"Huh...?"
Still asleep, Xia Yu suddenly felt as though something alive was moving beside him.
Something human...
Xia Yu had no parents and had been single for all twenty years of his life. Apart from mosquitoes and mice, what else in his home could possibly be breathing?
He snapped to his senses and opened his eyes, finding himself lying on an unfamiliar tatami mat. Beside him was a woman draped in a sheer kimono, gazing at him affectionately...
Everything around him was unfamiliar, too.
"What the fuck?"
"This has to be a dream!"
"Heaven has finally shown me mercy! I finally get to have a dream like this!"
With that thought, he abruptly rolled over. Just as he was about to get his way, a voice with the crackle of a cheap microphone suddenly echoed in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully transmigrating to the Shinobi World, host. Would you like to bind...]
"Bind my ass! Can't you see I'm busy? Get lost!"
[Uh...] [Heh heh heh... Excellent. I knew I picked the right person...]
At this crucial moment, Xia Yu could not be bothered with the mood-killing, crackling voice in his head. All he knew was that this was a dream, and nothing strange that happened would surprise him!
And so, Xia Yu kept busy with his own affairs...
In a daze, dawn arrived.
"Whew..."
As sunlight bathed his entire body, Xia Yu lay on the tatami and sighed. "This dream feels so real, and it's incredibly long. I still haven't woken up..."
Reluctant as he was, Xia Yu knew it was time to wake up.
A dream was only a dream, after all. He still had bricks to haul in reality.
Xia Yu gently closed his eyes. He expected to wake up under his covers when he opened them again, but to his surprise, the scene around him remained unchanged...
"What the hell? Why am I still not awake?"
[Heh heh heh... This isn't a dream! This is reality...]
"Holy shit! That laugh... Who's there?"
[As a transmigrator, naturally, I'm your system~]
"Huh? I transmigrated?"
Just as Xia Yu stood there looking utterly bewildered, a flood of memories surged into his mind.
This was Konoha, in the ninja world.
He was an eighteen-year-old member of the Uchiha Clan named Uchiha Xia Yu.
Although he bore the Uchiha name, he was a disgrace to the clan. He had inherited only their handsome looks; his talent and strength fell short of even an ordinary Genin's.
At a full eighteen years old, he had yet to awaken even the One-Tomoe Sharingan and could not properly use even the most basic Fire Release Ninjutsu.
He was the dead last among dead lasts, an outright disgrace to his clan!
What disgusted his clansmen most was that Xia Yu had a particular predilection that the straight-laced Uchiha men had never possessed throughout their history.
He surpassed even Jiraiya in that regard!
But he was far more popular than Jiraiya, because Xia Yu's looks were simply too well received.
Xia Yu glanced at the woman beside him, and his memories of her instantly surfaced.
This woman! She was the lover Danzo secretly kept tucked away in a corner of Konoha!
Because she was particularly fond of Xia Yu, and because Danzo was old, they had...
"...!"
"No, I can't stay here! I'm screwed if anyone finds out. With my strength, Danzo could kill me eight hundred times over with one finger!"
With that thought, Xia Yu immediately got dressed. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around outside, he hurriedly leaped out through the window and headed toward the Uchiha Clan Compound.
He soon passed the halfway point. Just then, a young woman spotted Xia Yu and suddenly rushed over to hug him.
"Boo-hoo... Xia Yu, you're alive! I thought I'd never see you again..."
Hearing her and seeing what was happening, the other women passing by crowded around Xia Yu with mournful faces, wailing over one another.
"Xia Yu, after something so terrible happened to the Uchiha Clan, you must be heartbroken. It's all right. I'll always stay by your side from now on, as long as you're willing..."
"My sweet boy, are you all right? Quick, let me check your abs... Ah, no, I mean check whether you're injured."
"..."
These passionately enthusiastic women left Xia Yu utterly bewildered. Long-buried memories suddenly stirred, making his heart itch.
If he had not just spent the entire night exerting himself and had little strength left, he probably would have lost himself among this bevy of beauties again.
Clutching his clothes, which were on the verge of being torn apart, Xia Yu asked, "Stop, stop, stop... Why do you all look like you're at a funeral? What's going on? This makes no sense..."
The women froze at his words. They stopped groping him and exclaimed:
"Huh? Xia Yu, don't tell me you still don't know! There was internal strife in the Uchiha Clan last night, and a traitor wiped them out!"
"Yes, yes! The news spread everywhere this morning. It's absolutely true. I even went to the entrance of the Uchiha Clan Compound to take a look myself. It was a complete mess. But thank goodness you're still alive. That's wonderful~"
Xia Yu's face turned deathly pale as he listened.
This plot... Could last night have been the Uchiha's infamous Clan Massacre Night?
Having watched Naruto, Xia Yu naturally knew that Danzo was inextricably linked to the Uchiha Clan's destruction. He could be called the chief instigator behind it all!
To think I happened to dodge the Clan Massacre Night while fooling around?
What kind of bizarre coincidence was this?!
Just as Xia Yu was still feeling fortunate, three Anbu in black robes suddenly appeared before him and spoke in an icy tone tinged with disdain:
"Your name is Uchiha Xia Yu, correct? Come with us!"
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