True Immersion System (Mortal Realm Version)

[Brain Deposit Desk]

Year 39 of Konoha.

The Uchiha Clan Compound training ground.

Uchiha Fugaku casually knocked away an incoming shuriken.

"Yan, watch out."

He then delivered a whip kick straight toward the black-haired boy in front of him.

Yan raised his hands to block the whip kick, used the momentum to vault into the air, and drew several kunai to hurl at Fugaku.

Fugaku looked at the incoming kunai and let out a silent sigh in his heart.

To be so reckless as to launch himself into the air against a Jonin—it was time to teach this kid a lesson.

"Yan, let me teach you what actual combat is!"

The moment the words fell, Fugaku caught an incoming kunai, then used the Body Flicker Technique to appear right in front of Yan, striking out with an elbow hit.

Bang!

Seeing Yan knocked to the ground by the elbow strike, Fugaku landed and prepared to press the attack.

"Poof."

Fugaku's pupils constricted slightly as the Yan who had supposedly been struck down turned into a piece of wood.

Substitution Technique! When did he weave the hand seals?

Suddenly, his Jonin intuition made him sense malice washing over him from behind, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated instinctively.

His dual pupils turned blood-red, and when he spun around to glare, Yan—whose hands were formed into the Tiger Seal—instantly fell into a Genjutsu.

Inside the Genjutsu, Yan landed a Thousand Years of Death on Fugaku, and seeing him unable to get back up, covered his right eye with his right hand and burst into wild laughter. "Hahahahahahahahaha."

"Have you laughed enough?"

Yan's smile froze, and lowering his hand, he saw Fugaku standing before him, staring at him speechlessly with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"Ahem, using the Three-Tomoe Sharingan against a mere five-year-old Uchiha Child, the future of the clan, is going way too far!"

"Was that move of yours an Uchiha style of fighting? If I saw correctly, that technique belonged to the White Fang. As an elder, I must show you the proper Uchiha way to fight."

Fugaku thought to himself that in order to correct this fellow's completely un-Uchiha fighting style, he had only gone slightly overboard with his strength.

It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that a few nights ago, the kid hadn't gone to sleep and had been practicing sword swings in the courtyard, ruining a wonderful time for him and Mikoto.

Yan looked suspiciously at Fugaku.

Fugaku deactivated his Sharingan, averted his gaze from Yan, and turned his head away.

"Ahem, let's go. Your sister should have dinner ready."

After a brief pause, he added:

"You did all right today. If I hadn't kept the Sharingan turned off, I wouldn't have even noticed when you wove the seals for the Substitution Technique."

As if, I didn't even weave any seals, so how could you possibly notice.

Yan walked ahead, looking at the system interface floating before him as he complained inwardly.

[True Immersion System (Mortal Realm Version)]

Gold Coins: 700

Current Skills Owned:

[True Immersion Substitution Technique] MAX: When attacked, release the Substitution Technique without weaving hand seals; within a fifty-meter radius, ignore distance to substitute and appear right behind the enemy.

Indeed, Yan was a transmigrator who, while walking down the street and hearing someone shout ciallo, had turned his head just in time to see a Two-Dimensional Foil barreling straight at him.

Opening his eyes once more, he discovered he had become a fetus, and after birth, upon seeing the Uchiha Crest on the wall, Yan understood he had become an Uchiha Child.

At the same time, he heard a voice:

All other systems are all talk, only mine is truly immersive.

Thus, he awakened this True Immersion System, capable of earning gold coins through daily training and battles.

1,000 gold coins allowed for a lottery draw to win various skills. Additionally, 1,000 gold coins could be used to upgrade skills.

As everyone knew, the Substitution Technique in the Shinobi World was essentially a sleight of hand, yet the True Immersion Substitution Technique produced by the system could genuinely teleport behind the enemy in an instant.

Good news: he was an Uchiha.

Bad news: his dad wasn't Sasuke Uchiha.

Consequently, Yan faced a scenario with the pot-scheming Danzo eyeing him hungrily in front, and the filial-paragon Itachi sharpening his blade behind.

To avoid being elbowed by the plot, Yan had no choice but to desperately grind gold coins every day to acquire more self-preservation skills.

Yan pushed open the door to the largest mansion in the clan compound.

"Sis, Fugaku and I are back."

Mikoto came out at the sound, saying with a helpless and doting tone, "I've told you to call him Brother-in-Law."

