"Fleeting brilliance is no sign of eternity. Before these eyes of mine, he is nothing!"
Classic Uchiha style, as always.
That day, every shinobi clan in Konoha heard those words. Almost at the same time, they all reached the same conclusion.
That was the Uchiha: an arrogant, insular clan with a near-blind confidence in their bloodline.
At the same time, Suifeng's reputation took another hit.
A run-of-the-mill Uchiha. Nothing to worry about. There were plenty of idiots like him in the Uchiha Clan. They didn't need one more.
"So, my first persona is in place?!"
A persona was important, especially for a transmigrator in a world that had once been visited by an outsider from beyond the heavens. It was important to have one that fit.
The first persona Suifeng had crafted for himself was that of a typical member of the Uchiha Clan.
Only then could he truly fit in with the Uchiha Clan and benefit from being part of it.
At least the Great Elder had been very pleased when he heard Suifeng's words. So he granted Suifeng's request and had Uchiha Fukuyama teach him the basic genjutsu, Haze Servant Technique.
Haze Servant Technique, one of the basic genjutsu, made the opponent see one phantom after another to confuse them.
With the amount of chakra he had and how quickly he could form Hand Seals, he wouldn't be able to learn a more advanced genjutsu even if one were taught to him. And even if he did learn one, he wouldn't get the chance to use it against Kakashi.
Haze Servant Technique, which didn't require much chakra and used simple Hand Seals, was the only genjutsu suited to him right now.
Though it was only a basic genjutsu, the Sharingan enhanced its effects, making it reasonably effective against Genin.
That was enough. This technique was only his trump card. He would need other ways to deal with Kakashi.
Put simply, fights between low- and mid-ranking shinobi were just one fool flailing at another. In those exchanges, Body Techniques were decisive, kunai throwing was for disruption, and the Three Body Technique was standard practice. Ninjutsu was hardly worth considering.
Kakashi might be called a genius, but while his father, White Fang, was still alive and his beloved Obito had yet to die, he relied on Body Techniques, swordsmanship, and the Three Body Technique. As for ninjutsu, he barely had enough chakra to cast a few techniques.
The son of Konoha's White Fang had to learn swordsmanship, didn't he?
Suifeng had been sent flying with a kick in their last duel, but that was because he was so weak Kakashi hadn't even needed to draw his sword. That kick had been a Body Technique, not ninjutsu.
Put simply, Kakashi was just a Genin who knew White Fang Swordsmanship and was faster than his peers.
He hadn't suffered the loss of a parent or a lover, and he hadn't received a Sharingan. He was just someone else's kid: talented and clever.
And Suifeng?
He had a cheat!
Not just any cheat, either. He had awakened the Sharingan and brought with him over forty years of life experience—a seasoned old dog with a wealth of manga knowledge.
Manga knowledge? What was that supposed to mean?
That was the second surprise Red Ghost had brought him. Red Ghost had unlocked his memories. Almost everything from his previous life, from the moment he was born to the second before he transmigrated, had been stored away in perfect detail. That included all the manga and novels he'd read over forty years, all the wild ideas he'd come up with, and even the knowledge he'd gained in his previous life. He could recall any of it whenever he needed.
None of that gave him immediate fighting power, but it was an invaluable treasure. The future of this world, down to the smallest detail, was laid out in his memories. Even minor details were crystal clear.
The future of the Naruto world was only a tiny fraction of what he remembered. The other two of the Big Three were in there too. Since his cheat was a Zanpakuto from Bleach, could the powers of the Bleach world be used here? And what about the One Piece world? Or Hunter x Hunter?
Those had all been his favorite manga back then, and their power systems were clearly defined. The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
If a Zanpakuto could come here, what about Kido?
Not yet. His Zanpakuto wasn't a pure Bleach-world Zanpakuto. It had adapted to the laws of this world.
He had tested it. His Zanpakuto was physical and could be manifested, unlike the Zanpakuto in Bleach, which only Shinigami could use.
Kido didn't seem compatible with this world. After trying a few times, he gave up. He might as well use that time to study something practical.
For example, the Six Powers. Or how to use Nen Ability from the Hunter x Hunter world.
The Six Powers were undoubtedly a powerful form of Body Techniques. They couldn't be achieved in the real world, but that was different in a manga world. He didn't need the power to break through the dimensional barrier.
Nen Ability from Hunter x Hunter was similar to chakra, only more mysterious and far less sensible. But it was used with much greater finesse. Could that precise control be applied to chakra?
It wasn't impossible!
After sorting through Uchiha Suifeng's memories, he realized that this world's use of chakra was still crude. In essence, it relied entirely on Hand Seals. They looked mysterious, but to him, the so-called seals were just a fixed sequence. Nearly every shinobi followed that sequence, with almost no original thinking. Chakra was simply a high-level form of energy, which was why ninjutsu was so powerful. With another kind of energy, ninjutsu wouldn't be nearly as strong.
Hand Seals had made it much easier for shinobi to perform ninjutsu, but they had also greatly limited how chakra could be used.
Of course, over the past thousand years, the Ninja World had produced plenty of shinobi unwilling to accept the status quo. The Second Hokage and Orochimaru, for instance, had developed a great many new techniques on the basis of Hand Seals. But no matter how brilliant they were, they were still constrained by the old framework. How many seal-less techniques had there been over all those years?
Of course, fine chakra control was still just an idea. He didn't have enough time to study it yet. Right now, he had to face Kakashi.
That was just how the Uchiha Clan operated. The Great Elder might value him now and have an upper-ranking shinobi assigned to train him, but if he lost to Kakashi again, he'd have a hard time finding his footing in the Uchiha Clan. At the very least, he wouldn't have access to as many resources as he did now.
Kakashi had only recently taught him a lesson, and he had only just awakened his Sharingan. Naturally, the Uchiha Clan wouldn't force him to face Kakashi again right away. But they wouldn't put it off for long, either. He estimated they would arrange the rematch for the end of the term, giving him the chance to graduate early and establishing him as a prodigy for the Uchiha Clan.
How it would be arranged, and whether Kakashi would accept, weren't things he needed to worry about. The clan would handle everything. All he had to do now was train hard.
There was still a month and a half until the term ended.
Too short!
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