Obtaining the Sharingan!

"System, what the hell is wrong with you? Why do you keep making me choose to become a rogue ninja?"

In the end, Yun Xi still voiced the question that had been bothering him.

Ever since he'd been transported here in a daze, he'd been sitting on Konoha's main street, completely lost...

At this point, Yun Xi just wanted to curse someone out!

But...

Even though Yun Xi had asked first, the system didn't explain.

It only left a message in his mind that seemed serious but was, in fact, complete nonsense...

"Ding. All choices issued by this system are random. The host must choose how to claim all mission rewards..."

"Damn it!"

After casually closing the system's notification panel, Yun Xi didn't keep focusing on the system. Instead, he began examining the Chakra Cultivation Scroll that had appeared in his hand...

But the moment Yun Xi took out the Chakra Cultivation Scroll,

a little girl with her hair in two buns appeared in front of him. She wore a long white silk dress embroidered with patterns that had a distinctly Chinese style.

Their eyes met...

"Little one... who are you looking for?"

Looking at the little girl in front of him, who looked ready to burst into tears,

Yun Xi panicked.

"Waaah, sob, sob!"

"Big brother, you don't want Tenten anymore?!"

In an instant,

something Yun Xi never expected happened!

The incredibly adorable little girl in front of him threw herself into his arms.

She pounded his chest with her tiny fists

and burst into tears...

"Holy crap!"

Yun Xi had never taken care of a child before, and faced with this situation, he didn't know what to feel.

At the same time, he silently cursed the system.

What the hell kind of identity had that stupid system given him?!

"Wait..."

"This little girl said she's Tenten?"

Staring at the little girl in his arms, Yun Xi froze in place.

Then he thought back...

He remembered that when he'd encountered Uchiha Itachi earlier, his identity had indeed come up.

"The little boy who lives next door to Tenten..."

After muttering to himself for a while, Yun Xi started to piece things together.

Thinking of this, Yun Xi quickly replied, "No, Tenten's so cute. How could big brother abandon you?"

"Really?"

Little Tenten looked up at the awkward Yun Xi with her bright eyes. After circling around him once, she continued, "But earlier, Big Brother Yun Xi said he'd take Tenten on a picnic in the countryside..."

"Holy crap, what's going on?"

At that, Yun Xi felt as if ten thousand horses were stampeding through his mind!

The system that had brought him here had only given him the identity of an ordinary Konoha citizen. It hadn't passed along any of the memories connected to that identity!

"Stupid system, get out here and explain what the hell is going on!"

Realizing the system had screwed up, Yun Xi was full of resentment and immediately cursed it out!

Maybe it had sensed Yun Xi's anger, or maybe it was just a coincidence.

As soon as Yun Xi finished speaking, the system actually sent a notification!

"Ding. Unknown error detected. Starting repair mode..."

"Ding. Repair complete. To compensate the host for the loss incurred, one random draw has been awarded..."

"Congratulations, host. Your random draw has yielded two Single Tomoe Sharingan..."

After reading those three system messages, Yun Xi was stunned!

At the same time, a flood of unfamiliar information suddenly appeared in his mind.

Orphan...

Ordinary Konoha citizen...

The oldest student currently enrolled at the Ninja Academy...

Tenten's friend...

It took Yun Xi about an hour to finally sort through the information in his mind and understand what it meant.

He also finally figured out his exact identity in the world of Naruto!

A twelve-year-old deadbeat who still hadn't graduated from the Konoha Ninja Academy!

"Damn it!"

After a quiet curse, Yun Xi didn't dwell on his identity. He simply said to Tenten, "Little Tenten, big brother has something to do today. I'll take you out to play next time!"

"Okay..."

Seeing how hurried Yun Xi looked, Tenten didn't pester him. Holding the kunai in her hand, she headed toward Konoha's public training grounds.

Yun Xi followed the memories in his mind and returned home...

Half an hour later, Yun Xi pushed open a wooden door that had been left ajar.

The room was plainly furnished.

Aside from a few simple wooden pieces of furniture, there were only a handful of basic household items.

Seeing this, Yun Xi could only shake his head helplessly.

Then he found a fairly clean spot and sat down.

The poor living conditions didn't bother Yun Xi.

Those weren't what he cared about most right now.

What mattered was the Sharingan he had just obtained!

This was undoubtedly the best thing Yun Xi had received from the system since he got it!

It was also the only thing he could rely on to survive!

Although the Ninja World shown to audiences in the original Naruto was mostly peaceful,

Yun Xi knew that was simply the world as Naruto saw it!

Whether it was the secret conflicts between the Five Great Shinobi Villages

or the battles between ninja...

Things were definitely not as wonderful as they'd seemed in the original story!

All those struggles could only lead to slaughter and death!

Although Yun Xi wasn't strongly opposed to having been transported into the world of Naruto,

he wanted to survive!

He wanted to survive in this cruel Ninja World!

And the only way to survive was to become stronger!

The strongest!

Only then

could Yun Xi survive against the many Kage Level and even Six Paths Level ninja!

Only then would he have the right to stand with them at the pinnacle of the Ninja World!

And the Sharingan...

was what Yun Xi needed to survive!

That was the fundamental reason Yun Xi cared so much about this reward from the system.

What he'd gained from the system wasn't merely a Kekkei Genkai.

It was his means of survival!

"Ding. No enemies detected in the host's vicinity. Would you like to receive your reward?"

After temporarily pushing aside his troubled thoughts, Yun Xi heard the system's notification again.

Without a moment's hesitation,

Yun Xi replied firmly, "I accept!"

As soon as he finished speaking,

a pair of crimson eyeballs, brimming with dark power, appeared in midair in front of Yun Xi!

"So this is what the Sharingan looks like?"

Looking at the Single Tomoe Sharingan before him, which resembled a red gemstone with a black Tomoe rotating in its pupil, Yun Xi's lips curled into a smile.

After a few seconds of silence,

Yun Xi murmured, "Beautiful..."

"Reward accepted. Would you like to fuse it with your body..."

"Yes!"

After admiring the Sharingan for a while, Yun Xi didn't continue staring at it. Instead, he chose to fuse the eyes floating in midair with his own body...

"Damn it! Stupid system, why didn't you tell me beforehand that fusing with the Sharingan would hurt this much?!"

As the Sharingan entered Yun Xi's body, an agony like being cut by knives surged through him...