After more than an hour

Just when Ryosuke was about to finish reading this manga book, Mikoto, who was lying on the sofa over there, also faintly woke up.

"Where am I...?"

She sat up in a daze. She looked at the familiar environment around her, feeling that her mind was still a little foggy.

"You're awake."

At this time, a familiar voice came.

Mikoto turned her head and saw Ryosuke sitting there.

"Ryosuke!"

Mikoto exclaimed in surprise, and then looked around. "So... this is Kushina's house?"

"That's right!"

Ryosuke came over and sat down next to her, reaching out to hold her small hand while sensing her physical condition.

Mikoto couldn't help but blush at his touch, feeling the warmth of his hand.

"Fortunately, you're fine, just a little exhausted. Just take some rest."

Ryosuke reassured her, letting go of her hand.

Then, he looked at Mikoto and asked, "Tell me, what happened? I just stepped outside, and the next thing I knew, you were falling from the sky. If I hadn't caught you, you would've been injured."

Hearing this, Mikoto's embarrassment deepened. She hesitated, unsure how to explain.

It turned out that after she had returned home last night, she couldn't sleep.

As soon as she closed her eyes, her mind was filled with images of Ryosuke and Kushina being affectionate with each other.

This unsettled Mikoto.

So, she decided not to sleep at all. She got up, and went out to train, hoping that sweating a little would calm her down.

But in the end, she got too carried away with training.

She didn't realize she had overused her pupil power, nearly exhausting it.

This caused severe pain in her eyes, triggering her body's self-protection mode—leading to a brief coma.

At that moment, Mikoto had been practicing one of her pupil techniques… in mid-air.

As a result, she lost consciousness and plummeted straight from the sky.

"I was practicing my pupil technique but didn't realize I was overexerting my pupil power… and I blacked out." Mikoto explained briefly.

She didn't mention her sleepless night or why she had gone out to train for so long.

Ryosuke noticed Mikoto's embarrassment and figured she was hiding something, but he chose not to press further.

"Be more careful next time. Your Mangekyō isn't an Eternal Mangekyō. Overusing it will lead to blindness." Ryosuke warned.

"Ah~! That can happen?!"

Mikoto looked at Ryosuke in shock.

She truly had no idea that excessive use of Mangekyō would lead to blindness.

Her face instantly paled.

Thinking back, she realized her eyesight had been slightly declining these past few days.

Could this be…?

A sign of going blind?!

The thought sent Mikoto into a panic.

"You didn't even know that?" Ryosuke asked, just as surprised.

He had assumed Mikoto was aware.

But…

She didn't even know that excessive use of Mangekyō would damage her vision?

Mikoto shook her head. She really had no idea.

After all, her Mangekyō had awakened by accident, and her relationship with the high-ranking Uchiha members wasn't great.

So, she wasn't privy to these secrets.

"Alright… By the way, what abilities did your Mangekyō awaken?" Ryosuke shook his head and asked.

He was genuinely curious about Mikoto's pupil techniques.

Since she mentioned that she had blacked out due to training, and she had been in the air when it had happened…

One of her abilities probably involved flight.

Or maybe something time-related?

Mikoto replied, "I awakened two abilities—one is [Unreal], which lets me nullify any damage I take, and the other is a time-space ability that allows me to move instantly within my visual range."

"Your [Unreal] ability can negate any damage?" Ryosuke asked in surprise.

If that was true, then this ability was incredibly powerful.

Hearing this, Mikoto shook her head and clarified, "No, it only nullifies attacks I can see. If I get hit by a sneak attack, my ability won't work."

"I see."

Ryosuke nodded. That was a significant limitation.

If she couldn't see the attack, it wouldn't work.

That meant if the enemy was too fast or attacked from behind, her ability would be useless.

But…

Ryosuke gave Mikoto a strange look.

"What?"

Mikoto was puzzled by his stare.

Ryosuke asked, "Mikoto, who else have you told about your pupil techniques?"

