Five-Year-Old Me Babysitting

Chapter 1: Five-Year-Old Me Babysitting at Home

"Shin..."

"Mom and Dad are going out on a mission. Madara and Izuna will be left to you, our reliable eldest son."

Uchiha Aoi and Uchiha Tajima finished packing their gear for the mission.

Uchiha Aoi crouched halfway on the tatami mat, looking at her eldest son, Uchiha Shin, with a beaming smile as she gave her patient instructions.

"Leave it to me, it's in the bag!"

"I wish Mom and Dad a triumphant return!"

Uchiha Shin first glanced at Madara and Izuna, who were still playing happily, then turned back to Uchiha Aoi, nodding with a bright smile and giving a thumbs-up.

For Uchiha Shin, who had two years of experience in childcare, this didn't even qualify as a D-rank mission.

Leave it to Nanny Shin; it's all under control.

Hearing his eldest son's assurance, Uchiha Aoi smiled and ruffled Uchiha Shin's hair before standing up to head out on the mission with Uchiha Tajima.

"Sigh...!"

Once Uchiha Aoi and Uchiha Tajima were gone...

Uchiha Shin shook his head and let out a deep sigh.

Acting like a child is truly exhausting.

That's right, inside the body of five-year-old Uchiha Shin actually resided the soul of a thirty-year-old adult.

As for why he transmigrated into this body, it was all because he had a loose tongue that one night.

Indeed, the soul within Uchiha Shin's body was originally named Gao Yang, a carefree thirty-year-old man who had been living a decent life.

Thanks to his family's property being demolished, he wasn't short on housing or money, so outside of work, Gao Yang's greatest hobbies were playing games and watching anime.

As for marriage?

Even at thirty, Gao Yang had never once considered it.

Just as Teacher Fan Wei said in Monk Comes Down the Mountain...

"Seventy is rare since ancient times; the first ten years are childhood, the last ten are old age. There are only fifty years in between, and those fifty are split into day and night, leaving only twenty-five. Add in the wind, rain, and the three disasters and six illnesses—how many good days can a person really have in a lifetime!"

Gao Yang deeply agreed with this sentiment.

Therefore, having made up his mind not to marry, Gao Yang only intended to enjoy the remainder of his life.

Whether others called him selfish or lacking a sense of responsibility, Gao Yang didn't care at all.

After all, one's own life must be lived by oneself, right?

Everything was going quite well.

Who would have thought that one night, after finishing the Naruto anime, Gao Yang complained, "Lord Madara is just too pathetic. First, he was played by Hashirama, then by Black Zetsu. He spent his whole life being played for a fool without even realizing it. Sigh!"

"If I were Lord Madara, I would first kill Senju Tobirama, then seize the title of First Hokage, then backstab Black Zetsu, steal the power of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, trample the three great holy lands, and finally launch a counter-offensive against the Ōtsutsuki clan!"

"Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki—I'd kill them all, not giving them a single chance to start Boruto!"

No sooner had Gao Yang finished his rant than he heard a mysterious voice suddenly speak in his ear: "As you wish!"

In an instant, Gao Yang's vision went pitch black, and he lost consciousness.

When he finally woke up, he had become a newborn baby.

At first, Gao Yang assumed some great power had allowed his soul to transmigrate into the infant body of Lord Madara.

After all, if you want to save Lord Madara, what could be more direct and simple than becoming him?

He had read plenty of web novels, and this kind of setup seemed quite reasonable.

Gao Yang was actually quite excited, even though he hadn't wanted to transmigrate in the first place.

But the great power that could make him transmigrate in an instant—that power transcending time and space—was clearly something a shrimp like him couldn't afford to provoke.

Based on his thirty years of life experience, the only thing he could do when facing such an untouchable existence was to pretend he knew nothing. In a word: lay low!

Since he had already transmigrated, he might as well make the best of it. Besides, having become Lord Madara, with the talent and potential of this body, he could surely become the God of Shinobi!

As long as he kept his wits about him, Senju Hashirama would never be able to fool him.

That was until the day he heard the name his mom and dad gave him: Uchiha Shin?

He felt like he might have just shattered inside.

Uchiha Shin?

Who the hell is this guy?

He wasn't mentioned in the original Naruto series at all.

If he hadn't confirmed that his father was Uchiha Tajima, the head of the Uchiha clan, Gao Yang would have almost thought he had transmigrated into the wrong dimension!

