Transmigration

The sun hung high in the sky, and the summer heat was scorching. On a busy street, Chen Xiao walked home with a large bag on his back, his head drenched in sweat.

Suddenly, a commotion broke out ahead, and someone screamed, "Robbery!" A man wielding a knife came running toward Chen Xiao, who happened to be blocking his path. Waving the knife in his hand, the man snarled, "Kid, get out of the way, or I'll chop you to death."

Chen Xiao smiled faintly. "I'll move right away, big brother." Looking perfectly harmless, he stepped aside to clear a path.

The man was in a hurry to leave and didn't want any complications. Seeing Chen Xiao move aside, he immediately ran off.

Just as the man passed him, Chen Xiao suddenly stuck out a foot and tripped him. Then he sat on the man and pulled out his backpack, smashing it into him over and over as he shouted, "That's for robbing people! That's for robbing people! That's for stealing my wallet last night! I still had five yuan in there..."

Chen Xiao didn't stop until he ran out of strength. The people around them were frightened by the man's miserable state. Come on, are you sure you were robbed of five yuan and not five million?

The man wept bitterly. "Big brother, I didn't rob you last night!"

Chen Xiao said, "You've still got the nerve to deny it?" He smashed him a few more times.

The man said, "Big brother, I swear I really didn't rob you last night."

Chen Xiao took a careful look at the man and gave an awkward laugh. "I mistook you for someone else." Well, of course Chen Xiao wouldn't admit that he had recognized long ago that the man wasn't the one who had robbed him last night. He had just been venting his resentment from the night before.

Suddenly, the man heaved Chen Xiao off him, picked up the knife from the ground, and scrambled to his feet. "Go to hell!" he roared, plunging the knife into Chen Xiao's chest. Blood flowed out.

The man had only acted on impulse, but the sight of blood immediately frightened him. He yanked the knife out and fled.

The people around them had never expected things to turn out this way and began screaming.

Chen Xiao fell to the ground, feeling the strength drain from his body. Am I going to die? His vision grew increasingly blurry, and finally he lost consciousness.

A blinding golden light jolted Chen Xiao awake. He looked around blearily and saw blue sky and white clouds all around him, while he himself lay on a white cloud. An old man floated ahead of him, enveloped in golden light.

Chen Xiao asked, "Am I dead? Is this heaven?"

The old man said, "You are indeed dead, but congratulations. You've been chosen to become a glorious transmigrator."

Chen Xiao asked, "Old sir, who are you? What's going on? Why was I chosen to become a transmigrator? And where am I going to transmigrate to?"

The old man said, "You can call me God. As for why you became a transmigrator..." God deliberately drew out his words.

Could there be something special about me? Was I born to be a protagonist? Chen Xiao looked at God expectantly.

God continued, "I happened to be passing by when you died. I saw that you were a thirty-year-old wizard and took pity on you, that's all."

Chen Xiao's face darkened. It was a sore point for him.

God said, "All right, now let's choose your golden finger." With a wave of his right hand, a golden light appeared before Chen Xiao and transformed into a golden wheel.

The wheel was hazy, as though covered by a thin veil. Chen Xiao couldn't make out what was on it at all.

God said, "Press the button beneath it."

Chen Xiao pressed the button without a second thought. The wheel began to spin, and then a beam of golden light shot into his body.

God said, "Congratulations, you've drawn the Magma-Magma Fruit. I've already removed the Devil Fruit's weakness to seawater for you. Off you go now." With that, he waved his hand and sent out a beam of golden light.

Chen Xiao had been caught up in the pleasant surprise of getting the Magma-Magma Fruit. When he heard God's words, he shouted anxiously, "God, you still haven't told me where I'm going to transmigrate to!" Then everything went black, and he lost consciousness.

After sending Chen Xiao away, God murmured, "I hope he doesn't die so easily this time."

When Chen Xiao woke again, he found himself lying on the ground, surrounded by towering trees. Each one was so wide that it would take at least several people to wrap their arms around it.

Chen Xiao looked at his small hands. They seemed to be a child's hands. He complained, "God really is irresponsible, sending me into a forest. What if I get eaten by a wild beast?" As soon as he mentioned wild beasts, several roars came from the distance.

Chen Xiao went pale and held his breath, looking around in panic, afraid a wild beast would suddenly appear behind him. After quite a while, the roars faded, and there was no sign of any beasts nearby. Only then did Chen Xiao relax and collapse against a tree root.

Suddenly, countless memories flooded his mind, and Chen Xiao fainted again. While unconscious, he had a very vivid dream. In it, his name was Uzumaki Hane, and he had grown up in Konoha Ninja Village and become a Genin there. This time, he had gone on a mission with his teammates, only to fall into a trap. They had fought desperately and escaped, but Uzumaki Hane had been stabbed in the chest with a sword. He had fled here and died from blood loss.

At that point, Chen Xiao woke with a start and looked at his chest. There was a scar on it. He murmured, "That dream must have been this body's memories. This body's name is Uzumaki Hane, and he's a Genin of Konoha Ninja Village. I must have transmigrated into the world of Naruto, and God must have healed the wound on my chest."

Just then, three people leaped in front of Chen Xiao. The burly, scar-faced man leading them said, "Kid, let's see where you run now." With that, he slashed at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao had only just transmigrated. Although he had all of Uzumaki Hane's memories, he couldn't use them at all in his panic. He could only roll across the ground, narrowly avoiding the blow. Seeing Chen Xiao dodge, the burly man slashed again.

Chen Xiao felt a sharp pain in his back. He had been cut. He let out a scream and backed away frantically, terrified.

A bloodthirsty gleam appeared in the burly man's eyes. He stepped forward and slashed at Chen Xiao's chest with a vicious grin.

Chen Xiao had no time to dodge. Watching the blade come down toward his chest, he screamed, "No!" Just then, a rush of heat surged out from within him, and he felt as though his whole body had turned into a giant furnace.

The burly man's blade struck Chen Xiao's chest, but the expected spray of blood never appeared. Instead, fiery red liquid flowed through the wound in Chen Xiao's chest, and the blade had melted away. The burly man was stunned and stumbled back several steps. "What kind of monster are you?" he cried. His two subordinates also looked at Chen Xiao in terror.

Chen Xiao looked at the magma flowing slowly inside the wound. This must be the Magma-Magma Fruit's power.

The fear of death made something erupt inside Chen Xiao. He stood up and said coldly, "Die." Both his hands turned into magma, engulfing the three men. They had only enough time to let out a scream before they were burned to ashes.

Chen Xiao returned to normal and raised both hands as though embracing the entire world. "I will survive in this cruel world," he said firmly.