Current Status: Three Minds, Two Intentions
Description: From now on, you possess three hearts and dual soul consciousness.
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Looking at the status, Hoshishita Shu was completely stunned.
He felt that even if his Chinese score during the college entrance exam had barely scraped a pass, there was no way he had misunderstood that idiom.
Three Minds, Two Intentions meant this?
Or maybe the Japanese interpretation was different?
It had to be.
But…
Shu subconsciously looked down at his chest.
"Three hearts?"
"Am I a downgraded version of Kakuzu now?"
He pressed his hand to his chest, but he couldn't feel any additional heartbeats.
Then—
His vision shifted.
He could see his own heart.
The beating organ in his chest was clearly visible, and surrounding it were two phantom hearts, overlapping and enveloping the real one.
There were truly three.
"So if someone targets my heart… I have two chances to ignore fatal damage?"
Shu speculated.
Then another thought surfaced.
"If that's true… the dual soul consciousness should work the same way."
"In other words…"
"I can actually split my focus."
"With two souls, techniques like the Mind Body Switch Technique would be far less effective."
"And in combat—or training—I might truly do two things at once."
He decided to test it.
Immediately, he entered a strange state.
It felt as if he had two minds operating in parallel—each thinking about something different.
"Brilliant."
His eyes lit up.
He drew a circle with his left hand while drawing a square with his right.
No problem.
Smooth.
Effortless.
Meaning his body could now be controlled by two independent consciousnesses simultaneously.
"Then what about chakra control…"
Shu jumped to his feet.
He spread both hands and gathered chakra.
In the next moment—
Two Rasengan formed at the same time.
Airflow surged as both spheres stabilized perfectly.
Of course, even without dual consciousness, it was possible with enough practice.
But it would never be this effortless.
After a moment, he dismissed one Rasengan.
Then he stared at the one in his right hand and infused Wind Release chakra into it.
Instantly the pale-blue Rasengan brightened.
The core turned blazing white, and the surrounding currents sharpened like a rotating blade.
Wind Release: Rasengan.
Previously he hadn't completed this technique smoothly every time.
But now it formed cleanly and perfectly.
"With two consciousnesses, the coordination is even better than clones."
"Then…"
A name surfaced in his mind.
Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
With two consciousnesses cooperating, the difficulty would drop sharply.
Perhaps—
He could even create a complete Rasenshuriken and use it without Sage Mode.
Rasengan itself wasn't essential to him.
But a Rasenshuriken—especially one he could wield reliably—
That was different.
"Let's try it."
Temptation won.
Nature transformation was already mastered.
The next step was maintaining the Wind Rasengan while forcing extreme shape transformation.
One consciousness would maintain stability.
The other would handle shape transformation.
With that plan, Shu began experimenting.
More Wind chakra poured into the Rasengan as he controlled its rotation carefully.
The sphere expanded.
The weight of the chakra made his hand sink slightly.
Boom!
It collapsed.
He tried again.
He grabbed his right wrist with his left, bracing.
Again and again—
The Rasengan collapsed.
But each attempt refined something.
Control.
Balance.
Stability.
After a long while, his chakra reserves were nearly exhausted.
Sweat rolled down his face as he sat.
"S-rank techniques really aren't something you can just create on a whim…"
He sighed.
But there was still a smile at the edge of his mouth.
With Three Minds, Two Intentions, he was confident he could eventually succeed.
Then his attention returned to the status panel.
Only then did he notice something new.
Next to the current status was another entry.
[Swordsmanship Expert] — Permanent
Shu's heart trembled.
Permanent?
Wasn't that status supposed to disappear?
"Wait…"
He thought carefully.
"Could it be because I kept training swordsmanship during that period and reached the required level…"
"So the status became permanent?"
"Then why didn't the previous status—'True to Heart'—become permanent?"
Understanding struck.
"That one was different."
"I was acting that way because the status forced me."
"I never truly accepted it."
"So it never became my own ability."
That had to be it.
Which meant—
If he could achieve Three Minds, Two Intentions on his own without relying on the status, it might also become permanent.
But another question followed instantly.
"If I can do it on my own… do I even need the status?"
This cheat system was truly awful.
No intelligence.
No manual.
While complaining inwardly, Shu reconsidered.
The permanent Swordsmanship Expert still had value.
The status didn't only grant expert-level skill.
It granted expert-level talent.
Without the status, he would retain the skill—
But not the gifted learning curve behind it.
And who would reject more talent?
Then the real problem surfaced.
How could he truly achieve three hearts?
One name appeared in his mind.
Kakuzu.
More specifically—
The forbidden technique:
Earth Grudge Fear.
But…
Even ignoring the problem of defeating Kakuzu—
Acquiring that technique and mastering dual focus within seven days was nearly impossible.
His good mood vanished.
"So you're telling me I can't use this even after getting it?"
Shu didn't want to give up.
But even Konoha's network couldn't locate Kakuzu quickly.
And he had no authority to mobilize that level of resources.
Maybe the technique could be obtained from Takigakure?
But would they willingly hand over such a secret?
Of course not.
After a long sigh, Shu suppressed his greed.
"For now, I'll use this state purely for training."
"Even clones should benefit."
After thinking it through, he abandoned sleep entirely.
Seven days.
Far too short.
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