After returning home, Uchiha Yan eagerly summoned the system. Looking at the mother and daughter on its screen, he really wanted to smack himself.
I've read way too many angst stories. How did I come up with a plot like this? I'm nuts!
"In carnage, I bloom, like a flower in the dawn! My name is Jhin, known to the world as an artist!"
"Beep, beep, beep. Correct passphrase! The Tianyan System is at your service."
Knock, knock, knock!
Just then, someone knocked on the door. Uchiha Yan looked puzzled. Hadn't he put up a sign saying he was resting?
"Come in!"
Before long, a young man with a deeply aggrieved expression walked in.
"Yan, I heard you awakened your Mangekyō Sharingan. Can you help me awaken mine too?"
"Jhin, did you come to see me just for that?"
"Isn't that a big deal?"
"Is it?"
Uchiha Yan shot back, "Do you think I wouldn't write down my experience awakening my eyes and leave it in the Shrine? Was there any need to come here specifically? Did you see Xiaren-senpai coming over?"
"Fine! Actually, I wanted to see what happens next with Anya. Could you draw some more?"
"..."
Uchiha Yan fell silent. Only after a long while did he slowly raise his head.
"Jhin, is something wrong with you? I've only drawn this one volume, and you're already hooked? What's so interesting about two assassins looking after a little girl?"
"Never mind that! If you won't draw more for me, give me that line you just said."
"What line?"
"In carnage, I bloom..."
"Stop, stop, stop!"
Uchiha Yan hurriedly interrupted, "It's yours! It's yours! You're Uchiha Jin, and he's Jhin, the Virtuoso. What a connection you two have. You can have it!
"I'll write his story for you to