"Since you're of no further use…"
"…then—goodbye."
Murmuring softly, Jin raised his hand and flicked his fingers.
Pfft! Pfft!
Two precise air bullets pierced straight through Torune's and Yamanaka Fūta's glabellas.
Clean. Decisive.
Very soon, after this move, trait prompts began to surface above the two corpses.
Jin reached out without hesitation.
[Contacting targets: Yamanaka Fūta, Aburame Torune.]
[Trait plunder successful. Congratulations, Host has obtained Fine trait: Poison Resistance (Green), Epic trait: Mind Body Switch Technique (Purple)!]
Hiss—!
Another gold drop!
Mind Body Switch Technique! And Poison Resistance…
After a moment of thought, he muttered inwardly, "Feed Poison Resistance to Perception."
[Trait fusion in progress.]
[Fusion successful. Congratulations, Host has obtained Rare trait: Perception Domain (Blue). Ignores toxins; can reduce/increase toxin resistance of living beings within a hundred-meter radius.]
"Ignores toxins? Reduces toxin resistance?"
Jin froze for a moment, then turned to look at another newly acquired trait.
"If I add this on top of Nano-Scale Poison Insect Manipulation…"
"Wouldn't that make me a walking source of poison?"
Wherever he went—everything got poisoned.
"And if I activate Low Presence on top of that…"
"A walking, invisible poison source?"
"Hiss… did I just become a true backstabber?"
Jin was stunned.
He took several deep breaths before finally calming down.
Then he shifted his attention to the newly dropped "gold-tier" trait.
Even though it was purple, in Jin's eyes, the Mind Body Switch Technique was no weaker than most gold-tier traits!
Even if Yamanaka Fūta had used it to no effect…
But!
In the late game, this was a technique capable of stalling even Six Paths–level beings!
As for why it only lasted an instant—
that could only be blamed on the caster's insufficient mental energy.
Thinking this, his gaze fell upon his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Jin had carefully observed that once a trait was activated, his mental strength—originally only comparable to an average jōnin's—would surge to an exaggerated level!
Of course, the pressure would surge as well.
The burden brought about by imbalance between body and mind.
For a ten-year-old boy, his body was still far too fragile.
And he didn't want to end up like Itachi—being dragged down until he collapsed.
That was why he treasured Wood Release cells so highly.
Unfortunately, Wood Release without Hashirama's cells was still Wood Release—
the gap was simply too great.
"I wonder if there are still any remnants of First Hokage cells left in Root…"
He murmured as he searched the two bodies for a moment.
Clatter.
Soon, a pitch-black scroll engraved with the character "Root" fell out.
Unrolling it, there was only a single, concise sentence written inside:
Lord Danzō is dead. The killer—Uchiha Arata.
After it, someone had even thoughtfully drawn a small portrait of Jin.
There were also various strange coordinate markings and secret keys.
"Oh?" Jin's eyes lit up slightly. "Root's base?"
"After killing Danzō, it seems I never really collected the spoils of war."
With that thought, he lifted his leg and prepared to head toward Root.
But at that moment, noisy voices suddenly came from behind him.
"Jin! Are you alright?!"
"Lord Jin!"
After finishing the meeting, many Uchiha clansmen, having heard the commotion, rushed out one after another.
Their eyes flicked—and immediately locked onto the boy outside the courtyard wall.
The younger clansmen, in particular, scrambled forward.
To them now, Jin was not only the Uchiha clan's precious treasure—
he was also the idol of the younger generation!
It was no exaggeration to say that even if Clan Head Fugaku were killed, Jin absolutely could not be harmed.
"Move aside, move aside! If you're slow, don't get in the way!"
A young ninja casually shoved aside a middle-aged man in front of him and charged forward.
Outside the crowd.
The man who had been shoved aside—Fugaku—felt his brow twitch.
Suppressing the urge to spit out a Great Fireball, he gritted his teeth.
"That's my son!"
Unfortunately, no one paid him any attention…
They were all focused on Jin's feet.
When they saw the two corpses on the ground, surprise flickered across their faces.
"Yamanaka Fūta? Aburame Torune?"
"So the remnants of Root weren't fully absorbed by the Third Hokage after all…"
At that moment, a clan member suddenly jogged over from outside the village.
Panting heavily.
"Clan Head! Clan Head!"
"Hm?" Fugaku turned. When he saw it was the Ninth Elder—responsible for coordinating financial matters with the other clans—his pupils shrank.
A bad premonition rose sharply in his heart.
Seeing Fugaku, the man ran even faster, shouting as he ran,
"Clan Head, the Yamanaka clan, the Aburame clan, the Ryōma clan… the financial reports they submitted are all trivial scraps—nothing but small change!"
Gradually, the Uchiha all came to understand the reactions of the other clans.
Their expressions shifted.
"They're 'cooperating'—but deliberately stalling?"
Fugaku pondered for a moment, feeling uncertain.
He wanted to cut through the mess swiftly—
yet worried that doing so might provoke resentment from the other clans in the village.
For decades, what he had worked tirelessly toward was integrating the Uchiha truly into Konoha.
Unfortunately, the results had always been minimal.
If not for Jin's heaven-sent move tonight, then perhaps…
Shaking his head, he looked at Jin and hesitated briefly.
"Jin, what do you think we should do?"
"Me?"
Jin looked at his old father in surprise, then casually pointed at the two corpses on the ground.
"Isn't there already a ready-made reason?"
Fugaku: "Hm?"
The clansmen: "Could it be…?"
Jin waved his hand, picked up the scroll from the ground, and pulled out a pen.
With a few strokes, he casually sketched the symbol of Kumogakure and said,
"The Yamanaka and Aburame clans colluded with Kumogakure, attempting to assassinate the Uchiha clan's young heir!"
"Now, Clan Head, please dispatch people to place both clans under control."
Thump.
Thump-thump!
Just a few short sentences—
yet they sent waves of excitement surging through the young Uchiha.
This!
This was the clan head they wanted!
Don't agree?
Then crush them directly!
Whoosh!
In an instant, over a hundred gazes landed squarely on Fugaku—
filled with expectation.
Seeing this, Fugaku gritted his teeth and spoke decisively.
"Ahem—fine! Ninth Elder, take people with me to the Yamanaka clan. Second Elder, Fourth Elder—lead teams to the Aburame clan!"
"Tonight, we'll put them all under control!"
With that, he turned and left first.
As dawn approached, the fevered Uchiha once again welcomed their own Frenzied celebration.
Watching their retreating figures, Jin turned his gaze toward the other direction.
Toward the coordinates marked on the scroll.
"Root, huh?"
"I really am looking forward to what kind of things you've got stored away…"
As his words fell, his figure slowly faded—
like smoke scattered by the wind.
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