The Second Survivor

Phew.

Lin Zhen's eyes snapped open, and he let out a stale breath from his throat.

"Where is this?"

As soon as the thought formed, he was filled with Fear.

Because he discovered he couldn't move. Aside from breathing with difficulty, he couldn't even twitch a finger, as if he were a corpse.

Then, a voice devoid of emotional fluctuation reached his ears.

[Return Mission: Dawn!]

[Complete the return mission to return.]

"!?"

Lin Zhen froze.

The content of the voice left him completely bewildered.

Return mission?

Dawn?

What the heck were these?!

Just then, the sound of approaching footsteps could be heard.

"Quick, save me!"

Lin Zhen wanted to cry for help, but found that no sound could come from his throat.

His eyes were covered by a white cloth. Or rather, as he lay flat on his back, his entire body was covered by a white cloth.

The kind that completely covered his head!

"Hm?"

A soft "Hm?" came from the direction of the footsteps.

Soon, a figure appeared before Lin Zhen and tore off the white cloth covering him.

Thinking he was saved, Lin Zhen secretly let out a sigh of relief. Then, he looked at the figure who had removed the cloth, and his mind instantly froze.

Kakashi?!

That silver swept-up hair, the black mask.

Lin Zhen couldn't be mistaken. The person who removed the white cloth was none other than a familiar anime character, Kakashi Hatake!

At this moment, Kakashi, after scrutinizing Lin Zhen, called out, "Medical Team, there's another survivor here."

A burst of noisy footsteps immediately came from a distance, followed by several people in medical attire surrounding Lin Zhen.

"How is this possible? I checked, and he clearly had no vital signs."

"Perhaps he was in a state of suspended animation before."

"This situation is very rare!"

The medical personnel whispered amongst themselves as they helped Lin Zhen up and began examining him.

As his body was propped up, Lin Zhen's vision finally widened slightly.

What greeted his eyes was a vast morgue.

The room was neatly arranged with over a hundred medical beds. Without exception, each bed held a corpse covered by a white cloth.

Many medical personnel were busy within.

Some even had glass jars containing a pair of eyeballs soaking nearby.

Because his body was still numb, Lin Zhen was terrified deep down, but his face showed no expression, and his eyes were glazed over.

Seeing Lin Zhen's dazed expression, Kakashi, dressed in Anbu attire, asked the Medical Ninja examining Lin Zhen, "How is he?"

"His vital signs are stabilizing, but his mental state seems..."

The Medical Ninja shook his head and sighed.

Kakashi looked at Lin Zhen with a complex expression and instructed the Medical Ninja beside him, "Take him to the Hospital for treatment. I'll report to the Hokage Lord."

Hospital.

Lying on the hospital bed, Lin Zhen remained dazed.

However, he could feel his body gradually recovering. His fingers, which could now tremble slightly, were the best proof.

At the same time, fragmented images flashed through his mind.

"Shinji Uchiha..."

Based on these fleeting, chaotic images in his mind, and the scene in the morgue earlier, he slowly began to understand his current predicament.

He seemed to have transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old boy named 'Shinji Uchiha'.

The time was the very night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation.

He just didn't understand how he, after a good night's sleep, had transmigrated to the world of Naruto, and not only that, but into the body of a corpse in a morgue.

Undoubtedly, the real Shinji Uchiha was already dead, killed by Itachi Uchiha's blade!

"What was that voice from before?"

The strange voice he heard upon waking in the morgue also bothered him greatly.

In short.

His mind was a mess right now.

The confusion from absorbing Shinji Uchiha's residual memories, the shock of the unexpected transmigration, his uncertainty about the future, his fear of the unknown—all these emotions filled him, making it impossible to calm down and sort through everything.

Hiss.

Suddenly, he gasped.

He had just absorbed the very last memory fragment of Shinji Uchiha's life.

It was the moment Itachi Uchiha swung his blade.

Perhaps due to Fear, the scene in Shinji Uchiha's memory was completely distorted. Everything else in the image was blurred and twisted, but Itachi Uchiha's cold, crimson Sharingan as he swung his blade was incredibly clear.

"It felt like I actually took a stab!"

Lin Zhen broke out in a cold sweat.

Even just by merging with fragments of Shinji Uchiha's memories, he had unavoidably suffered a massive mental shock.

Before he could recover, he found his vision suddenly blurring.

His ink-black eyes were instantly dyed red, and then tomoe after tomoe appeared, revealing the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

It wasn't over yet!

Next, the three tomoe spun, and the ink dots dissolved in his crimson eyes, transforming into three ink circles arranged in a triangular pattern.

After completing this, the ink circles dispersed, and the crimson faded.

The pupils in his eye sockets returned to their normal ink-black color. The previous moment seemed like nothing more than an illusion.

"Mangekyo Sharingan!"

Lin Zhen's heart leaped in shock.

Although the change in his eyes was brief, he knew it wasn't an illusion. He had indeed awakened the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan.

The Sharingan had been awakened by Shinji Uchiha's intense emotions before his death.

However, he died too quickly. The Sharingan had awakened to the Three-Tomoe state before his life extinguished. Then Lin Zhen transmigrated, and the new soul stimulated the Sharingan. The two of them, in succession, completed the final awakening of the Mangekyo.

"I didn't expect this guy to be a genius!"

After understanding this, Lin Zhen was filled with emotion.

He knew that intense emotions like unwillingness, hatred, and love could stimulate the Uchiha Clan to awaken the Sharingan.

But for Shinji Uchiha to achieve the Three-Tomoe awakening in the brief moment before his death, and even touch upon the Mangekyo, greatly surprised him.

After all, the last person to achieve such a feat was Obito Uchiha, who had single-handedly instigated the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Even Sasuke Uchiha, who was deliberately stimulated by Itachi Uchiha, fell victim to Tsukuyomi, and witnessed the death of his parents, only managed to awaken a single-tomoe Sharingan.

Therefore, Shinji Uchiha, an Uchiha who left no mark on history in the original timeline, was actually one of the rare members of the Uchiha Clan with the potential to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Am I Shinji Uchiha from now on?"

Lin Zhen felt a sense of melancholy.

He had taken over Shinji Uchiha's body and memories. In the future, he would probably have to live on as Shinji Uchiha.

[Plane invaded.]

[Countdown: 9]

Suddenly, that mysterious voice rang in his ears again.

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