Mikoto replied, "You and Kushina."

"Anyone else?" Ryosuke asked.

Mikoto shook her head and said, "No, just you two."

"Good."

Ryosuke nodded and said, "Mikoto, both of your abilities have major weaknesses, so don't tell anyone else."

"Of course, I wouldn't! I'm not stupid!"

Mikoto huffed, feeling like he was questioning her intelligence.

"Then why did you tell me and Kushina without hesitation?" Ryosuke asked, speechless.

"Kushina is my best friend!" Mikoto declared. "And you are…"

"What is it?"

Ryosuke looked into her eyes.

Mikoto looked away, embarrassed.

"You're Kushina's boyfriend. She'll tell you anyway." Mikoto said.

Of course, that wasn't the real reason.

But the real reason—Mikoto clearly didn't intend to say.

Ryosuke wasn't someone with an outrageously low EQ. He could see Mikoto's thoughts.

But sometimes, things are more interesting when left unsaid.

If you put everything into words, it just makes things boring.

And Mikoto still needs to sort out her own feelings.

If she couldn't even admit it to herself, could Ryosuke really force her?

Mikoto sat in the living room for a while, resting. Then she excused herself, saying she had something to do, and left.

Being alone in a room with Ryosuke, she was afraid she'd reveal too much of her inner thoughts. If things got awkward, that wouldn't be good.

So—

Once she felt a little better, she found an excuse to leave.

Ryosuke didn't stop her, he just reminded her not to drain her pupil power recklessly.

Mikoto was still embarrassed.

This time had been an accident. Her mind had been elsewhere, and she hadn't been paying attention.

Under normal circumstances, she definitely wouldn't let this happen.

But she couldn't exactly explain that to Ryosuke.

So, she could only nod and promise that she'd be more careful in the future.

After Mikoto left, Ryosuke went out to buy a few things before returning to continue synthesizing the god-level talent entries he hadn't synthesized yet.

As for Kushina?

She probably wouldn't wake up until afternoon, considering how much she had slept.

Ryosuke didn't want to disturb her—better to let her rest.

In the Living Room

Ryosuke took a sip of juice and prepared to continue synthesizing super god-level talent entries.

"Wait!"

"What if I upgrade the [Lucky Star] talent entry first?"

The gold-level [Lucky Star] talent entry already increased luck by 30 times.

If upgraded to god level, wouldn't it be even stronger?

Ryosuke suddenly stopped.

Then he glanced at his remaining experience points.

Very good!

There were still two to three million experience points left.

That was more than enough to upgrade [Lucky Star] to god level first and then synthesize the god-level talent entries.

As for using synthesis to upgrade [Lucky Star]?

No way!

Once synthesized, who knows what kind of talent entry would come out?

So—

Better to play it safe. After all, upgrading a gold talent entry to god level only cost 100,000 experience points.

Would Ryosuke ever be short of these little experience points?

And so—

With a grand gesture, he directly spent 100,000 experience points to upgrade [Lucky Star]!

[Lucky Star (God): You have enviable luck. Picking up money when you go out is just routine. Turning bad luck into good luck is just normal for you. Luck is always on your side!]

[Luck +12000%!]

As expected!

After the upgrade, the luck value skyrocketed from 3000% to 12000%!

A full 120 times luck boost!!

If before, it took thousands of attempts to successfully synthesize a super god-level talent entry.

Then now, it might only take 800 or 900 tries.

That would save a huge amount of experience points.

After all, each synthesis cost 50 points. A thousand attempts would be 50,000 points.

If a super god-level talent entry could be synthesized within 2,000 synthesis attempts, that would cost 100,000 experience points.

Ten super god-level talent entries?

That was 1 million points!

A hundred super god-level talent entries?

10 million!!

Of course, Ryosuke couldn't synthesize that many super god-level talent entries just yet.

But sixty or seventy?

That was definitely possible!

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