Chapter 141: Reward Explosion: Beyond Mastery

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui's trust level increased. Current trust level: four.】

【You gifted a self-made ninja tool of decent materials to your disciple. The disciple was immensely grateful. Super critical reward: obtained Lightning Breathing (Perfect Level) and Black-Rimmed Glasses.】

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui's emotions were too intense. The Six Paths bloodline was activated, unlocking the Sharingan. Strength increased. Reward obtained: Byakugan.】

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui's chakra +200. Disciple's training returns to master: obtained chakra +800.】

As Mu Yue expected, extreme emotions brought an unprecedented explosion, producing a skill above the proficient level, plus a pair of glasses whose use was unknown for now.

However, this time Shisui's improvement rewards were a bit abstract. He awakened the Sharingan himself, yet gave him a pair of Byakugan. Fortunately, the Byakugan rewarded by the system could be controlled to turn on and off; when not activated, his eyes would not change.

But thinking about it carefully, it wasn't much of a problem. In the end, the Sharingan and Byakugan were both bloodlines left by the Otsutsuki.

The trust level four reward for "disciple's training returns to master" was powerful. Because Shisui unlocked the Sharingan, his chakra increased, and when it transferred to him, it became four times that amount.

"The chakra growth rate should increase quite a bit from now on," Mu Yue thought to himself.

The Sharingan naturally brought more than just those two hundred chakra points. The powerful spiritual energy boost would make Shisui's natural chakra growth speed faster from then on. Faster chakra growth for Shisui meant faster chakra growth for Mu Yue.

This reward was really maxed out. Mu Yue could only say that all the effort he had spent was worth it.

The increase in trust level also brought new changes to the master-disciple panel.

【Disciple Uchiha Shisui has obtained an optional life mission.】

【Life Mission: The Uchiha and Konoha】

【Main Objective: Resolve the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha, allowing the Uchiha to integrate into Konoha.】

【Mission Progress: 0】

【Mission Reward: Determined by mission completion percentage and strength growth during the mission. A settlement is made every ten percent progress.】

【Note 1: The mission automatically fails when the number of Uchiha clan members is too low.】

【Note 2: Life missions are extremely difficult. Once confirmed, the next life mission can only be undertaken after completion. Please choose carefully.】

【Note 3: The greater the difficulty, the higher the reward.】

Looking at the life mission that appeared for Shisui, Mu Yue fell into thought.

If it followed the original story's trajectory, this mission was undoubtedly impossible to succeed, because the Uchiha were eventually wiped out.

However, the original story's clan annihilation had multiple causes. First, the Nine-Tails Night caused by Obito completely isolated the already distrusted Uchiha clan. The isolated Uchiha wanted to rebel, and Danzo, who had great interest in the Sharingan, naturally would not miss this good opportunity.

Mu Yue thought it over and finally confirmed this mission.

Even without Shisui's mission, Mu Yue would have to deal with Obito's matter. As long as Mu Yue prevented Obito's fall to darkness, the Uchiha would not fall into a clan extinction crisis. Without a clan extinction crisis, the mission would not directly fail.

In Mu Yue's view, this mission was moderately difficult, not too hard. If it were some mission about world peace, Mu Yue wouldn't want to take it—too hard to complete, not suitable as the first mission.

"Shisui, your eyes." Obito noticed that Shisui's eyes had turned a vivid blood-red with a single tomoe pattern spinning inside.

Obito was a little jealous of Shisui at this moment—getting such a great birthday gift and awakening the Uchiha clan's Sharingan.

If he had the Sharingan, how could he have lost to Gai so many times? He wouldn't have had to do so many problems.

Shisui, who was in a state of extreme excitement, hadn't paid much attention, but under Obito's reminder, he immediately noticed the anomaly.

"Is this the power of the Sharingan?" Shisui felt the world become incredibly clear, even the flight paths of flying insects were discernible to him.

"Don't show the Sharingan in front of others for now," Mu Yue said.

Awakening the eye to increase strength was a good thing, but Shisui had just turned six years old. If news of awakening at this age spread, it would have significant repercussions.

First, Fugaku and other Uchiha higher-ups would value Shisui even more—that wasn't much of a problem and would actually let Shisui obtain more resources.

The key issue was the influence outside the Uchiha, namely Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi would be fine; at worst, he would educate Shisui in the Will of Fire and love for the village, turning him into the next Uchiha Kagami.

Danzo, however, was another matter. With Danzo's vigilance toward the Uchiha, he would either want to firmly control Uchiha Shisui in his hands as a blade for Konoha, or become extremely wary of Shisui to prevent the rise of another Uchiha Madara.

The cost to pay was not proportional to the gains, so Mu Yue chose to let Shisui hide his Sharingan.

"Why is that? Isn't awakening a good thing?" Obito didn't understand. If he had awakened the Sharingan, he would definitely use it whenever possible—otherwise, what was the point of awakening it?

"I'll explain the specific reasons to you two later. It's related to the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the village," Mu Yue explained.

"Mm, Teacher Muyue, I understand." Shisui nodded in response.

He trusted that Teacher Muyue would not harm him; since Muyue said not to show the Sharingan in front of others, he wouldn't, and he wouldn't actively inform Muyue even if his uncle returned.

"First, blow out the candles and make a wish. Celebrating your birthday is the most important thing today." Muyue said with a gentle smile.

Shisui stood in front of the cake, closed his eyes, and pondered his wish.

Although his reason told him that any wish was the same—because none could come true out of thin air—he was simply too happy today and felt he could add a little ceremony.

"If possible, let this kind of life continue—the village, the clan, the teacher all becoming better..." Shisui said in his heart.

Then Shisui opened his eyes and blew out the six candles.

"Shisui, what did you wish for?" Obito asked curiously.

"You can't ask that—if you say it, it won't come true." Rin Nohara said with a gentle smile.

The wish-making ended, and then came the final cake-eating session. This time there was no cake fight; everyone happily ate and chatted together.

"Shisui, how did you suddenly awaken your Sharingan?" Obito hoped to learn from his successful experience.

"I don't know. Suddenly I felt a special surge of chakra in my body, and then my eyes opened." Shisui thought for a moment, unsure how to describe the feeling.

"If you keep training, you'll be able to awaken the Sharingan too." Muyue said, taking a bite of cake.

Awakening an ordinary Sharingan is not difficult; the hard part is awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Without Hashirama cells or upgrading to the Eternal Mangekyo, the Mangekyo is also a huge pitfall—use it too much and you'll cripple yourself.

Happy times are always short. Before they knew it, the night grew deeper. After helping Shisui clean up the house, Muyue and the others prepared to leave.

Shisui found one million ryo to give to Muyue as additional funding for crafting ninja tools, because Muyue had mentioned spending a lot on materials and then having to buy cheaper ingredients for cooking.

Muyue smiled and refused the bills Shisui handed over, saying:

"For a teacher, the best reward is seeing a student grow stronger. If that short blade helps you gain an advantage in battle in the future, I'll be very happy."

After speaking, Muyue said goodbye and left. This time he had gained quite a few rewards, and he wanted to test his newly acquired skills.

"Grow stronger..." Watching Muyue's gradually receding figure, Shisui kept recalling Muyue's words in his mind.