Chapter 315: The Naturally Kind Uchiha Little Girl
Watching Sarada's Doujutsu that could only cause a trace of damage, Shiromo felt something was off.
The Uchiha clan's Doujutsu isn't a skill from a game; mastering it doesn't automatically make it stronger, you still need to train to increase its skill level.
A Doujutsu is complete from the start. Practice and development can only improve proficiency and technique in its use.
As for raw power, it won't change unless under special circumstances, like gaining the power of the Six Paths.
In other words, the weak attack power Sarada's Doujutsu is showing isn't because she's inexperienced, the moment she opened her eyes, this was already the full strength of her Doujutsu.
And that's very strange.
Orochimaru used cells from Sasuke and the Ōtsutsuki clan for her cultivation.
On top of that, the stimulation Sarada was experiencing was no less intense than the original.
Logically, she should at least have a comparable dojutsu, if not a more powerful one than the Ohirume (Great Sun Goddess), right?
It can't be that Sasuke's "prison" traits were inherited by her too, can it?
While Shiromo pondered this, his sensory abilities activated.
For him, the fluctuations of natural energy and the disturbances in space-time were sensed with unparalleled acuity in the entire ninja world.
As expected.
Shiromo spun sharply toward the five Kage seats on the high platform.
The Raikage looked utterly confused at his suddenly severed arm.
At the same time, the photo of the Raikage had also been torn at the arm by Sarada.
"Alright, that's enough. Control it, don't actually chop off the Raikage. Half of it earlier was fake; it was just a story from a novel written by Kakashi."
Understanding the nature of Sarada's Doujutsu, Shiromo reached out and took back the photo.
He used Crazy Diamond to instantly restore the photo.
The Raikage's arm on the high platform returned to his body as well.
He got the eerie impression of thinking, "Did someone just use a genjutsu on me?"
"Huh? What do you mean 'half was fake'?"
Sarada looked up in confusion.
"It means Naruto didn't actually turn into the Kumogakure Village's velvet ball. The Kumogakure Village was cooperating with us to stimulate Sasuke to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan."
The Anbu nearby helped in clarifying.
"If I'm not mistaken, one of your eyes can lock onto a photo and tear it apart, while the other eye can synchronize the damage caused on the photo to the actual person in reality."
"Is this what you wanted? The eye that reflects the soul, Reality Tear."
Shiromo explained the situation of Sarada's Mangekyō Doujutsu.
It had some connection to space-time ninjutsu, but it wasn't that strong; rather, it belonged to a higher tier of "Rule-based" abilities.
Many of the Ōtsutsuki clan's divine techniques (Shinjutsu) are Rule-based.
For Sarada to be able to combine both eyes into a Rule-based ability is already impressive.
Though looking at this ability alone, it's still somewhat limited.
She'd have to carry a Polaroid around; during battle, the opponent can't be too fast, she has to capture them in a photo first, then lock and tear with her Doujutsu.
If she ran into Namikaze Minato, she might be stabbed to death before even catching a glimpse of him.
Of course, if Sarada had her the original Mangekyō Dojutsu, she would still be stabbed to death before even opening her eyes and using her eye technique against Namikaze Minato.
It's not that Mangekyō abilities are weak, it's just that the Flying Thunder God is just too OP.
Sarada could be used strategically, letting others take photos of strong enemies to then hand over to her for tearing.
For example, take an unprepared Shisui photo, then have Sarada tear it.
Though this method is somewhat… low-level.
But for now, there's still a path forward.
Sarada's ability is solid, Sasuke's ability is insanely solid.
Combine the two, deploying a father-daughter duo on the battlefield, that's basically the ultimate nightmare-level ability.
Sasuke handles "clairvoyance", finding people and creating photos in the void.
Sarada handles tearing the photos.
Isn't that ridiculously overpowered?
It's like one person's special ability is to kill everyone named Zhang San, and another person's special ability is to rename people to Zhang San.
They're not even going to pretend anymore, are they?
Shiromo could guess this so quickly because both abilities had prototypes.
One is the ability of the JO4 protagonist's father, the other is the ability of the JO4 antagonist's father.
Naturally, those two were born in opposing camps, so no worries about this kind of twisted synergy.
But here, it's father and daughter.
What grudges could they possibly have that would prevent cooperation?
Uh…
Hard to say.
Shiromo noticed Sarada's gaze and expression, this was actually a bit precarious.
"…"
Sarada hadn't expected that before she even fully understood her own Doujutsu, the other party had already analyzed everything.
But she wasn't too surprised. What she wanted to confirm was something else.
"The Kumogakure Village part was fake… but, what about the rest? Dad and the Seventh Hokage…"
Sarada asked cautiously.
"Guess why Sasuke awakened the Mangekyō because of Naruto?"
"…"
Shiromo's simple counter-question made Sarada give up all her illusions.
Of course.
What better proof is there than the awakening of the Mangekyō Sharingan?
Sigh.
Sarada sighed, her gaze shifting to the restored photograph in Shiromo's hand: "Um, could you give me this? I want to see where it is, to see this time, this world... Uchiha Sasuke."
"Meet him, and then?"
A voice sounded behind Sarada.
"Stop them. Also… that Uchiha ancestor was right. We can't let this kind of bond abuse destroy the ninja world. I will take Naruto's place and become the Seventh Hokage, change Konoha, change the ninja world!"
Sarada clenched her fists, stating her goal and ideals.
"Good!"
Senju Tobirama smiled faintly, applauding, "Naturally kind Uchiha little… girl, I'll help you find Uchiha Sasuke."
"Huh? You're the Second Hokage?"
Sarada only now realized the "stranger's" voice behind her. Turning, she saw a face both unfamiliar and familiar.
She saw him every day on the Hokage Rock!
Sarada's eyes lit up.
"That's right, it's me. I've left the Flying Thunder God mark on Uchiha Sasuke, so I can appear by his side at any time."
Senju Tobirama nodded slightly.
"I see… then can we wait a moment?"
Sarada looked at the arena below: "I want to wait… until Uchiha Sasuke reaches his destination. Otherwise, I'd only see him alone, and I want to watch this match first."
The match about to begin was between Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino's team.
Sarada felt her father drifting further away, and wanted to see if her mother had any signs.
"Fine. I've always been friendly with naturally kind Uchiha."
Senju Tobirama nodded, then sat aside.
(End of this chapter)