Awakening the Sharingan

Uchiha Itachi could not have been more excited at that moment.

Since the Uchiha Clan's founding, no one had ever awakened the Sharingan at four years old, just as they began practicing ninjutsu.

Even he, Uchiha Itachi, hailed as an unprecedented genius of the Uchiha Clan, had only barely awakened his Sharingan at five or six!

"Feng, doesn't awakening the Sharingan usually require some kind of emotional upheaval...?"

"How did you...?"

Soon, a trace of doubt arose in Uchiha Itachi's heart.

After all, the conditions for awakening the Uchiha Clan's eyes were far too demanding. Under ordinary circumstances, awakening them was extremely difficult.

"I don't know why either. As I soaked in the Secret Medicine, my eyes started itching, and then they awakened!"

Of course, Ning Feng would not mention anything about the gift pack. Being dragged away and sliced up for research would be bad news.

There was, after all, a science fanatic called Orochimaru in this Naruto world.

"All right. Whatever the case, awakening your Sharingan now is a tremendous help to our clan."

"It's getting late. I have an Anbu mission tomorrow morning, so I can only spend time with you in the afternoon. Get some rest. Tomorrow evening, I'll teach you our Uchiha Clan's taijutsu!"

It was clear that Uchiha Itachi was very excited, and his gaze toward Ning Feng was filled with admiration and appreciation.

"The Uchiha Clan's taijutsu, huh."

Ning Feng nodded slightly.

The Uchiha Clan was a well-rounded clan. Even in taijutsu, its accomplishments were exceptional.

In the original story, Madara Uchiha had single-handedly thrashed the Shinobi World's army with his formidable taijutsu alone. That showed just how powerful the Uchiha Clan's taijutsu could be when honed to its peak.

Then, after giving Ning Feng a few brief reminders, Uchiha Itachi vanished in a flash and left the Uchiha residence.

With Itachi gone, Ning Feng did not rest. Instead, he tried rapidly forming hand seals.

He had to admit that, with everything turned into an online game, even ninjutsu from something like the Great Fireball Scroll, which was difficult for beginners to master, could be learned easily with a simple click to use it.

Ning Feng merely drew on the Great Fireball memories imprinted in his mind, and his hands began forming seals swiftly and deftly, without a single mistake.

A moment later, with a whoosh, an enormous fireball spewed straight from Ning Feng's mouth.

As the great fireball passed over the pool, it instantly evaporated more than half its water.

Both its range and destructive power were considerably greater than those of the one Uchiha Itachi had used in the original story.

"As expected of the Uchiha Clan's exclusive ninjutsu, Great Fireball. This range and destructive power are absolutely insane!"

Ning Feng could not have been more excited.

With the Sharingan and the Great Fireball Technique alone, he could easily pull ahead of all the other players.

Ning Feng also soon noticed that, although he only had a one-tomoe Sharingan, it had considerably enhanced the power of his ninjutsu. Otherwise, his great fireball could not have been larger than Uchiha Itachi's.

Presumably, this was one of the benefits of Ning Feng's Sharingan.

After that brief test, Ning Feng walked straight out of the Uchiha residence.

Although he now had some basic strength and genin chakra, he was still only level 1 and needed to level up as quickly as possible.

Besides, he had arrived in the Uchiha Clan right from the start and still knew nothing about the other players' situations.

The moment he stepped out of the Uchiha residence, Ning Feng noticed through his Sharingan that Anbu ninja were already watching him.

Presumably, Konoha High Command was already uneasy about the Uchiha Clan and had begun taking precautions to prevent it from rebelling against Konoha...

Perhaps because he was still young, however, those watchful gazes lingered only briefly before disappearing without a trace.

Feeling a hint of urgency, Ning Feng knew full well that he did not have much time left.

Just as he was thinking, cries of terror and panic suddenly rang out in the distance.

"Kirigakure spies are here! Everyone, get out of the way!"

"Aaah! Kirigakure spies have slipped into the crowd! Close your doors, quick!"

"Kirigakure spies are here!? That's no joke! Everyone, close your doors!"

The bustling streets instantly fell utterly quiet. Many shopkeepers who had been warmly serving customers just a moment earlier hurriedly closed their doors.

Even the shopkeepers who had not closed their doors wore terrified expressions.

Following their wary, frightened gazes, one could see several Konoha ninja at the end of the street, searching through the dense, shifting crowd with frustrated faces, as though looking for something.

Ning Feng had excellent hearing, and with his Sharingan as well, he immediately noticed several highly distinctive figures in the crowd.

Most importantly, the text above these figures was red, indicating a hostile faction.

Everyone else's was green. Only theirs was red.

"Looks like Kirigakure spies have infiltrated Konoha!"

Ning Feng's eyes flickered slightly as he immediately realized what was happening.

Here, the Naruto world was not as pleasant as the original story portrayed it. Instead, it was filled with conflict and slaughter everywhere.

Spies like these from Kirigakure were especially commonplace and could take many lives at any moment.

As his gaze swept over them, the Kirigakure spies' stats soon appeared:

[Hoshigaki Kamechū]: Level 13 genin, bronze-tier BOSS, Kirigakure spy!

[Momochi Onizan]: Level 11 genin, bronze-tier BOSS, Kirigakure spy!

[Hōzuki Yamanaka]: Level 12 genin, bronze-tier BOSS, Kirigakure spy!

Seeing their stats, Ning Feng's lips curled slightly. He had just been worrying about finding opportunities to fight monsters and level up, and now these Kirigakure spies had delivered themselves right to him!

While Ning Feng was thinking, several players spotted him. Their leader, a player named [Hyūga Shankai], wore a particularly cold sneer.

"Kid, judging by your appearance, you must've gotten lucky and become a young master of the Uchiha Clan's main family, right!?"

"Then you must've gotten plenty of good stuff. How about sharing some with us?"

As he spoke, the player waved his hand, and several players quickly surged forward, surrounding Ning Feng so tightly that there was no way through.

Ning Feng gave them a quick glance and found that these players were mostly only level 2. Even their leader, [Hyūga Shankai], was merely level 3!

In online games, situations like this could be said to happen all the time.