At Konoha's Training Ground Three, Yakumo Kurama was holding a crystal ball. Images like a painting now appeared upon the once-transparent sphere.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Shunichi stood quietly nearby, dazzling lightning flickering all around him.
Of the three, Karin was actually the only one free. Yet one moment she stared intently at Yakumo Kurama's crystal ball, and the next she blankly watched Uchiha Shunichi, looking thoroughly busy.
Suddenly, Uchiha Shunichi moved. He opened his eyes, which shifted into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan as he stared ahead.
Before long, the lightning around him changed somewhat. Arcs of electricity gradually emerged, long enough to strike the ground and instantly scorch it black.
Obviously, if anyone approached Uchiha Shunichi right now, they would definitely become cooked meat—perhaps even charred to ash.
"Ha..." Uchiha Shunichi suddenly let out a breath, and the terrifying arcs around him vanished.
"Lord Shunichi, what happened?" Karin had been watching with great interest and could not help asking curiously.
"Nothing. The development of this ninjutsu has just hit a bottleneck." Uchiha Shunichi frowned slightly, looking somewhat disappointed.
Actually, failure in developing a ninjutsu like this was normal. After all, Uchiha Shunichi had not even found a concrete direction yet. Turning one's body into lightning was impossible no matter how one looked at it.
There were no Devil Fruits in the ninja world.
Unless he captured someone from the Hozuki Clan for experimentation, he still had a long way to go before achieving true Lightning Transformation.
Temporarily abandoning his Lightning Release experiments, Uchiha Shunichi took dozens of kunai from his ninja tool pouch and began testing his accuracy across the training ground.
The Uchiha Clan's reputation for throwing ninja tools was well deserved. Enhanced by the Sharingan, Uchiha Shunichi's thrown kunai flew in dazzling, elaborate patterns that looked extremely impressive.
But Uchiha