"Fugaku, do we really not need to step in and stop the brothers?"
Listening to the howls coming from outside, Mikoto looked over worriedly.
"No need, no need."
"That brat Sasuke did some bad things last night. Getting beaten today is only right."
Hearing this, Fugaku waved his hand dismissively, casually tossing out a bamboo rod branded Seven Wolves.
Then he shut the wooden door, wrapped an arm around his wife, and comforted her.
"Relax. Jin may not talk much normally, but he knows his limits."
"But—"
"No buts. It's early. Let's sleep a bit more."
"Mmm… mmm…"
Inside the room, artillery fire roared.
Completely one-sided.
Outside the room, the beating didn't stop either.
Also completely one-sided.
Jin looked at Sasuke, who was hanging from the courtyard wall, picking his teeth lazily.
"So? You admit you were wrong yet?"
"I'm not wrong! Hmph! If you hadn't been born two years earlier and learned more ninjutsu than me, the one hanging here would definitely be you!"
If there was one thing Second Pillar was famous for—
It was his mouth and his attitude.
Even while hanging there, he tilted his head up slightly, face turned away in smug defiance.
"Oh? Acting tough, huh?"
"Alright, I'll give you a chance. I won't use any ninjutsu—let's have a fair fight."
Jin grinned, casually waving his hand as he untied the rope above.
Over the past six years, although his ninjutsu had progressed steadily, his physical stats had skyrocketed.
Countless traits like "Strong Body", "Agile Movement", and the like had been fused together.
The result was terrifying.
Relying purely on physical stats—
This eight-year-old body already rivaled a chūnin.
And that was with zero ninjutsu buffs.
Pure numbers.
So Jin had no problem letting Sasuke experience a full-spectrum beatdown.
"Come on. What do you want to compete in?"
"Compete? I'll duel you! With our bodies!"
Sasuke shouted, and the moment his feet hit the ground, he charged forward.
Years of training finally showed their value.
Fast movement. Sharp footwork.
In the blink of an eye, he lowered his stance and crossed over ten meters.
"Hmph! What a fool—letting me get this close!"
"I'll send you flying, Uchiha Arata!"
On Sasuke's face, still slightly sweaty, arrogance and pride bloomed.
He could already picture Jin knocked flat on the ground, begging for mercy!
The thought made his eyes tremble with excitement.
Even his cheeks flushed.
He felt like he was soaring—
Wait. Flying?
The moment his feet left the ground against his will, Sasuke's brain blanked.
Something felt wrong.
Why was he the one flying?
At the same time, pain exploded in his abdomen.
His expression darkened as he instinctively looked down.
Opposite him—
The moment Jin saw Sasuke rush in, he suddenly bent low.
Both arms wrapped around Sasuke's waist—
And then came a fierce backward slam!
Uchiha German Suplex!
BOOM!
The ground shook violently.
Small Sasuke.
Massive confusion.
He lay in the grass by the wall, eyes completely vacant.
Like all intelligence had been forcibly deleted—only emptiness remained.
Ninjutsu, taijutsu, even genjutsu—
He couldn't beat this lazy salted fish at anything.
Tired.
Just end the world already.
Jin: ???
"Is the Uchiha Suplex really that powerful?"
"Did I literally turn Second Pillar into Second Dumbass?"
He smacked his lips, half-shocked, half-worried.
If this really caused brain damage, what would Naruto do?
But as he stepped closer, he noticed—
Several trait orbs had appeared on Sasuke.
One had even rolled right to his feet.
"So… beating people makes loot drop now?"
His mouth twitched as he looked at the system prompt.
Just then, a new notification appeared.
[Defeated Uchiha Sasuke. Attempting to copy trait.]
[Available traits: Brother Complex (Black), Emotional Stability (Black), Child of Destiny (Rainbow), Lightning Release Mastery (Purple), Great Fireball Technique (Green), Three Basic Techniques (White)…]
[Copy successful. Congratulations, you obtained: Great Fireball Technique (Green).]
…Great.
A completely irrelevant drop.
But—
Jin's gaze lingered on the newly appeared black trait.
"Emotional Stability?"
"Opening only one tomoe on the night of the massacre… yeah, that is pretty stable…"
"But wait—did I suplex him so hard I gave him emotional suppression?"
Thinking about that possibility, Jin looked down again.
His eyes filled with sympathy and pity.
"Don't go dumb on me, Second Pillar. Worst case, I'll seriously teach you Lightning Release!"
Sasuke: ???
What kind of look is that?!
His lifeless eyes just happened to catch Jin's expression.
Instantly, his heart flared in anger.
But just as he was about to erupt—
He heard the second half of the sentence.
The fury froze.
Lightning Release.
Lightning-style ninjutsu.
Ever since Jin had mentioned it, Sasuke hadn't been able to get it out of his head.
Especially yesterday in class, when he asked the teacher about Lightning Release's power.
The itch had only grown worse.
Iruka-sensei's words still echoed in his ears:
"Sasuke, Lightning Release is one of the most lethal offensive natures in the shinobi world."
So after only a moment's hesitation, Sasuke jumped to his feet and stared at Jin.
Without hesitation:
"Fine. Teach me."
"Hah…" Jin let out a breath.
"Good. At least you can still talk."
Generally speaking, if someone could still speak normally, they weren't brain-dead.
Even if they were dumb, they weren't that dumb.
But soon, Jin ran into a problem.
"I want to learn that lightning wrapped around your hand!"
Sasuke's eyes sparkled.
At this moment, his desire for Lightning Release outweighed his hatred for his second brother.
"So let's start by learning the hand seals!"
Hearing the last sentence—
The smile on Jin's face froze.
He reflexively raised two fingers.
"Hand seals? For a jutsu at this level, isn't having hands enough?"
He wasn't lying.
Thanks to traits, he genuinely didn't know how to form seals.
Was he supposed to teach it like Naruto teaching Konohamaru the Rasengan?
"This like this, then like that"?
Sasuke was the child of destiny.
His talent couldn't be worse than Konohamaru's, right?
Thinking this through, Jin straightened up and said solemnly,
"Lightning Release is different from other elements. You only need to truly sense the lightning in nature to learn it."
"That's why your big brother lies on the wall day after day—rain or shine!"
As he spoke, the Lightning Release: Chidori trait began to glow faintly.
Zzzzt—crackle!
Lightning danced around his fingers, forming a blade of pure electricity.
Sharp.
Lethal.
As Jin stared at the lightning blade formed by his middle and index fingers—
He suddenly realized another trait on his body was glowing as well.
The special trait: Thousand Years of Death (Black).
And at that moment—
A horrifying thought crept into his mind.
"Wait… Kakashi…"
"When he invented Chidori—"
"Was it meant to combo with Thousand Years of Death?!"
"Middle-Finger Chidori · Thousand Years of Death?!"
Hiss!
The thought made his entire body feel uncomfortable.
Just how vicious would someone have to be to invent a move like that?
Of course—
If Kakashi ever traveled to the future Land of Tianfu…
With this single move alone,
he'd probably be worshipped as a god by countless ladies.
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