Let's Change Leaf Together

As a transmigrator, Gray had spent a long time contemplating the act of killing.

When he finally killed those two Cloud Hidden ninja, he found that his heart remained surprisingly calm.

This was a world where human life was as cheap as blades of grass.

If you were merciful when facing an enemy, they would cut off your head without a moment's hesitation, teaching you the true meaning of cruelty. To survive in this world, killing was the most fundamental tool.

A figure flickered, swift as the wind. Gray's Two-Tomoe Sharingan could track the opponent's movements, but their speed was startling—it was every bit as fast as his own, even with Shisui's Body Flicker Technique.

Gray's heart sank.

A ninja with such blinding speed could never be weak.

Moreover, the massive reserves of chakra within the opponent gave him a sense of genuine dread!

"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"

A bolt of lightning erupted from the opponent's hand, shooting toward Gray. Even as Gray employed his Body Flicker Technique, the lightning instantly transformed into a web, striking every single one of his afterimages!

The sole weakness of Shisui's Body Flicker Technique was that it could not withstand simultaneous attacks.

Otherwise, the ninjutsu would be dispelled!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"

Gray's eyes narrowed. Although he hadn't sustained any major injuries, his heart felt heavy. Who could it be, possessing such keen observation skills to identify the weakness of his technique at a single glance?

He observed closely, but the figure was shrouded in night-ops gear, making it impossible to discern their face. Was it a Cloud Hidden ninja?

The Lightning Style: False Darkness technique was undoubtedly a Cloud Hidden jutsu.

Yet, in the original story, Gray didn't recall such a powerful ninja existing.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

In this life-or-death moment, he held nothing back. A massive fireball, ten meters in diameter, roared with rolling heat as it surged toward his opponent. With the bonus from the Blue Buff, he only needed three hand seals to cast it!

The speed of the execution was lightning-fast; even an average Jonin would have been unable to dodge it.

Gray's eyes flickered. The opponent's taijutsu and movement style felt strangely familiar!

But in the next instant, the world spun. A wave of dizziness washed over Gray's mind—it was a genjutsu! He controlled the chakra within his body, forcing a violent, surging burst of energy to break free.

However, Gray's expression slowly turned to one of astonishment.

It wasn't because he had broken the genjutsu and caused the opponent's technique to fail; he realized that the moment his mind felt the world spinning, the opponent had voluntarily ended the genjutsu.

"How is this possible!"

In other words, Gray hadn't even realized the genjutsu was being cast from the very beginning. He only regained his senses after the opponent chose to stop it.

If the person before him had wanted to kill him, he would have died countless times over by now.

A chill ran down Gray's spine. He looked at the figure before him—a short-haired man with a gentle smile, a bulbous nose, and a short sword strapped to his back. Gritting his teeth, he hissed, "Shisui, you bastard, how dare you toy with me! I knew it—in the entire ninja world, no one but you could possess such powerful genjutsu."

"And to see through the weakness of my Body Flicker Technique at a single glance!"

Gray finally understood.

It wasn't that the weakness of his technique had been spotted at a glance.

As the inventor of the technique, Shisui naturally knew its flaws better than anyone!

Uchiha Shisui, the number one genjutsu user in the ninja world, rubbed his nose in embarrassment. "Hehe, gomen, gomen. Gray, you're the one who's been lying to me. Someone like you, who has had such a high understanding of ninjutsu since childhood—how could you ever be a dead-last?"

"As I thought, you've been hiding it from me all along. You're already so powerful that you've even mastered my Body Flicker Technique."

"And you have the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, too. If I hadn't used genjutsu, I might not even be your match."

"Genjutsu is part of one's strength, too. Don't go easy on me; I know your talent for genjutsu is peerless. Right now, there isn't a soul in the entire Leaf who can cast it more sharply than you." Gray rolled his eyes, deeply dissatisfied with Shisui's behavior.

When Gray was younger, he had performed many inexplicable feats due to his system check-ins.

Shisui had first taken notice of him after Gray completed a check-in task inside Shisui's own home.

During that encounter, Gray had casually made a few comments about his understanding of ninjutsu, which had piqued Shisui's immense interest. What Gray hadn't expected was that Shisui would be so patient, convinced all along that Gray was hiding his true potential.

"You haven't just been following me for a day or two, have you?" Gray didn't answer Shisui's question. In truth, his surge in strength had only happened over the last two days. It was better to leave it unexplained and let Shisui fill in the blanks himself.

Regardless, I am a genius, damn it.

Geniuses don't need to explain themselves!

"Just once or twice, maybe." Shisui flashed a sunny, youthful smile, his eyes crinkling with a friendly, approachable air.

"Impossible. Shisui, knowing your personality, if you say once or twice, it definitely means you've been sneaking around after me ten or twenty times. You've been stalking me!"

Gray was furious, but that anger quickly turned to helplessness. This was the crushing weight of a gap in strength.

Shisui was thirteen now. Half a year ago, when Shisui was on a mission, his best friend had died. This meant there was a high probability that Shisui had already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

That was the only reason he could hypnotize Gray so effortlessly.

Otherwise, even with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Gray would have sensed the attempt.

"Hehe, gomen, gomen. But Gray, as a genius, why would you hide your strength?" Uchiha Shisui's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun, glowing with an eerie light, though a trace of loneliness and confusion flickered in the depths of his eyes.

"If you showed your true talent, Gray, you would surely gain the recognition of more clansmen and comrades, and you could accomplish so many more meaningful things."

Gray narrowed his eyes; he understood Shisui's current state all too well.

His best friend had just died, and the conflict between the Uchiha clan and the Leaf was intensifying by the day.

Both the Leaf and the Uchiha placed their full trust in Shisui, leaving him, as a double agent, utterly lost. Unlike Uchiha Itachi, he was not an extremist; what he wanted was to preserve both the Uchiha clan and the Leaf.

To harm neither side.

But Gray had no desire to get involved. He currently lacked the strength to even protect himself, and until he possessed that power, he didn't believe he could help Shisui with anything. Therefore, he spoke coldly and without hesitation: "I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no interest in becoming some so-called genius."

"I have no desire to gain anyone's approval, nor do I have any interest in anything in this world. I don't want to participate!"

By pushing Uchiha Shisui away, Gray intended to distance himself from the Uchiha clan's rebellion.

Shisui stared in a daze, looking at Gray's icy expression, yet a faint trace of pity appeared in the depths of his eyes.

"So, this is what you truly think?"

So that's it. It really is like that. Gray's parents had died on the battlefield long ago, so he had already lost all faith in both the Uchiha clan and the Leaf, and thus held no expectations for either.

But in reality, Gray was still longing for care, wasn't he?

Watching the look of understanding and concern on Shisui's face, Gray suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

Shisui, you bleeding heart... you haven't... you haven't misunderstood, have you?

Thinking back to his own background, Gray wore an expression of pure constipation. No, I have to make this crystal clear. I absolutely cannot get mixed up with Shisui. I'll end up being noticed by that old pervert Danzo!

"Don't worry, Gray. I will protect you well; I won't let you suffer even the slightest harm. And in return, please, join me. Let us change the Uchiha, and change the Leaf together!"