Uchiha's Second Genius

To raise Multiple Entity Shadow Clone to its highest level, Jin trained desperately. Another month passed.

Jin was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Although he had just raised his clones to level 5, the joy of leveling up barely registered with him. In Jin's own words—he had gone numb.

Jin had grown visibly thinner. If not for the nanny taking care of him, he would probably have looked like a beggar by now. A month had passed. His parents had not come, and neither had Itachi. Jin had spent the entire time training. His mind had been ravaged by the training, and he truly did not know how to describe himself. He lay silently on the ground as scenes from his past flashed before his eyes, replaying endlessly like a movie. Suddenly, Jin's eyes lit up. He muttered, "Isn't it just 500,000 practice sessions? It's like when I wrote my graduation thesis. I found a little material every day and gathered everything in a week. It's like buying a house back then—saving bit by bit until it adds up. I'll finish 500,000 in a year. Counting 300 days, that's less than 2,000 a day. Hahaha, I really am a genius!"

Having regained his confidence, Jin laughed happily.

"Did you discover something so amusing, my dear little brother?" Itachi asked teasingly as he entered.

"Jin is a genius!" Jin said with a grin.

"Oh? Hehehe, our family has produced a second genius! That truly calls for celebration!" Itachi laughed. Then he added, "Do you want some grilled meat?"

"Yes! Of course I do!" Jin hurriedly replied, his mouth already watering.

"Then you need to learn how to refine chakra first," Itachi said.

"What's that?" Jin immediately perked up, pretending not to know.

"I'll tell you later. I'm taking you and Sasuke somewhere." Itachi took Jin by the hand and headed toward Sasuke's room.

A training ground within the clan compound.

"Today, I'll teach you how to refine chakra," Itachi said.

"I want grilled meat! Teach us after that." Jin found learning things he already knew unbearably boring. Grilled meat was far more worthwhile.

"I want to be like Brother Itachi," Sasuke said in his childish voice.

Just then, Uchiha Fuchiu happened to pass by.

"Itachi, they're still young. Teach them when they turn two. They're not a once-in-a-century genius like you." Uchiha Fuchiu spoke to Itachi with a smile. Afterward, he sent Jin back inside and took Itachi away.

Just like that, Jin did not get any grilled meat, and he and Sasuke were branded as non-geniuses.

The more Jin thought about it, the more depressed he became. Just you wait until I prove you wrong. I'm a genius. A genius beyond all other geniuses. You said Sasuke and I can't compare to Itachi? Fine, just wait. I'll scare you to death. Still, I need to keep my strength hidden. If Akatsuki learns about my abilities, even if they don't kill me, they'll dissect me. Hehehe, sorry, Sasuke. I understand perfectly well that the bird that sticks its head out gets shot first. So you'll have to suffer a little and do me this small favor. You won't lose out either!

Jin crept toward Sasuke's room. Seeing that the nannies were absent and no one else was nearby, he quickly slipped inside. Sasuke was asleep, and only the two of them remained in the room, so Jin used his unique genjutsu. He chuckled. "Hahaha, my genjutsu really is great. I don't even need to look into the other person's eyes to use it. This time, Sasuke will definitely awaken the Sharingan. He doesn't have chakra yet, but once he does, and he opens this Sharingan again, hehehe, it'll scare Uchiha Fuchiu to death." Once everything was done, Jin swiftly retreated. The whole process took less than a minute.

Training—still the same dull training. Whenever there was no one in the room, Jin trained.

On Jin's second birthday, he finally trained his clones up to nine. In other words, he would have nine fighters with 100% of his physical attack and defense. From then on, he only needed to summon his clones and gang up on an enemy until they fell. The original body would not need to lift a finger. Jin had planned this long ago. It could not be helped—he was lazy, and if he did not have to do something himself, he would not.

What an extraordinary day it was.

The Uchiha Clan would be proud of it.

The major clans and villagers of Konoha Village would be shocked by it.

The ninja world would go mad over it.

When Itachi taught Jin and Sasuke how to refine chakra, Sasuke successfully refined chakra with ease, but then failed due to insufficient control! At that moment, the delight on Itachi's face changed. Sasuke felt deeply regretful. Then Sasuke awakened his bloodline limit, the Sharingan! Itachi was so shocked by the result that he could not speak! However, Sasuke's Sharingan vanished in an instant. Jin watched from the side and reveled inwardly. Hahaha, I'm so talented. Itachi awakened his eyes at four, Sasuke at two, while I was born with mine. If they learned the result, their jaws would hit the floor! Hehehe, one day I'll fully activate the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Gahaha! I really want to see their expressions!

Before long, Sasuke was taken away.

Soon afterward, someone leaked the news. Sasuke, who had awakened his eyes at the age of two, became a rising star in the ninja world.

The Third Hokage puffed on his pipe as he read the ANBU report. The Uchiha Clan truly is a clan of geniuses! But what should be done next? What a headache!

After Hiashi Hyuga received the news, he looked at Hinata Hyuga in his arms and silently said, "I hope you will be a genius too!"

Jin smugly muttered from a corner of the room, "Konoha's second genius, hahaha, still number two! I'm the third genius! The greatest genius! Hmm, I should practice my genjutsu a little. It seems even ordinary jonin can't resist this skill."

From that day onward, Sasuke, the Uchiha family's new genius, was moved into another room and assigned dedicated guards.

From that day onward, the behavior of Uchiha Jin, the other genius of the Uchiha family whom no one knew about, became increasingly strange.

Some people guessed that Uchiha Jin had been abandoned by the clan.

Others guessed that the pressure from Uchiha Sasuke's and Uchiha Itachi's genius halos had driven him stupid.

Still others believed that all of Uchiha Jin's intelligence had transferred into Uchiha Sasuke.

No one knew what was truly behind Uchiha Jin's strange behavior.

All people could do was watch from afar as Uchiha Jin squatted on the ground, stared at ants crawling back and forth, and wore a foolish grin.