[You have completed a Great Love Action!] [You have received 1,000 Great Love Points!] [You have received a piece of high-purity Chakra Metal!]
The Great Love Panel quietly popped up.
But today's farce was destined not to end quietly.
Chapter 4: Shimura Danzō! You're watching this, aren't you!
Whoa!
1,000 Great Love Points!?
And Chakra Metal, too!
What an unprecedentedly generous reward!
After more than two months of practical experimentation, Uchiha Minamoto already understood the criteria for earning [Great Love Points].
The target of each Great Love Action differed in strength, reputation, and overall influence.
The Great Love Points they could provide differed accordingly.
Generally speaking.
The stronger the target, the greater their reputation, and the broader their overall influence.
The more [Great Love Points] Uchiha Minamoto could earn.
Even if, at this stage, Naruto Uzumaki appeared to be nothing more than a universally despised "demon fox's son."
That could not change what Naruto Uzumaki truly was.
From the very moment Uchiha Minamoto approached him, the [Heart of Great Love] had already been working at full capacity!
[S-rank Uzumaki Clan special constitution scan progress: 3%!] [S-rank Sealing Jutsu: Eight Trigrams Sealing Style scan progress: 2%!] [S-rank chakra: Minato Namikaze scan progress: 1%!] [S-rank chakra: Kushina Uzumaki scan progress: 1%!] [S-rank Tailed Beast: Nine-Tails Kurama scan progress: 0.01%!] [SSS-rank chakra: Asura scan progress: 0.0001%!]
Look at that!
S-, SS-, and SSS-rank abilities across the board!
Now that was the protagonist of the world!
Now that was a child of destiny! (Lean back for effect!)
Uchiha Minamoto had spent so long quietly developing his strength in the Konoha Military Police Force.
Yet the most powerful ability he had encountered was merely [A-rank: Three-Tomoe Sharingan].
Today, the moment he met Naruto Uzumaki,
He had even scanned SSS-rank Asura Chakra!
Never mind how long it would take to fill the [Heart of Great Love]'s progress bar.
The point was, had it scanned it or not?
Uchiha Minamoto looked at the string of "S" symbols on the panel.
Suddenly, the 1,000 Great Love Points he had just earned felt a little less appealing.
He already knew that deducing a C-rank ability cost a thousand points.
B-rank cost ten thousand, and A-rank a hundred thousand.
An S-rank ability would cost at least a million Great Love Points!
How many years would he have to save up for that?
But as the old saying went.
Ride a bicycle to the bar-save where you should, spend where you should.
Uchiha Minamoto had no intention of keeping these 1,000 Great Love Points overnight!
Heart of Great Love, help me deduce new abilities!
Several lines of text popped up on the golden panel.
[Detected existing abilities: [Thunder Breathing] (C-rank), [Body Flicker Technique] (D-rank)!] [This deduction will cost 500 Great Love Points!] [Proceed?]
Only 500 points?
Uchiha Minamoto was pleasantly surprised.
Then will the remaining 500 be enough for a new ability?
The [Heart of Great Love] silently spent a thousand points.
Two new abilities appeared on the panel.
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[Lightning Body Flicker Technique] [Rank: C] [Ability: Infuses Lightning Release chakra into the soles of the feet to achieve short-range, high-speed movement, as swift as wind and thunder.] [Evaluation: Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!]
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[Lightning Clone Technique] [Rank: C] [Ability: Refines Lightning Release chakra to create intangible clones. The clones possess independent consciousness and can act independently. Once dispelled, their memories and experience return to the original.] [Evaluation: I'll provide every kind of support except actual support!]
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Uchiha Minamoto's reason for deducing [Lightning Body Flicker] was simple.
When trouble came, please raise your left hand-no, that wasn't it-
If the night of the massacre really did arrive on schedule.
Uchiha Minamoto would not need to flee faster than the Yellow Flash.
Much less faster than Fixed Immortal Travel.
He only needed to run faster than the rest of his clan!
As for [Lightning Doppelganger].
That was really because Uchiha Minamoto had no other options.
He understood very well how much [Shadow Clone] and the [Multiple Shadow Clone Technique] would help his "great love undertaking."
The problem was that Uchiha Minamoto simply did not have enough chakra to sustain such high-level ninjutsu!
The [Lightning Clone Technique] was merely a reluctant choice...
Uchiha Minamoto closed the panel, leaving the [Heart of Great Love] to continue secretly scanning Naruto Uzumaki.
The deduction process had seemed lengthy, but very little time had actually passed.
When the onlookers saw a "Military Police Force member shielding the demon fox's son, twisting the truth, and publicly beating an innocent villager," they immediately lost interest in watching the spectacle. Some walked away, others ran, and soon every last one of them was gone.
"Why is this mask shop owner so nasty?"
Uchiha Izumi approached, her cheeks slightly puffed out, looking a little like an angry little pufferfish.
"The culprit behind that disaster back then wasn't our Uchiha Clan!"
As mentioned before, Uchiha Izumi's father had not been a ninja of the Uchiha Clan. (This was also why Uchiha Minamoto called Izumi his "younger cousin.")
What had not been mentioned, however, was that Uchiha Izumi's father had also died during the Nine-Tails' Attack!
Because of her father's unexpected death, Uchiha Izumi had always felt that her family were also victims of the Nine-Tails' Attack.
Coupled with her strong sense of identification with her clan, Uchiha Izumi firmly rejected what the mask shop owner had just said.
"The culprit back then certainly wasn't the Uchiha Clan."
Uchiha Minamoto nodded in agreement, but he did not say the second half aloud.
But it certainly was an Uchiha!
Obito Uchiha had unleashed Kurama at fourteen and taken on Minato one-on-one.
Even if the beating he took had produced a world-famous masterpiece.
Still, credit where credit was due.
That raging kid was just too overpowered!
"Exactly!"
Uchiha Izumi was still somewhat indignant.
"We clearly founded the village together with the Senju Clan. Why would we hurt people from our own village?"
"Enough chatting."
Uchiha Minamoto picked up the mask shop owner with one hand.
"Let's escort this guy back to the Military Police Force building and have the senior officers examine him thoroughly!
"He actually dared to tarnish the Uchiha name. He's no ordinary villager anymore! He must be put through harsh interrogation!"
In fact.
Even without harsh interrogation.
Uchiha Minamoto had already roughly deduced the truth.
Just moments ago.
The [Heart of Great Love] had also scanned the presence of another ninjutsu.
The panel information spelled it out clearly:
[Based on a comprehensive assessment of chakra nature, execution process, technique effects, and other factors, the probability that this ninjutsu is the Yamanaka Clan's secret [Mind Body Switch Technique] is 99.8%!]
Within Konoha.
There were not many people who were hostile to the Uchiha Clan, had designs on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and could freely deploy Yamanaka Clan ninja.
Who exactly was pulling the strings?
What a difficult guess...
Uchiha Minamoto raised his head toward the Hokage building not far away and sneered inwardly.
The Uchiha Clan Massacre had resulted from a combination of factors.
But there was one particular man.
Not only had he fanned the flames behind the scenes, but he had also personally taken part on the night of the massacre.
Even after the massacre was over.
He had gained an extra arm studded with Sharingan!
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