In less than a month, Shiro Gen finished upgrading Fire Release Chakra Mode: Armor of Fire and completed the Flame-Sword Phantom Body.
Both were stronger than he had expected.
Fire Release Chakra Mode: Armor of Fire.
With a thought, he asserted absolute dominion over Fire chakra.
HOO!! HOO!!!
Flames surged up in an instant, then compressed into tangible firelight that gathered into a regal, resplendent suit of Fire armor.
It looked like a mantle of energy, flashy and impossibly cool.
Filaments of flame coiled and shimmered with showy effects.
He extended both hands and formed the Tiger seal.
Fire Release: Flame-Sword Technique.
Four masses of Fire chakra condensed and became four swords of living flame, hovering before him.
"The sword-flight is created at last."
"With these four Fire swords, I can hover low for short spurts."
"And if,"
"my chakra reserves were large enough, four could become ten thousand. That would be a true myriad-swords return to one, plus flame effects."
"Of course,"
"that is not the point."
"The point is..."
Flame-Sword Phantom Body.
At his thought, the four Fire swords merged into the Armor of Fire.
In the next heartbeat, he dissolved into a blaze. The flames shaped four Fire swords that streaked through the air at high speed.
SWISH!! SWISH!!!
After three seconds of crisscrossing flight, the four blades reunited, and Shiro Gen's figure reformed within the fire.
Beneath his feet, a Fire sword hovered.
As he stepped forward,
the sword beneath him faded, and a new one formed, one after another.
It was like walking down steps that appeared midair.
How to describe the scene?
One word - cool.
Two words - absurdly cool.
Three words - utterly invincible cool.
"The upgraded Armor of Fire and the Flame-Sword Phantom Body are both strong and stylish."
Smiling, Shiro Gen decided he did not need to innovate for a while.
Next, he could study and train in peace.
Within a year, he aimed to raise [Yin Release Control (Blue)] and [Swordsmanship Control (Blue)] to [Yin Release Dominion (Purple)] and [Swordsmanship Dominion (Purple)].
Especially [Yin Release Dominion (Purple)].
With that entry, [Three Tomoe Sharingan (Blue)] could rise to [Mangekyo Sharingan (Purple)].
He knew exactly what Mangekyo meant.
Two unique Mangekyo arts, and the third ocular power - Susanoo.
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"Shiro Gen... prices keep rising, and medicine has gone up even worse."
"I can no longer fund a bath every day."
"From now on, at most one bath every three days, and one secret tonic every ten."
Setsuna Uchiha looked troubled.
Shiro Gen could see he had done all he could.
After all, Setsuna was an elder, not the clan head, and he had left prison only a few years ago.
Funds were limited.
"I know you have pushed yourself, Elder Setsuna."
"But I cannot slow down. I must grow as fast as possible."
"Only absolute power can change everything."
"Your funds are limited, but the Uchiha coffers are not."
"As a clan prodigy, I should receive the clan head's fullest support."
He spoke evenly.
Setsuna frowned and answered.
"Fugaku Uchiha is a dove."
"He will not fund you."
Shiro Gen laughed.
"You are thinking too hard, Elder."
"In this world, strength rules."
"If he will not give, I will force him with power."
His tone was confident and imperious.
Setsuna's face turned grave.
"Be that as it may..."
"Fugaku is no weakling. Even among elite jonin, he is strong."
"Your talent eclipses his, but you are far too young."
Shiro Gen smiled, certain.
"You underestimate me, Elder Setsuna."
"Why not spar?"
"Let me show you what I can do now."
"Fine."
Setsuna did not refuse.
"Let's find a quiet place."
"No problem."
Shiro Gen followed him to a secluded clearing.
He trusted Setsuna.
So from the first moment, he entered his strongest state.
Three tomoe Sharingan, open.
Black and white turned to scarlet. Three tomoe spun in his gaze.
Fire Release Chakra Mode: Armor of Fire.
HOO!! HOO!!!
Flames surged and billowed, then compressed into tangible plates of firelight - gorgeous, noble, cool, and deadly.
Firelight blazed. Heat rolled out, and the air's temperature climbed fast.
He stretched out both hands - Tiger.
Fire Release: Flame-Sword Technique.
Four clots of Fire chakra condensed into four Fire swords.
Three sank into the Armor of Fire.
He gripped the last one tight.
Watching this, Setsuna's eyes widened.
He knew Shiro Gen's talent could rival the godlike Madara.
He had not expected a child not yet seven to wield the three tomoe with such ease, nor to develop Fire secrets this powerful.
A technique akin to the Lightning Armor of the Raikage line was not simple.
The scorching waves, the surging heat, and the firelight compressed to substance all testified to Shiro Gen's might.
And there was the sword wrought from Fire chakra.
Setsuna did not know its exact application, but he knew it was no trifle.
Three Fire swords fused into the armor, one in hand.
What purpose did that serve?
As he considered it, he opened his own three tomoe.
With the Sharingan's sight, he watched Shiro Gen closely.