Seriously? I’ve reached Jōnin level, and the system’s only shows up?

"Scared you?"

Yamanaka Shinno dispelled the Susanoo he had just activated with his spiritual power, then turned and gently patted Kushina on the head as he took the initiative to explain.

"I had a little epiphany just now. The principle is similar to how I was able to imitate illusions like Tsukuyomi before. At this point, I think I can replicate most Kekkei Genkai abilities."

"Oh~"

Kushina stared into Shinno's eyes for a few seconds before slowly nodding.

She still couldn't wrap her head around how someone without special eyes could use Susanoo, but… if it was her boyfriend, maybe it wasn't that shocking?

After all, he was the strongest shinobi in the world right now—a figure on par with the Sage of Six Paths.

Having some unusual abilities... wasn't that pretty normal for someone like him?

And besides, no matter how powerful he was, he was still her boyfriend.

Hehehe~

"Be good and wait for me a bit. I want to explore this new insight more."

Shinno pulled Kushina into his arms and let her rest her head on his lap. Once she was comfortable and dozing, he turned his focus back to analyzing other abilities.

He started with the simplest: the Byakugan.

He recalled the chakra signatures of Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi, as well as the chakra pathways through the eye meridians when the Byakugan was activated.

He channeled a thread-thin stream of spiritual energy, mimicking the unique chakra nature of the Hyuga clan.

Carefully, he guided the energy along the delicate meridians around his eyes.

Minute adjustments.

Fine-tuning his control over the energy.

An hour passed before Shinno's eyes finally began to glow with a bright, silvery-white light, and his field of vision shifted dramatically.

The world around him blurred, fading into ghostly outlines.

Lines of flowing chakra appeared clearly in his sight.

"Each Hyuga's eye meridians have tiny differences... Could this be what determines the power of their Byakugan? The stronger the user, the more meridians and chakra flow involved? If that's the case, the Tenseigan must have even more pathways—and the chakra itself must be of a different nature..."

Theories spiraled in Shinno's mind.

His imitation Byakugan could already detect the subtle flow of chakra up to ten kilometers away.

That level of perception exceeded even Hiashi and Hizashi's.

To go further, he'd probably need to observe other Hyuga clansmen while they activated their Byakugan and track the chakra movement in their eye meridians.

He put further research on the Byakugan on hold for now.

Maintaining the Byakugan's activation, Shinno pulled a glass vial from his storage space in the Infinite Realm. Inside was a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe.

Using his Byakugan vision, he began examining the intricate chakra channels embedded in the eyes.

Then, with spiritual energy, he mimicked the complex blend of Yin Release and special mental energy that gave the Sharingan its power.

In just ten minutes or so, a faint red light flickered in Shinno's pupils.

His vision sharpened. His dynamic perception kicked up a notch.

The red glow pulsed under the influence of Yin chakra.

Gradually, three tomoe formed in each eye—constructed from condensed Yin chakra.

It wasn't the same as the Uchiha clan's genuine Sharingan.

Since he was using a technique as a medium rather than altering his own bloodline, Shinno's transformation was more like slipping on a pair of decorative contact lenses.

Three-tomoe Sharingan contact lenses, to be exact.

He fiddled with them for a while, trying to find a way to evolve them into a Mangekyo.

But he couldn't find the breakthrough.

So his gaze turned upward—toward Uchiha Fugaku, who was on the floor above. His pupils shifted, reverting once again to the Byakugan.

"Man... I never studied this hard in all three years of high school."

With a quiet grumble, Shinno focused and began carefully observing the connection between Fugaku's eyes and brain—specifically the flow of chakra through the neural meridians.

...

Two days passed in a flash.

After countless debates and compromises, the details of the village alliance were mostly settled. Most of the department heads had been decided too.

As for the remaining few?

Kitsuchi, the Fourth Raikage A, and Sunagakure's Pakura all knew what Shinno and Tsunade were planning—they intended to take down Kirigakure next and bring them into the fold before finishing the division of power.

Right now, their objective was simple: use the combined might of the Four Villages to quickly crush Kirigakure.

But...

"Hokage, are you saying we need to mobilize all our forces for just Kirigakure?"

