The moonlight grew ever dimmer, while the sun slowly began to peek over the eastern horizon.
Looking at Kakashi, who had fallen deep into self-reproach, Uchiha Arata couldn't help but sigh inwardly once more:
Talk-no-Jutsu really is the most broken technique of all.
Of course, the reason he'd been able to corner Kakashi with just a few sentences was because he stood on the foundation of knowing the original story.
This was practically standing on the shoulders of giants while observing the shinobi world.
In short—giant's-eye view.
And sure enough, not long after, the prompt in front of Jin refreshed.
Cooldown complete.
Copying a trait—start!
[After conversing with Fifty-Fifty… Hatake Kakashi for ten minutes, attempting to copy traits.]
[Currently copyable traits: Frail Body (Black), Kamui · Left Eye (Gold), Sharingan · Incomplete (Purple), Fire Release Mastery (Blue), Water Release Mastery (Blue), Lightning Release Mastery (Blue), Earth Release Mastery (Blue), Taijutsu Mastery (Blue), Genjutsu Mastery (Blue), Thousand Years of Death (Black)…]
[Copy failed.]
"Another failure?"
Jin nodded, unsurprised.
The success rate had been stuck at 10% for far too long.
After that initial burst of outrageous luck, he had once again tasted the truth of reality—
10% basically equals zero.
He wasn't annoyed, though.
Instead, his gaze slowly settled on Kamui.
He hadn't seen this trait last time. Now it had appeared.
"What, did the system realize Kakashi was too weak for the meta and give him a patch?"
"Or did that bastard Obito sneak back to Konoha again, causing resonance between the two eyes?"
Jin pondered for a moment, then suddenly said to Kakashi,
"Senior Kakashi, how about we have a spar?"
"Hm?"
Kakashi froze for a moment, then lazily waved his hand.
"Nope. I surrender."
Right now, he had absolutely no mood to fight.
His mind was full of nothing but how to change things.
"Whether we fight or not isn't really—"
Jin didn't care. He was just about to force the issue—
When the scene before him stunned him outright.
[Ding! Defeated Hatake Kakashi. Attempting to copy traits.]
[Copy successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Legendary trait: Kamui · Left Eye (Gold).]
[Kamui · Left Eye (Gold): Allows the user to forcibly twist and send objects within their line of sight into a different space. Can also teleport oneself into and out of that dimension. The larger or stronger the object, the greater the chakra consumption. Minimum consumption: 10,000 chakra.]
Even Jin himself was stunned for two whole seconds before he processed it.
Kamui!
And not Obito's half-baked version—
Kakashi's Kamui!
The kind that, with sufficient ocular power, could twist away even the arm of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from extreme range!
A glimmer flashed through his eyes, a smile blooming from the depths as he murmured,
"After all these years of transmigrating… I finally have a real offensive method."
Honestly speaking, whether it was Body of Light, Weak Presence, or even Flying Thunder God—
The mechanics were there, but the raw numbers weren't.
Yes—damage numbers.
Which mattered more, mechanics or stats?
That depended on the situation.
But with no stats at all, throwing kunai in the early game was fine.
What about late game?
When everyone's summoning Susanoo left and right, was he supposed to Flying Thunder God in and poke a Susanoo's chest with a kunai?
That wasn't fighting—that was tightening screws on a Gundam.
That was exactly why, despite having maxed-out survival skills, he still obediently lay around sunbathing at home, stockpiling chakra.
As long as chakra was high enough, even Great Fireball Jutsu could burn people to death.
"As for that 10,000 chakra per use…"
"Fifty-Fifty can probably use it twice in a row. Any more and he'd be squeezing himself dry."
"So an elite jōnin Kakashi has maybe 20–30k chakra? That means my chakra is equivalent to seventy or eighty Kakashis?"
His eyes lit up.
At last, he had a clearer sense of scale.
There was no helping it—Kakashi was simply the most convenient unit of measurement.
"And Kakashi once said Naruto's chakra was equivalent to hundreds of him…"
"So Naruto's total chakra should be around two to three million?"
"Which means my 1.8 million chakra… is already close to a fully grown Uzumaki."
With that thought, Jin walked over to Kakashi, who was leaning against a tree.
He raised his hand, wanting to pat Kakashi on the shoulder.
But…
At only seven or eight years old, even if he was tall for his age—
He was still a bit short compared to long-legged Kakashi.
After hesitating, he stepped onto the nearby tree.
Step.
Step.
Step.
Walking up the trunk, he reached out and patted Kakashi on the head, wearing a look of sympathy.
"Sigh… poor Fifty-Fifty."
"We'll meet again next week."
With that, he turned and left.
He couldn't wait to test Kamui's power.
Behind him, Kakashi stood there blankly.
Look up.
Look down.
Turn around.
Pat head.
Completely baffled.
After a long while, he frowned and muttered to himself,
"Why did that look just now feel… kinda insulting?"
"Hmph. If all the Uchiha were like you, maybe Konoha really would be stable."
If Jin heard that, he'd probably laugh himself to death.
All Uchiha like him?
That'd mean unifying the Five Great Nations into one.
Red stars shining everywhere.
...
Splash.
Splash splash.
By the banks of the Naka River.
A young figure slowly approached.
Uchiha Arata glanced at the riverbank before him and took a deep breath.
Before his eyes, the Kamui trait shimmered.
Then he looked at his 1.8 million-plus chakra.
He inhaled deeply once more.
The next second, the three-tomoe Sharingan appeared quietly, spinning rapidly.
In his pupils, they formed a shape resembling "666."
At a glance, it still looked like three tomoe—
Only the center was much larger.
The next instant, a strange fluctuation radiated from his eyes.
Mysterious.
Powerful.
Unstoppable.
Absolute spatial force erupted before him!
Whoosh!
Soon, a vortex of air—about the height of a person—appeared above the river.
Not tall, but positioned perfectly on the water's surface.
Rush rush!
The Naka River continued flowing unhindered.
Only—
A portion of it silently vanished.
"So that's the Kamui dimension?"
Staring at it, realization dawned in Jin's heart.
As long as he wished, he could step into it at any time.
"I wonder how long I can keep this up…"
He murmured, then exerted force with both eyes at once.
Kakashi used one eye—
But he didn't have to.
Dual Left-Eye Kamui!
Full output!
Rush—ROAR!
His chakra plummeted, draining nearly fifty thousand per second!
But the results were astonishing.
The Naka River visibly shrank at terrifying speed.
After thirty seconds, this river that had flowed here for thousands of years—
For the first time—
Its riverbed was fully exposed.
...
Same rising sun.
Different fates.
"So? Have you thought it through, Itachi? Want to join my organization and seek true light together?"
At the Uchiha back mountain, Itachi suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.
On a rock stood a masked man.
The next second, Itachi flicked his wrist, throwing three shuriken.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The masked man let out a strange chuckle.
"Useless, Itachi. Attacks like that can't even touch me."
"Since you don't believe me—then let me show you what true power is!"
In the next instant, his exposed right eye narrowed slightly.
Kamui!
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