Chapter 201: Shadow Clone Jutsu x My Ill-Fated Brother Itachi
[Konoha Year 36. Nineteen years after the First Shinobi World War ended, triggered by the conflict among the Five Great Nations over the control of Tailed Beasts... Your father, Fugaku Uchiha, and mother, Mikoto Uchiha, married before the Uchiha Clan Shrine under the witness of clan elders. This marriage aimed to strengthen the bond between clan lineages.]
[The following year, Konoha Year 37, Mikoto became pregnant. In the same year, the Second Shinobi World War broke out.]
[Amegakure, under the leadership of Hanzo of the Salamander, pushed for territorial expansion, attacking Konoha, Sunagakure, and the Land of Iron first. Your father, Fugaku Uchiha, fought against Hanzo's Amegakure army under the leadership of the Sannin. He witnessed his close friend die from Hanzo's poison and awakened his Sharingan on the same day. With grief for his friend and hope for the future, he named you, still unborn, "Jin," meaning... rebirth from ashes.]
[Winter of Konoha Year 37, Mikoto Uchiha gave birth, and you were officially born. In the same year, Tsunade's boyfriend Dan Kato died in battle, and your ninja academy classmate Hayate Gekko was born.]
[Konoha Year 39, the Second Shinobi World War ended. Your father, Fugaku Uchiha, returned to Konoha. Feeling guilty for missing your birth, he doted on you and began training you... At the age of two, you picked up a kunai for the first time and began accepting the Main Body's power (Note: Current acceptance rate: 0.5%)... shocking Fugaku Uchiha with your perfect kunai throwing skills.]
[In the same year, "Copy Ninja" Kakashi graduated from the Ninja Academy at the age of 5, hailed as a prodigious genius and the youngest graduate... Also that year, Shisui Uchiha was born...]
[Konoha Year 40, Kakashi, at age 6, successfully passed the Chunin Exams and officially became a Chunin. Your father, Fugaku Uchiha, took you to watch the exams, where you met him for the first time... At age three, Main Body Power Acceptance Rate "2%". You began learning "Chakra Refinement Technique" and, referencing "Nen Ability," tried to open your "Aura Nodes" independently through meditation.]
[Konoha Year 41, Might Guy and Genma Shiranui graduated from the Ninja Academy. At age four, Fugaku Uchiha arranged for your enrollment, but you refused. Out of guilt for missing your birth, Fugaku Uchiha indulged you for a year. That year, you focused on accepting the Main Body's power and finally, after nearly a year of meditation, opened your aura nodes independently. Current "Main Body Power Acceptance Rate" 5%. Physique: 40 (Note: Average civilian is 1).]
[Konoha Year 42, Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune, and Asuma Sarutobi graduated successively. At age five, you enrolled in the Ninja Academy. "Main Body Power Acceptance Rate": 10%. Zoldyck assassination techniques "Shadow Step," "Rhythm Echo," and "Snake Awakens" all mastered. Four Major Principles Ten, Zetsu, Ren, Hatsu initially mastered, current level Lv1... In the same year, under Fugaku Uchiha's tutelage, you learned [Fire Style] and successfully mastered the C-rank ninjutsu [Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]. Panel Notification...]
["Nen Property Change": [Fire] +100...]
[That year, you realized you could further your understanding of "Nen" by learning [Ninjutsu]... You began intentionally collecting, mastering, and learning ninjutsu...]
[Konoha Year 43, the Third Kazekage died, planting the fuse for the Third Shinobi World War. In the same year, your mother Mikoto Uchiha, after ten months of pregnancy, gave birth to a son named Itachi Uchiha. At age 5, "Main Body Power Acceptance Rate": 30%. "Breathing Styles" fully mastered. "Swordsmanship" Level Lv2, Initial Shikai. After the Four Major Principles... [Shu] and [Gyo] mastered successively... You saved Shisui Uchiha from drowning by chance while displaying En for the first time in the Southern Border Forest...]
[Three-year-old Shisui regarded you as his big brother and became your follower.]
[Konoha Year 44, Genma Shiranui, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara passed the Chunin Exams successively and became Chunin. At age six, after studying at the Ninja Academy for a year, you continued accepting "Main Body Power." Current "Main Body Power Acceptance Rate": 50%. Physique: 491 (Note: Average civilian is 1). Advanced application technique Ken initially mastered. Swordsmanship Lv3, Initial Bankai...]
