"Feeling miserable already? Funny. You didn't hesitate when you messed with this body before. But now that the tables are turned—you can't handle it?"
Natsume Yō's eyes were flat, merciless. A chill colder than steel lingered in his voice.
"Everything you did to me… today, I'll return tenfold. I'll carve this nightmare into your soul so deep you'll never dare cross me again. If I don't crush you, how will you ever learn?"
The moment his words fell, Uchiha Jun'yi's body lurched forward—completely out of his own control. Like a puppet on strings, he staggered out of Yō's house and bolted into the crowded streets of Konoha.
Everything unfolded exactly as Yō intended.
Whispers turned to laughter. The sight of Jun'yi running wild, like a lunatic, had the villagers snickering openly. Every mocking glance chipped away at the Uchiha's fragile pride.
Finally, Jun'yi's father himself stormed in to drag him away. Only then did the chaos end—but Jun'yi's humiliation was complete. Everyone would remember this disgrace.
Uchiha Jun'yi… was finished.
"Erase memory."
The instant Jun'yi was taken away, Yō cast the Soul Control Spell, wiping away every trace of the event from his mind. Clean. No witnesses, no evidence. Even if suspicion lingered, no one could touch him.
Yō exhaled slowly, a faint smirk tugging at his lips."As expected. In this world… if you're not ruthless, you don't survive."
He summoned his status panel.
[Status Panel]Host: Natsume YōWorld: Naruto (Konoha)Age: 10Skills: Clone Technique, Binding Jutsu, Lion ComboState: 12/100Gold: 110Rank: GeninWeapons: None
"Tch. A Genin's EXP is only ten points, but Six Paths level? A whole million. What a joke."
The system's tiering was simple, based on powers of ten:
Chūnin: 100
Jōnin: 1,000
Kage: 10,000
Super-Kage: 100,000
Six Paths: 1,000,000
The gap was insane.
At least gold was useful—the newbie gift pack had dropped 100 coins, enough to buy items from the System Shop. Anything: existing techniques, or things forged by the system itself.
Hours later, a faint warmth stirred in Yō's core. His first trace of chakra.
"So this… is chakra?"
A grin spread across his face."Heh. Seems I'm not talentless after all."
Normally, it took one to two days just to refine the first wisp of chakra. For him to manage it in hours put him in the "genius" category, no question.
"Bath, dinner, then back to training."
By the next morning—after a whole night of cultivation—Yō opened his eyes, body buzzing with new energy.
"Finally… I'm at true Genin-level."
[Status Panel]Host: Natsume YōWorld: Naruto (Konoha)Age: 10Skills: Clone Technique, Binding Jutsu, Lion ComboState: 21/100Gold: 110Rank: GeninWeapons: None
At the Ninja Academy, Yō stepped into class and immediately spotted someone unexpected—Uchiha Jun'yi.
He gave him just a glance. But to Jun'yi, who had endured a day's worth of stares, that single look was enough to ignite his rage.
"...Natsume Yō. You bottom-feeder, you dare mock me? You must have a death wish!"