Time Travel? Reincarnation?

Ninja World, Land of Fire, Konoha.

As a prominent clan throughout Konoha, the Uchiha Clan possessed a large area of residential land of their own in Konoha.

At this moment, in an ordinary small building in the Uchiha Clan residential land, a two-year-old child sat on the back steps with a troubled expression, occasionally scratching his head with his hand.

In the end, the little boy, who had no choice but to accept reality, could only sigh dejectedly.

So, did I really time travel?

The little boy muttered to himself, a sense of confusion revealing itself in his eyes, and then he spoke uncertainly.

Or rather, is it reincarnation? Whatever, agonizing over this is meaningless.

That's right! The little boy had a secret; he was not a person of this world, or to be precise, his soul came from another world. That was a world called Blue Star, and there, the little boy's past life was a college student named Lin Qing.

There, Lin Qing could also be considered a fairly decent elite, attending a top-ten university in the country and majoring in both biology and medicine as an honor student. During his college years, Lin Qing fell in love with reading webnovels, and the scenes of moving mountains and draining seas in various fantasy and immortal-cultivation novels made him extremely envious. And so, during an all-night reading session, he accidentally got hooked, and as he read, his soul was gone, and he never woke up again.

Lin Qing's soul came to this world and became this little boy named Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Perhaps due to the maze in the womb, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not cross over directly with his memories. Originally, Uchiha Kiyoshi was fine as a young child and had no abnormalities, until starting at age one, he successively began to dream of fragments of Lin Qing. Over the span of a year, Uchiha Kiyoshi went from occasionally dreaming about them to having a section of memory added every now and then.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not make a fuss. Perhaps it was a subconscious reaction, or perhaps he had seen similar things in the added memories and knew that he shouldn't make a fuss at this time, otherwise he would definitely be noticed by people and then dissected or something.

Just like that, Uchiha Kiyoshi slowly awakened the memories of his past life. Even his parents, who were with him day and night, had no idea about the changes slowly taking place in Uchiha Kiyoshi. Actually, this was normal. Aside from not telling his parents about the memories he occasionally gained, Uchiha Kiyoshi was completely normal in every other way, entirely exhibiting the behavior of a child. He had also always regarded those memories as things called "movies" from inside.

It wasn't until a few days ago, when his parents died unexpectedly on a mission, that Uchiha Kiyoshi suffered a heavy blow. After being dazed for the past two days, the memories of his past life as Lin Qing, which were originally supposed to take at least three years to fully awaken, also awakened completely along with it. Only then did Uchiha Kiyoshi realize that he had time-traveled, and that the previous period was the process of his memories awakening.

Fortunately, due to things like the maze in the womb, his memories awakened in stages. Otherwise, a newborn baby acting all jumpy would have been truly suspicious. Awakening piece by piece and slowly recovering all memories was actually quite good, at least making it easier to accept.

Over the past two days, Uchiha Kiyoshi had also sorted out his own situation.

His parents in this life were both ninjas of the Uchiha Clan, Chunin in the same squad. Among them, his father had even unlocked the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and his mother had only unlocked the One-Tomoe. A few days ago, during a mission, they encountered a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, and the entire squad was wiped out. It was only the reinforcements who arrived later that discovered their bodies and deduced the ins and outs of the matter based on the scene.

The reason Uchiha Kiyoshi knew about his parents' Sharingan at such a young age was entirely because his parents hadn't disguised it in front of him previously. In fact, many times, they would "proudly" keep their Sharingan active in front of him, educating Uchiha Kiyoshi and telling him about the power of the Sharingan.

Strange to say, ever since this drastic change and the awakening of all his memories, Uchiha Kiyoshi now felt that his mind was extremely clear, and the memories of many things could be recalled. Of course, through experimentation, Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered that he didn't have any photographic memory ability, but if he carefully studied many things three or four times, he could remember them.

Uchiha Kiyoshi also guessed that he should have encountered a drastic change, his soul had grown stronger, and coupled with the acceptance of his past life's memories, his soul had also been enhanced to a certain extent.

However, none of these were the most important.

What Uchiha Kiyoshi cared about the most right now was the situation of this world.

Uchiha Kiyoshi, who had received quite a few of Lin Qing's memories since childhood, was smart. At just two years old, he had already learned the language of this world, was able to communicate normally with people, and no longer had any problems walking and so on. Based on his limited understanding, if he wasn't mistaken, the world he was in was the world of "Naruto", a very popular anime from his past life!

Sigh! How did I end up being reincarnated into such a world?

The Ninja World, you could say it's the cruelest world to start in, and on top of that, it's the Uchiha Clan.

Whenever he thought of his identity, Uchiha Kiyoshi would get a massive headache.

The Uchiha were going to be exterminated by that man, after all, and Uchiha Kiyoshi was terrified that one day he would wake up and that man would be standing right in front of him, giving him a whack.

Regarding his future, Uchiha Kiyoshi had also wrestled with it for several days. This time, Uchiha Kiyoshi finally made up his mind, his expression turning firm as he gritted his teeth and said, "Do it! Being a ninja is a must. In a world like this, without strength, you are just slaughtered at will by others. And if you want to gain strength, becoming a ninja is the best choice."

After making up his mind, Uchiha Kiyoshi also began planning his future.

