110. Naruto

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Ultimately, Senju Itama did not end up sleeping in the same bed as Uchiha Gin. Despite hjs earlier high-and-mighty attitude, once he returned to the old house, her bravado disappeared in an instant. He grabbed a blanket, hurriedly ran to the living room, and showed no intention of sharing a bed.

"Are you sure you don't want to sleep in the bedroom?" Uchiha Gin asked, stripping off his shirt to reveal his sculpted physique. With a lazy expression, he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"I'm afraid of your old-man smell!" Senju Itama responded with a sharp retort, he covered his nose in disgust.

"Do I really smell?" Uchiha Gin, hearing this for the first time, instinctively raised his arms and sniffed his underarms but didn't detect any odor. "No, come on, smell for yourself."

He leaned closer to Senju Itama, who, like a frightened rabbit, sprang away, hugging his blanket and shrinking onto the sofa, wrapping himself tightly and leaving only his head poking out, watching Uchiha Gin warily.

"Such a boring brat," Uchiha Gin muttered, shaking his head as he pulled on a house robe and headed outside. "I'm going out for some air. You should rest."

In the backyard, Uchiha Gin lay on a wooden deck chair, reflecting on the original storyline's timeline. After being away for a few days on missions, he hadn't had a chance to grind any skills. It seemed that the founding of Konoha wasn't too far off.

Having accidentally gained immortality, could he actually live long enough to experience the entire Naruto storyline in person? He thought about the events he'd witnessed, particularly wondering when he'd meet "that guy," Naruto.

Just as he was reminiscing about the spiky-haired boy, the air in the backyard suddenly grew tense. A familiar screen descended, and a golden figure appeared in the yard.

Blonde, spiky hair, a face full of energy with whisker-like marks, and blue eyes that now seemed vacant and dazed.

The protagonist had arrived!

It was almost too perfect, Uchiha Gin thought. He had just been thinking about the protagonist, and now, there he was.

Before he could step forward to examine Naruto more closely, a flicker of awareness returned to Naruto's dull eyes. Without hesitation, the boy raised his small fist and charged at Uchiha Gin.

"Is this really 'think about someone and they appear'?"

Uchiha Gin sidestepped the future savior's punch, his mind elsewhere. If he thought about the Sage of Six Paths tomorrow, would Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo appear next?

As he casually deflected Naruto's attacks, Uchiha Gin suddenly felt a heat in his hand. The small fist he'd just grabbed had become enveloped in a cloak of red chakra.

At the same time, a dark, violent aura emanated from the boy in front of him.

"A Tailed Beast Transformation, huh?"

Sensing the sinister chakra pouring out of Naruto, Uchiha Gin frowned. The boy, now hunched over like an animal, was fully cloaked in red chakra. Gin couldn't help but comment, "And this counts as a skill?"

Before Uchiha Gin could contemplate further, Naruto, now cloaked in the red beastly aura, lunged at him with the speed of a red flash. His chakra-covered arm morphed into a beastly claw, aiming straight for Gin's face.

"Tsk! Don't these tailed beasts know who I am? How dare they act up in front of me?"

With a bored expression, Uchiha Gin closed his eyes, raised his hands, and as they glowed with pale green light, thick wooden branches burst from the ground, wrapping around Naruto.

Naruto, now fully overtaken by the Tailed Beast's chakra, had his blue eyes replaced with beastly slits. His movements, though reckless, were fast and precise as he narrowly dodged the oncoming branches.

"Not bad, but still lacking," Uchiha Gin remarked, watching Naruto jump around in his Wood Release technique.

"Walk's over; time to rest," Uchiha Gin said to the panting Naruto, earning a glare of hatred from the boy.

Hmm? Another human-like reaction. The system's AI is truly impressive, Uchiha Gin thought. But since you're just an NPC, you'd better give me your skills!

As a cold, menacing aura surrounded him, three black tomoe spun into view in Uchiha Gin's now crimson eyes, sending a torrent of ocular power at Naruto.

The previously savage beast-like Naruto flinched upon seeing Gin's Sharingan, a flash of fear crossing his face. There was a hint of retreat in his eyes.

But in a moment, it was gone. Naruto seemed to steel himself, raising his head and meeting Gin's gaze, facing the powerful eye technique head-on.

Oh? So brave? Uchiha Gin thought, surprised. He hadn't expected Naruto, even in his beastly state, to have the courage to challenge his Sharingan. His opinion of the boy improved slightly.

"Thud!"

But in an instant, the cocky Tailed Beast-cloaked Naruto fell unconscious under the immense pressure of Gin's eye power.

I envy these kids. So young and carefree, they can sleep as soon as they hit the ground, Uchiha Gin thought. The familiar screen descended from the sky and silently whisked Naruto away.

At the same time, a refreshing sensation washed over Gin, soothing his slightly strained eyes.

"The backyard has generated a random daily skill: [Nine-Tails Chakra]. Obtained Nine-Tails Chakra fragment *1."

[Nine-Tails Chakra fragment (1/100). Collect 100 fragments to synthesize a complete Nine-Tails Chakra.]

