I, Hayato Sun, Possess the Aura of a Hokage!

[With an unyielding, iron-blooded will, you stand tall and proud, despite the abyss of peril lurking all around you.]

[Within this Uchiha compound, the thick scent of blood permeates the air like ink, and you have witnessed the tragic fate of countless clansmen with your own eyes.]

[Among them were dear friends with whom you once discussed the world, and comrades who fought alongside you in the blood-soaked trenches of war.]

[Yet, at this moment, they have all turned into cold statues, sleeping silently in this land stained by endless crimson.]

[You know deep down that if you continue to sink into this state, you will eventually follow in their footsteps and become another lost soul in this land of despair.]

[Thus, you grit your teeth, gathering all your strength, swearing to break free from the dark shackles of the Uchiha compound and pursue that glimmer of survival.]

[Accept mission: Escape the dangerous Uchiha compound? Reward: Two-tomoe Sharingan.]

Hayato stared at the text on the panel, his heart trembling slightly. He hadn't expected a new mission to arrive so soon.

To put it simply, it was asking him to leave the dangerous Uchiha compound.

Given the scenario presented on the system panel, this mission was nothing short of arduous.

With only a one-tomoe Sharingan and his original strength being unremarkable, the difficulty of evading the pursuit of Uchiha traitors was essentially hell-mode.

Returning to reality, he was merely an infant who could barely stand, let alone run.

It seemed this mission couldn't be completed in the short term, Hayato couldn't help but think.

Wait a moment.

A flash of insight streaked across Hayato's mind, and he suddenly realized: this compound was not that compound!

He knew that the Uchiha compound mentioned on the panel was the one relocated to the outskirts of Konoha after the Nine-Tails' Rebellion.

But the compound he was currently in was clearly not the same place.

Perhaps this was an opportunity—a chance for him to easily complete the mission and claim the reward.

Was this exploiting a bug? Probably not; a little "cheat" didn't count as cheating.

Clinging to the hope of testing his theory, Hayato resolutely accepted the mission.

If his hypothesis was correct, he could easily unlock the two-tomoe Sharingan, display this power before his grandfather, and thereby win more resources and training opportunities within the clan.

With a flick of his intent, the system panel displayed that the mission had been accepted.

Not long after, the system interface popped up with a new notification. Hayato focused his gaze, and a surge of wild joy welled up in his heart.

It was exactly as he thought!

[Your feat is truly earth-shattering! In this desperate scene of clan-wide annihilation, you have survived a brush with death.]

[Ultimately, relying on your extraordinary wisdom and courage, you successfully escaped the enemy's clutches and traversed this perilous land.]

[You have completely left the heart-wrenching Uchiha compound and regained the wings of freedom!]

Sure enough, his current location was not the Uchiha compound mentioned on the panel, so the two locations were not the same.

He had coincidentally met the mission requirement of leaving the Uchiha compound.

[Claim reward?]

Hayato chose to claim it without a moment's hesitation.

In an instant, a familiar warmth flooded his entire body, followed immediately by a gentle heat in his eyes.

This change quickly drew the attention of the other three people present.

The Great Elder looked kindly at Hayato in his arms, his rocking motion coming to an involuntary halt.

Hayato's pupils turned crimson once more, but this time, they were no longer single-tomoe; they had evolved into two-tomoe.

Good heavens, hearing about it from others and seeing it with his own eyes were two completely different shocks.

At this moment, all doubt vanished from the Great Elder's heart; his grandson had truly awakened the Sharingan at birth.

And it was a two-tomoe at that!

Beside them, Shota and Misaki were also struck with inexplicable shock. Although they had already witnessed Hayato awakening the Sharingan, they remembered that what they saw back then was only a single-tomoe.

They hadn't expected that, in such a short span of time, it would have already evolved into a two-tomoe.

"Father, if we remember correctly, Hayato's Sharingan was only a single-tomoe before," Misaki whispered.

Hearing this, the Great Elder's lips trembled slightly. He had originally assumed Hayato had awakened the two-tomoe from the start; he hadn't expected it to have evolved from a single-tomoe.

If he continued at this rate, the day Hayato awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan wouldn't be far off!

The look in his eyes as he gazed at Hayato grew even brighter.

He couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha, my grandson Hayato has the makings of a Hokage!"

This advancement to the two-tomoe Sharingan did not drain Hayato's mental energy to the point of fainting like the last time.

He stared at the Great Elder's joyful expression, secretly feeling fortunate that he had performed well this time.

If he could secure further training from the clan, he believed he would never end up as mediocre as the system panel had described.

Of course, all his confidence stemmed from the system and his knowledge of this world.

However, he would not become overly reliant on the system. Right now, he could essentially be considered as exploiting a bug.

If there ever came a day when he could no longer exploit the bug, or if the system were patched, or perhaps even disappeared entirely, wouldn't he be left completely helpless?

Therefore, he knew deep down that one must be strong oneself to forge good iron. Moving forward, he had to carefully plan his own path of development.

Another reason he arrived at this conclusion was that, unlike last time, the system did not immediately pop up a new mission after he awakened his one-tomoe Sharingan.

He began to carefully study the system interface and discovered a "Me" pop-up window in the bottom right corner. With a thought, a new interface appeared.

[Host: Uchiha Hayato]

[Base 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 was enough for him to understand that this was his character panel. Seeing that, aside from his intelligence which was at an adult level, everything else—save for a pitiful amount of genjutsu and chakra—was at zero, he understood.

That must have been the benefit brought about by awakening the Sharingan; the rest remained at zero. Still, this made sense, as he was merely a newborn infant who had yet to begin training.

Through this panel, Hayato clearly recognized his own strength. He was still very weak and needed to work even harder to survive in this world where the strong preyed upon the weak.

After waiting a while longer and finding that no new missions popped up on the main system interface, Hayato decided to get some proper rest.

Being stared at by others all the time was quite stressful, and his tiny body couldn't react in any other way, so he simply reverted to his infant nature—sleeping was all there was to it.

Seeing his precious grandson drift off into dreamland once again, the Great Elder reluctantly handed him over to Misaki. Meanwhile, Hayato continued to plan his future path in his dreams...