenly attacking from the side. Flame Slash struck him directly. Luckily, at the last possible moment, he used Rotation and kept the flames from reaching his body.
Shin leaped over to Uchiha Hayate and simply said, "Finish this quickly. Leave the kill to me!"
But Hayate had caught sight of Shin's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and his mind went blank with shock. He couldn't say a word.
He knew Uchiha Shin was a genius, perhaps even one who could rival Uchiha Madara. But even Madara hadn't awakened his Sharingan until he was five, and he still only had one tomoe. How had young master Shin suddenly awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan? How was that possible?
Uchiha Hayate stood there, stunned, unable to shake the feeling that he was dreaming. How could anyone awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan at the age of five? Nothing like that had ever happened in the entire Uchiha Clan.
Shin didn't care what Hayate thought. To him, the Special Jonin across from them was already a walking pile of points. The moment Rotation ended, he closed in on his opponent. The Three Tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, and his self-created Fox Decapitation Genjutsu took effect.
The Hyuga Special Jonin's vision blurred. In an instant, he felt himself leaving the battlefield and arriving in a vast desert. Nothing surrounded him but endless yellow sand. His heart sank. He knew he'd fallen into the enemy's genjutsu.
In the real world, Shin saw confusion creep into his opponent's eyes and watched his body go rigid. He slapped an Explosive Tag onto him, then darted away. With a deafening blast, the Special Jonin was blown to pieces.
"Killed a Special Jonin of the Hyuga Clan. Reward: 2,000 points."
The system's voice rang in his ear right on time.
Shin panted a couple of times. A wave of fatigue washed over his Sharingan. Even with eyes made for genjutsu, using Fox Decapitation Genjutsu twice in a row had pushed them to their limits.
The Fox Decapitation Technique had two major drawbacks. First, it put too much strain on the eyes. Second, it only worked on opponents close to the user's level. If their strength was too far apart, the opponent might break free—and the jutsu could even backfire.
"1,000 points left."
Shin calculated the time in his head. This time, he hadn't held anything back. Killing the Special Jonin had taken him two minutes in total.
He walked up to the stunned Uchiha Hayate and pointed toward the Chunin in the distance. "Go help out. Take care of the three Chunin who are tied up first, then go rescue the children."
With that, he left Hayate behind and headed toward Izuna. He could already see that last thousand points beckoning to him.
"Yes, young master Shin."
Uchiha Hayate hurriedly replied. As a Special Jonin, he normally wouldn't have needed to be so respectful. But people in this world revered strength, and the moment Shin had instantly killed the enemy Special Jonin had left an indelible impression on him. Without even realizing it, he had begun to regard Shin as one of the strong.
Besides, the instant he'd seen Shin's Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he had already considered him someone worthy of respect in the clan. In the Uchiha Clan, the rank of one's Sharingan was a mark of status.
Izuna gasped for breath. His right hand, gripping his tachi, throbbed with pain and had gone numb. His bones creaked as if his whole body might fall apart at any moment. His chakra was completely depleted; he couldn't squeeze out another drop. His vision grew increasingly blurry, and he could only fend off his opponent's attacks without thinking. He felt that he might die at his opponent's hands at any moment.
Just as he gritted his teeth and forced himself to keep going, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. It was Uchiha Shin.
Shin blocked the opponent's tachi with his kunai, then glanced at Izuna behind him. Seeing him still gritting his teeth and holding on, Shin nodded to himself. No wonder Izuna would awaken the Mangekyo in the future. Even if his talent didn't match Madara's, his perseverance and patience were truly exceptional.
But now wasn't the time to think about that. Shin needed to finish off this Chunin quickly. Every second he delayed put Uchiha Madara in greater danger.
He rushed up to the Hyuga Chunin and swept his hand outward, sending a shower of shuriken flying. "Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Chakra flames blazed across the shuriken as they shot toward the Chunin.
The Hyuga Chunin was a seasoned veteran who had survived the battlefield. Scanning the attack with his Byakugan, he managed to dodge every flame.
A kunai shot straight at him. With the Byakugan's all-around vision, he spotted it easily and turned aside to dodge.
You think a weapon like that can hit me? the Hyuga Chunin thought smugly. Then he noticed something tied to the end of the kunai.
"What's this...? Chakra Threads?"
He jolted in alarm. When he turned around, he was shocked to discover that he had somehow been surrounded by a mass of chakra threads.
Shin clenched his fist. The threads tightened at once. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!" A torrent of flames raced along the threads, engulfing the Chunin.
"Killed a Chunin of the Hyuga Clan. Reward: 1,000 points." The system's voice rang out flatly. Shin let out a long breath. Now he had enough points for an A-Rank jutsu.
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