Chapter 1: The New Leader of the Radicals, Uchiha Jin!
Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf.
Outside the Uchiha compound, the air was thick with a chilling tension and the metallic stench of blood.
Numerous squads from Root and the Anbu were on high alert, their eyes sharp and filled with killing intent. As they monitored the Uchiha compound with grueling scrutiny, they remained hyper-vigilant of their own surroundings.
In the past, even when the village knew the Uchiha were plotting a coup, the surveillance had never been this cautious. This shift in atmosphere was due entirely to the rise of one man.
Uchiha Jin.
A standard Uchiha who had been silent and withdrawn since childhood, maintaining slightly above-average grades at the Academy—until a month ago, when he suddenly awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Late Night.
Inside the Uchiha compound, within a traditional three-layered courtyard estate.
Security here was incredibly tight. Beyond the visible patrol squads, hidden sentries were stationed in the trees, tucked into the shadows of corners, and perched upon the rooftops. Every single one of them had their Sharingan active.
Inside the meeting hall, the atmosphere was solemn. Though there were only seven or eight people present, every one of them was a core member of the Radical Faction.
Creek.
With a soft sound, the sliding doors were pushed open.
An Uchiha wearing a black shirt emblazoned with the Uchiha crest knelt on one knee, his eyes spinning with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"Jin-kun, Elder Setsuna."
"Squad Seven has completed its mission. We have successfully eliminated three Root squads."
"We encountered an Anbu Jonin squad that attempted to intervene, but our team wiped them out entirely. We have reduced all enemy remains to ash and completely destroyed the battlefield. Even the Yamanaka Clan won't be able to extract a single shred of intel from the scene."
The Uchiha messenger's eyes were filled with unbridled arrogance and pride.
On the other side of the room, as the report concluded, the gathered members burst into boisterous laughter. Every face was etched with excitement.
"Exhilarating! Truly exhilarating!"
One Uchiha stood up, his body trembling with fervor. "This is how the Uchiha should be! Fugaku is a fool—we should have never let him become Clan Head in the first place!"
The others nodded in unison, their faces full of agreement. Clearly, they had all reached their breaking point with Fugaku.
"Fugaku is indeed unfit. I regret supporting him now!"
"Ever since Fugaku took over as Head, the Uchiha have done nothing but retreat. We suffered the most casualties on the battlefield, yet the village turns a blind eye. After the Nine-Tails' attack, we were forced to give up our ancestral land, and now they monitor us openly like criminals..."
"Fugaku? Hmph!"
"Jin-kun is the one who should be Clan Head!"
As the members voiced their frustrations, it became painfully clear just how far the village had pushed the Uchiha Clan.
Uchiha Setsuna, though aged, could not hide the murderous aura radiating from his body. His eyes were clouded with dark thoughts as he spoke in a raspy voice:
"During the era of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, the Uchiha may have been unpopular, but we could at least protect ourselves. Since Fugaku became Head, our situation has deteriorated rapidly."
"It's not just his spinelessness toward the village; he can't even maintain order within the clan. We've split into the Moderates, the Neutrals, and the Radicals... we even have traitors like Shisui and Itachi crawling out of the woodwork..."
"Fortunately, the heavens have not abandoned the Uchiha. They sent us Jin-kun!"
"It is time for this old man to retire. I have decided: from this day forward, Jin is the Leader of the Radical Faction!"
Following Setsuna's declaration, the room erupted in cheers. Not a single person raised an objection. Their dissatisfaction with Fugaku had long since reached a boiling point.
Meanwhile, the handsome youth sitting in the seat of honor showed no signs of excitement.
This was Uchiha Jin.
A transmigrator from Earth.
However, he hadn't just arrived; he had been reborn into the Ninja World over a decade ago. He didn't have a "System" or a "Cheat Code," so he had chosen to grow at a steady, unremarkable pace. Fortunately, his bloodline purity was decent. While not a "once-in-a-generation" genius by Uchiha standards, he was considered a prodigy by the rest of the Leaf.
He hadn't tried to hide or play dead because he didn't yet have the strength to back it up. Furthermore, the Third Shinobi World War had broken out during his Academy years; as a shinobi destined for the front lines, hiding his true abilities was impossible.
Moreover, unlike the original story, the Leaf's surveillance was suffocating! The village had the Barrier Team monitoring 24/7, with countless Anbu and Root members in the shadows. Most frustratingly, there were Orochimaru and Danzo lurking about, and Hiruzen Sarutobi with his damn Telescope Technique...
Hiding? That was a death sentence.
Over the years, he had almost no friends. Even though he was in the same graduating class as Kakashi and Obito, he never sought contact with Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. He followed the standard path, joined the Police Force, survived the war, and continued to train in silence.
Until... one month ago.
His parents in this life suddenly "disappeared." Jin knew exactly what happened: Root had secretly abducted them. He had been training until dawn that night and happened to witness it from the shadows.
As someone with the soul of a man who valued family above all, he viewed his parents in this life as his true kin. In the early hours of that morning, his grief and rage had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
However, because the mental shock was too great, he had collapsed unconscious immediately, which was why he failed to rescue them that night.
His Mangekyo abilities were exceptionally rare. Because of his desire to destroy everything in that moment of trauma, his left eye awakened Susano-no-Mikoto—named after the God of Destruction. When activated, it can annihilate anything, ignoring defenses and even affecting time and space.
Because Jin was a transmigrator who knew the fatal flaw of the Mangekyo (blindness), his right eye awakened Amenotokotachi—named after a primordial god of time. It allows him to "reset" his own temporal state.
The Mangekyo's ocular power consumed by his left eye could be restored by his right!
Jin even sensed that if he developed this technique further, he might be able to travel to the past or future—it was essentially a "God-Tier" version of the Izanagi.
Of course, since he didn't have the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan yet, resetting his left eye still cost power from his right. However, unlike other Uchiha, his right eye possessed a "passive" bug-like ability: it could slowly nurture and regenerate ocular power over time.
While other Uchiha viewed their Mangekyo as a non-renewable resource that led to darkness, Jin had found a way to stay in the light.
In truth, he had an escape plan. It was simple: he had used his missions to set up multiple fake identities outside the village. He planned to take his family and vanish before the Night of the Massacre. As long as they survived the initial search, the village would eventually get distracted by the other Great Nations.
While the Leaf was busy guarding its borders, he would have taken his family to the Land of Snow—somewhere far from the shinobi conflicts.
But Root's actions had shattered those plans. And Uchiha Jin was finished being patient.
Heh. Did they really think a transmigrator was a pushover?
Knowing he couldn't rely on the indecisive Fugaku to get his parents back, Jin had revealed his Mangekyo, joined the Radicals, and orchestrated several strikes against the village to consolidate his power.
Now, he took a deep breath. Looking at the adoring, feverish faces of the Uchiha around him, he stood up and spoke.
"Formalities are for the weak. From this day forward, I am the Leader of the Radical Faction."
"I promise to lead you to victory. I promise that we will reclaim the dignity we have lost. I—"
Unfortunately, before Jin could finish, another Uchiha knocked and hurried into the room.
"Jin-kun! Elder Setsuna!"
"The Clan Head has sent word. An emergency Clan Meeting is being convened immediately!"