But the name Uchiha Shin sounded like the kind of background character who wouldn't live for more than three minutes, and his body's talent and potential were surely mediocre at best.

Gao Yang speculated with great malice.

Furthermore, since I am not Lord Madara, then where exactly is the real Lord Madara?

Carrying this question, Gao Yang spent his first year as an infant just muddling through.

It wasn't until his one-year-old younger brother was born and named Uchiha Madara by their parents that Gao Yang realized he had become the elder brother of Lord Madara.

One-year-old Uchiha Shin looked at the wrinkled infant before him; was this guy really the future Uchiha Madara?

In an instant, Uchiha Shin felt a twinge of bitterness in his heart. This was just too unfair.

Everyone else who transmigrated gets a golden finger, yet a whole year had passed and Uchiha Shin still hadn't heard a "Ding!" or a "Greetings, Host, I am such-and-such system!"

Uchiha Shin couldn't help but want to curse. Curse whom?

Naturally, he wanted to curse that unknown almighty being who had sent him here.

"As I wish," indeed...

I didn't transmigrate into the body of Lord Madara, nor do I have a golden finger or a system to rely on.

What am I supposed to rely on to get what I wish? Am I supposed to rely on the name Uchiha Shin—a background character who doesn't even last three minutes—or this big, flat face of mine?

The future is bleak, damn it!

When Uchiha Shin was three, Uchiha Izuna was born.

Well, because Uchiha Tajima and his wife Uchiha Aoi frequently had to go out on missions, the heavy responsibility of babysitting fell upon three-year-old Uchiha Shin.

As for why they didn't let others in the clan take care of Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Izuna?

The problem was, there was no one else.

Uchiha Shin had originally thought that in the original Naruto series, the Uchiha clan was one of the most powerful ninja clans in the Land of Fire.

Surely the clan's population must be quite large, right?

Actually, Uchiha Shin had overthought it.

Even the clan head, Uchiha Tajima, and his wife, Uchiha Aoi, had to go out on missions themselves; this showed just how few combat-ready ninjas the Uchiha clan actually had.

The population was even smaller than he thought. Based on Uchiha Shin's observations over the past few years, the Uchiha clan had no more than a thousand people, likely only seven or eight hundred at most!

As for the Senju clan, Uchiha Shin estimated they were probably about the same; after all, the Uchiha and Senju were known as the two strongest ninja clans in the Land of Fire.

Their strength and population should be roughly equivalent.

When Uchiha Shin was four, Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Aoi gave birth to a pair of twins.

Perhaps it was because they had too many children, or perhaps Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Aoi simply didn't have the heart for it.

This pair of twins was casually named Uchiha To and Uchiha Kawa.

Upon hearing the names of these twins, Uchiha Shin knew that this pair would definitely not live to adulthood.

His own name, Uchiha Shin, could at least last for three minutes; if this were a TV show, he could at least show his face and spout a few lines—he could at least count as a featured extra.

As for Uchiha To and Uchiha Kawa, the names alone sounded like the kind of background actors in a TV show who wouldn't even get screen time, let alone lines; they were likely the type to be wiped out in a few seconds.

Therefore, whether a name is good or not really can determine one's life.

If there were a female ninja in the future Nohara clan named Nohara Kengo, then no matter how beautiful she looked, she would certainly never find anyone.

Let alone hoping for a white-haired teammate who could fight anyone to a draw, or a stubborn boy who would start a ninja war for her sake.

"Five years, five years!"

"Do you know how I've spent these past five years?"

"Not only do I have to act as a nanny to watch the kids, but I also have to seize every opportunity to train and improve my own strength!"

"I must live until Boruto, I want to grind, I want to grind all of you hateful guys to death!"

Five-year-old Uchiha Shin watched Madara and Izuna playing happily over there, and a sudden feeling of anger welled up in his heart.

Why is it that things others can do so easily require me to work so hard? We are all members of the Uchiha clan; where am I lacking?

What to do when angry? What to do when the pressure is too high? Just teach my younger brother a lesson to relieve the stress and vent some frustration.

Thinking of this...

"Madara, come here!"

Uchiha Shin kept a straight face, his tone somewhat stern.

"What is it, big brother?"

Madara shuffled over to Uchiha Shin, looking at his brother's stern face with some trepidation.

Uchiha Shin shifted into a more comfortable position, lying on his side.

After a moment of silence.

Uchiha Shin stared at his younger brother with a solemn expression: "Madara, remember this: in the future, you must never make friends with a guy named Hashirama, and you must never entrust your life to him or become brothers!"

