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Yuto Souta let out a sigh of relief.
Good thing he'd held back during his fight with Kushina Uzumaki...
Otherwise, if he'd spent all his research points and couldn't even scrape together two bucks, that would've been awkward.
The Sage Body—how could he not know what it was?
Massive chakra reserves, near-freakish vitality, and recovery power.
Among the Senju clan, only Hashirama Senju could wield Wood Release.
But with his innate Sage Body alone, he'd clashed head-on with an Uchiha armed with Sharingan, ninjutsu, and taijutsu buffs for an entire era!
Tobirama Senju's Water Release was practically on par with an ocean!
Don't let the "lots of chakra" description fool you.
Take Naruto Uzumaki, for example. Even with most of his chakra tied up suppressing the Nine-Tails, his total reserves still dwarfed adult Kakashi's by more than double!
If he didn't need to suppress the Nine-Tails, that ratio could easily exceed a hundred...
Then there's Nagato Uzumaki.
The Rinnegan, nurtured by Madara Uchiha for decades, was so taxing that even adult Obito Uchiha could only handle one eye. Yet Nagato wore both from childhood...
And wielded the Six Paths of Pain with masterful precision.
The sheer might of the Sage Body was plain to see.
In an instant,
A warm current surged through Yuto Souta's body.
Indescribably pleasant... like soaking in a hot spring after a long day's work. Beyond a soft groan of comfort, no words were needed...
But gradually, he felt something strange within him.
His chakra was growing more abundant.
On his system panel, his 2D stats were skyrocketing!
Five thousand, six thousand, still climbing—no sign of stopping!
"This is the Sage Body...? Kind of insane, huh?"
As a scientist, Yuto Souta rarely gave such an imprecise assessment.
But right now, "insane" was the only word that seemed to fit!
His chakra and vitality stats were likely to break ten thousand!
But then, he noticed something else.
The proficiency of his LV3 Sharingan was quietly shifting too...
Compared to the 2D stats, the Sharingan's growth was slower.
But... his Sharingan had already been close to Mangekyo, and now that gap was steadily shrinking!
"Wait... this isn't about to jump straight to Mangekyo, is it?"
The union of Uchiha and Senju could unlock all things in creation.
The stone tablet left by the Sage of Six Paths—mangled as it was by Black Zetsu—got at least that part right.
The Uchiha's Sage Eyes combined with the Senju's Sage Body could grant mastery over all things...
Now,
He had the Sharingan.
And he had the Sage Body.
Yuto Souta's expression turned vibrant...
"Almost forgot about this surprise bonus, huh?"
But just as the words left his mouth, a strange sensation hit his Sharingan, which was on the verge of hitting LV3 max!
A faint, cool prickling flowed into his eyes.
Not the refreshing clarity of awakening the Sharingan, but a numbing sensation, like limbs left idle too long.
And as that numbness grew, it sharpened into a piercing pain, like needles stabbing into his eyes!
Yuto Souta's face twisted!
"Could it be you don't even need emotional trauma to unlock the Mangekyo?!"
The question had barely formed when the endless, needle-like agony surged even stronger!
The pain crashed over him in waves, shattering his composure!
In his final moment of clarity, he forced his hands into a seal.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Buddy, I'm counting on you!"
"Got it."
The shadow clone appeared and immediately began forming seals.
Then...
"Nitrogen Release!"
"Little Water Ball Technique..."
...
The shadow clone carefully controlled its chakra, dialing the liquid nitrogen's power down to the bare minimum before spraying it onto Yuto Souta's face...
A bit risky.
Do not try this at home.
The absolute chill instantly dulled the pain in his head, and the Sage Body's resilience handled the cold just fine.
Yuto Souta regained a shred of rationality and checked his attribute panel.
Sure enough,
His Sharingan had hit LV4—now Mangekyo Sharingan...
The next step, LV5, would be the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
The system's advantage shone here.
While reaching LV5 required a whopping 30,000 proficiency points,
It still beat having to track down a relative as an orphan...
In the vast Uchiha clan, only a handful ever awakened the Mangekyo.
Sadly, none of them were remotely related to him...
The stabbing pain in his head persisted.
The transition from three-tomoe to Mangekyo clearly took time.
"No idea what my Mangekyo ability will be."
Yuto Souta muttered, rummaging through a drawer to pull out a kunai.
He looked at the kunai in his hand, then at his small hand.
A dangerous idea sparked in his mind...
"All for science!"
Gritting his teeth, Yuto Souta plunged the kunai into his... pinky finger!
He'd initially aimed for his thigh.
But on second thought, he hadn't been injured once since arriving in the ninja world.
Breaking that record for an experiment didn't seem worth it...
So, the thigh became the pinky.
Still, with fingers connected to the heart, the pain made Yuto Souta wince.
But alongside the pain came an itch, and almost instantly, the wound healed itself—moments later, the skin looked as good as new!
"Hiss... If only Obito had this ability, things would be so much easier."
The thought popped into Yuto Souta's head.
But soon, his expression grew conflicted again.
If he defected... what would happen to Obito Uchiha?
He knew Madara Uchiha's criteria for choosing people.
It definitely wasn't talent—before turning dark, Obito Uchiha's potential was buried deep in his bones...
"Guess I'll take it one step at a time..." Yuto Souta decided to shelve the thought for now.
There was still plenty of time—that was a choice to ponder after reaching jonin.
For now, these freshly evolved Mangekyo eyes seemed far more worth his attention...
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