Uchiha Shaoyu

(This book ages Shisui up by a few years.)

"Nii-san, Nii-san, are you okay?"

Zheng Shaoyu rubbed his throbbing head, listening to the noisy surroundings while wondering what had happened.

He had just been... on his way back from tutoring... when he was hit by a truck?

I thought it was a speed bump.

Blind spot.

It's not easy for me either.

Go talk to the insurance company.

We are all living as hard as we can.

"So, I... transmigrated?"

Zheng Shaoyu looked at the child still crying around him and roughly understood the situation.

As a man who had read countless novels, Zheng Yu was very familiar with this scenario.

He asked the child to leave first so he could calm down.

Slowly, the memories of the original owner began to surface.

"This is... the world of Naruto?"

In his memories, the original owner was named Uchiha Shaoyu. He was eighteen years old this year, an elite jonin of the Uchiha clan, and a wielder of the three-tomoe Sharingan.

Among Uchiha ninjas of the same age, even the current clan head's son, Uchiha Fugaku, was no match for him.

Although their branch of the family had declined, they possessed a long history within the Uchiha clan. Now that a genius like Uchiha Shaoyu had emerged, it was a sign of a potential resurgence.

The most famous figure from his lineage was Uchiha Kagami, who had once served as a guard to the Second Hokage.

That was right; Uchiha Kagami was Uchiha Shaoyu's grandfather. This meant that the genius youth from the original work, Uchiha Shisui, was Uchiha Shaoyu's younger brother.

The boy crying beside Uchiha Shaoyu just now was the future wielder of the god-tier skill Kotoamatsukami, Uchiha Shisui.

As a descendant of Uchiha Kagami, he had been close friends with Uchiha Itachi since childhood.

He had inherited the "Will of Fire" passed down from the First Hokage and Uchiha Kagami, transcending narrow-minded clan-centrism.

However, he probably didn't know Itachi yet.

He excelled in genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique, possessing even greater talent for ocular techniques than Itachi, earning him the titles of "The Strongest Genjutsu Ninja" and "Shisui of the Body Flicker."

His Mangekyo Sharingan was incredibly heaven-defying, possessing the ultimate genjutsu "Kotoamatsukami," which could alter the target's will without them noticing, and he could manifest a Susanoo with just one eye.

However...

It was currently the 38th year of Konoha.

The Second Shinobi World War was underway.

The war had not been going on for long, and the major events in his memory had yet to occur. The Sannin had not yet faced Hanzo of the Salamander, and the Third Raikage had not yet fallen in battle...

At this time, Shisui was still quite young, around six or seven years old—a cute little boy.

As for what major events had happened recently...

Did the fact that Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, had killed the Suna village shadow-advisor—Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law—count?

Those were Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law. Chiyo's influence in Sunagakure was no less than Danzo's in Konoha. After this incident, Sunagakure and Konoha could be considered mortal enemies.

But speaking of Danzo, another wave of memories flooded Uchiha Shaoyu's brain.

The reason this body had died, allowing Zheng Shaoyu to take over, was entirely Danzo's fault.

The title "King of Scapegoats" of Konoha was well-deserved.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Uchiha Shaoyu, as an elite jonin of the Uchiha clan, certainly couldn't stay out of it. Uchiha ninjas were almost all "hexagonal warriors" whose contributions on the battlefield were enormous.

Coupled with the boost from the Sharingan, Uchiha Shaoyu was significantly stronger than other elite jonin, and Konoha would never let such a powerful combat asset go to waste.

Thus, Uchiha Shaoyu was sent to the battlefield.

Logically, with Uchiha Shaoyu's strength, even if he couldn't win on such a battlefield, escaping should have been easy.

But the problem lay with Danzo.

For some reason, that old bastard Danzo had dispatched Uchiha Shaoyu and three other Uchiha jonin to surround and kill one person.

The One-Tail Jinchuriki, Bunpuku.

Bunpuku was an old monk from Sunagakure who had been implanted with the One-Tail, Shukaku, while he was still a child during the era of the Second Kazekage.

He had spent his entire life in confinement, his real name forgotten by others, who referred to him only by the name of the tailed beast within him, "Shukaku."

Bunpuku was the first Jinchuriki to earn Shukaku's approval, and his character was similar to the Sage of the Six Paths.

After spending so long with Shukaku, he became a perfect Jinchuriki, able to use the power of the One-Tail at will, though he himself had no desire to use it. He later spent a long time in prison until he died of old age.

But sending Uchiha Shaoyu to deal with an opponent of this level was essentially sending him to his death.

Although Bunpuku looked frail, as a nearly perfect Jinchuriki, he was undoubtedly a Kage-level powerhouse. While the original owner was strong—with elite jonin level stats and the three-tomoe Sharingan, he was invincible below the Kage level—he stood no chance against a perfect Jinchuriki immune to genjutsu.

But the original owner was also a complete idiot.

Originally, this matter was about to be dropped. Although the current head of the Uchiha clan was a conservative, he wasn't as cowardly as Uchiha Fugaku would later be.

Faced with Danzo's impossible mission, he had simply refused.

Unexpectedly, that old dog Danzo saw that the original owner and the three Uchiha jonin were relatively young and used a taunt, saying that the glorious Uchiha clan was actually afraid of a dying old monk.

After hearing this, the original owner and the three Uchiha brothers couldn't hold back.

Damn it, he actually looks down on our Uchiha clan!

Ignoring the opposition of the clan head, Uchiha Tiandao, he took the three brothers and went to assassinate Bunpuku.

Given the Uchiha clan's brains, this was hardly surprising.

The result was as one might expect. Although Bunpuku wasn't a mass murderer, when someone attacked him, how could he not fight back?

Consequently, of the four-man team, only Uchiha Shaoyu survived.

Seeing this in his memories, Uchiha Shaoyu rubbed his head helplessly.

He hadn't expected there to be such an idiot in this world as the original owner.

But to be honest, the original owner's strength was still very impressive.

As an elite jonin of the Uchiha clan, his ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu were all at the peak of the level below Kage, vaguely touching the threshold of Kage-level. Coupled with the three-tomoe Sharingan, he could even hold his own against an average Kage.

If Bunpuku hadn't been a perfect Jinchuriki, they might have actually succeeded.

Even so, Bunpuku had suffered non-trivial injuries and wouldn't be able to participate in the war against Konoha for some time.

However, even this had a downside.

For some unknown reason, ever since Uchiha Shaoyu returned severely injured, a rumor suddenly spread through the village.

It claimed that Uchiha Shaoyu had the power to kill the One-Tail Jinchuriki, but because he was a mole sent by Sunagakure to Konoha, he had deliberately let the Jinchuriki go.

Uchiha Shaoyu: Have the power to kill the One-Tail Jinchuriki? Me?

Even though he knew it was a rumor, Uchiha Shaoyu's current injuries made it impossible to explain. Furthermore, because he had ignored the clan head's advice and insisted on assassinating the Jinchuriki, the clan head looked down on him and didn't help him.

The original owner just like that, with physical wounds compounded by mental trauma, was so angry he just "GG'd."

This gave Zheng Shaoyu the opportunity to transmigrate.

But as for this rumor, Uchiha Shaoyu didn't need to guess who was behind it.

King of Scapegoats, you went to great lengths to help me transmigrate. Thanks a lot.

Uchiha Shaoyu decided that when he killed Danzo in the future, he would try to be quick about it, as a way of repaying Danzo for clearing his spot.