Went to Sleep with a Head, Woke Up Without One

He knew the Impure World Reincarnation formula by heart.

Ono Ichiro lay sprawled on the ground, his tongue hanging out and his pupils unfocused. Drool dripped onto the edge of the freshly drawn array, splashing into a tiny flower of water.

He was still panting with his tongue out, a gurgle rising from his throat.

Yongye opened the Storage Scroll Kabuto Yakushi had given him and took out the camphorwood coffin inside...

Then he began weaving Hand Seals.

Tiger. Snake. Dog. Dragon.

He pressed his palms together.

"Impure World Reincarnation."

The array blazed to life. Gray-white light surged from the symbols on the ground, illuminating the entire courtyard.

The clothesline shook violently in the light, and fine ripples spread across the water in the basin.

Countless streams of gray-white earth surged up as though alive, wrapping around Ono Ichiro's body layer by layer.

Ono Ichiro let out a muffled scream. His fat body convulsed violently beneath the earth.

It spread across his skin, seeped through it, reshaped him, and forced its way into his mouth, nose, ears, and eyes, engulfing his thick limbs and torso.

His screams grew louder and shriller, then stopped abruptly. His body began to change beneath the earth—his bulk was forcibly compressed, his limbs stretched thin, and the fat on his face was stripped away and rebuilt layer by layer.

A few breaths later, someone entirely different stood at the center of the array.

A girl.

She wore a plain ninja outfit. She was slender, and her short brown hair gleamed softly in the sunlight.

Two purple markings ran from the corners of her eyes down her cheeks, lending her face a lively charm.

Her eyes slowly opened. Gray-black sclera, dark brown pupils—empty as two dry wells.

Rin Nohara!

The girl of Obito Uchiha's dreams, the