Starting Out by Binding to the Boruto-is-More-Burning System

Year 54 of Konoha.

On a night of torrential rain, a youth clad in a straw cloak arrived at the Hyuga clan compound.

The gate opened.

A child of only six years old was led out by several members of the Hyuga clan, his head bowed low.

"Finally, someone is willing to come and take this freak away. Get lost, you're an absolute disgrace to the Hyuga clan!"

The gate slammed shut once more.

The air turned cold, leaving the two of them standing alone on the street.

The rain continued to fall incessantly, yet through the dim light of the lantern at the Hyuga gate, one could clearly see a fan-like emblem on the back of the man's clothing.

"I'm sorry, Chuan Yu..."

"Shisui, he..."

"Couldn't keep his promise..."

Chuan Yu kept his head bowed and said nothing, his fists suddenly clenching tight. His long hair obscured his cheeks, making it impossible to discern any emotion on his face.

"You must be Brother Itachi, right..."

After steadying his emotions, Chuan Yu looked up with a smile.

Through the long hair hanging before Chuan Yu's eyes in the pitch-black night, Itachi looked somewhat shocked.

It was the first time Itachi had ever seen a child's eyes manifest in such a way.

His left eye was a single-tomoe Sharingan.

His right eye was a Byakugan.

After a brief silence, Itachi stroked Chuan Yu's rain-drenched hair with a face full of gentleness: "No matter what happens from now on, I will protect you forever in Shisui's stead."

Upon hearing this, as Itachi crouched down, Chuan Yu threw himself directly into his arms.

Itachi's tears welled up and spilled over.

Just moments ago, all the images had been swirling and surfacing in his mind.

At the edge of the cliff by the River of Nanka bridge.

By the time he reached Shisui's side.

Shisui had gouged out his own remaining left eye.

"Protect this village, protect the name of the Uchiha..."

Blood streamed from his left eye socket, and crows flapped their wings, circling high above the two of them.

"Once I am dead, the situation should change. I have already left a suicide note."

The moment he tossed the Mangekyo Sharingan from his hand to Itachi, he smiled and jumped off the cliff.

"Shisui!"

Itachi tried to grab Shisui, but it was already too late.

"Don't stop me... Itachi... If you are my friend, then... I entrust Chuan Yu to you..."

"Shisui!!!"

At the top of the cliff, with a full moon hanging in the sky, Itachi knelt on the ground, blood streaming from his eyes.

After a short, ragged breath, Itachi uncontrollably opened his eyes, the shuriken-like pattern filling the centers of his pupils.

Mangekyo Sharingan...

He suddenly opened his palm, and the Sharingan Shisui had left behind lay quietly in his hand.

The last remnants of warmth dissipated in an instant.

"This is the last thing Shisui entrusted to you. Let's go back..."

Taking the Mangekyo Sharingan from Itachi's palm, Chuan Yu felt too many suppressed emotions within his heart.

Two years ago, he had transmigrated into the world of Naruto, thinking he could dominate the entire ninja world.

But his pitiful background had limited his bright future.

Because his mother was Hyuga Natsu of the Hyuga clan, while his father was the former head of the Uchiha clan... Uchiha Kagami.

Noble blood was the only proof of his identity, and the arrogant Hyuga clan had been furious upon discovering this.

In their eyes, Uchiha was synonymous with evil, and this affair was a stain upon the family.

At that time in Konoha, the Hyuga clan was at the height of their influence, having made significant contributions to the village. Pressured by circumstances, Uchiha Kagami had never found the courage to face Chuan Yu's mother.

Naturally, the Hyuga clan refused to acknowledge the relationship between Uchiha Kagami and Hyuga Natsu.

However, Hyuga Natsu was already pregnant at the time. Through her desperate pleas, she ultimately managed to save Chuan Yu, but she passed away from complications during childbirth on the day he was born...

Left without support, Chuan Yu endured the cold glares and indifference of everyone in the Hyuga clan, and the only companion he had to rely on was a stray puppy he had picked up.

Once, the children of the Hyuga clan bullied Chuan Yu together. When they pierced the puppy's body with a kunai, Chuan Yu felt immense grief, and his left eye suddenly bled uncontrollably, thus awakening the single-tomoe Sharingan.

The children who had been bullying them were terrified, all scurrying off in tears to find their families.

The way everyone in the Hyuga clan looked at Chuan Yu again at that moment left an even deeper impression on him.

Indifference, suspicion, fear, and disgust.

Because he had only awakened the Sharingan in his left eye, he had become a complete freak in the eyes of the Hyuga clan.

He was never fed enough, and he was bullied every single day; eventually, word of this reached Uchiha Kagami's ears.

Feeling immense guilt toward the mother and son, Uchiha Kagami sent Shisui to the Hyuga clan to bestow a clan name upon Chuan Yu.

After all, Hyuga Natsu had already left, and Chuan Yu was his own flesh and blood. The reason he bestowed the name was that although Chuan Yu had been living in the Hyuga clan, they did not acknowledge him as one of their own.

