Su Bai seemed like a marionette, driven entirely by the emotions in his heart. He grabbed a prisoner by the throat and lifted him up, watching as the man struggled!
"P-please... spare... me..."
The prisoner kicked wildly, but he couldn't break free from Su Bai's iron grip. Gradually, his strength faded, his breathing grew weaker, and then he fell silent.
After killing a man, the excitement in Su Bai's mind ebbed. Only then did he come back to himself.
"Did... I do this?" Su Bai stared in shock at his own hands, then looked at the other prisoners huddled trembling in the corner.
Just then, another system prompt appeared.
"Your Yin Attribute is insufficient. It is recommended that you allocate points immediately..."
"Yin Attribute?" After seeing the prompt, Su Bai immediately spent his only Attribute Point on his Yin Attribute... At once, the bloodlust in his mind faded away.
Once he was clearheaded again, Su Bai walked over to the mirror in the room...
The mirror revealed a handsome-looking boy who seemed harmless.
But his eyes were scarlet, each pupil marked with a tomoe-shaped pattern that gave them a mysterious air.
It was unmistakably a One-Tomoe Sharingan!
Su Bai focused his thoughts and opened the panel.
Host: Su Bai Substitution Technique: LV1 (126/200) + Clone Technique: LV1 (125/200) + Transformation Technique: LV1 (136/200) + Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu: LV2 (201/400) Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyō Sharingan—Kamui (One-Tomoe; next stage unlocks when Yin Attribute reaches level 5.) Chakra Level: 9.12 (ka) + Earth Attribute: LV2 (201/400) + Water Attribute: LV0 (1/100) + Wind Attribute: LV0 (1/100) + Fire Attribute: LV0 (1/100) + Lightning Attribute: LV0 (1/100) + Yin Attribute: LV1 (101/200) + Yang Attribute: LV0 (0/100) Locked Available Attribute Points: 0 (1 point added daily at midnight) Current Mission: Master three D-rank Ninjutsu (Mission reward: 10 available Attribute Points)
Chapter 36: The One-Tomoe Sharingan's Ability
"I finally awakened it!" Su Bai clenched his fists as he stared at his reflection, his heart soaring with joy!
Ever since he'd obtained the Kamui Eye, he'd been looking forward to the day his Sharingan awakened. He'd waited for days without the slightest clue how to trigger it... He hadn't expected such a sudden surprise today. In his excellent mood, even Deng Wei looked "pleasant" to him.
"Though I've only awakened a One-Tomoe Sharingan, and the Mangekyō is still a long way off, my dynamic vision has already improved tremendously. That's crucial in a fight!"
Su Bai recalled how it had felt just now.
Before his Sharingan awakened, he hadn't even been able to see Deng Wei's attacks clearly. He'd only dodged instinctively, and terribly inefficiently, taking several punches in the process.
But after it awakened, Deng Wei's attacks seemed to slow down. It was like watching "certain" videos frame by frame, every detail crystal clear.
Su Bai knew the Sharingan had enhanced his dynamic vision. His body still couldn't keep up with Deng Wei's attacks, but he'd managed to dodge them with the Sharingan's help.
That was how he'd barely avoided Deng Wei's final punch.
"Hm? What's going on? It hurts!"
A sudden stabbing pain shot through his eyes, accompanied by a surge of restlessness that flooded Su Bai's heart. It was as if a voice inside him kept urging him to kill!
Just as Su Bai felt himself about to lose control, he immediately deactivated his Sharingan. The feeling receded like a tide, and he returned to normal.
"That's strange. This didn't happen when the Sharingan awakened in the original story. Is it because this world is different? Has the Sharingan mutated?" Su Bai wondered as he looked in the mirror.
In the original story, the Sharingan did have side effects, but they only appeared after the Mangekyō awakened. Using a regular Sharingan was like using any other Ninjutsu: it consumed Chakra, but had no other side effects.
And that inexplicable urge he'd felt wasn't in the original story either, so he suspected it was because of this world.
After all, many things in this world differed from the original story. For example, a Genin's Chakra could actually exceed that of an Elite Jonin in the original story!
Ninjutsu were also absurdly powerful. He could tell from the Iron-Horned Sheep video: a Genin's Great Fireball had reached a terrifying seventy or eighty meters in diameter!
He'd never seen anything like that in the original story.
"Right, it must be because this world is different. Chakra on Blue Star is extremely volatile. I can't keep judging reality by what happened in the original story. At best, it's only a point of reference."
"Besides, the Sharingan's side effects aren't impossible to solve. My mental strength must still be too weak to support keeping it active for long. I should be able to fix the side effect by putting points into my Yin Attribute!"
Aside from its definition in Ninjutsu, the Yin Attribute broadly represented a person's mental strength. Yin Attribute affected the power of Genjutsu and Dojutsu. Su Bai figured that if he wanted to master the Sharingan, he'd have to invest more points in his Yin Attribute.
Just then, Su Bai remembered something. Pointing to a prisoner who seemed fairly skilled in Taijutsu, he said, "Get up and attack me!"
"N-no, boss, I was wrong! Please let me go." The prisoner froze, then immediately begged loudly for mercy, not daring to fight.
He wasn't stupid. Even Deng Wei, a formidable fighter, had had his jaw broken by the man in front of him. If he picked a fight with Su Bai, he'd be asking for trouble.
When the prisoner refused to attack, Su Bai raised an eyebrow and glared at him.
"If you don't fight, I'll cripple your arm right now!"
"Fine... all right." Frightened, the prisoner stood up reluctantly.
The other prisoners quickly cleared some space, then cowered beside Deng Wei in terror.
