Sarutobi Yashui

"Looks like you've had a tiring time practicing. Get some rest early." After Yashui entered the house, the Third Hokage greeted him, then went back to his study.

"Okay." Yashui returned to his room by relying on his hazy memories. He could tell that the Third Hokage had already noticed the injuries he'd sustained during the fight.

The room looked the same as before, so he probably hadn't gone to the wrong one. This was the Third Hokage's home, after all. No wonder that Anbu hadn't dared to act recklessly.

As soon as he entered the room, Yashui immediately drew the curtains and shut the door tightly. Then he examined his injuries.

Although he hadn't suffered any direct injuries in the fight, the repeated punches and kicks had badly strained his young body. His arms and legs might already have sustained varying degrees of muscle strain.

After a quick self-examination, Yashui was relieved to find that he hadn't been seriously hurt.

Already exhausted, Yashui tidied up the slightly messy room, then collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

That night, an Anbu wearing an animal mask went to stand before a one-eyed man.

"Lord Danzo, we found Ye's body. He died of poisoning, apparently by his own hand. But beside his body, we found two sets of footprints, one old and one fresh. One set came from the direction of the Third Hokage's home. The other led out of the village."

"We found no further footprints outside the village, so we concluded that Ye approached the place where he died from the direction of Lord Hokage's home. Also, two of his Kunai were completely clean, without a single fingerprint. It's clear someone killed him."

The one-eyed man named Danzo stepped into the moonlight. "Ye was a skilled tracker. Once he entered a fight, even a Genin could easily defeat him. That's nothing to be surprised about. His mission was to monitor Uchiha Yashui's every move. If Yashui hadn't awakened the Sharingan before becoming a Genin, Ye was to eliminate him. If he awakened it before becoming a Genin, then Ye was to 'retrieve' those eyes."

"Then you think the person who killed Ye was connected to the Uchiha Clan?" the Anbu asked.

"Leave this matter to me. Starting today, you'll take Ye's place and carry out his unfinished mission. From now on, your codename is Zhi." Danzo waved him away.

After receiving Danzo's order, Zhi immediately disappeared.

Alone in the room, Danzo smiled. "Two surviving members of the Uchiha Clan, huh? Sasuke has already agreed to go to Orochimaru, so I can't kill him. But I can still get rid of Yashui... At least I can remove one threat to Konoha's future."

Early the next morning, the annoying alarm clock rang on and on.

"An alarm clock... Right, at this age, I should be going to the Ninja Academy. Brings back memories. School and all that..." Yashui turned off the alarm, got up, and got dressed.

The fight the day before had put a serious strain on Yashui's body. After just one night's rest, his arms and legs still ached, and even getting dressed felt like a tremendous ordeal.

At last, he finished getting dressed and walked into the living room with his schoolbag.

As soon as he entered, he saw Konohamaru enjoying his breakfast.

"Good morning, big brother Yashui." Konohamaru greeted him politely.

"Morning." Yashui was startled at first, then returned the greeting. Only then did he remember that Konohamaru's surname was Sarutobi and that he was the Third Hokage's grandson. Since Yashui was living with the Sarutobi family, it was only natural that he would interact with members of the clan.

Then he turned to the Third Hokage, who was sitting at the table, and said, "Good morning, Grandpa."

"Oh, Yashui... Come here. I have a little gift for you." The Third Hokage smiled at him.

Yashui walked over. The Third Hokage took a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and handed them to him. "You should wear these every day from now on. They're a gift from your grandpa."

"Sunglasses?" Yashui was baffled.

But he decided not to dwell on it. The Third Hokage had given them to him, so he might as well take them.

Yashui went to brush his teeth and wash his face. In front of the mirror, he examined the sunglasses. They looked like ordinary plastic, and he couldn't see anything unusual about them. Only then did he put them on.

Looking at his reflection, Yashui thought he looked pretty handsome in sunglasses. The only problem was that his vision was a little dim.

"Sharingan!" Yashui tried activating his Sharingan. With it active, he could see a little more clearly.

The sunglasses completely hid whether he'd activated his Sharingan. Once he noticed that, Yashui realized they seemed to have darker lenses than ordinary sunglasses.

"I'm heading out!" Yashui left the house and went to the Ninja Academy.

At first, Yashui worried that he wouldn't know where the Ninja Academy was and thought about following the other students there. But as soon as he set off, he somehow knew where the school was.

It was just like how he'd suddenly learned the Clone Technique and how to hide underground the day before. He'd learned those things after using the Sharingan, too.

When he arrived at the Ninja Academy, Yashui took his books out of his schoolbag. Every notebook had the name "Sarutobi Yashui" written on it.

Yashui didn't know what time it was, and there wasn't a single student around him whom he recognized. The only vaguely familiar face was Iruka, who was teaching the Transformation Technique at the front of the classroom.

The boring lesson made Yashui start wondering what the original Yashui had been like.

The original Yashui knew that Konoha High Command had ordered the destruction of the Uchiha Clan, yet he lived in the home of the Third Hokage, a member of the High Command. From how Lord Hokage and Konohamaru had treated Yashui that morning, it seemed he'd always been quite polite to the Sarutobi family.

Even adults rarely had the patience to endure their hatred and keep it hidden in front of their enemies for so long. In that respect alone, the original owner of this body seemed rather mature.

Clearly, the original owner of this body hadn't embraced the "Will of Fire" promoted in the Naruto anime. He wanted revenge for the Uchiha Clan. From his heart to his body, he was an Uchiha through and through.

Before he knew it, school was over.

During class, Yashui had flipped through a few pages of his books. He already knew some of what they covered from the anime. He'd made a note of anything unfamiliar, treating it as a chance to fill in the gaps.

The subjects included not only knowledge related to ninjutsu, but also a lot of general topics like math, physics, chemistry, and geography. These subjects were taught to help shinobi carry out their missions more effectively. So they didn't go into much depth, and were probably around the level of eighth or ninth grade.