[With an unyielding, iron will, you stood tall and proud, though danger lurked all around you.]
[Here in the Uchiha Clan Compound, the thick stench of blood hung in the air like ink. You had witnessed the tragic fates of countless members of your clan with your own eyes.]
[Among them were close friends with whom you had once discussed the tides of the world, and comrades who had fought shoulder to shoulder with you on the battlefield.]
[Yet now, all of them had become cold statues, sleeping silently upon this land drenched in endless scarlet.]
[You knew that if you continued to sink into despair, you would eventually follow in their footsteps and become yet another wandering soul in this place of hopelessness.]
[So you clenched your teeth, gathered every ounce of strength, and swore to break free from the dark shackles of the Uchiha Clan Compound and seek that one glimmer of hope.]
[Accept the mission: Escape the dangerous Uchiha Clan Compound? Reward: Two-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes.]
Hayato stared at the words on the panel, his heart giving a slight flutter. He hadn't expected a new mission to appear so soon.
Simply put, it was telling him to leave the dangerous Uchiha Clan Compound.
Under the circumstances described in the system panel, this mission was undeniably difficult.
He only had a One-Tomoe Sharingan, and his strength had never been particularly impressive. Evading the Uchiha traitors hunting him would be a hellishly difficult task.
As for his current situation, he was just a baby who could barely stand, let alone run.
Looks like I won't be able to complete this mission anytime soon, Hayato thought.
Wait.
A flash of insight crossed Hayato's mind, and he suddenly realized that this compound wasn't the same one the panel was talking about!
The Uchiha Clan Compound mentioned in the panel had been relocated to the outskirts of Konoha after the Nine-Tails' attack.
The compound where he was now wasn't the same place, was it?
Perhaps this was an opportunity—a chance to complete the mission with ease and claim the reward.
Did this count as exploiting a bug? Probably not. A little shortcut didn't count as cheating.
With that thought, Hayato accepted the mission without hesitation.
If he was right, he could easily awaken the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, then show off his strength in front of his grandfather and earn more resources and opportunities for training within the clan.
At a thought, the system panel displayed that the mission had been accepted.
Before long, another prompt appeared on the system interface. Hayato looked at it, unable to suppress his excitement.
Just as he'd thought!
[Your heroic feat shook the heavens! In the midst of this desperate massacre, you survived countless brushes with death.]
[In the end, through extraordinary wisdom and courage, you escaped your enemies' clutches and made your way through this perilous land.]
[You left the terrifying Uchiha Clan Compound behind for good and spread your wings of freedom!]
Sure enough, the place he was in now wasn't the Uchiha Clan Compound mentioned by the panel. They were two different locations.
He had met the mission requirement to leave the Uchiha Clan Compound.
[Claim your reward?]
Hayato chose to claim it without hesitation.
In an instant, a familiar warmth swept through his body once more. Then he felt warmth in his eyes, too.
The three others present noticed the change at once.
The Grand Elder gazed affectionately at Hayato in his arms, his hands stopping their gentle rocking of their own accord.
Hayato's eyes turned scarlet again. This time, instead of one Tomoe in each eye, both eyes now bore two.
Good grief. Hearing about something and seeing it with your own eyes really were two completely different things.
At that moment, all the Grand Elder's doubts vanished. His grandson really had awakened the Sharingan at birth.
And it was already the Two-Tomoe Sharingan!
Shota and Misaki were equally astonished. They had already seen Hayato activate his Sharingan once before.
But they remembered that he'd only had a One-Tomoe Sharingan then.
They hadn't expected it to evolve into the Two-Tomoe Sharingan in such a short time.
"Father, if we remember correctly, Hayato's Sharingan only had one Tomoe before," Misaki said softly.
At that, the Grand Elder's lips began to tremble. He'd thought Hayato had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan from birth, but it had actually evolved from the One-Tomoe Sharingan.
At this rate, it wouldn't be long before Hayato awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
The Grand Elder looked at Hayato with even brighter eyes.
He burst into laughter. "Hahaha! My grandson Hayato has what it takes to become Hokage!"
This time, evolving the Sharingan to the Two-Tomoe stage didn't drain Hayato's mental energy and make him faint like it had before.
He watched the Grand Elder's delighted expression and quietly congratulated himself on a job well done.
If the clan gave him even more support, he was sure he wouldn't amount to nothing, as the system panel had predicted.
Of course, he owed all his confidence to the system and his knowledge of this world.
Still, he wouldn't become too reliant on the system. Right now, he could be said to be exploiting a bug.
What if one day he couldn't exploit it anymore? Or the system patched it—or disappeared altogether? Wouldn't he be helpless then?
He knew that one needed to be strong in one's own right. From here on, he had to plan his path carefully.
Another reason he'd started thinking this way was that, unlike last time, the system hadn't immediately given him a new mission after he awakened the One-Tomoe Sharingan.
He began studying the system interface and spotted a "Mine" tab at the bottom right. He focused on it, and a new screen appeared.
[Host: Uchiha Hayato] [Basic Stats: Ninjutsu: 0 Taijutsu: 0 Genjutsu: 1 Intelligence: 6 Strength: 0 Speed: 0 Chakra: 1 Hand Seals: 0 Total: 8] [Ninjutsu: None] [Taijutsu: None] [Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan (Two-Tomoe in both eyes)]
A quick glance told him this was his character sheet. Aside from his intelligence, which was at an adult level, his only other points were a pitiful one in Genjutsu and one in Chakra.
Those were probably the benefits of awakening the Sharingan. Everything else was still zero, but that made sense. He was only a newborn baby who hadn't even begun training.
The panel gave Hayato a clear understanding of his strength. He was still weak and would need to work harder if he wanted to survive in this dog-eat-dog world.
After waiting a little longer and seeing no new mission appear on the system's main screen, Hayato decided to get some rest.
Being stared at all the time was stressful, and his tiny body couldn't do much else anyway. He might as well return to his natural state as a baby and sleep.
When the Grand Elder saw his precious grandson drift off once more, he reluctantly handed him to Misaki. Meanwhile, Hayato continued planning his future in his dreams...
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