Chapter 44: New Talents — Shisui’s Genjutsu and Body Flicker Technique

After treating Kakashi to a meal as thanks, Reiji hurried home.

As soon as he arrived, he eagerly opened the system panel:

[Overall Strength: Near-Kage (Weak)]

[Sharingan Eye Power: LV3 (2000/5000)]

[Chakra Amount: LV4 (2000/5000)]

[Chakra Nature: Fire, Lightning, Wind]

[Talents: Sharingan, Taijutsu, Lightning Release, Genjutsu, Body Flicker]

[Genjutsu: Your mastery of genjutsu has reached an extraordinary level, allowing you to trap enemies within the confines of your illusions.]

[Body Flicker: You can easily master various techniques that possess Body Flicker effects.]

"Near-Kage strength..."

Reiji’s expression was somewhat complicated.

He had assumed that after reaching the end of the Jonin level, the next stage would be Kage level.

He hadn’t expected there to be another stage in between.

However, looking at it this way, his Sharingan eye power and chakra amount finally made sense.

Five thousand points of Sharingan eye power corresponded to the Mangekyo level.

Five thousand points of chakra corresponded to the Kage level.

"So there really is still a gap between me and the Kage level."

After feeling slightly disappointed, Reiji quickly accepted reality.

He began assessing his current strength.

In terms of taijutsu, he had always been strong in that area. And after learning the Lightning Release stimulation technique, all aspects of his physical abilities had improved once again.

In terms of ninjutsu, he had mastered all kinds of Uchiha Fire Release techniques, while on the Lightning Release side, he had already developed various Chidori derivatives.

As for genjutsu, he hadn’t invested much effort into it.

However, with the Sharingan, it wouldn’t become a major weakness.

And he still had the Eight Gates Released Formation.

With his current Near-Kage strength in his normal state, relying on the Eight Gates Released Formation, he might be able to fight a genuine Kage-level opponent.

"About... the same strength as early-Shippuden Sasuke?"

Reiji roughly figured out where his current strength stood.

Early Shippuden Sasuke, or more specifically, Sasuke during the Hebi period.

His taijutsu had been trained by Orochimaru for more than two years, while his strongest ninjutsu were also Fire Release and Lightning Release.

Sasuke had his Level Two Cursed Seal, while Reiji had the Eight Gates Released Formation.

Their strength was roughly comparable.

This version of Sasuke was famously considered to be in the period when the gap between him and Naruto was at its greatest.

With elemental advantage, he could even fight an opponent like Deidara, who possessed Kage-level strength.

But when he encountered Uchiha Itachi, it became the famous "Pacific Ocean naval battle."

Reiji looked at the eye-power data of his Sharingan and roughly understood just how much Itachi had been holding back during that battle.

"My current Sharingan eye power is 2,000 points. This should be the limit of an ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan."

"For an ordinary Uchiha, if they want to continue increasing their eye power, they can only undergo the transformation into the Mangekyo."

"The amplification from this transformation is terrifying. It jumps directly from 2,000 points to 5,000 points, more than doubling."

Reiji sighed inwardly, gaining a sufficient understanding of the Mangekyo.

In the original story, after Uchiha Shisui’s death, Uchiha Yashiro, Uchiha Inabi, and Uchiha Tekka once confronted Uchiha Itachi.

Yet they were effortlessly defeated by him.

Those three were all elite Uchiha Jonin who had awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan!

Yet before Uchiha Itachi, whose eye power had undergone a qualitative transformation, they were completely powerless.

From this perspective, the Mangekyo couldn’t be said to have only disadvantages.

Compared with someone like him, who could only increase his eye power little by little, awakening the Mangekyo really could cause a tremendous leap in strength.

Reiji shook his head, clearing away those thoughts, and began examining his newly acquired talents.

"I actually obtained two talents this time. Genjutsu and Body Flicker. Both are things Shisui excels at."

Reiji looked over the Genjutsu talent.

There wasn’t anything particularly surprising about it.

He could improve his genjutsu abilities through the talent from now on.

With that, he would truly be proficient in all three areas: ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

But this Body Flicker talent...

"Various techniques that possess Body Flicker effects..."

Reiji carefully considered the wording.

The Body Flicker Technique was merely high-speed taijutsu achieved through an explosive burst of chakra.

But "various techniques that possess Body Flicker effects"...

Could that include various Body Flicker techniques achieved through ninjutsu?

And perhaps even...

The Flying Thunder God Technique, a Space-Time Ninjutsu?

As for the Flying Thunder God Technique, one of the most famous Space-Time Ninjutsu in the shinobi world, it was impossible for him not to covet it.

However, a technique recorded in the Scroll of Seals wasn’t something he could easily learn.

Moreover, he was an Uchiha.

Learning techniques from the Scroll of Seals would be even more difficult for him.

Fortunately, he had been assigned to Shisui’s unit within the Police Force.

He could take the opportunity to ask Shisui for guidance on genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique.

...

On the streets of Konoha.

Shisui easily stopped a fight between two shinobi using the Body Flicker Technique.

After being subdued, the two shinobi saw that Shisui was from the Police Force and immediately began speaking without restraint.

"So it’s one of those cowardly Uchiha!"

"You Uchiha did nothing during the Nine-Tails’ attack. All you know how to do is bully ordinary people like us?"

"Wouldn’t it have been better if you’d just kept hiding like cowards during the Nine-Tails incident?"

Shisui looked extremely awkward as he tried to explain that the Uchiha clan had been ordered to protect civilians during the Nine-Tails incident.

However, the two shinobi didn’t listen to him at all.

Reiji watched the scene expressionlessly, feeling that it was nothing new.

"Why bother explaining so much to them? According to Konoha’s regulations, shinobi who cause trouble in public are to be detained for forty-eight hours."

Shisui tried explaining again, but it was still useless.

In the end, he could only restrain the two men and have another member of the Police Force take them away for detention.

"Sigh... How exactly are we supposed to change the village’s impression of us?"

Shisui rubbed his hair in frustration.

During this period, he had essentially been doing two things.

First, changing the villagers’ impression of the Uchiha.

Second, trying to change the Uchiha’s hostility and distrust toward the village.

But both efforts had failed.

"There isn’t much ordinary villagers can understand anyway."

Reiji offered a perfunctory word of consolation.

He had been assigned to Shisui’s unit in the Police Force, where he served as the captain of a small squad.

After working alongside Shisui for this period of time, the two had developed a fairly good relationship.

Moreover, whenever Reiji asked Shisui for guidance regarding genjutsu or the Body Flicker Technique, Shisui never held anything back.

In Reiji’s opinion, Shisui was a good person in almost every respect.

It was just that he was far too naive.

Did he really think he could change either the village or the Uchiha clan by himself?

The villagers’ current attitude toward the Uchiha was clearly being deliberately manipulated by someone behind the scenes.

With someone intentionally working against him, Shisui was destined to fail regardless of whether he tried to change the villagers or the Uchiha.

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