In the winter of Konoha 40, Wutian Shuichi stood in his house, watching the snowflakes gently fall outside the window, having come to terms with his transmigration into the Ninja World's Hidden Leaf Village.
Through a glass pane only about the size of two human heads, Shuichi could roughly make out his young face.
His spirited purplish-black hair framed both sides of his forehead, and his bright, piercing eyes reflected his delicate, youthful features.
In his previous life, Shuichi could be described as a carefree young man, having grown up in Peng City, a coastal province in southern China.
His parents were originally from an inland Village in the coastal province, warm-hearted and ambitious people. Due to Peng City's openness and their ability to speak Cantonese and communicate with merchants from the opposing Hong Kong city, they had accumulated some assets in Peng City before the millennium.
Because some Villages in the coastal province still retained strong Chinese traditions, Shuichi had two older sisters, an older brother, and a younger brother in his previous life.
His parents' education focused more on teaching him how to behave through their own actions, and they rarely interfered with his studies, only asking him not to cause major trouble at school.
At home, Shuichi was a quiet child who always thought deeply.
His two older sisters married early, and his older brother, after graduating from university, began to follow his father around, preparing to take over the family business.
Only Shuichi's academic performance had always been at the top since he was young, and with the family's ample assets, he studied abroad for many years after high school.
A few days ago, having just finished his final semester exams for graduate school, Shuichi felt a little lost about his future path.
However, he was an optimistic and cheerful person, so he quickly put those worries and trouble behind him and started an intense LOL battle with his classmates.
"Infinite Firepower is back on recently, wanna play?"
"Of course, I just bought the new skin today, nobody's taking EZ from me!"
"Shuier, Shuige, the invitation has been sent, hurry and join the room! Today, my buddies specifically found those two pretty girls from our group project. If you get 30+ kills and carry them, hehehe…"
Because Shuichi studied abroad, he had a fair amount of lonely time, and it could be said that he transformed from a diligent student into a somewhat introverted otaku.
As a child, he only followed anime like Naruto intermittently, but now he has watched the manga over 5 times.
Shuichi himself had watched many animes, but only Naruto was his true love.
During his free time, Shuichi didn't have many special hobbies. He didn't call for services to his rented apartment to party like some of the more unrestrained second-generation students.
Normally, he just occasionally exercised, played games, and watched anime. With his spare money, he bought quite a few Naruto figures.
"What's the rush? Carrying them doesn't lead to anything more, and in two months, we'll all go our separate ways, right? ...I'm in." Shuichi was quite calm.
"Wow, you're so calm? Well, with your conditions, you won't lack girls when you return home. It's on, it's on!"
Of course, despite saying that, Shuichi was a bit annoyed today, so he decided to play well.
Shuichi occasionally watched some Naruto spin-offs recently, but he scoffed at Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
He believed it was Kishimoto Masashi commercializing and selling nostalgia for money after Naruto ended, which felt like an insult to his intelligence as someone who grew up watching Naruto.
Thinking of Naruto, he suddenly felt his hands itching, and the desire to play a Ninja hero grew stronger.
He glanced at the hero list and immediately chose Akali at the very front.
He quickly entered the game. Perhaps it was the stimulation of the girls' voices, or perhaps some melancholy from graduation season, but today Shuichi was exceptionally irritable.
He pulled out a Mejai's Soulstealer in 4 minutes and got 30 kills in less than 20 minutes, not even hitting a single tower, almost cornering all five opponents in their fountain.
The more Shuichi played, the more flamboyant his posture became. He half-reclined in his chair, stretching his feet forward, unaware that his big toes were almost poking into the power strip.
Perhaps even the heavens couldn't stand it anymore. Suddenly, Shuichi's hand twitched, and after a positioning error, he was finally punished by the opponent.
Just as he was about to slam his keyboard and curse, current suddenly surged from the power outlet.
Shuichi only felt his body suddenly go weak, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, he felt an uncontrollable, paralytic sensation throughout his body. It took him a long time to barely sit up.
He found himself a child, and looking around, it was an old wooden house.
The room had a strong Japanese-style layout, very similar to what he had seen on a certain video app in his previous life.
At first, Shuichi thought he had been sent to a hospital and was dreaming.
However, over the past few days, memories like movie recordings kept popping up in his mind, and he finally understood that he had transmigrated to the Ninja World's Konoha Village, becoming a 4-year-old orphan named Wutian Shuichi.
The original Wutian Shuichi was born into a family where both parents were Ninja.
His father, Takeda Kenta, was a Special Jonin of Konoha Village. His ancestors were said to have been famous samurai a long time ago.
But in the era of the Five Great Nations, they were merely descendants of villagers who had settled in Konoha when it was founded. Reaching the level of Special Jonin in less than 30 years was already quite remarkable.
His mother was also a Chunin from a similar family background, with a certain talent in Medical Ninjutsu.
She could be considered a veteran Ninja who followed Tsunade Hime in establishing Konoha's Medical Ninjutsu system.
It was also because of these conditions that Shuichi was not taken into the Konoha Orphanage after his parents died.
The Village allocated him a house very similar to Naruto's residence in the original story, very close to Konoha's central area, situated next to the Konoha Village reservoir,
for the convenience of special care within the Village.
The original Wutian Shuichi was a lively child, but half a month ago, upon learning of his parents' deaths, he first became overly grief-stricken, and when he moved to his current residence, he was in a daze.
A few days ago, Shuichi transmigrated, and he fully accepted this body without much resistance. After all, a 4-year-old child's memories are quite limited.
Currently, the Ninja World is not peaceful; it is still in the late stages of the Second Shinobi World War.
However, Shuichi knew that the Second Shinobi World War would end soon, and his original parents dying during this period could be said to be incredibly unlucky.
In the first few days after he arrived, he also missed his parents from before his transmigration. After all, many things are taken for granted until they are lost, and only then do you realize their value.
"Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. This life is a new beginning for me, and the future is still long. I need to cheer up quickly." Shuichi thought silently to himself.
In the days since his transmigration, he could only comfort himself that he must live well in this life.
Although the manga and anime portray Naruto as a passionate world, even with only a rough understanding of the plot, one can deduce that it is a cruel world filled with slaughter, conspiracies, and betrayal.
For the reborn Wutian Shuichi, the first problem he faced was his future choices.
As a new writer, the pacing in the early stages wasn't well-controlled, and progress might be slow, but it definitely won't be watered down from listing to completion. Some explanatory content can be skipped, and I hope for your understanding.