The Uchiha Clan's Weakness

"So, he really is a child of the Uchiha Clan..."

Looking at the Sasuke before him, Iruka couldn't help but think of a genius named Itachi from a few years ago.

He was also a member of the Uchiha Clan.

It was said that before the clan was wiped out, he was the eldest son of the clan leader, Fugaku, and his talent was simply heaven-defying!

At this moment, for some reason, his eyes slowly began to overlap the figures of the two.

What was most absurd was that, despite doing this subconsciously, Iruka didn't feel the slightest bit of dissonance.

"This family is just too monstrous. Fortunately... otherwise..."

Just as Iruka was stammering and muttering to himself with his head lowered, Sasuke, standing to the side, suddenly recovered from his excitement.

He turned to look at Iruka and smiled.

"Iruka-sensei, did I pass?..."

Hearing this, Iruka was momentarily stunned.

He turned his head, snapped back to reality, twitched the corner of his mouth, nodded, and gave a wry smile.

"You... you passed. However, the results won't be out for a few days."

"When the time comes, just wait for the notification in the dormitory assigned by the school..."

Although he said that out loud, he couldn't help but complain wildly in his heart about how much of a show-off Sasuke was!

A mere brat who wasn't even a Genin yet had used such a powerful Shadow Clone Technique, and he still had the nerve to ask if he passed?...

Damn it, if it weren't for the fact that the graduation exam didn't rank students, I, Iruka, would unilaterally declare:

[In terms of talent, for your age group, I, Iruka, am willing to call you the strongest!...]

"Oh, then I can rest easy..."

Sasuke nodded and smiled.

Immediately, with a wave of his hand, the dozen or so shadow clones on the podium burst one after another, turning into blue smoke and vanishing into nothingness...

The more Iruka looked at Sasuke's confident appearance, the more he liked him.

Having such a talent appear in Konoha meant Konoha had hit the jackpot!

On second thought, he felt that as a teacher, he should say something; after all, Sasuke was a student he had taught for so many years.

And so, seeing Sasuke disperse his clones, he hurriedly stepped forward, patted Sasuke on the shoulder, and encouraged him:

"Sasuke, you are the most talented child I have ever seen!"

"After graduation, follow your assigned mentor and train hard. In the future, you will definitely shine in Konoha. Even competing for the position of Hokage is not impossible for you!..."

Although Iruka-sensei's words were impassioned, Sasuke merely smiled slightly and replied indifferently:

"Thank you for the praise, Teacher, but I'm really not as excellent as you say."

"As for the Hokage, I have no such ambition. The road ahead is long, and I don't want to make promises to myself that only add unnecessary burdens. Being simple like this is just fine..."

Compete for the position of Hokage?

Heh...

You might be able to fool others in this room with that talk; they're young, so they might actually believe it.

But trying to dangle that carrot in front of Sasuke?

You might as well save your breath!

Forget about you, Iruka; even if Hiruzen Sarutobi came himself, it would be useless!

Hearing Sasuke's mature response, Iruka shook his head, his face inevitably showing a hint of disappointment.

In his view, Sasuke was indeed outstanding for his age right now.

But what was the use of that?

A youth without ambition, no matter how great the talent, could never be realized, and in the end, it would only lead to the fate of fading into the crowd...

Ignoring Iruka, Sasuke prepared to return to his seat to wait for the exam to end.

But just then, Naruto, who was sitting in his seat not far away, suddenly jumped up, pointed at Sasuke, and shouted angrily:

"Hey! You annoying guy!"

"With such great talent, why don't you want to compete for the position of Fifth Hokage!"

"Ah, this..."

Naruto let out a howl that gave Sasuke quite a start.

But immediately after, hearing Naruto's interrogation, Sasuke was left speechless.

I'm doing this to help your future self, you idiot, he thought. I never expected you to be the first one to jump out and question me!

Clearing his throat to mask his awkwardness, Sasuke shook his head and replied:

"To each their own, actually I..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Sasuke's vision suddenly went black!

Instantly, his legs turned to jelly, and he collapsed backward!

"Sasuke!..."

Iruka was shocked at the sight!

He had no idea what had suddenly come over Sasuke.

Seeing him faint so abruptly, he immediately activated the Body Flicker Technique, teleporting behind Sasuke in an instant!

Only a few seconds later, Sasuke's consciousness stirred from the chaos.

Slowly opening his eyes, his vision blurred for a moment before the scenery came back into focus.

"I... what just happened to me?..."

Did I skip breakfast? Is it low blood sugar?...

The first half was spoken aloud subconsciously, while the latter half was his own internal speculation.

Before Sasuke could figure out why he had fainted for no reason, Iruka, who was supporting him from behind, spoke up:

"Sasuke, you are still too young..."

As soon as those words were spoken, Sasuke instantly caught the subtext in Iruka's tone.

He turned, stood up, and asked excitedly:

"Iruka-sensei, do you know why I just fainted?..."

Hearing this, Iruka nodded, then furrowed his brows and said solemnly:

"Sasuke, I know your talent is outstanding."

"But at the same time, look at your age."

"If I'm not mistaken, judging by the solidity of the clone you displayed earlier..."

"What you just performed wasn't the Clone Technique, but the Multi Shadow Clone Technique that creates physical bodies, right?..."

At this point, Sasuke didn't bother hiding it and simply nodded in open admission.

"The Multi Shadow Clone Technique was once classified as a forbidden jutsu by the Second Hokage. Do you know why?..."

"Why?..."

Sasuke asked almost instinctively.

It's a forbidden jutsu, sure, but didn't Naruto use it from start to finish? he thought.

"Because if the user's chakra reserves are insufficient, the Multi Shadow Clone Technique is very likely to drain all the chakra in their body in an instant!"

"At best, you end up in a coma like you just did; at worst, you could die from the exhaustion!..."

Die from running out of juice?...

Sasuke's expression shifted.

He hadn't expected that the culprit behind his fainting spell was actually the Multi Shadow Clone Technique!

Sigh... the moment the Sharingan is activated, the weakness of having low mana is immediately exposed...

Thinking this, Sasuke couldn't help but grumble inwardly.

This was already a fatal weakness for him.

Because if he didn't find a way to solve the Uchiha clan's problem of running out of chakra upon activating their eyes, then even if he learned every powerful jutsu in the ninja world in the future, he wouldn't be able to use any of them without the mana to back it up!

Thinking of this, Sasuke's brows furrowed tightly once more.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the graduation exam was over.

After shaking off the confessions of Ino and Sakura, the two infatuated girls, Sasuke returned alone to the dormitory temporarily assigned to him by the Ninja Academy.

Sitting on the bed, he focused his mind, and the next instant, the system panel appeared in the void before him!