Truly Worthy of Kakashi

Year 46 of the Leaf.

Within the borders of the Land of Fire, on the main road leading to the Hidden Leaf Village.

On an ox-drawn cart, A handsome, black-haired youth clutched his head and struggled to sit up.

"Hiss... my head hurts so much. Where is this?"

Yuzhen opened his eyes, and what came into view was a white-haired child in front of him, holding the reins of the ox cart.

Seemingly sensing that his companion behind him had awakened, the white-haired child turned his head.

He said to Yuzhen with an expressionless face:

"You're finally awake. I thought you might not make it back to the village."

"You... you... are Kakashi?" Yuzhen pointed at the white-haired child.

Seeing that somewhat familiar mask, he widened his eyes, wanting to say something.

But a wave of headache struck, causing him to collapse back down.

"Hey, hey! Why are you lying back down, you guy?" Seeing this, Kakashi hurriedly pulled the cart to a stop.

With a leap, he arrived at Yuzhen's side.

At this moment, a series of sounds echoed in Yuzhen's mind.

[Ding~ Detected that the host has awakened Past Life Wisdom. Entry Extraction System fully charged. Welcome!]

"Hmm?"

"A system and Past Life Wisdom? Have I transmigrated?"

Suddenly, a surge of information flooded Yuzhen's heart.

A moment later, having digested this information, he understood everything.

He, Uchiha Yuzhen, had lived a life of drudgery in his previous life until a landslide ended it.

Thanks to a cheat called the 'Entry Extraction System', He was reincarnated into the world of Naruto, and he had been born into a good family, becoming an Uchiha.

He was twelve years old this year, an orphan.

However, before awakening his Past Life Wisdom, his talent was just like his previous life's drudgery.

It could be described as extremely mediocre.

As a ninja clan, the Uchiha usually trained their own members within the clan.

There were only two situations where they would be sent to the Ninja Academy.

One was for a true genius, and the other was for someone mediocre to the extreme.

Unfortunately, He was just like Obito, an Uchiha who was extremely mediocre before awakening the Sharingan.

Being mediocre, he joined a mediocre squad after graduation.

Then, after one of his teammates sacrificed himself heroically, The village arranged for, The current Kakashi, who could be described as not fitting in at all, To join their squad.

Then came this tragic mission.

All his teammates were dead, Leaving only himself, who was severely injured and near death, and the genius Kakashi.

To think it's the Naruto world. Am I lucky or unlucky?

Fortunately, it is currently Year 45 of the Leaf. There are still two years until the Third Shinobi World War, enough time for me to grow.

After this mission, because all the teammates are dead, there should be a period of rest. I must keep a low profile from here on out.

Uchiha Yuzhen, in his heart, After understanding this point in time, His mind began to calculate.

The information that flooded into his mind made him clear about the general function of the 'Entry Extraction System'.

This system, As long as he made contact with others, he could extract their entries.

At the same time, it was a system that could upgrade entry levels by absorbing Combat Points.

At this moment, Yuzhen cast his gaze.

He looked at the panel provided by the system.

Host: Uchiha Yuzhen

Gender: Male

Age: Twelve

Strength: Genin

Affixes: [Uchiha (White)], [Fire Style (White)], [Wind Style (White)], [Uchiha Style (White)], [Yin Style (White)].

"Tsk... what a miserable panel. What is this? The Five-White Hermit?"

Uchiha Yuzhen was truly feeling helpless.

The system had long since informed him.

Affixes were divided into six grades.

White, Green, Blue, Purple, Gold, Red.

White was the lowest, and Red was the highest.

By this reckoning, before he awakened the memories of his past life, it was lucky enough that he had survived to the age of twelve in the cruel Ninja World.

"The system states that as long as I make contact, I can extract an affix, though I can only do so once per person."

"Still, this kind of function is already very powerful!"

"Combat Points are the energy used to upgrade affixes; given my current state, I can't acquire them yet, so I'll put that aside for now."

"The one thing I can test right now is..."

Thinking of this, he decided to take action.

The thoughts above took a long time in his mind, but in the real world, it was only a fleeting moment.

Coming back to his senses, he feigned a headache, clutching his head as he slowly straightened his body.

"Kakashi... give me some water."

Hearing this, Kakashi hurriedly crouched down and took a water bottle from the ninja tool pouch at his waist.

The moment Yuzhen took the bottle and his hand touched Kakashi's, he felt a rainbow of light erupt before his eyes.

Affixes of Gold, Purple, Blue, Green, and White all popped up!

As expected of Kakashi!

Except for the top-tier 'Red', he possessed affixes of every other grade!

In that instant, he wished he could extract and copy every single one of them.

Unfortunately, according to the system's rules, one could only extract one per person.

There was nothing more to say; the Gold affix had to be taken.

With that thought, he moved his mind: "System, extract!"

In that instant, the golden light on Kakashi was copied and absorbed by the system on the spot.

While Uchiha Yuzhen pretended to drink the water, his thoughts drifted to the panel that only he could see.

On the panel, a [Genius (Gold)] affix had been added to the list.

[Genius (Gold)]: Comprehension, creativity, and adaptability are boosted by Super-Domain Amplification.

At this moment, Yuzhen was incredibly elated.

"Comprehension should be for learning, creativity corresponds to Kakashi's own, and there's no need to mention adaptability."

"That is, after all, the key to Kakashi earning the title of Copy Ninja."

"At this stage, where I have no particular strengths, these abilities are absolutely a powerful affix!"

Kakashi Hatake was truly a monster; he was worthy of being a ninja who could fight against Kaguya in the later stages.

Thinking of the immense help this affix would provide him, Yuzhen moved his mind.

"System, install the affix!"

Hum—

A surge of realization flooded Yuzhen's mind.

Is this the world of a genius?

Uchiha Yuzhen felt a sense of disbelief.

At this moment, his control over chakra, as well as the Uchiha Style he had learned from his deceased parents—including shuriken, Nintaijutsu, Genjutsu, Shurikenjutsu, Clone Technique, and Wire Manipulation Technique—all took on a different meaning.

Everything he had been unable to grasp before, he now understood completely.

This included elemental Ninjutsu.

Furthermore, his control over his body's spirit and his reflexes had increased significantly.

It felt as if he had been unshackled; even his thoughts were much clearer.

The old me was mediocre, but the current me is a genius.

If that's the case... can I obtain Ninjutsu resources from within the clan during this reorganization period?

He had to prepare now to survive the Third Shinobi World War that would break out in two years!

Everything was for the sake of becoming stronger!

He didn't even need to consider resources from Konoha.

Unlike Obito, even before awakening his Past Life Wisdom, he had instinctively remained indifferent to the brainwashing of the "Will of Fire."

The village's upper echelons would never invest resources in him.

Therefore, he could only think of ways to acquire the necessary resources from within the Uchiha clan.

While Uchiha Yuzhen was contemplating his future path, Kakashi, satisfied that his companion was fine, had long since gone to drive the ox cart.

When he caught sight of the high walls of Konoha in the distance, he turned his head and, with those lifeless eyes, said to Uchiha Yuzhen:

"Yuzhen, we're almost at the village."

"Once this period of rest is over..."