Seriously? I’ve reached Jōnin level, and the system’s only shows up?

The negotiations between Konohagakure and Sunagakure had proceeded unusually smoothly—perhaps too smoothly—accompanied by the deafening tremors that shook the ground outside the village.

It all took less than an hour.

The treaty that Tsunade brought—drafted in advance by Nara Shikaku—was swiftly signed by every top-ranking official in Sunagakure.

Upon receiving word, Senju Tobirama, along with an absolutely furious Uchiha Izuna, made their way into the heart of the Wind Country's desert to finalize the remaining terms.

As Chiyo issued orders and posted announcements throughout the village, the shinobi of Sunagakure began preparing accordingly.

Yamanaka Shinno activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and transported the group directly out of the sand-swept Sunagakure.

He returned Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and the others to Konoha first.

Then, with Kushina and Jiraiya in tow, he made his way to the Konoha encampment at the Fire Country's border.

...

Inside a pale green military tent—

A masked shinobi in standard Root uniform—Tobi—was wearily answering Yahiko and the others' relentless questions.

"So you're telling me this eye is fake... and there's a Transcription Seal inside it that you personally embedded, and it'll unleash a Super Shinra Tensei?"

Nagato clutched his left eye socket, his expression twisted with frustration.

All he wanted was to remove these eyes that didn't belong to him and replace them with something normal.

But no—turns out the eye wasn't just fake. He couldn't even remove it.

If he tried, the Rinnegan would instantly detonate with all the dormant power inside, unleashing a massive, indiscriminate Super Shinra Tensei?

"Ayaaa~ you can't blame me for that~ I was working with Black Zetsu back then, y'know? That thing could control people—we had no choice~"

Tobi gestured animatedly, completely at odds with the ominous Anbu uniform he wore.

"...So if we burn through all the chakra stored in the eye, it should be harmless?"

Yahiko furrowed his brows, proposing a workaround.

After all, it was just a fake Rinnegan. The chakra within was unstable and rootless. If they drained it, maybe the Super Shinra Tensei wouldn't pack much of a punch.

"Smart thinking~! But Black Zetsu's a crafty bastard—it set up a ton of fail-safes. Don't you feel like using the eye now takes way more out of you than before?"

"...So if I overuse it, it'll just suck me dry?"

"Bingo~"

Tobi raised a finger, nodding approvingly at Nagato's deduction.

"You really want to take the eye out? You're sure?"

A voice interrupted them as the tent flap lifted—Yamanaka Shinno stepped inside.

He'd brought Kushina along precisely to deal with the Transcription Seals embedded in the trio's bodies.

Tobi had explained the situation before.

Nagato's eyes were set to trigger Super Shinra Tensei if tampered with—specifically if the eyes were removed.

Yahiko and Konan, on the other hand, carried seals set by Uchiha Hikari under Black Zetsu's orders. Tobi didn't know how they triggered, but he knew one was linked to Tsukuyomi, and the other could unleash a massive ocular technique that would instantly brand everything within hundreds of meters with the Yachihoko Seal.

Shinno didn't know what Black Zetsu had planned, but that thing was long dead—no way it could claw its way out of the grave now.

So why not just remove them?

As the Yin-Yang Sage, his resistance to genjutsu, secret techniques, and ocular jutsu while in full Sage Mode far surpassed even Susanoo.

In the original timeline, Sasuke had used Susanoo to block Yachihoko—Shinno could easily do the same.

"I'm sure. Do you have a method, Shinno-senpai?"

Nagato turned toward Shinno, his expression twitching a little as memories of their island trip surfaced.

"Just toss it before it can react."

"..."

Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan all looked at him like he was nuts.

Even the fastest human has limits—how could he possibly outrun a pre-set seal designed to trigger instantly?

"It's a simple matter," Shinno said with a grin.

He flicked a kunai marked with his Flying Thunder God seal to the ground beside Konan's foot.

Before Yahiko and Konan could even register the motion—

—he was suddenly holding a familiar purple hair flower.

"???"

Konan blinked at the flower, instinctively touching her head.

Her fingers met only air. Her mouth fell open slightly in disbelief.

How... how was he that fast?

Faster than the last time they fought—by far.

"Please, Shinno-senpai!"

Nagato had glimpsed it too, thanks to the Rinnegan's perception.

