The Mummy in the Corner

Life in Konoha today remained as plain and simple as ever.

Despite the increasingly tense atmosphere in the village due to the escalating war on the front lines, life went on.

News of Hatake Kakashi's exploits drifted back from the front from time to time; he was hailed as a super genius who could become the youngest Jonin in history at any moment.

Within the Uchiha clan compound, an elderly woman whose name no one knew was crossing the street as usual, accepting help from a certain Obito.

At the Ninja Academy, theoretical courses were being continuously reduced, while practical combat training was significantly increased.

It was as dull as always.

"From now on, we will focus primarily on practical combat lessons. Those who excel will be granted the opportunity to graduate early and become glorious Konoha ninjas!"

Teacher Yoshino Masada announced the news.

The entire classroom erupted. The clueless young leeks cheered and jumped for joy, rolling up their sleeves in anticipation.

It was as if graduating meant they could immediately become the next Hatake Kakashi, shining brightly for the village.

They were all fresh leeks.

They've actually started encouraging early graduation? It seems even Konoha's massive scale is struggling to hold up. They're feeling the strain of the war on the front lines and are in desperate need of reinforcements.

In the corner of the classroom, a guy wrapped from head to toe in specially made bandages lazily lifted his head.

During the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha was fighting four nations at once. The brutality of this conflict far exceeded that of the first and second wars, and its prolonged duration had led to particularly tragic casualties.

Although powerhouses like Minato Namikaze had risen to the rank of Kage, and super geniuses like Hatake Kakashi were shattering one Konoha record after another, far more tragedies were unfolding during this war.

Shiranui Genitsu had been prepared for what was happening, but now that the moment had truly arrived, he couldn't help but feel a bit troubled.

But never mind. Although my preparations aren't fully complete yet, they're enough for now. My body has finally managed to barely adapt to the radioactive material emitted by Godzilla.

Genitsu Shiranui couldn't help but shake his head.

The world of Naruto was a place that valued bloodlines and cheats; the closer one was to the Sage of Six Paths, the more noble their bloodline and the stronger their cheat.

Unfortunately, Gen'itsu had a cheat too, but it had absolutely nothing to do with the Sage of Six Paths or Kaguya.

The moment he transmigrated into this world, he discovered that a colossal entity had appeared inside his body. This was his unique power, and also the greatest secret he fought to keep hidden.

A Godzilla, trapped in a deep slumber!!

In other words, he, Shiranui Genitsu, had become something akin to a Jinchuriki, carrying a giant monster inside his belly.

It took so many years of struggling to adapt just to prevent the nuclear radiation inside me from leaking out in large quantities... I really am a great man. Everyone in this classroom should thank me for my mercy in not killing them.

Gen'itsu looked lazily at the noisy classroom.

If he were even slightly careless and loosened the silver-fiber bandages he used to block the radioactive material, everyone in this room, even if they didn't die, would suffer genetic mutations. The kid with the red eyes in the front row might mutate into a four-tomoe Sharingan on the spot, and that guy with the cataracts might just end up with glaucoma.

Nuclear radiation was, quite simply, a catastrophic weapon of mass destruction.

In the Naruto world, no one really used nuclear radiation to kill enemies, though there were various techniques comparable to nuclear explosions, such as the Tailed Beast Ball.

But because a creature like Godzilla was, in itself, a terrifying, walking source of nuclear radiation—not to mention unleashing major moves like an Atomic Breath—even just walking around could contaminate the environment, leaving behind horrific radiation that would directly blanket vast surrounding areas.

Although Gen'itsu still didn't know what level the Godzilla inside him was, the nuclear radiation surging from his body was undeniably real.

Over the past few years, as he grew, the shackles on Godzilla seemed to have loosened to some extent, causing the amount of radiation erupting from his body to increase year by year.

Fortunately, for the past two years, Gen'itsu had been continuously refining his chakra and attempting to control the radiation within him. The results were remarkable; he had successfully managed to control and suppress the ever-increasing levels of radiation bit by bit.

Give me another year—no, half a year—and I'm confident I can perfectly control all the radiation and finally discard these troublesome bandages.

Gen'itsu shrugged.

Teacher Yoshino Masada looked at the noisy classroom and sighed silently. He knew this wasn't a good thing. Everyone graduating now would be sent to the war, and he had no idea how many of them would survive once it was over.

"Hey, Gen'itsu, the least you could do is show some motivation! Are you not even interested in the honor of graduating early?"

But when he saw Gen'itsu's "salted fish" state in the corner, he couldn't help but shout, a deep sense of powerlessness rising in his heart.

Shiranui Genitsu was a legend in the school.

Every year, he was a strong contender for the bottom spot in practical combat, competing fiercely with Uchiha Obito.

If Uchiha Obito was just prone to accidents and always made inexplicable mistakes, at least Obito was always trying his best.

But Shiranui Genitsu... he was a true oddity.

He was the absolute top in theory, scoring full marks in every subject. He was a super genius for the entire grade, perhaps even since the school's founding. Especially in the series of courses on the Will of Fire, Gen'itsu's reading comprehension answers were particularly brilliant, leaving people in awe.

The essays he wrote, such as "A Brief Analysis of the Will of Fire and the Inheritance of Village Leadership—Taking the Third Hokage as an Example," "On 'Where the Leaves Dance, the Fire Burns'," and "My Views on a Loving Village," were masterpieces.

It was said that even the Hokage himself had praised them.

Whenever it came to theory, especially ideological courses, Gen'itsu was like a god in Konoha.

But the moment it came to practical combat... this guy was a total disaster.

He basically never won a fight.

He and Uchiha Obito fought valiantly, competing for the honor of being the absolute worst.

"That won't do. Ninjas must eventually engage in combat; relying solely on theory is not enough."

Yoshino Masada criticized.

"Understood, Yoshino-sensei. So, can we be dismissed now?"

Gen'itsu lazily raised his hand.

The entire classroom burst into laughter.

Only Gen'itsu lacked a natural fear of Yoshino Masada, always managing to say exactly what everyone else was thinking at the most critical moments.

Although Gen'itsu was quite the slacker, his popularity remained exceptionally high.

I recall that for Obito's generation, aside from Kakashi graduating at five and Might Guy at eight, the average age for heading to the battlefield was around eleven... That guy Obito even cried from fear when he first deployed, and it was only thanks to Minato Namikaze that he was saved.

Shiranui Genitsu sat in the classroom, observing his classmates—most of whom he wasn't sure would survive the next two years—while his mind raced.

The Ninja Academy's curriculum was a six-year program.

However, it would soon be shortened to four years.

The Third Shinobi World War had already been raging for over two years, and with heavy casualties on the front lines, it was precisely the time for people like Obito, Guy, Aoba, and Ebisu to head to the battlefield.

Therefore, Shiranui Genitsu would inevitably have to take a turn on the front lines as well.