Awakening

Time flew like a white colt flashing past a crack.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

On this day, the final round of the Leaf Village Chunin Exams was underway. Though it was not as lively as the joint exams between several villages during peacetime, many people still went to watch.

However, Qian was not among them.

Because for him, today was an extremely important day.

With a thought, Qian opened the Status Panel.

He saw that the awakening progress of the Sharingan on it had already reached (99/100), only one step away from fully awakening.

Looking again at the "Mind Reflection Technique," its Proficiency had long since broken through lv2 and reached lv3 (595/1000).

Just as he had expected, after the "Mind Reflection Technique" rose to lv3, its effect in promoting the Sharingan's awakening far surpassed lv2.

Even at its limit, lv2 had only brought his Sharingan awakening progress to (89/100).

But after it advanced to lv3, the effect increased greatly.

Basically, every fifty points of Proficiency he accumulated could push his Sharingan awakening progress forward by one point.

And so, for a full month and more, Qian used almost all the Chakra he could spare on practicing the "Mind Reflection Technique."

In the end, he raised its Proficiency to lv3 (595/1000).

Originally, according to the pattern, when his Proficiency in the "Mind Reflection Technique" reached lv3 (550/1000), the Sharingan should have awakened.

But unexpectedly, that final point of progress refused to break through.

Now, his Proficiency in the "Mind Reflection Technique" had already reached lv3 (595/1000), yet it still had not broken through.

However, it was close.

An intuition from somewhere unseen told Qian that as long as he ground the "Mind Reflection Technique" to lv3 (600/1000), it would definitely make the Sharingan awaken.

Feeling his heart pounding wildly in his chest, Qian took several deep breaths. Only after his emotions had completely calmed did he begin performing the "Mind Reflection Technique."

Once, twice, three times... five times!

Very quickly, the Proficiency of the "Mind Reflection Technique" reached lv3 (600/1000).

And in the very next moment, when Qian performed the "Mind Reflection Technique" for the sixth time, the special Chakra in his brain, drawn out and catalyzed by it, suddenly surged.

This Chakra flowed into Qian's eyes, as though it had reached some kind of critical point, fundamentally changing his Visual Nerve.

A sour, itchy, tingling sensation spread through him, making Qian unable to stop himself from rubbing his eyes.

And when he moved his hands away, a pair of blood-red Single Tomoe Sharingan had appeared in his eye sockets.

In that instant, Qian felt as if everything around him had become clear, as though the image quality before his eyes had gone from 720p to 1080p.

The tiny dust motes in the air, the veins on the leaves outside the window, the smiling faces of pedestrians on the distant street—everything, absolutely everything, was so clear.

"So this is the Sharingan's field of vision!"

Only after a long while did Qian come back to his senses, unable to help letting out a sigh.

Afterward, he lowered his head and examined himself.

Though he could not directly see Chakra Meridians and Acupoints like the Byakugan could, he could see the amount of Chakra and its general flow.

Just like now, he could clearly see that there was not much Chakra left in his body, and that this Chakra was still gathering toward his head and eyes.

From this, one could imagine that in future fights, as long as he opened his eyes, he would be able to see these things.

Then, no matter what the enemy wanted to do, he would be able to anticipate it in advance. The advantage was self-evident.

No wonder there was a saying circulating in the Ninja World: when dealing with the Sharingan, one-on-one, you must flee; two-on-one, attack from behind.

Indeed, in a head-on fight, when the difference in strength was not too great, the Sharingan could be said to hold every advantage.

And this was only the Sharingan's insight effect.

Aside from insight, the Sharingan also possessed two powerful functions: hypnosis and copying.

The former could allow an Uchiha ninja to remain unaffected by ordinary Genjutsu and strengthen the effect of Genjutsu used against enemies.

The latter allowed an Uchiha ninja to replicate an opponent's taijutsu and ninjutsu.

However, the development of this ability depended to a great extent on the Uchiha ninja's own capabilities.

For example, copying taijutsu.

The enemy's movements might be copied easily.

But if one's own physical fitness was not up to standard, then even if the movements were copied, they could not be used. Forcing their use might even injure oneself.

Another example was ninjutsu.

First, ninjutsu related to Kekkei Genkai could not be copied.

Second, ninjutsu that did not match one's own attributes could not be copied either.

For example, the current Qian's Chakra attribute was fire, so before he developed other attributes, he could only copy Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Even then, if his own understanding of Fire Release Chakra Shape Transformation and Nature Transformation was not deep enough, the copied ninjutsu would only be an empty imitation.

Because of those limitations, despite the many Sharingan out there, only Kakashi, who had a full range of attributes and outstanding talent, managed to make a name for himself as the Copy Ninja.

Pulling back his thoughts, Qian closed his Sharingan. With a thought, he opened the Proficiency Panel.

[Name: Uchiha Qian

Age: 10→11

Physical Constitution: 6→7

Spirit: 7→9

Chakra: 230 (2510→2570)

Bloodline: Sharingan · Single Tomoe (1/1000)

Skills: Chakra Refining Technique: lv3 (2/1000)→lv3 (266/1000)

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: lv1 (50/200)

Mind Reflection Technique: lv3 (601/1000)

Ninja Tool Throwing: lv3 (1/1000)

Chakra Control: lv3 (78/1000)→(102/1000)

Three Body Technique: lv3 (0/0)

Basic Body Technique: lv3 (0/0)]

Just as he had expected, the awakening of his Sharingan had driven an improvement in his aptitude.

Among them, his Physical Constitution had increased by one point, while his Spirit had increased by two.

One point and two points did not seem very different at first glance, but that was not the case.

Whether it was Physical Constitution or Spirit, the further along it went, the harder it became to improve.

Raising his Physical Constitution from six to seven and raising his Spirit from seven to nine were not remotely on the same level of difficulty.

If he had to compare them, the latter was at least ten times harder than the former.

So this increase in Physical Constitution was more like a side effect of the rise in Spirit.

And that fit the characteristics of the Sharingan rather well.

To begin with, the Sharingan was a power that belonged to Yin Release, so it was perfectly normal for its awakening to stimulate the growth of his Spirit.

The increase in Physical Constitution was, in truth, more because his body had been constantly developing during this period and had accumulated enough foundation, so the change had happened naturally.

The awakening of the Sharingan had at most served as a trigger in that process.

However, regardless of the process, the result was good. The improvement of both Basic Attributes pushed his potential another step forward.

With that, his Chakra Refining Technique also had room to show its value. When he circulated it again afterward, it would be able to raise his Chakra Limit once more.

As for exactly how much it could raise it by, he was still not quite sure for the time being.

However, Qian estimated that it would not be less than fifteen hundred points.

Moving his gaze away from the Basic Attributes, Qian looked toward the Bloodline column.

He saw that the original "Sharingan · Unawakened (99/100)" had now become "Sharingan · Single Tomoe (1/1000)."

Since there was a Progress Bar, that meant it could continue evolving by grinding proficiency just like before.

However, exactly how to grind it still had to be tested.

Another issue was the Sharingan's consumption, which also needed detailed testing.

Qian did not want to one day be in the middle of fighting someone, only to suddenly discover that he did not have enough chakra left, and then die an unlucky death.

With the Proficiency Panel, he could fully quantify these costs and thus know exactly where he stood.