Desperate Situation on the Meat Grinder Battlefield, Awakening of the Senju Revival System

The Land of Rain, where unceasing rain washed over the land year-round.

On the muddy battlefield, corpses and severed limbs mingled with bloody water, forming a hellish scene.

Senju Sosuke leaned against a severed dead tree, a massive hole through his chest continuously pouring blood.

His life force was rapidly draining away beneath the rain.

He was a transmigrator.

He had come to this real and cruel world of Naruto sixteen years ago.

Unfortunately, he had become a member of the Senju Clan.

Even more unfortunately, he was on the meat grinder battlefield of the Second Shinobi World War.

The Senju Clan, once standing alongside the Uchiha clan at the pinnacle of the shinobi world, now had only him and his older sister Tsunade, far away in the Hidden Leaf, remaining.

Nearly all the men of the clan had been sent to the front lines by the higher-ups under various pretexts, used up as cannon fodder.

The squad he had been in was the final sacrifice.

To cover the main force's retreat, they had been ordered to hold this position to the death.

Now, the entire squad had been wiped out, leaving only him barely clinging to life.

Sosuke could clearly feel death's coldness devouring his consciousness.

"Was this... the end?"

He refused to accept it.

The glory of the Senju Clan and the First Hokage's achievements in founding the Hidden Leaf had all become fleeting clouds.

All that remained was the Hidden Leaf higher-ups' fear of "Wood Release," along with their ruthless purge of Senju bloodlines.

Danzo, the Third Hokage... their faces flashed through his mind.

They were the true murderers of the Senju Clan.

Just as Sosuke's consciousness was about to sink completely into darkness, a cold mechanical voice exploded in his mind.

[Host's vital signs detected at the brink of collapse. Activation conditions met.]

[Senju Revival System officially activated!]

[Beginner gift pack being distributed...]

[Congratulations, Host! Reward obtained: Beginner Sage Body! Chakra reserves greatly increased!]

[Congratulations, Host! Reward obtained: Wood Release: Beginner Secret Technique!]

Boom!

An indescribably vast life force, like a burst dam flooding the land, instantly surged through every part of Sosuke's body.

The fatal wound in his chest wriggled madly and healed at a visible rate.

His previously depleted chakra was like a dry riverbed suddenly filled by a vast ocean, instantly becoming abundant and surging.

Sosuke suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing within them.

He had survived.

Not only had he survived, but his body was now filled with unprecedented strength.

"The Senju Revival System..."

Sosuke murmured, immediately understanding the system's function.

As long as he took wives, had children, and expanded the clan, he could receive rewards.

In this desperate situation, the system was his only path to survival.

"Ha ha ha, look! There's still a Hidden Leaf ninja here who's not quite dead!"

A burst of arrogant laughter came from nearby.

In the distance, five shinobi wearing Rain ninja forehead protectors emerged from the curtain of rain, their faces bearing the teasing expressions of cats playing with mice.

The Rain ninja captain looked Sosuke over, his gaze falling on the faintly visible Senju crest on his tattered clothes.

"Oh? A remnant of the Senju Clan, too. How pathetic. The Senju of the Forest, once so mighty, have fallen to this state."

Another Rain ninja licked his lips, his eyes cruel.

"Captain, stop wasting words on him. Kill him so we can go back and collect the reward."

"No rush." The Rain ninja captain wagged a finger. "I want him to feel the deepest despair. Watch carefully, and see how the Hidden Leaf your Senju Clan protected abandons you like dogs."

Sosuke slowly rose to his feet and brushed the mud from his body.

There was not the slightest trace of fear on his pale face. Instead, a strange smile curled across his lips.

"You're right."

"The Senju Clan is indeed pathetic."

"But you won't have the chance to see what comes next."

The Rain ninja captain froze for a moment before throwing back his head in laughter.

"Still talking tough when death is at your doorstep! Get him! Chop him into meat paste!"

The five Rain ninja formed hand seals at once. Several sharp water blades tore through the air, sealing off every route Sosuke could use to dodge.

In their eyes, this heavily injured boy would be dismembered in the next second.

Yet Sosuke merely stood there quietly.

He did not even form hand seals.

He simply slowly raised his right hand.

A profound and vast aura of life suddenly erupted from his body.

"Wood Release: Cutting Technique!"

Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech!

The ground suddenly burst apart without warning.

Dozens of incomparably sharp wooden spikes, like demonic claws reaching out from hell, pierced upward from beneath the five Rain ninja with lightning speed.

"What..."

The Rain ninja captain's smile instantly froze. Looking down at the wooden spike piercing through his heart, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He wanted to speak, but blood only continued to spill from his mouth.

Thud.

Five corpses were held high in the air by the wooden spikes, all life extinguished.

The rain washed over their terrified, twisted faces.

[Ding! Successfully killed 5 hostile shinobi!]

[Reward: Chakra purity +5%, Wood Release proficiency increased!]

The system notification sounded again.

Feeling the purer chakra within his body, Sosuke's gaze turned cold.

So this was what power felt like.

This was Wood Release.

No complicated hand seals were needed. With a mere thought, he could kill without leaving a trace.

This was the foundation that had allowed the First Hokage to sweep across the shinobi world.

He withdrew the wooden spikes and let the five corpses crash into the muddy water.

Just as he prepared to leave this blood-soaked place, an extremely dangerous killing intent locked onto him from behind.

Sosuke's body stiffened as he slowly turned around.

Within the rain curtain, two figures silently appeared on treetops not far away.

They wore the standard uniforms of Hidden Leaf Anbu, yet their faces were covered by pure white masks without any animal patterns.

They were Danzo's Root!

They had not come to provide support.

They had come to silence him.

One of the Root shinobi spoke in a completely emotionless voice.

"Senju Sosuke, by Lord Danzo's order, your mission is over."

Cold killing intent pierced through the rain, stabbing straight to the bone.