Author : I wrote this novel in my native language because I can’t speak English, so I use an AI translation application to help translate it. I only created this fanfiction to fill my free time, and I never expected it to reach one million readers. Thank you very much for your time and support. I also apologize if there are many translation mistakes. The original draft was written in Indonesian, and it is indeed difficult to translate it accurately.
This is my original fanfiction. AI-generated stories cannot include beheadings or any excessively graphic or gruesome scenes.Readers who have followed me since I first released this fanfiction will probably remember when some of them kindly helped me correct the translation, as parts of it were still mixed with Indonesian.
The massive gate of the Uchiha Clan stood majestically at the end of the village road. That famous fan emblem looked like it was judging everyone who walked by. Yuji arrived there with his breathing still steady. He slowed his run down to a casual stroll, like someone who had just come back from the cafeteria because he forgot his lunch.
_Relatable. The "I’m totally not sneaking off on a mission" walk._
A few clan members patrolling the inner area glanced over. Their gazes were curious, but no one called out to him. Yuji was known as polite, but also quiet and rarely in the mood to talk.
Yuji gave a small nod in greeting, then kept walking toward his house. Each step was light, but his mind was busy counting every single combat tactic.
_Multitasking: 100%. Social battery: 2%._
When he reached his house’s yard, he went straight in without bothering to take off his shoes for too long. He had one goal: the warehouse behind the house. That place stored all kinds of old equipment belonging to his father. Everything from sealing scrolls, toolboxes, to stuff that had long been retired.
_Basically Dad’s garage, but with more shuriken and fewer Christmas decorations._
"Niichan?"
A small voice called from the porch. It was Sayaka, his 3-year-old little sister. The little girl was holding a fox doll and about to run up to greet him. But she stopped when she saw her brother’s expression. Yuji was walking fast, his brows slightly furrowed, and his eyes fixed ahead. Not like usual, when he’d stop to ruffle Sayaka’s head.
Sayaka immediately dropped the idea. Her lips pursed and she pouted.
The babysitter auntie quickly came over. She bowed and coaxed Sayaka back inside. "That’s enough, Sayaka-chan. Your big brother must have something important. Come on, let’s read the new picture book again, okay?"
Sayaka obeyed, though her eyes were still peeking toward Yuji, who had already vanished behind the warehouse door.
Inside the warehouse, thin dust floated in the sunlight coming through cracks in the roof. Yuji lit an oil lamp and started searching. Stacks of crates, weapon racks, and old scrolls were lined up neatly. After nearly three minutes of rummaging, his hand finally touched something cold and metallic.
An emergency flare launcher. It was shaped like a short tube with a trigger at the end. The paint was peeling, but the mechanism was still intact. His father once said, "This thing is only used if Konoha is truly in danger." Yuji gave a thin smile. "If intruders in the Forest of Death aren’t ’danger,’ then what is?"
_Dad’s safety standards: slightly outdated._
He didn’t stop there. This mission needed prep. He grabbed a kunai belt, loaded it with six sharp kunai and one pouch of shuriken. He also slipped in a few small explosive tags, just in case. Everything went into the backpack he usually took to the Academy.
Preparation is the key to victory. His father repeated that line every time they trained. Now he really felt it.
_Thanks, Dad. Very motivational. Much stealth._
When everything was ready, Yuji came out of the warehouse again. Auntie Ayako and Sayaka were still in the living room. Both stared in confusion when they saw their big brother getting ready to head out again.
"Huh, big brother, where are you going again?" Sayaka asked innocently.
Yuji lied with the calmest face he could manage. "There’s a book I left behind. My Notes Book. I have to go back now, or Sensei will be mad."
A reasonable excuse. A model student would never let his notes go missing.
_Academy teachers everywhere: feeling very respected right now._
Sayaka instantly brightened again. She waved her small hand. "Bro, hope school’s fun! Don’t forget to bring dango home for me!"
Yuji quickly ruffled his sister’s head. "Yeah. Wait at home."
He stepped out of the clan gate, and this time he didn’t hold back his speed at all. Target: the Forest of Death, east side, near Konoha’s border fence.
The Forest of Death always felt different. The trees were taller, the air was damper, and the sounds were quieter than the rest of the village. Yuji moved from branch to branch with light steps. His Sharingan wasn’t active yet, but his perception was already sharp.
