Konoha's Second Sun

In the fifty-first year of Konoha, early autumn.

Konoha Village in early autumn lay shrouded in night. The moon was bright, the stars sparse, and the moonlight cast layered shadows across Hokage Rock.

Less than a year after the war, Konoha had already regained its former prosperity. This peaceful night was no different from any other. Lights shone from the scattered houses, lending the tranquil night a touch of everyday warmth. The occasional patrolling ninja flickered across the treetops before vanishing back into the darkness.

There were few people on the streets late at night. A drunken villager staggered along, casually glanced at a passing figure, and instantly sobered up by more than half before muttering as he hurried away.

"Damn bad luck, running into that guy here."

The drunkard's words drifted on the wind into the figure's ears, but he acted as though he had not heard them, not even changing his pace.

Two patrolling ninja stopped atop a roadside roof. Looking down at the somewhat lean teenage figure below, grave expressions appeared on their moonlit faces.

"Is that him?"

"Yeah, it's definitely him. That Uchiha freak."

"It's this late, and an Uchiha kid is still out here alone. Should we go ask what he's doing?"

"Are you crazy? Don't you know how terrifying that guy is?"

"Uh..."

"Don't meddle in his business. If you run into him again, just pretend you didn't see him. Don't invite trouble."

"Got it."

After speaking, the two patrolling ninja swiftly used the Body Flicker Technique and left.

From the look of it, they were extremely unwilling to face the boy below.

The boy was now the only one left on the street. Though the two patrol ninja had spoken quietly, he had heard every word clearly.

Under the moonlight, the boy raised his head.

He was thirteen or fourteen years old, lean yet upright. His black hair was loosely tied behind his head, with a few stray strands hanging over his smooth, full forehead.

His face was exceptionally handsome, with sharp brows, a high nose bridge, and deep black eyes as still as a lake without a ripple.

The boy's name was Genkawa Uchiha. An orphan of the Uchiha Clan, he had known from a young age that he was different.

He possessed memories of his past life. Or rather, he was a transmigrator who knew exactly where he had arrived.

He had been an orphan in his previous life. In this life, he had once had a happy family after being born, but it had all been mercilessly taken from him when he was six.

That had been in Konoha's forty-third year. The Second Shinobi World War had ended several years earlier. His parents had gone out together on a mission, but only two corpses returned.

From that point on, Genkawa Uchiha knew that his connection to this world had been severed.

To him, this world was merely a place like a game field.

The Ninja World, Konoha, ninja...

Those terms were somewhat novel to him, but since he had always been special, none of it felt particularly strange to him, nor did he care.

He simply lived each day according to routine, neither happy nor miserable.

It was all quite ordinary.

Sometimes, when the mood struck him, he would do something different. Like tonight, when he had wanted a late-night snack and gone out to buy ingredients. He was now carrying a vegetable basket home.

Genkawa Uchiha glanced at the moon and sighed inwardly. The moonlight is nice tonight. Perfect weather for moon viewing.

He then looked toward a certain part of the village. Combined with the extra patrol ninja in the village tonight, he had already guessed what would happen.

"The Child of Prophecy is going to be born?"

He shook his head.

"Forget it. It has nothing to do with me."

Genkawa Uchiha quickened his pace. At the same time, with a thought, a screen visible only to him appeared before his eyes.

[Host: Genkawa Uchiha]

[Abilities: Sage Body SS (fusing), Mangekyō Sharingan S, Water Style A, Fire Style A+, Earth Style B, Lightning Style A, Wind Style B, Yin Style A+, Yang Style S+, Strength of a Hundred...]

[Draws: 0]

It was a very simple system panel, one that had been with Genkawa Uchiha since birth.

Its use was equally simple: drawing prizes. It could draw all kinds of abilities that existed in the Ninja World.

Such as the Sage Body, Sharingan, the seven chakra natures, and so on. He had one chance to draw every year.

Genkawa Uchiha's many current abilities had all come from those draws, which was why he had seemed special from such a young age.

