The city burned quietly in the distance, neon bleeding into Gotham's night sky. In the Wayne estate, Itachi sat cross-legged on the polished wooden floor of his private training room, his Sharingan spinning in the dark.
The System window glowed faintly before him.
[Quest Completed: First Kill with Ninjutsu]Target Eliminated: Contract Killer (Gotham Underworld)Reward: 1000 SP + Random Shinobi Weapon
[Accumulated Points: 6,740 SP]
The number pulsed like a heartbeat. For weeks, he had trained relentlessly, grinded every daily and hidden quest, hunted thugs in Gotham's alleys, and pushed himself past exhaustion. Now the points were enough.
Enough to buy it.
[System Store – Template Purchase]Available Template: Itachi Uchiha (Shinobi Prodigy)Cost: 5,000 SPIncludes: Advanced Sharingan Mastery, Perfect Chakra Control, Genjutsu Genius, High-level Ninjutsu, Analytical Genius, Shinobi Battle Instincts.
Itachi's lips curved faintly. "Fitting. To become the man I admired most… and feared."
He pressed confirm.
The world shattered into fragments of memory.
For a heartbeat, he wasn't Itachi Wayne anymore. He was standing beneath the Uchiha clan compound. He felt the weight of duty, the guilt of betrayal, the resolve of a man who bore the world's hatred alone. He saw kunai flash, fire jutsu roar, and the crimson gaze of the Mangekyō spin into existence.
Knowledge, pain, and mastery poured into his mind like a tidal wave. His muscles trembled, his body screamed, but his spirit absorbed it all. He collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest, his Sharingan whirling violently as the memories of the true Itachi Uchiha carved themselves into his very soul.
When the flood ended, he rose. Slowly. Calmly. But there was something different in his eyes now — a depth, a sharpness, a cold tranquility.
He had become more than a boy playing shinobi. He was shinobi.
The System confirmed it.
Template Integrated: Itachi Uchiha
Chakra Reserves: Jonin-level
Genjutsu: High Mastery
Ninjutsu: High Mastery (Fire Style, Water Style, Seals)
Taijutsu: Elite
Mental Attributes: Enhanced Analysis, Strategic Genius
Bonus Unlock: Crow Summoning Contract
Black feathers erupted in the air around him. A dozen crows burst from his chakra, flapping wildly before settling in the rafters of the room. The sound of their wings echoed like whispers of death.
Itachi smirked faintly. "Now… Gotham truly has no idea what walks in its shadows."
The next night, the underworld whispered of a massacre. A warehouse full of mob enforcers was left in ruin. Not a single bullet had been fired. Men swore they had seen red eyes in the dark, heard the caw of crows, felt their worst fears clawing at their minds.
Some claimed the devil had come to Gotham.
Others whispered another name: "The Phantom Uchiha."
And high above it all, Itachi stood on a rooftop, the city lights reflecting in his eyes.
Bruce was out there somewhere, learning to fight, to climb mountains, to break himself into Batman.
But Itachi? He was already something else. A shinobi reborn into a world of gods.
And he was only getting started.