Reborn as Naruto Uzumaki!

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Lin Xiao's fingers flew across the keyboard as his eyes remained fixed on the screen.

He was playing the Naruto mobile game through an emulator—damn LDPlayer!

Compared to rubbing away at a phone screen, he still preferred the feel of using a keyboard.

It was already the end of the month, and the Duel Arena rankings were about to settle.

This was the critical moment. This match was his Super Shadow promotion match, and two of Lin Xiao's character portraits had already been blacked out.

They were Madara Uchiha [Impure World Reincarnation: Release] and Obito [Fourth Great Ninja War].

The character he was controlling now was known as the ninja best at struggling—White Mask Obito!

White Mask was still cooking!

Two of his opponent's portraits had also been blacked out.

They were Hiruzen Sarutobi [Impure World Reincarnation] and Madara Uchiha [Impure World Reincarnation].

His opponent was way too pure. A tribute to the legendary ninja, teacher, the autumn of the Hidden Leaf, and giving it everything without worrying too much—the Realm of Absolute Purity!

His opponent's last remaining ninja was Kurotsuchi, a ninja famous for flying around without ever landing. You like my airborne Silver Spear Mutt?

"Damn it!" Lin Xiao gritted his teeth. He could feel his heartbeat accelerating, and his palms began to sweat.

Kurotsuchi on the screen launched another attack. A powerful Earth Release ninjutsu struck Lin Xiao's White Mask directly, followed by a Hallelujah Whirlwind that left Lin Xiao completely helpless.

Watching his opponent spam head-patting emojis, Lin Xiao shouted in anger as well.

That was just how people in our village were. Other than when they had no manners, they were actually very polite!

Seeing that he had no substitute charges left and could no longer use Substitution, Lin Xiao knew the outcome had been decided!

"No!" Lin Xiao roared furiously. Clenching both fists, he slammed them down onto the keyboard, then hurled it away with all his strength.

The keyboard instantly shattered into pieces, a tribute to the legendary streamer, Barking Yaoyang!

He felt powerless and defeated. Closing his eyes, he took deep breaths in an attempt to calm himself down.

Just then, he heard a strange sound coming from the computer screen before him, like the hum of machinery and the whisper of wind.

He opened his eyes and saw a strange light radiating from the screen. It grew brighter and brighter, eventually forming a vortex that emitted a powerful suction force.

Before Lin Xiao could react, that force sucked him into the computer.

His consciousness began to blur. His final memory was that vortex-like light and endless darkness.

When Lin Xiao opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on an unfamiliar bed in a room decorated in a Japanese style.

He sat up, feeling dizzy. His memories were still frozen at the moment he had been sucked into the computer, but he was clearly no longer in the modern world he knew.

He got to his feet and walked over to a mirror, where he saw a completely different person—a blond, blue-eyed boy whose face held determination and curiosity.

"This is..." Lin Xiao touched his face in shock, realizing that he had become someone else.

His name was Naruto Uzumaki, an orphan and the protagonist of Naruto.

Had he transmigrated into the world of Naruto?

And had he actually transmigrated into Naruto Uzumaki, the protagonist of Naruto?

He was currently in his teenage years.

Suddenly, a massive flood of memories poured into his mind, and the pain instantly made him pass out.

When he woke up, his memories had completely fused with Naruto's. At this very moment, he was Naruto Uzumaki!

Lin Xiao—or rather, Naruto Uzumaki—felt a surge of excitement.

He had fantasized countless times about transmigrating into the world of Naruto, but now it had become reality.

He decided to accept this new identity and begin his life as a ninja.

Once the excitement faded, hunger rose from his stomach.

That was right. He was hungry.

According to Naruto's original memories, he had barely any money left. And that hateful Third Hokage had not only withheld the inheritance Naruto, as the son of a hero, should have received.

He also gave him only a tiny welfare allowance every month, nowhere near enough for Naruto to grow up healthy!

Most of the villagers were extremely unfriendly toward him. Their eyes were filled with hatred, as if they wanted nothing more than to kill him with their own hands!

Some of them even sold him low-quality, expired food—food that would make even them sick for a long time after eating it.

"You damned demon fox! Why aren't you dead yet? You still want to come buy food?"