"Boss, what's he trying to do?"
"I don't know." Deng Wei shook his head and managed to speak with difficulty. His jaw was broken, and even talking was a struggle.
"Come on. Use your Taijutsu to attack me. Don't hold back!" Su Bai quietly activated his Sharingan and focused on the prisoner.
He wanted to check whether his hunch about what he'd experienced was right... If it was, this would be huge!
The prisoner took up a fighting stance, muttered, "Forgive me," then attacked Su Bai.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The prisoner was fairly capable. Su Bai thought his Taijutsu was about on par with Wen Yuanyuan's.
Su Bai watched the prisoner's attacks intently with his scarlet eyes. The man's Taijutsu appeared in his vision like a series of photographs. Then, as if naturally, the techniques took shape in Su Bai's mind—the prisoner's Taijutsu!
"Keep going!" Enduring the side effects of the Sharingan, Su Bai dodged while urging the prisoner to use more of his Taijutsu.
"Could it be... he wants to..." Deng Wei seemed to realize something and cried out in surprise. His subordinates quickly asked what he meant, but he only shook his head and said nothing.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Thud, thud!
About a minute later, Su Bai noticed the prisoner starting to repeat his techniques. He knew he'd seen all the man had to offer, and began to counterattack.
Thud!
Su Bai sprang up and swung his right leg hard at the prisoner's head. The man immediately raised an arm to block and stopped the attack.
With his kick blocked, Su Bai landed, braced himself with one hand, then sprang up again and kicked the prisoner in the chest!
Thud!
The prisoner fell backward and ended up against the wall, his eyes wide with disbelief. It was as if he'd seen something impossible!
"Your attacks... Those were my Taijutsu! You copied them after seeing them just once?"
The two techniques Su Bai had just used were his own Taijutsu. He was certain Su Bai hadn't known them before.
He'd invented the techniques himself and had never taught them to anyone.
There was only one explanation for Su Bai being able to use them now: he'd copied his Taijutsu!
Having confirmed his suspicions, Su Bai chuckled without offering an explanation.
Copied them? He wasn't that talented.
It was an ability granted by the One-Tomoe Sharingan—copying!
In the original story, Sasuke had copied Rock Lee's Taijutsu as soon as his Sharingan awakened and used it successfully. Kakashi had even copied a thousand Ninjutsu with just one Sharingan, earning him the title of Copy Ninja.
However, Kakashi had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan when he copied those Ninjutsu, unlike Sasuke, who had just awakened his Sharingan.
Su Bai had a Sharingan, too. Although it only had one tomoe, he could already use it to copy Taijutsu.
Su Bai figured he'd eventually be able to copy Ninjutsu as well, but probably not until he awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"With the Sharingan's copying ability, I only need to strengthen my body to become a Taijutsu shinobi. That'll help me a lot in the early stages!"
"My Chakra is enough for now. From here on, I should prioritize my Yin Attribute. Upgrading my Sharingan is what matters most!"
Thinking of Kamui's outrageous power once he awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, a glimmer of anticipation flashed in Su Bai's eyes!
Just then, the cell door swung open, and two guards rushed in.
"What's going on? Deng Wei, are you bullying someone again... Huh?"
One of the guards had been smiling, eager to see how the task his superior had assigned him was going. But the moment he entered the cell, he saw Su Bai standing there unharmed, while Deng Wei and his men were in a terrible state!
"Y-you... Why did you attack them?"
The guard stammered as he challenged Su Bai.
Su Bai gave him a long look, then explained, "Deng Wei and his men attacked me first. You can check the surveillance footage if you don't believe me."
Su Bai knew the guard was putting on an act.
There had been no way the guards outside hadn't heard all that noise. And they'd taken so long to show up because they didn't want to get involved; they wanted Su Bai to suffer.
The only thing they hadn't expected was that Deng Wei wouldn't be able to beat him, ruining their plans.
The guard mumbled something, took Su Bai away from Deng Wei's cell, and dumped him in an empty one.
"You're too dangerous. Stay in here!"
"Fine."
Su Bai was happy to have some peace and quiet. He smiled and lay down on the bed.
Chapter 37: Getting Su Bai Out? No Problem
Meanwhile, after the two girls, Jiang Rui and Xia Xueqing, had gotten tired of shopping, they went to the Monster BBQ Restaurant.
The two ordered a whole table of barbecue and then waited for Su Bai, bored.
"Su Bai's always like this. He's late every time!" Chang Rui picked up a piece of grilled Iron-Horned Sheep, then took an irritated bite.
As she grilled the meat, Xia Xueqing replied nonchalantly, "All right, all right. We never told him what time we'd be eating. Let's wait a little longer."
"Ugh... Xueqing, you can't indulge Su Bai's bad habits like this!" Chang Rui burned herself on the barbecue and grew even more annoyed.
"No, I'm calling to hurry him up!"
As she spoke, she took out her phone to call Su Bai.
On the street near the Yang City Police Station, a couple sat by the roadside, looking utterly helpless. It was Lin Xiu'e and Su Jianhong.
The couple hadn't gone far after leaving the police station. They couldn't stop worrying about Su Bai, so they'd called everyone they knew, along with all their relatives, hoping to pull some strings and get their son released.
Unfortunately, every person they contacted told them there was nothing they could do...
Times had changed. It was becoming harder and harder for ordinary people to enter elite circles. They could barely manage their own lives, so how could they possibly befriend powerful, influential people?
"Jianhong, what do we do now?" Lin Xiu'e's eyes were rimmed with dried tears as she looked helplessly at her husband.
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