Looking at the ecstatic Shisui, Kazuki remained completely calm.
Anyone who had stared at these eyes in the mirror for several years would have lost their excitement long ago.
Kazuki’s indifferent attitude gradually brought Shisui back to his senses.
“You’re not excited?” “Excited about what?” Kazuki said lazily.
“Peace has arrived, and we aren’t fighting a war anymore.
There’s not much difference between a Mangekyo and a three-tomoe.” Shisui was stunned again, but then he smiled with relief.
“Kazuki, are you satisfied with the current state of Konoha—no, the Ninja World?” Kazuki looked at Shisui as if he were an idiot.
“Are *you* satisfied with the current state?” *Idiotic questions don’t deserve an answer—figure it out yourself!* Shisui fell silent.
After a long pause, he spoke again.
“Kazuki, do you trust me?” Kazuki looked suspiciously at Shisui, who had turned serious again.
“What kind of crazy talk is this now?
Are you back to your solemn act?
Do I need to teach you another lesson?” He scratched his arm and gave Shisui a weird look.
“Nope!” “You…
I’m your brother!
Your biological brother!” Shisui chuckled out of exasperation.
“You can fool around all you want normally, but right now I’m being serious.
I have something extremely important to tell you.” Shisui had made up his mind.
Now that Kazuki possessed the Mangekyo, he was qualified to know the truth about the village and the Uchiha clan.
In fact, he had always been qualified!
Kazuki probably knew some of it already, considering his strength and status.
Even if he didn’t want to know, people would have let things slip into his ears intentionally or unintentionally.
Now, Shisui was going to lay it all out for him.
*Sorry, my playful little brother, but from today on, your simple, carefree life is over.
This is also a way of protecting you.* “I am being serious!” Kazuki curled his lip.
“I just don’t trust you.” “Kazuki!” Shisui’s tone grew stern.
“Alright, hold your horses!” Kazuki waved a hand.
“You ask if I trust you, so let me ask you: do you trust me?” Shisui blinked, then immediately declared, “Of course I do!
I’m your older brother, and you’re my younger brother!” “Really?” “Nonsense, of course!” “How about we re-enact that four-tomoe incident from earlier?” “…Can we stop bringing up the four-tomoe?” “Apologize!” “I’ve been apologizing every single second since I walked through the door!” “Fine!” Without another word, Kazuki pulled out a cup, poured a mysterious powder into it right in front of Shisui, and pushed it toward him.
“Be my guest!” Kazuki made an inviting gesture.
“Since you trust me so much, drink it.” “What is this?” Shisui frowned.
“Medicine for constipation,” Kazuki said lazily.
“Of course, if your hemorrhoids are flaring up instead…
well, hehe, you know the consequences.” Shisui gave Kazuki an annoyed glare, but his hand didn’t hesitate as he picked up the cup.
“I told you, I trust you.
We’re brothers.” With that, he tilted his head back and downed the liquid in one gulp.
“Wow!” Kazuki clapped twice, marveling, “You actually…
wait, weren’t you afraid I poisoned it?” “Even though Master Tsunade didn’t teach me much, given her personality, she definitely taught me a thing or two about detecting poisons.” Shisui smiled confidently and declared firmly, “I told you, we are broth—ugh!” *Thud!* Before he could finish his sentence, Shisui collapsed face-first onto the table, his head hitting first while his rear stuck up in the air.
The posture was surprisingly graceful and full of unintended charm.
Kazuki rolled his eyes.
Looking at the unconscious Shisui, he let out a helpless sigh.
“Trust me?” “You actually fucking trusted me?” “Who gave you that kind of confidence?” “Was it me?” “Heh, let me tell you, my foolish brother: I don’t even fucking trust myself, and you actually trust me?” “Seriously, I’ve lied to you so many times since we were kids that I’ve lost count, and you still believe me?” “Stupid!” “Stupid to the core!” “Even though you’re literally at home right now.” Kazuki kept shaking his head and sighing.
No wonder in the original story, Shisui Uchiha ended up committing suicide!
Shisui of the Teleportation!
That title didn’t just represent his powerful ocular jutsu; it was an acknowledgment of his ninjutsu prowess.
Yet he was so naive!
He trusted others far too easily.
That was fatal.
In the world of shinobi, where did all this blind trust come from?
Even if the person was a blood relative!
The greatest filial son in the Ninja World ended up slaughtering his own parents.
Such examples were far from rare.
Just then, a prompt echoed in Kazuki’s mind: [Quest: Knock out Shisui Uchiha!] [Quest Completed!] [Quest Reward: Ocular Power Enhancement] [Ocular Power: Level 6 (33% → 35%)] *Here it comes!* The smile on Kazuki’s face deepened.
He stroked his chin and murmured, “My ocular power only increased by 2%?
Given Shisui’s strength, it shouldn’t be this low.
Sure enough, because of my relationship with Shisui, the quest difficulty was too low, so the reward was reduced accordingly.
Fortunately, I set a quest a long time ago—that one is bound to net me a massive harvest.” The interface flashed, displaying a new notification: [Unlock the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!] This was a quest Kazuki had set up long ago.
It was also his cheat system—a Quest System.
However, Kazuki’s Quest System was different from ordinary ones.
It operated in two modes: Cause-then-Effect!
Effect-then-Cause!
Kazuki could issue quests to himself, and the system would award him based on the difficulty of the task.
That was “Cause-then-Effect.” The reward for completing a quest could also be targeted toward a specific stat.
For instance, this time, Kazuki had assigned himself the quest to [Knock out Shisui Uchiha] and specified the reward to enhance his ocular power.
Ultimately, his ocular power increased by 2%.
If he didn’t specify the reward direction, the reward value would be slightly higher, but the actual payout would be random.
Nobody knew which aspect would be upgraded.
One of Kazuki’s particular traits had once been randomly enhanced to an extraordinary degree…
The other mode was “Effect-then-Cause”—requesting a reward first, after which the system would generate a quest based on the magnitude of the requested reward.
Kazuki rarely chose the second option because the uncertainty was too high.
No one could predict who or what might be dragged into it, and there were far too many variables!
The cheat system evaluated everything comprehensively.
It granted rewards based on quest difficulty, and it also assigned quests based on the desired reward.
If anyone thought it was as simple as that, congratulations—they were as good as dead.
One also had to account for their own strength, the current environment, and even the target’s state of mind.
Take this quest, [Knock out Shisui Uchiha].
Kazuki’s overall strength was already on par with Shisui’s, and they were brothers.
That undoubtedly made it much easier for Kazuki to ‘knock out’ Shisui.
Only when taking into account Shisui’s vigilant nature and Kazuki’s usual absurd behavior did the system slightly raise the quest difficulty.
The final result was that knocking out a Mangekyo wielder like Shisui only yielded a 2% boost to his ocular power.
If the target had been Fugaku Uchiha, it would have been at least a 20% increase.
At minimum!
When a younger Kazuki had discovered this rule, he immediately began setting up quests.
He could run two quests simultaneously: one as a routine quest to constantly improve himself, and the other pinned at the top—[Unlock the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!].
That pinned quest was something Kazuki had set when he was just three years old.
Back then, he had barely been introduced to shinobi training, wasn’t even a proper ninja yet, and hadn’t even awakened his basic Sharingan.
So Kazuki could already imagine it: when he finally completed that quest, the rewards would be impossibly grand!
*If I lose, I’ll go work in the salt mines!
But if I win…
it’s a day trip straight into the Yuhi household!*