Konoha Year 48, October 10th – Uchiha Clan District
The night was deep and silent. A full moon hung high, its pale light casting a silver veil across the village.
A lone crow flew across the sky, landing on the roof of a two-story wooden house at the edge of the Uchiha compound.
Strangely, the roof was already occupied: three wild cats of different colors, two sleek black rats, five crows, an owl, and even a small white snake. Yet none of them fought—predators and prey sat together in eerie harmony, unmoving.
Inside the house, on the second floor, a boy sat cross-legged on a tatami mat, bathed in moonlight streaming through the open window.
His name was Uchiha Gen, a fifth-year student at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
The room was quiet—unnaturally so. Any trained shinobi would have been startled to find they could not sense even a flicker of Gen's chakra.
Tonight should have been another peaceful night.
But a deafening roar shattered the stillness, shaking Konoha to its core.
A terrifying chakra surged forth, overwhelming the entire village like a collapsing mountain.
Inside the room, a breeze stirred. It spiraled into a vortex with Uchiha Gen at its center. The moonlight bent unnaturally, refracting around him. Then, as quickly as it came, the wind vanished.
Gen's eyes opened. Twin beams of crystalline light shot forth, bright as polished gems.
"…This chakra… It's the Nine-Tails."
His voice was calm, but his expression was complex. He knew this night well. The fateful Attack of the Nine-Tails had begun.
The glow faded from his eyes. Around him, motes of light shimmered and dissolved—natural energy, the "heaven and earth spiritual qi" known in the shinobi world.
A glowing panel visible only to him appeared:
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Name: Uchiha Gen
Physique: 66/100 (Your body's strength surpasses most shinobi.)
Health: 3660/3660 (Healthy, energetic)
Spirit: 5820/5820
Chakra: 6380/6380
Prestige: An unremarkable Uchiha, currently a nobody.
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Gen was no ordinary boy. In his past life, he had been a game developer working on a pirated Naruto RPG. After days of overwork, he collapsed—and awoke as a newborn in the Uchiha clan. With him came the very attribute panel from his game, along with a golden starter pack.
Inside that pack had been his ultimate invention—Sage Art: Ultimate Evolution—a technique now uniquely his.
Hurried footsteps broke his thoughts. The door burst open, revealing a disheveled woman clutching a small, sleepy-eyed girl.
"Gen! The Nine-Tails are attacking! We must get to the shelter, quickly!" cried his mother, Uchiha Rei.
The girl in her arms blinked drowsily. "Brother…" murmured Uchiha Izumi, his younger sister.
Gen smiled gently and ruffled her hair. "Don't be afraid, Izumi. Big brother will protect you and Mother."
"Mm… Izumi isn't afraid," she whispered, clutching his hand.
The three hurried out into the night. All around them, Uchiha families were rushing in panic.
And then—they saw it.
The Nine-Tailed Fox loomed above the village, its nine tails thrashing, tearing apart buildings like paper. Roars like thunder shook the earth.
At the compound gates, Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, stood with the fully armed Uchiha Military Police Force, ready to march and defend the village.
But before they could move, masked figures dropped from the rooftops—Root operatives under Danzo.
"Lord Danzo has ordered: no member of the Uchiha Police is permitted to leave. Not one step."
The words cut through the night like blades.
"What!"
"Does the village suspect us?!"
"They think we'd control the Nine-Tails with our Sharingan?!"
The Uchiha police roared in fury, their killing intent rising.
Fugaku's face darkened. He understood all too well—this was distrust laid bare. Konoha feared the Uchiha. Tonight, the rift between clan and village would only deepen.
The two groups stood locked in a tense standoff, killing intent clashing like storm clouds.
Izumi trembled, paling from the oppressive aura.
Gen took her hand, sending gentle chakra into her body to calm her. Then, with disdain in his voice, he said loudly enough for all to hear:
"Don't be afraid, Izumi. They're just mongrels. We Uchiha are the strongest."
The Uchiha police cast him approving glances. The Root shinobi, though masked, let their killing intent surge toward him.
His mother looked at him anxiously. "Gen…"