Internal and External Troubles

(Brain storage area)

(Increase specified body part by 10cm)

Year 56 of the Konoha era.

On the outskirts of Konoha Village, outside the Uchiha clan compound.

"Another piece of Root trash!" Uchiha Yan crushed the throat of the Root elite before him, his expression impassive.

An option box, visible only to him, appeared before his eyes.

Host has killed one Root elite. Please select a reward.

1: One-tenth of this Anbu's chakra (approx. 0.05 units)

2: Basic Root kenjutsu

3: Earth Release chakra fragment (3/10 progress)

Seeing the meager, mosquito-leg-sized rewards, Uchiha Yan curled his lip and selected option 3: Earth Release chakra fragment.

He opened his personal status panel once more.

Uchiha Yan: Male

Chakra level: 4 units

A year ago, just after coming of age, Uchiha Yan had awakened his memories; he was a transmigrator.

Once he checked the current date, he felt like cursing the heavens.

The Fourth Hokage had died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion a few years prior, and the Uchiha were being viewed with suspicion by Konoha's upper echelons.

Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui had already joined the Anbu, their minds brainwashed by the Third Hokage.

Within the Uchiha, internal strife and external threats abounded, with the hawks and doves at each other's throats.

Yet their clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, remained indecisive during this critical time.

As for the Uchiha Yan before the memory awakening, the kid had been a genius cultivated by the hawks through and through.

At seven, he learned the [Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique] after a single glance; at nine, he awakened the single-tomoe Sharingan; at twelve, he mastered the Scorch Release kekkei genkai; and at fourteen, he became a wielder of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

In his daily life, he would shout about the glory of the Uchiha, and when dealing with the unruly commoners of Konoha, he was known for using his baton dipped in iodine—disinfecting them as he beat them. He was arguably the harshest "father" to Konoha's troublemakers.

Thus, the mark of the hawk on Uchiha Yan was already impossible to wash away.

Consequently, after awakening the memories of his past life, Uchiha Yan did not choose to cut ties with the hawks; instead, he became even more firm in his stance.

After all, Uchiha Yan knew clearly that with his strength, if he decided to cut ties with the hawks on the first day, he would inexplicably receive an external mission on the second, and by the third, he would be a nameless male corpse with empty eye sockets and a ruined face.

The file would simply state, without a single change, that Uchiha Yan had gone missing during a mission and was presumed dead.

As for his Sharingan, it would eventually appear on the arm of that old dog, Danzo.

Of course, Uchiha Yan felt that given the temperament of the hawks, they might not even need Danzo to do the job.

They would purge their own ranks themselves.

Fortunately, however, Uchiha Yan had also awakened a system at the same time.

He still remembered the system's words upon awakening.

"Ding, host's intelligence detected. Killing System awakened. Rewards can be obtained by killing ninjas, samurai, or summoning beasts."

So, he hadn't even been "intelligent" before this, had he?

Uchiha Yan shook his head, pulling himself out of his memories.

He skillfully pulled out a bottle of Corpse-Dissolving Powder and sprinkled it over the body of the Root elite.

As the powder touched the corpse, it began to hiss and emit white smoke.

When the smoke cleared, only something resembling ash remained.

Uchiha Yan took a shovel from his ninja tool pouch and muttered to himself, "Don't let it go to waste. Let's make the Uchiha compound a little more fertile."

After disposing of the body, Uchiha Yan planted a flower, clapped his hands, and walked away with the shovel over his shoulder.

By the time he turned around, the area behind him had become a small garden.

On the way home, a familiar voice rang out, "Yan? Why are you here? Carrying a shovel—did you just go to the garden to plant new flowers?"

Uchiha Yan stopped and looked in the direction of the voice.

The young girl before him, with her smooth, long black hair, tilted her head and looked at him with a sweet, bright smile.

A smile appeared on Uchiha Yan's face as well. He replied, "Oh, it's Izumi. I picked up a new potted flower at the flower shop in the mountains a while ago and just planted it in my garden."

The person who had taken the initiative to greet Uchiha Yan was none other than Uchiha Izumi.

With the addition of Uchiha Yan, a slight butterfly effect seemed to have occurred.

In the original story, Uchiha Izumi, who revolved around Uchiha Itachi, had become his childhood sweetheart instead.

At this moment, Uchiha Izumi stepped closer to him, and the girl's unique fragrance drifted into Uchiha Yan's nostrils.

Uchiha Izumi said, "Wait for me, let's go to the Military Police Force together."

Uchiha Yan gladly accepted her invitation, saying, "No problem, just wait for me to go back and change my clothes."

"Mm." Izumi nodded and naturally followed behind him.

Returning home, Uchiha Yan donned his gear and turned to leave.

Izumi followed behind him with her hands clasped behind her back.

His parents had both died in the war long ago, leaving him all alone.

Afterward, he had been supported by Izumi's family until he was able to complete missions independently.

However, looking at the current situation, it seemed this kid Uchiha Yan was taking more than just meals.

Izumi's crisp voice rang in his ears, "Yan, would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight? My parents have been talking about you for a long time."

Uchiha Yan gladly accepted Izumi's invitation, "No problem, I'll go back with you tonight."

Chatting along the way, the two arrived at the headquarters of the Konoha Military Police Force to begin their patrol for the day.

As they walked through the streets of Konoha, those unruly villagers who usually loved to bully others shrank their necks and played the coward the moment they saw Uchiha Yan.

The reason was simple: if they dared to talk back to Uchiha Yan, he would actually beat them.

And it was the kind of beating where he'd dip his baton in iodine, disinfecting them as he struck.

Under Uchiha Yan's amiable "education," those unruly Konoha villagers had become much more docile.

Just then, an argument erupted at a mask shop in front of them.