Naruto: The Fall of the Uchiha - Chapter 2
“Look at Uchiha Itachi! He graduated from the Ninja Academy in a year, became a Chunin at ten, and has already awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan!”
“And then there’s Uchiha Shisui. I won’t even mention his talent—‘Shisui of the Body Flicker’ is renowned throughout the ninja world. By now, he’s probably already reached the level of a Kage!”
“Itachi and Shisui endured the same clan training. Compared to the hardships they went through, what’s this little bit of training you’re doing?”
Uchiha Jin’s gaze was sharp as he looked at the sweaty Uchiha younglings, his tone filled with frustration and disappointment.
“Yes, every word Uchiha Jin said was accurate, sometimes making the art of language deceptively simple.
“Look at you!”
“Do you know the situation our Uchiha clan is in? Do you know how those despicable villagers are scheming against us? And yet you dare to complain about this small amount of training? How do you even sleep at night at your age?”
“Today, you’ll have three extra hours of training. Geniuses! Ha~”
As he concluded his speech, Uchiha Jin thoughtfully assigned the Uchiha younglings extra homework, his heart complete with infinite expectations for their future.
“Yes!”
The Uchiha younglings, as if venting all their inner discontent, responded loudly despite the grueling three hours of special training.
Indeed!
Uchiha Itachi! Uchiha Shisui!
Why were they so exceptional when they were also Uchiha?
Among the crowd, Sasuke, though proud that his brother was being held up as an exemplary case, couldn’t help but feel ashamed of his weakness and powerlessness. The flames of determination began to burn fiercely within him.
Coach… no, Instructor, I also want to become stronger… ahhhhh…
Yes! Uchiha Jin sighed, realizing that the technique of eloquence was indeed the ‘natural enemy of the Uchiha,’ but his figure disappeared with a ‘pop.’
Meanwhile, in a small cabin a hundred meters away, as the smoke slowly dissipated, a lazy figure sprawled on a recliner skillfully picked up a glass of iced fresh juice with his left hand and took a leisurely sip.
“Three years already?”
Recalling the ‘second son,’ who now somewhat resembled the figure in his memory, Uchiha Jin couldn’t help but feel a twinge of emotion.
“Konoha’s F4, Itachi, Obito, the Night of the Uchiha Massacre… Although I’ve long anticipated these events, this imminent sense of pressure…”
“Madara, why did you have to die so soon?”
The emotion quickly faded from Uchiha Jin’s eyes, replaced by a difficult-to-conceal sense of regret and pain.
Uchiha Madara was dead!
She was known as the God of Shinobi alongside Hashirama Senju, who soothed the Warring States period and awakened the Rinnegan after his supposed death at the Valley of the End.
Realizing this truth brought Uchiha Jin such heartache that he found breathing hard.
Ahhh…
“This pain is worse than death!”
Don’t misunderstand.
Uchiha Jin wasn’t a die-hard fan of Uchiha Madara, nor did he care much about the honor and future of the Uchiha clan. He certainly had no unique feelings for someone he had never met.
In fact.
As a transmigrator from a peaceful world with a nine-to-nine work schedule, Jin initially did not embrace the idea of finding himself in a world where death could come at any moment.
It was infuriating!
He had only boasted about being the strongest trash-talker in the region, yet his computer had exploded in protest. At least he left the world with a clear conscience.
However… it wasn’t enough that he transmigrated into the Naruto world; he had to become part of the tragically fated Uchiha clan at such an awkward time right after the Nine-Tails’ attack.
Grass is just a plant!
If only he had arrived a few years earlier, with his knowledge of this world’s events, he might have had a slim chance of changing fate without any external help, perhaps a one or two percent chance… maybe.
But…
After the Nine-Tails incident, all other ninja clans in Konoha secretly and openly viewed the Uchiha clan with hostility. Under the watchful eyes of the cunning ‘strongest Hokage’ and a ‘Shadow Hokage’ who was always eager to weaken the Uchiha and add Sharingan to his collection, Jin couldn’t quietly leave the troublesome village.
Even if he succeeded, he would inevitably be hunted by the ‘Shadow Hokage’ Danzo Shimura and other ninjas eyeing the Uchiha’s kekkei genkai, leading to a brutal death.
Staying in Konoha wasn’t a better option, considering the clan’s long history of betrayal and producing ‘dutiful sons’ who eventually led to its downfall.
First, the Uchiha collectively betrayed an influential figure who could rival Hashirama Senju.
Then came Uchiha Kagami, who adopted the Will of Fire and trained under Tobirama Senju, a man who saw the Uchiha as an ‘evil clan,’ and died young.
There was Shisui, who hadn’t learned from history and was utterly brainwashed by the Will of Fire.
In addition, the clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, was indecisive despite his fearsome reputation and consistently betrayed the clan’s core interests.
In the future, there will be a dutiful son of unprecedented dedication who will think like a Hokage at the age of seven—Uchiha Itachi.
However.
This ‘dutiful son’ clan, already ‘moved by filial piety,’ now welcomed a new ‘King of Dutiful Sons’.
The Uchiha Dutiful Son System!
Automatically inherits all abilities of Uchiha clan members after their deaths!
This simple system ability made Uchiha Jin realize the Nine-Tails incident had already happened and never forget Madara’s mighty figure.
Madara!
Why did you have to die so miserably?
Why couldn’t you have held on a bit longer? Why did you have to pull out your oxygen tube so early? Why didn’t you struggle to live, no matter how ugly it might be…
Moreover.
As the host of the ‘Uchiha Dutiful Son System,’ Uchiha Jin couldn’t help but feel speechless upon quickly realizing how to use the system correctly.
Is it possible?
That I, Uchiha Jin, might be an Uchiha…
Am I honoring myself?
Forget it!
Although the system’s setup was a bit of a cheat, it was influential as a cheat ability.
As a newcomer from a ‘nuclear-free’ world, arriving in this dangerous world where even a tiny village battle could turn deadly and internal strife was rampant, Uchiha Jin’s soul was deeply traumatized.
The only way to temporarily gain the ability to live peacefully in this world was to send Uchiha Madara to the afterlife personally.
But Madara’s untimely death left Uchiha Jin heartbroken, forcing him to focus on the worthless clan members around him.
Alas… such a bunch of losers!
Even though Jin shared the Uchiha name, finding himself in a new world surrounded by familiar but hostile faces and enemies made him scoff.
Recognition from Konoha? Bloodline bonds with the clan?
Impossible!
Such things couldn’t taint the noble soul from the Flower Country. These familiar yet foreign people were merely intruders in Jin’s life, and he couldn’t return to his beloved land…
So!
To Uchiha Jin, Konoha and the Uchiha were just ‘them.’
I am only ‘me’!
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