Naruto : My system is weird

That night, the forces of four great shinobi villages, along with the Land of Iron, arrived at the outskirts of Amegakure.

However, Kirigakure, having cut off all external communications, did not participate in this operation to eliminate the Akatsuki Organization.

Konoha had dispatched half of its Root operatives, dozens of jōnin, and hundreds of chūnin and genin.

Of course, there was also Danzo's explicit demand—the entire Uchiha clan. Every member who had graduated from the academy, even those still stuck in the village doing D-rank missions, had been sent to the battlefield.

This resulted in some Uchiha families marching to war in full formation, with some even spanning three generations.

Danzo, meanwhile, had become the highest-ranking battlefield commander for this operation.

Sunagakure, seemingly desperate to reclaim what little dignity it had left, had mobilized nearly seventy percent of its forces—even the Fourth Kazekage had taken to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Iwagakure and Kumogakure, eager to seize the legendary Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths, had also deployed large contingents. Both Kage had stationed their command posts at the rear of the battlefield.

If the vanguard forces faltered, they would personally step in.

In short—

Aside from the Third Hokage remaining in the village, every other village had gone all-in for the sake of obtaining the legendary eyes.

"I really don't understand what the clan head is thinking..."

"With the power our Uchiha clan possesses, why don't we just launch an attack on the village?"

"Exactly! Right now, the village is at its weakest. We should turn back and—"

At the rear of the Uchiha formation, several radical clan members—despite Fugaku having already agreed to their post-mission coup—still couldn't suppress their discontent. One moment they were calling the clan head useless, the next they were talking about replacing him.

It had to be said—the Uchiha clan treated everyone around them with equal disdain. Their arrogance was practically written on their faces.

Standing some distance away, Itachi twitched his ears slightly, as if hearing something amusing. The corners of his lips kept curling upward.

A few seconds later, he slowly approached the group of radicals.

"You, come with me to scout ahead."

The moment they realized it was the clan head's son speaking, the murmuring clansmen immediately fell silent—though the scorn in their eyes never faded.

To them, Uchiha Itachi was just privileged, having reached his current level only because of the resources provided by his father, the clan head.

Besides...

Who didn't have a Three-Tomoe Sharingan? They just lacked the opportunity to prove themselves.

"Oh, if it isn't the clan head's son. Well then..."

"How could we possibly refuse?"

"Ahahahahaha—"

The three or four of them exchanged glances before bursting into laughter. Had it been anyone else, they would've already been dealt with.

But Itachi was different. Listening to their laughter, he simply walked ahead alone, leading them toward the border of Amegakure.

That was where he had arranged to meet the masked man...

Meanwhile.Inside the Akatsuki Organization's base, Kaito was clutching his thigh with a pained expression.

Meanwhile, Hikari had a dark look on her face as she massaged the boy's foot.

"Uchiha Kaito, I think you're lying to me."

"How can you possibly sprain your foot when you already have the Three Tomoe?"

Hikari was practically grinding her teeth, her expression growing darker with every word.

She had only kicked him a few times earlier, yet Kaito immediately collapsed to the ground, clutching his foot and wailing dramatically while claiming he'd sprained it.

Hikari was stunned at first and instinctively checked his condition, only to find minor bruising and scraped skin—nothing broken.

Yet the boy kept insisting it hurt.

Reluctantly, Hikari began massaging his ankle and even applied some medicine.

But...

Even after all that, the idiot was still whining about the pain, demanding another 14 minutes and 54 seconds of massage.

Hikari's face darkened completely at this. Even someone as clueless as her could tell something was off.

"I'm only six years old!!"

"My bones haven't fully developed yet!"

Kaito leaned back in his chair, speaking with utmost seriousness, occasionally wincing to sell his act.

But in reality...

His focus was entirely on the mission progress bar, which jumped every time Hikari pressed on his foot.

"You're just too weak."

Kaito's reasoning was so absurdly logical that Hikari found herself half-convinced despite her suspicions. She cursed under her breath but still worried he might have some hidden injury.

"Fine, wait here. I'll apply more medicine."

"It might sting a bit, so bear with it."

Hikari grabbed a bottle of alcohol from the table, unscrewed the cap, and poured it directly onto his scraped wound.

"F—!"

The sharp pain made Kaito's scalp tingle and his leg twitch. He barely managed to swallow the rest of his curse, clamping his mouth shut to avoid giving himself away.

[Ding—]

[Congratulations, Host. Mission complete. Successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage.]

The system's prompt finally rang out, but instead of the expected surge of power, Kaito felt a sudden, overwhelming sense of mortal danger.

Before he could process it, another system notification popped up.

[Foundation Establishment Body Tempering Tribulation incoming. Begin now?]

[Tribulation countdown: 6 hours.]

"...?"

Kaito remained eerily calm. He wasn't even surprised by his system's latest bout of insanity.

But...

For the next few minutes, he repeatedly opened his [Status] screen to double-check.

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Stage (Body Tempering Tribulation pending)]

When he confirmed his cultivation level was indeed Foundation Establishment, his breath hitched.

What the hell?! I'm at the Foundation Establishment Stage, not the Tribulation Transcendence Stage!!

Why the hell does the "First Set of Daoist Elementary School Foundation Establishment Techniques" come with a Body Tempering Heavenly Tribulation right off the bat?!

Kaito struggled to accept this. He had no idea whether this so-called Body Tempering Tribulation would reduce him to ashes.

As everyone knew, transcending tribulations in the cultivation world required extensive preparation—setting up arrays, gathering magical artifacts, talismans, Spirit Stones, and so on.

But him? He had nothing except a Soul pet made of Chakra Metal.

Damn it!

Kaito sat in the chair, his expression shifting between grim and anxious.Hikari, who had just finished applying the medicine, noticed the boy's grim expression and wondered if she had been too harsh earlier.

"Hey."

"Are... are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

Kaito shouted loudly, put on his shoes, and slowly stood up.

He gazed out the window for a long time before finally speaking with a hint of resignation.

"Stay here. It seems the enemy has arrived."

"This time... you probably won't need to fight."

Hikari: ?

Just moments ago, someone was saying how outnumbered they were and needed the ancestor's support from the rear...

What an idiot!

Kaito didn't know how strong the lightning tribulation would be, but with only his soul pet by his side, sensing the large enemy forces outside Amegakure, he suddenly felt he wasn't completely empty-handed after all.

At the very least...

He could have everyone accompany him through the lightning tribulation—consider it helping the people of the Shinobi World complete their body tempering.

But before that, he had to quickly evacuate his own people.

"No, I'm staying with you."

Ignoring the arrogant brat's words, Hikari spoke very seriously before turning her head away, her gaze drifting as she added in a small voice:

"A Heaven's Chosen of the clan must not fall."

Uchiha Kaito stiffly turned his head, his eyes filled with shock as he stared at Hikari. It took him a long moment before he managed to utter a single word to express his astonishment.

"Damn."

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