Ants

Jin still had no idea what the strange looks from those around him meant. His mind was constantly occupied with his training plan, and a dissatisfied voice kept murmuring, though it was too quiet to hear. Everyone could only see Jin's lips moving, which convinced them even more that he had gone insane. In truth, Jin had been saying, "Damn old man, this skill is simply not something an ordinary person can train. More than five hundred thousand repetitions again. I XXXXXXXXXXXXX." He kept cursing. "Damn it, I'm out of chakra. I'm still a genin too. Looks like I need to level up. Hehehe, I've got it. I'll throw all my clones into the Forest of Death and let them improve their strength on their own. Wouldn't that make me much stronger? Hahahahaha, I really am a genius! The original body can keep doing this boring genjutsu training. When the Akatsuki arrives, I'll activate the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and hit them with an ultimate genjutsu. Hehehe, maybe I'll take them all down. If that happens, won't I be invincible?!"

Yet Jin, who had been indulging in such wild fantasies, changed his way of thinking because of one small thing.

Jin used genjutsu to knock down every ant on the ground, then destroyed them all with a small stick so no one would discover his secret.

The Uchiha Clan had long grown accustomed to Jin's various strange behaviors and paid them little mind. Seeing that Jin was happily playing by himself, his parents did not stop him. After all, they already had two genius sons. As long as nothing happened to Jin, they wanted him to live happily as an ordinary person.

When Jin saw that there were no ants left on the ground, he dug open an ant hole. A large ant nest immediately appeared inside. The ants within were each bigger than the last, and he even spotted the queen. Suddenly, an idea appeared in Jin's mind. He dug open another ant nest nearby, then cast a genjutsu on all the ants. As a result, the ants from both sides began fighting. Very quickly, the side with fewer ants was defeated. At that moment, an enormous ant suddenly appeared on the weaker side and immediately turned the tide. But soon, the side with more ants surrounded it with several large ants. In the end, the side with the enormous ant lost.

As Jin watched this outcome, his mind became utterly clear, and a flash of realization rose in his heart. Even ants can bite an elephant to death. What a simple principle. I've lived for so many years, yet only today have I truly understood it. There are no invincible people in this world. No matter how powerful you are, enough people can still bring you down. Looks like I was heading down the wrong path before. So what if someone is a genius? Enough people can still kill you. So what if it's the Akatsuki? With enough people, they can still be taken down. Otherwise, they wouldn't always be hiding. Though my innate abilities are strong, if I don't work hard from now on, I'll fall before anyone even needs to use human-wave tactics against me. How did that saying go again? Genius is ninety-nine percent diligence and one percent talent. Right, that's it. I'll definitely surpass everyone and make them part of the human wave, not me.

He tormented ants, one after another. Endless mockery spread in every direction.

A pair of twins—one a genius, the other an idiot—became the talk of the town.

A month later, nearly all the ants in the Uchiha household had been killed by genjutsu. For the sake of his future training, Jin had no choice but to stop slaughtering his family's ants. Instead, he turned his evil gaze toward the ants outside the clan grounds.

Two merchants from out of town passed by Jin.

Merchant A said to Merchant B, "Could that be a child of the Uchiha Clan? Sigh, how pitiful!"

Merchant B said, "Fine if he's stupid, but does he have to come out and tell everyone he's stupid? What are those Uchiha people thinking, letting an idiot come out and disgrace the clan?"

Merchant A said, "Keep your voice down! It won't be good if they hear us. Let's hurry and leave!"

Merchant B said, "What's there to be afraid of? He's stupid, and people aren't allowed to say so?"

Jin felt no stir in his heart after hearing them. He merely smiled at the two merchants. The expression on his face looked as stupid as could be.

Merchant B burst out laughing. "Look at that! He heard me call him an idiot and he's still smiling at me! Hahaha, this is too funny!"

Merchant A began laughing as well. At that moment, a voice rang out. "Who just said that someone from the Uchiha Clan was an idiot?"

The two merchants turned around and saw an eight-year-old child. Merchant B therefore answered loudly without a care, "I did! What are you going to do about it?"

Jin burst out laughing.

All three of them looked at him in confusion, unable to understand what was so funny.

Before long, the two merchants began jumping and shouting, "It itches so bad! It itches so bad!"

Jin patted the dirt from his little hands and laughed. "Brother, let's go." Two idiots. The ants from ten nearby nests will make you feel so good in a moment! This genjutsu training wasn't for nothing!

The two merchants rolled around on the ground, but ants from several nests charged at them as if they had found food.

In less than a moment, the two merchants were already covered in wounds.

By then, Itachi had taken Jin to the training ground to teach him taijutsu. Jin was extremely unwilling to practice taijutsu, but in the end, he surrendered under Itachi's roasted meat offensive.

That evening, Itachi took Jin and Sasuke to the barbecue area.

Sasuke pointed into the distance. "Brother Itachi, why are that child's eyes white? He isn't blind, is he? How pitiful!"

Jin and Itachi looked in the direction Sasuke was pointing. Jin was delighted inwardly. A member of the Hyuga Clan? They came here for barbecue too?

Itachi said, "Sasuke, don't say that. They are members of the Hyuga Clan. That is their clan's Byakugan, a bloodline limit just like our Uchiha Clan's Sharingan. Come on, let's eat barbecue."

Sasuke said, "They're coming toward us!"

Itachi said coolly, "Ignore them. Our two clans don't get along very well. They won't come over."

Jin watched the two Hyuga Clan members draw closer and closer. More specifically, they were a tall man and a child.

Jin took a careful look and thought to himself, Could they be Hiashi Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga? My Buddha, the real people really are different!