Chapter 17: Naruto’s Mangekyō (Please Vote and Follow)

Back home.

Naruto sneaked a glance at the Nine-Tails.

He found it happily playing with water in the training space and breathed a sigh of relief.

This creature was now his greatest secret, and it wasn’t convenient for Kurama to know just yet.

There was no other reason—he just feared Kurama would misunderstand.

Kurama harbored a deep hatred for the Uchiha clan, especially Madara Uchiha, a grudge as profound as an ancient enmity.

If Kurama discovered Naruto had obtained the Mangekyo Sharingan, it wouldn’t just be a matter of his father’s reputation being tarnished.

His father was less of a concern—after all, he was gone, and hardly anyone would pay attention. Besides, who said Naruto couldn’t have some Uchiha blood in his ancestry? But Kurama was not easily fooled.

Naruto opened the interface and began allocating points.

Hmm... adding experience points.

[Sharingan: 9,600/10,000 (Three Tomoe → Mangekyo)]

Taking out the freshly acquired 500 experience points, Naruto immediately applied them.

The experience instantly filled up, even overflowing.

[You have met the activation conditions for the Mangekyo Sharingan. Extracting Mangekyo ability from your ability pool.]

[Tip: Strong will can increase the probability of obtaining corresponding abilities.]

“What does that mean?”

Naruto was baffled by the prompt.

He understood “extracting Mangekyo ability” likely meant having this eye would grant an additional skill to wield.

But what was this about “strong will increasing the chance of gaining the corresponding ability”?

Could he make a wish with this?

After ensuring he grasped the meaning, Naruto’s mind sprang into action, brainstorming rapidly.

What should he wish for?

What power could become stronger?

Time?

Space?

No, the strongest forces were the fundamental ones.

“God, no. System, no.” For a moment, Naruto didn’t even know what to call this entity.

“The god of the game,” he finally settled on and quickly made his wish: “Please grant me any one of the four fundamental forces, any one!”

Just after speaking, Naruto suddenly recalled that, no matter how flashy the game’s features were, it was still just a game.

Maybe his demand was too high!

With that in mind, he quickly added, “If not the four fundamental forces, then something close enough!”

[Combining Mangekyo ability from the ability pool.]

[Suitable combination found, generating…]

[You have obtained Mangekyo Sharingan:
Left Eye (Attraction) + Right Eye (Repulsion): You can freely manipulate attraction and repulsion forces on individuals or areas. You may control attraction/repulsion through up to four black spheres, choosing targets freely, interfering with natural phenomena, and absorbing or repelling any physical entity or ninjutsu.

Durability: Each use consumes 0.5% durability. When durability is exhausted, you will be blinded.

Cooldown: None
Usage Limitations: None]

[Please name your Mangekyo Sharingan.]

Naruto stared blankly at the description, hardly daring to believe it.

Attraction and repulsion?

His wish had truly been granted.

Moreover, judging by the ability’s description, was the Mangekyo really this powerful?

Suddenly enlightened, Naruto understood why Madara Uchiha alone could hold his own against the First Hokage with this power.

The Mangekyo was overwhelmingly strong.

“Uchiha clan members really are not to be underestimated.”

Naruto wasn’t even sure if all his years of training would be enough to defeat his own Mangekyo.

Attraction plus repulsion could reflect all physical attacks with no cooldown. How could he fight against that? Using his head?

This ability was way too broken.

As for a name…

Naruto decided instantly.

Left eye = Uncle Don.

Right eye = Uncle Tan.

[Your naming is confirmed. If unsatisfied, you may spend a rename ticket to change the name.]

[Your Mangekyo has fully awakened. You have additionally unlocked the Mangekyo Store. Detection of your SSSSSS talent has triggered the opening of the Rinnegan evolution path. Upon filling the progress bar and collecting the necessary Six Paths chakra or purchasing upgrade packs, you can unlock the Rinnegan.]

[Tip: Excessive use of the Mangekyo Sharingan may cause blindness. Please purchase the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan promptly.]

Suddenly, a product link popped up below the tip.

This blatant pay-to-win notice, even though Naruto was already accustomed to the game’s quirks, still left him speechless.

Wasn’t there a way to level up naturally?

He glanced again at the original skill.

[Sharingan: 10,100/100,000 (Mangekyo → Rinnegan)]

Goodness, there was no upgrade path at all—only purchasing.

“What is the Rinnegan? What is the Six Paths chakra?”

The more he learned, the more ignorant he felt.

This game—no, this world—kept revealing things he never knew.

Ignoring the unknown Rinnegan for now, Naruto prepared to check the store.

After all, the Mangekyo was so powerful, he couldn’t just let it go unused.

So, to avoid blindness, he had no choice but to click the link.

He looked.

Damn it, one million ryo!!!

One hundred thousand dollars!

How was this different from outright robbery?

Oh.

Naruto suddenly remembered he wasn’t as poor as he used to be—no longer the boy who could only dream from afar.

Still, the price was steep!

He sold full family bucket meals fiercely every month, but it would still take six or seven months to earn that much.

How much was the Nine-Tails worth?

Two million ryo.

After two months of study and reading, Naruto already knew the Nine-Tails was one of the world’s nine great tailed beasts and the strongest among them.

Then what merit did the Eternal Mangekyo have to cost half as much as half a Kurama?

But.

Upon reflection, Naruto realized he had no choice but to buy it.

If he didn’t, he faced the risk of blindness.

He’d have to make the old man work harder, selling more family buckets.

Ahem.

Perhaps the time skipped too quickly, so this hadn’t been introduced.

The “old man” was Naruto’s first Wood Release clone—the founder of the “Old Grandpa’s Fast Food” chain mentioned earlier.

He was an old man with silver-white hair, each strand strong and neatly groomed, styled exactly like the KFC founder.

However, whether because he hadn’t returned to the original body for two months or due to some split personality, the old man had fallen deeply into role-playing.

In his mind, he was not a clone of Naruto but an actual 80-year-old man—the genuine “Old Grandpa’s Fast Food” founder.

If Naruto did not confirm that the old man diligently worked every day, handing over all earnings without keeping a single coin for himself, he would have considered dismissing this clone.

But this clone was simply too capable.

The entire busy store’s operations were entirely handled by the old man alone.

Moreover, his vitality, smile, kindness, and character were loved by everyone in the village.

This was why the fast food shop’s daily revenue was booming—such profit from a small store.

Naruto once suspected this clone’s efficiency was perhaps boosted by the SSSSSS talent as well.

Currently, it seemed quite likely.

Returning to the main point.

Closing the product page, Naruto opened the newly added Mangekyo Store.

Tsukuyomi, Susanoo, Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi, Kamui, Yata Mirror, and countless other Mangekyo abilities were all displayed on the shelves.

Buy and use immediately, no need to switch eyes—just add extra skills to the original eyes.

All priced uniformly at one million ryo.

Before opening, Naruto had imagined it was some kind of “Mangekyo store,” but after opening, he realized it truly was a “Mangekyo” store.

Reading the descriptions and explanations, Naruto found each ability stranger than the last.

“No wonder the Uchiha clan is the top family of Konoha,” Naruto sincerely marveled.

To milk so much from a single pair of eyes meant this ability was genuinely popular in the game.

“No wonder I’m the protagonist,” Naruto thought, strangely reminded of Sasuke.

What would Sasuke’s Mangekyo ability be?