2 Superpower

Standing in front of a mirror and seeing a completely different face than the one you are used to is a very complicated situation. It felt surreal, ridiculous, and partially exciting!

I was in denial for a minute, just staring at the reflection. Eventually, I moved my hand, seeing the reflection doing the same quickly sealed the deal.

'So this is my new body? Not bad… for a kid…'

The reflection in the mirror had the generic Uchiha look, short black hair that stood unusually spiky, very dark eyes, and a face that looked pleasing to look at. I couldn't use the word handsome because it was too young for that, between 10 to 12. I stood at roughly 150-155 cm.

I paid more attention to my face and noticed something, my facial structure made me look a little wild. I didn't look like Sasuke or Itachi at all, the closest comparison I could come up with was Madara.

Actually, when I looked closer and imagined myself with long hair, I realized that I would resemble Madara a lot.

'Maybe this body shares ancestry with that guy…' I thought and looked away, secretly deciding to grow out my hair in the future to see how it would look like.

I sat back down on the bed, the doctor and nurse had left an hour ago which had given me time to sort out my panic and existential crisis and all the other nonsense.

Whether I wanted it or not, I was here and that would not change. So after an hour of panicking, I realized overthinking things wouldn't benefit me at all so I had put aside my feelings, accepted my death and transmigration, and decided to move on.

Sure I had loved ones and such on earth but they surely would want me to stay strong and happy, and at the same time, there was always a possibility of returning to earth. I mean the Otsutsuki could travel worlds so why not?

There were quite a lot of things I wanted to see through on Earth besides seeing my loved ones, such as the ending of quite a lot of shows I kept track of, a few movies coming up that I had to watch, and if any cool new games would be out by the time of my return.

Whether I liked it or not, Earth had things that no other place/world had. At the same time, I wanted to figure out a huge mystery. How did a fictional world become real? Or rather, become a fiction on earth if it was real in the 1st place?

If one fictional world was real, that meant they all could be real… This was food for thought. The curiosity and desire for the answer plagued my mind since the moment I thought of it during the one-hour existential crisis.

I just wanted to explore it all and get an answer, maybe visit a few other fictional worlds as well, there were quite a few ways to cheat death and become immortal in fictional worlds.

The mere thought of not having to deal with death again made me feel excited as I felt a primal desire from the depth of my soul. Power, immortality, true freedom, love, fun adventures… there was so much I realized was possible to get with this opportunity that made my calm heart begin beating faster again.

I sighed…

'I better stop thinking about that, at the moment, I am just a powerless kid on Danzo's watch. If I slip up, it's game over. I don't want to die again… never again…' I stood up and began pacing around the room after giving myself a reality check.

'This world is super dangerous, literal godlike people are walking around, with aliens preparing to attack in the future, and of course the whole shinobi world war… I have to get strong enough to survive all that… No, that's not enough, with ambition like that I won't make it out alive…'

I massaged my temples with annoyance.

'I have to become stronger than everyone to guarantee my survival, otherwise, there would always be the stronger person deciding my fate… How do I do that though? First I have to see what I have…' I approached the window of the room and looked at Konoha.

I locked my eyes on the Hokage rock, looking at the 4 faces under the light of the setting sun made me fall deep in thought, 'I have Uchiha bloodline, which means Sharingan, possible Mangekyou, and Rinnegan if I get some Hashirama cells. I have my knowledge of the future, this is my greatest weapon, if I go to some places at the right time, I might be able to get some opportunities. As for the plot, It's best not to get involved and leave the heroes to do their jobs, I should just focus on getting stronger and my own survival. I have the Uchiha clan's scrolls and wealth which should help me a lot. That's all I have…'

I took a deep breath, "It's good enough…" I muttered but then realized a problem, 'I don't remember all the details of the plot…'

I only remembered the major things, since I had watched only the anime and that was years ago. I only vaguely recalled the details, but I knew the major things and happenings with some character backgrounds.

'Should I write it down? No, if someone finds it… If I write it in English though… They might decode it. I just have to think about it often and not let my mind forget it. I have to stay away from the Yamanaka clan at all costs. Actually, It's best if I leave the village when strong enough, as long as Danzo is around I am not safe. Outside is better since I can just hide with Henge…' I decided.

I walked back to the bed and laid down, feeling comfortable, inwardly I felt a little annoyed, 'How come others get cheats but I don't? A gamer-like power would be so good…' I narrowed my eyes.

"Status," I muttered suddenly, expectation in my voice.

Nothing happened.

I became disappointed, "System?"

Nothing happened.

"Shazam?"

…

I chuckled and thoughtfully imagined as I said, "3X2(9YZ)4A…"

I felt nothing, 'Ok the speed force formula doesn't work… Maybe life equation?'

"companionship + understanding + assurance + joy + altruism ÷ respect ÷ commendation ÷ sympathy ⋅ innocence ⋅ dignity ⋅ success ⋅ acceptance y=n where y=despair and n=caution, love=truth, death=rebirth, and self=light side" I whispered to myself with no effect.

