Awakening the Eye (Part 2)

The moment the kunai was clamped between the Hidden Sand ninja's palms, Yin Jie realized something was wrong.

But with the opponent crushing him in every aspect, he had no means of escaping this desperate situation.

Thus, in utter despair, Yin Jie could only watch helplessly as the Hidden Sand ninja forcibly twisted his body aside, then drove a heavy kick toward his abdomen—one powerful enough to kill him instantly.

A fierce gust rushed at his face. Yin Jie could clearly feel his heart pounding at an incredible speed.

His eyes, too, widened more and more instinctively.

Rage, regret, unwillingness—countless emotions flickered through Yin Jie's eyes in turn, like ripples endlessly spreading across a lake after a stone had been tossed into it...

However, in the instant before the Hidden Sand ninja's kick was about to strike Yin Jie.

A peculiar chakra carrying an endless chill was born from the pathways within Yin Jie's brain, then flooded straight into his optic nerves.

The next instant, a deep crimson seeped from the center of his black pupils. In the blink of an eye, it dyed both of Yin Jie's eyes completely red!!!

A crimson glow spread, blood-red light flashed, and black tomoe emerged spinning within those scarlet eyes. Everything before Yin Jie turned blood-red in that instant, as though someone had pressed a slow-motion button, becoming abnormally sluggish.

At the same time, an ominous—even "evil"—aura filled with all manner of negative emotions erupted from Yin Jie's eyes and, guided by his subconscious, shot straight at the Hidden Sand ninja before him!

Sharingan!

Awaken!

"Bang!"

Yin Jie, sent flying backward, crashed squarely into an old door, producing a dull, thunderous impact.

Wood chips and fragments scattered in every direction. As the door shattered, Yin Jie fell out onto the street beyond.

Yet aside from a slight tightness in his chest, Yin Jie had suffered no other injuries.

That was because the eye power that had suddenly erupted when his eyes awakened had silently invaded the Hidden Sand ninja's mental world. At the instant of his attack, the ninja had fallen into a brief daze and lost control of his body, causing the force gathered in his foot to dissipate invisibly.

The rain grew heavier.

Several bolts of lightning tore through the night sky, briefly illuminating the street.

The Hidden Sand ninja, still holding his kicking stance, had his pupils shrink violently.

As a seasoned genin who had survived countless battles, how could he fail to recognize one of the most supreme bloodline limits in the ninja world?

Shock, confusion, and... fear!

How could a civilian child from the Land of Rain possess the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan?!

The Hidden Sand ninja's heart was in turmoil. He realized that this time, he had kicked an iron plate!

The Sharingan—even if it had only just awakened, even if it was merely the most basic one-tomoe Sharingan—was more than this Hidden Sand genin could handle!

"Aaaah!!!"

The Hidden Sand ninja let out a crazed roar, then dashed out of the house and fled without the slightest hesitation, his movements seamless.

After all, there was a saying widely circulated throughout the ninja world: when facing the Sharingan in a one-on-one fight, run at all costs!

What was more, he was only a lowly genin. No matter how experienced he was, he was still cannon fodder. What right did he have to overestimate himself before the Sharingan?!

He should first find his teammates, who were spread throughout the town carrying out slaughter, then return with them to claim those newly awakened eyes...

But in the next second.

The Hidden Sand ninja, who had already opened up quite a distance from Yin Jie in just a few seconds, was hurled back at an even faster speed. Accompanying him was a wild, unrestrained laugh that sounded incomparably pleasant to Yin Jie.

"Hahahaha! Heaven blesses the Uchiha Clan!!!"

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Immediately afterward, a powerful chakra presence descended without the slightest attempt at concealment.

Though that chakra felt incomparably cold to Yin Jie, it also carried a faint familiarity, as if it came from the same source.

The newcomer was none other than Uchiha Yasashiro, who had accompanied Tsunade to the frontlines as reinforcements.

After Hyuga Hei used his Byakugan to witness the Hidden Sand ninja's atrocities in the town, Tsunade, who had never intended to take a detour in the first place, became even more determined to wipe out these three squads of Hidden Sand ninja completely.

After all, following the battle of the "Three Ninja," the Hidden Leaf Village and the Hidden Rain Village had officially ceased hostilities and begun negotiations.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the Hidden Rain Village could already be considered an ally of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Besides, Tsunade was not a cold-blooded person. She still held some compassion in her heart for civilians suffering because of war.

Thus, with Tsunade leading the charge, the group of Hidden Leaf ninja rushed into the town at their fastest speed.

The Hidden Sand ninja who had been sent flying back crashed heavily to the ground. While taking in more breath than he let out, his limbs twitched faintly and continuously. He was clearly not going to survive.

As for Yin Jie, after slowly climbing to his feet, he simply stood there blankly beneath the rain, quietly savoring the comfortable sensation of chakra rapidly increasing within his body.

Because he had vaguely realized what the blood-red vision and the familiar chakra he had sensed actually meant.

"Crack!"

As another bolt of lightning split the sky, the Uchiha Yasashiro who had arrived in time finally saw clearly the black tomoe slowly rotating within Yin Jie's scarlet eyes.

One in the left, two in the right!!!

That was precisely why he was so ecstatic.

Though he had no idea why a child of the Uchiha Clan had ended up in the Land of Rain.

There was no doubt that this was his clansman—and an extraordinarily gifted one at that.

Judging by Yin Jie's appearance, he could not possibly be older than ten!

Throughout the history of the Uchiha Clan, every clansman who awakened the Sharingan before the age of ten had, without exception, gone on to become a pillar of the clan's fighting strength.

Not to mention that Yin Jie's right eye had reached an unprecedented level: it had awakened directly as a two-tomoe Sharingan!!!

The falling rain unknowingly became more urgent.

At that moment, a pair of black ninja sandals stepped lightly into the pooled water on the street with a "splash," sending droplets scattering.

Tsunade had arrived!

Then, the sounds of feet splashing through water rang out one after another, approaching from afar and growing clearer.

After eliminating every Hidden Sand ninja in the town, the other Hidden Leaf ninja had followed Uchiha Yasashiro's bursts of wild laughter and arrived as well.