It's Over, This Is Naruto

"What? He said he was the Hokage?"

"Keep it down! Don't you see what kind of place this is?"

"Oh, right, but damn it, this is actually Naruto!" Hundreds of children stood scattered across the vast playground, facing the podium. On it, a burly middle-aged man wearing a conical hat marked with the character for Fire was giving a speech.

That middle-aged man had just said he was the Hokage.

Then Kamiya Keiyun was completely dumbfounded. If that man was the Hokage, didn't that mean this was the world of Naruto?

But I've never watched Naruto. I don't know the plot!

The sudden news left Kamiya Keiyun's mind in a fog. Combined with how boring the Hokage's speech was, he remained dazed throughout the entire thing and did not even know when someone had dragged him into the classroom.

"Um, from today onward, everyone will be classmates. I'm your teacher, Umino Iruka, and I'll be responsible for your education over the next six years. I hope we'll work well together!" The chunin teacher in a ninja vest bowed on the platform, then turned and wrote four large characters on the blackboard—Umino Iruka.

"I like sweet food, hate war, and as for my dream, I want to become a teacher everyone likes."

"Now, we'll begin our first activity after enrollment: self-introductions. Just like I did, everyone will go one by one. We'll start with you!" Umino Iruka pointed at the two students by the door.

The two children were not shy at all. The first stood up and said, "My name is Kotetsu Hagane. I like grilled meat the most, I hate vegetables, and as for my dream, I want to become someone who protects Konoha!"

Umino Iruka nodded. Not bad, not bad. This child had given everyone a great start.

"Then, next!"

Kamiya Keiyun sat in the back, staring blankly out the window. In truth, his mind was desperately trying to recall every little thing he knew about Naruto.

After all, being transmigrated without knowing the plot was genuinely hard to deal with. Especially when he did not even know who the protagonist or villain was. What if he backed the wrong person? Wouldn't that mean GG?

He had come from a rural village in Central Plains Province. His family had no computer, though they did have a television connected to a satellite dish. Still, it could not pick up any channels that aired Naruto. He had watched One Piece and Dragon Ball, though.

In order to change his underdeveloped hometown, Keiyun had studied diligently since childhood. He made it into the best middle school in the township, then the best high school in the city, and eventually China Agricultural University. But that had happened in 2020. By then, Naruto had already ended three years earlier, and Keiyun had been too busy studying to catch up on such a long anime that had been over for three years.

As for how he had transmigrated?

Could it have been because he stayed up all night watching over the wheat seedlings and suddenly died?

When school had first started, his roommate had asked him a few questions about Naruto. But after learning that he had never watched it, his roommate avoided him whenever they discussed the plot. Now that he thought back on it, his entire understanding of Naruto consisted of a few scraps of conversation from his roommate, plus viral comments he had seen in short videos and online comment sections.

For example, Naruto was also known as The Legend of Eyes, Black Zetsu's Quest to Save His Mother, and in the later stages, Gundams Fighting aliens.

There were also several extremely popular characters, such as Madara-sama, Snake Uncle, Yūhi Kurenai, and something about, "Brother-in-law, you died so tragically."

"Fu Keda..." Kamiya Keiyun rubbed his temples. Still, it wasn't a big problem. To help support his family, he had written novels before. The year he died, murder mystery games were everywhere, and he played them often. His logical reasoning skills were solid too.

Wasn't Naruto a hot-blooded anime? The plots of that kind of anime were always simple. The protagonist just powered through with passion, unlocked cheat abilities, and finally defeated the big bad. With so many keywords, it should not be hard to extract the main plot.

First, judging by the name Naruto, those four characters could be distilled into two keywords: Hokage and ninja.

Ninja was a profession, but after transmigrating here, he was a civilian. He had only moved into Konoha this year and did not yet know exactly what ninja did.

He knew about the ninja from his previous life. They handled poisoning, assassinations, and intelligence gathering. Their role was somewhat like special forces, though he did not know whether the two worlds were the same.

As for the Hokage, that was the leader of the ninja, the highest-ranking person in the village—the man from earlier.

This naming convention was a little like a Sect Master and cultivators, or One Piece and pirates. Simple and plain. So this story should be about the Hokage and ninja. And according to the usual rules of hot-blooded manga, perhaps the protagonist's goal was to become Hokage?

