As winter arrived in Konoha Year 40, Takeda Shuichi stood in his room, watching the snowflakes slowly drift down outside the window. He had already come to terms with the fact that he had transmigrated into the Hidden Leaf Village of the Naruto World.
Through a piece of glass only about the size of two human heads, Shuichi could roughly make out his young face.
His hair, a vibrant purple-black, hung down both sides of his forehead, and his clear, youthful face was reflected in his bright, spirited eyes.
In his previous life, Shuichi could be described as a youth who grew up carefree, raised in Peng City of the coastal Linhai Province in southern China.
His parents were originally from the inland countryside of Linhai Province, warm-hearted and full of drive. Due to the opening of Peng City and their ability to speak Cantonese to communicate with businessmen from Hong Kong City across the way, they had accumulated a small fortune in Peng City before the millennium.
Because some Villages in Linhai Province still retained strong Chinese traditions, Shuichi had two older sisters, an older brother, and a younger brother in his previous life.
His parents' education for him was more about teaching by example in terms of character; they basically didn't interfere with his studies, only requiring that he didn't cause major trouble at school.
At home, Shuichi was a child of few words but one who always knew how to think.
His two older sisters married early, and his older brother began traveling with their father after graduating from university to prepare to take over the family business.
Only Shuichi's grades had always been at the top since childhood, and combined with the family's surplus assets, he spent many years studying abroad after graduating from high school.
A few days ago, having just finished the final exams for the last semester of graduate school, Shuichi felt a bit lost regarding his future path.
However, being a cheerful and optimistic person, he quickly threw those worries and bothersome thoughts to the back of his mind and started a passionate League of Legends battle with his classmates.
"Ultra Rapid Fire is open again, want to play?"
"Nonsense, I just bought a new skin today; nobody better snatch Ezreal from me!"
"Xiu-er, Brother Xiu, the invitation is sent, hurry up and join the lobby. Today I specifically found those two beauties from our group project. If you get 30-plus kills and carry them, hehehe..."
Because Shuichi was studying abroad, he had quite a lot of lonely time. One could say he had transformed from a good, studious child into a slightly closeted otaku.
As a child, he only followed anime like Naruto intermittently, but by now, he had finished the manga more than five times.
Shuichi had watched many anime, but only Naruto was his true love.
In his spare time, Shuichi didn't have many hobbies. He wasn't like those overly exuberant second-generation students who called for services to party in their rentals.
Usually, he just exercised occasionally, played games, and watched anime. He spent his extra pocket money on quite a few Naruto figurines.
"What's the rush? Carrying them doesn't mean anything; won't we all go our separate ways in two months anyway?...I'm in.", Shuichi said calmly.
"Damn, you're that calm? True, with your conditions, you won't lack girls when you return home. It's starting, it's starting!"
Of course, despite saying that, Shuichi was a bit troubled today, so he decided to play well.
Shuichi had occasionally watched some Naruto spin-offs recently, but he looked down on Boruto.
He believed this was Kishimoto commercializing nostalgia to make money after Naruto ended; for someone who grew up watching Naruto, it felt like an insult to his intelligence.
Thinking of Naruto, he suddenly felt an itch in his hands, and his desire to play a Shinobi hero grew stronger.
Glancing at the hero list, he instantly locked in Akali at the very top.
He entered the game quickly. Perhaps stimulated by the girls' voices, or perhaps due to some melancholy from graduation season, Shuichi was exceptionally aggressive today.
He got Mejai's Soulstealer at 4 minutes, and in less than 20 minutes, he had 30 kills. He didn't even auto-attack the towers, almost spawn-trapping all five opponents in their fountain.
Shuichi's posture became more and more flamboyant as he played, half-reclining in his chair with his feet stretched forward, not noticing that his big toes were nearly poking into the power strip.
Perhaps even the Heavens couldn't stand it. Suddenly, Shuichi's hand slipped, and after a positioning error, he was finally shut down by the opposing team.
Just as he was about to slam the keyboard and start venting profanities, a current suddenly surged from the power outlet.
Shuichi only felt a sudden weakness throughout his body, and his vision went black as he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, his entire body felt out of control, as if paralyzed; it took a long time before he could barely sit up.
He found he had turned into a child. Looking around, he saw a wooden house that appeared somewhat old.
The room had a strong Japanese-style layout, extremely similar to what he had seen on the Douyin app in his previous life.
At first, Shuichi thought he had been sent to the hospital and was dreaming.
As it turned out over the last few days, with memories popping up in his mind like movie clips, he realized he had transmigrated to Konoha in the Shinobi World and become a 4-year-old orphan named Takeda Shuichi.
Takeda Shuichi's previous incarnation was born into a family where both parents were Shinobis.
His father, Takeda Kenta, was a Special Jonin of Konoha, and his ancestors were said to have included famous samurai long ago.
But in the current era of the Five Great Nations, they were merely descendants of villagers who had settled there when Konoha was established. Reaching the level of Special Jonin in less than 30 years was already no easy feat.
His mother was also a Chunin from a similar background and had a certain talent for Medical Ninjutsu.
One could say she was a veteran Shinobi who followed Lady Tsunade in establishing Konoha's medical system.
It was also because of these conditions that Shuichi wasn't sent to the Konoha Orphanage after his parents died.
The Village assigned him a house very similar to Naruto's residence in the original work, located very close to the central area of Konoha, right next to the Konoha Village Water Reservoir.
This made it convenient for the Village to provide special care.
Takeda Shuichi's original self was considered a lively child, but after learning of his parents' death half a month ago, he was first overcome with grief, and then became muddled after moving to his current residence.
A few days ago, Shuichi's soul transmigrated here and fully accepted this body without much resistance; after all, a 4-year-old's memories were quite limited.
Currently, the Shinobi World was not peaceful, as it was still in the late stages of the Second Shinobi World War.
But Shuichi knew that the Second War would soon end; it could be said that the original parents were incredibly unlucky to die during this period.
In his first few days, he also missed his parents from before the Transmigration; after all, many things are taken for granted when they are a habit, and their value is only known once lost.
"Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it. This life is a fresh start for me. The future is still very long, so I should pull myself together as soon as possible," Shuichi thought to himself.
Since transmigrating until now, he could only comfort himself by deciding to live well in this life.
Although the manga and anime depict the Naruto Shinobi as a hot-blooded world, even a basic understanding of the plot reveals it to be a cruel world filled with killing, conspiracy, and betrayal.
For the reborn Takeda Shuichi, the first problem to face was the choice of his future.
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