My Dream: Konoha's Number One Pressure King

It hurt!

The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a fist.

Behind the fist stood a white-haired kid wearing a mask.

Why was he on an unfamiliar training field?

And what was with Hokage Rock in the distance?

What was with the words "Konoha Village Ninja Academy" written on the building?

Why did this white-haired kid in front of him look so much like the young Kakashi from the Naruto manga?

His forehead itched. When he raised a hand to touch it, he found blood running down his forehead and into his eyebrows.

Had he transmigrated to Konoha Village?

Why had Kakashi gone so hard during sparring class?

In Konoha, being mentally normal was a rare trait. Young Kakashi had no sense of restraint when he fought.

"Hatake Kakashi! Why did you split my head open?"

At that moment, the other students around them began denouncing him.

"Uchiha Ling! How can you say that?"

My name is Uchiha Ling?

Memories from the original owner crashed into him, and he remembered many things.

"How can you say that White Fang, who abandoned the mission, is trash?"

"How can you say that the son of trash is even worse than trash?"

The original owner's mouth was poisonous enough to kill.

His name was Uchiha Ling, a nobody who had not even been named in the original story.

Five years old, second year at the Ninja Academy.

It was now on the eve of the Third Shinobi World War. Even if he survived the war, he would probably die on the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, when Obito Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha joined forces.

This world was far too dangerous.

Some time ago, the White Fang of the Leaf had abandoned a mission to bring his injured teammate to medical ninjas, giving up the pursuit of a Stone Ninja unit.

As a result, that Stone Ninja unit had doubled back and wiped out two entire Hidden Leaf Village units at the Land of Fire border. One hundred and nineteen Hidden Leaf Village ninjas had died.

That was one hundred and nineteen families...

Rumors were rampant throughout Hidden Leaf Village, all attacking the White Fang of the Leaf.

The Third Shinobi World War was imminent, and everyone in Hidden Leaf Village was under enormous pressure. Between missions and comrades, missions were naturally considered more important under the standards of the time.

Uchiha Ling and Kakashi Hatake were classmates. During practical training, the original owner had relentlessly mocked Kakashi Hatake. Kakashi retaliated and beat him viciously. Amid a wave of dizziness, he had transmigrated here.

Seeing Kakashi on the verge of breaking down, Uchiha Ling spoke to comfort him.

"Hatake Kakashi, your dad is already trash. Everyone despises him—that's a fact. But don't give up on yourself. You need to pull yourself together. The Hatake Clan name can't produce two generations of despised trash in a row..."

Before he could finish, Kakashi spun around and kicked Uchiha Ling flying.

Damn it!

I really wanted to comfort Kakashi. I really wanted to encourage Kakashi. But the moment I opened my mouth, my bloodline awakened, and Madara Uchiha's poisonous tongue bloodline seized the high ground.

[There is a ninja nearby whose defenses have been broken. The Defense-Breaking System is activating...]

As he flew backward through the air, Uchiha Ling heard the system's voice!

Wonderful!

How could he survive in this perilous ninja world without a system?

Arched backward as he flew through the air, even the sky seemed brighter, and even the air he breathed seemed sweeter.

[Detected that Kakashi Hatake's defenses have been broken. Extracting abilities related to Kakashi Hatake. The host may choose one of three options.

Option One: Lightning-nature chakra.

Option Two: 0.5 Kakashi units of chakra.

Option Three: Sakumo Hatake's secret body technique skills.]

Option One was Lightning-nature chakra, which was not particularly useful to Uchiha Ling right now.

All five chakra natures sounded cool, but for most ninjas, mastering two or three commonly used ninjutsu was enough.

Adult Kakashi, Konoha's technician, had mastered over a thousand ninjutsu. Yet when it truly came time to fight for his life, he used Earth-Style Wall for defense and Lightning Cutter for offense, without anything too flashy.

Option Two was 0.5 Kakashi units of chakra.

In the original story, adult Kakashi was an elite jonin. Because his Sharingan could not be turned off, it was constantly consuming chakra, leaving him with only the chakra reserves of an ordinary jonin.

Kakashi was only five years old now, yet he already possessed 0.5 Kakashi units of chakra. That was absurdly impressive.

Uchiha Ling only had around 0.2 Kakashi units of chakra.

Option Three was Sakumo Hatake's secret body technique skills.

Kakashi was called the Fifty-Fifty Fighter, largely because his taijutsu was extremely powerful. From ordinary genin to the Six Paths of Pain, anyone who wanted to defeat Kakashi needed five or six moves.

Part of that taijutsu prowess came from later hard training, while another part came from Sakumo Hatake's teachings when he was young.

Sakumo Hatake excelled at swordsmanship and the Body Flicker Technique. His taijutsu was among the best in the ninja world.

Between Options Two and Three, which should he choose?

After hitting the ground, Uchiha Ling saw Obito Uchiha and Might Guy rush at him one after the other, intending to stand up for Kakashi and seek justice for him.

Just because Kakashi and Might Guy were righteous characters did not mean they would not beat up a villain...

He did not want to get beaten black and blue. He was a sharp-tongued villain, not a clown.

Forget it. Chakra reserves could be farmed from anyone, but Sakumo Hatake's secret body technique skills were a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He chose Option Three, and a flood of insights instantly appeared in Uchiha Ling's mind.

These were Sakumo Hatake's unique secrets regarding taijutsu.

Ninjas had chakra pathways and acupoints within their bodies. Sakumo Hatake had discovered that gathering chakra in certain acupoints, then explosively driving it through the chakra pathways, could instantly increase the speed of one's movements.

In taijutsu combat, this manifested as a particular movement becoming extraordinarily fast. Or before battle, it could make the speed of one's Body Flicker Technique especially swift.

Uchiha Ling tried gathering chakra at an acupoint in his arm, then explosively driving the chakra into the pathways in his arm.

Smack!

To the astonished gazes of his fellow students, Uchiha Ling raised a hand and caught Obito Uchiha's fist.

So fast!

Why did this style seem a little like Kakashi's?

During taijutsu exchanges, Kakashi often managed to grab his opponent's wrist or fist.

When the Six Paths of Pain invaded Hidden Leaf Village in the original story, Iruka lay on the ground in despair, waiting to die. Kakashi appeared with the Body Flicker Technique and grabbed Deva Path Pain's black rod.

Both Sakumo Hatake and Kakashi had kept this explosive taijutsu hidden and never passed it on. Uchiha Ling named it the White Fang Flow Body Technique.

Amid Obito's shock, Uchiha Ling yanked Obito sideways. Might Guy had charged too fast and crashed into Obito's back.

With the pressure off him, Uchiha Ling naturally had to put pressure on someone else.

My dream was not to become Hokage. My dream was to become Konoha's Number One Pressure King, a vicious sharp-tongued bastard with a blade for a mouth and a blade for a heart—the king of Uchiha Clan trash talk!

"You two want to suck up to Kakashi? If Kakashi is trash, then neither of you even deserves to enter a dumpster!"

The moment he spat out those words, everyone else in the class glared furiously at Uchiha Ling.

Uchiha Ling had no desire to get mobbed by the whole class, so he quickly looked toward Yamano, the sparring instructor.

The original owner had gone after Kakashi relentlessly in this class, but Teacher Yamano had ordered it!

Some force was secretly fanning the flames, determined to deal a brutal blow to the White Fang of the Leaf. Even White Fang's son had been subjected to organized targeting at school.

Teacher Yamano glanced at Kakashi, whose shoulders had slumped and whose entire body radiated pain and dejection, then shouted, "Stop! You few, form the Reconciliation Seal!"