"First of all, it's impossible to play the genius. No matter what era it is right now, the relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha isn't very good. The nail that sticks out gets hammered down; as an orphan, once I am too outstanding, what I will face is either recruitment by the Hokage faction or being ostracized by the village. Either way, it's definitely endless trouble."

Uchiha Kiyoshi first set his own persona, but immediately laughed at himself. Ha, I don't even know my own talent yet, and here I am thinking about whether or not to be a genius.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi immediately put away his self-deprecation.

"No matter what, I was considered a genius in my past life. Even coming to this world of cultivation, I should still be able to carve out some kind of reputation, right? And my own soul is strong, which can also be considered an advantage."

"And most importantly, I am an Uchiha after all. With the memories of my past life, as long as my luck isn't terrible, unlocking the Mangekyo shouldn't be too much to ask, right? Uh... not too much, it shouldn't be too much."

Regaining his confidence, Uchiha Kiyoshi once again began planning his future.

After simply planning his goals for the near future, Uchiha Kiyoshi stood up and returned inside.

"Planning and stuff is the least reliable. Just setting a rough direction is enough. Let's tidy up and eat first. Recently, my parents just passed away, and there are quite a bit of things to handle. When I have time in a while, I'll think carefully about my situation."

"Over the next few days, I also need to gather some information. I at least need to know what time period I am currently in, right?"

"Based on the memories of the past year, the situation between the Uchiha and Konoha hasn't been that severe yet, and there isn't even the slightest sound of a coup or anything. The time should still be early."

While cooking, Uchiha Kiyoshi muttered to himself.

As an honor student in his past life, coupled with the fact that his parents were often not home, Uchiha Kiyoshi had been cooking for himself ever since he could walk and understand things. Therefore, Uchiha Kiyoshi's culinary skills were actually quite decent. In just a short while, fragrant dishes were ready.

Looking at the food in front of him, Uchiha Kiyoshi dug in.

Although he had accepted everything and calmed down temporarily, Uchiha Kiyoshi still couldn't help but fantasize about the scene where he successfully cultivated in the future and destroyed the world with his every move.

"And the Sharingan, I have no idea how I'm going to awaken my eyes in the future either. As expected, novels are all fake. There's completely none of that stuff like awakening eyes at age six, or directly having the Three Tomoe after one's parents die."

"Both of my parents could awaken their eyes, so my bloodline should be fine. But ever since receiving the news of my parents' deaths, how long has it been, and there isn't the slightest sign of my eyes awakening."

"Well, it looks like awakening the eyes doesn't necessarily just require drastic emotional changes; other conditions definitely exist. Many things I know from my past life can only be used as reference."

"Could it be Chakra? I don't even have Chakra right now, isn't thinking about awakening my eyes just daydreaming?"

Even though he was eating, Uchiha Kiyoshi still stopped from time to time to mutter a few words.

Huh? Has Kiyoshi already finished cooking? Truly a good child. Oh right, what were you muttering about when I just walked in?

Just as Uchiha Kiyoshi finished a round of muttering, a gentle voice sounded from behind him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi felt his whole body tingle with alarm, but he quickly reacted, "Ah, nothing, I was just reviewing the food. Ah, ha, ha."

Though he replied verbally, inwardly he secretly warned himself, It seems I can't just blurt everything out from now on. Thinking about many things in my heart is enough. Fortunately, she didn't hear clearly this time, otherwise if a two-year-old child like me kept talking about things like unlocking the Sharingan and past lives and someone heard, that would be the end of it.

Uchiha Kiyoshi turned his head back and looked toward the doorway.

He saw an old woman with a kind face and a stooped figure standing at the door, carrying a basket in her hand.

This old woman was Uchiha Kiyoshi's neighbor. During those muddled days after his parents died, she was the one who frequently came over to take care of Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Uchiha Kiyoshi still felt very grateful toward this neighbor. After his parents died, those two days of his relied entirely on her care, and that was how he managed to pull through.

Supported by Uchiha Kiyoshi, the old woman walked into the kitchen. Looking at the scene around her, she felt a deep sense of sympathy in her heart for this child who had lost his parents at just two years of age.

"Kiyoshi, dear, life and death are up to fate. You mustn't be too sad either. Your parents' spirits in heaven surely hope that you can live happily."

"Also, in a few days, someone from the clan will come to arrange for you to go to the clan's orphanage. If you don't want to go, I will go talk to them and take care of you from now on."

Hearing her caring words, Uchiha Kiyoshi felt a wave of emotion in his heart, but after thinking about it, he still refused.

"Granny, forget it. I can take care of myself alone. Look, I can cook by myself."

Seeing this, the old woman did not persist further. She sighed and placed the basket on the dining table.

"These are dishes I made for you. Although you've already cooked your own here, I'll still leave them for you. Rest assured, they're kept warm, so you can eat them tonight. From now on, if you're ever hungry, you can come to my house and Granny will make you something."

Having spoken, she turned and walked out of Uchiha Kiyoshi's home.

Looking at the old woman's retreating figure, Uchiha Kiyoshi also felt a surge of warmth flow through his heart.

It seems not all members of the Uchiha Clan are arrogant, rude, and eccentric. There are still quite a few kind clansmen, after all.