Hidden Leaf Village, Hokage Office.
The night was deep, and most of the village had already fallen asleep. Only the windows on the top floor of the Hokage Building still shone with steady, brilliant light. After finishing the last report on the preliminary takeover of the capital, Uchiha Ling gently placed the scroll atop the pile of processed documents.
The height of that stack of documents demonstrated the immense and complicated administrative affairs of this newborn empire each day.
He did not rest immediately. Instead, he leaned back into the broad chair and slowly closed his eyes.
All sounds from the outside world gradually faded away. His consciousness seemed to sink into a tranquil deep sea, clearly "seeing" the light screen floating deep within the core of his awareness—the [Emotion System].
After successive battles, political purges, and the integration of various forces—especially the recent bloodless coercion of the Land of Fire's Feudal Lord into signing a humiliating treaty, as well as the chain reaction brought about by successfully extracting the Nine-Tails—the flowing light around the edges of the system interface seemed to have become more solid and dazzling.
[Emotion Point Balance: 7,387,652 points]
A reserve of nearly ten million Emotion Points! This number was enough to stir the heart of any being who understood its value.
His attention first fell upon the [Personal Status] section:
· Name: Uchiha Ling · Overall Strength Assessment: Peak Super Kage Level (standing at the apex beneath the Six Paths, the limit of conventional power) · Total Chakra: Approximately 125 ka · Chakra Attributes: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water, Yin, Yang
The data in the status panel concisely and powerfully illustrated the height he had now reached. Peak Super Kage Level, chakra comparable to a Humanoid Tailed Beast, mastery of all