Yuji stopped on a tree limb. In the distance, he saw two figures wearing the standard green Chunin uniform of Konoha.
’Tsk, turns out there are 2. The system didn’t tell me that. Gotta rework the strategy, fast,’ he thought.
_System update pending: very annoying._
They walked cautiously, like they were on a normal patrol. But something was off.
Their clothes felt slightly different from the real Konoha green vest design. It looked like a knock-off, with slightly worse quality.
_Sunagakure’s version of "Wish.com Chunin cosplay."_
’Sunagakure,’ Yuji thought. ’Has their Kazekage already gone missing? Does that mean the Third Great Ninja War is about to start?’ Yuji thought, recalling the original storyline.
Two Chunin. Yuji could detect their chakra with his perception. Most likely, they were the infiltration team mentioned in the mission.
Yuji dropped down silently and hid behind thick bushes. He suppressed his aura as much as possible. He held his breath. The kunai in his hand felt cold.
One of the fake Chunin stopped. "Are we moving in too fast? Can we really trust our contact inside the village?" he whispered.
"Relax. Our mission is just to get the information scroll from our agent. After that, we—"
His sentence was cut off.
Lightning.
Yuji shot out from the bushes at a speed that was completely unreasonable for an Academy student. Lightning chakra wrapped around his body. Lightning Release Mode: Stage One. His hair stood up a little, and there were small sparks at his fingertips.
In an instant he was behind the first Chunin. His sharp kunai stabbed right into the enemy’s right shoulder, slipping through the gap between armor and cloth. Blood poured out immediately.
Missed. He had actually aimed for the neck. But the Chunin was either startled or lucky and shifted half a second too soon.
"Gah!" The Chunin screamed and collapsed to the ground.
The second Chunin reflexively pulled back and formed hand seals. "Enemy! He’s from Konoha—"
Yuji didn’t give him time. He threw two shuriken at the retreating enemy to keep him busy, and immediately appeared beside the injured Chunin.
Stab...
This time the kunai really went through his neck. And after the blood sprayed, the Chunin died.
Yuji’s speed was insane. He was burning a lot of chakra for Lightning Release Mode, just to end the fight as fast as possible before they could get ready.
_Speedrun any% assassination._
"Kid... how is that possible?!" the injured Chunin growled.
Yuji stood a few meters in front of him, his breathing starting to get uneven. This was the first time he’d killed, and the first time he’d fought with his life on the line.
The ambush worked, but the one remaining Chunin was already in a battle stance.
’This is going to be troublesome,’ Yuji thought.
He reduced the chakra in his Lightning Release Mode and his eyes started glowing red.
Sharingan...
The Chunin was shocked to see those red eyes. He knew about the existence of the Sharingan dojutsu.
He quickly shifted his gaze to Yuji’s feet, avoiding eye contact with the Sharingan.
Quick hand seals...
Wind Release: Blade of Wind Assault.
A storm of sharp wind blades came out of his mouth. Yuji saw the jutsu wave and his instincts screamed, ’Danger.’
Yuji ran fast with Lightning Mode, while forming hand seals. Even moving quickly with Lightning Release, the Sunagakure ninja’s wind jutsu covered a wide area, and Yuji still got hit by many wind blades.
His lightning armor couldn’t hold against Wind Element, because that was its weakness. And Yuji’s body was slashed multiple times and thrown far away by the jutsu.
The Chunin ran up a tree and approached where Yuji’s "corpse" had landed.
But all he found was a wooden log split into many pieces by the wind blades.
’Body Replacement Technique, so that was—’ The Sunagakure Chunin’s thought was cut off by the sound of a barrage of kunai from another direction. And one of the kunai had an explosive tag attached. He quickly formed hand seals and used Wind Release again, and the wind jutsu successfully hit 4 kunai before continuing toward where Yuji was hiding.
Two ANBU were patrolling the edge of the Forest of Death. They stopped because of the explosion, and their masked faces turned alert.
Jumping to a tall tree and looking toward the sound, the two ANBU saw thick smoke from the explosion. It was about 3 km away, and the smoke was clearly rising into the sky.
"Kuma, you check it out!! I’m going to report to Lord Hokage," said the ANBU with the cat mask to the ANBU with the bear mask.
They split up quickly. Kuma ran fast toward the explosion. He suspected a fight had broken out.