For Ninja Academy students, this day of the week was undoubtedly the happiest.
Because the next two days were rest days.
Even while still in the classroom, some people's minds had already flown who knew where.
Uchiha Setsuna was the same.
When he had first started using the Life Simulator, Uchiha Setsuna had lacked experience, and the plans he designed had not been perfect. A single simulation often accomplished only one thing.
Sometimes, he did not even accomplish one thing and returned empty-handed.
Now, Uchiha Setsuna wanted to accomplish many things in a single simulation.
The afternoon bell rang, and Uchiha Setsuna swiftly left the Ninja Academy.
"Brother Setsuna."
Uchiha Sagiri came jogging over at once.
"I want to show you something."
"What is it?"
"Brother Setsuna, close your eyes first."
"Okay."
Uchiha Setsuna nodded.
"You can open them now."
Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes and saw Uchiha Sagiri holding up a drawing high with both hands.
The art style was very childish.
Honestly, it did not look much like them.
But Uchiha Setsuna could tell that the people in the drawing were them.
They were sitting together happily.
"Brother Setsuna, everyone says that growing up brings worries, and that close friends and companions will change. I hope we can always live happily together."
"Don't worry, we will."
Uchiha Setsuna rubbed Uchiha Sagiri's head.
Growing up brought worries?
It was hardly only after growing up.
The next day.
"Begin simulation!"
"This time, the main goals are to investigate the explosive tags secretly hidden within Konoha's buildings by a certain architect, and to obtain the Medical Ninjutsu needed for eye transplantation."
[Age 6 years, 1 month: You used the Transformation Technique on a Shadow Clone Jutsu and investigated Konoha for clues about explosive tags hidden within buildings, recording your findings.] [Age 6 years, 2 months: You carefully infiltrated the Medical Department, hoping to obtain Medical Ninjutsu related to eye transplantation.] [Age 6 years, 3 months: You studied Medical Ninjutsu.] [Age 6 years, 4 months: You learned it.] [Age 6 years, 5 months: You conducted eye transplantation experiments, starting with ordinary animals.] [Age 6 years, 6 months: You conducted eye transplantation experiments, using humans.] [Age 6 years, 7 months: You conducted eye transplantation experiments, transplanting your own eyes in front of a mirror.] [Age 6 years, 8 months: You completely mastered Medical Ninjutsu: Eye Transplantation.]
[Age 7: The Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall erupted. On a whim, you waited near Fugaku Uchiha's home for Uchiha Itachi to kill Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha, hoping to pick up something fresh.] [Uchiha Itachi killed Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha.] [Uchiha Itachi left. You stepped forward to inspect them, but discovered that Fugaku Uchiha's eyes had already been destroyed.] [Uchiha Itachi returned and looked very displeased when he saw you.] [Uchiha Itachi attacked you.] [You counterattacked Uchiha Itachi.] [You fought a great battle, but it ended quickly. You lamented that the Mangekyō Sharingan was truly too broken.] [You died.] [Please choose one of the following two options as your reward.] [1: Medical Ninjutsu: Eye Transplantation.] [2: The item you were holding before you died.]
Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes.
"The thing I was holding before I died was most likely the results of my investigation into the explosive tags hidden in Konoha's buildings. But judging from the simulation, it seems I did not gain much."
"Once I have the Byakugan, investigating this will be much faster anyway."
"So I choose 1!"
A flood of information entered Uchiha Setsuna's mind.
"In this Life Simulation, I fought Uchiha Itachi on the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall. Unlike before, with Elite Jonin-level strength, I was able to put up some resistance."
"I wasn't instantly killed."
"In other words, I caused a disturbance."
"But I didn't see any Konoha ninja come to support us."
"This proves that Uchiha Itachi really worked with the Konoha High Command to wipe out the Uchiha."
"But I expected that already."
Uchiha Setsuna had thought so before. This simulation merely confirmed it further.
"Now that I have Medical Ninjutsu: Eye Transplantation, I can transplant the Byakugan into myself."
"I spent so long learning it, which proves I am not particularly talented in this area either."
"But fortunately, this is not one of the more difficult types of Medical Ninjutsu."
"Thirteen-year-old Nohara Rin could transplant Tobi Uchiha's Sharingan into Kakashi on the battlefield, in such terrible conditions and after making such a sudden decision. And she did it well."
"In the next Life Simulation, I can try obtaining the Byakugan."
Uchiha Setsuna began looking forward to it.
With the Byakugan, many things would become much more convenient.
Uchiha Setsuna now understood why Kumogakure valued the Byakugan even more than the Sharingan.
The Sharingan enhanced an individual's strength more.
But the Byakugan held great advantages in gathering intelligence, finding things, and breaking genjutsu.
One gave X-ray vision, and the other gave telescopic vision.
Combined, they were like a humanoid mobile radar scanner.
After breakfast, Uchiha Setsuna headed to the small forest.
Before long, Uchiha Sagiri arrived as well and trained with Uchiha Setsuna.
She worked very hard. Even with her little face flushed red, she kept going.
Seeing Uchiha Sagiri, Uchiha Setsuna could not help thinking of someone.
Uchiha Izumi.
Uchiha Itachi's childhood sweetheart.
She was a very talented Uchiha who had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan at a very young age.
She liked Uchiha Itachi.
But Uchiha Izumi did not meet a good end.
"On the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, I remember Uchiha Itachi personally killed Uchiha Izumi."
"Uchiha Itachi really was ruthless."
"He killed his father to attain enlightenment, killed his mother to attain enlightenment, and killed his wife to attain enlightenment. In one night, he took all three paths."
"But he could not bring himself to kill Second Pillar."
Several Shuriken appeared in Uchiha Setsuna's hand.
Uchiha Setsuna was learning the ninjutsu Hōsenka Tsume Akai.
It was one of the Uchiha's Fire Release ninjutsu, and its rank was not high.
Uchiha Setsuna did not want to waste a Life Simulation learning this ninjutsu.
So he learned it in the real world instead.
Whoosh!
The Shuriken flew out.
Every one of them struck a nearby tree trunk.
"Brother Setsuna is amazing!"
Uchiha Sagiri clapped from the side.
"That isn't impressive."
Uchiha Setsuna shook his head. "Among people my age, there are many who can do better than I can right now."
The key to those words was "right now."
The current Uchiha Setsuna was a disguised Uchiha Setsuna.
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