'What is power?'

Some people struggled to get it, while others got it easily.

Suna Village could only struggle to survive in the desert, whereas Konoha Village developed rapidly in the Shinobi world's most resource-rich land.

While the civilian-born Oki Miyamoto struggled to get promoted to Chūnin, his captain Manoshi Uchiha had already become a Jōnin early on.

Manoshi Uchiha graduated from ninja school at the age of 7, was promoted to Chūnin at 10, and Jōnin at 12. He reached the highest achievement of most lifetimes when other children were just graduating from school; this was rare, even during the war years.

But now, at this moment, Oki Miyamoto was no longer able to think about it. Because of his lack of strength, he's about to face the same fate as a dozen other Chūnins and Genins who fell before him -- death.

Under Manoshi Uchiha's aggressive command, they recklessly rushed into the Kiri shinobi's ambush. The back-to-back attack of explosive charms and the rush of water jutsu released from high up in the air kept hitting them, reaping the lives of their companions.

"No, it shouldn't be like this."

The twelve-year-old Manoshi Uchiha stood frozen in the middle of the battlefield. The three hooks in his eyes were spinning wildly as the scorching energy emanating from his body evaporated all the water near him.

"It was clearly an effort to save everyone, but in the end, I killed so many people with my own hands. So then, what's the point?"

It was precisely because he knew the future tragedy of his clan's destruction and the chaos brought by the nine-tails that he strived to become stronger, hoping to have the strength to suppress the whole clan and obtain the right to talk in the village.

As a traverser, he already had enough failures.

"Son, I can feel your confusion."

'Who's talking?'

Manoshi Uchiha subconsciously raised his head, but to his surprise, he found that his surroundings had changed drastically. A monk was standing in front of him, wearing only a pair of worn-out training pants and a red silk cloth blindfolding his eyes.

"Are you ... Lee Sin?" Manoshi recognized the character in front of him from the popular competitive game 'League of Legends' in his former life.

"That's right. I am Lee Sin, a monk from Shuoji Temple. " Lee Sin replied, "I am here for the power of the divine dragon invoked within you. "

"I used to be as confused as you, whether I was really in control of the power. But then I got my answer. And what about you? What's your answer, son?"

"Are you really in control of the power?"

Manoshi clenched his fist and found that his strength had never been so abundant, but what's the point?

His own friends, subordinates, and the fresh faces who were talking and laughing a moment ago had already left this world.

'Order and guarding? Violence and killing?'

"I ... I don't know. "

When the blind monk heard this, he stepped forward and patted Manoshi on the shoulder. "Power means nothing without skill. Think about what you care about and what you are most afraid of losing. "

"Am I afraid?" Manoshi pondered, "It's not that I don't have a chance of saving them, but I'm afraid...afraid of losing my power. "

"But, if the power doesn't play the role I want, then what's the difference between having and not having it? I am the master of my power, not a slave to it. "

Manoshi rekindled his fighting spirit, and the three hooks in his eyes fused together in that instant, like three clusters of flame intertwined.

"If it's these eyes, everything is possible!"

With the formation of the Mangekyō Sharingan, Manoshi's consciousness returned to reality.

At this time, the battle was over, and the only Konoha ninja left standing on the ground was him.

"Protect the clan, protect the companions, protect the weak; that's my Ninja Way!"

Sharingan, known as 'the eye that reflects the heart', had different abilities according to the master's desire.

"Then 'the eye that reflects the heart', show me your power!"

Manoshi was surrounded by a group of Kiri shinobis.

The Tomoe pattern in his left eye burned like real flame, and the scorching energy that had already subsided gushed out wildly in his left eye.

"First of all, the taboo Mangekyō technique. Time-Space ninjutsu, Reverse time!"

Fueled by the power of the divine dragon and at the cost of an entire Mangekyō Sharingan, Manoshi unleashed the forbidden jutsu that could reverse the entire world in time -- for a mere five minutes.

But this was enough for him.

Although he returned to the time when they had already been ambushed, it still gave him the chance to save his comrades. While his team members were shocked and confused as to why Manoshi's eyes had suddenly turned into two leaping flames, his eye pupils launched a powerful shield technique.

During the activation of this technique, all impending attacks and damage of the marked beings within that range would be transmitted to the caster's vicinity.

"The situation has changed, don't wait for the enemy troops to enter the perfect area. Detonate immediately! "

At this time, the Kiri shinobis who were ambushing found the situation strange. Therefore, the leading Jōnin ordered an early detonation of the charms.

But a few detonation charms could no longer cause any substantial damage to Manoshi.

"Next step. The last move, come out Susanoo!"

Chakra, mixed with scorching energy connected to Manoshi's hollow eyes, was gushing out in a steady stream, forming a five-meter-tall flaming giant around him.

"Manoshi, your eyes?" Oki Miyamoto, who was a bit dazed by Manoshi Uchiha's flurry of actions and the explosions coming from the surroundings, was the first to notice the abnormality in Manoshi's eyes.

"Hahaha, it's just Sharingan, don't worry about it."

Having lost the Sharingan, the eye ability on which the Uchiha clan made its name, Oki Miyamoto felt that the other's laughter was even brighter than before.

Although he lost the vision provided by his eyes, the power of the divine dragon that Lee Sin mentioned brought him a sixth sense besides sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste -- all the energy flowing within a 500-meter radius were reflected in his 'eyes', forming a detailed map of the enemies and allies in his mind.

"Everyone, gather behind me. I'm going to release a large-scale jutsu. You can retreat at any time. "

The seemingly endless amount of chakra excited Manoshi; as if he were close to being the perfect powerful human.

Rat-Ox-Dog-Horse-Monkey-Boar-Tiger

Seven hand seals were quickly formed, and as Manoshi did so, the giant that enveloped him made the exact same gesture.

"Fire Release: Fire Blast!"

"Quickly use the water wall! Hurry!"

However, ambushing a squadron led by a new Jōnin didn't have too many masters. The ambush force was composed of a few Chūnins. Even if the people from the Kiri Village were good with water jutsu, they couldn't win against a sea of fire.

Soon, the Kiri shinobis were forced back by the sweeping flames. And Manoshi, after releasing such a powerful fire attack, no longer had the strength to pursue them. So instead, he escorted his subordinates back in the direction of the Land of Fire.

Only when he sensed the chakra that belonged to Konoha's reinforcements did he slowly collapse.