"Focus… and sense the power of nature?"
At this moment, a huge question mark appeared in little Sasuke's head.
Was this… really possible?
Subconsciously, he looked toward the lightning crackling in Jin's hand.
A deep yearning flashed through his eyes.
Zzz—crackle.
But the lightning was far too dazzling. After staring for only a moment, Sasuke felt a sharp pain in his eyes.
He had no choice but to turn his head away.
Yet—his desire for the power of lightning only grew stronger!
Seeing this, Jin raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Want it?"
Sasuke nodded. "I do!"
"Do you want to become the god who commands lightning in Konoha?"
Sasuke nodded hard. "I do!"
"Then shout it out loud!"
Sasuke nodded frantically. "I want to become the Lightning Dharma Ki—"
Bang!
At that moment, the bedroom door suddenly flew open.
Immediately afterward, a bamboo rod engraved with the words "Seven Wolves" was hurled out.
It struck Sasuke squarely on the butt—dead on.
"Want what, exactly?! Sasuke, are you trying to rebel this early in the morning?!"
From inside the room came Fugaku's suppressed but furious roar.
It was obvious—the clan head's mood was absolutely terrible.
Like someone who'd been scared half to death in the middle of doing something important.
All pleasure gone.
Only rage remained!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have thrown things straight out the door.
Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden door slammed shut again.
Outside, the two brothers stared at each other.
Jin looked at his little brother with concern.
"Did… the path of the Lightning Dharma King just get cut off at the source?"
Clearly, he had underestimated what true emotional stability meant.
Sasuke merely brushed at his butt calmly.
Through the gap in his clothes, Jin could see two red welts swelling up.
That strike hadn't been light.
Yet Sasuke acted as if he felt nothing at all. Instead, the fire in his eyes burned brighter and brighter.
"Sense the natural power of lightning…"
"If it's natural lightning, then it has to be during a thunderstorm… or at a high place…"
As he thought this, his gaze slowly shifted to the thickest tree outside the courtyard.
As long as he could sense lightning and cultivate Lightning Release, he'd definitely make Jin kneel and beg for mercy!
With that thought, he didn't hesitate at all—he jumped up and started climbing.
Because of Jin's earlier involvement, Sasuke had already trained with Fugaku for a while ahead of schedule.
He'd learned quite a few skills.
For example—the Konoha mandatory course: tree-walking.
Tap tap tap.
In three quick steps, he dashed straight up the trunk as if it were flat ground.
And then—
He saw two mysterious figures wearing cat-faced masks.
Six eyes met.
Sasuke's eyes lit up even more brightly.
"You're here to sense lightning too, right? I knew it—my idea can't be wrong!"
"Hahahahaha! I, the Lightning Dharma King Sasuke, have arrived!"
As he spoke, he rushed to the treetop.
Spreading his arms wide, he embraced nature.
His movements were nimble—like a macaque with a punk haircut.
Hidden among the branches, two ANBU who had been dozing off were scared half to death by the scene.
But now, as they looked at the record book and the pen in their hands, they hesitated.
One of them whispered, "How do we even write this? If we mess this up, will our first mission after transferring to logistics be a failure?"
"This… more than fifty seniors before us failed while monitoring him. We absolutely can't fail too!"
After hesitating for a long time, the other's eyes gradually hardened with resolve.
He nodded heavily. "Write this: Uchiha clan head's third son suddenly suffered an acute illness early in the morning."
"…Or should we add—the Uchiha clan is full of lunatics?"
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded beside them.
Both ANBU jolted violently.
They turned around—only to discover that at some point, an extra person had appeared beneath the tree.
A person who had arrived without a sound.
The two ANBU were shocked.
When did he get there?
When did this second young master climb the tree?!
"Must've been because we were too distracted by what just happened and didn't notice."
After exchanging a glance, they silently blamed themselves.
Then they looked at Jin and waved.
"What a coincidence, Second Young Master."
Hmm?
Newbies?
Fresh recruits?!
The instant he heard them greet him, Jin's lowered eyes sparkled with excitement.
In six years, not a single ANBU assigned to monitor him had lasted more than three months.
None of them had ever willingly greeted him!
Later on, they would immediately flee the moment they saw him.
But these two—
Not only did they not run, they actually said hello.
"In that case, I won't hold back!"
"This batch of wool—I'll shear it slowly. Sustainable development, you know."
Jin rubbed his hands together.
When he looked up again, his face carried a rare trace of shyness and bashfulness.
Under his deliberate control, the blood flow in his face subtly shifted.
Very quickly, a rosy blush spread across his cheeks and all the way to the tips of his ears.
Seeing this, the two ANBU—who had just ended their undercover assignments—couldn't help shaking their heads.
"To think the Uchiha clan could produce such a cute kid."
Ten minutes later.
Jin landed from the tree, completely satisfied.
He had gained two more green-tier traits.
[Conversation for ten minutes. Successfully copied elite trait: Light as a Swallow (Green) ×2.]
As expected—newbies were easy to fool!
He chuckled, then spoke directly.
"Fuse them into Swift Light Dash."
As a trait that had upgraded to blue long ago, Swift Light Dash had already devoured no fewer than ten Light as a Swallow traits and thirty Agile Movement traits over the years.
Yet there had been no real reaction.
Though he could feel improvements in agility, reaction speed, and even stamina, the trait itself barely changed.
But this time—
Just as he was deep in thought, the system prompt suddenly shifted.
[Stacking complete. Congratulations, host has obtained epic trait: Phantom Without a Trace (Purple).]
[Flexibility: 75% → 100%, Speed: 75% → 100%.]
[Additional effect: Consume 1000 chakra to create an afterimage at the current location. After 1 second, the afterimage can be detonated. Explosion power depends on chakra consumed.]
Jin's dark pupils lit up once more.
Flexibility doubled.
Speed doubled.
These were base stats!
Nothing beat improving fundamentals.
Especially when—
His attention shifted to the final line.
"Additional effect… are you sure this isn't basically leaving behind a Mad Ivan on the spot?"
"If chakra's sufficient, this could even rival a suicide bomber truck."
BOOM!
At that exact moment, a thunderous roar suddenly exploded in the sky!
The abrupt sound startled him badly.
He looked up—
And saw a boy in a blue high-collared shirt standing with arms spread wide, shouting toward the heavens.
Above Second Pillar's head, a bolt of lightning was slowly taking shape.
Jin was stunned.
"…Wait—did he seriously summon lightning?!"
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