A New Goal

Actually, even if Konan hadn't made this request, Uchiha Chen would have made the same choice in the end.

There were people born to be kings. From the moment they were born, their paths were already set: perhaps they would become kings, perhaps generals who conquered the world, or perhaps villains guilty of heinous crimes... Their fortunes destined them to never lead ordinary lives.

Guided by fate, as long as they grew up safely, they were destined to make history of their own.

Uchiha Chen was fortunate. Guided by the system in ways he couldn't explain, he had come to this world of Naruto and gradually grown into a titan in everyone's eyes.

Perhaps because he had lived two lives, Uchiha Chen seemed much more mature than his peers.

That was also why Uchiha Chen didn't believe Yahiko and Nagato could build the peaceful world without war that they dreamed of.

In his previous life, Uchiha Chen had received a good education under the light of harmony.

But that kind of education was of little use in the shinobi world, where people were accustomed to bloodshed. It had only made his way of thinking a little more mature.

With the system guiding him, Chen had climbed step by step to the peak. But could he really say he had never felt lost?

No. Of course he had. What was he fighting for, in the end? That feeling had only grown stronger since he came to this world.

He had no ties to this world. All he had was the lingering will of this body. He could easily have spent his days drifting through life here.

And yet he had still chosen to involve himself in the world. Whether it was the people of the Land of Rivers or those of