Too Easy to Stop-It's Not Like I Want to Strive

With the approval of clan head Fugaku Uchiha, Elder Uchiha Tenchi soon led Uchiha Chuan to a building.

"Chuan, this is the Uchiha resource library." Elder Uchiha Tenchi, who taught the clan children, pushed open a heavy wooden door, his tone carrying a trace of pride. "Aside from those dangerous forbidden techniques, all of the Uchiha's ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu are here. Look around yourself. Learn whatever catches your interest. I'll wait outside, so come ask me anytime if there's something you don't understand."

Uchiha Chuan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the neatly arranged rows of scrolls and books. He could not help feeling excited. Although he had the Lying Flat System, now that his talent had been exposed, he might as well make good use of these resources.

"Elder, can I really read whatever I want?" Uchiha Chuan asked with feigned innocence.

"Of course!" Uchiha Tenchi patted his shoulder and smiled. "You're the future star of the Uchiha. The clan head has given the word, so you have full access! Read as much as you want, learn as much as you want!"

"Thank you, Elder!" Uchiha Chuan put on a grateful expression, but he was already figuring out how to "pack up and take away" every single one of these ninjutsu.

After Uchiha Tenchi left, Uchiha Chuan casually picked up a scroll. Upon opening it, he found it was Detailed Explanation of the Three-Body Technique. He quickly skimmed through it, then closed his eyes. It was as though a high-speed computer in his mind recorded every word on the scroll without error.

"So easy?" Uchiha Chuan opened his eyes and muttered in disbelief. He tried forming a hand seal and shouted, "Transformation Technique!"

Bang! After a puff of white smoke, Uchiha Chuan had transformed into Uchiha Tenchi, even replicating every wrinkle on his face.

"Is this really that easy?" Uchiha Chuan touched his face, feeling speechless. He had thought ninjutsu would be difficult, but instead, he learned it the moment he saw it and mastered it almost immediately.

Over the following hours, Uchiha Chuan completely immersed himself in the ocean of ninjutsu. Shadow Clone Technique, Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu, Water Clone Technique, Hiding in Mist Technique... Whether basic or advanced, as long as he read a scroll once, he could immediately grasp its contents. He could even draw inferences from them and create new variations.

"This... isn't this way too ridiculous?" Even Uchiha Chuan found it unbelievable. He had thought his Lying Flat System only enhanced his physical attributes, but apparently, his learning ability was absurdly powerful too.

What shocked him even more was that even taijutsu requiring physical experience and instinct, such as Silent Step and Uchiha Kenjutsu, could be performed by his body instinctively once he finished reading the scrolls, as if those techniques had long been carved into his genes.

"Am I cheating?" Uchiha Chuan could not help grumbling, but his hands never stopped moving. Like a dried-up sponge, he greedily absorbed the Uchiha's ninjutsu knowledge.

Time passed second by second, and Uchiha Chuan completely forgot about the outside world. It was not until the sky began to darken that Uchiha Tenchi pushed open the door and entered.

[Ding, detected that the host studied diligently for one day. Lying Flat System: accumulated lying-flat time reduced by ten days.]

"Ten days? That should be enough," Uchiha Chuan said.

"Chuan, how was your reading?" Uchiha Tenchi asked with a smile, but when he saw the mountain of scrolls piled before Uchiha Chuan, the smile on his face instantly froze.

"Elder, you're here." Uchiha Chuan raised his head. He looked somewhat exhausted, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Y-you read all that?" Uchiha Tenchi asked with a stammer.

"Mm, I've more or less finished them all." Uchiha Chuan nodded, speaking as calmly as though he were mentioning something utterly ordinary.

"Finished them all?" Uchiha Tenchi's eyes widened, his voice rising an octave. "You mean... you finished every one of these scrolls?"

"Yes." Uchiha Chuan scratched his head and wore an innocent expression. "I remembered them all."

"You remembered them all? What the hell?" Uchiha Tenchi looked completely dumbfounded, utterly unable to understand what Uchiha Chuan meant.

"I mean... I remembered every scroll I read," Uchiha Chuan explained. "For example, I've already learned this Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu. And I've mastered this Uchiha Kenjutsu too."

"Y-you mean... you have photographic memory?" Uchiha Tenchi's voice trembled, his expression both shocked and complicated.

"I guess so." Uchiha Chuan nodded, though he felt helpless inside. He had not wanted to be this high-profile, but rather than let them keep investigating him and bring unknown danger, with the facts laid out before them, he had no choice but to admit it.

"Heavens! This... this is genius among geniuses!" Uchiha Tenchi was so excited he nearly jumped up. "Chuan, do you know that photographic memory is incredibly rare throughout the entire shinobi world? You... you're practically the Uchiha's hope!"

"You flatter me, Elder," Uchiha Chuan said modestly, though he could not help complaining inwardly, Isn't this elder's reaction a little too exaggerated?

"No, I have to tell the clan head immediately!" Uchiha Tenchi said incoherently in his excitement, turning to run outside.

"Elder, wait!" Uchiha Chuan hurriedly called after him. "Actually... I have one more small question."

"What question?" Uchiha Tenchi stopped and turned back.

"Um... where are the forbidden technique scrolls?" Uchiha Chuan blinked, wearing a pure and innocent expression.

"Forbidden techniques?" Uchiha Tenchi paused, then his face darkened. "Chuan, forbidden techniques are no joking matter. Those ninjutsu are far too dangerous, and even the slightest mistake can cause backlash against the user. You're still young. You can't come into contact with such things."

"But... I've already learned all the other ninjutsu." Uchiha Chuan spoke with feigned grievance. "I want to look at the forbidden techniques. Maybe I can learn those too?"

"You..." Uchiha Tenchi was momentarily speechless, both shocked and helpless. He had never seen such a monstrous genius, but forbidden techniques were no trivial matter. He did not dare agree so easily.

"How about this? I'll go ask the clan head first and see what he thinks." Uchiha Tenchi finally compromised. "Go back and rest for now. Come again tomorrow."

"Alright, Elder." After Uchiha Tenchi left, Uchiha Chuan nodded, secretly calculating, It seems forbidden techniques aren't merely dangerous. Perhaps they're the real treasure...

Next, it was time to go home, sleep, and lie flat.

However, the instant he returned home and stepped through the door, Uchiha Chuan's eyes abruptly turned crimson. His pupils spun, and a pair of terrifying scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan instantly appeared.

"So I awakened it after all? The Uchiha's Hypnosis Technique, an overlooked E-rank ninjutsu—I merely hypnotized myself into becoming Naruto, who met his mother in his consciousness during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and I awakened it just like that. I wonder how many tomoe it has." Uchiha Chuan spoke calmly.