Casually Talking About the Setting (Doesn't Count Toward the Update Word Count) (Can Be Skipped)

From here on, the original story would gradually begin to change.

If there were any other abilities you wanted these protagonists to gain, feel free to mention them here. I could make some long-term plans, and maybe they would come true.

As a Naruto fan, I had been seriously working through the timeline, hoping to give you all a good reading experience.

The next arc would be the Kazekage Rescue Arc, followed by two storylines advancing in parallel: the Akatsuki intelligence investigation intertwined with the Battle at Tenchi Bridge.

Since my protagonist was an original character without any cheat system, raising his limits was extremely difficult. After all, I did not want everyone to see a character who went around stealing the spotlight from the original protagonists. So when it came to choosing his power-ups, I needed to be especially strict with my own review and setting design.

If there were any abilities you particularly wanted me to add, you could tell me in this chapter. I would put them into my notes beforehand, then see when I might have the chance to write in that enhancement.

Overall, I was still a new writer, still accumulating experience. I hoped to bring you all a good experience.

As for Yunju's identity as a Senju clansman, I also wanted to give some background on it here:

He was a Senju clansman Orochimaru had raised since childhood as a spare vessel. After Yunju discovered that Orochimaru had such thoughts and plans, he did not dare gamble on Orochimaru's intentions or decisions. He was single-mindedly determined to escape.

Yunju successfully escaped. Orochimaru, on the other hand, was furious. But Orochimaru had obtained Sasuke Uchiha, and his Living Corpse Reincarnation still had a three-year cooldown. During that time, the limitations of his body did not allow him to make any major moves.

That gave my protagonist a long period of special training, until he had the ability not to be beaten to death the next time he faced Orochimaru. Then, over more than two years in Konoha, he could gradually meet powerful people and strengthen their bonds.

As for the backup plan Orochimaru had left behind, that was entirely my own creation. In order to preserve Orochimaru's vicious yet cautious personality from the original work, it would have been impossible for him not to leave some kind of backup measure on Yunju. So I created an ability: Orochimaru's Snake Seed, something similar to a mark that could sense the other person's chakra condition and whether they were alive.

Did it seem unreasonable that Yunju had nothing from Orochimaru on him? My answer was that Yunju had been too young when he was taken in and might not have survived. Also, when Yunju was taken in, Orochimaru was still modifying his Cursed Seal. He could not, and did not dare, implant a risky Cursed Seal into Yunju.

This part came from the fact that the Sound Four, excluding Kimimaro, were all failed experiments. If only Sasuke Uchiha had succeeded, then all the previous ones had been failures. With such enormous risks, Orochimaru could not gamble with the only Senju clansman.

The only thing he could do was place a Snake Seed on Yunju as a safeguard, allowing him to confirm Yunju's life condition and whether he was still alive at any time.

This was also an obvious plot thread I had laid out. Before long, after he had grown stronger, he would face Orochimaru again. I would not spoil what came next, or you would not keep reading.

What I could promise was that I would fulfill dreams as much as possible. Asuma Sarutobi and Jiraiya's deaths, Deidara's self-destruction, Neji cosplaying a hedgehog, Itachi Uchiha's death—every single one of these, I wanted to make up for them.

So please, dear readers, do not dislike it. Let us slowly watch this story unfold.