The entire next day, Namikaze Shinju stayed in the manor's rear courtyard.
Namikaze Minato personally took the role of instructor.
From the most basic chakra extraction to nature and shape transformation, Minato poured out everything he had learned in his life without holding anything back.
He had assumed that teaching a six-year-old who had never touched ninjutsu would be a long road requiring patience.
Reality overturned his assumptions again.
Shinju was a monster.
A prodigy so abnormal that common sense simply didn't apply.
First: chakra extraction.
Shinju needed less than ten minutes to grasp the knack perfectly. The "Uzumaki Sen'nin-tai (Uzumaki Sage Body)" within him began to reveal its unreasonable, terrifying side.
Chakra surged like the sea, extracted without end. In just half a day, his total climbed from zero to a level on par with an elite jonin!
And the growth rate kept rising at a staggering pace.
Minato could already foresee it: in less than a month, his eldest son's chakra would likely surpass that of the Fourth Hokage himself.
Second: chakra control.
More than raw volume, this is where a shinobi's talent truly shows.
Minato had him practice "tree-walking" and "water-walking."
Result: on his very first try, Shinju planted his feet on the trunk as if strolling on level ground.
Walking on water—another first-try success.
His delicate control of chakra felt like an innate instinct; he needed no practice at all.
Watching this, Minato moved from shock to numbness. Some struggle for a lifetime to reach Rome; some are simply born there. That is the terror of talent.
He could only smile bitterly to himself.
Back then Minato had been hailed as a once-in-decades genius.
But compared to this monstrous son before him, he felt embarrassed to mention his own "talent."
The day raced by.
When night fell, Namikaze Shinju had already gained initial command over the immense power the "Uzumaki Sen'nin-tai" bestowed.
After training ended and the family finished dinner, Minato and Kushina took Naruto to enjoy a hard-won slice of family time.
Shinju, meanwhile, returned alone to his room.
He sat cross-legged on the bed and, satisfied, opened the system panel in his mind.
[Valhalla System]
[Host: Namikaze Shinju]
[Talent: Uzumaki Sen'nin-tai (Uzumaki Sage Body)]
[Correction Points: 699,999,999,999]
Seeing a balance that was still an astronomical figure, Shinju couldn't help but rejoice.
Resurrecting two peak Kage-class powerhouses and stacking various peak states had cost only 300 billion.
What remained was enough to do many, many things.
He shifted his gaze from the points to the [Valhalla] option.
He remembered the system mentioning more slots within Valhalla.
With a thought, he opened [Valhalla].
A virtual hall suffused with holy radiance unfolded in his mind.
Inside, several tall stone pedestals stood side by side.
Two of them held golden silhouettes.
[No.1 Kiiroi Senko (Yellow Flash) · Namikaze Minato]
[No.2 Akai Togarashi (Crimson Pepper) · Uzumaki Kushina]
Beside them, the third pedestal had originally been empty.
But now, a new slot slowly surfaced upon it, glowing a strange blood-red, almost eldritch light.
Above the slot, a title condensed into being.
[No.3 Uchiha's Crimson Wraith]
Then a name appeared beneath the title.
[Shunshin no Shisui (Body Flicker Shisui)]
Uchiha Shisui!
The genius who possessed the "strongest genjutsu," Kotoamatsukami (Heavenly Command)—the youth who ran himself ragged between the Uchiha and the village for peace, only to be driven to leap into a river in despair.
Shinju's eyes turned profoundly deep.
He immediately checked the conditions to resurrect Shisui.
[Heroic Spirit: Shunshin no Shisui (peak state)]
[Description: The Uchiha prodigy who wielded the strongest genjutsu "Kotoamatsukami (Heavenly Command)." His death directly precipitated the Uchiha clan massacre—one of the major regret nodes in shinobi history.]
[Correction Points Required for Resurrection: 50,000,000,000]
Fifty billion.
Far less than Minato and Kushina.
Shinju understood: Shisui's current power and historical impact couldn't yet match the Fourth and his wife.
But for Shinju, it was more than affordable.
His thoughts began to race.
He calmly analyzed Konoha's present situation.
Danzo was dead. The two elder advisors had been dismissed.
On the surface, the greatest tumors and obstacles had been cleared. The Namikaze now sat as the village's unchallenged core.
But were they truly safe?
No.
Shinju knew the root contradiction of Konoha was far from solved.
The leadership's suspicion and wariness toward the Uchiha clan.
Danzo had been the most extreme driver of that conflict, but his death didn't erase the suspicion.
Sarutobi Hiruzen remained.
Gentle on the surface, seasoned and ruthless underneath—the "Professor of Shinobi." His caution toward the Uchiha was no less than Danzo's.
Then there were the other clans.
They feared the Uchiha's power and the Sharingan; under a provocateur's nudge, fear easily turns into exclusion and hostility.
The "inertia" of the massacre plan still existed.
As long as this contradiction remained, the Uchiha would always be a ticking bomb.
At any time it could be triggered, plunging Konoha back into civil strife.
For Shinju—who aimed to build an absolutely stable order under Namikaze control—that was intolerable.
The Uchiha problem had to be solved.
Solved at the root.
Moreover—
If the Uchiha clan's strength, the many Sharingan, could be brought firmly under his banner…
Light flashed in Shinju's eyes like a gambler hitting the jackpot.
How terrifying would the Namikaze's power become?
A Konoha led by the Namikaze with the Uchiha as its core military arm—how unbreakable would that be?
Only then would the Namikaze truly clamp the entire village firmly in their grasp.
And the key to resolving it all—the best point of breakthrough—was…
Uchiha Shisui!
He should resurrect him—but not in a rush.
Kotoamatsukami (Heavenly Command) could rewrite the calcified, wrongheaded notions in Sarutobi Hiruzen and all the top brass.
Shisui's existence would become the first hand Shinju extended toward the Uchiha—to bring them wholly to heel.
A bolder plan took shape swiftly in Shinju's mind.
He got off the bed and walked to the window, opening it for fresh air while sorting his thoughts.
A cool night breeze ruffled his black hair.
He lifted his gaze, looking into the distance.
There lay the Uchiha compound.
Bright with lights, seemingly prosperous; yet in Shinju's eyes, a stubborn shadow hung over that district.
"Uchiha…"
"Your tragedy is mine to correct as well. Shisui—wait for me. You, too, must be brought back."
(End of Chapter)
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