Chapter 57: The Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre
"Details determine success or failure. It's not the time for me to expose myself yet; everything must be done carefully."
Naruto stood shirtless in front of a full-length mirror, prying open his eyelids and carefully placing light-blue contact lenses over his black pupils.
If Hinata Hyuga, who had been constantly watching him, hadn't raised a question, Narutowouldn't have realized that after redeeming the Sharingan, his pupil color had directly changed to black.
Fortunately, Naruto was good at making up excuses, claiming he was wearing colored contacts and quickly changing the subject, which temporarily dispelled the suspicions of Hinata Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha.
As soon as he parted ways with the two, Narutoimmediately went home to cover up this sole flaw.
"I have to say, a girl's attentiveness can be quite lethal sometimes, and their unreasonable sixth sense is often quite accurate."
After three life experience games, it couldn't be said that Naruto hadn't changed; even if he disguised himself perfectly, his nearly middle-aged Soul still created an unbridgeable sense of disconnect with his young body.
This was a fact Naruto couldn't change. No matter how proficient he was at disguising himself, to those who truly cared about him, these changes were very noticeable.
"Girls can indeed be quite annoying sometimes..."
After muttering his complaint, Naruto kicked away the Little Nine-Tails, who wanted to observe his eyes again. Ignoring the creature's constant clamoring, he sat cross-legged on the tatami.
"The specific cultivation method for the Flying Thunder God is already in my hands; it's time to put it on the cultivation schedule!"
Naruto cast all his worries aside. Rather than worrying about when he would be completely exposed, it was better to race against time to increase his strength so that he would have more trump cards the moment he was discovered.
After experiencing the life of Uchiha Itachi, Narutohad a deeper understanding of the darkness of the Konoha higher-ups and those politicians. He couldn't be certain what would await him once he was exposed.
But one thing was certain: that old schemer Danzo Shimura would definitely find ways to eliminate him or control him completely. After all, he was a strategic weapon, a crucial existence in every aspect.
Strength is the eternal truth. When one's strength reaches a certain level, Naruto was confident he could jump off the chessboard. Whether to flip the table or step in as a player would be his own choice; such freedom was indeed a great temptation.
Time moved forward steadily. Naruto's life once again fell into a calm state. Aside from the daily check-ins at the Ninja Academy and occasionally taking Sasuke along to skip class for private tutoring, the rest of his time was spent researching the Flying Thunder God.
Because he had thoroughly researched Hiruzen Sarutobi's notes during the third life experience game, the only thing restricting him was his own Chakra nature.
Naruto was fortunate; after that life experience, many cultivation plans that had been scheduled were basically complete. This left Naruto with plenty of spare time, so he no longer had to think about how to split his time in two.
The only pity was that Naruto's own Chakra nature was only Wind. Like Uchiha Itachi in the last life experience game, he had a single-nature Chakra, which significantly dampened Naruto's interest in cultivating composite Ninjutsu.
Following his previous consideration, rather than spending effort trying to Cultivate five Chakranatures, it was better to Cultivate his specialized nature to its Peak.
This would not only maximize his strength but also save a lot of time, allowing Naruto to outpace the development of the timeline.
Time slipped through his fingers unnoticed. Two years had passed since Naruto's last life experience game ended, and today was the night Naruto estimated for the Uchiha Clan massacre.
To help Sasuke Uchiha awaken his eyes faster, Naruto deliberately yielded the first place in the year-end exam to Sasuke. This made Sasuke, who had been suppressed for two years, incredibly happy!
"This is all I can do..." Naruto shook his head secretly as he watched Sasuke Uchiha skip away. "In the ups and downs of great joy and great sorrow, I hope your mind won't collapse!"
Over these two years, to better fulfill the promise he made in the previous life experience game, Naruto had also taught Sasuke Uchiha the nourishing and Training Methods of the Eight Extremes Fist.
This gave the current Sasuke Uchiha an exceptionally solid physical foundation. Even if he awakened the Sharingan due to this incident, the damage to his body would be minimal, and he wouldn't face the situation of overdrawing his lifespan like Uchiha Itachi did.
Building a solid foundation and accumulating strength remained the main theme of Naruto's cultivation. He also instilled this philosophy into Sasuke Uchiha to help him avoid many detours.
"It's time to verify the results of these two years of cultivation!"
Naruto pulled a specially made trident Kunai from his tool pouch. After carefully examining the mysterious formula engraved on it, Naruto's body flickered and he vanished from the spot.
When Naruto reappeared, he had already reached the Uchiha compound. Even though two years had passed, he was still very familiar with this place.
Walking down the familiar path to Uchiha Hotai's door and looking at this house he knew so well, Naruto was momentarily filled with emotion.
Because Naruto had not excessively interfered with his original world, Uchiha Hotai had not died on the front lines of the conflict between Konoha and Kumogakure, and the ninja sword that took three years to forge was still in his hands.
"I have to say, it's thanks to Sasuke Uchiha!" Narutoerased the Flying Thunder God Mark he had secretly left in the Uchiha compound. "If I hadn't come back to the compound with him a few times, leaving these Flying Thunder God Marks would have been a real problem..."
Naruto's plan was simple. Besides taking UchihaHotai's ninja sword during this night of the Uchihamassacre, the two Divine Artifacts hidden in the Uchiha secret room and Uchiha Fugaku's Mangekyo Sharingan were also his objectives.
Naruto had coveted the Yata Mirror and the Sword of Totsuka for a long time. According to the information obtained in the last life experience game, these two Divine Artifacts had been found by Uchiha Fugaku long before he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, and he intended to use them in conjunction with his Mangekyo Sharingan to turn the tide at the last moment.
Although the trajectory of reality was very different from the timeline in the life experience gamewhere Naruto interfered, Naruto still wanted to try. What if he succeeded?!
Only a fool wouldn't take a deal where there was everything to gain and nothing to lose!
"Who are you?!"
Naruto, who had only changed his physique through Transformation Jutsu, did not deliberately hide himself. After standing in front of UchihaHotai's door for a moment, he was immediately discovered by Uchiha Hotai.
"Hotai, long time no see!"
Naruto's voice was dry and raspy. The Three-Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun slowly. In the moment Uchiha Hotai was dazed, Naruto flickered and closed in on him!
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