The Death of Uchiha Michiko

As Uchiha Yato hurried toward the Uchiha Shrine, he felt both speechless and bitter. A perfectly good transmigrator, yet all he could say about life here was that it was fairly comfortable—leisurely, even.

That was right. Uchiha Yato was one of the many transmigrators. Unlike those who had their souls transported, he had been born and raised here, living in this world for over a decade.

Thinking of that, Uchiha Yato sighed to himself.

If I'd known it would be like this, I should've read Naruto until the book fell apart.

Aside from a few particularly important points, Uchiha Yato did not know much about Naruto. Fortunately, he knew all the key events he needed to know.

At first, he had tried to change Konoha Village's view of the Uchiha through his own methods, but for some reason, nothing could be changed.

So Uchiha Yato set his sights on Tsunade, the Princess of Konoha, whom he had met before and who was eleven years older than him.

While Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, was still alive, he proposed a marriage alliance to the Uchiha clan head and elders.

His plan was simple: find a highly respected Uchiha to marry Tsunade Senju. That would be the equivalent of the two clans shaking hands and making peace.

But Uchiha Kei had married too early, making him unsuitable, while the other elders were either the wrong age or had other hidden ailments.

It disgusted Uchiha Yato to no end.

"Such a huge clan, and there isn't a single suitable person?"

Later, Uchiha Yato changed his approach.

His cousin-in-law was Uchiha Kagami, and Kagami was a member of the Second Hokage's personal guard.

So, taking advantage of his young age, Uchiha Yato tried every possible way to get Tobirama Senju to take a stroll through the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Of course, all those efforts had to be carried out through Uchiha Kagami. After all, Yato was too young and lacked the standing to do it himself.

Then Uchiha Yato jumped out from the side and declared that Uchiha Kagami wished to marry Princess Tsunade.

That one sentence instantly left both the Second Hokage and Uchiha Kagami speechless.

The Second Hokage had only said, "This child needs to be educated early."

Then he left the Uchiha Clan Grounds. From then on, he was never seen there again.

When Uchiha Kagami's wife later learned of this, she did not indulge Uchiha Yato in the slightest and gave him a proper lesson.

If Uchiha Kagami and his wife had not both been relatively mild-tempered people—

Then that very night, Yato's backside would have been split into at least eight pieces, and he would have been hung up for the beating.

Later, the Second Hokage died in battle, and Uchiha Yato came up with another brilliant plan. (I have a plan.jpg)

He would still start with the Senju family. Mito Uzumaki was Tsunade's grandmother; as long as he could persuade the old lady, success was guaranteed.

Getting into the Senju Clan Grounds to see Mito Uzumaki did not require much trouble.

During the early days of the Third Hokage's reign, Mito Uzumaki had helped him exercise the Hokage's authority, so the Third Hokage greatly respected Lady Mito Uzumaki.

When Uchiha Yato found Mito Uzumaki, he exchanged a few pleasantries before getting straight to the point.

But she paid him no attention at all. Mito Uzumaki said, "If you want a marriage alliance between clans, your clan head should be the one coming to see me, not a brat like you."

"Or are you the one who has taken a liking to our Tsunade?!"

Mito Uzumaki had no desire to force Tsunade in matters of love, and since a foolish boy had come to entertain her today, she decided to have some fun.

Then Uchiha Yato said, "That's impossible. Leaving aside the age gap between Lady Tsunade and me, with her habit of losing every bet and all those bad habits, whoever marries her will be the unlucky one."

Being a straight-laced man of steel, Uchiha Yato said it outright, leaving even the usually good-tempered First Hokage's wife somewhat unable to save face.

As it happened, Tsunade had just returned from outside and heard Uchiha Yato's remarks.

On the spot, she smashed six houses in the Senju Clan Grounds, sixteen houses in the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and an entire street.

In the end, Uchiha Kagami brought Uchiha Yato with him to apologize to Tsunade, and only then was the matter settled.

Uchiha Yato had originally wanted to try his luck with Nawaki, but before he could even make a move, Nawaki was already gone.

Whenever he thought of those things, Uchiha Yato could not help sighing. "My whole life has been like walking on thin ice. Can I still reach the other shore?"

That one line was picked up by all those little Uchiha show-offs, and they started calling him "Brother Thin Ice" all day long.

As a result, one Uchiha parent after another went to argue with the clan head, demanding that Uchiha Yato be punished.

So Uchiha Yato ran straight to the Third Hokage.

