Chapter 11
He experimented with **Devour's** limits on inanimate objects. A discarded Uchiha fan, bearing their crest. As it dissolved into the tiny vortex in his palm, he didn't just gain the material's properties. He gained a *conceptual understanding* of its symbolism, of the Uchiha's pride. He devoured a piece of paper with a basic fuinjutsu formula. The formula didn't just memorize itself in his mind; he understood its structural logic, its "grammar."
He realized **Devour** wasn't just about power; it was about *comprehension*. It could consume a technique and grant not just the ability to perform it, but the underlying principles that made it work. This made him a theoretical genius, able to deconstruct and improve upon any jutsu he encountered.