Extermination Night, Replication Card Forces a Stalemate with Obito

"System," he said in a hoarse voice, "scan Uchiha Izumi."

Ding! [Scanning...]

[Uchiha Izumi]

A gentle, kind, and... capable young lady.

Exceptional talent.

[Rank: Mid-Chunin]

[Affection value toward Uchiha Itachi: 87%.]

[Transfer success rate: 70%.]

System, cut the jokes.

70%.

Do it. As long as I complete the prerequisite mission to take a wife, I can at least raise my strength to the Jonin level.

Since I cannot cultivate, I will have to find another way.

Uchiha Mu looked down at the pink card in his hand, then gazed toward the last sliver of twilight on the horizon.

In three hours, the slaughter will begin.

I have no time left.

[Please act quickly, host. You have two hours remaining.]

Two hours?

As he spoke, his gaze drifted to the third item.

It was a seven-colored orb the size of a thumb.

It felt warm and soft to the touch.

The moment he touched the orb, he understood its purpose.

This was actually an All-Attribute Chakra Seed.

By absorbing various types of attributes, one could eventually fight using all elements once they possessed sufficient strength.

How could such a heaven-defying thing exist?

That was even stronger than a Kekkei Genkai.

Wind, Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth, Yin, and Yang. Using all seven attributes at once—how terrifying would that be?

At this moment, Uchiha Mu did not hesitate.

He swallowed the seed in one gulp.

For the sake of Izumi, that gentle girl, and to become stronger.

The next instant,

Uchiha Mu's body convulsed.

A violent, lightning-like pain surged through him, causing excruciating agony.

But twelve-year-old Uchiha Mu gritted his teeth and held on, not making a single sound.

At the same time,

A powerful force from the All-Attribute Seed flowed into Mu's eyes.

The next instant,

A single tomoe began to spin in Mu's eyes, followed by a second, then a third.

Hum, hum, hum.

His chakra surged and grew stronger with the appearance of the three tomoe.

A vast, overwhelming tide of various chakra types flooded in from the world around him.

His youthful frame

actually grew half a head taller under the deluge of energy.

At this moment, Uchiha Mu

could clearly feel the various elemental energies drifting in the surroundings frantically burrowing into his body.

But his "Zero-Chakra Constitution" meant he could never gain chakra through cultivation.

Only half an hour passed before the pain vanished. The three tomoe stopped spinning.

Most of the chakra around him faded away; because his meridians were not fully developed, his chakra level only stabilized at the peak of Chunin.

But his combat power now might be enough to contend with an elite Jonin.

Uchiha Mu opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He couldn't help but look at his attribute panel.

[Host: Uchiha Mu]
[Age: 12]
[Chakra level: 400]
[Realm: Peak Chunin]
[Talent: All-Attribute Special Constitution]
[Skills: None]
[Special Ability: Three-Tomoe Sharingan]
[Items: Kage-Level Replication Card, Love Transfer Card]

He looked at his body, which was now slightly taller than Itachi's.

Feeling the power within him,

Uchiha Mu accelerated,

heading into the Uchiha district.

But the moment he arrived, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The atmosphere within the Uchiha clan was eerie.

It felt as though something major was happening.

Could it be that Itachi's hunting time has already begun?

System? It isn't dark yet. Has the extermination night been moved up?

[Ding: It has not been moved up. It is merely the atmosphere. You have half an hour remaining.]

Fine.

In that case, the side quest issued by the system—to save the Uchiha—

Forget it.

The decline of the Uchiha clan has its reasons. With my current strength as a mere Chunin, trying to stop a carriage with a mantis's arms would be futile; I cannot change much.

Looking at the sky, it was still early. His parents shouldn't be killed until after everyone else is dead.

And Izumi's house was on the way home.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Mu made a decision.

He sped up, heading straight for Izumi's residence.

"Izumi, wait for me."

I will definitely take you away.

A short while later.

In front of a small courtyard.

"Izumi, Izumi."

"Are you home?"

Strange, why is there no response?

Anxious and burning with worry, Uchiha Mu strode into the living room of Izumi's house.

The moment he pushed the door open, the scent of blood rushed toward him.

Several corpses lay scattered on the floor.

They looked extremely peaceful in death.

"Izumi."

No way! The wife I just chose is already gone.

No, that can't be.

I remember in the original story, Itachi did not lay a hand on Izumi.

When Izumi was searching for Itachi, she ran into the masked man, Obito.

She was ultimately killed by Obito.

If that is the case,

then Izumi should be near the Police Force building right now.

It seems that in a critical moment, I really will have to use that card.

