·The Ninja Academy year is divided into three semesters: the first from April 1st to mid-July, the second from early September to late December, and the third from early January to late March.
Konoha Year 54, April 1st.
The Ninja Academy welcomed the beginning of a new academic year.
Sixth-year students had already graduated by the end of March. Some became official Genin, some returned for remedial classes, others were specially recruited by village departments, and a few dropped out entirely, leaving the path of the ninja behind.
All other students officially advanced to their next year today.
The previously empty first-year classrooms were now set to welcome new students who had passed the entrance exam.
Izanami was one of them.
Unlike the other new students, who arrived with parents or older siblings, Izanami came alone. While most newcomers looked with envy at their classmates being accompanied by family, Izanami's gaze showed no jealousy—only quiet observation.
But what he observed was something unique, something only he could see.[Ninja Aptitude (White)][Chakra Control (Green)][Chunin Aptitude (Green)]When Izanami focused on someone, these colorful bubbles appeared around them. Each bubble contained words written in the same color as the bubble itself.
Some students had no bubbles at all. That meant they either lacked talent entirely or possessed such minor talent—like skills in cooking or crafting—that it didn't qualify under his ability's scope.
This ability was Izanami's cheat.
Izanami had no surname, only a given name.
The orphanage director said he was named Izanami because he was born on the evening of June 16th. He had spent his early years in the orphanage, learning basic reading, speech, and survival skills. When he turned three, the director brought him "home"—to a cemetery where his parents lay buried.
Both of his parents had been orphans with no surnames. His father was a Chunin who died during a mission, along with his entire squad and their Jonin leader. His mother died from complications during childbirth. With her final breath, she didn't entrust the baby to her husband's friends or any kin, but to the doctor, asking that he be raised in the orphanage.
The village supported the orphanage. There was no family estate to fight over, no wealth to covet.
So Izanami began learning to live on his own from the age of three.
After realizing the kind of world he'd been reborn into, Izanami wasn't surprised. This was the world of Naruto—also known in some circles as "Legend of the Eyes: The Five Village Brawl" or "Black Zetsu's Search for Mother."
In this world, the plot revolved around family legacies and bloodlines, especially those of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. But Izanami felt no despair at being an orphan without a clan name or Kekkei Genkai.
Because... he had a cheat.
The Talent Entry System.
This system awakened on his first birthday. Besides seeing the talent bubbles of others, Izanami could also summon a glowing screen visible only to him. No one else could see it—not even through a mirror.
This screen showed his personal stats and system features. At age three, he had already opened the system's newbie gift package.
Now, several years later, his stats had changed significantly.
As he stepped into the Ninja Academy, he summoned the light screen in his mind.
[Host: Izanami]
[Talent Entries: Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red), Super Kage Aptitude (Gold), Bloodline Limit · Byakugan (Purple), All-Attribute Physique (Purple), Medical Genius (Blue), Chakra Control (Blue)]
[Points: 25]
While others had one, maybe two talent entries—if any—Izanami had six.
When he first obtained the system, he only had a Chunin Aptitude (Green) entry. But by age three, he had already flipped his fate on its head and evolved into a once-in-a-generation prodigy.
In terms of pure talent, no one surpassed him. At best, some equaled him.
Izanami had classified the talent levels himself:WhiteGreenBluePurpleGoldRedHe was also certain that there were levels even higher than Red, but he hadn't discovered what they were yet.
The system had a simple but overpowered function: it allowed him to acquire the talent entries of others.
Through exploration, Izanami discovered two known methods of acquiring talents:Combat VictoryIn an even match, you had a high chance of gaining low-level talents and a small chance of acquiring high-level ones.
If you defeated a stronger opponent, you were almost guaranteed to gain their lower-level talents and had a high chance of gaining higher-level ones.
A crushing win gave a small chance to acquire anything at all.
Newbie Gift PackageGiven once upon awakening the system, it allowed the user to copy any one talent entry from another person.
Izanami had used his at age three.
Back when he first realized he'd reincarnated into the Naruto universe—born on June 16th, Konoha Year 48—he quickly did the math. He was the same age as Aburame Shino.
Without hesitation, he planned to use his gift package on Uzumaki Naruto.
After all, Naruto was this era's protagonist.
He was:Reincarnation of Asura, son of the Sage of Six PathsBearer of the Uzumaki Bloodline, albeit latent in canonHost to Kurama, the Nine-Tailed BeastInheritor of the Sage BodyEven though Naruto couldn't pronounce "chakra" properly, the seal and bloodline inside him made his chakra reserves absurdly massive. Surely he had entries like Sage Body or Asura's Chakra.
Copying just one of them would make Izanami monstrously powerful.
Another strong candidate was Uchiha Sasuke, the reincarnation of Indra, the Sage's eldest son. He inherited the Sage's Eyes, and by extension, access to powers like the Sharingan, Rinnegan, and more.
But just as Izanami was closing in on either of them, he happened to pass a Hyuga Clan member on the street.
At that moment, inspiration struck—and he changed his mind.
True, the strongest talent monsters in the Ninja World were Naruto and Sasuke. Like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, they were reincarnations of the Sage's sons. They possessed not only Super Kage potential but also the backing of the Sage of Six Paths himself.
Once they matured and received their Six Paths power-up, they'd exceed even Hashirama and Madara—breaking the boundaries and reaching Six Paths level.
On Earth, no one could surpass them in potential.
But... what about beyond Earth?
That was the thought that made Izanami hesitate.
In this world of shinobi and chakra, he would need more than plot armor and good intentions to survive. He needed talent. He needed power. And most importantly, he needed the right vision.
What if his goal wasn't just to match the protagonists… but to surpass the world itself?
[End of Chapter 1]
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