Chapter 27: Awakening

Time flew by like a fleeting horse. In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. On this day, the final round of the Konoha Chunin Exams was underway. Although it wasn't as lively as the joint exams held during peaceful times, there were still many spectators. However, Seimei was not among them. Because today was a very important day for him. With a thought, Seimei opened his status panel. The Sharingan's awakening progress had reached (99/100), just one step away from complete awakening. Looking at the 'Heart Reflection Technique', its proficiency had already broken through lv2 and reached lv3 (595/1000). Just as he had expected, the 'Heart Reflection Technique' at lv3 was far more effective in promoting Sharingan awakening than at lv2. Even at its peak, lv2 only allowed his Sharingan awakening progress to reach (89/100). But after advancing to lv3, the effect was greatly enhanced. Basically, every fifty proficiency points gained would advance his Sharingan awakening progress by one point. Therefore, for more than a month, Seimei had used almost all the chakra he could on practicing the 'Heart Reflection Technique'. Finally, he raised its proficiency to lv3 (595/1000). Originally, according to the pattern, his Sharingan should have awakened when the 'Heart Reflection Technique' reached lv3 (550/1000). Unexpectedly, the last bit of progress couldn't be broken through. Now, even with his 'Heart Reflection Technique' at lv3 (595/1000), he still couldn't break through. However, it was close. Seimei's intuition told him that as long as he pushed the 'Heart Reflection Technique' to lv3 (600/1000), he would definitely awaken the Sharingan. Feeling his heart pounding in his chest, Seimei took several deep breaths until he was completely calm, and then began to perform the 'Heart Reflection Technique'. Once, twice, three times... five times! Soon, the proficiency of the 'Heart Reflection Technique' reached lv3 (600/1000). And at the next moment, when Seimei performed the 'Heart Reflection Technique' for the sixth time, the special chakra in his brain, catalyzed by the technique, suddenly surged. This chakra poured into Seimei's eyes, as if reaching some kind of critical point, fundamentally changing his optic nerves. A sour, itchy sensation came over him, making Seimei rub his eyes involuntarily. And when he removed his hand, a pair of blood-red single tomoe Sharingan appeared in his eye sockets. In an instant, Seimei felt that everything around him became clearer, as if the image quality in front of him had changed from 720p to 1080p. The dust in the air, the veins on the leaves outside the window, the smiling faces of pedestrians on the distant street, everything was so clear. "So this is the Sharingan's vision!" After a long while, Seimei came back to his senses and couldn't help but exclaim. Then, he lowered his head and examined himself. Although he couldn't directly see the chakra pathways and acupoints like the Byakugan, he could see the amount of chakra and its general flow. Just like now, he could clearly see that the chakra in his body was not much, and this chakra was still gathering towards his head and eyes. From this, it was conceivable that in future battles, as soon as he opened his eyes, he would be able to see this. Then, no matter what the enemy wanted to do, he could predict it in advance, giving him an undeniable advantage. No wonder there was a saying in the ninja world: "Against the Sharingan, one-on-one, flee; two-on-one, attack from behind." Indeed, in a head-on battle, if the strength difference wasn't significant, the Sharingan had a distinct advantage. And this was just the Sharingan's insight ability. In addition to insight, the Sharingan also had two powerful functions: hypnosis and copying. The former allowed Uchiha ninja to be immune to ordinary genjutsu and enhanced the effectiveness of their own genjutsu against enemies. The latter allowed Uchiha ninja to replicate their opponents' taijutsu and ninjutsu. However, the development of this ability largely depended on the Uchiha ninja's own abilities. For example, copying taijutsu... Perhaps the enemy's movements could be easily copied. But if one's own physical fitness wasn't up to par, even if copied, it couldn't be used. Forcing its use might even injure oneself. As for ninjutsu... First, ninjutsu related to Kekkei Genkai couldn't be copied. Second, ninjutsu incompatible with one's own chakra nature couldn't be copied either. For example, Seimei's current chakra nature was fire. So, before he developed other natures, he could only copy fire-style ninjutsu. Furthermore, if his understanding of fire-style chakra's shape and nature transformation wasn't deep enough, the copied ninjutsu would be useless. Because of these limitations, among so many Sharingan users, only Kakashi, who had all chakra natures and exceptional talent, had made a name for himself as the Copy Ninja. Pulling his thoughts back, Seimei closed his Sharingan and opened his proficiency panel with a thought. [Name: Uchiha Seimei Age: 10→11 years old Physique: 6→7 Spirit: 7→9 Chakra: 230 (2510→2570) Bloodline: Sharingan - Single Tomoe (1/1000) Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv3 (2/1000)→lv3 (266/1000) Fire Style - Great Fireball Technique: lv1 (50/200) Heart Reflection Technique: lv3 (601/1000) Shuriken Throwing: lv3 (1/1000) Chakra Control: lv3 (78/1000)→(102/1000) Three Body Techniques: lv3 (0/0) Basic Taijutsu: lv3 (0/0)] As he had expected, the awakening of the Sharingan had led to an improvement in his aptitude. His physique attribute increased by one point, and his spirit attribute increased by two points. One point and two points might not seem like a big difference, but they were. Whether it was physique or spirit, the further you went, the harder it was to improve. The difficulty of increasing physique from six to seven and spirit from seven to nine was not on the same level at all. If he had to compare, the latter was at least ten times more difficult than the former. Therefore, this increase in physique was more like a side effect of the increase in spirit. And this was also in line with the characteristics of the Sharingan. Originally, the Sharingan was a power belonging to Yin Release, so it was normal for it to stimulate the growth of the spirit attribute after awakening. The increase in physique was more due to the continuous development of his body during this period, accumulating enough foundation for a natural change. The Sharingan's awakening at most played a triggering role in it. However, regardless of the process, the result was good. The improvement in both basic attributes further increased his potential. In this way, his 'Chakra Refinement Technique' had a use. When he practiced it again, he could further increase his chakra limit. As for how much it could be increased, it was not yet clear. However, Seimei estimated that it would not be less than 1500 points. Moving his gaze away from the basic attributes, Seimei looked at the bloodline section. The original 'Sharingan - Unawakened (99/100)' had become 'Sharingan - Single Tomoe (1/1000)'. With a progress bar, it meant that it could continue to evolve by gaining proficiency, just like before. However, how to gain proficiency still needed to be tested. In addition, the chakra consumption of the Sharingan also needed to be tested in detail. Seimei didn't want to die one day in the middle of a battle because he suddenly ran out of chakra. With the proficiency panel, he could quantify this consumption and have a clear understanding. (End of Chapter)