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The furnishings inside were nearly identical to those in the Hokage's office.
uchiha ying climbed the stairs with caution, each step echoing faintly in the empty building.
There was no one in the hall, no one in the surrounding rooms.
"Is this place… completely empty?"
He hesitated, then pushed open the door to the central office.
"You here for a mission? Sorry, there's nothing for you today."
A blonde woman, buried in paperwork behind the desk, spoke without even lifting her head.
"...Tsunade?"
Wasn't the Hokage supposed to still be Hiruzen Sarutobi at this point in time? How could she be here?
Did I… time travel again?
uchiha ying stepped closer, trying to get a better look.
"You shouldn't address the Hokage so casually," Tsunade said without looking up.
But... her eyes didn't seem to focus on him. Instead, they were fixed somewhere behind him. Cold. Mechanical.
"That's... odd."
Even if she didn't recognize him, this wasn't right. Her words, her tone, even her movements—everything was stiff. Repetitive.
"I don't have any tasks for you today."
"You—"
uchiha ying 's eyes narrowed.
"...An NPC?"
She didn't feel real. No variation, no awareness—like a doll repeating pre-programmed lines.
He stepped closer, cautiously testing the theory.
"You're being rude. Address me as Hokage."
Still no change. No emotion. Just empty dialogue delivered with robotic precision.
Yeah. She's not real.
He exhaled slowly, then casually leaned forward across the desk.
Too realistic, though...
From this distance, he could see her flawless skin, the delicate features of her face. Her curves were practically sculpted—dangerously beautiful.
An angel's face. A devil's body.
His eyes drifted downward.
Just one touch, right?
She's just data... not real...
His fingers reached out toward her cheek.
"Don't mess around. This is the Hokage's office!"
Tsunade suddenly stood up, slamming her hands against the desk.
Alive?
uchiha ying flinched and yanked his hand back.
But after a brief pause, she sat down again and resumed scribbling on the desk—exactly as before.
Back to normal.
So she just has a third dialogue trigger?
Watching her blankly write meaningless loops on a paper that said nothing, he finally relaxed again.
Definitely an NPC.
And maybe... this really is just a dream.
"If it were before, I wouldn't even dare. But now…"
He smiled faintly.
"Guess I'll be a little wicked today."
Let's see how real you really are."
---
*Tap...*
Blood.
Fresh, dark red droplets slid down the length of a frost-colored blade.
The tip of the weapon scraped the floor, the edge leaving sparks against the stone.
Somewhere far below, in a pitch-black underground space, the sound echoed sharply.
"Why…?"
uchiha ying stared, frozen in fear, as a white-haired ninja slowly approached—blade dragging behind him.
He stepped back. But his back hit cold, unyielding stone.
Trapped.
"Born evil... Uchiha brat."
Without another word, the man raised the blade.
Thunder God Slash.
A flash of light. A gust of wind. A searing pain.
Blood sprayed across the entire room.
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"—!"
uchiha ying shot upright, gasping.
Chest heaving. Skin drenched in sweat.
A dream?
He stumbled to the restroom.
His pale face stared back at him from the mirror. Water splashed over his cheeks, but the fear didn't fade.
"Senju Tobirama..."
He clenched the edge of the sink.
"I'll dig up your corpse and whip it myself..."
This wasn't his first nightmare like that.
In his previous life, after transmigrating into the Naruto world, he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan from birth.
Unfortunately, that gift also made him a target.
The Second Hokage—Senju Tobirama—treated him like an anomaly. A threat. He'd been locked in the basement and dissected as a living test subject.
Until the day Tobirama finally struck to kill him.
But instead of dying, uchiha ying had inexplicably found himself transported to the Uchiha Clan's compound—decades later—on the very night of the Uchiha massacre.
His body? Younger.
The Flying Thunder God seal? Gone.
Thanks to that, he had managed to survive, crawling out from beneath the bodies of his slain kin. The trauma had somehow erased both his chakra and the ability to awaken his Sharingan again.
Since then, he'd kept a low profile—attending the ninja academy alongside Sasuke and Naruto, quietly seeking a way to recover his power.
What happened just now felt like a dream... but...
That sensation—lightning, the chakra inside him now—it was too real.
This system... these hyper-realistic simulations...
Was this... the start of his comeback?
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"Why are you out so late?"
As he passed the ruins of the Uchiha compound, a voice called out from the gate.
A familiar one.
Sasuke.
Ever since they both crawled out of the massacre alive, uchiha ying and Sasuke had been the only survivors—brothers by blood, if not by time.
"I had a nightmare."
"Nightmare?"
Sasuke's eyes darkened.
Could it be... that same dream from last night?
He remembered it too—being blasted into ash, powerless.
No... impossible. Two people can't share the same dream.
Sasuke shook his head and dismissed the thought.
"That man... I'll be the one to kill him. You don't need to burden yourself with it."
uchiha ying hesitated.
He wanted to ask if Sasuke remembered the dream. The mission. The simulation. But... seeing the pain still carved into Sasuke's expression, he stayed silent.
"I'll kill him. You bring our clan back."
Sasuke's tone softened.
His blood-red Sharingan faded to black.
Even though uchiha ying still couldn't awaken his Sharingan… even though he seemed weak…
Sasuke still saw him as someone worth protecting.
"Also—here."
He shoved a bento box into uchiha ying 's hands.
"Next time, let me make it…" uchiha ying muttered.
But Sasuke was already turning to leave, not even waiting for a reply.
Always playing the older brother role, huh?
Even though I'm the one who's older…
"See you at school," Sasuke said, vanishing into the night.
uchiha ying stared down at the lunchbox, sighing.
"…Tsundere royalty, through and through."
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