At the corner of the Police Force building.

Uchiha Izumi was cautiously tracking the masked man as he arrived here.

Her heart was pounding.

Her three-tomoe Sharingan emitted a faint red glow in the darkness.

She saw it.

She saw this masked man killing her clansmen.

One after another, they were powerless to resist.

She had to find Itachi.

Only Itachi could stop all of this.

Suddenly, a figure in a one-eyed mask appeared abruptly before her.

Izumi's gaze deepened as she stared fixedly at the masked man.

"It's you."

"You are the one who killed the Uchiha clansmen."

As the words fell, Uchiha Izumi whipped three kunai forward.

But the kunai seemed to pass through air, going straight through the masked man's body.

The masked man turned to look at Izumi.

"Nice eyes, you've already awakened the three-tomoe."

"A pity, you are also on the list of the dead."

Hearing this, Izumi's eyes narrowed, and she immediately formed hand seals, preparing to perform a jutsu.

But the masked man extended his right hand, and a chain bound Izumi instantly.

Immediately after, a kunai flew from the void, aimed directly at Izumi's beautiful face.

Frozen in place, Izumi knew that death was inevitable.

Tears streamed from the corners of her eyes.

The name she called out one last time was still the one she loved so deeply. "Itachi..."

Uchiha Mu, who had just arrived at the police force headquarters, happened to see this scene.

His heart ached.

Has she already loved him this deeply?

That is fine. Once that love shifts, I will be the one to protect you.

With that, he acted without hesitation, blocking the lethal strike of the kunai.

A crisp metallic clang echoed.

His right hand trembled slightly, showing that it had been very strenuous to catch the kunai from the masked man's casual strike.

Izumi, lying on the ground, also heard the sound.

She opened her eyes to see a back that resembled Itachi's by seventy percent, shielding her.

"Itachi, is that you?"

Mu did not speak.

He only kept his eyes locked on the masked man.

The black card in his hand slowly vanished.

He crushed the black card in his palm.

[Kage-Level Replication Card successfully used.]
[Target detected: Uchiha Obito.]
[Replicated ability: Kamui (space manipulation) ability, all skills.]

In an instant, the power of space awakened within his body.

Feeling the violent power coursing through him, he thought, I have always wondered what my reaction would be if I faced a familiar powerhouse from the book for the first time.

But now that my wish has been granted, I don't feel all that excited.

However, choosing to kill Izumi was your biggest mistake.

At this moment, Uchiha Mu looked up.

A cat-mask face presented itself before Uchiha Obito.

Obito frowned, looking at the figure before him.

"You, a chunin?"

"Are you here to die?"

Let's test it.

He said this as he backhanded two more shuriken, flanking from both sides.

Flames exploded around Obito's body.

Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson swept out, intercepting the shuriken while locking onto Mu's position.

Uchiha Mu held Izumi and leaped to dodge.

The range was too large; carrying someone made it impossible to dodge completely.

"Kamui."

He channeled the replicated space ability, causing his body to briefly become intangible.

The flames passed through his body, yet they caused no damage.

Seeing this, a familiar feeling welled up in Obito.

"Interesting."

"Let's see how long you can keep that up."

Uchiha Mu felt a chill in his heart. Obito was right.

The intangibility of Kamui consumed chakra at an extreme rate. With his current chakra levels, he could support it for three to four minutes at most.

The Kage-Level Replication Card only lasted ten minutes.

Time was ticking away, second by second. I must end this quickly.

Uchiha Mu gently placed Izumi in a corner, shielding her with his body.

Then, he stood up straight and looked directly at Obito.

"Obito, you are still as arrogant as ever."

"Rank does not mean everything."

Hearing someone call his name, Obito was startled, but the expression beneath his mask did not change.

In his heart, he had already marked Uchiha Mu for death.

"Die."

As the word "die" left his lips, Obito held nothing back.

A Giant Kamui Shuriken flew out once again.

It flickered through the air, closing in on Uchiha Mu rapidly.

The shuriken was the size of a door, and wherever it passed, it tore a pitch-black rift in space.

"Interesting, a Giant Kamui Shuriken." Uchiha Mu smiled. "I can do that too."

Hum. Although his hands were empty, he suddenly whipped them forward.

The next instant, a giant shuriken, identical to Obito's, appeared out of thin air. The two shuriken, both carrying the power of space, collided.

They made no sound at all. Simultaneously, they vanished into the void.

"Kamui Shuriken requires the power of space-time to be activated."

"To think you can even do this..." For the first time, there was a tremor in Obito's voice.