When Uchiha Kagami gave Chuan Yu his clan name, it proved that he hoped to bring Chuan Yu back to the Uchiha one day.

However, the two clans were at odds, and as long as Uchiha Kagami was alive, he could not bring Chuan Yu back.

During their first meeting, Chuan Yu and Shisui made a pact that one day, Shisui would come to bring him home personally.

Though they were half-brothers, Shisui treated Chuan Yu like his own younger brother.

This brought a sudden ray of warm sunlight into the cold abyss of Chuan Yu's life.

"Shisui..."

"You must protect Yu'er well..."

"After I die... the Hyuga clan will let this matter drop... and Yu'er will finally be able to come home..."

Lying on his bed, tears slid from the corners of Uchiha Kagami's eyes. With cracked lips, he struggled to speak his final words before passing away, having already handed the position of clan head to Uchiha Fugaku.

It was also at this moment, overcome with grief over his father's passing, that Uchiha Shisui awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Carrying his father's final wish, Shisui felt a mix of sorrow and joy; his younger brother could finally come home, which was a tremendous blessing.

Yet, it was precisely at this time that the newly inaugurated Uchiha Fugaku discovered a massive problem within the Uchiha clan.

Having been suppressed by the Konoha high command for so long, the Uchiha clan was drifting further and further away from the center of power.

Uchiha Kagami had been able to keep the clansmen in check while he was alive, but now that he was dead, the clansmen were restless, eager to seize control of Konoha.

Uchiha Fugaku wore a troubled expression. Eventually, he sought out Shisui, hoping that as Uchiha Kagami's son, Shisui could step forward to dissuade everyone from their plans.

However, walls have ears, and news of the planned coup eventually reached the ears of Konoha's high command.

Consequently, Shimura Danzo of Konoha's Root had new ideas during the meeting.

He proposed stripping the Uchiha of their power entirely and demanded that they be kept under permanent surveillance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, did not give an answer during that first meeting, but he secretly agreed with Danzo's approach.

At this time, Uchiha Shisui was in the midst of trying to stop the clan's coup. Upon learning that Konoha was about to take action against the Uchiha, he took the initiative to find the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Shisui proposed that he could arrange for the current Uchiha clan head, Fugaku, to participate in negotiations.

Upon hearing this from Shisui, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately abandoned the notions Danzo had previously proposed.

After all, the Uchiha were part of Konoha; if everything were truly stripped from them, civil war would be inevitable.

Thus, during the first negotiation meeting, although Fugaku stated that there would be no coup, Danzo refused to believe it, insisting on his plan to strip the Uchiha of their power.

Seeing this, both sides reached a stalemate, and the meeting ended there.

Shisui revealed that he possessed the ability to change the Uchiha's mind about the coup.

Kotoamatsukami.

This immediately stirred greed in Danzo.

Under pressure from Konoha, and because the negotiations had failed, Konoha began to tighten the screws.

Fugaku eventually compromised with the clansmen's wishes and began to initiate the coup.

With things having reached this point, Shisui had no choice but to decide to use Kotoamatsukami to reverse the clansmen's desire for a coup.

Shisui decided that once this matter was over, he would bring Chuan Yu back to the Uchiha and protect him well from then on.

Danzo suddenly sent men to summon Shisui to see him.

As a subordinate, Shisui did not overthink it and went without any precautions.

Only after he arrived did he realize that Danzo had set an ambush, intending to seize his Sharingan.

"To use your Kotoamatsukami to change the minds of the Uchiha clansmen—such a waste is truly a pity..."

Shisui fought desperately, and Danzo even fell before him.

But just as he was about to leave, Danzo suddenly appeared behind him and struck with a swift, lethal blow.

His right eye was ripped away directly by Danzo.

Izanagi...

So, the clansmen who had suddenly disappeared during this period had all been victims of Danzo's foul play.

Between the toxic gas and the reinforcements suddenly appearing from all sides, Shisui scrambled to escape.

Thinking of Chuan Yu, a boundless sorrow welled up deep within Shisui's heart.

"Chuan Yu... my little brother... I am sorry..."

The rain continued to fall.

Itachi took Chuan Yu's hand and walked aimlessly toward the road home.

Lightning flashed across the sky, and Chuan Yu suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"I will kill Danzō with my own hands."

With a cold voice and sinister eyes, the moment the seed of hatred was buried in his heart, Chuan Yu resolved to change the entire order of Konoha.

[Ding! Boruto-is-Burning will detected!]

[Ding! Naruto automatic sign-in system activated!]

[Ding! Because the host's words were so stirring, the Sharingan has been inspired! Successfully evolved into a two-tomoe Sharingan!]

[Ding! First sign-in reward: five-element chakra!]

[Ding! Automatic five-element chakra purification and cultivation activated! The host's Sharingan has received the Boruto-is-Burning buff; automatic cultivation and leveling enabled!]