“Come on, Sakura, wake up.
Breakfast is ready…” “Coming, Mom…” The familiar voice of her mother drifted in from outside the room.
Sakura Haruno slowly sat up, rubbed the sleep from her eyes, then got out of bed and began changing her clothes and washing up.
Four years had already passed since she had been reincarnated into this strange world.
From the moment she had opened her eyes as a helpless newborn to the present, when she had grown into a little girl with soft pink hair and vivid green eyes, Sakura had long since figured out the identity of the world she now lived in.
Naruto.
In her previous life, it had been an extremely popular anime.
As an avid anime fan, she had followed the series all the way to its conclusion before moving on to Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
Then, one day, while she had been idly rewatching the Marvel movies online, everything had suddenly gone black without warning.
When she woke up again, she had already become a newborn baby.
At first, Sakura had been utterly bewildered and devastated.
Although her parents in her previous life had died early in an accident, she had still had plenty of friends.
Her sudden disappearance must have left them devastated.
Fortunately, under the loving care of her parents in this life, Sakura gradually let go of the knot in her heart.
What had happened had already happened.
Regretting it would serve no purpose.
Rather than spending every day dwelling on her past, she might as well embrace her new life and live it properly.
Not long after she had reached that conclusion, something she saw while her parents were carrying her around town left her completely stunned.
Carved into a towering mountainside were four unmistakable stone faces.
It was only then that Sakura realized she had most likely been reincarnated into the world of Naruto.
And after learning the name she had been given in this life, she became even more certain.
Sakura Haruno.
The heroine of Naruto, a kunoichi who would eventually become one of the new generation of the Three Ninja.
She would become the disciple of the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, specializing in medical ninjutsu.
She would inherit Tsunade’s monstrous physical strength, a power so formidable that even the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, would praise it during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
She was also the girl Naruto Uzumaki would love for most of his life.
Yet in the end, she would marry the person she had originally fallen in love with—Sasuke Uchiha.
Recalling Sakura’s life from the original story, Sakura herself couldn’t help feeling a headache coming on.
During the early stages, their jōnin leader, Kakashi Hatake, was quite powerful, but unfortunately, he wasn’t exactly a good choice for a teacher.
Most of the time, his attention was focused on Sasuke Uchiha.
He barely taught Sakura at all, despite her being the orphan of one of his former comrades.
Fortunately, Kakashi had an excellent character.
When it came to his comrades, he would protect them even at the cost of his own life.
Later, after finally becoming someone’s disciple, Sakura discovered that her new teacher was the Fifth Hokage herself.
Tsunade was already busy enough as Hokage, and on top of that, she was a gambler and a heavy drinker.
Naturally, she didn’t have much time to personally instruct Sakura.
Most of Sakura’s knowledge was therefore acquired through studying books on her own, with Tsunade providing guidance on the crucial points.
Through countless setbacks and relying entirely on her own relentless efforts, Sakura eventually became one of the new Three Ninja despite having neither a clan’s secret techniques nor any special bloodline ability.
Her exceptional academic aptitude and talent for learning allowed her to accomplish what she did.
Still, although Sakura’s later strength was quite impressive—arguably making her the strongest kunoichi among her peers—she had an unfortunate problem.
Her two teammates were protagonists who were practically cheating the system.
Compared with them, Sakura could only be described as being worlds apart.
As for her future, Sakura genuinely had no idea what she should do.
For now, she could only follow the original path: attend the Academy, graduate, and eventually become Tsunade’s apprentice.
However, this body possessed an exceptional talent for chakra control.
Once she entered the Academy, she could focus on developing that ability.
At the very least, she needed to establish a solid foundation and avoid wasting so much time obsessing over romance like her original counterpart had.
Just as Sakura was about to open the door, however, the instant her hand wrapped around the doorknob, the entire world suddenly changed.
She was no longer in her bedroom.
Instead, she found herself in an extremely strange space.
The space was pitch-black, yet countless points of light in different colors floated through the darkness.
Countless specks of light gathered together to form things resembling nebulae.
There were innumerable points of light, and just as innumerable nebulae.
The entire space looked almost identical to the photographs of outer space Sakura had seen in her previous life.
And she was standing in the middle of those countless nebulae, her feet suspended in midair.
“Where am I?
A mental space?” For some reason, those words suddenly appeared in Sakura’s mind.
While she was wondering why she had suddenly appeared here, six spheres of light abruptly materialized before her.
As their radiance faded, six flawless crystals resembling brilliant gemstones were revealed.
