Konoha XX year, what night is this?
How many times has it been?
He couldn't remember how many times it had been!
Shangguan Huaiyu looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, tears streaming down his face, forming wavy patterns like spicy beef noodles. His Chakra extraction had failed again!
Shangguan Huaiyu, oh no, now he was Tenzawa Kiyotaki.
In his previous life on Earth, he was secretly reading a Naruto manga during class break. Just as he was engrossed, a thunderous roar from his devilish homeroom teacher nearly made him wet himself! Disoriented, in a blink of an eye, he found himself transmigrated to the Naruto World, becoming a child.
Ever since he knew he had transmigrated to the Naruto World, Tenzawa Kiyotaki had been in a constant state of panic. This was the Ninja World, a place of endless war!
Especially since he hadn't been reborn into a prominent Konoha clan, but merely as a commoner's child.
One must know that in the Naruto World, a commoner's family was incredibly humble, mere cannon fodder in wars. Tenzawa Kiyotaki's parents had sacrificed their lives in such a war.
However, it was a good thing he wasn't reborn into the unlucky Uchiha Clan. Being reborn into a commoner's family at least meant he could live an ordinary life. If he had been reborn into the Uchiha Clan and still hadn't died, he would surely be doomed.
"Hey! Kid, did your Chakra extraction fail again?"
Ono Kazuki, passing by after drinking, asked, his breath reeking of alcohol.
Ono Kazuki was a comrade of Tenzawa Kiyotaki's parents. He lost an eye, an arm, and a leg in the Third Great Ninja War, which led to his retirement as a Ninja. He then opened a small convenience store in Konoha Village.
After Tenzawa Kiyotaki's parents sacrificed themselves, he took good care of Tenzawa Kiyotaki. It was he who taught Tenzawa Kiyotaki the Chakra extraction technique.
Kiyotaki received the Chakra extraction technique and practiced it day and night.
Unfortunately, to this day, he still hadn't managed to extract a single wisp of Chakra.
Children his age had already started at the Ninja Academy. He was denied admission because he couldn't extract Chakra, and was even called Konoha's first ever good-for-nothing.
Tenzawa Kiyotaki clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, his expression resolute.
"Uncle Kazuki, I will definitely succeed in extracting Chakra!"
Kazuki nodded, very much affirming Kiyotaki's attitude.
"To be a Ninja is to endure what ordinary people cannot endure! Kiyotaki, I believe you will succeed!"
Kiyotaki nodded at Kazuki and re-entered his Chakra extraction state.
--- The sun set, and the Ninja Academy had also dismissed. Groups of children either went home accompanied by their parents, or walked home in twos and threes with classmates.
Only on the swing, a lonely small figure was reluctant to leave, and nearby, curses from either children or adults could be heard, like cold knives piercing him fiercely.
Finally, only he was left at the school gate, all alone... Kiyotaki awoke from his Chakra extraction, the setting sun casting a golden glow on his face.
Without surprise, he had failed yet again!
He wasn't disheartened, having grown accustomed to it, and got up to head home.
"Is that Naruto?"
"The Fourth Hokage's son!"
Kiyotaki looked at Naruto, sitting alone on the swing in the distance.
"He's a pitiful person too."
His father was once Konoha's highest leader, a hero who protected Konoha with his life, and his mother was a wealthy woman in Konoha. Even he himself, from birth, became the vessel for Konoha's sealed Nine-Tailed.
Little Naruto, a hero's son and a hero himself, ended up in this situation, suffering the Village's hatred, disgust, curses, and bullying. No one helped him, no one cared, he had no money, no friends, and was constantly given dirty looks.
Pitiful!
Kiyotaki smiled helplessly. He himself wasn't doing much better. He just didn't know if Naruto knew that there was a group of children in Konoha Village who called him and Naruto "Konoha's Twin Objects."
One a good-for-nothing, the other a monster.
"Sigh!"
Kiyotaki sighed, smiled helplessly, and didn't bother him. He turned and went home, for no one knew how many Anbu and Root Ninja were watching around Naruto.
Kiyotaki's home was a small house in the commoner's district. Along the way, Kiyotaki constantly greeted people.
"Hello, Grandma!"
"Hello, Auntie!"
People also returned Kiyotaki's greetings with smiles. Everyone liked a child who was handsome, well-behaved, and polite.
"Oh! Little Kiyotaki is back!"
Aside from occasional disdain from other children, others were quite friendly towards Kiyotaki. After all, this was the commoner's district; they were all ordinary people, so no one laughed at anyone else.
Naruto, on the other hand, had a different experience. After everyone had dispersed, he went home alone, enduring the cold glares of the villagers all the way.
Back home, he opened a packet of instant noodles, took out a bottle of expired milk, and made do with that for dinner.
There were no more instant noodles left in the box. He crossed his arms, pinched his chin, and pondered for a moment.
"Hmm! Tomorrow, I'll have to buy some instant noodles!"
Saying that, he rummaged in the corner and pulled out a handful of crumpled silver notes.
That afternoon, Uncle Kazuki went out drinking with his friends again, entrusting Kiyotaki to mind the store for him.
Kiyotaki sat at the counter, diligently minding the store, skillfully calculating and taking money. It seemed he was already quite adept at this.
Outside, the sun was bright. Two young boys in blue clothes passed by the store.
The children were short and cute.
"Onii-san! I want candy."
The child tugged at the boy's clothes, saying.
The boy stroked the child's head.