"Fragments of the Nine-Tails' chakra?" Gin thought, a bit surprised. But needing 100 pieces meant controlling the Tailed Beast's power was a long way off.

Gin wasn't particularly disappointed. The power of a Tailed Beast? It was only useful for merging with the God Tree. He'd rather focus on purifying his bloodline.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but open his rarely-checked character attribute card:

Host: Uchiha Gin

Ninjutsu: ???

Taijutsu: ???

Intelligence: 9

Stamina: ???

Charm: 1

Dojutsu: ???

Skills: Sharingan (Mastery MAX), Wood Release (Mastery S), Super Strength (Mastery S), Uchiha Taijutsu Secret (Mastery S), Chidori Flow (Mastery S), Yin Seal (Mastery S-), Mutated Byakugan (Mastery S-), Basic Ninjutsu (Mastery A+)...

Overall Evaluation: A well-rounded.

At some point, thanks to the excessive stacking of bloodline factors, most of Gin's attributes had turned into question marks, except for the system's initial fixed values of intelligence and charm. His skill list had grown so long due to frequent backyard refreshes that scrolling down felt endless. Fortunately, the system had kindly arranged his skills in order of proficiency.

Most of his commonly used skills, like the Sharingan, Wood Release, and superhuman strength, had all reached a high level of proficiency. As for the final system evaluation, Uchiha Gin simply smiled without saying a word.

Turning to the next page of his character sheet, Uchiha Gin glanced at the bloodline powers he possessed:

Bloodline: Pureblood Uchiha

Minor Senju bloodline (15/100)

Minor Uzumaki bloodline (12/100)

Minor Hyuga bloodline (09/100)

Minor Kaguya bloodline (05/100)

Minor Hagoromo bloodline (02/100)

Aside from his fully filled Uchiha bloodline, the other bloodlines, all descendants of the Otsutsuki clan, were pathetically low. The chances of drawing bloodline abilities from the "Steel Heart" orb were dismally low.

After grinding for over a decade, he had essentially figured out the drop rates. Once his accumulated "heart energy" exceeded 40 points, the probability of the orb giving him golden bricks was 98.99%, equipment roughly 1%, and the chance for bloodlines was a pitiful 0.01%.

The road to mastering the "Steel Heart" was long and arduous. Whether he could one day ascend to become a god-like Otsutsuki, capable of conquering the universe, would depend entirely on the orb's luck.

With a sigh, Uchiha Gin closed his unsatisfactory character sheet, stretched lazily, and checked off his pre-sleep routine. It was time to head back to bed.

Returning to the room, he found the little brat Senju Itama already fast asleep. The blanket that had been neatly wrapped around him had long been kicked off to the floor, and he lay sprawled across the couch with his legs hanging off the armrest—completely defenseless in his sleep.

"Sigh, being a father figure is really tough."

Gin walked over, picked the blanket up off the floor, and draped it back over the kid. After letting out a yawn, he headed to his own bedroom to sleep.

Creak… thud!

As Uchiha Gin shut the bedroom door, the previously "sleeping" Senju Itama quietly opened his eyes, a pair of clear, wide eyes filled with a deeply complex emotion.

"Kehehe... Are you really content with being overshadowed by that brat?"

At the same time, within Uchiha Gin's mansion, Uchiha Hikari, who was sleeping in a newly bought set of pajamas, suddenly woke up with a start. Her crimson eyes scanned the surroundings warily as she coldly asked:

"Who's there?"

"Was it just my imagination?"

After scanning the room with her Sharingan and finding no one, Hikari muttered to herself, thinking it might be due to stress.

Assuming it was just the strain on her mind, the girl deactivated her Sharingan and lay back down, closing her eyes to resume her sleep.

"Sleep? At your age, how can you even sleep?!"

The strange voice spoke again, now filled with exasperation and frustration, as if scolding her.

"Ugh, how annoying! All I want is a beauty sleep!"

Irritated, Uchiha Hikari's beautiful eyes snapped open, and with a swirl of her Sharingan patterns, a chilling, oppressive aura poured out as she swore to find the source of the voice.

"You think you can play rough, huh?"

The owner of the voice seemed flustered for a moment but still managed to taunt, "So impressive, and yet you were defeated by a mere brat?"

"Show yourself, coward!"

Hikari's eyes whirled again, and with a pulse of her powerful ocular energy, a pressure wave rippled through the room.

Suddenly, a shadowy black figure burst from Uchiha Hikari's body, tumbling awkwardly through the air before managing to steady itself.

"Not bad, that Mangekyou is as terrifying as ever."

The eerie figure, floating in midair, spoke with a serious tone, though its face appeared somewhat pale.

"Who are you? And why were you hiding inside my body?"

Looking up at the figure, Uchiha Hikari's crimson eyes flickered with surprise, which quickly turned to anger. Her gaze bore down on the black figure floating in the air.

"Kehahaha, how dare a worthless failure like you bark at me?"

"Shut up!"

Hikari's fists clenched in rage as she glared fiercely at the shadowy figure. "Only cowards hide in the shadows!"

"Huh?"

The figure blinked, scratching its face in confusion before asking hesitantly, "Your Mangekyou, just how powerful is it?"

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