How to Use Your Little Brothers

With free time on his hands and manageable chakra in his body, he could not sit still and began researching new skills. The first thing to look at was naturally his own Sharingan.

Madara wanted to grow stronger, and the Sharingan gave him the foundation for strength: a massive amount of chakra and high chakra intensity.

Obito wanted to rescue Rin and Kakashi from the cave, and the Sharingan gave him the Kamui that penetrated all things.

Shisui wanted to change the relationship between his clan and the village, and the Sharingan gave him Kotoamatsukami, which could rewrite reality.

Itachi wanted the power to change the relationship between the clan and the village and to protect his younger brother, and the Sharingan gave him Tsukuyomi, which commanded the world within his eyes, and the strongest flames.

Sasuke wanted power sufficient to change the world, and the Sharingan gave him Kagutsuchi, which controlled the strongest flames.

Mangekyō Sharingan abilities varied infinitely, with almost no duplicates, and just the abilities revealed in Naruto alone formed a huge pile.

What is my Mangekyō?

Uchiha Yuan gently touched his eyes. A reflection of the heart—he himself did not even know what his own inner self was like.

Then.

Inside the empty hospital room, Uchiha Yuan activated his Mangekyō while taking out a bronze mirror to examine it closely.

He saw that the three tomoe in his eye sockets were spinning counterclockwise without stopping, slowly condensing into an elliptical cat-pupil pattern.

"Beast pupils? Cat eyes or dog eyes? It feels like wearing colored contacts."

He blinked his eyes and did not feel any discomfort. The most obvious change was that his vision had doubled.

"The left eye is... Heavenly Lock? The ability is... imprisonment."

What did that mean? Uchiha Yuan was completely baffled, and then tried his right eye. The ability was Earth Bind.

Ha, Heavenly Lock and Earth Bind were both here; was this supposed to be some fancy bondage art?

"It can't be this trash..."

He couldn't accept for a moment that his Mangekyō abilities were so useless, but there were no reference objects around for him to test the abilities on. After thinking about it, he simply used them on himself so he could feel the effects more deeply.

Anyway, his abilities didn't have a shred of lethal force either.

"Heavenly Lock!"

Hum!

Instantly, Uchiha Yuan's pupils contracted, and his entire body became unable to move. He sat on the bed for a full half-hour before his strength gave out and he lay back.

Hah, this is overpowered!!

The things locked by the so-called Heavenly Lock could actually be manipulated by him! The five senses of heaven and man: hearing, sight, touch, sensation, and smell. Moreover, not just that—if one were to use a more understandable analogy, it was like Kyoka Suigetsu!

"This thing is much stronger than Tsukuyomi~ How blissful. Then Earth Bind definitely won't be simple either."

This time, Uchiha Yuan reduced his chakra output by half. Just now, he had paralyzed himself for half an hour, and his body was completely numb.

Hum!

As the ability activated, Uchiha Yuan drew in another sharp breath instantly. Earth Bind actually modified cognition!

To give an example, people were born needing to breathe. The Earth Bind ability could modify a person's cognition of breathing, making the person caught in the technique feel that they didn't need to breathe, thereby achieving the suicidal effect of suffocating oneself to death.

"Deletion, modification... Could this pair of Mangekyō of mine have inherited Twin Perfect Hands? Hehe."

Uchiha Yuan was in a great mood. Although these two abilities lacked direct lethality and life-saving utility, in a one-on-one fight he could likewise be considered invincible... Of course, that was provided the opponent didn't know his abilities.

Amaterasu, Kamui, Kotoamatsukami, Kagutsuchi, Tsukuyomi, Takamagahara, Blade-Tool Manipulation...

The names of his abilities didn't match the Mangekyō names that had ever appeared in Naruto at all.

So what if they didn't? As a time-traveler, it was understandable for his Mangekyō to be a bit special.

However, after his mood calmed down, Uchiha Yuan felt a little melancholy.

A reflection of the heart, sealing one's own inner self and controlling the desires of others, huh? Sigh.

Uchiha Yuan had a strong desire for possession, and he was well aware of this point.

Years ago, when his family pressured him into marriage, he had no choice but to register an account on a matchmaking app. When he asked the other person if she was still a virgin, she said that his mind was too narrow and petty.

Who hasn't made mistakes when they were young? Who hasn't dated a few times? So what if she's not a virgin? Why is your mind so small? Do you have a car and a house? Why is your face so thick?

Uchiha Yuan had been so angry at the time that he simply uninstalled the app and never paid attention to the matter of marriage again.

Because of this, until the age of thirty, he had never experienced the feeling of a man.

Humph! Women only slow down my hand-seal speed!

Thump, thump, thump!

"Lord Yuan, the Clan Head is looking for you."

Oh? Why would Madara have nothing better to do than look for him?

"Got it."

With that, Uchiha Yuan got out of bed by himself. Although he couldn't do strenuous exercise yet, he could now do the things ordinary people did.

He dressed himself alone, threw on an outer coat, and let his snow-white long hair drape down behind his back.

Because of staying cooped up in the room for a long time, Uchiha Yuan's skin looked even fairer and more tender; after all, it was all newly grown flesh.

He went out the door and brought Uchiha Haru along to find Madara, wondering what on earth he wanted with him at this time.

"Big brother, I'm coming in."

Uchiha Yuan unceremoniously pushed open the room door, and inside, Madara was sitting at the desk reviewing some documents.

"Yuan, how has your recovery been lately?"

"Not bad. By now I can act like a normal person."

Madara nodded.

"That's good. Izuna and I discussed it, and from now on you will take my place in handling clan affairs."

"What? Why?"

Uchiha Yuan stared in astonishment. Why on earth would he hand the power of the clan head over to him out of nowhere?

Cough, it's like this.

With a slightly embarrassed expression, Madara explained the reason. It turned out that ever since he became the clan head, his training time had been greatly reduced. At first it hadn't been much, but during a secret midnight meeting with Hashirama, he heard that the affairs of the Senju Clan were all handled by his younger brother, Tobirama.

The moment Madara thought about it, it felt off. Although he had to admit that Hashirama's strength had originally been just a tiny bit higher than his, Hashirama now had so much time to train even as clan head, while he himself was being slowed down by the trivial matters of the clan. If things went on like this, the gap would only widen.

However, back within the clan, the moment Izuna heard the suggestion that he should become the acting clan head and handle documents, he immediately shook his head frantically.

In the end, the two of them discussed it. Neither of them wanted to give up their own training time, yet neither trusted other clansmen with the power, so they finally targeted Uchiha Yuan. Anyway, Uchiha Yuan couldn't train yet, so he could just be useless—cough, cough—just continue contributing to the Uchiha.

"So you're saying I've become a tool?"

Ahem, you can't put it that way. How could you be a tool? You are our cute, amiable, and understanding younger brother! When Big Brother is in trouble, could it be that you won't help?

"But! I..."

"Alright, I have things to do, so I'm leaving first."

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, Madara vanished, leaving behind a dumbfounded Uchiha Yuan.

"Damn it!"

Uchiha Yuan looked at the documents on the desk. They were piled half a meter high. He picked one up to look at it, only to find they were just trivial matters, and then glanced at the date at the bottom.

"March fifteenth?! From last week?"

Uchiha Yuan had black lines running down his forehead. He had a strong feeling he had been conned, yet he could find no reason to refuse.