Chapter 3: First Kill

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It was difficult keeping myself from vomiting as I stared at the blood staining my hands, I knew my eyes were wide at this point as they shook.

Holy fuck I just killed someone!

"Uchiha, you okay?" my sensei's voice broke through my panic attack before it could settle in.

Swallowing tightly I replied. "First sentry down, sensei," I announced, marvelling at how calm I sounded. "Moving on."

"Understood."

Taking a deep breath I saw the notification of [Gamer's Mind] activating before I dismissed the window and focused on my mission. 'My team is counting on me,' I told myself mentally as I kept moving silently, a sudden clarity of the surroundings catching my attention as I moved.

It was... weird, I just knew where exactly everything was going to be, the falling leaves, the lone squirrel running up a tree. It wasn't really a 'slow-motion' effect, just... a supernatural awareness of all the things I could see.

The second bandit sentry I was to eliminate came into view as I moved, I could see the vague outline of chakra surrounding him, gathering around his body (his chakra). My hands flashed through a set of seals before chakra alighted my hands.

I leapt, my hands reaching out for the bandit as something alerted him to my presence, he turned, his eyes widening as he took in the sight of me, but was too late to do anything as my hand slammed into his forehead, channeling my [Chakra Scalpel] directly not only into his brain leaving his skin and bone untouched, destroying his brain as blood began to pour from his nose, eyes and ears.

At that moment a new window popped up before me.

Sneak Attack critical! Instant kill!
You killed a Darkwood Bandit
+437 EXP, +500 Ryo gained
[Iron Spear] looted and stored in [Inventory].

Underneath that was another window that I didn't notice in my distraction from my first kill.

You have awakened your Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan at Stage Two from the stress of your first kill and your resolve to protect your teammates

Sharingan Stage 2 (Active/Passive)[Level 10 - 0.00%] - 25 CP/second when used by non Uchiha, 5 CP/second when used by an Uchiha. +10% DEX when active, can learn opponent's jutsu by watching them form their hand seals - cannot learn elemental kekkei genkai or hiden jutsus. Give supernatural awareness and slight predictive abilities of everything within normal eyesight.

Huh... so that's why everything was so clear to me. Shaking my head I dismissed the windows and focused on my mission.

My two targets were taken out and I was now to attack the camp directly with ninjutsu to cause as much chaos as I could to cover my teammate's approach.

Moving upwards in one of the taller trees I breached the top of it so I was looking down on the camp and formed the five seals I needed for the [Fire Release: Great Fireball] .

Once the seals were completed I inhaled, my chest swelling with the air as I kneaded the fire natured chakra into the desired shape before exhaling, releasing a single massive fireball directly into a group of tents near the center of the camp.

Critical Sneak Attack!
You killed five Darkwood Bandits
+2,187 EXP, +2500 Ryo
2x [Iron Katana], 2x [Yew Bow], 20 [Wooden Arrows] and [Iron Spear] looted and stored in the Inventory!

You have gained a level!

I steadfastly ignored the panicked screams as I formed the seals again and released another fireball on the opposite side of the camp.

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