[The timeline of some events in Naruto is a mess~]
[This book is just here for mindless fun. If you want something cerebral, please head on out~]
[The Uchiha Clan's number-one weasel dies in chapter four!!!]
[The two-timer's brain is right here~]
Year 55 of Konoha
The last rays of the setting sun gradually faded, and night swallowed the earth like a rising tide.
A blood-red moon hung in the sky like an eerie jade disk, casting a sinister red glow that shrouded all of Konohagakure in a gloomy crimson haze.
Within the Uchiha Clan Compound, screams, roars, and pleas rose one after another, but gradually fell silent beneath the dull thud of blades piercing flesh.
Blades flashed, illuminating Uchiha Itachi's cold, expressionless face. His scarlet Sharingan was terrifyingly calm, as if none of this had anything to do with him.
When his parents' final words surfaced in his mind, an invisible blade seemed to pierce his heart, leaving it aching faintly.
According to plan, his younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke, would be coming home from school soon.
He had to use Tsukuyomi to awaken Sasuke's ocular powers in the shortest time possible...
Then he would leave Konoha and secretly protect his younger brother and the village.
Gathering his thoughts, Uchiha Itachi gently wiped the blood from his blade, slowly sheathed his Ninja Blade, and turned to leap onto the top of a nearby telephone pole.
But his gaze tightened slightly—a chakra presence was quietly drawing near.
The familiar aura softened his expression for a moment, but the next instant, his eyes turned icy.
Aside from Sasuke's chakra, his summoned beasts had actually detected someone else!
Impossible... He had personally wiped out the entire Uchiha Clan and confirmed the end of every life. How could anyone have slipped through?!
Uchiha Itachi's form vanished, turning into a flock of crows.
"Hah—"
The sharp, pained gasp rang out in the stillness of the night.
The boy's eyes flew open, his pupils contracting. His ragged breathing was starkly audible in the quiet night.
He struggled to sit up, but his limbs felt completely drained of strength. Even lifting a single finger seemed impossibly difficult.
Pain, like a wildfire, devoured his nerves.
Warm blood kept pouring from two wounds that pierced his abdomen, soaking through his black ninja outfit.
He shakily reached out with both hands, trying to cover the wounds, but blood still slipped between his fingers. His hope of surviving was fading by the second.
The fatal injuries, his ruptured organs... He knew all too well that he had almost no chance of surviving.
"Fire Shadow, the Uchiha, the Night of Clan Extermination, that two-timer with the ninja blade..."
"Being forced to have a heart-to-heart with him..."
"I just transmigrated and I'm already going to die. How does that make any sense?"
Countless thoughts churned in his mind, until only overwhelming despair remained.
His name was Lin Ye—or rather, the person he was now was Uchiha Yoru.
In his previous life, Lin Ye had lived the classic "three-nothings" lifestyle: no steady girlfriend, no steady job, and no regular schedule.
If his parents hadn't left twenty-seven million in savings on their bank card before they died, society would have crushed him long ago.
And because he had barely experienced the rigors of society, he spent his money recklessly, tearing down the highway in a sports car.
Then he hit the jackpot at a bend...
And transmigrated.
He had thought he was getting a fresh start, but he never expected to end up in the Naruto world—and in the Uchiha Clan, no less...
Even more absurdly, he had arrived on the very night of the Night of Clan Extermination!
At that moment, Uchiha Yoru suddenly noticed a figure at the doorway, and tensed up.
Soon, he heard Uchiha Itachi say coldly, "I thought there was a survivor. Turns out you're just struggling on your last breath."
Footsteps followed, each one filled with merciless pressure, as if announcing Uchiha Yoru's end.
The footsteps drew closer, their oppressive force seeming to freeze the air itself.
At his words, a twisted sneer appeared on Uchiha Yoru's lips. Though his life was slipping away, he still mustered all his strength to raise his bloodstained hand—and thrust his middle finger at Uchiha Itachi.
"Go to hell, Uchiha Itachi..."
It was as if this were the last act of his will before death. Mockery, rage, and unwillingness all converged in that moment!
Just as Uchiha Yoru was about to sink completely into darkness, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly rang in his ears.
[Beep] [Host's emotional fluctuations detected... System activated!] [Current sole main quest: Host must join a faction in the Ninja World and bring about its unification] [First system activation detected. A beginner's gift pack has been awarded] [Beginner's gift pack opening automatically!] [Host near death detected. Injuries will be treated automatically. Indra template installing...]
"What?!" Uchiha Yoru was startled, but the violent changes that followed in his mind left him almost unable to think.
Boom!!!
In an instant, his soul seemed to tear apart as countless memories and rage flooded his mind!
"Ah—!!"
A blazing surge of chakra poured into Uchiha Yoru's body, as if it meant to burn him to ashes!
His eyes trembled violently. In his blood-red pupils, a single Tomoe spun wildly, and then a third Tomoe burst into being like a blood-red meteor!
"This... is Indra's power?!"
Terrifying ocular power filled his eyes in an instant. He felt as if Indra himself had reshaped his soul!
Memories swept over him like a tide. Indra's coldness, fury, and defiance—all of it appeared before his eyes, scene after scene.
"Weaklings? I don't need help from weaklings!"
"This world... must be built upon my order!"
At last, the scene froze on Indra's cold, merciless back...
Uchiha Yoru opened his eyes, a chilling killing intent shining in his blood-red pupils!
He quickly got to his feet, feeling the abyssal, surging power inside him—this was Indra's chakra!
Uchiha Itachi's steps halted. For the first time, clear shock and disbelief appeared in his eyes.
He stared at Uchiha Yoru, who had risen to his feet, seemingly unable to believe what he was seeing.
"Impossible..." Uchiha Itachi murmured, his voice carrying an unprecedented...
He stared fixedly at Uchiha Yoru. Someone who had been dead had actually come back to life in the face of despair, and the chakra erupting from him was so strange and powerful!
His pupils contracted instantly. In that moment, his blood-red eyes seemed to deepen, filled with indescribable shock and confusion.
"This power...?!" Uchiha Itachi murmured in astonishment, his voice full of bewilderment and deep wariness.
Uchiha Yoru's transformation was simply too bizarre. His eyes were only Three-Tomoe, yet he gave Uchiha Itachi an unprecedented sense of pressure, as if some unseen force had bound him in place.
Step—
Uchiha Yoru took a step forward. The pool of blood beneath his feet rippled outward, and in the next instant, his figure flashed forward like a phantom, appearing right in front of Uchiha Itachi!
"Uchiha Itachi..."
He murmured, his voice cold as a blade sheathed in ice and snow!
"Do you eat beef?"
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