After the Chunin Exams, Shen quietly sneaked into the underground laboratory beneath the commercial street.
"One, two, three, four, five... twelve. That should be enough to blow Konoha sky-high," he muttered to himself after sealing twelve massive subwoofers—each standing two meters tall—into a sealing scroll.
"Although I passed the official competition, if I said I'd perform DJ sets, then I *have* to perform DJ sets!"
He grabbed another twelve subwoofers from storage, sealed them again, and slipped away unnoticed.
"Potato, Potato, this is Sweetpotato! Come in, please respond!"
"Hmm? But we've already completed the plan—why are we still using codes?"
"This mission has no point without this code phrase!"
That's right—our young genius had once again dragged Little Iceberg along to act as lookout using Byakugan. He'd successfully convinced (read: shamelessly conned) her with an argument about keeping one's word.
"Fine… what's up?" Nayou reluctantly responded using their agreed-upon code.
"Mission accomplished. Time to withdraw to the next location."
"You know, Sweetpotato, are you sure this is okay?"
"Don't worry, Potato. We're not the only ones involved in this plan!"
Hearing his confident reply, Nayou suddenly felt uneasy. Despite her doubts, she decided to just let him go ahead. "Fine. Let's meet at Point A. Watch out for guards there."
"Don't worry. This place is my turf. The only reason I even need to sneak around is because those fools might spill secrets to our old man."
Confidently following her instructions, Shen smoothly arrived at another entrance of the lab—the so-called Point A.
"I never thought I'd be leaving so soon—even before half a year was up!" He mused, gazing at the ninja academy before him.
"You actually stayed at school for six whole months? If I recall correctly, you skipped classes all the time," Nayou coldly pointed out the truth.
This left Shen feeling quite embarrassed.
"Nayou, that thing I mentioned earlier..."
"Emotional Intelligence? I don't think it's worth learning."
What could Shen do? Naturally, he chose to forgive her.
"It wasn't even about saving face or anything! Wait, where did that come from? Anyway, high-EQ people shouldn't dwell on things like this—it would make you lose friends. Take some poor pampered heir who's always getting picked on, for example."
"Cough, anyway, let's drop this. We need to head to Point C and regroup with others now."
"Point C? Isn't that near your clan compound?"
"Yeah, several Hyuga members are part of this plan too—including quite a few..."
As Shen carefully explained the personnel details, Nayou listened with increasing facial twitching.
"So… how exactly did you meet my two older brothers anyway?"
She found it hard to believe they had joined the operation—they'd only recently been asking her to introduce them to Shen.
"I just contacted these clubbing enthusiasts, and they gave me the list. Maybe your two brothers also enjoy my DJ sets."
"I can believe Hiashi enjoys clubbing, but Nisai too?"
"Classic quiet riot, right? Just by looking at him, I could tell he's not much of a talker. Usually, people like that are way wilder than decent folks like us."
"Exactly."
"Since Nayou was hesitating and couldn't speak, Shen kindly helped her analyze. He even took the time to explain what he meant by 'subtle flirting' and 'wild techniques.'
'I never imagined Nisai-sempai was this kind of person! Seems like he's been hiding his true self really well! How come you've only met him a few times, yet you know so much, Shen?'
Of course it's because I know the storyline! Too bad he couldn't actually say that out loud.
Thus, Shen spoke with a mysterious air: 'I am none other than the semi-immortal known as Shen Uchiha! If there's anything you want to know while in the shinobi world, feel free to ask me. This great immortal guarantees to answer everything without holding back!'
'Yeah right, go on then. Don't keep everyone waiting.'
Nayou finished with a slightly playful tone before reverting to her usual icy demeanor, clearly not taking the previous words seriously at all.
'Nayou, you're being mischievous again. Aw, how cute.'
'No I'm not. No way. You must be seeing things.'
'Really, I prefer you when you were just now.'
'Hmph.'
'Wa—'
'Wait up, Nayou!'
Shen chased after her disappearing figure in the distance. Meanwhile, an Anbu operative standing on a rooftop outside the Byakugan's range didn't understand these two's intentions, but still followed them anyway.
Location C—the entrance to the Hyuga clan compound where Nayou always waited every morning for someone to walk to school together.
'DJ Shen-sama, can I get an autograph please?'
Little Iceberg coldly observed Hiashi who was acting like an enthusiastic fanboy, though she wasn't surprised at all.
'Me too, I also want one.'
Seeing Nisai closely following behind, Nayou could no longer maintain her composure. She let her icy composure slip as her mind drifted back to what that 'semi-immortal' had said earlier—"answer everything without holding back."
But soon enough, she snapped back into focus and stared coldly at her two older brothers once more. Little Iceberg definitely wouldn't easily believe that 'semi-immortal's nonsense.
"There's one for everyone. Line up orderly and take turns."
Taking out prepared paper and pen, Shen happily started signing autographs. His expression resembled Nawaki's satisfaction after defeating ten opponents on the battlefield.
"DJ Shen-sama, got any plans for today? We've all been pent up for over a month. Why don't we start tonight?"
An enthusiastic clubgoer took the lead, inciting others after getting his autograph.
Did DJ Shen need encouragement? He simply declared outright: "Tonight? That won't cut it. Let's go all out—I'll make the entire Konoha party nonstop for three full days!"
"Long live DJ Shen-sama!"
"Three whole days? Make the entire Konoha go wild? DJ Shen-sama, I love you to death!"
"DJ Shen-sama, I wanna have your Uchiha baby... with monkey powers!"
Unbothered by such a blunt confession of admiration, Shen distributed scrolls containing large subwoofers to the crowd while giving instructions: "Form groups of five and handle the placements—I'll explain exact locations using these later."
He displayed dozens of communication earpieces retrieved from a pre-prepared scroll before continuing: "It's better to place them somewhere high. There's also a small barrier included in the scroll, which even I would require significant effort to remove. Oh, and these ones must remain sealed until my command releases them. Throw them skyward only upon my orders. Finally, I hereby name this operation—Leaf Transformation Plan!"
Shen had long begun his research on barriers. Unlike ordinary barriers that solely relied on chakra for defense, the barrier he developed could not only replenish itself like others but also added an extra layer: a long, intricately constructed code. Aside from forcibly breaking through the barrier, one could only patiently input chakra from within to crack it.
The twisting chakra pathways inside were modeled after an enormous labyrinth. If you happened to hit a dead end, all the chakra you'd injected would be drained directly into the barrier. Therefore, brute-force cracking appeared to be the smarter move—at least on the surface. But was it really that easy to break a barrier laced with Shen's five elemental natures of chakra and capable of absorbing part of any incoming attacks?
Even an attack from the Third Hokage might stand a chance—but would a Hokage truly wander around the village shattering barriers just to recover a simple sound device?
Tonight, Konoha was destined to be sleepless. As for what was launched into the sky—well, that's a story for later.
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