That was because when he was one year old, he had drawn the Sage Body—and an SS-rank one at that. It corresponded to the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's level of Sage Body.

Just imagine it: what would happen if a one-year-old child possessed such a body?

From then on, natural energy surged into Genkawa Uchiha's body every moment, as if it cost nothing.

Yet Genkawa Uchiha was only one year old, his body still at the earliest stage of development. He simply could not digest—or rather, control—so much natural energy.

But the abilities granted by the system were absolute.

In other words, while a one-year-old child could not fully control that natural energy, once it entered his body, it could not leave.

The result was accumulation.

Yet the absolute ability granted by the system ensured that the accumulated natural energy could not harm its host, Genkawa Uchiha, and would gradually come under his control as he grew and developed.

The process should have gone smoothly. However, as everyone knew, a person's growth and development required time, while the accumulated natural energy increased day by day.

As a result, the natural energy stored within Genkawa Uchiha had reached an outrageous level.

But because his body had not fully developed, he was unable to use Sage Mode to release that natural energy.

Until Genkawa Uchiha was six years old, his parents died, and he reached the age to enter school.

At the entrance ceremony, after the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had finished speaking of the Will of Fire, he taught the newly enrolled Ninja Academy students their first lesson as Hokage—chakra extraction.

Genkawa Uchiha tried it for the first time.

Then he exploded.

Literally exploded.

At the time, Genkawa Uchiha realized something was wrong. At the critical moment, he barely guided his chaotic natural energy into the sky.

That day, Konoha gained another sun, named Genkawa Uchiha.

That day, the Ninja Academy, which had stood in Konoha for decades and had been established soon after the village's founding, was destroyed.

That day, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage Advisors, the many Konoha ninja who had brought their children to school, and even the accompanying Anbu all went mad.

After that, Genkawa Uchiha was expelled.

Fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been in his prime at the time and reacted quickly.

It also helped that Konoha's Yellow Flash had already begun to earn his reputation, and there were many powerful ninja present.

In short, no one was injured. Only the Ninja Academy's school buildings and other structures had to be rebuilt.

But after that, all of Konoha knew of Genkawa Uchiha.

Of course, Genkawa Uchiha's expulsion had not come without complications.

With the Ninja Academy destroyed, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as Hokage, contributed an Old Clan Grounds of the Sarutobi Clan to serve as temporary school facilities.

On the first day of class, Hiruzen Sarutobi and a number of village higher-ups attended. It was still chakra extraction, still Genkawa Uchiha, and still an explosion!

The people of Konoha saw another sun. It was not as exaggerated as the last time, but it still blasted the Sarutobi Clan's Old Clan Grounds into ruins.

The Konoha higher-ups were immensely shocked. Some were delighted, some uneasy, and some terrified, but they had to determine why this was happening.

So, after several more explosions, the Konoha higher-ups finally figured out the reason.

Genkawa Uchiha could naturally absorb natural energy from birth but could not use it. Once he extracted chakra, the natural energy within him would lose control and trigger an explosion.

This result left both Konoha's higher-ups and the Uchiha Clan utterly helpless.

In the end, for the safety of the Ninja Academy students, Genkawa Uchiha could only be expelled and return to the Uchiha Clan Compound to study on his own.

It was also from then on that Genkawa Uchiha grew increasingly unwilling to interact with others.

Thinking of this, Genkawa Uchiha did not feel much about it. His steps were quick but steady as he headed toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.

The night was like water, and Konoha beneath it grew ever more tranquil.

But in the next instant, a thunderous boom exploded through Konoha, accompanied by howling winds sweeping outward.

At the same time, a resounding beastly roar rang out like thunder.

"Roar!"

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Like a hurricane passing through, countless buildings in the southern part of Konoha Village were destroyed in an instant.

Countless sleeping villagers were jolted awake, terrified beyond measure.

A gigantic beast threw back its head and howled. As its nine tails swung behind it, the earth shook and the mountains trembled!