Reincarnation

Uchiha Sasuke walked alone on the road back to the Uchiha compound. Listening to the surrounding villagers discuss the night of the Uchiha clan's annihilation, he felt his mood growing increasingly heavy.

Passing through the bustling streets of Konoha, Sasuke slowly walked toward his "home."

Arriving at the edge of the Uchiha compound, Sasuke looked at the scene of endless falling leaves before him, and the bitterness in his heart felt like the rolling waters of the Yangtze River.

Separated by a single street, behind him was the noisy, prosperous street—an area said to be managed by the Sarutobi clan—while ahead lay the desolate, lonely, and sorrowful Uchiha compound.

"As expected, the Third Hokage is no good either!"

Silently grumbling in his heart, Sasuke stepped into the Uchiha compound. From today on, he was the master of this desolate, remote, and cold compound, as well as a guest who had arrived through trans-dimensional travel.

Walking into the once-prosperous Uchiha streets, Sasuke looked at the shops with their doors and windows forcibly broken, his expression complex.

According to his memories, there were basically no people here at dusk. This meant that even if Uchiha Itachi had encountered clan members here, it wouldn't have caused such a commotion. Therefore, the disturbance here could only be the work of those so-called "Light Shadow Ninja" of Konoha.

"Forget it, I should first see what's wrong with my body!"

Just as Sasuke wanted to continue thinking, hot tears slowly streamed from the corners of his eyes. Sasuke's pupils gradually turned red, and a single pitch-black tomoe slowly emerged within them.

"The Sharingan?"

Feeling the changes in his body, Sasuke subconsciously touched his eyes and quickened his pace toward his home.

Walking into the home from his memories, Sasuke looked at the scene before him and didn't know what to say. Compared to the other houses that had been destroyed beyond recognition, this home of the former Uchiha clan head was in relatively better condition.

At the very least, the doors and windows were still there, barely able to shield him from the wind and rain. Without much thought, Sasuke slowly entered his home.

Walking to the place where his parents died, Sasuke's expression was complex—grief and confusion. The grief came from the body's instinctive reaction, while the confusion came from the thoughts of his transmigrated soul.

Why weren't there even any bloodstains here? Sasuke certainly wouldn't believe that the Anbu or Root would be kind enough to clean up this area; all they cared about were likely the ninjutsu scrolls and assets of the Uchiha clan.

As for Itachi, Sasuke felt that was also somewhat unlikely; after all, his heart should have been filled with guilt!

Inside the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Sasuke's every move through his crystal ball and curled his lips in helplessness.

"It seems there won't be any problems. I might as well go and enjoy myself!"

Because the crystal ball could only show Sasuke's back, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not know that Sasuke's Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan, had already awakened!

Having confirmed that Sasuke would not have any problems for the time being, Sarutobi Hiruzen switched the image on his crystal ball to the hot springs of Konoha. After all, some of Jiraiya's habits were learned from this very teacher.

Watching the eye-pleasing scene in the women's bath, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a nosebleed, unable to control himself.

Sasuke's mood slowly calmed down, and the Sharingan gradually faded, replaced by a look of confusion in Sasuke's eyes. Wasn't he supposed to be borrowing the body of Uchiha Sasuke to return from the dead? Why did he still have such intense emotional fluctuations?

With this doubt in his heart, Sasuke hurried toward his room. Upon entering, he removed the wristband from his right arm and looked at his system.

It was an eye pupil that existed on his right arm, identical to the Mangekyō Sharingan of Uchiha Sasuke.

In his previous life, while traveling to the birthplace of Naruto, he had seen this strange eye at a book stall. Because he was a bit of a "chuunibyou" himself, he spent fifty cents to buy it.

Then he encountered a tsunami—what kind of luck was that! But this thing turned out to be a system, and after a series of bickering, he became a transmigrator, turning into the current Uchiha Sasuke.

[Detected that the host's current environment is safe, beginning fusion...]

Just as Sasuke looked at the hexagram pupil, a sweet voice rang out, and then Sasuke fainted.

Inside Sasuke's body, two souls slowly merged like milk and water, eventually becoming a brand-new soul.

Memories began to surface: his life in the previous world—birth, school, graduation, work, travel, transmigration—and then the memories of Uchiha Sasuke: birth, looking for his brother, looking for his brother, still looking for his brother... and finally, the night of the clan's annihilation!

Time passed, and Sasuke slowly opened his eyes. Looking at everything familiar around him, he couldn't help but sigh.

He was promised a body-snatching rebirth, so how did it turn into a reincarnation?

When he was bickering with the system, he only wanted to inherit Sasuke's looks, bloodline, and talent; he didn't want to inherit Sasuke's personality, memories, and hatred!

Now, thanks to the system's irresponsibility, he had completely become Uchiha Sasuke, with the only difference being that he possessed the memories of his past life.

However, there was one thing to be thankful for: he knew what would happen in this world in the future, as well as the "matryoshka doll" game played by the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Although I really don't want to admit it, Itachi, I truly thank you for what you've sacrificed for me!"

Touching his Sharingan, which had evolved into three tomoe due to his knowledge of Itachi's sacrifices, Sasuke's expression was complex.

The Sharingan vanished, and Sasuke looked at the pale blue light screen that appeared before him. Fortunately, besides being someone who knew everything, he also had the "bug" that was the system; otherwise, he probably would have been beaten to a pulp on a whim.

[Shenlian Fusion System: Shenlian, Fusion, Proficiency]

Looking at the description on the light screen, Sasuke's eyes flickered slightly. It seemed his system was a bit abnormal! He had to remember that it used to be a chatterbox!

Sasuke had a certain understanding of the system's three abilities. Shenlian was very practical but also very evil; it could refine things into items that helped Sasuke grow, including corpses.

Fusion was self-explanatory: it simply fused two items together. Although it sounded like it could make Sasuke stronger quickly, the limitations were still very significant.

As for Proficiency, it was the feature Sasuke felt was most important; after all, this was a function that allowed him to improve his strength at any moment.

"It's better to find a place that isn't being monitored to thoroughly master my current strength!"

Reincarnation is truly painful, souls merged into three tomoe.

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