Then there was The Legend of Eyes. That title sounded a bit like The Legend of Nezha, The Legend of the Gods, or The Legend of the Spirit Mirror. The word before "legend" was usually the central focus of the story. If it referred to a person, then that person was the protagonist, like Nezha.

So, the protagonist of this world was eyes?

"My name is Hatake Kakashi. There are many things I like. As for things I dislike, I don't want to say. And my dreams... there are all kinds of them." A voice beside him pulled Kamiya Keiyun out of his deep thoughts. Only then did he realize that it seemed to be his turn to introduce himself?

"Um, my name is Kamiya Keiyun. I like flowers and plants, and I hate bugs... huh?" Kamiya Keiyun felt the spiky-haired kid beside him, who was wrapped up tightly and even wore sunglasses, glare at him.

Why are you glaring at me? I'm from an agricultural university. What farmer likes bugs?

Still, the school here seemed pretty relaxed. Students could actually wear sunglasses in class?

"As for my dream, I hope for world peace!" Kamiya Keiyun had not yet finished deducing the plot, but no one could find fault with an ideal like world peace—unless this was some evil sect that wanted chaos across the world.

"Not a bad dream!" Only Umino Iruka clapped. After all, there had already been plenty of dreams about becoming Hokage and hoping for world peace, so Kamiya Keiyun's answer was not particularly outstanding.

More importantly, Kamiya Keiyun was a civilian, a background character. No one would care what he said.

"Hey, what was it, Kashi?" After sitting down, Kamiya Keiyun started chatting with the classmate next to him.

He had not noticed before, but once he looked, he was shocked. This kid had a head of white hair, wore a huge mask, and had his face wrapped up so thoroughly that only his eyes were visible.

Wouldn't dressing like that be uncomfortable? During those two years of the pandemic, I never even got used to wearing a mask!

More importantly, with that kind of appearance and outfit, he generally would not be a side character in a manga!

After all, manga characters needed to be recognizable. Distinctive characters had to stand out through clothing, accessories, and hair color. This kid had white spiky hair and wore a mask. You expect me to believe he's just a random extra? No way!

"My name is Kakashi. Hatake is my surname!" Kakashi said helplessly, though there was still some curiosity in his tone.

He came from the Hatake Family. His father was the renowned Hatake Sakumo, Konoha's White Fang. That made him the equivalent of a high-ranking official's son.

On top of that, he had practiced swordsmanship since childhood, and his gaze was sharp. Ordinary children did not even dare greet him. This kid did not seem to be from any clan, so how could he be this bold?

Interesting!

"Oh, right, sorry. Hatake Kakashi, got it!" Kamiya Keiyun nodded, then asked, "Um, do you know anyone in the village whose eyes are especially strange?"

Since one of the major supporting characters was here, the protagonist could not be far away. Maybe Kakashi would know if he asked!

"Hm?" Kakashi froze. What did he mean? Gathering intelligence?

No, that made no sense. Even if he were a spy, who gathered intelligence like this? Besides, Kakashi knew the Kamiya surname. It belonged to a family that had served the Land of Fire for generations by conducting rites for Inari. There was no reason for them to betray the Land of Fire!

Besides, did the Byakugan and Sharingan even count as intelligence? Wasn't that common knowledge?

So he was simply curious?

That made sense. It was difficult for civilian families to produce ninja. Their everyday lives and the ninja world ran on two parallel tracks. Now that he had entered this place, it was normal for him to be curious about what the ninja world was like.

Everyone liked showing off and teaching others. Kakashi was no exception.

"Eyes? As everyone knows, Konoha has two major bloodline clans. One is the Hyuga Clan, which possesses the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai. The other is the Uchiha Clan, which possesses the Sharingan Kekkei Genkai. Look over there. That student is from the Uchiha Clan!"

Huh?

There was not just one person with special eyes, but two entire clans?

Kamiya Keiyun fell silent, then followed Kakashi's gaze. It was a rather ordinary-looking child wearing goggles, staring foolishly at a little girl seated in the front row with face paint on her cheeks.

Why did this kid seem like he wasn't very intelligent?

No, wait. A hot-blooded manga protagonist only needed passion. He really did not need to be that smart!

So... could he be the protagonist?

"What's his name?" Kamiya Keiyun asked.

"Uchiha Obito!"