Konoha Village.
Inside the most famous building in Konoha Village, an old man is smoking a pipe, his gaze fixed on the view outside the window.
Behind him was a table piled high with documents that required his signature.
However, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued to gaze at the monument to the Fourth Hokage outside the window.
Today marks the first anniversary of the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha Village.
Hiruzen Sarutobi finally sighed.
During the Third Shinobi World War, Konoha suffered more losses than any other village because it had to fight every village.
Just one year later, they had to face another attack that not only killed the Fourth Hokage but also many ninjas and civilians.
This not only increased the burden on him and the existing ninjas but also led to overcrowding in the Konoha Village orphanage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed again, forced to continue dealing with that tedious paperwork.
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In an orphanage, five-year-old orphan Suzuki Kaze is fast asleep.
Suddenly, he screamed in pain, clutched his head, and then lost consciousness.
The screams woke up the other orphans, who quickly went to notify their carers.
Several hours later, Suzuki Kaze woke up but still had a severe headache.
He thought to himself.
"Damn it, what's wrong with this headache! Even though I stayed up all night working on that project last night, I've never had such a bad headache before. My memory is all messed up."
He slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
Seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, he frowned.
"Where am I? Where am I? This isn't my room."
He tried to stand up but suddenly realised...
"How did I shrink so much? Did I go back in time?"
Just then, two children walked into the room, interrupting his thoughts.
They ran toward him, and one of them asked.
"Feng Zheng, are you alright?"
Another person asked.
Why were you shouting just now?
Feng saw the two of them and muttered to himself.
"Who are these two people? Wait, judging from their tone, I think I know them. But how could that be?"
"Damn it, this headache is unbearable. I need to figure out how to clear my head."
So Feng Zheng pretended to be unconscious again, trying to find out what was going on.
The two children were very worried when they saw this and ran out to find a carer.
While he was feigning unconsciousness, he began to gain new memories—the memories of Suzuki Kazemasa.
It took him five hours to sort out these memories, accompanied by an unbearable headache and unbelievable facts, before he finally figured out the truth.
"Hold!"
"I fucking time-travelled! And I've even transmigrated into the fucking Naruto world! Holy crap, how is this possible?"
He doesn't even remember that he died.
"How did I die? Doesn't time travel require death?"
Damn it, I've been transported from a safe world with rules and regulations to this world full of cunning and powerful ninjas.
"And I even transmigrated into an ordinary civilian!"
After several minutes of disbelief and rant, he finally calmed down, decided to accept the fact, and planned his future.
He thought to himself.
"Alright, from now on I'll be called Suzuki Kazemasa. He was such an unlucky guy; he was transported to another world and inexplicably lost his life."
"How does this world work? However, I gleaned a lot of information from his memories. It seems his parents perished during the Nine-Tails' rampage, but he miraculously survived. After being sent to an orphanage, he underwent an examination by Root to see if he could be adopted. But no one wanted to adopt him."
"Well, since the Nine-Tails' attack happened a year ago, and he's already five years old, it seems I'm four years older than Naruto and his generation."
This will give him more time to train and gain strength.
The Uchiha clan massacre should have occurred 7 years later.
The plan to destroy Konoha Village should take place 12 years from now.
Pain's attack and the Fourth Shinobi World War should occur 16 years later.
Wait, what's this feeling? In that instant, he felt a strange energy flowing through his body.
He thought to himself.
"Is this a chakra?"
There was nothing in his memory related to chakra.
"Does that mean my chakra will be unlocked if I transmigrate into his body?"
"Finally, some good news. This should make it easier for me to get into the Ninja Academy than for other civilians."
"But how does my chakra level compare to others? Sigh, let's not think about that too much. Let's take a look around and get to know this place."
Thinking of this, he decided to stop pretending to be unconscious and woke up.
When I got up, it was already evening.
The clock shows that it is now 6:30 p.m.
He also noticed that he was very hungry.
He thought to himself.
"I haven't eaten all day; no wonder I'm so hungry. I need to go find something to eat. I have to act like a child. Hopefully, no one will notice the change in me."
He walked to the door and heard some noises outside.
He opened the door and saw the two children playing.
He remembered their names as Eiichi Sakai and Daisuke Aoki.
Both of them were good friends of Feng Zheng and lived in the same room with him.
Eiichi lost his parents in the Nine-Tails' attack, while Daisuke lost his parents in the Third Shinobi World War.
They looked at Feng Zheng with worried expressions and quickly ran to his side.
Daisuke asked.
"Feng Zheng, what's wrong? Are you feeling better now?"
Feng nodded and said.
"Yes, I feel much better now. I'm so sorry for disturbing you earlier; my head was throbbing."
Yingyi breathed a sigh of relief and said.
"Oh, that's good. We were all very worried about you."
Just then, a rumbling sound came from his stomach, and both children looked at Feng Zheng's stomach.
Feng Zheng rubbed the back of his head, looking embarrassed.
I'm hungry.
Yingyi said.
"I understand; you've been sleeping all day."
Daisuke then put his arm around Kazemasa's shoulder and said.
"Let's go to the cafeteria and see if there's anything to eat."
The three children walked together toward the cafeteria.
Along the way, many children looked at Feng Zheng with puzzled eyes.
Several people asked him how he was doing.
Feng Zheng thought to himself.
"They must have all heard about me yelling and fainting."
According to his memory, Feng knew that there were more than 250 orphans in this orphanage.
He also wanted to know if Naruto was in this orphanage.
Upon arriving at the canteen, they saw a carer.
Her name is Saya. She is a middle-aged woman and looks very friendly.
When she saw Feng Zheng, she quickly went up to him and asked about his health.
She was relieved to hear that he was alright. She told Feng Zheng.
"We were all very worried about you. We called a doctor to examine you. But he couldn't figure out what was wrong with you. It's good that you're okay now, but you still need to be examined again."
Feng nodded and said.
"Thank you. But I'm really hungry now; is there anything I can eat?"