Night of Extermination, Desperate Situation

The world of Naruto.

Konoha.

The Uchiha Clan compound.

Tonight, the moon is exceptionally round.

The moonlight is ghastly pale, flowing over the bluestone paths and illuminating many figures.

On the second floor of a rather elegant residence.

The bedroom door has been barricaded from the inside with heavy furniture, not a sliver of light escaping through the cracks.

The thick curtains are drawn tight, sealing off any prying eyes from the outside and blocking out that ominous moon.

Inside the room, a handsome youth of sixteen or seventeen is digging his fingers into the edge of the tatami mat so hard his nails are nearly splitting.

Uchiha Du Yang has locked himself in his room, seemingly at a complete loss for what to do.

That's right, he is a transmigrator from Blue Star.

He only remembers falling asleep after working overtime, and upon waking, he had arrived in this world.

Of all the worlds to transmigrate into, he had to end up in the world of Naruto.

And if he had to end up in the world of Naruto, he had to be born into the Uchiha Clan.

And if he had to be born into the Uchiha Clan, the timeline just had to be right before the Night of the Massacre.

To stop the Night of the Massacre, one would have to take down Itachi Uchiha.

Me, go fight Itachi Uchiha?

What kind of sick joke is that.

Ever since transmigrating to the world of Naruto, Uchiha Du Yang has known one thing.

Even among the Uchiha Clan, not everyone is cut out to be a ninja.

There are many in the Uchiha Clan with poor aptitude; geniuses are the extreme minority.

Clearly, Du Yang is not among that extreme minority.

Even though he is considered quite good among his peers, he had to exhaust every ounce of effort and endure endless hardship just to awaken his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

The Uchiha Clan has at least two hundred members.

Fewer than one hundred have awakened their eyes.

And fewer than thirty possess the Three-Tomoe.

In other words, at sixteen years old, having awakened the Three-Tomoe, he is already considered the elite of the elite within the Uchiha Clan.

But compared to Itachi Uchiha, the gap is far too wide.

They are simply not on the same level; one is in the heavens, the other in the abyss.

Du Yang has lived in the Uchiha Clan for over a decade, and all signs indicate that the Night of the Massacre is fast approaching.

Perhaps within this week.

Perhaps tomorrow night.

Perhaps even tonight.

Du Yang has tried countless efforts, but he has discovered that Itachi Uchiha is beyond saving—he is practically a madman.

He once tried to drop hints, only to be immediately targeted by Itachi Uchiha.

The only reason he is still alive is likely because Itachi Uchiha intends to wipe out the entire clan on the Night of the Massacre and couldn't be bothered to act early.

In fact, Itachi Uchiha is the least "sick" one in that family.

His parents, the head of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto, are at a level that can only be described as terminally ill.

This father and son are both truly defying logic.

One was brainwashed by Konoha to the point where, as a member of the Uchiha, he reported his own clan for rebellion, then took the lead in the Night of the Massacre, nearly slaughtering his entire kin.

The other is utterly incompetent; as the head of the Uchiha Clan, he failed to judge the situation, led his clan to their deaths, and ultimately gave up, only to be killed by his own son.

In short, the Uchiha Clan seems rotten to the core.

Du Yang has no golden finger, no system, and although his strength is decent, he is far too young and his words carry no weight. What could he possibly do to change all this?

Therefore, he is essentially just waiting for death.

In truth, Du Yang doesn't have to die; he could simply find an excuse to run out of Konoha on the Night of the Massacre.

But what about his parents?

Itachi Uchiha might dare to kill his own parents and become an orphan, but he cannot.

He absolutely cannot abandon his parents.

Du Yang has actually considered telling his parents about the Night of the Massacre, but setting aside whether they would believe him, there is the question of whether Itachi Uchiha would notice.

And if he did notice, would he strike them down ahead of schedule?

Taking action carried risks that were simply too high.

In reality, the entire Uchiha Clan had already been hijacked by Fugaku and his family.

As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his father; Uchiha Fugaku must have known long ago that Uchiha Itachi was not right, yet he remained indifferent, even obediently walking to his death in the end.

That guy Fugaku was completely beyond hope.

By evening, the setting sun had stained the sky over Konohagakure a bloody red, as if vaguely hinting at something.

Soon, Du Yang heard his mother, Uchiha Kurenai, knocking on his bedroom door.

"Du Yang, what are you doing? Come out and eat dinner."

Time had left its mark on Uchiha Kurenai, but one could still faintly see that she had been a beauty in her youth.

Or rather, the black-haired, black-eyed Uchiha Clan generally possessed high-level aesthetics.

She had no idea what her son was actually doing tonight.

"Big brother, what are you doing? Come out and eat."

His six-year-old younger brother, Uchiha Izumi, also ran over to knock on the door.

Even at this age, he was still worried about his older brother.

At this moment, his father, Uchiha Tenchi, also walked over and said patiently to his family: "Stop calling Du Yang. He must have been under too much pressure lately; just let him relax."

Immediately after, his father, Uchiha Tenchi, spoke toward Du Yang:

"We know you have always been a hardworking child. In fact, you are already excellent enough; there is no need to push yourself so hard."

After saying this, the whole family left.

The appearance of his family only made Uchiha Du Yang feel more anxious.

This was his home.

His original family was not filled with pain, but was happy and complete.

Who would be like Itachi Uchiha, insane enough to slaughter their entire family?

"What on earth should I do?"

"Am I supposed to just watch my family die in front of me?"

Just as Uchiha Du Yang was deep in thought, a wave of intense drowsiness surged into his mind.

"Not good, I'm actually falling asleep at a time like this."

Du Yang tried to keep himself awake, but the drowsiness was too overwhelming, and he soon drifted into a deep sleep.

In his dream, he seemed to have entered the vast, boundless reaches of space. A casual glance downward revealed a brilliant, infinite galaxy that was easy to get lost in.

Under such vastness, time and space seemed to have lost all meaning, with only consciousness remaining as the sole constant.

He did not know how much time had passed, or how long his consciousness had existed.

Slowly, Uchiha Du Yang opened his eyes.

He discovered that he was in a strange space, with thick white mist drifting everywhere.

Immediately after, Uchiha Du Yang quickly noticed three faint figures approaching him.

Before he could even react, he saw what these three people looked like.

To his extreme shock, these three people looked exactly like him.

Next, a massive amount of information seemed to surge out from this space and drill directly into his brain.