Chapter 1: Uchiha Yagumo – Watching Iconic Scenes Live
Night of the Nine-Tails.
The demon fox had emerged!
With a flick of its tails, mountains crumbled and tsunamis surged. It was the strongest creature in the shinobi world!
The people of Konoha fought desperately to stop it, but their efforts barely slowed the beast. The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, stood atop a massive toad. His golden hair and white cloak billowed as he arrived on the battlefield like a true hero.
The Konoha shinobi cheered and began retreating according to plan.
Meanwhile, in the forest, a small, skinny figure moved against the flow—quietly approaching the edge of the chaos.
"This spot is perfect!"
Uchiha Yagumo hid his presence and prepared himself. Just then, two figures appeared in the clearing ahead, supporting each other.
Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze!
His chosen location was ideal.
"If we don't open the barrier soon… my chakra is already…"
Minato looked near despair. He refused to let any harm come to his wife and child.
At that moment, countless chains thousands of meters long burst from Kushina's body, wrapping around the Nine-Tails at incredible speed and pinning the massive fox in place.
"Thank you… for everything."
Blood trickled from Kushina's mouth, but a happy smile lit her face.
The couple's hearts were in sync—each willing to sacrifice themselves so the other and their child could live.
"Dead Demon Consuming Seal!"
A seal formation appeared on Minato's abdomen, drawing the Nine-Tails' soul inside.
"Then… the Eight Trigrams Sealing!"
Behind Minato, a ritual platform materialized, surrounded by glowing arrays and eight burning candles.
Even the Nine-Tails panicked now. It struggled fiercely against Kushina's chains. In its prime, she could have held it forever—but she had just given birth and was severely weakened.
"Now!"
One of the Nine-Tails' claws broke free and lunged toward the infant on the platform, aiming to disrupt the ritual.
A flash of yellow blocked Naruto in an instant—Minato's body pierced through. Kushina leaped forward too. As a Uzumaki with immense strength, she joined Minato in grabbing the claw. A drop of their mingled blood fell onto Naruto's stomach. The baby sensed something and began crying loudly.
"…"
"Don't be picky—eat well and grow strong!"
"Take baths every day, stay warm…"
"…"
"Naruto… Dad's words might be as nagging as Mom's."
"Eight Trigrams Sealing!"
[Powerful chakra detected!]
[10% absorption possible!]
[Target deceased: Kushina Uzumaki. Kekkei Genkai dropped. Uzumaki clan bloodline power acquired!]
[Target deceased: Minato Namikaze. Ninjutsu dropped. Flying Thunder God Technique acquired!]
Yagumo's eyes snapped open—red Three Tomoe Sharingan spinning. He activated Flying Thunder God and vanished to a safe distance.
Soon after, the Third Hokage, Danzo, and others arrived.
Yagumo listened coldly as they debated Naruto's fate. Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed the village's interests, completely ignoring that the infant was the child of the Fourth Hokage who had just sacrificed everything for Konoha. In the end, they spared him.
"Konoha… is this it?"
…
Seven years later.
On the eve of the Uchiha "betrayal"!
Death hung over the entire Uchiha clan. Everyone knew coexistence with Konoha was impossible now.
A dark, windy night.
The Uchiha district lay silent under a bright full moon, as if foreshadowing doom.
Suddenly, a masked figure appeared in mid-air, then vanished.
At the Uchiha clan head's home.
A couple knelt on the ground, a boy standing behind them.
"Don't be nervous. This is the path you chose. Your pain will be brief, but yours…"
"Though our positions differ, I'm still proud of you."
"You're a kind child…"
The night wind carried the scent of blood far away.
Afterward, Uchiha Yagumo—now in Konoha ninja attire—walked the empty streets alone.
The system activated automatically, sensing fallen kekkei genkai nearby and alerting him.
[Uchiha Sharingan power detected.]
[Acquired.][Sharingan level increased: Mangekyo Sharingan.]
[More Uchiha Sharingan power detected.]
[Acquired.]
[Sharingan strengthened. Ninjutsu acquired: Izanagi!]
…
He scanned the entire area, finally reaching his former home.
Three bodies lay in the courtyard.
A family of three.
The head was Yagumo's uncle.
Yagumo's heart bled.
I…
Could do nothing!
His current power couldn't oppose the entire village.
Even as a transmigrator who knew the Uchiha massacre in advance, he could only watch it happen.
He had to survive—as the "adopted" child of two Konoha jonin!
He wasn't Sasuke…
If exposed as Uchiha, Konoha would kill him without mercy!
All he could do was grow stronger in secret. While on missions as a Konoha ninja, he'd use the system to collect kekkei genkai.
[Acquired!]
[Sharingan level increased: Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan—wait, no… Ultimate Mangekyo Sharingan!]
In an instant, Yagumo's normal eyes transformed. The tomoe twisted into scythe shapes, then dozens of tomoe shadows appeared in his pupils. They warped into black patterns across the sclera. The scythe tomoe grew more intricate. A murderous aura exploded from him—turning the full moon blood-red. A massive pressure echoed over all of Konoha!
"?"
"Not Eternal Mangekyo?"
He realized he'd awakened something far stronger!
"Konoha!!"
"I, Uchiha Yagumo!"
"Will make you regret this day! You'll pay in blood!"
Soon after.
ANBU arrived.
Yagumo hadn't left the Uchiha district yet when four masked figures appeared around him, radiating killing intent.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Konoha genin Yagumo. I was on patrol and heard something, so I came to check…"
They clearly didn't believe him, but one examined his face and whispered to the others.
"You can go. But tell no one what you saw tonight!"
…
Konoha.
The third round of the Chunin Exams was in full swing.
The previous match—Rock Lee vs. Gaara—had ended with Gaara victorious, but Lee's "way of the ninja" ignited the stands!
What it meant to be a Konoha shinobi!
What true youth looked like!
The crowd still buzzed over Lee's burning green passion and Gaara's power far beyond chunin level.
The matches continued.
"Next up—Match 10!"
"Contestants: Konoha's Yagumo!"
"Konoha's Choji!"
As the two appeared on opposite sides of the arena, a blinding white light engulfed them. A second later, the light vanished—along with Choji and Yagumo!
Gone?
Kakashi and the other jonin looked stunned.
The stadium fell silent.
As confusion spread…
An ancient aura spread across the entire shinobi world—even the Pure Land felt it.
A thunderous gong-like roar echoed.
In the sky above, a colossal structure appeared.
Five massive pillars surrounded it, each carved with dragon and phoenix patterns—creatures unknown to the shinobi world.
[Welcome to the Arena!]
[Contestants: Akimichi Choji!]
[Uchiha Yagumo!]