In the evening, after the sparring session ended, Sosuke returned home.
“I’m home.”
There was no response from the entryway.
Sosuke changed his shoes and walked into the living room; it was indeed empty.
He guessed that Tsunade had gone to the casino again.
This legendary Sannin was great in every way, except that no one could stop her when her hands got itchy for gambling.
Sosuke didn’t mind and went to the backyard alone.
The yard wasn’t big, but it was enough for him to perform some basic training.
He pulled a few shuriken from his Ninja tool pouch, steadied himself, and threw them at the wooden target post in the backyard.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.
Three shuriken flew out and embedded themselves around the bullseye.
Sosuke paused slightly.
This accuracy…
it was much better than before.
He recalled that, besides the Swordsmanship Foundation he gained today, there was also the “Lonely Genius” he had dropped from Kakashi earlier.
[E-Rank Trait: Lonely Genius]
[Effect: When training alone, all training efficiency increases by 40%.]
“Training alone…”
Sosuke threw a few more shuriken, feeling that his body was more coordinated than before.
It was indeed faster.
Whether it was the basic bonus from Kenjutsu Foundation or the solo training effect brought by Lonely Genius, both were taking effect at this moment.
Techniques that previously required dozens of practice repetitions to master now took less than half that amount.
Sosuke looked up at the sky, which was already stained with the twilight.
It had been a day with gains, after all.
More importantly, Sosuke saw new hope.
At first, he only planned to lay low and survive, which was quite passive.
Now, it seemed there might be a better way.
That was to collect traits as much as possible.
Afterward, Sosuke took a deep breath and continued to practice.
Shuriken, basic taijutsu movements, Chakra control…
For every point, he followed the most basic teaching procedures of the Ninja Academy.
The effects were very obvious.
Besides these, he also trained according to some basics taught by Tsunade.
Within Ninja clans, basically all children would receive training in advance.
This point would also cause Ninja from clans and civilian Ninja to quickly pull apart in terms of skill gap.
Just like when Sasuke was young, Uchiha Itachi would take him hunting, and Uchiha Fugaku would even demonstrate the C-Rank Fire Release Ninjutsu “Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique” to the young Sasuke.
“As expected of the power of traits.”
Sosuke mused.
Although the traits collected so far were only E and D Rank, many a little makes a mickle.
Moreover, the truly excellent traits in the Ninja World were hidden on true powerhouses.
Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and so on.
Sosuke was very curious: if he met Naruto or Sasuke, what kind of traits would he collect?
Would reincarnation Chakra count as a trait?
Sosuke rubbed his chin.
“It’s just a pity that it’s still too far from the birth of Naruto and Sasuke.”
[TN: One of the downsides of this fic, years are kinda messed up, bear with it…
it’s not that bad…]
Sosuke thought of Uchiha Madara.
Senju Hashirama had been dead for many years, and only Uchiha Madara remained lurking in the dark side of the Ninja World.
He was also the only living reincarnate at the moment.
“I wonder if encountering Uchiha Madara would trigger any traits.”
Sosuke estimated that he should be able to drop some good traits.
After all, looking at the stats panel, Uchiha Madara had no obvious weaknesses in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Genjutsu, belonging to the category of a hexagonal warrior.
…
Meanwhile, in the office of the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly put down his pipe.
He had observed the sparring between Kakashi and Sosuke today; this child was indeed somewhat unusual.
Judging by the awakening of the Sharingan, perhaps he was the earliest one to awaken it within the current Uchiha Clan?
However, would this lead to a Bloodline Limit disease?
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered.
The Bloodline Limit was a gift, but if not handled well, it would turn into a curse.
Once one could not bear the power of the Bloodline Limit, one would instead contract a disease because of it, leading to a weak and sickly constitution, eventually dying young.
“Let’s observe for a while longer.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi made his decision.
…
The next day.
Sosuke went to class as usual.
The first class did not start by explaining what a Ninja was or how to train.
Instead, it began to promote the so-called “will of fire”.
Sosuke certainly listened to this class seriously.
In Konoha, the will of fire was absolute political correctness.
Whoever did not submit to the will of fire was a spy for outside forces.
Generally, those who rebelled against the will of fire were Ninja who refused to be disciplined and eventually became ostracized.
Sosuke, knowing the whole ‘truth’, naturally could not truly believe in the will of fire.
However, supporting the will of fire and being a Ninja of the will of fire was very beneficial to Sosuke.
He was a true-blue Konoha person, flowing with the pure blood of the will of fire!
Both the Senju and Uchiha were founding clans of Konoha; Sosuke’s background could be said to be as legitimate as it could get.
When something happened, the Konoha high-ups would naturally come to protect him.
If he only had Senju blood, Sosuke felt that he wouldn’t need to be like this.
The key was that he also had half Uchiha blood.
This made Sosuke wonder what attitude Danzo Shimura would have towards him.
Hostility?
Indifference?
In short, the class soon came to an end.
Fortunately, after the instructor finished talking about the will of fire, the rest was about practical Ninja content.
…
“Shuriken, huh…”
Sosuke followed the Chunin instructor to the training ground.
For ordinary Ninja, mastering the skill of shuriken was of paramount importance.
Let’s put it this way: taking a hit from a Fire Release Ninjutsu might not kill you, only burn you.
But getting hit by a shuriken, even a Jonin could die.
The hero of Sunagakure, Pakura, died this way.
Because not all Ninja knew Medical Ninjutsu, blood loss and infection were problems that needed to be faced.
“Why learn shuriken?”
Obito looked at the shuriken distributed by the teacher, clearly unimpressed.
He wanted to learn that kind of powerful and cool Ninjutsu.
That way, Rin would definitely look at him with admiration!
“Because not everyone has enough Chakra.”
Hearing Obito’s complaint from the side, Sosuke said quietly.
Obito was quite fortunate; the Uchiha Clan’s Chakra reserves were naturally higher than those of average clans, and in the future, original Obito would even transplant “Hashirama cells”.
It could be said that he never had to worry about Chakra reserves.
“That’s right, when there’s no Chakra, shuriken are very useful.”
Rin Nohara heard Sosuke’s words and agreed.
As a civilian, Rin Nohara actually had the worry of insufficient Chakra.
“Obito is just too much of an idiot.”
Kakashi shook his head.
His Chakra reserves were higher than the average Ninja, but in front of clans with innate advantages like the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki, it seemed thin.
He casually threw a shuriken.
Regarding shuriken, under his father’s guidance, Kakashi had long since laid a solid foundation.
Swish!
The shuriken hit the bullseye.
[Detected collectible trait: Hatake Style Shurikenjutsu]
[E-Rank Trait: Hatake Style Shurikenjutsu]
[Effect: Your shuriken throwing movements will be more effortless.]
Sosuke raised an eyebrow; the more he looked at Kakashi, the more he felt he was an inexhaustible treasure!