"loneliness + alienation + fear + despair + self-worth ÷ mockery ÷ condemnation ÷ misunderstanding ⋅ guilt ⋅ shame ⋅ failure ⋅ judgment n=y where y=hope and n=folly, love=lies, life=death, self=dark side…"

I remembered them because I had memorized them when I was a little younger, in case I ever reincarnated in DC or something… I was an avid reader of fanfiction and sometimes went a little overboard with my imagination…

There was no effect which meant I was out of DC Multiverse entirely.

I could only sigh as I imagined any cheat possible within me surfacing as I said softly, "Appear." This was my last attempt, if nothing happened, I was going to give up.

To my surprise, something clicked in my brain, it was not physical, it felt purely mental.

A screen appeared in front of me, I quickly inspected it with excitement, and then I frowned.

It was peculiar, to say the least; It didn't look like a menu like I had expected it. There was nothing on it but a slow-moving and long thread that stretched to the unknown, it looked identical to a DNA picture I had seen.

It was as if someone was filming a DNA thread Live since it moved a little. It looked like something straight out of a science fiction movie.

I was taken aback by this picture. 'Definitely not a conventional cheat system, what is this?'

The moment I thought of that, some form of information just entered my mind.

'I can Manipulate my own DNA/Genes?' I was shocked by the information.

Whatever this screen was, it worked telepathically. I realized that immediately and thus I asked mentally, 'What are the limits?'

Again, information entered my mind smoothly as if I was answering my own question, 'The changes take time depending on what and how much I am changing since my body has to adapt slowly. I have to gather sample DNA to change my own DNA in ways that take advantage of another DNA, to do that I just need to touch hair or blood. I also need to know about what I am doing, this ability won't let me change things I don't know as a safety measure, it also will simulate on its own first and not change in case there is a problem… How convenient!' I exclaimed in my mind.

This ability or rather, superpower was extremely helpful, especially since I was in this world. Its potential was limitless... if I got my hands on Saiyan or Kryptonian DNA in the future… I was elated beyond words.

I looked at the DNA, my DNA. Knowledge entered my mind wherever I looked.

'This part is about bones… this one about the nervous system… this one about muscles… Wow… I somehow understand everything about it by just wanting to and looking at the part.'

I took a while observing my DNA. It was amazing. But I figured out a major problem right away.

'It's like I have memorized a programming language, I know what part of my DNA does what but changing it is another matter entirely… By just memorizing a programming language, I can't possibly code a program. It needs skill and experience…'

My situation was like that, I realized I couldn't do any big changes at the moment, like stopping aging or getting ultra-high-speed regeneration due to my lacking skill, experience, and knowledge. Things and effects that needed more than one change in the DNA were beyond me at the moment. I had to gather many samples... Or I could study and experiment with my DNA for decades… The answer was obvious to me, I didn't have that kind of time, yet.

Despite feeling a little frustrated with that, I didn't give up right away.

I looked at the DNA and specially searched for the eyes, I found the part that had to do with the eyes.

By the knowledge coming to my head telepathically, I noticed 3 things beyond normal. 'A mutation that needs strong emotional stimuli to get unlocked… This one must be the Sharingan.'

I inspected the 2nd one, 'It is attached to the previous mutation, some sort of evolution of it? Needs much stronger emotional stimuli… This is definitely the Mangekyou Sharingan. There is some flaw in it as well, I can see it.'

I observed the last one, 'This one is somehow incomplete, there is no hope for it, it's like a broken part of something bigger… Must be Rinnegan.'

I suddenly smiled, 'I can just take away the need for emotional stimuli… hehe…' Doing such a thing wasn't difficult or complicated at all.

I quickly focused on it and willed to do it on the Sharingan.

The DNA changed in front of my eyes, I felt the screen doing some sort of calculation before letting it happen.

Some information entered my mind, 'The change will take a month and after it, I will have access to Sharingan. That's a lot…'

I frowned and removed the block on Mangekyou Sharingan, the same thing happened.

'Wow… 4 years?! And only one change can be active at a time? So it begins after the one month of Sharingan is over… Why?'

The answer came to my mind, 'I need to gather DNA samples to speed up a little. My chakra is also small, not at all ready for Mangekyou Sharingan. If I had a lot of Chakra with a stronger body, It would take a month and Sharingan a day… I see… If I get strong enough, I should be able to make changes instantly. '

I removed the flaw in Mangekyou meaning it would turn into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, "9 years?!" I couldn't help but blurt it out…

I took a deep breath to calm down, 'No need to worry, If my body and Chakra grows, the time will get reduced, there is hope for me to get it if I work hard. It is certainly possible before Canon begins… I am 5 years before Canon, a lot of things can happen and I will grow stronger for sure.'

I willed it and the screen disappeared, silently feeling thankful that the time could change as I got stronger.

I closed my eyes, 'I will learn the 8 gates to make my body stronger, as for Chakra… I don't know a way… Tsunade's mark had Chakra in it and it could heal her, it is best I learn that and store my Chakra when not fighting and use it in battles to have more Chakra and a healing factor, that's all I can think of right now.'

I felt tired mentally so I decided to drift to sleep and deal with other things tomorrow, it was already getting dark. They brought me a meal and some water which interrupted my sleep but I was hungry so...

The next day, a new doctor came to evaluate my psychological health. I was going to get released since my body was perfectly healthy.