Konoha
Ninja Academy
"My name is Kakashi Hatake.
As for my hobbies... things I hate...
Hmm... I don't really want to say...
That's about it..."
Leaning against the railing, Konoha's elite Jonin Kakashi spoke with a lazy expression.
As soon as he said that,
the two boys and one girl sitting on the steps opposite him rolled their eyes, speechless...
What kind of damn self-introduction was that?!
"Me first, me first...
My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I like ramen.
What I hate is waiting the three minutes for instant ramen to finish...
My dream is to surpass the Hokage!
And make everyone in the village acknowledge me..."
The blond, spiky-haired Naruto shouted passionately as he touched the hard-won Konoha Headband on his forehead.
For a moment, he was brimming with spirit, his momentum soaring...
"My name is Sakura Haruno...
What I like... uh, rather than that, the person I like..."
The pink-haired Sakura followed right after him. As she spoke, her face gradually took on the look of a girl in love.
Her cheeks reddened, her beautiful eyes soft with affection as she looked shyly and nervously at the black-haired boy beside her...
This made Naruto, standing nearby, burn with jealousy, his eyes bulging as though they might spit fire...
Sakura was the girl he liked!
"Then, the last one..."
Looking at Sakura's lovestruck expression, Kakashi sighed and shifted his gaze.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha...
What I like or hate, my hobbies and such, aren't important!
What matters is that I have an ambition and a dream.
I want to kill that man!!
Then...
Become Hokage and restore the Uchiha name..."
Sasuke rested his hands beneath his chin and stared ahead with a profound look in his eyes.
As his words fell, a gentle breeze brushed against them...
His tousled black hair swayed in the wind, revealing that impossibly handsome face...
"So handsome..."
Already smitten, Sakura's eyes sparkled as she stared at his handsome profile and murmured dreamily.
"Become Hokage!!"
Kakashi's visible right eye suddenly constricted, and his breathing caught.
In that instant, it was as if he saw that familiar boy shouting at him...
"Damn it, Sasuke...
Your dream is becoming Hokage too! Why...
Why do even your dreams have to be exactly the same as mine?!
I don't care who you want to kill, but I absolutely won't acknowledge you as Hokage..."
Naruto immediately leaped to his feet and snapped, his eyes filled with resentment and grievance.
Sakura liking Sasuke had already hurt him badly, and now Sasuke was even trying to steal his dream...
How could Naruto Uzumaki accept such a cruel reality?!
"Heh, why can't I become Hokage...
Dreams are equal for everyone!
Besides, Naruto, right now we're merely rivals competing against each other...
Or are you afraid you can't beat me??
If so, I'd advise you to find a different dream as soon as possible..."
Sasuke looked up at Naruto seriously, his gaze sharp and resolute.
As a transmigrator, how could he possibly be content to live beneath others...
That was right, this Sasuke was from Blue Star!
After transmigrating last night and thinking things over for an entire night...
He had ultimately decided to make becoming Hokage his goal!!
As the saying went: If you don't heed your elders' advice, you'll suffer for it sooner or later.
Being born ordinary in his previous life had made rising above others as difficult as reaching the heavens!
No matter how he struggled or resisted, he could never escape reality's cruelty...
Now that he had transmigrated and possessed the perfect starting advantage he had once only dreamed of...
Why should he, Sasuke Uchiha, defect from Konoha??
Who said that a transmigrated Sasuke had to betray the village and seek revenge??
What about transmigrated extras? Transmigrated villains? Transmigrated outsiders from other villages??
His identity had been given by transmigration, but he had to live his own life!
Why should his transmigrated life be bound by the plot??
In this life, Itachi had already borne everything and paved the way for him...
According to Itachi's plan, Sasuke only needed to carry his hatred and steadily become a Konoha Jonin.
As a Konoha ninja, he would kill Itachi, that S-rank rogue ninja, and awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
He would receive Itachi's final gift and advance to the Eternal Mangekyo, gaining both fame and fortune...
In an era without Hashirama Senju, Sasuke would be the second Madara Uchiha!!
He would stand at the very peak of the Ninja World, an existence beyond Kage-level...
Even against the Rinnegan, it wasn't as though he would be completely helpless!
Although Itachi also wanted to protect Konoha, so what?
As long as Sasuke became Hokage, those goals wouldn't conflict at all...
It was an absurdly massive windfall...
Throughout all of history, across reality and fiction alike,
how many people had sacrificed everything for their brother, shouldering suffering alone!
And Itachi Uchiha had done exactly that...
How was he some target for revenge? He was clearly a selfless, devoted Elder Brother!
Besides, the clan's destruction and death had also been the choice of his adoptive father, Fugaku...
If Fugaku had truly wanted to resist, how could Itachi, who had only just awakened the Mangekyo, have been a match for Fugaku's Mangekyo!
Even with Obito involved, Fugaku hadn't been without a chance of victory.
Yet he had chosen to surrender without resistance, accepting Itachi's choice alongside his adoptive mother as they both walked willingly to their deaths.
What a loving father and filial son...
And now Sasuke was supposed to avenge them? Was this a joke...
With that time, he might as well have a few more children and burn more offerings for his uncle, grandfather, and grandmother...
So Sasuke simply couldn't find any reason to defect from Konoha!
Even Orochimaru returned to Konoha later on, so why should he go out there?
Just to get beaten down by society and bring suffering upon himself?
Get played like a fiddle by Itachi and Obito, then come back missing an arm to assist Seventh Generation Naruto??
Get killed off by the plot while babysitting Boruto??
What kind of joke was that...
Anyway, the Sage of Six Paths would cover for them in the end. At worst, he could drag Naruto into dying together and activate a cheat...
With such an incredible opening, he refused to play it into the ground...
In this life, wouldn't it be perfect to simply follow his Elder Brother's script...
Why couldn't Sasuke enjoy the Konoha peace bought with the sacrifice of an entire clan...
Konoha owed the Uchiha a Hokage...
Sasuke was determined to claim the position of Sixth Hokage!!
If they wouldn't give it to him?
Then he would take it himself!!
The only flaw was that damned Boruto era. Sasuke would ultimately be consumed by the God Tree and brutally written out...
He had to change that ending!
Therefore, becoming Hokage and borrowing Konoha's power was imperative...
[Notice: Detected that the host aspires to become Hokage. The Listen to Advice System has been activated...] [As the saying goes: heed others' advice, and you'll eat your fill. The host may obtain corresponding rewards by accepting advice. Malicious Suggestion rewards trigger random multipliers...] [Unique mission issued: I Am the Sixth Hokage. The higher the host's ninja rank, the greater the rewards triggered...]
Just as Sasuke's thoughts raced, three mechanical voices suddenly rang out in his mind.
Sasuke's pupils abruptly contracted, and his breathing became uneven...
The Golden Finger had arrived!!
He had originally been worried that killing Itachi would leave him unable to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, as well as about the Boruto era crisis.
Now that he had the system's support, it was secure...
Far ahead of the competition...
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