He said his clansmen were bullying him and demanded that the Third Hokage stand up for him and clear his name.

The Third Hokage had originally wanted to leave him hanging and let him back down on his own. This was an Uchiha family matter, and as Hokage, he could not casually interfere.

After hiding at home for two days without receiving the Third Hokage's help, the guy ran straight to the civilian ninja district and loudly spread the story everywhere.

Thus, a historic ending was achieved: both the Hokage and the Uchiha Clan were wounded.

As Uchiha Yato traveled, he recalled his past and felt truly pitiful.

Why could no one understand his painstaking efforts? His intentions and everything he had done had been good, so why could no one understand him?

Fortunately, as a transmigrator, Uchiha Yato naturally had his own system cheat.

The system was called <Become Stronger as Long as Someone Feels Strong Emotions Toward the Host>.

The name was utterly terrible, but its functions were useful.

First, whenever someone developed strong emotions toward Uchiha Yato, he could gain a certain amount of emotion points. Those points could be exchanged for many things.

For example: ninjutsu, talents, strengthening his bloodline, and certain items that did not exist in this world.

[Name: Uchiha Yato]

[Gender: Male]

[Age: 15]

[Items: Fast-Acting Heart Pills, a Camcorder That Never Runs Out of Battery, a Taunting Screaming Chicken...]

[Talent: Ninjutsu Professor (can quickly learn and master ninjutsu)]

[Chakra: His chakra is 20 times that of an ordinary person]

(Note: The "ordinary person" here refers to the chakra measurement unit, Kakashi.)

[Bloodline: Sharingan, Wood Release (unawakened)]

That was right. Uchiha Yato had Senju blood.

His father had been a member of the Senju Clan, but he had married into the Uchiha Clan in order to be with Yato's mother.

Before he realized it, he had reached the entrance to the shrine. At that moment, a group of Uchiha jonin sat inside.

Seeing Uchiha Yato at the door, Uchiha Kei said, "Since everyone is here, today's clan meeting will officially begin."

Uchiha Yato immediately asked, "Clan Head, what matter requires a clan meeting to resolve?"

"I just finished a mission. Look at all this blood on me. Shouldn't I go back and change first?"

Uchiha Yato had originally wanted to lighten the mood, but no one reacted. His expression gradually sobered as he realized the matter was serious.

Uchiha Kei said, "Uchiha Michiko is dead."

At that moment, it was as though the entire shrine had been muted. Every sound came to an abrupt halt. The shrine had already been unusually quiet, but after those words fell, those nearby could even clearly hear one another breathing.

Uchiha Yato's mind went completely blank, and he was utterly unable to think. The last relative who had stayed by his side and cared for him after his parents passed away had just left this world.

The usually restless Uchiha Yato questioned them in the second calm, steady voice he had used in fifteen years. "How did she die?!"

"Was it an accident, or did someone in the village make a move in the shadows?!"

As he spoke, even Uchiha Yato himself failed to notice that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan had begun to slowly spin.

The elder beside him said, "We don't know. She was killed by explosive tags."

"By the time we got there, her Sharingan were already gone!"

As he spoke, the elder's Sharingan emerged as well, and his hands clenched tightly into fists.

Uchiha Michiko was the elder's daughter and Uchiha Kagami's wife.

She was also Uchiha Yato's cousin-in-law.

They had to tell Uchiha Yato about something like this. Otherwise, with his temperament—

He would tear through all of Konoha before giving up. But that was precisely the problem. No one knew whether Uchiha Michiko's death had been the work of enemy nations or Konoha itself.

Ever since Uchiha Kagami's death, this aunt had raised him as if he were her own younger brother.

It could be said that without Uchiha Kagami and his wife, there would be no Uchiha Yato today.

Knowing all this, Uchiha Yato emptied his mind and recalled the time Uchiha Kagami had died.

Back then, he did not even know how he had gotten home. His head felt as though it were splitting apart, and then an electronic voice appeared in his mind.

"Ding~"

"Host detected. The host's emotions are now approaching the brink of losing control."

"Ding~"

"Host's emotions have been detected as out of control. The threshold for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan has been reached. Would you like to convert the remaining emotion points into energy to complete the awakening?"

"Ding~"

"Host has been detected as unconscious. Beginning Mangekyo awakening by default."

At this very moment, a single sentence kept repeating in Uchiha Yato's mind.

"So what is it that you desire most!!!"

"If..."

"If... time... could just slow down a little! Why?! This is reality!!!"