Reincarnated

Sasuke walked alone along the road back to the Uchiha Clan Compound. As he listened to the villagers nearby discussing the Night of the Uchiha Massacre, his mood grew heavier and heavier.

He crossed Konoha's bustling streets and slowly made his way toward his "home."

At the edge of the Uchiha Clan Compound, Sasuke looked at the scene before him, with leaves falling endlessly from the trees. Bitterness welled up inside him like the surging waters of the Yangtze.

Just one street separated the lively, bustling district behind him, which was supposedly managed by the Sarutobi Clan, from the lonely, desolate Uchiha Clan Compound ahead.

"So the Third Hokage isn't any good either!"

Sasuke silently grumbled to himself as he stepped into the Uchiha Clan Compound. From this day onward, he was the master of this desolate, remote, and deserted compound—and a visitor who had crossed over from another world.

As he walked down the once-bustling Uchiha street, Sasuke stared at the shops with their windows and doors forced open, his expression complicated.

From his memories, this place was usually deserted by dusk. Even if Uchiha Itachi had encountered any of the Uchiha here, it wouldn't have caused this much commotion. So the only ones who could have made this mess were those so-called "Light Shadow Ninjas" from Konoha.

"Forget it. I should check what's happened to my body first!"

Just as Sasuke was about to keep thinking, hot tears trickled from the corners of his eyes. His pupils slowly turned red, and a single black tomoe gradually appeared in each.

"The Sharingan?"

Feeling the changes in his body, Sasuke instinctively touched his eyes, then hurried toward his home.

When he entered the home he remembered, Sasuke stared at the scene and didn't know what to say. Compared with the other houses, which had been reduced to ruins, the former Uchiha Clan Head's home was in relatively better condition.

At least the doors and windows were still there, enough to barely keep out the wind and rain. Without thinking further, Sasuke slowly entered.

He stopped where his parents had died, his expression complicated. The grief came from his body's instincts; the confusion came from the thoughts of the soul that had crossed over.

Why weren't there even any bloodstains here? Sasuke certainly didn't believe the Anbu or Root would have kindly cleaned the place up. They probably cared only about the Uchiha Clan's ninjutsu scrolls and wealth.

As for Itachi, Sasuke felt that was unlikely too. Surely Itachi must have felt guilty.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Sasuke's every move through his crystal ball and pursed his lips helplessly.

"Looks like there won't be any trouble. I might as well go enjoy myself."

Since the crystal ball could only show Sasuke from behind, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no idea that Sasuke's Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan, had awakened!

After confirming that Sasuke wouldn't cause any trouble for the time being, Sarutobi Hiruzen switched the crystal ball's view to Konoha's hot springs. After all, Jiraiya had learned some of his habits from his teacher.

Watching the eye-catching scene in the women's bath, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but get a nosebleed.

Sasuke slowly calmed down. The Sharingan faded, replaced by a confused look. Hadn't he borrowed Uchiha Sasuke's body to return from the dead? Why was he still experiencing such intense emotional fluctuations?

Puzzled, Sasuke hurried to his room. Once inside, he removed the bracer from his right arm and looked at his system.

It was the eye on his right hand, identical to Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

In his previous life, while traveling to the birthplace of Naruto, he'd spotted this strange eye at a bookstall. Since he'd always been a bit of a chuuni, he'd spent fifty cents to buy it.

Then he'd run into a tsunami. What kind of luck was that? But the thing had turned out to be a system, and after a whole lot of arguing, he'd joined the ranks of transmigrators and become Uchiha Sasuke.

[Host's current environment is safe. Beginning fusion...]

As Sasuke looked at the six-pointed star eye, a sweet voice sounded, and then he passed out.

Inside Sasuke, the two souls slowly blended together, until at last they became one entirely new soul.

Memories surfaced one after another: his previous life—birth, school, graduation, work, travel, transmigration—and then Uchiha Sasuke's memories: being born, looking for his brother, looking for his brother, and looking for his brother again... Finally, the Night of the Uchiha Massacre!

No one knew how much time had passed. Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and looked at everything familiar around him. He couldn't help sighing.

I thought I was just going to take over a dead body. How did this turn into reincarnation?

When he'd argued with the system, all he'd wanted was to inherit Sasuke's looks and bloodline. He hadn't wanted Sasuke's personality, memories, or hatred!

Now, thanks to the system's irresponsibility, he'd become Uchiha Sasuke through and through. The only difference was that he also had the memories of his previous life.

Still, there was one thing to be grateful for: he knew what would happen in this world and understood the mastermind's endless schemes.

"Though I really don't want to admit it, Itachi, thank you for everything you did for me!"

Sasuke touched his Sharingan, which had evolved into a three-tomoe Sharingan after he learned what Itachi had done for him. His expression was complicated.

The Sharingan disappeared, and Sasuke looked at the light-blue screen that had appeared before him. Fortunately, he wasn't just someone who knew everything—he also had a system, a cheat. Otherwise, he'd probably get beaten up whenever someone felt like it.

[Shenlian Fusion System: Shenlian, Fusion, Proficiency]

Looking at the description on the screen, Sasuke's gaze flickered. It seemed his system wasn't quite right. It had been a chatterbox before!

Sasuke had some understanding of the system's three abilities. Shenlian was extremely useful, but also extremely evil. It could refine certain things into items that would help Sasuke grow stronger—including corpses.

Fusion was self-explanatory: it merged two things completely. Though it sounded like it could make Sasuke stronger quickly, it came with considerable limitations.

As for Proficiency, Sasuke felt that was the most important ability. After all, it was the one that could make him stronger at any time.

"I should find somewhere I won't be watched and get a proper grasp of my current strength first."

Reincarnation is painful; the souls merge, and the Sharingan gains three tomoe.

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