Although Uchiha Madara felt his brother's words were inexplicable, he sat down anyway.

After some thought, Uchiha Madara spoke somewhat hesitantly: "But... what if I end up really liking this guy named Hashirama in the future?"

"That's still not allowed. Otherwise, Izuna will be killed, you'll remain a bachelor your entire life, never able to take a wife, and even our Uchiha clan will be wiped out!"

Uchiha Shin suddenly clenched his fists, his gaze turning dangerous as he looked at Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Izuna, who had been playing nearby, felt a sudden jolt in his heart upon hearing his eldest brother's words.

"What does that have to do with me? Why would I be the one to die? I didn't do anything..."

"When Mom and Dad get back, I'm going to tell them...!"

"Waaah...!"

Three-year-old Izuna's heart was still too fragile; hearing his eldest brother say such things, he couldn't help but think of the sorrowful implications and burst into tears.

"Madara, it is precisely because of your stubbornness that Izuna is crying."

"If I don't give you a beating today, I'll be failing Izuna, and I'll be failing the Uchiha clan!"

"Izuna, watch as your eldest brother takes revenge for your future self!"

Uchiha Shin first walked over to Izuna, comforted the fragile boy, and ruffled his hair.

He then turned around, staring at the culprit, Uchiha Madara, with a face full of murderous intent.

"Big Brother, what are you trying to do?"

Seeing his eldest brother, Uchiha Shin, staring at him with such murderous intent, Uchiha Madara swallowed hard, feeling a wave of fear.

Immediately after, his heart began to pound uncontrollably, thumping faster and faster.

"What am I doing?"

"I'm going to beat you, of course!"

Uchiha Shin lunged like a tiger, pinning Uchiha Madara directly to the ground. Because of his secret extra training, Uchiha Shin's strength was surprisingly great.

It was completely beyond what a five-year-old child should possess.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

Uchiha Shin pinned Uchiha Madara's hands down with one hand, while his other hand rained heavy blows directly onto Uchiha Madara's backside.

"Ah!"

"..."

Stung by the pain, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but scream, and tears of grievance streamed down his tender face.

As Uchiha Madara screamed in pain, he gritted his teeth and secretly swore to himself...

"Damn it!"

"This guy named Hashirama, I better never run into you in the future..."

"Otherwise, I will definitely take revenge!"

"I'll take revenge for having my butt beaten by Big Brother today!"

Although Uchiha Madara thought this way, faced with his eldest brother's relentless beating, he couldn't help but beg for mercy.

"Big Brother, I was wrong...!"

"I..., waah, I will never make friends with a guy named Hashirama ever again!"

"Please, spare me...!"

Uchiha Madara turned his head, his face streaked with tears, looking pitifully at Uchiha Shin, his eyes filled with a look of deep grievance.

"Since you know you were wrong, I'll spare you for today!"

Uchiha Shin released Uchiha Madara and stood up.

Whew, I didn't expect beating someone up to be so tiring!

Uchiha Shin looked at Uchiha Madara, who was lying on his side on the tatami mat, clutching his backside with a miserable expression, and his mood suddenly improved.

"Since you know you were wrong, tell me, what exactly did you do wrong?"

Uchiha Shin looked down at Uchiha Madara from above and asked casually.

"..."

Uchiha Madara thought for a moment, then cautiously probed, "I shouldn't have made friends with that guy named Hashirama?"

"And what else?"

Uchiha Shin stood there with his arms crossed, seemingly unsatisfied with the answer, and his gaze began to turn dangerous once again.

"I will listen to Big Brother's words from now on!"

"Whatever Big Brother tells me to do, I'll do it. If you tell me to hit someone, I'll hit them!"

Looking as aggrieved as a young wife, Uchiha Madara saw his brother's gaze turning dangerous again and hurriedly pledged his loyalty to his brother with firm resolve.

"That's a good boy!"

"We are loving brothers, after all!"

"Every blow I land on you is a pain in my own heart!"

Uchiha Shin massaged Uchiha Madara's injured backside while offering comfort with a beaming smile.

"Big Brother is absolutely right; we are one big, loving family!"

Uchiha Madara suppressed the agony in his heart and chimed in with a fawning expression to appease Uchiha Shin.

Uchiha Madara—this guy clearly knew how to read the room!

Watching Uchiha Madara struggle to force out a flattering smile, Uchiha Shin couldn't help but find the situation rather amusing.