[In the same year, under the premise of intentionally collecting [Ninjutsu] to deepen your understanding of "Nen"... you mastered C-rank [Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique], B-rank [Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson], B-rank [Water Style: Water Fang Bullet], and B-rank [Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone Jutsu]... Panel Notification... "Nen Property Change" [Fire] +100+100... [Water] +100...]
[And began using "Clones" to deal with school, continuing to temper "Nen Ability" and accept Main Body Power.]
[Konoha Year 45, the Third Shinobi World War intensified. Casualties among captain-level Chunin were too high, causing a gap in Konoha's middle-level ninja ranks. Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and the younger generation were promoted to Chunin successively to fill the gap. At age six, you accompanied your father Fugaku Uchiha deep into the battlefield for the first time, witnessing its cruelty. In the same year, witnessing Fugaku Uchiha activate his Sharingan and dominate the battlefield, you vaguely captured a trace of [Yin Release] power... Later, following Minato Namikaze's reinforcement, you returned to Konoha with your father, continuing to accept Main Body Power. Current "Main Body Power Acceptance Rate" 80%...]
Beep beep beep... The panel notifications rang like rain on banana leaves in Roy's mind...
The hazy cognitive world unfolded before his eyes... On the familiar azure Sea of Cognition, not far from the Demon Slayer gate, the wooden door marked with an "Eye" pattern creaked open a crack, revealing a sliver of light...
Yorbian Continent, 10,000 meters underwater, inside the ruins church. Roy clenched his right hand, crushing the [Fake Feicha's Parrot]. He glanced expressionlessly at the fake Ging opposite him. Thinking the door opened at a bad time, his consciousness wavered and began to immerse. His eyelids started to droop. He planted "Snow-Walker" into the ground with his left hand, freeing both hands. Ten fingers danced like butterflies, instantly forming seals. From the influx of information in his mind, he selected [Shadow Clone Jutsu]. Then...
Under the fake Ging's stunned and wary gaze...
Poof~
A clone separated, carrying the drowsiness assaulting him. It immediately sat cross-legged, falling asleep in his place, passing through the multicolored dream tunnel, arriving at the familiar Sea of Cognition, staring at the cracked open "Naruto" door, and plunging in headfirst...
At the same time, the main body drew [Snow-Walker] and [Waning Moon] again, clenched [Solar Eclipse] in his mouth, and using [Swamp Space], crossed the hundred-meter distance. Three swords struck together, combining "Sun," "Water," and "Wind" Breathing sword techniques, slashing at the fake Ging.
Panel Notification... [Substitute Clone Method, can only last five minutes... Note: After five minutes, the clone disappears, and the Host's main body will also fall asleep.]
Implicitly reminding Roy... Hurry up!
Clang clang clang...
Firelight... Water light... Wind blades rose together!
The boy's swordsmanship gradually became violent. In an instant, countless slashes rained down, clashing fiercely with the [Deep Water Turtle]...
Hunter Association, Volleyball Training Court.
Netero sat cross-legged on the floor. His eyes, full of age and vicissitudes, constantly shifted between Roy and his clone, which sat cross-legged in the ownerless land, eyes closed, emitting soft snores. Occasionally meeting Biscuit's eyes beside him, both saw shock in each other's gaze!
Caw~ In the screen, the Golden Crow cried out. Cooperating with the boy, it opened its mouth and spat a fierce line of fire, burning towards the fake Ging shielded by the Deep Water Turtle...
Wing pushed up his glasses, seemingly recovering from his frustration. Perplexed, he looked at Roy's clone sitting behind the boy, oblivious to everything, just sleeping and ignoring the battle. He asked in surprise, "What is he doing?"
Clearly able to condense a clone, why not coordinate with the clone to pincer attack the fake Ging?
Otherwise... wasn't condensing this clone a waste?
"Hmmm..." Biscuit rested her chin on her hand, stealing a glance at Netero. The old woman's mind was chaotic. It was her first time seeing such a situation... consuming aura to create a clone just to sleep... Was she, Biscuit, really getting old and out of touch, or was the boy crazy, willingly weakening his combat power?
Zzz~ In the screen, the clone slept, even blowing a snot bubble from his nose...
Netero noticed Biscuit's gaze but pretended not to see it. The thin film of Nen deep in his eyes stared intently at the screen. Lost in thought, he couldn't figure it out either...
After a moment, he stroked his beard and said, "Existence is reasonable. 'Nen' is fascinating precisely because it is incomprehensible..."
The old man glanced faintly at Biscuit and Wing. "Young people, go figure it out yourselves."
