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Little Whale's Thoughts on Fanfiction, No. 1: A child barely old enough to walk, yet already mature beyond their years, discussing the state of the world at three or four and becoming the richest person alive at five or six. Their "lower-your-intelligence" aura kicks in, everyone is astonished by their genius, and the flattery comes pouring in! (This applies to all novels.)
Pouring one's will into a "seed" was one of the steps in creating a Nen Beast.
What Suifeng hadn't expected was that, when he began, the Zanpakuto in his mind would suddenly move. In an instant, the "seed," which had been linked to his consciousness, slipped out of his control.
"What is this...?!"
Before he could react, nine tentacles shot out from the "seed" and attached themselves to his forehead.
His forehead turned cold. He watched helplessly as the "seed" was pulled into it by the nine tentacles. The icy sensation spread across his forehead, then faded back to normal a few seconds later. His consciousness was once again linked to the "seed."
"Nothing's changed!"
A trace of disappointment rose in his heart.
After moving once, the Zanpakuto showed no further reaction. The "seed" had already taken shape in his mind, but it had changed somehow. Its color had turned bloodred, and at its center, a pitch-black vortex rotated slowly like a black hole.
A bloodred sphere with a black center—wasn't this exactly what the Uchiha Clan's eyes looked like?
Yes, the "seed" now formed in his mind looked almost identical to the Uchiha Clan's eyes. The only difference was that it had a few commas missing.
Suifeng tried pouring his chakra into it. The chakra disappeared quickly, and the chakra inside the "seed" seemed to increase a little.
Then he tried drawing chakra from the "seed." A thin stream of chakra flowed into his body.
"So it's just a Yin Seal!"
After testing it a few times, he confirmed that the "seed" he had made now functioned much like a Yin Seal, storing and releasing surplus chakra.
The difference was that this "seed" would also evolve—into his Nen Beast, or perhaps his very own Tailed Beast.
But he couldn't tell how it would evolve or when. It was like the Mangekyō Sharingan: until it finished evolving, no one could know what kind of ability it would have.
He stood and slowly walked over to the mirror. Looking at his forehead, he saw an intricate pattern there.
"So I really did become the Leader!"
Seeing a pattern just like the one on the Leader's forehead, Suifeng couldn't help making a sarcastic comment. It was a seal, but not a standard formula. It must be like the Sharingan—a reflection of the heart. In other words, because he thought the pattern on the Leader's forehead looked cool, the seal had reflected his innermost wish as it formed, creating this design.
"I used to rely on my imagination for a cheat. Now I've literally got a hole in my head!"
How much did I love the Leader?! Even the hole in my head looks just like his!
He tugged helplessly at the corner of his mouth and quietly put on his Konoha Forehead Protector. No one in this world knew the Leader, so the first thing they'd think of when they saw it was a Sealing Jutsu, like the Caged Bird or the Yin Seal. Either way, it would make people wary, so he'd better keep a low profile.
He didn't need to stay under the radar until the end of the story, but at least he had to keep it up until he awakened his Mangekyō, right?
Now that he had this "seed" to store surplus chakra, if he worked hard, he should be able to meet the conditions for awakening the Mangekyō soon, right?
That was what he thought. The Mangekyō was known as the Eye of Heart Reflection. To him, it was like a shoddy Wish Machine that reflected the deepest desires in one's heart and turned them into special abilities.
So what was the deepest desire in his heart? Could he make seven "seeds" and pass them off as Dragon Balls to make a wish?
Time flew by. White Fang's death had caused an uproar in Konoha, but in the end, time smoothed everything over.
The Hokage faction were all seasoned, rotten politicians, and they handled the situation with ease.
Murakami Ame was quickly branded an enemy spy and executed, appeasing the furious Anbu. At the same time, the higher-ups began reorganizing the Anbu, kicking out some of White Fang's most loyal followers. Within a few days, the matter had been completely put to rest. Aside from a few drunken shinobi in Konoha's bars and Kakashi growing even more taciturn, nothing else came of it.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye. It was February of Konoha's fortieth year, and the Konoha Chunin Ninja Exams were about to begin.
Over those three months, Suifeng had accompanied Fushan on four more C-rank missions and more than ten D-rank missions, meeting the requirements for promotion to Chunin. During the same period, Kakashi had begun taking missions at a frantic pace and had been hospitalized several times with injuries. While he was in the hospital, Suifeng, who had by then formed a small group with Obito and Rin, visited him a few times. But each time, he left after barely saying a word. Kakashi had completely shut himself off emotionally by then.
This worried Obito and Rin, and made it very hard for Suifeng to keep up his act.
"Hey, Suifeng, are you really going to take the Chunin Exams this time?!"
After they left the hospital once again, Obito asked curiously, "You only graduated recently, didn't you?!"
"Kakashi's even younger than me. As a member of the Uchiha Clan, how could I fall behind?" Suifeng glanced at Obito. "You, on the other hand, should work harder. You still haven't graduated. What a disgrace to the Uchiha!"
"You're the disgrace to the Uchiha!"
Obito, who couldn't take a joke, flared up again and swung his fist at Suifeng.
Thud!!
Suifeng caught his fist, stopping it cold.
"L-let go! Let go!!"
Obito's face flushed red. He strained with all his might to wrench himself free, but to no avail.
"You're too slow and too weak. You're like a girl, Obito. At this rate, you won't be able to keep up with Kakashi and me!"
"You're wrong! Once I awaken my eyes, I'll definitely beat you both!"
"Did you forget something? I'm an Uchiha too. You have the Sharingan—what makes you think I don't?" The Two-Tomoe Sharingan appeared in his eyes.
"Two tomoe, two tomoe! Your eyes evolved again?!"
Seeing the Two-Tomoe Sharingan in Suifeng's eyes, Obito forgot to struggle. He was completely stunned.
He already had two tomoe? The guy was only seven—no, eight, right?
He'd never heard of anyone in the Uchiha Clan awakening the Two-Tomoe Sharingan at eight!
"So you'd better work harder. If you don't, you won't even get the chance to eat our dust!"
Suifeng released Obito's hand. "All right, I'm going back to train. See you!"
The next moment, his figure flickered and disappeared without a trace.
"He's so fast!"
Rin had been watching Suifeng the whole time, but she hadn't seen how he left either. Beside her, Obito was still shouting and carrying on like usual, but his voice betrayed a new uncertainty.
Suifeng was improving too quickly—so quickly that Obito had almost given up on catching up.
But when he saw Rin's bewildered, slightly dazed expression, his fighting spirit returned in an instant. "Hmph, Suifeng, just you wait! One day, I'll beat you!"
Even now, the guy still hadn't figured out that the biggest difference between him and Suifeng wasn't their strength, but their looks!!
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