"Big Brother, you're so amazing!" His little sister, Uchiha Hanako, poked her head out from Sōkaku's embrace, her large eyes sparkling brightly, filled with stars of adoration.
The sight of him flicking his finger and sending Uchiha Tekka flying had left an indelible impression on her young heart.
Trash?
If anyone dared to call her brother trash again, she would be the first to object!
"Silly girl."
Sōkaku laughed and ruffled her hair, a warm feeling welling up in his heart.
In this cruel Ninja world, this little sister was his only family, and the line he absolutely had to protect.
While comforting his sister, he rapidly sorted through the extra information flooding his mind.
It was currently Konoha Year 46.
There were exactly three years remaining until the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night!
Three yearsnot too long, not too short.
But for him, it was enough!
As long as he could continuously increase his synchronization with "Gojo Satoru" and unlock more abilities, let alone Uchiha Itachi, even if Kaguya descended, he was confident he could challenge her!
[Ding! Detected host's behavior aligns with the "Gojo Satoru" character profile (Crushing the weak with absolute power). Synchronization increased to 11%!]
[Ability Unlocked: Cursed Energy Amplification!]
[Physique: Rikugan / Six Eyes, successfully loaded!]
The instant the system prompt finished, the world before Sōkaku's eyes underwent a tremendous change!
The entire world seemed to have been stripped of its outer shell, revealing its most fundamental core.
The air was no longer empty.
He could clearly see countless multicolored energy threads slowly flowing.
That was natural energyfree-floating Chakra!
He turned his head to look at Hanako in his arms.
In his vision, Hanako's small body contained blue, meridian-like lines, through which weak Chakra flowed steadily.
He could even tell at a glance that a few key nodes were slightly blocked, which was causing her slow Chakra refinement speed.
This was... Rikugan / Six Eyes?!
The eyes that saw through everything!
It wasn't a Bloodline Limit, nor was it a visual jutsu; it was an innate, gifted physique!
It could see through an opponent's Cursed Technique, allow for ultra-fine Cursed Energy manipulation, and, most ridiculously, the Cursed Energy consumption when activating a Cursed Technique was practically negligible!
It was practically a human-shaped perpetual motion machine!
"Big Brother, what's wrong? Your eyes..." Hanako looked curiously at Sōkaku's eyes.
Sōkaku froze, quickly ran to a small puddle nearby, and looked down.
Reflected on the water's surface were a pair of blue eyes, as if dyed by the purest azure skyclear, bright, and seemingly containing the sea of stars.
"Don't worry, this is proof that Big Brother is becoming stronger." Sōkaku straightened up and winked at his sister, and the azure blue eyes reverted to their normal black color.
The power of the Rikugan / Six Eyes could be freely controlled by him to manifest or not.
This made him sigh in relief; otherwise, walking around the Uchiha Clan with such eyes would be far too conspicuous.
"Cursed Energy Amplification..."
He sensed the newfound energy within himcompletely different from Chakra, yet more condensed and highly explosive.
Was this Cursed Energy?
Energy derived from negative emotions.
And the Uchiha Clan certainly didn't lack negative emotions.
He tried to mobilize this faint Cursed Energy, slowly covering his right fist with it.
An unprecedented feeling of fullness and power emanated from his fist.
He had a feeling that this single punch now would possess absolutely extraordinary power!
"Hanako, stand back a bit." Sōkaku told his sister.
Hanako obediently retreated more than ten meters away, watching curiously to see what her brother would do.
Sōkaku walked over to the side of the training ground, where a large rock stood, specifically used by Uchiha members to test Taijutsu strength, covered in various sizes of fist marks and cracks.
He took a deep breath and assumed the most basic straight punch stance.
There were no flashy movements or earth-shattering momentum.
It was just a plain, unremarkable, casual punch!
His fist gently pressed against the rock.
There was no sound.
No loud bang.
Not even a trace of vibration.
One second.
Two seconds.
A gentle breeze passed.
That two-meter-tall, incredibly hard training rock, starting from the point where Sōkaku's fist made contact, silently... turned into dust that scattered everywhere!
Rustle... The fine stone powder drifted away with the wind, creating a strange scene in the sunlight.
In its place, only a large, smooth gap remained, as if something had been completely annihilated.
Hanako's mouth formed an "O," and she didn't even notice the candy dropping from her hand onto the ground.
Sōkaku himself stared at his fist, sinking into deep shock.
This was Cursed Energy Amplification?
Just the most basic application was more exaggerated than Tsunade's monstrous strength?!
If this were combined with the Limitless Cursed Technique, wouldn't that be...
Just as Sōkaku was getting excited about the blueprint for his future power, he failed to notice something.
In a corner of the distant training ground, beneath the shadow of a large tree.
A figure silently watched everything unfold.
It was a young man who looked only a few years older than Sōkaku, dressed in Uchiha Clan casual wear, his expression cold and stern.
When he saw the rock silently crumble into dust, an unconcealable trace of shock flashed in his calm, black eyes for the first time.
What kind of power was that?
It wasn't Chakra!
The nature of the energy covering that fist was completely different!
Furthermore, that young man named Uchiha Sokaku... he was clearly just an unremarkable Genin, so when did he acquire this unheard-of power?
The young man frowned slightly, taking a deep look at Sōkaku's retreating figure, seemingly engraving the image into his mind.
Then, his figure flickered, transforming into a flock of crows, and silently vanished from the spot.
As if he had never appeared at all.
Uchiha Itachi, this year, was thirteen years old.
He felt that this clan member, whom he had never paid attention to before, might become the greatest variable in the future of the Uchiha Clan.