NOVEL NEXT Chapter 265
Time flowed like water, quietly slipping by.
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
The worst-case scenario never came to pass.
Although Iwagakure did send some personnel near the Ogatani Village outpost, they were mostly sentries—meant for surveillance, not for a new assault.
This made Uchiha Haruki breathe a little easier, and once again, he found himself with some peaceful time to train.
And so, during this period, Haruki kept an eye on both the Iwa forces and the situation around Fūryū Town, while quietly immersing himself in cultivation.
After nearly twenty days of training, he felt his body once again reaching a critical threshold—he was only one step away from a full transformation.
That night.
Inside his room.
Haruki was channeling the Mystic Palm Technique to further strengthen his body, when suddenly, he felt an invisible force rising from within, trying to break through some internal barrier—but it remained stuck, unable to break free.
Haruki understood immediately—this was the opportunity for a breakthrough.
Without hesitation, he activated his Mangekyō Sharingan.
In the next moment, blood flowed from his right eye, and the power of "Imperial Decree of Man" activated instantly, enveloping his entire body.
In a flash, that internal barrier shattered into nothing, and the power of "Imperial Decree of Man" began guiding his body to evolve in the direction he had long hoped for.
Moments later, a warm current surged from deep within his core, rapidly spreading throughout his entire body.
The familiar sensation told Haruki everything—he had succeeded.
Not wanting to waste time reveling in it, Haruki quickly deactivated Imperial Decree of Man, then shut off his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Only after doing so did he close his eyes and focus on feeling the changes in his body.
Seconds passed. Then minutes.
Roughly fifteen minutes later, the warmth faded, and Haruki opened his eyes.
Immediately, a surge of vibrant life energy radiated from him.
After a moment of thought, Haruki pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and drew it sharply across his left arm—schlick—creating a gash.
He watched silently. One minute. Two minutes. Three.
Before long, the wound naturally stopped bleeding.
Soon after, it began to close—while not fast enough to be visible to the naked eye, Haruki could still clearly sense that it was healing at remarkable speed.
The key point was this: throughout the entire process, Haruki had not used any additional techniques—not medical ninjutsu, not chakra channeling, nothing.
Yet his wound was still healing rapidly. That could mean only one thing—his natural regeneration had improved.
Though he had anticipated this result as his Constitution stat increased, seeing it actually happen filled Haruki with real excitement.
He wasn't on the level of monsters like Naruto or Hashirama just yet—but this was a start, wasn't it?
With a thought, Haruki gathered chakra near the wound.
Instantly, the healing process sped up.
He estimated that if he improved just a little more, his recovery speed could rival a C-rank healing jutsu—like the Healing Technique.
In other words, as long as his chakra held out, it would be like having a passive, portable mini-healing jutsu active on himself at all times.
The effect might not be overwhelming—but again, this was just the beginning.
Haruki didn't bother healing his arm completely yet. Instead, he silently said: "Status panel."
The next moment, a familiar pale blue interface appeared before his eyes.
[Name: Uchiha Haruki]
Age: 12
Constitution: 14 → 15
Spirit: 19
Chakra: 38,500 (42,644 → 48,980)
Bloodline: Sharingan · Mangekyō (1/50,000) → (1,217/50,000)
Skills:
Chakra Refining Technique: Lv5 (554/5000) → Lv5 (752/5000)
Wind Release: Wind Blade: Lv5 (870/5000) → Lv5 (1640/5000)
Shadow Clone Technique: Lv3 (340/1000) → Lv3 (720/1000)
Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (2750/5000) → Lv5 (3550/5000)
Rasengan: Lv5 (950/5000) → Lv5 (1720/5000)
Mystic Palm Technique: Lv7 (8210/20000) → Lv7 (12770/20000)
Chakra Scalpel: Lv4 (920/2000) → Lv5 (1200/5000)
Soul Mirror Technique: Lv7 (4886/20000) → Lv7 (8534/20000)
Kenjutsu: Lv6 (5850/10000) → Lv6 (8120/10000)
Illusion Sword Technique: Lv3 (15/1000) → Lv3 (870/1000)
Instant Sword Technique: Lv1 (162/200)
Chakra Control: Lv5 (1450/5000) → Lv5 (1830/5000)
[Perfected Skills: None]
As expected, with his physical breakthrough, Haruki's Constitution stat had increased from 14 to 15.
And this number—15—was clearly a major milestone.
The enhanced regeneration he had just tested was one benefit, but there were deeper, more subtle transformations occurring too.
For example, the increase in latent potential, something that always accompanied a breakthrough.
Haruki carefully sensed the changes.
By rough estimation, his chakra theoretical maximum had jumped from 120,000 to 140,000—an increase of 20,000 points.
An enormous leap, no doubt.
The reasons were twofold. First, hitting 15 in Constitution was a key threshold.
Second, although his Spirit stat had already increased significantly, the low Constitution had previously acted as a limiter—suppressing the full release of his latent chakra potential.
Now that Constitution had caught up, some of that hidden potential had finally been unleashed.
With both factors combined, the resulting boost was substantial.
Even his chakra recovery rate had seen an upgrade.
Previously, excluding the 18,000 chakra he recovered daily through nine hours of the Chakra Refining Technique, his body could regenerate up to 67,000 chakra per day.
Now, that figure had become 80,000.
With 15 Constitution, he could now run Chakra Refining for two additional hours each day.
Meaning, in total, he could now regenerate 102,000 chakra per day.
Compared to the previous 85,000, that was an increase of 17,000—a major jump.
But now came a new question—how to allocate all this chakra?
His main body was already fully committed to training Mystic Palm Technique and Soul Mirror Technique, so he didn't need more chakra in that area.
After some thought, Haruki decided to split the extra chakra between Wind Blade and Rasengan.
Both of those skills were trained by shadow clones. If time wasn't enough, he could just increase the number of clones.
So he didn't worry about allocating too much chakra to them.
After doing some quick mental math, Haruki estimated that with the additional 17,000 chakra, he could now gain 200+ proficiency points per day for both Wind Blade and Rasengan.
That meant both would level up again before long.
Satisfied, Haruki nodded and shifted his gaze from the base stats to the Bloodline section.
Sure enough, after more than twenty days of training Soul Mirror Technique and regular use of Imperial Decree of Man, his Mangekyō Sharingan had progressed about 2.4%.
It wasn't blazing fast—but it wasn't slow either.
At this pace, and assuming everything went smoothly, he could expect to fully evolve his Mangekyō Sharingan in around two and a half years.
Of course, that was the best-case scenario.
If things didn't go smoothly… well, who could say?
Haruki instinctively touched his right eye.
Because of frequent use of Imperial Decree of Man, his right eye's vision had already started to deteriorate.
Even though he was trying to control how often and how long he used the ability, the side effects were still showing.
Now he was worried—what if his right eye went blind before the Mangekyō fully evolved?
That would be a huge problem.
Without Imperial Decree of Man to guide the evolution, the Sharingan might get stuck at the final 1%—forever unable to break through.
He had to come up with a solution.
After thinking it over carefully, Haruki finally made a decision:
He would reduce how much he used Imperial Decree of Man for body enhancement and shift his focus back toward training Soul Mirror Technique.
Sure, this would slow down his Constitution growth—but it would also reduce the risks when it came time to evolve the Mangekyō Sharingan.
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