Itachi sat cross-legged in the dimly lit safe house, crimson eyes glowing faintly as the system activated. The interface flickered to life, scanning the next template in full.
[Template Target: Kakashi Hatake — Progress: 0%]
The scan unfolded, revealing a life of loss, duty, and unrivaled skill. Images flashed through his mind: a young boy losing his father, the trauma of the Third Shinobi World War, the bonds of comrades, and the tragedies that shaped Kakashi into the Copy Ninja.
[Major Life Event Detected: Father Deceased][Progress Unlocked: 15%]
The system rewarded him with the basics of Hatake's abilities. Itachi felt a subtle surge as new skills integrated into his body:
Hatake Swordsmanship (Basic): Movements precise, adaptable, effective in close combat.
Elemental Affinities: Full mastery of lightning, earth, water, fire, and wind elemental chakra.
Lightning Style Enhancement: Chidori technique unlocked and imbued with increased destructive power.
Earth Style Technique: Mud Wall defensive jutsu unlocked.
Summoning Contract: Ninja Dogs — basic usage unlocked.
Elemental Swordsmanship: Basics of lightning and wind style incorporated into his blade work.
Chakra Reserves: Increased by 10%.
Combat Experience: Integration of Third Shinobi War battlefield experience, granting strategic insight and tactical awareness.
Itachi exhaled, flexing his fingers. Lightning crackled faintly at his fingertips, flowing through his body in perfect harmony with his chakra. His Mangekyō still burned crimson in his eyes, but now an additional surge of skill and precision layered over his current mastery.
So this is Kakashi… Itachi murmured. A boy molded by loss, combat, and duty. His strength is significant… but I am already beyond him.
Even at 15%, he could feel the tactical genius, the combination of elemental mastery, and the unpredictable strategies that Kakashi wielded in the war. Each skill was a tool waiting to be fully forged.
[Next Progress Unlock Requirement: Gain 50 system points by defeating enemies or completing missions.]
Itachi leaned back, letting the crows surrounding the safe house stir in the shadows. There was much to do — Gotham, the world, the system itself. But now he had another piece of power to shape, another template to absorb, another path to mastery.
And as his crimson eyes glowed in the darkness, he knew one truth clearly:
With Kakashi's knowledge added to my own, I will become untouchable.