Uchiha Setsuna stood unmoving, but the iconic jet-black hair of the Uchiha clan atop his head had turned a lifeless pale. One eye had gone gray with blindness, while the other spun with ferocious speed—his Sharingan surging with the power needed to finish off Kakuzu once and for all.
Within the hidden blaze of Fire Release, unseen to all, Setsuna had activated Izanagi, erasing the fact that he had ever been wounded.
While Izanagi was in effect, he poured all his remaining strength into binding jutsu to restrain Kakuzu, trapping him in an intense, prolonged blaze of large-scale Fire Release techniques. Despite the formidable defense of Earth Release: Earth Spear, the three hearts within Kakuzu's body were all cooked through.
The earth layer meant to shield him instead acted as a sealed clay oven, trapping the heat inside and ensuring his internal organs were evenly roasted!
Though Setsuna remained still, his surviving Sharingan spun rapidly in his eye socket.
Three hearts destroyed, his opponent's strength unknown, and no amount of money being worth a life—Kakuzu had no choice but to abandon his thoroughly roasted body and escape underground...
Even with heavy losses, your group managed to regroup under the leadership of a few jonin.
You approached Uchiha Setsuna and found that his appearance had aged drastically. His body was as frail as a reed swaying in the wind. And yet, his lone remaining Sharingan continued to spin at high speed, emitting an immense ocular pressure. Even the jonin among you who possessed three-tomoe Sharingan felt suffocated under the weight of it.
Born of Uchiha blood, even those among you who had never seen a Mangekyō Sharingan instinctively sensed that a miracle was unfolding before your eyes.
No one dared disturb him. You simply stood in silent guard around him.
Suddenly, Uchiha Setsuna's finger twitched. He pointed to an injured ninja, who hesitantly stepped forward.
Without warning, Setsuna pressed his withered palm against the wounded area. The tomoe in his left eye spun faster and faster.
In an instant, the injured ninja was completely healed. Everyone was stunned.
But Setsuna demanded more wounded be brought to him. One after another, even grievous injuries—severed limbs, old battle scars, conditions even elite medical-nin struggled with—were completely healed in the blink of an eye!
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However, this came at a cost.
Injuries began mysteriously appearing on Setsuna's own body, and his features grew even more withered. Some clan members tried to stop him, but Setsuna only said:
"My time is short. Rather than grow old and die alone, I'd rather burn myself out for my clan..."
When it was your turn to be healed, the tomoe in Setsuna's left eye had reached its peak, spinning so fast it was almost a solid black ring.
As he healed you, Setsuna asked you to pay attention to the process. You tried—but there was no process to speak of.
The moment he touched you, your wounds were completely gone!
You opened your mouth to speak, but Setsuna stopped you.
Smiling faintly, he said, "The Elder Council doesn't believe in all this time-travel nonsense—but I believe you."
You were just about to respond when Setsuna suddenly grabbed you.
In that instant, his withered hand radiated a power you couldn't resist.
Your left eye was plucked out—and before you could react, Setsuna forced his own left eye into your socket.
"You must take it back with you," he said firmly. "And make sure you master sealing techniques."
Amid the chaos of shouting ninja around you, Setsuna snapped your neck with a single motion...
〖Calculating rewards…〗
〖Assessing combat strength of both sides…〗
〖In this simulation, the user held foreknowledge, fought against three foes alone, earned the clan's respect, created a new jutsu, and was entrusted with great responsibility. A storm that will sweep across the Shinobi World is about to rise...〗
〖Final result: Life-and-death scenario!〗
〖Rewards calculated!〗
〖User may choose 5 out of the following 7 rewards:〗
『1』+5 Simulation Attempts
『2』Genjutsu Training (includes genjutsu experience learned during simulation)
『3』Uchiha Genjutsu Compendium (non-forbidden techniques only)
『4』Soul Slash (originally created spirit-attack jutsu; highly unstable effect)
『5』Uchiha Setsuna's Left Eye (visual prowess between three-tomoe and Mangekyō)
『6』Residual Mangekyō Power ×4
『7』Extra-Large Sealing Scroll (same appearance as Genjutsu Compendium; contains a bathtub)
Compared to previous runs, the rewards this time were nothing short of a jackpot.
But the sheer value made things complicated for Uchiha Kirin. Setting aside the scroll with the bathtub he admittedly wanted for selfish reasons, every other item was incredibly rare.
Whether it was Soul Slash—his first original spirit-type jutsu—Setsuna's Sharingan, or the Genjutsu Compendium... these were the kinds of treasures that might never appear again.
You don't come across a store after the village is gone.
And all of them depended on luck.
After many simulations, Uchiha Kirin had realized: his choices only affected the very beginning of each run. The further things progressed, the less influence his current thoughts—or his meager strength—had on the outcome.
"Even though I got a lot of Simulation Points this time... they don't seem particularly useful now, and I still have four left. I'll save them for later.
"Uchiha Setsuna told me before sending me back that I must learn sealing techniques well... so I'll definitely need to claim the Extra-Large Sealing Scroll."
As he thought this through, Kirin realized that, ironically, the residual Mangekyō chakra—his original goal at the start of this simulation—now felt almost worthless.
It was probably worth less than the scroll that came with a bathtub.
Fate really is a strange thing...
"System, I'll choose rewards number 2 through 5, and the—wait!"
Uchiha Kirin suddenly paused, placing a hand over his chest.
"System, if I claim Uchiha Setsuna's left eye... will it immediately appear in my eye socket?"
『Ding~ Other people's organs will be delivered as an item.』
『User can choose to store it in the system inventory or receive it directly in-hand.』
"Oh—other people's organs. Right!"
Kirin scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly.
He recalled how Setsuna had forcibly shoved the eye into his socket during the simulation. And with his memories from his past life, where Sharingan were treated like plug-and-play devices, he'd nearly forgotten the crucial role of medical ninjutsu in the transplant process.
Simply cramming a Sharingan into an eye socket without any healing wouldn't work at all!
As for why Setsuna did it anyway... maybe it was a misunderstanding of what he meant by "traveling through time."
A beautiful misunderstanding.
With that doubt cleared up, Uchiha Kirin finally began accepting his rewards.
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