Six Eyes

"Y-you bastard! You hit me with a book! My brother's a Genin. You'll regret this!"

Tanaka Shinji clutched his swollen face and roared in outrage. What did Eiji mean, he "couldn't help it and his hand slipped"!?

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

Eiji spoke as if he couldn't care less.

With the Six Eyes, he could avoid any attack in battle. 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. If Eiji noticed Chakra gathering rapidly around someone's eyes and prepared in advance, Kamui and Amaterasu would never hit him easily!

In short, Eiji already had one prerequisite for becoming powerful: he wouldn't be caught off guard!

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

"Take that back, or I'll beat you up."

Eiji's gaze turned cold. What he hated most was anyone attacking his family.

He'd had only a few short years with his parents, but they had given him a happy childhood.

Even now, Eiji looked at their photos and said, "I'm off," whenever he went out. When he made Kikufuku, he placed two pieces before their portraits. If his parents hadn't been kind people, he would have turned into a monster the moment his system awakened.

So when Shinji insulted his parents, even Eiji, who usually took life easy, grew angry.

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

Ryuuzaki Eiji's eyes began to change—

His black irises turned a vivid, captivating blue.

They seemed as fathomless as the ocean, sending a chill through Shinji's heart.

"Y-your eyes... Why do they look like that!?"

Tanaka Shinji cried out, and Kushina looked over in surprise.

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

They stared at Eiji in shock, their gazes locked on his vivid blue eyes!

Others might not understand, but as members of the 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 those eyes could do, and both men were confident they couldn't surpass the Sharingan or Byakugan.

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

Fugaku frowned. He didn't think Eiji was reckless. If Eiji could reveal those eyes so calmly, then Fugaku figured he must have possessed that power for some time.

Surely he hadn't awakened his Kekkei Genkai in a fit of rage, like someone awakening the Sharingan?

But why reveal his power now? Did he have an even more formidable trump card, one that would let him ignore the persecution lurking in the village's shadows?

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

Then Fugaku noticed veins bulging around Hiashi's eyes. He had activated his Byakugan, and the horror on his face was unmistakable.

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 out anything unusual.

Hyuga Hiashi's jaw nearly dropped. Through his Byakugan, 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 is going on!?

Have I developed some kind of bloodline disease?

Hiashi looked at the others. When everything about them appeared normal, he grew even more confused. 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 read his next move with perfect clarity.

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

With the Six Eyes, Eiji now sensed a gaze watching him. It seemed to come from the Hokage Building.

He didn't look that way. His 360-degree vision let him clearly sense a figure with considerable Chakra seated in the Hokage's Office.

It had to be the Third Hokage's Telescope Technique. He was probably watching them through a crystal ball right now.

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

Eiji hadn't meant to reveal his eyes. Once the Six Eyes awakened, though, they couldn't be switched off. They had become a permanent passive ability.

Still, it was fine if the Third Hokage watched. War was about to break out. Showing him some of his strength might persuade him to direct more resources Eiji's way.

Eiji's view of Hiruzen Sarutobi was fairly neutral. As long as no one seriously threatened the village, he preferred to smooth things over. He was a decent enough Hokage.

Shimura Danzō was the real danger.

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

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

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

He had no desire to wander the Shinobi World with a bounty on his head, dealing with Ninja hunting him every day.

He would build his strength in Konoha and wait for the Second Shinobi World War. Once he fully unlocked the Satoru Gojo Template, he would finally be free to live as he pleased!

"Whatever. My eyes changing doesn't stop me from beating you up, does it?"

"Huh? Beat me up? You!?"

Tanaka Shinji flushed red with anger. Forgetting about Eiji's eyes, he couldn't understand where someone who had never once fought in class got the nerve to talk to him like that.

So what if he gets good grades?

In the Shinobi World, strength is what matters!

With that thought, Tanaka Shinji scrambled to his feet and lunged at Eiji, swinging a fist!

Whoosh—

Eiji turned sideways and easily dodged the punch. The wind from it brushed past his temple and stirred his hair.

He didn't even need to activate Limitless. Through the Six Eyes, every move Shinji made seemed to happen in slow motion.

In truth, Shinji would have been no match for Eiji even without the Six Eyes. He was laughably weak, yet he still thought he could bully him.