Transversing Hokage Ninja

In the People's Hospital of Modu, a doctor was busy at the operating table. His name was Guo Yuan, and he was an attending physician at the hospital. Having graduated with a master's degree at 27, he possessed a solid foundation in medicine. Having just celebrated his 32nd birthday not long ago, he had been at this hospital for five years and was doing quite well for himself.

Guo Yuan's parents divorced and remarried when he was six, so he had always lived with his grandfather. When he was 18, his grandfather passed away from heart disease, and from that moment on, Guo Yuan decided to become a doctor who could save lives and heal the wounded. He had worked hard toward this goal, with his only hobby being to watch anime in his spare time. Guo Yuan's favorite anime was Hokage Ninja.

After finally stealing a moment of leisure, Guo Yuan had just finished a surgery and was preparing to watch some Hokage Ninja when he received a call from the department head. A group of wealthy young men had been street racing and collided, and the head ordered him to rush to the operating room for emergency treatment.

Rank has its privileges, and besides, a doctor's heart is benevolent; he couldn't just stand by and watch people die. Thus, Guo Yuan hurried to the operating room and worked continuously for seven hours, until 5:00 AM the next day.

"Sigh! I'm so tired! I really don't want to do this anymore!" After grumbling to himself, Guo Yuan returned to his office, slumped over his desk, and fell fast asleep. In a daze, Guo Yuan felt as if everything around him had changed. A giant ball of light appeared before his eyes, and a line of text emerged upon it:

Transmigrator: Guo Yuan.

World of Transmigration: Hokage Ninja

Danger Level: ★★★★☆

Transmigrators with a danger level of three stars or higher are granted one chance to draw a prize. Please proceed.

Guo Yuan stared at everything before him, his sleepiness vanishing, his mind going blank. "This must be a dream, right?" Guo Yuan pinched his thigh hard; the sharp pain told him that all of this was real.

"Transmigrators with a danger level of three stars or higher are granted one chance to draw a prize. Please proceed." The voice from the ball of light interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey, what are you? Are you a system? Why am I transmigrating? What can I win in this draw?" Guo Yuan asked, looking at the ball of light.

"I am the 'Myriad Worlds Portal,' a gateway connecting 129,000 parallel worlds. I am not what you call a system. Because your brainwave frequency resonated with mine, and because you are dissatisfied with your life, you meet the conditions for transmigration! The prizes are all-encompassing, containing everything; you could potentially draw anything from the 129,000 parallel worlds. Now, please begin the draw!"

After hearing the explanation, Guo Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Was this considered hitting the jackpot? Fortunately, he was all alone—his father didn't care, his mother didn't love him, and his girlfriend was likely not even born yet. Thinking of this, Guo Yuan felt that going to the Hokage Ninja world wouldn't be so bad. "How do I draw?"

The ball of light flashed with golden radiance and transformed into a large roulette wheel. The wheel was divided into three equal sections: Technology, Elements, and Life Skills. "Please spin the wheel!" Guo Yuan followed the instructions and gave it a gentle spin. The wheel eventually stopped in the Element section.

Then, another golden light flashed, and the wheel was divided into dozens of smaller sections. Guo Yuan looked closely and realized that the so-called Element category consisted of affinities for various natural elements, or magical items that allowed one to directly control such elements. Guo Yuan spun the wheel hard and closed his eyes, waiting for it to stop. About two minutes later, the wheel came to a halt. "Transmigrator has obtained Ice Element Affinity. Draw complete. Transmigration beginning."

As soon as the voice from the ball of light faded, Guo Yuan's vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

He did not know how much time had passed before his consciousness slowly returned. He opened his eyes to find himself in total darkness, with a glimmer of light in the distance. Instinctively, Guo Yuan moved toward the light, and after a period of struggle, he was born.

With Guo Yuan's cooperation, the woman soon gave birth to him. The woman's gaze fixed upon Guo Yuan; this look, filled with care, warmed his lonely heart. So, this was maternal love.

Setting aside the interaction between mother and child, the fact that Guo Yuan didn't cry upon birth terrified the midwife. The child was clearly healthy, so why wasn't he crying? Was he a mute? The doctor beside her nodded at the nurse, who pinched Guo Yuan's bottom hard. Guo Yuan, feeling the pain, prepared to curse, but the sound that came out of his mouth was a loud, clear cry. The surrounding medical staff breathed a sigh of relief, and the woman, hearing her child's resonant cry, smiled slightly and fell into a satisfied sleep.

Perhaps due to the presence of Chakra, newborns in the Hokage Ninja world were much more robust than those on Earth. Just two days after birth, Guo Yuan's mother carried him home.

The language of the Hokage Ninja world was essentially the Japanese of his previous life. Guo Yuan was very grateful that he had learned Japanese in his past life; without a language barrier, he could understand the world much more easily. A few days later, Guo Yuan learned that his mother was named Yamanaka Seiko, the cousin of the Yamanaka Clan head, and the man who often held him was the head of the Yamanaka Clan—his uncle, Yamanaka Akito. At this time, Yamanaka Inoichi was still just a little brat. His name was also decided by his uncle: Yamanaka Tohru. (From now on, he shall be called Yamanaka Tohru.)

Before he knew it, a month had passed since Yamanaka Tohru's birth. Over the past month, through the conversations of those around him, he learned that it was Konoha Year 33. The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was in his prime, at the height of his power. Under the leadership of the Third Hokage, Konoha was fighting one against four in the Second Great Ninja War, and they were not losing ground at all.

At this time, Konoha had Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru—the three capable disciples of the Third Hokage—on the outside, and the Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo, Kagami Uchiha, and the Ino-Shika-Cho families on the inside. With the Third Hokage and the Hyuga Clan stabilizing the hearts of the village, Konoha remained peaceful and serene, unlike the other villages.

His uncle, Yamanaka Akito, was part of the 14th generation of Ino-Shika-Cho. Since the founding of Konoha, the Ino-Shika-Cho had been staunch supporters of the Hokage faction. Since the Warring States period, the three clans had always joined forces to defeat enemies and acted in unison. To maintain the special bond between the three, their ancestors established a rule: under the witness of the Sarutobi Clan, the previous generation of Ino-Shika-Cho would pass their earrings to the next generation. The new generation would then swear upon the earrings to be as close as brothers—a rule passed down through the generations.

The three-person team operational mode of Ino-Shika-Cho greatly increased combat effectiveness and survival rates. A major reason why the Ninja Academy established by the Second Hokage required graduation in three-person squads was to emulate the Ino-Shika-Cho.

With these three clans acting as each other's support, no single clan—not even the Uchiha or the Hyuga—could easily defeat them. Furthermore, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans all possessed special secret techniques, and their coordination and mutual cover made their combat power not to be underestimated.

Because of Yamanaka Tohru's birth, Yamanaka Akito had set aside his duties on the front lines to return home, which showed how much he cherished his nephew. However, what struck Yamanaka Tohru as strange was that, despite the importance Yamanaka Akito placed on him, the full-month celebration was held only within the Ino-Shika-Cho families. Although the village knew of Yamanaka Tohru's existence, no one came to offer congratulations, and since his birth, Yamanaka Tohru had never seen his father. Thinking of these things, Yamanaka Tohru realized that his background was likely not simple, and Yamanaka Akito's actions were likely intended to conceal something.

Having watched Hokage Ninja for 10 years, this illusory world held too many moving moments. After thinking for a long time, I decided to start writing to depict the Hokage Ninja world through my own eyes. As a new author with a new book, I hope the big shots will show their support!