History of the Ninja World

It was noon.

Takuma Senju dismissed the class, and Renye hurried home for lunch.

The lunch break lasted an hour. Students could choose to bring their own lunchboxes or go home to eat.

Since it was his first day of school, Renye naturally had not prepared a lunchbox and could only go home to eat.

"I wonder if Uncle prepared lunch for me?"

With that thought, he headed toward the Senju Clan Compound.

On the way back, Renye happened to catch sight of a brat walking ahead of him.

That person was Reppu Uchiha, the one who had shouted the loudest in the classroom earlier.

Renye looked around and, upon discovering that Reppu Uchiha was alone, immediately revealed a wicked grin.

"Heh heh, got you now, didn't I?"

The kid had carelessly fallen behind on his own. Renye naturally would not let such a good opportunity slip away. He had to make him taste the consequences of provoking him!

"Damn it, I forgot to bring my lunchbox."

Reppu Uchiha cursed as he walked along.

He had been so focused on the entrance test that he had forgotten to bring his lunchbox.

Although he had forgotten his, his two companions had not.

So no one accompanied him back. He could only go home alone for lunch.

Suddenly, a faint noise came from behind him, as if someone were deliberately muffling their footsteps, the soft scrape of shoe soles against the ground.

"Who's there?"

Reppu Uchiha's heart tightened, and he instinctively whipped around.

His gaze swept over the area, but the street was completely empty. There was nothing there.

Only a gentle breeze passed by, rustling the weeds at the roadside.

"Did I hear wrong?" Reppu Uchiha frowned.

He figured that he was probably so hungry from missing lunch that he was hearing things.

Thinking that, he shook his head and turned to continue walking home.

But the instant he turned around, a Black Shadow pounced from behind. Before he could react, a rough black sack was pulled over his head, completely covering it.

Immediately afterward, a gust of wind swept in alongside fierce punches and kicks that rained down on his body.

The string of attacks knocked Reppu Uchiha off balance, and he crashed heavily to the ground.

He struggled to push himself up, only to be punched in the face.

The punch was powerful enough to leave him seeing stars, his world spinning around him.

Before he could recover, fists continued raining down on his face.

"Ah! Don't hit my face, I'm begging you!"

The attacker said nothing and simply kept punching.

"Ahhh..."

Reppu Uchiha let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Who knew how long it took before the attacker finally stopped.

Reppu Uchiha panted heavily, his chest heaving violently. Every breath pulled at his injuries and drew a painful groan from him.

After quite a while, Reppu tremblingly raised his hands and struggled to pull the black sack off his head.

Squinting through eyes that had nearly been swollen shut from the beating, he painstakingly looked around, trying to find his assailant.

However, the street was already deserted.

Reppu raised his head and touched his face, now beaten into a pig's head. The piercing pain made him suck in a sharp breath.

"No matter who you are, I'll never let you off!"

Reppu Uchiha struggled to his feet, stumbling unsteadily as though he might collapse at any moment.

Leaning against the wall, he trudged toward home one difficult step at a time.

Meanwhile, at the Senju Clan Compound.

"Today is a good day~"

Humming a tune, Renye headed home.

He had to admit, beating up Reppu Uchiha had improved his mood quite a bit.

"Uncle, is lunch ready?" Renye pushed open the courtyard gate.

However, Tobirama Senju did not answer him. What answered him instead was a soft laugh.

Renye froze slightly and looked toward the sound.

Mito Uzumaki was sitting in the courtyard, a kind smile on her face.

"Little Renye, you forgot to bring your lunchbox, didn't you?"

"Aunt Mito, why are you here?" Renye was somewhat surprised.

Mito Uzumaki raised the lunchbox in her hand and said with a smile, "Tobirama has things to take care of and didn't have time to cook, so he asked me to bring you lunch."

"I see." Renye understood.

"Come eat!" Mito Uzumaki opened the lunchbox. "Try Auntie's cooking."

"Thanks for the meal!"

Renye did not stand on ceremony. He picked up the lunchbox and began eating.

Mito Uzumaki watched Renye with a warm smile and asked, "Little Renye, are you having fun at school?"

"Not bad. My classmates are all talented, and they speak so pleasantly."

"Is that so? Then you need to get along well with them."

Renye could not help recalling Reppu Uchiha's miserable appearance, and a smile appeared on his face. "Don't worry, I've already really hit it off with them."

"Ha ha, Little Renye is really good at making friends."

She did not know that Renye had physically beaten his classmates into a group...

After finishing lunch, Renye bid Mito Uzumaki farewell and left. He still had afternoon classes to attend.

That afternoon, at the Ninja Academy.

Reppu Uchiha did not come to school. He was probably recovering from his injuries...

"Students, take out your history books. This lesson, we'll be studying history," the history teacher said.

Renye: "???"

Wait, wasn't it only Year Six of Konoha now?

What history was there to study?!

To put it bluntly, Konoha Village had not even existed as long as he had.

This was Year Six of the Shinobi World, while Renye had just turned seven.

Hmm... he was a year older than Konoha Village.

However, Renye had misunderstood.

Only after opening the history book did he learn that it covered the History of the Ninja World.

It included the origins of the Shinobi World, such as the birth of ninja, the history of the Warring States era, and the grudges between the great clans...

Of course, it also covered the history of Konoha's founding, though that section was only a few thin pages.

He flipped through it and found that it was basically all praise for Hashirama Senju's great achievements, with very little description of Madara Uchiha.

Renye's mouth twitched. He did not even need to think about who had written this history book.

His gaze fell upon the cover, where it read: "Written by Tobirama Senju."

Renye: "..."

Sure enough, it had really been written by that old man Tobirama Senju.

All he could do was laugh dryly at that.

There was nothing worth learning in the history of the Shinobi World. He might as well sleep.

So Renye lay down on his desk and went to sleep.

He was not the only one doing so. That guy called Motoya Nara had also fallen asleep.

"Renye, wake up. School's over."

Renye was groggily called awake. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Motoya Nara.

"School's over?" Renye instinctively looked around and found that only the two of them remained in the classroom.

Looking at the sky outside, school seemed to have ended quite a while ago. It was nearly dark.

Had time passed that quickly?

He had only just closed his eyes...

"Yes, school's over." Motoya Nara looked emotional.

He had thought he was already very good at sleeping, until he woke up and saw Renye still snoring away.

Only then did Motoya Nara realize the difference between ordinary clans and great clans...

"That was such a good sleep!" Renye stretched lazily. "Sleeping during class really is the best."

"That's indeed true." Motoya Nara nodded in deep agreement.