Biscuit & Wing: "6."
Looking at each other, they looked up again at Roy's clone... With shoulder-length black hair and sun and mountain earrings, the boy stepped into the Naruto world through the dream, utilizing his Nen ability "Gate of Cognition."
The familiar falling sensation hit...
Unlike before, when Roy opened his eyes again, he saw neither the hut built by Master Sakonji Urokodaki deep in Mount Sagiri nor the Ubuyashiki estate hidden in the wisteria forest. Instead, he saw a Japanese-style detached house with a courtyard where a cherry blossom tree was in full bloom.
Whoosh~ Early spring. The breeze brushed his face, bringing a burst of floral fragrance...
In front of the main house was a wooden corridor supported by several thick wooden pillars. In a corner under the corridor, a water basin tilted, trickling a fine stream of water...
Roy, with black hair and black eyes, wearing loose robes and a wide sash, lay lazily on a velvet rug. The back of his head rested on a toddler's lap, enjoying the slow spring day and... the toddler's lap pillow.
The toddler, knees together, about three or four years old, looking like a miniature version of Roy, quietly acted as his big brother's pillow. His small hands held Roy's head, gently massaging his scalp. Quiet unlike a child, more like a little adult.
"Itachi~ a bit to the left..."
"Here?"
"More left... yes... yes... hiss..."
A tingling sensation came from his scalp. Feeling Itachi's small hands moving constantly, Roy hummed comfortably. The fatigue from fighting the fake Ging vanished instantly...
"Nii-san, will you teach me swordsmanship?"
Itachi lowered his eyelids. His bangs almost touched Roy's face, tickling him as they swayed in the spring breeze. Roy closed the eye he had opened, not answering, pretending not to hear. Itachi increased the pressure of his fingers, looking quietly at his face. "Everyone says Nii-san's swordsmanship is amazing, never needing a second strike against enemies. I also want... to be able to help Nii-san and Father."
It was Konoha Year 45. The Third Shinobi World War was raging...
Kumogakure was at war with Konoha. During the New Year, Roy received the panel memories. Now as "Jin Uchiha," the eldest son of Fugaku Uchiha, he had just returned from the front lines with Fugaku. He killed many on the battlefield, harvesting Life Energy... Unfortunately, protected by Fugaku, he mostly encountered Genin shrimp. Killing them... of course didn't require a second strike. Once...
He didn't hold back. In one day, he swept through the battlefield, killing ten Kumo Genin and nearly chopping down their Chunin squad leaders too. Coincidentally seen by Obito... whose big mouth spread the word... Since then, he gained the title "Ten Kills a Day," making Zeno's "One Kill a Day, Active for Life" seem a bit shabby...
"That's because they were too weak."
"But Hatake-sama also said Nii-san's swordsmanship is amazing."
"Who?"
"Sakumo Hatake-sama."
Itachi stopped his hands, holding Roy's head, staring at him seriously. His calm, mature eyes rippled with admiration. "He visited a few days ago when Nii-san wasn't home. I hid behind the door and overheard..."
"He said after Nii-san graduates, he wants to be Nii-san's jonin sensei."
Konoha's White Fang... Wasn't he the one who killed Sasori's parents, causing Sasori to lose his parents, become twisted in loneliness, turn into a puppet master, assassinate the Third Kazekage, leading to internal strife in Sunagakure, giving Kumogakure the chance to invade and start the Third Shinobi World War...?
Roy recalled Sakumo Hatake's life. Success due to him, death due to him. He sighed silently.
Itachi seemed to sense Roy's mood. Holding his head quietly, he asked, "Nii-san, do you not like Hatake-sama?"
"It's not about liking or disliking." Roy suddenly opened his eyes. He reached out a hand, rubbing the cowlick standing up on the boy's head, smiling. "Being amazing isn't necessarily a good thing, Itachi."
Why? Isn't being amazing good?
Itachi tilted his head...
Tap... tap... Footsteps sounded from behind...
Roy's ears twitched. Even through layers of wooden walls, without En, he could easily detect Fugaku Uchiha's presence...
The boy looked meaningfully at his ill-fated brother, pity in his eyes. "Because being amazing means people will watch you, use you, and it's easy to die."
Just then, the wooden sliding door was pulled open...
Revealing Fugaku Uchiha's stern face.
Since returning to the village, the man smiled visibly less. As soon as he appeared, he looked at Roy. "Jin, come with me to the clan meeting."
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