In August of Konoha Year 54, the sun blazed overhead.
The scorching sunlight streamed straight into the house and fell across Sakuya's face.
He sleepily raised a hand to shield his eyes, feeling the sunlight's heat and unable to bear it.
So hot... Who turned off my air conditioner?
He felt around with his other hand, but couldn't find anything familiar.
Damn it! Where's my air conditioner remote!?
He sprang upright and looked around. Only then did he realize his surroundings had changed from his bedroom to a Japanese-style tatami room.
He was lying on the tatami.
The sunlight he'd just felt had come streaming through the window.
Sakuya was bewildered.
What the hell, where have I been dumped? Is this even still China?
The only thing Sakuya could remember was that before going to sleep, he'd been bored and had gone on Tieba to spam "1" and repost a dark joke about reviving the deceased. But he'd accumulated so much bad karma that the guy hadn't come back to life. Instead, a truck had suddenly fallen in love with him.
Looking back, it all felt surreal. Getting hit by a truck was a classic way to cross into another world, but the problem was, wasn't my home on the fourth floor?
How could a truck show up on the fourth floor and kiss me right in the face...
Could it be that the Transformers had invaded?
But speaking of which, judging by how I seem to have been reborn, maybe someone bought me VIP service and let me cut in line ahead of the deceased guy, so I could win the revival match early?
As he stood there dazed, fragments of information flowed into Sakuya's mind like a gentle stream.
This body was also named Sakuya. He was an insignificant member of a branch family of Konoha's Uchiha Clan, thirteen years old, a Chunin, handsome, orphaned, with a house and money, and in a precarious situation.
Extremely precarious!
"Wait, what? How can I have a house, money, and good looks, be a member of the Uchiha Clan, and still be in a precarious situation?!"
Sakuya froze, then a crucial detail surfaced in his memories.
The day before, news had arrived that his cousin, who belonged to the same branch of the family, had been missing for nearly four days. Given his cousin's strength as an elite Jonin, four days missing basically meant he was dead.
So, who exactly was Sakuya's cousin?
Shisui Uchiha.
"I'm screwed."
Sakuya's face stiffened, and he collapsed helplessly onto the tatami.
Before crossing worlds, he hadn't been a hardcore Naruto fan, but he still knew the broad strokes of the plot.
Shisui Uchiha's death meant the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan had reached its breaking point. Both sides were now locked in a fight to the death. Add to that Itachi Uchiha's "Hokage mindset" and the behind-the-scenes schemes of Shimura Danzō, who was obsessed with Konoha's male leadership—specifically Hiruzen Sarutobi—and it seemed the biggest early-series bombshell was about to unfold: the night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
"What do I do, what do I do, what do I do!"
The more Sakuya thought about it, the more panicked he became. Although this body had a Sharingan, it only had one tomoe. To stand a chance against Itachi Uchiha, who would have the Mangekyō within a year, he'd need to awaken the Mangekyō too.
"Dead eyes, get to work!"
Thinking of that, Sakuya hurriedly pounded his eye sockets.
By the usual standards for someone who'd crossed into another world, shouldn't he have instantly awakened the Mangekyō after realizing the world's rules had changed, unlocked Kamui, and begun the standard overpowered protagonist routine?
Dead eyes, I'm not asking you to give me Kamui. At the very least, give me Yachihoko or Sarada's version of Amaterasu (Great Sun Spirit)!
------Nothing happened.
"I went from being calm and in control to scrambling around in a panic!"
Sakuya leaned back and fell onto the tatami, his face full of despair.
As someone who'd crossed into another world in a Qidian novel, shouldn't he have been living the good life after transmigrating—Tsunade in the morning, a nap with Mei Terumi in the afternoon, and Hinata in the evening? Why was he about to become a corpse the moment he got here?
This wasn't how a transmigration game was supposed to go. I refuse to accept this!!!
As he wondered whether he should make a run for another village before the night of the massacre began and become a womanizer, he suddenly heard the classic sound of a "ding."
[Host detected entering the Naruto world. The Strongest Villain Simulator has been activated for you]
Sakuya froze.
Oh, so that was what felt off. The cheat for someone who'd crossed into another world hadn't arrived yet.
But... the Strongest Villain Simulator?
Sakuya eyed the pale, primordial-colored panel that had appeared before him.
He didn't really care whether he was on the side of good or evil. Before crossing over, he'd been something of a gaming streamer, and when he played games, he favored the chaotic evil faction, like the Fourth Calamity. He believed in letting loose and doing whatever felt good.
Now, for a transmigrator from China like him, the most useful thing was figuring out how to use the system to deal with the coming crisis of the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
"Come on, system, show me what you can do. I'm not asking for much—just simulate me a Rinnegan first!"
At his command, new text appeared on the system's sky-blue screen.
[The many forms and faces of the shinobi world] [Strongest Villain Simulator starting...] [Simulation background: Konoha Year 23. You were born the distant nephew of Kagami Uchiha, with noble status and exceptional talent. At just fourteen, you awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan and became a Jonin, the Uchiha Clan's most treasured prodigy. One day, at the Hokage's command, you attended a Jonin meeting. At the meeting, Tsunade, granddaughter of the First, introduced the concept of medical ninjas and proposed a major change to the existing three-person team structure, adding a medical ninja to improve shinobi teams' survival rates in wartime.] [Objectives for this simulation] [1. Kill a teammate from your own side, or cause a teammate from your own side to die because of you; reward: Two-Tomoe Sharingan; difficulty: C] [2. Make the people of an entire country fear your name; reward: random chakra nature proficiency; difficulty: B+] [3. Make at least three important characters from the original story remember you. The more people, the better the reward; maximum reward: random Mangekyō ability (usable without a Mangekyō Sharingan); difficulty: A++]
"Holy crap, this is a simulator system! The legendary system that lets you gain power for no reason while sitting at home without ever stepping outside—the wheelchair of all wheelchairs!"
Sakuya grinned as soon as he saw it.
He hadn't expected to get a chance to experience a stat-manipulating system after crossing worlds.
He'd better be careful. If he relied on the wheelchair too much, he might eventually turn into one of those Type-Moon humans who, whenever they didn't know what to do, called on King Hassan, and when King Hassan was gone, called on Gudao.
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"But as for these mission requirements..."
Sakuya fell into thought.
Judging by the system's description, the three missions offered different rewards, and the harder the task, the greater the reward.
The last mission in particular could reward him with a Mangekyō ability. If he got Kamui, wouldn't he be able to take down the mighty Itachi with a flick of his finger?
But how was he supposed to complete it? Hmm...
Sakuya looked over the simulation background the system had provided once more and fell into thought.
Fear, grudges, killing a teammate... Tsunade... Aha!
He suddenly raised his head.
I've got it!
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