The moment the gemstones appeared, a sheet of paper suddenly materialized before Sakura’s eyes.
Dear Transmigrator, Due to an operational error on the part of one of our employees, you were accidentally transmigrated to another world.
We sincerely apologize for this.
After punishing the employee responsible, we have prepared six Infinity Stones as compensation for the trouble caused to you.
The stones originate from the Marvel Universe.
We believe you have heard of them.
Finally, we hope that you can enjoy your new life and live a little more happily!
[Letter issued by: Interstice of Time — Administrator of Time and Space] P.S.
The dangerous soul residing within the Soul Stone has been removed.
You may use it without worry.
“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Watching the letter dissolve into thin air, Sakura couldn’t help looking upward and shouting.
She never would have imagined that her transmigration had been caused by an operational error.
Fortunately, this so-called Interstice of Time was fairly generous.
It had actually taken the initiative to compensate her—and not with some insignificant gift, either.
It had given her all six Infinity Stones.
Still, the name Interstice of Time gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as though she had heard it somewhere before.
The Infinity Stones originated from the Marvel Universe.
In the Marvel films, Thanos had gathered all six Infinity Stones and, with a single snap of his fingers, erased half of all life in the universe.
They were among the oldest and most powerful artifacts in the Marvel Universe.
There were six Infinity Stones.
The first was the purple Power Stone.
It allowed its wielder to control virtually any form of power or energy they sought to wield.
It could also empower the other Infinity Stones and amplify their effects.
With the Power Stone, its wielder could even replicate various physical superhuman abilities, while their physical attack and defensive capabilities could be elevated to an virtually invincible level.
Its wielder could command an almost unimaginably vast amount of energy.
Even the slightest release could produce an energy shockwave capable of overwhelming large numbers of enemies, while its full power could unleash an explosion powerful enough to destroy a planet.
The second was the green Time Stone.
It allowed its wielder to reach any point in time, whether the distant past or the far future.
Through its power, one could observe or experience any era.
With sufficient knowledge, the wielder could accomplish even more, including manipulating time and causality.
The stone could even be used as a weapon, trapping an enemy—and potentially an entire world—in an endless temporal loop.
The third was the blue Space Stone.
Using it, a person could instantly move themselves or virtually any object to any location in space.
They could also distort or rearrange space according to their will.
Spatial teleportation, freezing space, and similar abilities were as effortless before the Space Stone as breathing.
It also contained an immense amount of energy.
The fourth was the orange Soul Stone.
It possessed the ability to steal, manipulate, and alter souls.
It could control not only the souls of living beings but even those of the dead.
The Soul Stone was also extremely dangerous because it possessed a degree of independent consciousness and housed a ravenous hunger for souls.
Ironically, however, the stone was also the gateway to a small universe of almost idyllic beauty.
The fifth was the red Reality Stone.
With it, one could make virtually any dream a reality.
Scientific principles and the laws of nature were meaningless before its power because it could alter them at will.
The Reality Stone could do more than create illusions indistinguishable from reality.
If its wielder wished, those illusions could be transformed into genuine reality.
The sixth was the yellow Mind Stone.
It allowed its wielder to enter the minds of others and could also draw dreams, thoughts, and intentions into the wielder’s own mind.
It could strengthen one’s mental power and enhance psychic abilities.
With sufficient amplification from the other Infinity Stones, it could even connect to the minds of all existing beings.
Even the slightest touch could allow its wielder to alter another person’s mind according to their will.
The Mind Stone itself also contained an enormous amount of energy.
As Sakura recalled everything she knew about the Infinity Stones, she couldn’t help feeling that her future had suddenly become incredibly bright.
In her excitement, the six Infinity Stones, now connected to her consciousness, suddenly erupted with dazzling light.
Terrifying power spread outward from the stones.
“Whoa!
Not good!
Stop!
Stop!” Before this power capable of destroying the universe, even Sakura, its master, felt as tiny as an ant.
Fortunately, the six stones were now completely obedient to her commands.
At Sakura’s order, their terrifying radiance instantly subsided.
They once again floated quietly before her, emitting only a faint glow.
Another familiar envelope suddenly appeared and opened in front of Sakura.
We forgot to mention something earlier.
Because these six Infinity Stones possess incredibly terrifying power while your own strength is currently far too weak, please exercise extreme caution when using them.
If the amount of power you use exceeds the limits your body can withstand, your body may collapse from the strain.
Although the Soul Stone can preserve your soul and prevent it from being destroyed, we believe that experiencing death is something you would rather avoid.