In Konoha Year 7, Madara Uchiha tracked down and controlled the Nine-Tails using information he'd obtained. He fought Hashirama, then faked his death.
In Konoha Year 8, the Five Great Nations were established, and Hashirama convened the First Five Kage Summit. The other four nations traded money for Tailed Beasts.
From Konoha Year 9 to Year 12, the future Konoha Sannin—Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade—were born one after another.
In Konoha Year 13, the First Shinobi World War broke out not long after Hashirama's sudden death. The turbulent times began anew.
Konoha Year 45, Land of Fire.
A boy of around seven or eight kept leaping from tree to tree as he fled, with seven or eight ninjas in hot pursuit.
"Heh, kid, if you stop, we might let you go. After all, we only want your Sharingan."
"Go to hell!"
The boy kept running and firing back at his pursuers, wishing their families well. He was Ye Shifei, a transmigrator from Blue Star, now known as Uzumaki Hise.
His original name had been Uchiha Hise, but his father had hidden the family's identity for their safety and never revealed his surname. So Hise used his mother's surname, Uzumaki, when out in public.
He'd been born in Konoha Year 37 and was now eight years old. As was customary for transmigrators, both his parents were dead.
His system had activated when he was three. It let him sign in once a month, and its daily training missions had earned him plenty of rewards. These included various Chinese martial arts and foreign fighting techniques, Chakra-Boosting Pills, Chakra Recovery Pills, all sorts of basic and low-level ninjutsu, and chakra natures of every type. He'd awakened both the Sharingan and the Byakugan, and gained the Strength of a Hundred and sensory abilities of the Senju. His strength had reached the Special Jōnin level; he could be called a prodigy.
But one of his pursuers was an elite Jōnin, along with three Chunin and four Genin. He had no choice but to run for his life.
When he was three, his family had encountered bandits. His father, Sakuragi Hei, fought them using his Sharingan. During the battle, they ran into Kakuzu, a rogue ninja from Takigakure. His father was killed, and Hise and his mother barely escaped. After that, his mother fell into a deep depression, and she passed away when he was five.
He'd been left to fend for himself, but thankfully, the system had given him some means of protecting himself in the Ninja World.
Today, while teaching himself the Rasengan, he'd used his Sharingan to keep track of the sphere's changes in his hand. He hadn't expected to run into these rogue ninjas. The moment they saw his Sharingan, they'd attacked him.
"Damn, there are too many of them. What the hell, system? Can't you give me something awesome?"
"Hey, I just want you to build a solid foundation, Host."
"Damn it, Tanzaku Town is less than half a kilometer away. If I can reach a crowded area, I should be able to lose them."
"Host, you should turn around and fight them. You can't grow stronger if you're such a coward."
"Please. I can think about getting stronger once I've made sure I stay alive. What good is getting stronger if I'm dead?"
Ding! Mission: Kill the pursuing enemies. Four Genin; reward: Shadow Clone Technique Three Chunin; reward: Instant Rasengan One Jōnin; reward: Complete Fire Release Ninjutsu Collection All enemies: Ten-pull
Seriously? I'm already being a coward, and you want me to fight them? And you're offering such generous rewards? Guess I have no choice but to fight.
Hise thought to himself.
His total chakra was probably greater than Naruto's at twelve. If he killed them all and claimed the rewards, he'd have the strength of a Jōnin. After all, he'd spent the past few years practicing only basic, low-level ninjutsu and an incomplete Rasengan.
Hise spun around and threw out several Kunai, each with an Explosive Tag tucked against its handle so they'd be harder to spot.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Two ninjas failed to dodge and died, but the others didn't even stop for them. They charged straight at Hise. He activated his Sharingan, formed a Hand Seal, and concentrated chakra in his throat. A five-meter-wide Great Fireball shot toward the remaining Genin. The outcome was obvious.
"Damn, this kid's way too freaky!"
"Getting this kid's two-tomoe Sharingan will be worth it. I refuse to believe that three Chunin and one Jōnin can't take him down!"
As he spoke, the strongest of them—the Jōnin—charged at Hise with his sword. The three Chunin followed close behind.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Sandstorm!"
Sand whipped through the air as flames came rushing in. The wind fed the flames, and the fire baked the sand.
Hise quickly formed Hand Seals and used Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall to block the attack, then leaped away and pulled several iron lumps from a storage scroll. He pulled the pins and threw them at his pursuers.
None of the men knew what they were, but they didn't pay them much attention. They simply dodged the lumps' flight paths, and then...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"W-what are those?!"
Of course, they were grenades Hise had gotten from signing in. He didn't have many—only twenty—and they were precious to him. If the rewards hadn't been so good, he wouldn't have wanted to use them.
Two Chunin were killed, and another was blown half apart and knocked unconscious. The remaining Jōnin wasn't too badly injured. After all, he'd used one of the now-dead Chunin as a human shield.
"Kid, you've really pissed me off! I'll tear you limb from limb! Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
"Heh, good timing. I was just about to try out that move of mine."
"Ahhh! I lost again today!" A blonde woman walked down the street, utterly dejected.
"Lady Tsunade, I've reminded you so many times. We're going to be living on the streets again," the younger woman beside her muttered.
"Ahaha, it's been a while since I last gambled. I got a little carried away," the blonde woman said, rubbing the back of her head awkwardly.
"But don't worry, Shizune. I won't let you sleep on the streets as long as I'm here."
The two were Tsunade, the legendary Big Fat Sheep of the Konoha Sannin, and Kato Shizune, the niece of her late lover.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"Hm? Is there a fight going on over there?"
"Lady Tsunade, we should keep going," Shizune suggested, knowing what Tsunade was going through.
"No. We're so close to Tanzaku Town. They should take their fight somewhere else," Tsunade said, shaking her head.
"I know what you're worried about. As long as you don't watch, there won't be a problem." Tsunade patted Shizune on the shoulder, then hurried toward the source of the noise.
"Lady Tsunade, wait for me!" Shizune had no choice but to follow.
Just as they were about to arrive, a child's shout rang out from ahead:
"Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall!"
Tsunade, hurrying toward the sound, paused and looked at Shizune. "That sound just now—did you hear it?"
"Yes, I heard Wood Release." Shizune knew Wood Release was Tsunade's grandfather's signature technique, so she understood why Tsunade had reacted so strongly.
"Come on, let's take a look." Tsunade's breathing quickened. She wanted to know if the other person really could use Wood Release—and whether he was her grandfather's descendant.
They arrived a few seconds later and hid behind a tree to watch the fight. Before them stood a man in his thirties and a boy of around seven or eight.
At that moment, the boy used Wood Release again.
"Wood Style: Violent Wood Spear!"
A thick wooden spike burst from the earth and stabbed toward the man's stomach.
The boy pressed his advantage, charging in with a Baji Quan Heart-Striking Elbow!
Then he got into a close-quarters fight with the man.
The system's rewards were always top-notch.
The various martial arts the system rewarded seemed to have been etched straight into Hise's mind. He could flow smoothly from one martial arts move to another.
After being ambushed head-on by Hise twice, the Jōnin began to struggle. Their strength hadn't been all that different to begin with, but now he'd been pierced in the abdomen by Wood Release and hit with a Heart-Striking Elbow. He was in terrible shape. His sword had fallen to the ground, and once Hise closed in, he couldn't pick it up. He had no choice but to fight Hise hand to hand.
"Lady Tsunade, that child really can use Wood Release. And he's so strong!"
"Mm. And... he has the Sharingan. Is he a descendant of the Senju and the Uchiha Clan? But that doesn't make sense..."
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