The Raikage looked at Tsunade with a baffled expression.

Kumogakure had been skirmishing with Kirigakure for a while now. Even though both sides had been holding back, they'd gotten a decent measure of each other.

In his view, the four villages combined only needed to send 3,000 elite shinobi each to conquer Kirigakure.

Yet the Hokage told him they needed everyone?

"Let me explain it to you all."

Shinno stepped up to the rooftop, walking over to where the four Kage were seated.

The moment the Third Raikage saw him, his expression twisted involuntarily. He rubbed his face hard with a rough palm, trying to steady himself.

Tsunade and Pakura exchanged glances—and barely suppressed their laughter.

They were remembering what had happened two nights ago.

After a day of talks, the Raikage had insisted—despite still recovering from his injuries—on sparring with Shinno.

So what happened?

Shinno didn't use any powerful ninjutsu. He just summoned a stick of Wood Release that was about the size of a rolling pin.

Three seconds later...

The towering, two-meter-tall Raikage was on the ground, crying out, "Great-Granny, I'm coming!"

They'd barely fought for a minute, but the Raikage hadn't fully recovered even by the next day.

The whole scene...

Still hilarious just thinking about it.

And since that night, for reasons unknown, the Raikage's legendary temper had mellowed noticeably.

His table-slamming and eye-glaring had dropped dramatically.

"One thousand years ago, two members of the Otsutsuki clan—Isshiki and Kaguya—descended upon our planet..."

Shinno began to explain the origin of chakra and the ninja world in full.

He laid out the truth about Kaguya Otsutsuki, Isshiki Otsutsuki, Hagoromo, Hamura, the God Tree, the White Zetsu army, Asura, and Indra—all of it, in detail.

Right now, he did have the ability to destroy the God Tree and wipe out the White Zetsu army like in the original story.

But that would only be possible if the nine tailed beasts were merged—reviving the Ten Tails first!

Once the Ten Tails reformed into the God Tree, it could reconnect with all the White Zetsu units.

He wasn't too worried about Kaguya showing up.

In fact, if she did appear, it'd be a perfect opportunity for him to study techniques like Yomotsu Hirasaka and All-Killing Ash Bones firsthand.

The real problem was: if the God Tree showed up, who's to say only Kaguya would come?

In the original story, why did no other Otsutsuki visit Earth for over a thousand years after Kaguya was sealed and the Ten Tails was split?

And then suddenly, they showed up like clockwork after the Fourth Great Ninja War?

That had to mean something.

If the Otsutsuki clan ever decided to invade again when he wasn't around...

Could Tsunade and Kushina handle it?

...

"A war between species?"

Kitsuchi took a deep breath, his usually calm face now serious.

"Kirigakure... are they working with the Otsutsuki? Or..."

The Third Raikage also furrowed his brow.

The idea of alien beings enslaving and manipulating Earth's native species was a lot to digest.

Shinno formed a hand seal and activated a barrier with his spiritual energy, enveloping everyone within it before he spoke again.

"The Mizukage is on our side—but the Otsutsuki are not. As for the White Zetsu… any Otsutsuki can command them. That control is hard-coded into their genes."

He didn't go into detail about the Mizukage's situation but brought the focus back to the White Zetsu.

Those things needed to be dealt with—permanently.

Better to wipe them out while Uchiha Hikari could still barely control them using the permissions left by Black Zetsu.

They could leave a few for experiments, sure.

But the rest had to go.

Once the White Zetsu were gone, the Ten Tails' body was still sitting in the Infinite Realm.

That would drastically reduce the likelihood of more Otsutsuki coming to this little planet.

But even more importantly—

Shinno wanted to see what Hagoromo would do.

When 100,000 White Zetsu souls and thousands of Kirigakure shinobi souls flooded the Pure Land...

What would the Sage of Six Paths do?

He hadn't told the others about this.

Because, truth be told, Shinno still hadn't figured out what Hagoromo wanted.

He was the one who created Ninshū and spread chakra across the world. If his goal was simply to collect chakra, why did he split the Ten Tails into nine?

And if that wasn't his goal—then why interfere with the functioning of the Pure Land?

What exactly was that guy planning?

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