The Savage Descends

My name is Uchiha Chen. I am a transmigrator.

But I have never thought that being a transmigrator made me anything noble or extraordinary.

I merely once stood from a god's-eye view, possessing a broader perspective and more information than the natives—nothing more.

Life, love, battle, raising children, running a ninja village, interacting with others—I treat every single thing I encounter in life with sincerity.

When I resolved to open my own Rinnegan, one question kept lingering in my mind.

In what way am I better than the protagonists of the original timeline, Naruto and Sasuke?

Because I'm a transmigrator and know things they don't?

Because I was lucky enough to awaken a dojutsu beyond their common sense?

None of these are reasons I can comfortably steal the spotlight from the two protagonists.

The reason protagonists become protagonists isn't just because they possess overwhelming power—it's because they hold convictions they will uphold at any cost!

That is what is called a [Nindo].

I have never denied Naruto and Sasuke's Nindo, just as I have never denied the 'Will of Fire'!

The reason they stood on the opposite side from me and ended up losing to me in such a miserable state is simply that their perspective was relatively narrow, their information insufficient, their understanding incomplete—so they wasted over a decade of time.

Setting that aside, their desire to protect the ninja world is no less than mine!

If I don't have the resolve to stake everything on the conviction I must uphold, then I don't deserve to claim that I am leading ahead of Naruto and the others, taking Uncle Madara and Obito to challenge the Otsutsuki clan!

Twin Flowers—this technique, which that younger brother traded his life to place in my eye, allows me to transcend the limitations of a non-reincarnator and forcibly possess the hardware conditions to open the Rinnegan.

The rest is not something hardware can decide.

When I decided to open this eye as a non-protagonist...

I had already thought about what attitude I would take to face this supreme moment!

I might die here.

I might lose everything I have gained so far.

But even so, I will not hesitate!

Without breaking, there is no establishing; after breaking, there is establishing; great breaking, great establishing—heralding new life; living without fear, loving with freedom!

For the people I love to obtain freedom unbound by any external force, without having to compromise on anything they do not wish for—I am willing to sacrifice my life to obtain the coercive guarantee needed to achieve this goal!

This is my Nindo, and also the great vow I made the moment I appeared!

What I am about to do next will probably feel a bit like passing old, stubborn stool—I might have to push a little too hard.

But... I still have to do it, because since I'm not the protagonist, I have to go all out even more than the protagonist!

"On the verge of death—of course I know that."

Chen's expression at this moment became unprecedentedly solemn.

Before setting out, Chen had inscribed a technique into his right eye using 'delayed activation.'

Chen lowered his head and glanced at his watch.

Exactly 8 AM.

It was the time when the ninja world's sun was at its finest.

Also the time Chen usually started his daily work.

"Almost time..."

"Zzzt!" The next second, Chen's right eye suddenly lost its luster, turning into a desolate 'white'!

"!?" This sudden scene left both Madara and Obito frozen in place.

"Chen, what did you do?!"

"I inscribed 'Izanagi' into my right eye with delayed activation, Uncle Madara—just like when you escaped from Senju Hashirama back then."

A state of blindness does not affect the opening of the 'Rinnegan'—this was a fact already verified by Madara's later years.

After successfully opening the eye, the lost light would return, and the dojutsu would not be lost.

The problem was...

"Why would you do something like this? You don't need to fight anyone here!"

"Fight? Of course I have to fight." Chen said solemnly. "I have to fight myself."

"Fight yourself?"

"Yes. I have to make sure that from now on, I have no way back!"

"If my subconscious believes I can use Omodaru's Time Reversal to restore my life state, then my mentality will subtly retain a sense of complacency—things that should succeed will fail. Crippling this right eye first is a must!"

"With all your strength, and no holding back?"

"Exactly. Like this."

As the words fell, Chen drew the Kusanagi Sword from his waist, and under Madara and Obito's stunned gazes, reversed the blade and stabbed it straight into his own heart!

"Hold it!"

Madara snapped back to his senses and moved to stop him, but he was already too late!

"Crack!" The Kusanagi Sword pierced straight through Chen's heart.

Chen's handsome face instantly twisted into a mask of agony. He staggered to steady himself, then gritted his teeth, gripped the hilt with both hands, and twisted hard!

"Crunch!" That single twist completely destroyed his own heart!

"Crack!" Under the Twin Flowers' Life Link, a gaping wound tore open at the chest of the Demonic Statue's Hashirama Clone!

To put it bluntly, his injury at this moment rivaled Obito's when Kakashi pierced his heart back then—even worse than Sasuke's in his day!

Madara's heart shook in awe: This kid's got a ruthless streak running through his bones. With a family and children, he still managed to go this far—I have to admire him...

Obito's heart was moved too: If it were me and Rin, with two adorable daughters at home, I couldn't have done this! Chen, you were born to achieve great things.

Chen pulled out the blade and collapsed to the ground, blood soaking the earth beneath him.

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"Huff, hah, huff, hah..."

Chen breathed heavily, his lone eye capturing the blurred figures flickering in his vision.

"I came here with resolve—the resolve to succeed or die trying!"

"Uncle Madara, Obito, if I'm lucky enough to survive today, please keep this from Hikari for me! If I die..."

