The small town on the desert border was exceptionally quiet beneath the setting sun. Neji stood by the inn window, watching the sky in the distance gradually darken, but his thoughts had drifted to Konoha.
"Time really flies..." he murmured, lightly tapping the windowsill with his fingers.
Ever since returning to this time and space, he had been thinking about his next steps.
His spiritual power was steadily improving, and the Sage Art Yin Seal was gradually filling as well. Although his strength was growing consistently, he was still far from truly reaching Six Paths Level.
The Ninja World appeared peaceful on the surface, but hidden currents churned beneath it, especially—the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre.
Neji closed his eyes and recalled the details from the original story.
"Judging by the timeline, the Uchiha Clan massacre should happen soon." He calculated silently. "Itachi Uchiha and Obito Uchiha will join forces and slaughter the entire clan in a single night. Even Fugaku Uchiha and his wife won't escape."
At that thought, his brow furrowed slightly.
Fugaku Uchiha—the Uchiha Clan's patriarch—was a powerful man who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan.
In the original story, he had not even resisted, allowing his own son, Itachi Uchiha, to end his life.
"What a waste..." Neji sighed inwardly. "If I can obtain Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan, it will be of tremendous help to my future plans."
The Rinnegan was one of the most powerful forces in the later stages of the Ninja World, and the evolution of the Sharingan was an unavoidable path toward mastering it.
Although Neji did not possess Uchiha blood, he had the Primordial Bagua Diagram. If he could obtain the Uchiha Clan's secret techniques and samples of the Sharingan, perhaps he could use the Primordial Bagua Diagram to master that power