(In this book, Shisui's age has been increased by a few years.)
"older brother, older brother, how are you?"
Zheng Shao Yu rubbed his pounding head, listening to the noisy voices around him as he tried to figure out what had happened.
He seemed to have... been hit by a truck... on his way back from a tutoring job?
"I thought it was a speed bump."
"Blind spot."
"It wasn't easy for me either."
"Go talk to the insurance company."
"We're all just trying our best to survive."
"So, I've... transmuted?"
Zheng Shao Yu looked at the crying child nearby and roughly understood the situation.
As a man who had read countless novels, Zheng Yu was very familiar with this kind of scenario.
He first let the child leave so he could calm down.
Slowly, the memories of the Original Owner began to surface.
"This is... the world of Naruto?"
In his memories, the Original Owner was named Uchiha Shao Yu, eighteen years old, an Elite Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, and a possessor of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Among the Uchiha Ninja of his age, even Uchiha Fugaku, the son of the current clan head, was no match for him.
His lineage, though it had declined, had a long history within the Uchiha Clan. Now that a genius like Uchiha Shao Yu had emerged, it showed signs of a resurgence.
The most famous figure from his lineage was Uchiha Kagami, who once served as a bodyguard for the Second Hokage.
That's right, Uchiha Kagami was Uchiha Yu's grandfather, which meant that the genius youth Uchiha Shisui from the original story was Uchiha Shao Yu's younger brother.
The young boy crying beside Uchiha Shao Yu just now was the future possessor of the god-tier skill Kotoamatsukami, Uchiha Shisui.
As a descendant of Uchiha Kagami, he was close friends with Uchiha Itachi in his youth.
He inherited the "will of fire" passed down from the First Hokage and Uchiha Kagami, transcending narrow clan-centric views.
However, at this time, he probably didn't know Itachi yet.
Excelling in Genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique, he possessed a talent for ocular jutsu even greater than Itachi's, earning him the titles of "Strongest Genjutsu Ninja" and "Shisui of the Body Flicker."
His Mangekyo Sharingan was incredibly broken, possessing the ultimate Genjutsu "Kotoamatsukami," which could alter a target's will without them noticing. He could even manifest Susanoo with a single eye.
But... right now, it's the 38th Year of Konoha.
The period of the Second Great Ninja War.
The Second Great Ninja War hadn't been going on for long. The major events in his memory hadn't happened yet—the Sannin hadn't faced Hanzou, the Third Raikage hadn't died in battle... At this time, Shisui wasn't very old, maybe six or seven, still a cute little boy.
As for recent major events... Did Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of Konoha, killing the son and daughter-in-law of Grandmother Chiyo—the Hidden Sand Village's Shadow Assistant—count?
They were Grandmother Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, and Chiyo's influence in Sunagakure was no less than Danzo's in Konoha. After this incident, Sunagakure and Konoha were essentially locked in a blood feud.
Speaking of Danzo, another wave of memories flooded Uchiha Shao Yu's brain.
The reason this body died, allowing Zheng Shao Yu to enter, was entirely Danzo's fault.
The title of Konoha's Scapegoat King truly lived up to its name.
During the Second Great Ninja War, as an Elite Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Shao Yu certainly couldn't escape it. Uchiha Ninja were almost all well-rounded warriors who played a massive role on the battlefield.
Coupled with the boost from the Sharingan, Uchiha Shao Yu was much stronger than other Elite Jonin, and Konoha would not let such a powerful combatant go to waste.
Thus, Uchiha Shao Yu was sent to the front lines.
Logically, with Uchiha Shao Yu's strength, even if he couldn't win on such a battlefield, escaping should have been easy.
But the problem lay with Danzo.
That old bastard Danzo, for some reason, dispatched Uchiha Shao Yu and three other Uchiha Jonin to assassinate a single person.
The One-Tails Jinchuriki, Bunpuku.
Bunpuku was an old monk from Sunagakure. Back in the era of the Second Kazekage, the One-Tails Shukaku was implanted into him when he was a child.
He was imprisoned his entire life, and even his real name was forgotten by others, who referred to him by the name of the Tailed Beast inside him, "Shukaku."
Bunpuku was also the first Jinchuriki to earn Shukaku's respect, possessing a character similar to the Six Paths Sage.
After spending a long time with Shukaku, he became a Perfect Jinchuriki, able to use the One-Tails' power at will. However, he himself had no desire to use that power and eventually spent a long time in prison until he died of old age.
But making Uchiha Shao Yu face an opponent of this caliber was clearly sending him to his death.
Although Bunpuku looked frail, as a semi-Perfect Jinchuriki, he was undoubtedly a Kage-level powerhouse. While the Original Owner was strong—an Elite Jonin with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan who was practically invincible below Kage-level—he stood no chance against a Perfect Jinchuriki who couldn't be controlled by Genjutsu.
But the Original Owner was also a bit of an idiot.
Originally, this matter was about to be dropped. Although the current head of the Uchiha Clan was a conservative, he wasn't as cowardly as Uchiha Fugaku would later be.
Faced with Danzo's impossible mission, he had flatly refused.
Unexpectedly, that old fox Danzo saw that the Original Owner and the three other Uchiha Jonin were relatively young and used reverse psychology, saying that the prestigious Uchiha Clan was actually afraid of a dying old monk.
Upon hearing this, how could the Original Owner and his three Uchiha brothers endure it?
Damn it, he actually looks down on our Uchiha Clan!
Then, ignoring the opposition of the Clan Head Uchiha Tenjima, he took his three brothers and went to assassinate Bunpuku.
Given the typical Uchiha temperament, this wasn't surprising.
The result was predictable. Although Bunpuku wasn't a mass murderer, how could he not resist when people were attacking him?
Consequently, only Uchiha Shao Yu survived from the four-man squad.
Reading the memories up to this point, Uchiha Shao Yu rubbed his head helplessly.
He didn't expect such an idiot to exist in this world as the Original Owner.
But to be honest, the Original Owner's strength was still very impressive.
As an Elite Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, his Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu were all at the top tier below Kage-level, and he had even vaguely touched the threshold of Kage-level. With the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he could even hold his own against an ordinary Kage-level opponent.
If Bunpuku hadn't been a Perfect Jinchuriki, the four of them might have actually succeeded.
Even so, Bunpuku suffered significant injuries and certainly wouldn't be able to participate in the war against Konoha for a while.
However, even with that, there was a downside.
For some reason, since Uchiha Shao Yu returned heavily injured, a rumor suddenly began to spread in the Village.
It claimed that Uchiha Shao Yu of the Uchiha Clan actually had the strength to kill the One-Tails Jinchuriki, but he had been turned by the Hidden Sand Village and deliberately let the Jinchuriki go.
Uchiha Shao Yu: Strength to kill the One-Tails Jinchuriki? Me?
Even though he knew it was a rumor, Uchiha Shao Yu's current injuries made it impossible for him to explain. Furthermore, because he hadn't listened to the Clan Head's advice and insisted on assassinating the One-Tails Jinchuriki, the Clan Head was displeased with him and didn't help.
The Original Owner, under the weight of both physical and mental trauma, simply died of rage.
This gave Zheng Shao Yu the chance to transmigrate.
As for this rumor, Uchiha Shao Yu didn't even need to guess to know who started it.
Scapegoat King, you really went through a lot of trouble just to let me transmigrate here. My thanks.
Uchiha Shao Yu decided that when he killed Danzo in the future, he would do it a bit more gently as a reward for helping him vacate the position.
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