Naruto : My system is weird

Sasuke's words hit Kaito like a hammer to the chest. Looking at this foolish little brother, Kaito felt waves of emotion stirring within him.

From the original story, Sasuke's creation of Kirin proved his talent in Lightning Release techniques.

And that was without any guidance.

In the future...

This kid might go even further in Lightning Release training.

Afraid of being hit, Sasuke covered his face with his hands, cautiously opened one eye to peek at Kaito, and asked timidly:

"Did... did I get it wrong?"

"No."

Kaito casually tossed the branch aside. "Sasuke, you're a genius."

Suddenly praised, Sasuke's expression turned blank.

He stared dumbfounded at Kaito, his nose tingling slightly, eyes glistening as if sand had blown into them.

Kaito...

Praised... praised me?Noticing something unusual, Kaito stepped closer to the boy and waved his hand in front of him twice. "What's up? Moved to tears by a little praise?"

"Oho~ So even a wild beast has moments of shedding tears."

A smirk played on Kaito's lips as he couldn't resist teasing the kid.

Sasuke snapped back to reality, quickly turning away to wipe his face haphazardly with his arm, his voice slightly choked. "I wasn't!"

"It's just... just... my eyes... my eyes suddenly started peeing!"

The prideful Sasuke extended one hand behind him, trying to block Kaito from seeing his embarrassing state. "Just go away already!"

"I've got it now! I'll review by myself!"

"You... you should go rest!"

Truth be told, Sasuke understood everything perfectly. He'd spent three hours failing to grasp what Kaito had taught him, and he was just as frustrated about it.

Seeing Kaito get angry made him blame himself for being stupid, and he worried Kaito might overexert himself from frustration.

Asking Kaito to leave was partly to hide his own inadequacy, but also contained genuine concern for this annoying guy.

"Alright then, wild beast. I'm off."

"Kaito! I hate you!"

After receiving Sasuke's "daily dose of hatred," Kaito returned to the house in excellent spirits and began searching for tools.

Next up...

He needed to prepare materials for crafting special shuriken.

Opening his [Backpack] and looking at the grid containing the "Shuriken Encyclopedia," Kaito's thoughts began to wander.

He didn't hold much hope for creating shuriken with devastating power.

After all...

The materials available in the Shinobi World might not meet the requirements for some of the things described, and god-slaying feats were beyond imagination.

If he could roughly replicate even 30% of their power, he'd consider it incredibly lucky.

Hmm... speaking of luck, not the kind that brought him here through transmigration.

The tool room didn't contain much. The Uchiha household always had more ninja tools than miscellaneous items like these.

After searching for a long time, Kaito only managed to find a worn-out wooden mallet.

Holding it up, he seriously doubted whether this thing had ever been useful in the house.

Then again, Fugaku Uchiha, being the clan head, probably didn't do much carpentry work.

"Looks like... I'll have to go out and buy some things."

Muttering to himself, Kaito picked up the old mallet, glanced at Sasuke who was practicing with lightbulb weights, then resolutely headed for his room.

Forgive me, Sasuke. This really is the last time...

Bam—

Kaito smashed Sasuke's treasured blue kitten piggy bank with the mallet, then with palpable guilt, scooped up about 200,000 ryō worth of coins and bills into his arms and pockets.

With jingling pockets, he stealthily left the house, avoiding Sasuke.

It couldn't be helped—he didn't want to do this either.

But ever since his father punished him for planting sunflowers in the yard by confiscating all his allowance...

Huh!?

Wait!

That bastard Itachi didn't give me my tribute today!!

Walking down the street, this realization made Kaito's expression twist.

He wasn't sure if "little brother's savings" would be enough to buy a complete blacksmithing set.

Making his way through the streets, he arrived at Tenten's family ninja tool shop with familiar ease.

He didn't know where to buy blacksmithing tools.

But...

he figured this chain ninja tool store in Konoha could probably solve his problem.

Worst case... he could get his father to chip in some more later.

While this behavior might be somewhat inhumane, everything he did was like Danzo's actions.

Everything... was for the sake of the Uchiha!"Good afternoon, customer."

"May I ask what you need? We have everything you could want here."

Tenten stood at the entrance, wearing her professional customer service smile as she greeted the visitor with half-lidded eyes.

But when she noticed the Uchiha clan emblem on the newcomer's clothes, she couldn't help but blurt out in surprise.

"Eh??"

"The Uchiha clan?? Don't you guys have your own procurement channels??"

Kaito's expression darkened the moment he heard the girl's words.

He knew Tenten was referring to their clan's ninja-cat suppliers, but those felines were more money-grubbing than Kakuzu himself.

Their entire business model was fleecing their own clients.

Even his father Fugaku had been swindled out of countless ryo. He'd rather buy from outside - it's not like a six-year-old buying some items would attract the village's attention anyway.

Kaito glanced at the girl before him with her signature buns and distinctly Chinese-style attire, choosing not to address her confusion as he instead launched into his shopping list.

"I need a hammer, anvil, tongs, crucible..."

Tenten: ??

The professional smile froze on Tenten's face as she heard this series of blacksmithing tools.

For a moment, she actually turned to survey her shop's merchandise, genuinely questioning whether she'd somehow opened a smithy instead.

"Wait a minute!"

"Uchiha brat, this is a ninja tools shop! Not a blacksmith's forge!"

"And! What's a Uchiha doing wanting these things? Planning to open a smithy in Konoha?!"

"Won't your family beat you up for this?!"

Tenten spoke rapidly, firing off several sentences in quick succession, completely at a loss for how to describe this Uchiha kid's bizarre behavior.

Kakashi, watching from the shadows, mentally gave the cute girl a thumbs up.

That girl...

She was practically speaking his thoughts for him!

Perched in the trees, Kakashi eyed Kaito Uchiha's figure and muttered under his breath.

"Sorry, Obito, I take back what I said before..."

"You weren't the Uchiha clan's idiot after all."

As he finished speaking, Kakashi's gaze drifted toward the cemetery direction, the light in his eyes dimming once more.

Clink clank—

"I don't know where else to buy these... can you help?"

"I can pay extra."

Kaito pulled out assorted coins and crumpled bills from his person, standing on tiptoes to pile them piece by piece on the weapons shop counter.

Tenten stared at the loose change for a good ten seconds before massaging her temples with a deep sigh.

"Fine... I do run an honest business after all."