Mind's Reflection, Escaping Death

A blood moon hung in the sky—

"Stop right there, you damn brat!"

"Damn... Why would I stop and wait for you to kill me?"

In the mountain forests outside Konoha, Uchiha Huan fled for his life, with two ninja relentlessly pursuing him from behind.

Uchiha Huan had transmigrated into this world six years ago, becoming a proud orphan of the Uchiha Clan.

But because he knew the plot well, he was fully aware that in Konoha's fifty-seventh year, the village's greatest tragedy would arrive: the Night of the Massacre.

So for the past six years, he had constantly thought about how to escape Konoha and escape the Night of the Massacre.

Finally, not long ago, while no one was paying attention, he evolved his Sharingan into the Three Tomoe.

He began his plan, using genjutsu to control Konoha's eternal gatekeepers and successfully escaping Konoha.

A figure suddenly used the Body Flicker Technique to block Uchiha Huan's path ahead.

"Damn Uchiha brat."

"Big Brother Kotetsu, Big Brother Izumo, please spare this little brother's life."

Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki blocked Uchiha Huan's path from the front and rear.

Their feelings toward Uchiha Huan, who had escaped Konoha, were complicated.

They had often eaten ramen together over the past few years, so they had gradually become familiar with one another.

Yet they never expected Uchiha Huan to exploit their trust, launch a sneak attack on them, and use genjutsu to control them.

"Come back with us. Now."

"Go back and wait to die?" Uchiha Huan wore a sorrowful expression. "Do you know what happened to the Uchiha Clan?"

"You Uchiha are one of Konoha's great clans. What could possibly happen?"

"Extermination. The Third Hokage has already given the order to slaughter the Uchiha Clan." Uchiha Huan's face twisted in pain. "Why else do you think I'm fleeing Konoha?"

Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki's expressions changed drastically. They had noticed over the past few days that something seemed off within Konoha.

Moreover, not long ago, they had received orders from their superiors to guard Konoha's exits. In particular, no Uchiha ninja was to be allowed to leave Konoha, even with official authorization.

Therefore, Uchiha Huan's words were most likely true.

Seeing Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki hesitate, Uchiha Huan's heart stirred slightly. It seemed his pitiful act had worked.

Suddenly, a piercing pain shot through his back.

"Evil Uchiha! Every last one of you deserves to die!"

"Arghhh..."

A sharp blade pierced through Uchiha Huan's body from behind, emerging from his chest.

Uchiha Huan turned around in agony and saw an expressionless face. Those eyes were filled with nothing but indifference and coldness, without the slightest trace of pity.

Root's secret weapon, Tenzo!

No! I can't die here. I have to run! I have to escape this place...

I can't die here!

Uchiha Huan felt stabbing pain in his eyes. The Three Tomoe in his eyes began to connect, then transformed into a six-pointed star pattern.

Fearing death, fleeing death! Under those extreme emotions, Uchiha Huan finally awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

A bloody tear ran from Uchiha Huan's left eye. Time's Mandate! Activate...

Uchiha Huan felt time begin to reverse. One second!

Time rewound to the exact instant Tenzo appeared behind him.

Uchiha Huan spun around fiercely. The moment Tenzo suddenly appeared, he wrapped both arms around him. Somehow finding the strength, he locked Tenzo's arms in a death grip, then opened his mouth and bit down on Tenzo's neck.

Tenzo cried out in pain as he watched Uchiha Huan forcibly bite off a piece of flesh from his neck.

Branches suddenly erupted from Tenzo's body, stretching out in all directions before curving back and piercing Uchiha Huan's body from every angle.

In an instant, Uchiha Huan's body was riddled with holes.

"Arghhh..." In unbearable pain, Uchiha Huan swallowed the flesh he had bitten from Tenzo's neck. He glared at Tenzo with the most venomous hatred. "Tenzo! Konoha... just you wait!"

Right Eye: Void Guard! Activate...

Uchiha Huan's body began to fade before Tenzo's eyes, finally vanishing completely.

Outside Wuhun City, a carriage was parked by the roadside.

A heavily made-up, bewitchingly handsome man stepped out of the carriage.

"Why have we stopped?"

"My lord, there's a kid by the roadside."

Following the coachman's gesture, the man finally noticed a child lying by the road, his entire body drenched in blood.

Yet the child had not passed out. Instead, he used his chin to pound against the ground as he struggled forward, leaving a long trail of blood stretching from before him into the distance behind him.

"Hey, kid, what are you doing?" the bewitching man asked.

"Training my body," Uchiha Huan said. He had no idea where his right eye's Void Guard had brought him.

"Is something wrong with your head? Who trains their body like that?"

"Then why ask if you already know?" Uchiha Huan snapped irritably.

"Hm? You still sound lively enough. Looks like you won't die." A smile curved across the bewitching man's lips. "Let's go. No need to bother with him."

"Damn it! Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—just you wait!"

Uchiha Huan's will to survive was incredibly strong. He had no idea where he was, but it certainly was not anywhere near Konoha.

As long as he made it into the great city ahead, which clearly did not resemble the ninja world, he should be able to find someone there to treat him.

Just then, a pair of long legs appeared before Uchiha Huan.

Uchiha Huan struggled to raise his head and saw the bewitchingly made-up man from earlier.

"Don't block the road."

The bewitching man reached down, picked Uchiha Huan up, and dashed back to the carriage.

He then began examining Uchiha Huan's injuries. "Tsk, tsk... You really are hard to kill, brat. You survived this? Tell me, who are you?"

Uchiha Huan's eyes shifted. "My honored benefactor, please hear me out. This child had a few acres of poor farmland, no father and no mother, two or three little rooms, and a carefree life. But then the village's rich tyrant saw how pitiful and helpless I was, seized my family's property out of boundless greed, and when I tried to expose his evil deeds, he intercepted me on the road and wounded me. Though young and weak, I endured several blade wounds, escaped through the night with nowhere to hide, and was fortunate enough to meet a kind soul who saved my life."

The bewitching man smiled as he watched Uchiha Huan's one-man performance, then lifted his clothes.

"Your injuries are truly strange. They don't look like wounds caused by swords or blades. They seem more like... your body was pierced through by something rough. I don't know whether you're lucky or unlucky. You lost so much blood, yet you didn't die, and every wound avoided a vital spot," the bewitching man said.

A story of a young child tortured by his enemies formed in Yue Guan's mind.

He was Yue Guan, Chrysanthemum Douluo, one of the Pope of Martial Soul Hall's two right-hand men.

Uchiha Huan was settled in Yue Guan's residence, and Yue Guan summoned a doctor.

When Uchiha Huan saw yellow, yellow, and purple Spirit Rings appear beneath the doctor's feet, his mind buzzed. So... I came to Douluo World?

The abilities awakened by his Mangekyo Sharingan seemed ridiculously powerful.

His left eye's Time's Mandate could reverse time.

His right eye's Void Fate seemed capable of taking him to other worlds, though its cooldown was one month.

After receiving treatment from the healing Soul Master, Uchiha Huan felt his body rapidly recovering.

"Kid, have you awakened your martial soul?"