Ye Ling slowly opened his eyes.
Where is this?
I remember…
didn’t I already die?
A man’s voice suddenly came from beside him: “Let’s call him Ye Yue Ling.
Ai, haven’t you always said you lack a younger brother to help you perform the Absolute Ox Lightning Plow Heat Blade?
Once you have a brother, you must cooperate well with him.”
After hearing this, Ye Ling looked up.
He found a man covered in muscles, wearing a bamboo hat with the character for ‘Thunder’ on it (let’s just assume children in the Naruto world develop early and can see things as infants).
Then he heard a child say: “Yes, Father!
I will definitely become the strongest duo with my brother!”
After hearing these two sentences, Ye Ling roughly knew where he was.
“This is probably the Naruto world.”
The surname Ye Yue, and that ‘Thunder’ hat…
I must have been reborn as the Fourth Raikage’s younger brother and the Third Raikage’s son.
“I don’t know what year it is, but seeing as the Third Raikage is still alive, it probably hasn’t reached the Second Shinobi World War yet,” Ye Ling thought.
However, the more he thought, the sleepier he became.
He couldn’t even keep his eyes open anymore and drifted into a deep sleep.
Konoha Year 37
“Ling, today I’m going to teach you a C-rank Ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Earth Flash,” Yezhue Ai instructed while maintaining a defensive stance.
“Yes, Big Brother!” Ye Yue Ling replied while working hard on his attacks.
This was the fifth year since Ye Yue Ling had transmigrated.
There was one year left before it was time to enter the Ninja Academy.
Normally, civilians wouldn’t undergo any training at all before the age of six.
Civilians could only do some physical training at most because they had no Ninjutsu to practice.
Many civilians, by the time they graduated at twelve, still only knew the most basic Three Basic Jutsu: the Clone Technique, Substitution Technique, and Transformation Technique.
Because Ye Yue Ling was lucky enough to be reborn as the Third Raikage’s son, he already knew the Three Basic Jutsu at age five and was about to learn his first C-rank Ninjutsu.
“Alright.”
After Yezhue Ai finished speaking, he jumped onto a rock behind him and said: “To practice elemental Ninjutsu, you first need to know your Chakra nature.
As long as someone in our clan awakens Chakra, everyone will have Lightning nature Chakra, but other natures aren’t guaranteed.
Here is some Chakra induction paper; you can test what natures you have.”
With that, Yezhue Ai pulled out something that looked like a small slip of paper.
“Inject your Chakra into it.”
“If it splits, it’s Wind nature.”
“If it ignites, it’s Fire nature.”
“If it gets damp, it’s Water nature.”
“If it wrinkles, it’s Lightning nature.”
“If it crumbles, it’s Earth nature.”
“Inject your Chakra and try it.”
After Yezhue Ai finished speaking, he handed the paper to Ye Yue Ling.
Ye Yue Ling took the paper and channeled his Chakra.
The paper split into three parts: one part wrinkled, one part was cut, and one part ignited.
“It seems your natures are all offensive-leaning: Wind, Fire, and Lightning.
These three happen to be the most aggressive among the five elements.
Since you’ve tested the results, let’s begin training.”
Yezhue Ai finished speaking and performed Earth Flash once for Ye Yue Ling to see.
Then he tossed down a Ninjutsu scroll and said:
“Ling, I have some business to attend to today.
You practice first, and I’ll take you to learn more Ninjutsu tomorrow.”
—Line Break—
“Phew, I’m exhausted.
Today was really tiring.
I didn’t expect practicing elemental Ninjutsu to be so much harder than the Three Basic Jutsu.”
“That’s normal.
When practicing elemental Ninjutsu, it’s different from the non-attributed Chakra used for the Three Basic Jutsu.
For elemental Ninjutsu, you have to extract a specific type of Chakra, which requires higher Chakra control.
Naturally, the difficulty of learning increases.”
“Alright, you two, come eat.”
“Yes, Father!” they said in unison.
After dinner, it was already night, and Ye Yue Ling went to his room.
“This is the 37th year since the founding of the Village.”
The Hidden Cloud Village was established around the same time as Konoha, so Konoha’s timeline could be used as a reference.
“But it seems nothing major happened in the original plot in year 37.”
Killer Bee has been born for five years now; he was about seven when the Eight-Tails was sealed inside him.
“However, I can remind my old man to keep an eye on the Eight-Tails to prevent it from going on a rampage before it’s sealed.
If I tell him in advance when I have the chance, I can save some lives in the Village,” Ye Yue Ling thought to himself.
“The current Eight-Tails Jinchuriki seems to be mentally unstable already.
Well, being isolated in one place all the time, it’s perfectly normal for mental problems to occur.”
“Tomorrow I’ll talk to my old man and see if I can have the Eight-Tails sealed inside me.
The Eight-Tails seems quite easy to get along with.
Actually, all Tailed Beasts are fairly easy to get along with as long as you respect them and don’t treat them like animals; they will basically open their hearts to their Jinchuriki.”
Thinking these thoughts, Ye Yue Ling slowly drifted into dreamland.
—Line Break—
Ye Yue Ling woke up early and intercepted the Third Raikage, who was preparing to go to the Raikage Building.
“Father, when I saw Uncle Fukai last time, I felt his emotions were a bit unstable.
If you have time, you should visit him more.
I’m afraid if the Eight-Tails rampages while you aren’t there, something might go wrong.”
Ye Yue Ling was well-versed in the original plot and knew that Fukai was alone with no one to talk to, which eventually led to the Eight-Tails’ rampage that caused chaos in the Hidden Cloud Village.
Fortunately, it happened in an uninhabited clearing, allowing the Third Raikage to subdue it.
The death toll wasn’t as high as the Nine-Tails’ Riot, but many people still died.
If the Third Raikage could be by Fukai’s side in advance, he could subdue him immediately if he went berserk, preventing the full-form Eight-Tails from wreaking havoc on the Hidden Cloud Village later.
The Third Raikage seemed very surprised that Ye Yue Ling could think of so much at such a young age.
“Ling, I’m very happy you can think of so much at your age.
This means the Hidden Cloud Village has a worthy successor.
As for what you said, I’ve taken note.
I’ll visit Fukai when I have time recently.”
“Father, if something really happens to Uncle Fukai, I hope to protect the Village and become the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki!”
Ye Yue Ling said firmly.
The Third Raikage seemed astonished that the young Ye Yue Ling had such determination.
He pondered for a long time.
“Ling, have you really thought through becoming the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?
A Jinchuriki is not just power; it is also a burden.”
“Father, I have already decided.
I want to become the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.”
Hearing Ye Yue Ling’s words, the Third Raikage didn’t give a definite answer.
Instead, he patted Ye Yue Ling’s head with relief and went to the Raikage Building.
“Ling, what were you chatting with Father about?” Yezhue Ai walked over.
“Nothing, Big Brother.
Let’s go train.”
Ye Yue Ling changed the subject and headed toward the training ground.
“Hey, hey!
What exactly did you say?
You won’t even tell your big brother?”
Yezhue Ai grumbled dissatisfiedly and quickly followed him to the training ground.