If this fellow's son wasn't going to go mad and stand on a telephone pole, making the entire clan's lifespan flicker like a lightbulb, calling him Brother-in-law was nothing—he could call him godfather and it would still be fine.

Yan was full of resentment toward the future Treasure Skin Rat.

The family ate their meal, and Mikoto chatted about recent matters within the clan while serving food to Fugaku.

Although Fugaku wore a stern face, he spoke earnestly with his wife, and his eyes lacked the ruthlessness he showed in the Police Force.

Yan secretly watched Fugaku while eating.

He and Mikoto were cousins; after his parents were killed in action, Mikoto adopted him, and Fugaku treated him very well too, so he truly couldn't find the heart to make Fugaku impotent just to keep Uchiha Itachi in check.

Fugaku had been chatting happily with Mikoto when he suddenly felt a chill, as if some danger were approaching and then receding.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yan eating, and suddenly remembered what the Third Hokage had said at the Jonin meeting today:

"The various nations have been making small moves lately. A war might be coming, so let's raise the enrollment age for this year's Ninja Academy a bit earlier."

Fugaku put down his bowl and chopsticks. "Yan, go enroll in the Ninja Academy in a few days."

"Eh?" Mikoto also put down her bowl. "But Yan is only five, and the village side..."

"Mm, the Shinobi World hasn't been very peaceful lately, and the Third wants the children to enter the Ninja Academy early."

Mikoto wanted to say something more, but Yan's reply interrupted her. "Is war coming?"

Fugaku was somewhat surprised by Yan's sensitivity. "Not necessarily, but it's better to be prepared."

After dinner, Yan took out a wooden sword and practiced empty swings in the courtyard, the wooden sword slicing through the air again and again.

Before his eyes floated a progress bar that only he could see, advancing slowly with his empty swings.

Until it rang in his mind:

[Today's cultivation task is complete. Obtained 10 gold coins]

Only then did Yan finish his empty swings.

Yan sat on the steps, muttering inwardly in complaint:

That damned system, couldn't it give a bit more?

Yes, although the True Immersion System's rewards were rather ghastly, its gold coin acquisition was exceptionally earthly.

He could only obtain 10 gold coins every day by completing a certain amount of training. Aside from that, he could only get gold coins by battling people with special names.

Take Fugaku, for example. In the system template, his name was Uchiha Fugaku (Police Force Captain).

Even losing a single battle yielded 50 gold coins, but today's battle didn't yield any gold coins—perhaps there was a limit to the gold coins provided by losing to the same person.

Yan worried in secret. Using Fugaku as an experience pack previously, plus what he had saved up before, had been enough for one draw, but now he had actually hit the limit. Where was he supposed to find another experience pack?!

"Yan."

At that moment, Fugaku walked over, sat down next to Yan, and handed him several scrolls.

Yan opened them to look, and they were three Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu.

Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique.

Yan had tested his chakra nature long ago; it was Fire and Lightning.

Fugaku began, "Your performance today was good. I believe you already have the qualification to cultivate ninjutsu. Next, I might not have time to guide your cultivation, so I'm handing these scrolls over to you."

"Thanks, I'll make good use of them."

Yan put away the scrolls.

Fugaku looked at the youth before him, feeling a wave of emotion. The little kid who used to pull pranks on him while he was courting Mikoto was also starting to become an independent ninja.

He hoped that from now on, he would practice hard every day until he was exhausted and go to sleep early at night. That way no one would disturb him and Mikoto... Hehe.

Meanwhile, the Yan who had grown up in his eyes was currently thinking about what excuse to use tonight to stop him and Mikoto from manufacturing Uchiha Itachi (the newborn).

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Yan, and he spoke up, "Captain."

"Hmm?" Hearing Yan address him by his official title, Fugaku wore a puzzled expression. What kind of madness was this brat going to pull again?

"I think our Police Force's law enforcement methods can still be improved. I have a law enforcement method where you hit the mouth first and every single club packs a punch; let's go to the Military Police Station tonight to research it overnight."

Fugaku's face froze. Was this brat dissatisfied that the relationship between the Uchiha and the village wasn't bad enough yet?

Seeing Fugaku's Three-Tomoe sharingan leak out, Yan hurriedly ran back to his room, and before closing the door, he told Fugaku, "I'll be watching you the whole time."

Fugaku: ?