"Status panel!"
With a thought, Mirai summoned the translucent, sky-blue interface before his eyes.
[Name: Uchiha Mirai]
[Physique: 1087]
[Mental Strength: 1023]
[Chakra: 1028]
[Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyō Sharingan! Magnet Release – Gold Dust! Scorch Release! Shikotsumyaku!]
[Ninjutsu: …]
[Other: …]
Looking at the statistics displayed, a deep sense of satisfaction welled up within Mirai.
He could still recall when he had started, with most of his attributes barely reaching double digits, except for mental energy. Now, in less than two years, all his stats had surpassed the thousand mark.
The Mangekyō Sharingan he had long coveted was now his, complete with two incredibly powerful abilities. As for ninjutsu, kekkei genkai, and secret techniques—there were so many that he had lost count. This overwhelming strength provided a sense of security that was indescribable.
After glancing through his status, Mirai shifted his focus entirely to his eyes.
Upon reaching a mental strength level of 1,000, he could distinctly feel a qualitative transformation in his vision. It was as if his eyes had evolved again, with his ocular power surging dramatically.
"Have my eyes advanced to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?" Mirai murmured to himself.
But then, he shook his head. "No, it's more than that."
The line between the Mangekyō Sharingan and its eternal version wasn't so clear-cut. Based on ocular power and immunity to blindness, his Mangekyō Sharingan should have already crossed into the realm of the Eternal Mangekyō.
Even the Complete Body Susanoo—something he had mastered shortly after unlocking his Mangekyō—had been an easy feat. This new evolution had to be something beyond that.
Closing his eyes, Mirai focused inwardly, sensing the change. When he opened them again, a sharp clarity filled his gaze.
"The power surpassing the Mangekyō Sharingan..." he whispered after a long pause.
"Rinnegan."
Upon reaching a mental energy level of 1,000, it seemed his eyes were ready to evolve into the Rinnegan. However, the Rinnegan required the power of the Six Paths—a force he had yet to obtain. Until he acquired that energy, his eyes would remain in their current Eternal Mangekyō form, albeit with greatly enhanced power.
"It seems I'll need to seek out the power of the Six Paths after the Third Shinobi World War," he mused, his thoughts quickly settling.
For Mirai, obtaining such power wasn't an insurmountable challenge.
With that resolved, he turned his attention to a newly acquired ability: the Shikotsumyaku.
As the kekkei genkai of Kimimaro in the original story, the Shikotsumyaku had always left a strong impression on Mirai. Kimimaro's fight against Gaara, second only to Rock Lee's battle with Gaara, was one of the most memorable early moments in Naruto.
It was just... undeniably cool.
Focusing on his new power, Mirai concentrated, and a pure white bone blade emerged from the palm of his hand. Gripping the blade, he casually struck it against his chakra-forged katana.
Clang!
With a crisp sound, his katana snapped cleanly in half.
"Impressive strength," Mirai remarked with satisfaction, nodding.
This katana, a gift from Uchiha Fugaku, was a chakra blade that had accompanied him through countless battles without so much as a dent. And yet, it had been shattered effortlessly by the bone blade he created.
With his current physical prowess, such a result wasn't surprising. Retracting the bone blade, Mirai turned toward the direction of the Konohagakure camp.
Today's progress was good, but there was still a long way to go.
...
Kirigakure
On an island near the Land of Fire, Yagura Karatachi stared grimly at the intelligence report in his hands.
The frontlines, which had been progressing smoothly, were now crumbling rapidly.
In just a few days, nearly a thousand Kirigakure shinobi had been lost in battle—a devastating number for a village like Kirigakure. Clan leaders were already voicing their dissatisfaction, and if this continued, internal strife might erupt before the war could be resolved.
"It seems I'll have to handle this personally," Yagura muttered, a cruel smirk crossing his baby-faced features as he gazed at Mirai's portrait on the scroll.
"Mangekyō Sharingan?"
He scoffed.
"Let's see how powerful a mere child can really be."
[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully acquiring a reward: Mental Strength +1!]
As the system's notification rang in his mind, Mirai paused his slaughter.
Surveying the battlefield, countless Kirigakure shinobi lay lifeless around him. In the distance, Konoha shinobi looked on, their faces filled with awe and admiration.
Since Mirai had arrived on the frontlines, their tasks had shifted from fighting the enemy to locating them. Once they identified Kirigakure forces, their only job was to report back and let Mirai handle the rest.
"Mirai-sama is incredible. No matter how many enemies there are, they all fall before him," one shinobi said in awe.
"Yeah, and he always fights alone. It's humbling."
"Don't say that. The best thing we can do for him is stay alive."
"Mirai-sama is so kind. No one has ever fought for us like this before."
"Exactly. Without him, who knows how many of us would've died in this war?"
To the Konoha shinobi, Mirai's lone battles against hundreds of Kirigakure ninja were a testament to his selflessness. Despite being a prodigy from the illustrious Uchiha clan, he put himself on the line to protect ordinary shinobi.
Among the Uchiha, Mirai was becoming a legend—a beacon of hope and the symbol of a brighter future for the clan.
Unbeknownst to Mirai, his efforts to grind for system rewards had made him a hero in the eyes of those around him.
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