"Who knows why Lord Hokage hasn't killed you? He's keeping a scourge like you alive—you deserve to starve to death!"

"My mom said he's the incarnation of the demon fox. If we play with him, the demon fox might latch onto us!"

"My dad said that if I see him again, I shouldn't play with him. I can even beat him up, and he'll praise me when I get home!"

The villagers' countless acts of malice surfaced in his mind one after another.

Even Naruto, who knew the original plot well, was furious. Since he had transmigrated into Naruto's body, then he was Naruto!

Naruto had clearly done nothing wrong. He was clearly the Fourth Hokage's son, clearly a pitiful child who should have been cherished by the villagers.

Yet he had suffered such malice. It was truly unforgivable!

At that thought, wisps of red chakra seeped out from within Naruto's body, affecting his emotions.

Hatred slowly began to rise in Naruto's heart as well.

Seeing the traces of red chakra around himself, Naruto knew that the Nine-Tails was causing trouble!

Forcibly calming himself down, he knew the most urgent task was to fill his stomach. Staying alive was what mattered most!

When he used to enjoy watching Naruto, all he remembered was how passionate Naruto was, how he gradually grew into a hero of the ninja world.

Yet he had forgotten how Naruto had endured this period of his life alone before the story began.

No friends, absolute loneliness—and even under those circumstances, he had not gone dark and become someone bent on taking revenge against society.

The villagers of Konoha Village were truly lucky!

But now that Lin Xiao, who had received a modern education, had come to this world where strength ruled above all else...

Sooner or later, he would let those damned people know what it meant to repay others in kind!

The hunger in his stomach kept washing over him!

Feeling his physical condition, Naruto felt a pang of bitterness.

Because he had been deprived of nutritious food for so long, his body was weak and skinny. Naruto's body was already totally worn out!

What mattered most now was finding food!

Searching through his memories, Naruto recalled a small stream beside the woods near his home. He should be able to catch some fish there.

With that in mind, Naruto immediately sprang into action.

The hunger in his stomach made him move much faster.

Feeling the villagers' hostility along the road, he quickened his pace. Though they did not know the truth, their ignorance had still harmed the Naruto of the past. No matter what they said in the future, they would never be able to make up for it!

As for the others... Heh. The higher-ups of the Hidden Leaf would have this debt settled with them sooner or later!

He finally arrived at the woods from his memories. Looking at the stream beside him, it was not deep, but the water still reached Naruto's stomach.

Picking up a fallen branch from beneath a tree, Naruto began fishing.

Naruto in his previous life had never tried catching fish, and Naruto in this life had no experience with it either, so he found it extremely difficult.

As he watched one delicious fish after another swim past him while the branch in his hand missed every time, Naruto could not help growing angry. Even a bunch of little fish are mocking me!

In anger, Naruto slammed the branch down—and unexpectedly hit his first fish!

"Congratulations, Host, for killing your first living creature. The God-Tier Quest System has been activated!"

It was here, it was here, it was here!

The system every transmigrator needed had finally arrived!

But Naruto truly had no mind to pay attention to the system that had just appeared.

His stomach was already unbearably hungry.

If not for the last shred of reason he had left...

He might really have eaten this little fish raw!

Fish: Don't come any closer!

Carrying the fish he had speared to the shore, Naruto picked up several sticks and began the most traditional method of making fire by rubbing wood together.

The fire finally lit up, and Naruto's previously soaked body gradually warmed from the heat.

Naruto pulled out the small knife he had brought from home. This time, he had not come out completely unprepared!

He took the still-struggling fish in his hand and fiercely smacked its head with the knife.

"Sorry, Fish Bro. If you don't die today, then I will. Better you than me, so I'll have to trouble you!"

After knocking the fish unconscious, it went to sleep very peacefully.

Naruto began preparing the fish. After simply scaling it, he ran a stick through its body and set it over the fire to roast.

High-end ingredients often required only the simplest cooking methods!

Once the fish was nearly done, Naruto ignored the scorching heat and began wolfing it down with loud smacks of his lips.

Though the fish had no seasoning at all, to the starving Naruto, it was heavenly nectar—an earthly delicacy!

After a ravenous feast, poor Fish Bro was reduced to nothing but rows of fish bones!

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