Transmigrating to Uchiha, Starting as Cannon Fodder!

Land of Fire, Konohagakure.

Although the entire village was relatively peaceful, the scent of blood hung in the air, and the streets were filled with a tense atmosphere.

It was now year 39 of Konoha. The Third Kazekage had just disappeared, and Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide not long ago.

Early morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten, the sun had not yet risen, and the air was filled with mist.

A child, about five years old, ran along the road. He wore a black short-sleeved cardigan with the Uchiha clan crest embroidered on the back and a ninja tool bag slung at his waist. He made his way to the open space in front of Konoha's main gate.

"Damn Fugaku, damn Kakashi!"

"He graduated early, what's it to me? Why do they have to force me to graduate early too?"

"Damn it, what rotten luck!"

His name was Uchiha Jin, and he was a transmigrator.

However, unlike other transmigrators, he hadn't awakened a system or a cheat. Fortunately, his bloodline concentration was decent, making him a genius within the Uchiha clan.

It was a shame, though, that he was in the same year as Kakashi!

In the original story, no one from the Uchiha clan in this batch could defeat Kakashi, so they could only helplessly suppress their frustration about Kakashi's early graduation.

Now that Uchiha Jin was here, the clan naturally didn't want him to hide his talents.

As it turned out...

As soon as Kakashi applied for early graduation, the clan submitted his graduation application for him.

The reason was simple and unpretentious.

As Konohagakure's most prestigious clan, they absolutely could not be weaker than anyone else.

"Did I choose the wrong path by hiding my strength?"

"Maybe I should have been like that Obito kid and pretended to be useless, then I might not have had to graduate early."

"But if I pretend to be useless, it'll be tough to get by in the clan!"

Uchiha Jin was actually regretting his decision now.

When he realized he had transmigrated into an Uchiha, he had set his persona as aloof and arrogant. Since everyone in the Uchiha clan had such personalities, this was the only way he could blend in.

The cautionary tale was Obito!

That guy suffered a lot of ostracism and bullying within the clan, but his mind was too simple to care about it.

Thinking about it, this was precisely why the Obito in the original story had turned to darkness and gone mad, completely disregarding the lives of the Uchiha clan!

But he hadn't expected this.

Although that guy was discriminated against within the clan, he could still spend a couple more years at the Ninja Academy.

What about himself?

Because he was a traditional Uchiha, he was forced to graduate early.

However, pretending to be useless wouldn't work either. Unlike in the anime, the real Konohagakure was a military fortress.

The Barrier Team, which seemed to have no presence in the original story, actually monitored Konohagakure with terrifying strictness. Ninja training wasn't just simple meditation; it required intense training in the practice grounds, making it impossible to evade the Barrier Team's surveillance.

Hiding his strength? That was wishful thinking!

Although Konohagakure had a large number of ninjas, and the Hokage couldn't pay attention to everyone, the Barrier Team reported periodically. It was likely that only the core areas of various ninja clans had any privacy.

He couldn't just lie down and become truly useless, or he definitely wouldn't survive the Third Great Ninja War!

Refusing the clan's arrangements? That was even more impossible.

Although the Uchiha were not as cruel as the Hyuga, unless one could become a core member of the Hokage's faction, they had to obey the clan's arrangements. He didn't even have the right to leave the Uchiha clan.

Konohagakure's most prestigious clan could easily kill him!

Moreover, Konoha's higher-ups would not easily interfere in the internal affairs of ninja clans. To be precise, he, a mere Uchiha prodigy, was not qualified to have the Konoha higher-ups intervene.

What Sarutobi Hiruzen needed were super geniuses like Itachi and Shisui!

Even if Fugaku, as a last resort, showed him mercy, he would likely be captured by Root and become expendable without the Uchiha's protection.

After all, Root's various research projects were already underway during this period, and they were in dire need of top-tier expendables like Uchiha members!

Five minutes later.

Arriving at the agreed-upon meeting point, Uchiha Jin couldn't help but wonder what kind of team he would be assigned to.

Ninjas like him who graduated early naturally wouldn't wait for the Ninja Academy's assignments. He had been notified by his clan last night to wait here early this morning.

However, thinking too much was actually useless.

Because people like him, who had no support within the clan and weren't geniuses enough to attract the attention of Konoha's higher-ups, would most likely not be assigned to elite squads. Therefore, his current prayer was not to be assigned to a cannon fodder squad.

After all, during this period of war, he could be sent to the battlefield at any time, and the survival rate of cannon fodder squads was too low.

As he was thinking, a boy walked over.

He seemed incredibly lazy, yawning as he walked. Upon seeing Uchiha Jin, he paused, but still awkwardly greeted him.

"I'm Nara Shikaichi. Looks like we're teammates from now on."

"Uchiha Jin."

Uchiha Jin responded to his greeting with a cold, arrogant expression.

That distinctive pineapple hairstyle, his sleepy appearance, and especially the clan crest behind him all indicated that the person before him was a member of the Nara clan.

Uchiha Jin breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this. The Nara clan followed Sarutobi Hiruzen, so it seemed this wasn't a disposable squad.

Good!

Although he was happy internally, he maintained his persona and didn't say much.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Nara Shikaichi was quite exasperated by the aloof Uchiha.

He felt his luck was terrible. His generation couldn't even form an Ino-Shika-Cho team. His previously assigned teammates all had issues. Just two days ago, one had died, and after the team reshuffling, he'd ended up with another unapproachable Uchiha...

It was truly despairing!

As he was lamenting, another young man walked over.

Nara Shikaichi's mouth twitched.

This new teammate is even harder to deal with than Uchiha!

Uchiha Jin also looked at the new teammate with a bewildered and shocked expression.

"Ka! Ka!shi!"

Uchiha Jin could barely keep it together, his voice cracking slightly.

Isn't this guy a genius from the Hokage faction? Why was he assigned to this kind of team?

Wait...

It seems Kakashi joined other teams before joining Minato's squad.

Later, he became a problem child because too many teammates died, which led to him being assigned to Minato's squad. Was he destined to be sacrificed by Kakashi, the main supporting character?

"Mm."

Kakashi, wearing his mask, his eyes vacant, simply nodded faintly.

Uchiha Jin's forehead broke out in black lines.

He felt like dark clouds were gathering over his head. The good mood he'd felt upon seeing Nara Shikaichi was instantly ruined.

Kakashi at this point was no less dangerous than Conan, the God of Death.

No, he was worse than Conan!

At least Conan didn't kill his friends and family, but this guy Kakashi was a curse to his teammates!

The original work mentioned in a flashback that Kakashi's initial teammates had suffered heavy casualties.

Thinking this, he felt a sense of despair.

Was he, a transmigrator, not the protagonist, but a cannon fodder destined to be sacrificed by the protagonist?

[Ding...]

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