'So it's starting to become visible?'
Takumi narrowed his eyes.
'If even the simulation me, as a stone, could clearly see things through perception ability, so what would happen if this ability was transferred to a human body?'
'Continue the simulation.'
[You had no concept of time, confirming temporal information also required discerning it from overheard conversations.]
[From everyone's talks, you slowly learned that it was currently the period just after the Second Shinobi World War.]
[The village welcomed a long-awaited peace.]
'The Second War just ended? That would be when Tsunade was still young, right?'
Takumi couldn't help but sigh.
Tsunade had been beautiful since she was young.
Of course, later on, much of the credit went to her self-created Strength of a Hundred Seal.
If he had the chance, he wanted to learn that technique too.
It had high practical value and could also maintain a youthful appearance.
'I wonder if I'll run into Tsunade.'
[Konoha's women's bathhouse was also bustling with people.]
['60 kg.']
['50 kg.']
['100 kg, what a fatty!']
[As your perception ability grew stronger, you gradually could sense more details.]
[Just from someone stepping on you, you could judge their weight, which made you practice even more diligently.]
[You discovered that when your heart was filled with the desire to see, your tactile sense became increasingly clearer.]
[But just knowing weight was far from enough. Your ultimate goal was to develop vision, even stronger vision.]
[In order to see people clearly, you practiced even more diligently.]
[Another two years passed.]
[Besides weight, you could now sense what kind of person was sitting on you.]
['A 25-year-old girl.']
['An 85-year-old granny.']
['Oh ho, it's Jiraiya transformed!']
[You worked hard to distinguish them.]
[This was your only pleasure during the long stretch of time.]
'Damn, things are getting better and better.'
Takumi grew more and more expectant.
It's not just about sensing weight and shape… the key is to see clearly!
[Another two years passed.]
[In the darkness, you gradually began to see some things.]
[This discovery excited you immensely, because the things you had been longing for were about to appear before you.]
[The shapes of the things you saw became more and more concrete.]
['It's a person! I can finally see the outline!' You shouted in your heart, still not daring to make a sound.]
Not only was the stone Takumi excited…
The watching Takumi was also very excited!
'Even though I can't move at all, this life of a bathhouse stone is just too blissful!'
'Hurry up and develop that vision!'
[Several more years passed.]
[The images you could see became clearer and clearer, but you still couldn't make out their features, just blurry human figures, as if covered in mosaic.]
[However, from their voices and hair color, you could roughly tell who they were.]
[A month later, Tsunade stood on your head.]
[You silently marveled, 'As expected of the Shinobi World's No. 1 Asset. She looked so well-proportioned, yet weighed just over 50 kg.']
[A few days later, Kushina stood on your head.]
[At this point, your eyesight was about 50% of a normal human's. The scenes in your eyes were roughly like thick mosaic.]
[Another year passed, your eyesight evolved again, reaching about thin mosaic level.]
[And at this time, you encountered a young Kurenai, Rin, and others.]
[You continuously trained your vision, wanting to turn your whole body into eyes.]
[Year after year, year after year...]
[Finally, you could see completely clearly! Your vision was just like an ordinary human's!]
[The first one to visit you was Mikoto. This time, you got a good look.]
'Ah, Mikoto again? My lovely Mikoto.'
Takumi couldn't help but sighed with emotion.
His connection with Uchiha Mikoto really ran deep!
[After seeing Mikoto, you found your eyesight spiraling out of control, still increasing!]
[Besides the upward-facing part, the front, back, left, right, and even the bottom of the stone also awakened vision.]
'It's starting? The growth of Observation Haki.'
Takumi excitedly clenched his fist.
He had no eyes, but after so many years of cultivation, his entire body had become eyes!
Who said you need eyes to see?
What those masters said about seeing with your heart! Seeing with your body!
This is exactly what they meant!
[Another long stretch of time passed. Soon, you encountered familiar people.]
['Ah, it's Hinata, Sakura, Ino, and Tenten!' You recognized their voices and shouted excitedly in your heart. But unfortunately, they couldn't hear you. You were like a recorder, silently watching everything that happened in Konoha, witnessing the changes of the era.]
'Time really flies.'
'It's already Hinata's generation?'
Takumi couldn't help but sigh. The life of a stone and a human's life cannot be compared. The basic unit for a stone starts with years. Without external interference, existing for hundreds of millions of years isn't a problem.
[A few more years passed.]
[On this day, you felt the ground shake violently.]
[You were blown away to an unknown place.]
['It's Pain! He's attacking Konoha!' After being blasted out of the women's bathhouse, you used your perception ability to probe and understood the situation. You were also very anxious because Pain's attack on Konoha meant the village was being destroyed, and it meant the women's bathhouse was also gone.]
'Holy crap! No way!'
Takumi's heart jumped.
'Without the women's bathhouse, I'd just be a plain, ordinary stone!'
Takumi was filled with worry.
Fortunately, this worry soon disappeared.
[You were worried you would never return to the Konoha women's bathhouse.]
[Not long after, someone noticed your smooth, polished texture and realized you were probably the doorstep stone from the bathhouse entrance, and they moved you back.]
['Thank you! Thank you for not moving me to the men's bathhouse entrance!' You expressed your gratitude in your heart. Just when you were in despair, hope descended upon you once more.]
'Thinking about it, that was really scary.'
Takumi couldn't help but imagine himself as a stone, then moved to the men's bathhouse.
"Urgh!"
Takumi shook his body disgustedly, his face full of revulsion.
Just imagining it almost made him vomit.
[You trained even harder.]
[Finally, you reached your limit. You just sat quietly in the corner, but you could perceive the entire bathhouse, even the situation within tens of meters around, through the aura released by your body.]
[You could sense people walking on the street, hear the vendors' calls, and know who was coming to the bathhouse to bathe, which family was arguing.]
[Your Observation Haki has now reached a very high level!]
'Sweetness comes after bitterness!'
'How many years was that!'
Takumi couldn't help but sigh.
[You saw that Hinata had grown into an elegant young lady. Sakura, Ino, and the others had also grown up.]
[It seemed the Fourth Shinobi World War had already ended.]
'That's quite a vivid description.'
Takumi couldn't help but complain.
But looking at Hinata's peerless figure, he also silently stood up in respect.
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