Madara cut him off with an unyielding roar: "I'll use Impure World Reincarnation on you, then find a way to revive you with Rinne Rebirth. The three of us set out together—not one will be missing!"

Suddenly, Chen's expression turned pained, his breathing even more ragged. "Huff, huff, hah! Th-this is getting troublesome now..."

Madara's voice rang out, heavy and grim: "Don't talk! From now on, no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with you. All you have to do is one thing: live, and with that Rinnegan, stand back up!"

His gaze rose slowly, fixing on the pair above, hovering beside the unyielding spatial vortex, arrogantly overlooking the earth.

Chen also sensed the newcomers above. But the shadow of death had already swallowed his entire mind, leaving him no room to care about anything else!

Heh, they sure picked the perfect damn timing... I, Uchiha Chen, don't have the fate of a protagonist, but I've got all the protagonist's debuffs!

But at least I'm not alone! The two beside me—as enemies, they're the most fearsome opponents; as allies, they're the most trustworthy and reliable partners!

Next, I'll have to fight myself...

And you two will probably have to protect me while battling a powerful enemy.

Buy me time, I'm counting on you! Uncle Madara, Obito!

"Kuh!" Momoshiki's Byakugan swept across the land below.

"Found what seems to be the Ten-Tails' vessel."

"Lower lifeforms, three of them. Oh? One of them is about to die, is it?"

At this most critical moment—Otsutsuki Momoshiki, Otsutsuki Kinshiki!

Arrived in full force!

Heaven and earth stood in opposition.

Madara looked at Chen, sitting in a pool of blood, and thought to himself: Chen, I stopped you earlier because killing yourself isn't the way to awaken the Rinnegan.

Dying isn't the main 'goal.' What you truly need to open the eye is to face unstoppable death with fierce unwillingness, along with a strong desire and longing to live. Only then will the special Spiritual Energy required for the Rinnegan surge in your mind.

Suicide, with its deliberate intent and impure motivation, weakens the reaction chain of awakening, preventing the necessary Spiritual Energy from manifesting effectively.

Still, Chen... if it's you, I'm willing to hope for a miracle.

Madara said in an unyielding tone: "Obito, immediately suck Chen into the Kamui dimension! Then stay by his side, never leaving him. I recall there's also a guy named Urashiki from the same era with Space-Time Ninjutsu, appearing and disappearing—keep extra watch against him!"

"What about you?" Obito asked.

"I'll stay and face them," Madara said.

"Don't let your guard down. Against those people, even an Impure World Reincarnation body isn't absolutely safe."

After warning Madara, Obito quickly sucked Chen into the Kamui dimension, then vanished into it himself!

"Don't think you can escape!"

"No matter, let them go, Kinshiki."

Momoshiki's lips curled into a domineering, sinister smile: "As long as the 'main piece'—the Ten-Tails' vessel—stays here, that's enough. The two that fled, we can chase them down and deal with them whenever we want."

"That's true," Kinshiki said.

"Whoosh!" The Kamui dimension settled.

Obito stood on the cube, fully alert and guarding.

Just moments ago, Chen's world had plunged into darkness and chaos.

The tearing pain from his chest spread to his neck, shoulders, and back.

With blood circulation obstructed, his breathing grew rapid, his face pale.

Fortunately, he had experienced a similar feeling once before in his early years.

He silently thanked the Hikari who had stabbed him back then, for that wound had let him rehearse this brink between life and death in advance.

This body, equal to Senju Hashirama's, possessed immense cellular healing power. Even with his heart pierced through, it would still perform 'Creation Rebirth' at a shocking rate.

That was why, after stabbing through the heart, he had twisted the blade to ensure the organ was more thoroughly destroyed, triggering this 'near-death' state.

Even having gone that far, the healing power would slowly repair the heart cells—this was his capital to stand again.

Of course, the prerequisite was that his will was firm enough to endure this lengthy process of cardiac repair.

Chen had confidence in that.

Soon he entered hemorrhagic shock. His blood pressure plummeted, his whole body felt as if falling into an ice cellar, and his consciousness began to blur...

Suddenly! Chen's awareness sank into a dark, chaotic ocean. A face rose from below, parallel to his own inverted one.

When he made out its features, Chen's left eye flew wide open!

"Jin..." Chen called out his name.

Yes, the face before him—short-haired, bearing some resemblance to both Tobirama and Izuna—was his younger brother, Uchiha Jin!

Blood crawled from his pitch-black eye sockets down his cheeks. His voice was resentful and savage. "Big brother, didn't you say you'd protect me for life?"

Chen knew that the real Jin would never blame him.

So he could still soberly realize that this Jin was born from his own regret and guilt—the Inner Demon suppressed for years, coming to claim his life at his lowest moment.

Chen's memory was once again dragged back to the autumn of Konoha's seventy-third year.

On the barren land of the Outer World, Madara's Rinnegan fixed its blade-like sharpness on the two above.

"Kinshiki, Momoshiki—two of the Otsutsuki trio shown in Chen's illusion."

Madara stood beneath the Demonic Statue, his long hair fluttering in the wind.

His Rinnegan, sharp as a blade, stared down at the duo above.

"Come at me, Otsutsuki."

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