If someone could continuously experience the process of chakra nature transformation—
It would undoubtedly accelerate their understanding of it.
"…Mm."
Rin Nohara nodded lightly.
Kiyoshi then began refining his chakra, gradually transforming it into Lightning Release chakra, allowing it to flow from his palm into Rin's hand.
Techniques like Lightning Release: Iron Body involved refining chakra close to the skin, near the body's meridian system.
This allowed Rin to directly feel the process—
The transition from neutral chakra… into Lightning chakra.
"…Mm…"
Rin felt a slight tingling sensation in her palm,
As if tiny currents of electricity were running across her skin.
But even so—
She still couldn't truly grasp any change.
Meanwhile—
Inside the Uchiha compound.
Obito dragged his exhausted body along the road.
"Back so late, Obito?"
"You must be hungry. Here, have a pancake."
The elderly couple running the Uchiha pancake shop greeted him warmly.
Uchiha Gen handed him a warm pancake wrapped in oil paper.
"Grandma Gen… I don't have money."
Obito quickly waved his hands.
With both parents gone,
He was raised solely by his aging grandmother.
If not for the compensation left behind by his parents,
Their financial situation would have been extremely difficult.
So he was always careful with money.
"It's alright, dear. This one's on me."
Gen smiled kindly and handed him the pancake anyway.
"…Thank you."
Unable to refuse, Obito accepted it.
He had just finished training.
Originally—
He had hoped Rin would come to the usual training ground like before.
But she never showed up.
"Haha, young people these days are too polite."
Uchiha Tesho chuckled.
"Oh right, Obito—how's the new clan member doing in class? You're not isolating him, are you?"
Tesho asked casually.
Having lived through the early days of Konoha's founding,
He had seen many clans from different regions come together.
To him, Kiyoshi being a "foreigner" wasn't anything unusual.
After all—
It hadn't even been that many decades since everyone gathered into one village.
Strictly speaking…
Everyone here was once an outsider.
That question nearly made Obito choke on his pancake.
After coughing a few times, he replied,
"Isolated? Not at all. He's actually quite popular."
Obito pouted.
Not to mention Rin—
Even Kurenai kept going to see Kiyoshi for no reason.
And once during break,
Even Shizune—who was usually quiet—
Came to ask if Kiyoshi trained especially hard within the clan.
That had completely shocked him.
Was being a transfer student really that attractive?
"Haha, as fellow Uchiha, you should support each other. It's good he's adapting well. Just earlier, a little girl came asking for his house."
Gen added.
"…Who?"
Obito asked casually while eating.
"She had purple markings on her face. A very cute girl."
Obito froze instantly.
Purple markings…
A girl…
Rin?!
Why would Rin go looking for Kiyoshi?!
His expression darkened.
Without even finishing the pancake, he hurriedly said goodbye and rushed toward Kiyoshi's house.
"…Rin has never gone to my house this late."
An uneasy feeling grew in his chest.
He quickened his pace.
Streetlights flickered on one by one,
Casting dim light across the road.
"…Maybe I just don't have talent in this area."
Rin said softly, her voice filled with disappointment.
Even now—
She still couldn't feel what "Lightning chakra" truly was.
It seemed her hope of helping Kakashi…
Would fail.
"It's fine. If once isn't enough, we'll try again. Next time, we can increase the contact area."
Kiyoshi reassured her, still holding her hand.
Rin pressed her lips together slightly—
But didn't pull away.
Just as they were about to proceed further—
A sudden shout exploded.
"Kiyoshi! What are you doing?!"
Obito burst in.
His face was filled with disbelief.
He had jumped over the wall,
Peeked through the open sliding door—
And what he saw…
Was Kiyoshi holding Rin's hand.
Leaning forward, as if about to do something more.
"Obito?! What are you doing here?"
Rin was startled by his sudden appearance.
"Rin! I knew this guy wasn't a good person! Was he just taking advantage of you?!"
Obito was furious.
Rin's soft, delicate hand—
Even he had never held it like that.
And yet—
Kiyoshi got there first.
"You misunderstood."
Kiyoshi calmly withdrew his hand, stopping the chakra flow.
The faint electric sensation around Rin's skin gradually faded.
"Obito… wasn't the front gate closed?"
Rin frowned.
She had always tolerated his childish behavior—
But this time…
It went too far.
He was acting like a kid who never grew up.
"Rin, I was doing this for you!"
Obito quickly tried to explain, afraid she might dislike him.
If not for hearing from Grandma Gen that Rin might be here—
He would have never come.
"…For me?"
Rin felt exhausted.
She was already burdened with worry over Kakashi,
Frustrated by her lack of progress—
And now Obito was acting like this.
"Sorry… for wasting your time, Kiyoshi."
Rin said apologetically.
"It's nothing. After all, you've helped me before as well."
Kiyoshi smiled.
Watching Obito desperately explaining himself,
And Rin looking mentally drained—
He felt something…
Exciting.
The room remained unlit.
Only faint light seeped in from outside.
Shadows covered Kiyoshi's face.
The dim world before his eyes—
Suddenly turned red.
A surge of heat began to swirl within him.
This feeling—
Was different from the first awakening.
Because only when both eyes awakened…
Could the Sharingan truly reveal its power.
Like a beam of light piercing through endless darkness—
Tearing the night apart.
As the red veil faded—
Kiyoshi saw a world clearer than ever before.
His ocular power surged rapidly.
No longer a single-eye state—
This time—
It was both eyes.
The world…
Had changed.
Distant objects were no longer blurred.
Hidden details within darkness—
Could no longer escape his sight.
The Sharingan… had fully awakened.
— End of Chapter —