The moonlight dimmed further as dawn slowly crept up from the east.
Watching Kakashi Hatake sink deeper into self-reproach, Uchiha Kai couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
As expected… Talk-no-Jutsu really is broken.
Of course, the reason he could push Kakashi into this state with just a few sentences was simple—
He had read the original story.
Which meant he was basically standing on the shoulders of giants while observing the shinobi world.
A true god's-eye view.
And right on cue, the system refreshed.
Cooldown complete.
Trait copy — initiated.
[Conversation with "Fifty-Fifty"… Hatake Kakashi for ten minutes. Attempting to copy traits.]
[Copyable traits detected:
Weak Constitution (Black),
Kamui · Left Eye (Gold),
Sharingan · Fragment (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?"
Kai nodded calmly.
No surprise there.
The copy success rate had been stuck at 10% for far too long.
After the initial burst of absurd luck, reality had returned—
10% was basically zero.
Still, he wasn't annoyed.
His gaze drifted instead to one particular trait.
Kamui.
It hadn't been there last time.
But now it was.
"Did the system realize the version balance was off and slap Kakashi with a buff?"
"Or did Obito sneak back to Konoha and resonate with his other eye again?"
After a moment of thought, Kai suddenly spoke.
"Kakashi-senpai, want to spar?"
"Hm?"
Kakashi froze for a moment, then waved lazily.
"Nope. I concede."
Right now, fighting was the last thing on his mind.
He was too busy thinking about how to change things.
"Whether you fight or not—"
Kai didn't care.
But just as he was about to force the issue, he froze.
[Ding. Target defeated: Hatake Kakashi. Attempting trait copy.]
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host has obtained Legendary Trait:
Kamui · Left Eye (Gold).]
[Kamui · Left Eye (Gold):
Allows the user to forcibly twist and send targets within sight into a separate dimension.
Can also transport the user into and out of that dimension.
The larger or stronger the target, the greater the chakra cost.
Minimum cost: 10,000 chakra per activation.]
Kai blanked for two seconds.
Then—
Kamui.
And not Obito's awkward phase-through version—
This was Kakashi's Kamui.
The long-range, precision deletion kind.
The one that could snipe the Demonic Statue's arm from kilometers away.
A slow smile spread across Kai's eyes.
"So… after all this time, I finally have a real offensive method."
To be honest—
Body of Light, Weak Presence, even Flying Thunder God—
They were amazing in mechanics, but lacked raw numbers.
Damage.
Mechanics without damage only worked early game.
Late game?
When everyone's summoning chakra mechs and mountain-level nonsense?
Was he supposed to teleport in and stab a Susanoo with a kunai?
That wasn't combat.
That was tightening screws.
That was why, despite being practically immortal, he'd been obediently sunbathing and hoarding chakra.
Because with enough chakra—
Even Fireball Jutsu could kill gods.
"As for ten thousand chakra per use…"
"Fifty-Fifty can only fire it twice before collapsing. Three times is already pushing it."
"So elite jōnin Kakashi probably has, what—twenty to thirty thousand chakra?"
Kai's eyes brightened.
"And my chakra pool is… around seventy to eighty Kakashis."
Finally, a usable unit of measurement.
"Back then, Kakashi said Naruto had the chakra of over a hundred of him…"
"So Naruto's probably at two to three million."
"…Which means my current 1.8 million is already brushing up against an adult Uzumaki."
Satisfied, Kai walked over to Kakashi, who was leaning against a tree.
He reached out, intending to pat his shoulder—
Then hesitated.
Seven- or eight-year-old body.
Tall for his age.
Still nowhere near Kakashi's long legs.
After thinking for a moment, he stepped onto a nearby tree trunk.
Step.
Step.
Step.
Then gently patted Kakashi on the head, sighing sympathetically.
"Ah… poor Fifty-Fifty."
"See you next week."
And with that, he turned and left.
He couldn't wait to test Kamui.
Behind him, Kakashi stood frozen.
Look up.
Lower head.
Turn.
Head-pat?
After a long pause, he frowned.
"…Why did that feel… oddly insulting?"
He snorted softly.
"If all Uchiha were like you, maybe Konoha really would be peaceful."
If Kai heard that, he'd probably laugh himself to death.
All Uchiha like him?
The Five Great Nations would've unified already.
Red flags flying everywhere.
Splash.
Splash splash.
The banks of the Naka River.
A young figure approached.
Uchiha Kai inhaled deeply.
Before him, Kamui gleamed brightly.
And behind it—
1.8 million chakra.
He exhaled.
The next second, the three-tomoe Sharingan emerged and spun rapidly.
The tomoe linked into a strange formation.
Still three tomoe—
But enlarged, forming something eerily close to 666.
Then—
A mysterious ripple surged from his eyes.
Unstoppable.
Absolute.
Space itself twisted.
Whoosh!
A human-sized vortex appeared above the river's surface.
Perfectly placed.
The Naka River continued flowing—
Except for one section.
Which simply vanished.
"So this is the Kamui dimension…"
Kai felt an instinctive understanding.
With a thought, he could step inside.
"But how long can I sustain it?"
He narrowed his eyes.
Then pushed harder.
Kakashi had one eye.
He had two.
Dual Left-Eye Kamui.
Full output.
ROOOAR—
His chakra plummeted—nearly 50,000 per second.
But the effect was terrifying.
The river visibly shrank.
Thirty seconds later—
For the first time in centuries, the riverbed was exposed.
Same sunrise.
Different fates.
"Have you made your decision, Itachi?"
"Do you want to join my organization and seek true light together?"
The Uchiha back mountain.
Itachi stopped and looked up.
On the rock ahead—
The masked man stood waiting.
Without hesitation, Itachi flicked his wrist.
Three shuriken flew.
"Useless," the masked man chuckled.
"You can't even touch me."
"Then let me show you…"
"…what real power looks like."
His exposed right eye narrowed.
Kamui.
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