At noon, Shin and Kushihe Academy. School was out, and they were heading home for lunch.

  "Shin, wait up!"

  Shin stopped and turo see Nawaki running towards them.

  "Shin, you're o Konoha, right? You probably don't know your way around. Would you like me to give you a tour?" Nawaki offered enthusiastically.

  Shin thought it over. Familiarizing himself with Konoha was a good idea, and having Nawaki as a guide wouldn't hurt.

  "Sure, that would be great, Nawaki."

  "Awesome! Let's grab some food first. My treat! Ramen, anyone?" Nawaki grinned.

  "Thanks for showing us around, but lunch is on me," Shin insisted.

  They had a det amount of money saved up from their allowan Uzushiogakure.

  "Well, if you insist..."

  Nawaki sidered his meager funds. He probably didn't have enough to treat them, so he didn't argue.

  Despite being the grandson of the Shodaime Hokage, Nawaki erpetually broke, thanks to his gambling-addict sister.

  Nawaki led them to a small street lined with food stalls he Academy. They entered a ramen shop.

  "Looks like a lot of Academy stude here," Kushina observed.

  "Yeah, it's too much trouble to go home and e back. We'd lose all our lunch break. Most of us either bring our own lunch or eat here," Nawaki expined.

  "Makes sehere's only a little over an hour for lunch break. Going home would be cutting it close," Shin agreed. If your house was close to the Academy, it wouldn't be a problem, but if it was far, you might be te.

  "Hey, Mikoto-san, you're here too?"

  Shin sed the ramen shop and saw Uchiha Mikoto sitting quietly in a er, eating her ramen.

  "Wow, you have good eyes. You spotted her all the way over there," Kushina said, a hint of jealousy in her voice.

  "Shin-san?"

  Mikoto looked up in surprise.

  "Mind if we join you?" Shin smiled as he walked over. Kushina trailed behind him, shooting Mikoto a hostile look.

  Nawaki hesitated, then followed.

  He wasn't thrilled about sitting with an Uchiha. The feud between the Senju and Uchiha s ran deep.

  "I didn't expect to see you all here, Shin-san, Kushina-san, Nawaki-san," Mikoto said with a gentle smile.

  "Knowing this, I would have rather gone home," Kushina muttered under her breath, loud enough for only Shin to hear.

  Shin ordered a bowl of Tonkotsu Ramen. Kushina ordered the same. Nawaki went for Miso Ramen.

  Perhaps because of Mikoto's presenawaki, usually a chatterbox, was unusually quiet.

  Kushina waited for her ramen, resting on her hand. Mikoto ate quietly. The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

  The ramen shop, however, was bustling with activity.

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  A while ter, their ramen arrived. As Shin slurped his noodles, the shop suddenly fell silent.

  He looked up, fused. Then he saw a nier the shop and uood.

  The ninja's uniform bore the same symbol as Mikoto, the Uchiha fan.

  'The Uchiha sure has a presence,' Shin thought.

  "He's a Jōnin from our . He has a bad temper," Mikoto expined.

  'An Uchiha Jōnin, huh?'

  Shin thought of his Replication System. 'System, a on Replication Card copy his Sharingan prowess?'

  He wao Copy, not the Sharingan Kekkei Genkai itself, but the ocur prowess it granted. He wasn't sure if it ossible.

  "His strength is at Jōnin level. Copying is feasible," the System firmed.

  Shin looked at the Uchiha Jōnin. [Use one on Replication Card to Copy his Sharingan Prowess.]

  He felt a tingliion in his eyes. A surge of power flooded his vision.

  Surprised by the sudden ge, Shin quickly covered his eyes. Three boe swirled momentarily in his eyes.

  "Shin, what's wrong?"

  Kushina asked, armed.

  "Nothing, just got some soup in my eye," Shin said with a chuckle, removing his hand.

  "Oh, be careful."

  Shin tinued eating, but his mind was rag. He had copied the Uchiha's Sharingan prowess, his oomoe Sharingan instantly evolving to three-tomoe.

  A five-year-old with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan? If the Uchiha found out, who knew what they would do?

  'This System cheat is insane. What's the point of training when you just copy everything?'

  But even with this cheat, he couldn't sck off. He had to work hard, or it would be a waste of the System's potential.

  'If I keep accumuting Sharingan prowess, I keep evolving my [Sharingan]?'

  Shin theorized that with enough Ocur Power, he could evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan without needing a sibling's eyes.

  Sharingan prowess was essentially Yin Release, the manipution of spiritual energy. Genjutsu, for example, relied on Yin Release.

  So, theoretically, with enough spiritual energy, he could even awaken the Rinnegan.

  No, the Rinnegan probably wasn't that simple. It seemed to require a bination of Yin and Yang Release.

  But regardless, Shi he had stumbled upon another way to obtaiernal Mangekyō Sharingan.

  "Hey, Shin, why are you spag out while eating? Yetting noodles in your nose!"

  Kushina nudged him, bringing him back to reality.

  Kushina, Mikoto, and Nawaki were all staring at him. Shi his cheeks burn.

  "Just thinking about something," he mumbled, shaking his head to clear his thoughts. He'd pte this ter, at home.

  After finishing their meal, Shin paid for everyone's ramen, including Mikoto's.

  Mikoto tried to pay him back, but Shin insisted, saying they were friends.

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