"You go in and buy it. I'll wait for you."
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Someone tapped on the counter.
"I want to buy a candy!"
Kiyotaki was leaning on the counter and didn't see anyone.
In front of the counter, a child raised the money in his hand.
"I'm here! I want to buy candy!"
"I want this one!"
The child pointed to a candy on the shelf.
Sasuke!
Kiyotaki was shocked!
This was the second protagonist of Naruto, the second pillar!
"That'll be 10 Ryo!"
Kiyotaki smiled as he handed him the candy and took the money. Sasuke happily took the candy to share with Itachi.
Itachi smiled, bent down, and poked Sasuke's forehead with two fingers. Sasuke shyly enjoyed the interaction with his brother.
"Sasuke, you eat it yourself!"
Itachi pushed the candy back and left with Sasuke.
Kiyotaki looked at Itachi, his eyes cold and wary. This guy was incredibly dangerous! He was a cold-blooded psychopath!
A disloyal, unfilial, inhumane, and unjust fellow, Itachi could not be whitewashed.
In reality, the Uchiha Clan had never threatened Konoha. Ever since the Uchiha Clan betrayed Madara, they stayed in Konoha for peace, and were already tied to Konoha.
The issue between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha was mainly Danzo's ambition and the Uchiha radicals' problems. Itachi, for Danzo's ambition to eliminate the Uchiha Clan, gain power, and control Konoha, spared no one, not even the elderly, women, or children of the Uchiha Clan!
Tsk tsk! Love-struck Itachi, for the scumbag Danzo, wiped out his entire clan!
Truly foolish! And perverse!
Itachi seemed to feel the cold gaze behind him, and he suddenly turned his head.
He saw Kiyotaki's smiling face, eyes narrowed.
Another child burst in through the door. He glanced at the candy in Sasuke's hand, his eyes filled with immense envy and longing. He ran in, clutching crumpled silver notes in his hand.
"Uncle Kazuki, I want to buy instant noodles!"
Kiyotaki poked his head out from behind the counter.
"Naruto!"
Naruto was stunned for a moment.
"You know me?"
He immediately understood. Naruto, the Nine-tailed Demon Fox! Who in Konoha Village didn't know him!
Kiyotaki smiled at him.
"Welcome to our store, Naruto-kun."
Naruto smiled happily. He had finally met a child who didn't call him a demon fox.
"I want to buy instant noodles, all of this money for instant noodles!"
Kiyotaki counted the money and gave him a corresponding amount of instant noodles.
"Since you're buying so many instant noodles, here's a candy for you!"
Kiyotaki handed him a candy.
Naruto's eyes lit up, looking at the candy in Kiyotaki's hand with immense joy.
"Is it true? You're giving me a candy!"
Kiyotaki nodded affirmatively.
"It's just a marketing tactic to take care of regular customers! Take it, don't be shy."
Naruto happily took the candy.
"Thank you so much! I'll buy my instant noodles here again in the future!"
Kiyotaki smiled.
"Then welcome back next time!"
Naruto left happily, hugging his instant noodles, the sun shining brightly outside.
"Whoosh!"
A masked figure suddenly appeared in front of the counter, startling Kiyotaki.
The figure wore a distinctive mask; it was clearly an Anbu member.
"Hey! Kid, stay away from the demon fox from now on. The Nine-tailed Demon Fox is very dangerous!"
Kiyotaki seemed frightened, nodding nervously.
The masked ANBU Ninja nodded in satisfaction, then disappeared with a "whoosh."
--- When Kazuki returned from drinking, he looked at Kiyotaki, who was bored and cultivating in the store, and mumbled drunkenly.
"Kiyotaki, it's okay if you can't extract Chakra. There's nothing wrong with being an ordinary person."
"Look at me! When I was a Ninja, I often participated in missions, in wars, killing people!"
"In the end, look at me, missing an arm and a leg, blind. In this world, people can't be honest with each other, Ninja kill each other, it's better to... uhm..."
He let out a drunken burp.
"...It's better to be an ordinary person."
"Uncle Kazuki, you've had too much to drink!"
Kiyotaki helped him sit on the reclining chair.
"I haven't had too much, Kiyotaki. Your parents and I were comrades. They also died in the war. We all hated war!"
He grinned, exhaling alcohol fumes as he spoke to Kiyotaki.
"Afraid of being a commoner and not having food? If you're afraid, you can take care of me in my old age, and this store will be yours to inherit."
Kiyotaki shook his head. This was the Ninja World, a Ninja World of endless war!
That night, Kiyotaki lay in bed, lost in thought.
Perhaps being an ordinary person was also an option. Konoha was relatively stable. He could marry a girl who would shout "Yamete kudasai" here and live an ordinary life.
He drifted off to sleep in a daze. In the middle of the night, he seemed to hear distant commotion accompanied by people's shouts.
The next day, at Uncle Kazuki's small shop, Ono Kazuki's face was grim, so dark it looked like it would drip water.
Kiyotaki looked at him suspiciously. It couldn't be, could it? It was just a hangover. Was it that bad?
"The Uchiha Clan has been annihilated!"
Ono Kazuki finally uttered a sentence after a long pause, startling Kiyotaki!
"Thousands of people, including women, children, and the elderly, were all killed. Only Uchiha Sasuke remains!"
No wonder the atmosphere in Konoha was off early in the morning. So last night was the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre!
Kiyotaki took a deep breath. Coming to the Naruto World, he truly felt the cruelty of the Naruto World!