Shinno had chained two Flying Thunder God jumps in a fraction of a second—so fast it looked like he hadn't moved at all.

Even if forcibly removing the eye might damage the nerves beyond medical healing, Nagato would rather be blind than keep using these cursed eyes.

"No big deal. Ready?"

Seeing Nagato nod, Shinno stepped in front of him.

He had Kushina double-check the Transcription Seal to confirm there were no hidden traps or delayed effects.

Then, with a clap of his hands, he activated medical ninjutsu and began examining the structure of Nagato's eyes.

Several minutes passed.

From his Infinite Arsenal, Shinno withdrew a vial of anesthetic stolen from Konoha's hospital.

He calculated Nagato's physique and chakra reserves, then administered the perfect dosage for full-body anesthesia.

Splurt—

Blood sprayed from Nagato's eye socket.

...

Shinno's figure blurred for a brief moment—

—and in the next instant, a shockwave echoed across the sky a hundred miles away, scattering the clouds in an explosive boom.

Under the now cloudless, dazzling sky, the sunlight grew just a little bit warmer.

"Now then, dear companions of the blind boy—tell me. Which eyes should your friend receive? These ordinary ones? These Sharingan with three tomoe? Or the genuine Rinnegan?"

From his Infinite Arsenal, Shinno held up three glass vials.

The question was aimed at unconscious Nagato, but his gaze shifted to Konan and Yahiko.

They stared, stunned, at the Rinnegan inside the bottle. Then, after exchanging a glance, they both pointed firmly toward the ordinary eyes.

As his childhood friends, no one understood Nagato's heart better than they did.

"Shinno, stop teasing," Kushina said with a chuckle, swatting her boyfriend's arm.

He'd clearly already decided on giving Nagato the pair Orochimaru had created—normal eyes.

"Alright, alright."

Shinno put away the Rinnegan and the Sharingan, retrieving the vial containing what appeared to be normal eyes.

These came from a White Zetsu that Orochimaru had experimented on—by injecting it with Uchiha and Hyūga blood.

At first, nothing seemed unusual. But within a week, the Zetsu died from chakra depletion, leaving only this semi-finished pair of eyes behind.

Orochimaru had estimated that awakening any unique abilities in these eyes would be as hard as unlocking the Eternal Mangekyō without a sibling.

Still, even in their current state, their clarity and perception far surpassed single- or double-tomoe Sharingan.

And this was just a prototype!

...

"They're clean. No complications in the seals," Kushina said with a reassuring smile, pinning the purple hair flower back into Konan's hair.

"Let's handle it outside camp," Shinno replied.

With Nagato's surgery complete, he signaled two Konoha shinobi to watch over him, then led the others out of the encampment.

Tsukuyomi wasn't much of a concern—it was a single-target genjutsu.

But the Yachihoko technique affected a huge area. If it triggered inside the camp, someone might get caught up in it.

...

Ten minutes later—

In a wide-open plain two kilometers from the camp.

As the Transcription Seal on Yahiko's body activated, releasing a wave of Tsukuyomi, Shinno's brows drew together slightly.

Using a layered genjutsu-and-seal combination to make illusions harder to break... that was something Shinno had only started to master.

But—

How the hell would Uchiha Hikari know how to do that?

Still, it was just Tsukuyomi. It wouldn't be fatal.

If anything went wrong, Shinno could forcibly break out of it instantly.

He let his defenses down and allowed the ocular power to wash over him.

Moments later, he grinned and turned to Kushina.

"Looks like I'll need to make a quick trip to the Wind Country later. Don't know exactly how long it'll take, but I'll be back before the Iwagakure talks."

...

Kirigakure. Rooftop of the Mizukage Tower.

"Drip, drip, drip—the rain keeps falling for three days and three nights~Just like you, the one I love—three days and three nights, no answer at all~And I think this whole... hmm..."

Uchiha Hikari sat at the edge of the rooftop, legs dangling as she hummed an odd, upbeat tune, gazing out over the fog-covered village.

Behind her, dozens of elite Kirigakure jōnin knelt with one knee on the ground, each bearing the Yachihoko mark on the back of their right hand.

Their eyes were filled with devotion and awe—like cultists before a god.

This was their Fifth Mizukage.

Uchiha Hikari.

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