Naruto: Saving the Universe by Stealing Attributes

Inside the borders of the Land of Rain.

Rasa sat atop a floating mass of gold dust, his expression dark and brooding. The words that Pakura had spoken to everyone yesterday still echoed in his mind.

He knew that Pakura was targeting him on purpose, after all, they were both strong contenders to become the next Kazekage. But he had to admit that her suspicions were reasonable. The traces of gold dust left at the scene and the bodies of the fallen shinobi resembled his own attack methods almost identically.

Rasa couldn't fathom how Konoha could have pulled this off. Regardless, he needed to get to the bottom of it. Otherwise…

Even though Chiyo hadn't said anything yesterday, if the war took a turn for the worse, it wouldn't be surprising if the higher-ups used him as a scapegoat to pacify the village. Rasa knew that, in times of crisis, the Council might very well sacrifice him to appease the villagers.

"Damn those Konoha shinobi!" Rasa muttered, his tone dripping with disdain. Frame anyone else, and they had to pick him? Did they think his gold dust was free?

Taking a deep breath, Rasa calmed himself. What's done is done. All he could do now was focus on killing as many Konoha ninjas as possible. If he achieved enough merit, the Council wouldn't dare pin the blame on him, no matter what happened.

But with the Sunagakure ninjas holding back and the Amegakure bases abandoned, tracking down Konoha's forces without intel or sensory ninjas was like searching blindfolded. After a fruitless search, he was just about to give up when a familiar figure entered his view.

"That Uchiha brat!"

Rasa's expression shifted, excitement flashing across his face. Last time they fought, the kid had shown exceptional talent—not only escaping from Rasa but even managing to take down two of his Jonin. Later, he'd heard that the same kid cut off the arm of the newly-appointed Raikage in battle at Kumogakure. Recently, rumors had spread that he'd killed members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen as well…

If he could kill such a rising star from an enemy village, he might even be hailed as a hero.

The thought lit a fire in Rasa's heart. With a swift motion, his gold dust surged forward, swallowing the Uchiha in an instant.

"Gold Dust!"

Under immense pressure, the gold dust compressed, tightening its hold.

Poof! A plume of smoke rose, and the Uchiha's form disappeared into thin air.

A chill ran through Rasa. He instinctively summoned his gold dust to shield his back. A massive impact followed, sending him crashing to the ground.

"How did he manage that?" Rasa muttered, picking himself up to face the young Uchiha, disbelief etched on his face. When had the boy noticed him? How did he appear out of nowhere to strike from behind, attacking him in mid-air?

But it didn't matter. If he could kill the brat standing before him, all these questions would be irrelevant.

With a sneer, Rasa taunted, "Last time, you slipped away by pure luck. This time, you won't be so fortunate." His tone hardened. "I'll kill you and use your corpse to solidify my standing in the village."

Mirai merely scoffed. "Rasa, I'm going to knock some sense into you."

"Enough with the bravado!" Rasa raised his arms, gathering his gold dust in the air, shaping it into a massive triangular prism, and hurled it down with force.

Boom!

The ground trembled, and Rasa's face turned to one of horror. Above Mirai's head, a massive golden cube blocked his attack with ease.

"Magnet Release…"

"You're the one who attacked the outposts!"

In a flash of insight, Rasa understood everything. It wasn't a Konoha setup, Mirai actually wielded Magnet Release, the same as him!

"How do you have the same kekkei genkai as me?" Rasa's composure shattered. A Konoha Uchiha, wielding a bloodline limit unique to Sunagakure? It didn't make sense.

But Mirai didn't bother to respond. Finding Rasa's chakra had contaminated the gold dust, he couldn't control it, so he activated the Eight Gates and disappeared in an instant. The next second, he was at Rasa's side, his leg swinging in a powerful roundhouse.

Seeing the incoming attack, Rasa smirked, gathering his gold dust in front of him. Foolish boy, daring to attack him up close! As long as he could ensnare him, the victory would be his.

Thud!

Rasa's body was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground. Blood spilled from his mouth as he struggled to rise, only for Mirai's fist to slam into his chest, punching through his armor of gold dust with ease.

Staring into those crimson eyes, Rasa's expression filled with shock and disbelief. How could he have been defeated so quickly? Just a few months ago, he'd pushed this boy to the brink. How had he gained such power in such a short time? And those eyes…they looked nothing like the Sharingan he'd seen before.

Why did this boy possess Magnet Release, just like him?

As countless questions flooded Rasa's mind, no one would be there to answer them. Feeling his life slipping away, he grabbed Mirai's arm with his last ounce of strength, encasing it in gold dust.

"If I'm going down… I'll make you suffer too!" he growled.

The gold dust compressed tightly around Mirai's arm, blood and flesh splattering, the bone showing signs of cracking under the pressure.

But what he saw left Rasa stunned once again. Even with his full strength, capable of crushing stone and steel, he couldn't shatter the boy's bones. Just how monstrous was this kid's physical resilience?

Rasa's vision darkened, and with a deep sense of bitterness, he succumbed to death.

Ding! Congratulations to the host, Chakra +1!

Ignoring the voice in his head, Mirai gazed at his own bloodied arm.

"Sarutahiko-no-Mikoto."

(T/N: "Sarutahiko-no-Mikoto," let him rewind his own time while leaving the outside world untouched.)

His Mangekyo Sharingan flared, and in a flash, his body reversed back a few seconds. In mere moments, his arm was as good as new. This kind of recovery was far beyond even Tsunade's best medical ninjutsu.

Time is power!

"Compared to the left eye, the chakra drain from my right eye is barely noticeable," Mirai murmured. He had let Rasa's attack hit on purpose, both to test his own endurance and to gauge the power of his right eye. And both answers pleased him.

With a swift motion, he crushed Rasa's skull underfoot, then summoned his status screen:

Name: Uchiha Mirai

Physique: 748

Mental Strength: 728

Chakra: 732

Kekkei Genkai: Mangekyo Sharingan, Magnet Release: Gold Dust

Ninjutsu: [Details omitted]

Others: [Details omitted]

"All my attributes have passed seven hundred, and I've mastered more jutsu than I can count."

"It's time to launch the full assault on Sunagakure."

With that, Mirai disappeared.

Behind him, Rasa's headless body lay in the rain, the scent of blood slowly seeping into the wet earth.

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