Six Eyes

"Y-you bastard! You threw a book at me! My brother's a Genin! You'll regret this!"

Tanaka Shinji clutched his swollen face and shouted in fury. What did Eiji mean, his hand had slipped!?

"So what if he's a Genin? Is that supposed to impress me? At this point, it wouldn't matter even if your brother were an Elite Jonin."

Eiji spoke as if he couldn't care less.

With the Six Eyes, he could disregard any attack in a fight. Kamui and Amaterasu, you say?

Obito and Itachi hadn't even been born yet. By the time they were, Eiji would already be invincible in the Shinobi World!

Besides, the Six Eyes could see the flow of energy. As long as Eiji noticed Chakra gathering rapidly around someone's eyes and prepared in advance, Kamui and Amaterasu would never hit him easily!

Simply put, Eiji already had one prerequisite for being strong: he couldn't be caught off guard!

"You smug jerk! So what if you're a little good-looking? You're still an orphan! What are you so proud of!?"

"Take that back, or I'm going to beat you up."

Eiji's gaze turned cold. What he hated most was hearing someone insult his family.

Though he'd had only a few short years with them, the two of them had given Eiji a happy childhood.

Even now, Eiji looked at their photograph every morning before leaving and said, "I'm off." Whenever he made Kikufuku, he placed two pieces in front of their framed photo. If Eiji's parents hadn't been kind people, he would surely have turned into a demon the moment his system awakened.

So when someone insulted his parents, even Eiji, who usually took life easy, got angry.

Shinji was about to say more when he noticed something that stunned him.

Ryuuzaki Eiji's eyes were changing—

His black irises turned azure, deep and dazzling.

They seemed as bottomless as the ocean, sending a shiver through Shinji.

"Y-your eyes... How did they turn like that!?"

Tanaka Shinji cried out. Kushina looked over in surprise as well.

Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi, who had been watching coldly until now, both rose to their feet.

They stared at Eiji in shock, their eyes fixed on his azure eyes!

Others might not understand, but as members of two great Dojutsu clans, they knew exactly what they were seeing. Those eyes were clearly some kind of special Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai!

How could Ryuuzaki Eiji, a commoner, suddenly awaken a Kekkei Genkai—and a Dojutsu at that!?

Fugaku and Hiashi weren't worried that Eiji would threaten their clans' standing in Konoha. After all, Eiji was only one person.

Besides, no one knew what powers those eyes held. Both men were confident they couldn't surpass the Sharingan or Byakugan.

In fact, they got along fairly well with Eiji. That was precisely why they began to worry about him.

Fugaku frowned. Eiji wasn't reckless. The ease with which he had revealed his eyes in this situation suggested to Fugaku that Eiji had possessed this power for some time.

Surely he hadn't awakened a Kekkei Genkai through extreme anger, like someone awakening the Sharingan?

But why reveal his strength now? Did he have an even more terrifying trump card, one that let him ignore persecution from the village's dark side?

If so, Fugaku ought to consider getting closer to Eiji!

Then Fugaku noticed the veins bulging around Hiashi's eyes. He had activated his Byakugan, and the look on his face was one of utter shock.

Hiashi took half a step back. His legs seemed to tremble.

What had he seen?

Fugaku activated his Sharingan to examine Eiji too, but unlike the Byakugan, it couldn't see the body's Chakra pathways. He couldn't make anything out.

Hyuga Hiashi's jaw nearly dropped. He could see that Ryuuzaki Eiji's Chakra pathways were extraordinarily robust! His Chakra reserves were several times greater than Hiashi's own!

Wait, what's going on!?

Have I come down with Bloodline Disease?

Hiashi looked at the others. Everything appeared normal, which only confused him more. Why was Eiji different?

Eiji sensed the change in his eyes. Everything before him had become exceptionally clear. He could see Tanaka Shinji's Chakra flow and discern his next move with perfect clarity.

He could even see what was happening several kilometers away... Hm?

With the Six Eyes enhancing his perception, Eiji sensed someone watching him. The gaze seemed to come from the Hokage Building.

Eiji didn't look that way. With a 360-degree field of vision, he could clearly sense a figure with considerable Chakra sitting in the Hokage's Office.

It had to be the Third's Telescope Technique. He was probably watching them through his Crystal Ball right now.

That made sense. Kushina was an important prospective Jinchūriki, so keeping a closer eye on her was necessary.

Eiji hadn't meant to reveal his eyes. Once activated, the Six Eyes couldn't be turned off; they had become a permanent passive ability.

Still, being watched had its advantages. War was about to break out. Showing the Third some of his strength might persuade him to direct more resources Eiji's way.

Eiji's opinion of Hiruzen Sarutobi was fairly neutral. As long as Konoha wasn't in immediate danger, he preferred to smooth things over. He was a fairly ordinary Hokage.

The real danger was Shimura Danzō.

Showing himself to be a prodigy might make Danzo less willing to obstruct him openly. And now Eiji had a connection to Kushina, who had Tsunade and Mito Uzumaki behind her.

Even if Danzo tried to take him by force, Eiji could activate Limitless and leave the village with ease. He was in a secure position!

Still, Eiji preferred to stay in Konoha if he could. For all its faults, it was a better place to live than the other Shinobi Villages.

He didn't want a bounty on his head, forcing him to wander the Shinobi World while Ninja hunted him day after day.

He could stay in Konoha, build his strength, and wait for the Second Shinobi World War. Once he fully unlocked the Satoru Gojo Template, he would truly be free!

"Whatever. The way my eyes look won't stop me from beating you up, will it?"

"Huh? Beat me up? You!?"

Tanaka Shinji's face flushed with anger. He stopped worrying about Eiji's eyes. He had no idea where this guy, who had never once fought anyone in class, got the nerve to speak to him like that.

So what if Eiji did well in theory?

In the Shinobi World, strength was what mattered!

With that thought, Tanaka Shinji scrambled to his feet and charged at Eiji, throwing a punch!

Whoosh—

Eiji turned sideways and easily dodged it. The fist swept past his temple, stirring his hair.

He didn't even need to activate Limitless. Under the Six Eyes, Shinji's every movement looked like slow motion.

In truth, Shinji wouldn't have been a match for Eiji even without the Six Eyes. He was so weak it was ridiculous, yet he still thought he could bully him.