Locked Up? What a Joke. Perfect Time to Train and Level Up!

Faced with Senju Tobirama's "house arrest order," which was essentially imprisonment, Uchiha Xuan's reaction caught everyone off guard.

He did not resist, offer excuses, or reveal even a trace of anger.

"As you wish, Lord Hokage."

He merely gave a slight bow, his tone as calm as stagnant water.

The moment he turned to leave the meeting room, his gaze seemingly casually swept across Shimura Danzo's face.

That glance was faint and cold.

Not a word was spoken, yet Danzo felt as though a venomous snake lurking in the shadows had fixed its eyes on him, sending an inexplicable chill up his back.

That look seemed to be looking at someone... already dead.

"Arrogant little brat!" Danzo cursed inwardly, but as he watched Xuan's departing figure, a vicious gleam flashed through his eyes.

"Let you live for another three days. Once your lies are exposed, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Before long, four ANBU ninja wearing animal masks "escorted" Uchiha Xuan back to the Uchiha Clan Grounds as if transporting a dangerous criminal.

The news spread through the entire clan in an instant, as if it had grown wings.

The Uchiha clan, already walking on thin ice due to the Second Hokage's hostility, completely erupted this time.

"Did you hear? Xuan spouted off during the Hokage meeting, offended Lord Second and Lord Danzo, and got put under house arrest!"

"It's over, it's over! The entire Uchiha clan is going to get dragged down with him!"

"That kid usually seems pretty sharp. Why did he have to stir up trouble at a time like that?"

The entire clan grounds was gripped by panic, the air thick with despair and unease.

Clan head Uchiha Setsuna was especially frantic, like an ant on a hot pan.

He wanted to request an audience with the Hokage, only to be told that the Hokage was not receiving visitors.

He wanted to question Xuan directly, but the ANBU guarding Xuan's door turned him away without hesitation.

Amid the chaos outside, Uchiha Xuan, at the center of the storm, remained exceptionally calm.

He returned to his room and locked the door behind him.

"Those old fools really think they can keep me locked up?"

Xuan sneered.

Through the crack in the window, he could clearly sense that aside from the four Hokage-affiliated ANBU openly watching him,

at least eight colder, more concealed chakra signatures lurked in the shadows around his courtyard and among the treetops.

"Root."

A mocking curve formed at the corner of Xuan's mouth.

That old dog Danzo truly could not wait any longer.

He did not care about the surveillance at all.

For him, these three days of so-called "house arrest" were simply the perfect time the system had granted him to train and level up!

"System!"

Xuan called out inwardly, and a sapphire-blue virtual interface instantly unfolded before his eyes.

In the upper-right corner of the interface, a striking line of numbers made his heartbeat accelerate involuntarily.

[Current Clan Reputation Points: 58000]

He had struck it rich!

Some of these tens of thousands of reputation points came from resolving the clan massacre crisis earlier and winning over Orochimaru and Tsunade.

But the largest share came from what had just happened in the Hokage meeting, where he had thrown out that shocking prophecy before all of Konoha's upper ranks and snatched reputation points straight from the jaws of Senju Tobirama and Danzo's killing intent!

Make the biggest show, earn the most reputation!

"Open the system shop!"

A dazzling list of goods immediately appeared before him.

Xuan's gaze swept rapidly over the ninjutsu, bloodline limits, and ninja tools radiating enticing glimmers.

His current trump cards were the Basic Sage Body and the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

The Sage Body ensured his chakra reserves and recovery ability, but his offensive methods were still somewhat limited.

And in the world of Naruto, strength was the only truth capable of breaking every rule!

If he wanted to lead the entire clan in defecting, face Konoha's pursuit, and even establish a new ninja village in the future,

his current strength was still far from enough!

"In three days, I'll show you what a true monster is!"

Xuan's eyes became incomparably fervent as he embarked on his mad spending spree.

"System, exchange for [Advanced Chakra Refinement Technique]!"

[Ding! 5000 Reputation Points consumed. Exchange successful!]

In an instant, knowledge of how to extract energy from cells more efficiently and on a deeper level flooded into his mind.

Combined with his already absurd Sage Body, he felt that the speed at which he refined chakra had increased by at least threefold!

It was like installing the finest turbocharger on a sports car that already had tremendous horsepower!

"Keep going! System, exchange for [Sharingan Eye Power Enhancement Fluid (Large Bottle)]!"

[Ding! 10000 Reputation Points consumed. Exchange successful!]

A bottle of liquid emitting a faint blue glow appeared in his hand out of thin air.

Without hesitation, Xuan tipped back his head and drank the entire bottle in one gulp.

"Hiss—!"

An utterly cool sensation, almost painfully so, surged straight into his eyes.

His Two-Tomoe Sharingan felt like it had suddenly encountered sweet rain in a parched desert, greedily absorbing this pure essence of eye power.

The soreness and exhaustion in his eyes vanished completely, replaced by unprecedented clarity and perception.

He could even clearly see tiny specks of dust drifting through the air at an incredibly slow pace.

"Still not enough! Again!"

Xuan looked at the more than forty thousand reputation points remaining and waved his hand grandly.

"System, exchange for [Proficient-Level Lightning Release Ninjutsu Compendium]!"

"Exchange for [Basic Dragon Might Aura]!"

"Exchange for..."

As his reputation points rapidly dwindled, knowledge and power from various ninjutsu, taijutsu, and special abilities continuously fused into his body and soul like enlightenment pouring into his mind.

Inside his room, he began training and integrating them day and night.

Outside the door.

The night was deep.

The Root ninja assigned to watch him lurked in the darkness like ghosts.

"Captain, that kid has been inside for most of the day without making a sound," one Root ninja reported quietly. "Could he be plotting something?"

The Root squad captain's eyes flashed with disdain.

"A twelve-year-old brat, trapped under house arrest in such desperate circumstances—what tricks could he possibly pull?"

"He's probably hiding under his blanket, trembling in fear, or figuring out how to grovel and beg the Hokage for mercy."

"Keep your eyes on him! Lord Danzo gave the order: if he dares step out of that room even half a step during these three days, kill him on sight!"

"Yes!"

These hounds hidden in the darkness kept their eyes fixed on that tightly shut door.

They believed they were watching a prisoner about to be sentenced to death.

A young tiger whose fangs had been pulled.

They had no idea

that behind that seemingly quiet door,

a prehistoric beast capable of overturning the entire ninja world and tearing every one of them, along with that rotten village, to pieces

was madly accumulating strength in this desperate situation, waiting only for the moment it broke free from its cage!

"Old dog Danzo, cherish these last three days of yours."

Inside the room, in the darkness.

A pair of Two-Tomoe Sharingan blazing with golden flame-like patterns snapped open!