[Leave your brain at the door while reading!]
[Take this hit from me!]
[Sage Art: Brain Stripping Technique!]
...Ninja World, Konoha, inside a classroom at the Ninja Academy...
"...While the Kunai is in mid-air, use the Body Flicker Technique to close the distance."
"Use the Leaf Hurricane to kick the enemy toward the Kunai, setting up..."
"The Leaf Triangle Seal!"
On the podium, a middle-aged man in a green flak jacket spoke incessantly.
Seated below him was a crowd of colorful children...
"Where... am I?"
Uchiha Sasuke opened his eyes, feeling dizzy; he had just woken from a very long dream.
In that dream, he lived in a strange world and experienced a completely different life.
In that world, there were no Ninjas, no Chakra, and no wars.
It was a peaceful world where the economy and technology developed rapidly, and various entertainment industries flourished one after another.
A manga titled "Naruto" appeared out of nowhere, attracting countless followers.
Sasuke was shocked to discover that he was actually one of the protagonists of this manga...
Although he was a main character who reached the peak of the Ninja World at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
Logically speaking, he should have had the script of a victorious power-fantasy protagonist.
But only those who knew the story understood how difficult it was for him to survive until the end.
At age seven, he lived through the night of the clan's extermination; his clansmen, elders, and parents... all died tragic deaths.
And the perpetrator was none other than his beloved older brother.
Uchiha Itachi.
Not only that, Itachi even used the Mangekyō Sharingan's Genjutsu, Tsukuyomi, on him.
He forced Sasuke to watch the slaughter of their parents and clan on repeat in his mind...
Just for not going insane on the spot... Sasuke was jokingly dubbed the "Server's Best Tank" by the readers.
Do you have any idea how much psychological trauma that inflicts on a nine-year-old child?
At age thirteen, he steeled his heart, severed his bonds, and surrendered himself to the serpent, joining Orochimaru solely to gain power.
After biding his time for three years, he killed Orochimaru just moments before the latter could take over his body.
The first thing he did upon regaining his freedom was to seek revenge.
To take revenge on Uchiha Itachi, the man who slaughtered their clan and parents.
He exhausted every trick up his sleeve and was driven to a dead end.
Just when he thought his eyes were about to be gouged out, Uchiha Itachi collapsed.
Before Sasuke could even breathe a sigh of relief, he learned that Uchiha Itachi had slaughtered the clan and killed their parents just to ensure Sasuke's survival...
All along, the person who loved him the most was the older brother he hated the most.
Upon learning the truth, Sasuke's will was crushed for a time.
Finally, he decided to take revenge on Konoha and the higher-ups who had persecuted the Uchiha Clan.
He wanted to destroy Konoha!
But halfway through his plan, the Fourth Great Ninja War broke out...
Sasuke set aside his hatred, teamed up with Naruto, fought Obito, battled Uchiha Madara, and sealed Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
In the end, he even abandoned the idea of destroying Konoha, wanting instead to become the Hokage to implement his own version of peace.
However, he was stopped by Naruto.
A massive battle erupted between them, and both lost an arm.
In this battle, the winner would become Hokage, and the loser would marry Sakura.
Naruto won, becoming the Seventh Hokage, marrying a beautiful, wealthy woman, and reaching the pinnacle of life.
Sasuke lost, becoming a blade in the shadows of Konoha, wandering the darkness.
In the later stages, he even ended up... he was nerfed like a dog!
Once, I could destroy the heavens and the earth; later, I was digging dirt in prison.
And I even got kicked and punched by the prison guards...
"Is this the dream of the butterfly?"
Sasuke frowned slightly; it felt as if he had lived another life in a different world for over a decade... everything felt so real, yet so illusory.
"Is all of this true or false?"
"If it is true..."
Sasuke's eyes dimmed...
"Brother... no, Uchiha Itachi, what have you done?!!"
"For the sake of Konoha, you would even kill your own clansmen and parents?"
[Ding! Host awakening detected. Devouring Myriad Worlds System activated!]
Suddenly, an electronic voice rang out in Sasuke's mind.
System?!
Sasuke was stunned; wasn't this the "cheat" from the novels in his dream?
"System, was everything in my dream real? Does it have anything to do with you?"
[Ding! To help the host better understand the system's existence, this system transmitted the memories of a person from another world to the host in the form of a dream.]
[As for whether it is true or false, the host must judge for themselves.]
"I see..."
Sasuke muttered to himself.
Then, he gathered his thoughts.
"System, introduce yourself. What functions do you have, and how do I use them?"
[Ding! This system is an Infinite Devouring System, which allows the host to devour a target's talents, bloodlines, and abilities, fusing them into the host's body.]
[Note: The targets devoured by this system cannot be living beings; they must have recently died or retain a certain level of vitality to be devoured.]
[The system will not issue tasks or interfere with the host's behavior; everything is decided by the host.]
[Additionally, the host is gifted one devouring and fusion opportunity every year, which can be stacked without limit.]
[Note: The host can choose to devour the target in its entirety. If so, the host will obtain all the target's abilities, including bloodline, talent, physical attributes, and combat memories. However, please be aware that any negative side effects the target possessed may also be transferred to the host.]
[The host can also choose to devour only specific parts of the target's abilities; in this case, there will be no side effects other than what the host chooses to absorb.]
[Note: Devouring requires time to fuse, depending on the difference in strength and compatibility between the target and the host.]
[The host has received a reward for activating the system. Combined with this year's annual opportunity, the host currently has two devouring opportunities available.]
"Devouring, huh..."
Sasuke murmured as he slowly closed his eyes.
This is asking me to... eat people!
Don't be fooled by Konoha's current prosperity and the peaceful atmosphere; if events follow the path in the dream, the Uchiha Clan will soon face destruction.
He, too, will become a stray dog.
Looking at the entire Ninja World, the Five Great Nations are constantly at war, small countries survive in the cracks between them, countless refugees roam everywhere, and bandits and rogue Ninjas run rampant.
Undoubtedly, this is a chaotic world!
In this chaotic world, hard work won't make you a superior person; "eating" people will!
Might Guy worked hard all his life and bloomed with a brilliance that dazzled the world!
But that radiance was too brief; what Sasuke wanted was to become an eternal sun!
Thinking of this, Sasuke opened his eyes, a cold light flashing within them...
"In that case... I'll 'eat' people!"
"System, open my Personal Status Panel."
[Ding! Personal Status Panel opened.]
[Host: Uchiha Sasuke]
[Bloodline: Uchiha Clan [Sharingan] (Unawakened), Hidden Bloodline [Indra's Reincarnation] (Unawakened)]
[Chakra Affinities: Yin, Fire, Lightning... (Can be increased through devouring later)]
[Chakra Amount: 0.2 Kakashis] (Reference value only).
[Ninjutsu: Three Basic Techniques, Great Fireball Technique.]
[Comprehensive Strength: Between Academy Student and Genin.]
[Evaluation: Look what I found? A weak and frail Uchiha cub!]