Blood. Blood was everywhere.
The moment Uchiha Azuma opened his eyes, a thick metallic stench assaulted his senses.
He was lying on the ground. Beside him lay a corpse clad in Uchiha Clan attire. Its face was unrecognizable, its neck nearly severed, blood spreading across the floor like a dark tide.
"This is…"
A splitting headache struck him, and countless fragments of memory flooded his mind.
Hokage. Ninja.
The night of the Uchiha Clan massacre.
He had transmigrated.
Outside, screams echoed through the night, mixed with the clash of steel and the muffled explosions of Ninjutsu.
Uchiha Azuma forced himself up and peered out from the base of the wall.
Under the pale moonlight, two Anbu wearing animal masks were chasing down an Uchiha woman. She clutched a child in her arms, running desperately—only to be struck in the back by a kunai, blood trailing behind her.
"I beg you… spare the child…"
A second kunai pierced her heart from behind. She collapsed.
The other Anbu stepped forward, picked up the child—and with a single flash of his blade, ended it.
Uchiha Azuma's pupils shrank.
He recognized that mask.
A cat mask. Direct Anbu—under the Hokage's command. Konoha's people.
"So…" He pressed himself against the wall, his body trembling. "They really killed them all… no distinction between men, women, young, or old. Not a single one spared…"
The memories deep within him confirmed the truth.
Tonight, it wasn't just the Anbu.
Uchiha Itachi—and that mysterious masked man calling himself Uchiha Madara—were also involved.
The higher-ups of Konoha had long since issued the order: exterminate the clan.
The charge?
Attempted rebellion.
But Azuma knew the truth.
The Uchiha had not been prepared for rebellion at all.
This was nothing but an excuse.
An excuse for slaughter.
---
Ding!
[Detected host in a desperate situation: Uchiha Clan Massacre Night]
[Renegade Musou System activated]
[Binding… successful]
[Current situation: Konoha Anbu are massacring Uchiha Clan members. You may die at any moment]
[Main Quest: Survive and escape Konoha]
[Reward: Sharingan Awakening · Double Tomoe + massive Chakra boost]
[Kill Konoha ninja: Additional critical rewards]
[Save Uchiha members: Rewards doubled]
[Confront Uchiha Itachi / Masked Man: Unlock Mangekyo fragments]
---
Uchiha Azuma froze for a moment.
Then he laughed.
A cold, chilling laugh.
"A system?"
"…Now this is interesting."
He glanced down at himself.
Eighteen years old. A branch family member. Orphaned early. Living alone at the edge of the clan grounds.
The original owner had average talent, hadn't awakened his Sharingan, and was nothing more than a nobody.
"Konoha…"
Azuma slowly raised his head. His gaze sharpened.
"In my previous life, I was ordinary…"
"But in this life…"
"My fate is mine to decide."
He bent down and picked up a kunai from beside a corpse.
Footsteps approached once more.
Azuma held his breath, pressing himself into the shadows at the corner of the wall.
An Anbu wearing a fox mask ran past the alley entrance without noticing him.
…But suddenly, he stopped.
"Hmm?"
The fox mask turned, staring into the darkness.
There, Uchiha Azuma stood—silent, gripping a kunai.
The Anbu let out a faint sigh of relief, then his gaze turned icy.
"A fish that slipped through the net."
He raised his blade and stepped into the alley.
"Don't be afraid. It'll be quick."
The moment he finished speaking—
Azuma moved.
Not retreating.
Charging straight at him.
The Anbu froze for a split second, then sneered.
"Seeking death."
He sidestepped, thrusting his kunai toward Azuma's heart.
---
Ding!
[Fatal threat detected]
[Temporary survival reward activated: Body Flicker Technique · Afterimage]
---
Azuma's body blurred into an afterimage—the strike missed.
The Anbu's pupils shrank.
"What?!"
Azuma appeared beside him in the next instant, his kunai pressed against the man's carotid artery.
"Don't move."
The Anbu stiffened.
A Chunin… stopped by a mere youth?
"You—!"
"Konoha shinobi?" Azuma asked calmly.
"…So what if I am?"
"Does killing Uchiha… feel good?"
The Anbu gritted his teeth.
"You Uchiha rebelled. You deserve to die."
The blade flashed.
Blood sprayed.
The Anbu clutched his neck, collapsing with wide, disbelieving eyes.
---
[Killed Konoha Chunin ×1]
[Reward: Chakra unlocked + Physique enhancement]
[Kill critical: Sharingan Awakening · Single Tomoe]
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A surge of heat flooded Azuma's body.
His eyes burned.
The world became sharper—clearer.
In the darkness, he could see every drop of blood, every trace of Chakra flowing through the air.
He looked into a pool of blood.
His reflection stared back.
Scarlet eyes.
A single tomoe rotated slowly within each pupil.
"…So this is the Sharingan."
---
Ding!
[Emergency Quest: Save at least one Uchiha clan member]
[Reward: Sharingan Evolution · Double Tomoe + Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]
[Failure: Anbu will surround you within three minutes]
---
"Save someone…?"
Azuma scanned his surroundings.
Corpses everywhere.
Screams fading.
Who was left to save?
Then—
A scream rang out.
A child's voice.
Without hesitation, Azuma dashed toward it.
---
At the end of the alley, a young boy—no older than eight—was cornered against the wall.
Two Anbu stood before him.
The boy trembled violently, tears streaming down his face, clutching a kunai he couldn't even raise.
"P-please… don't come closer…"
The two Anbu exchanged glances.
"Let's kill him."
"Wait," the other chuckled. "Let him be afraid a little longer. It's more entertaining."
The boy collapsed to the ground.
"I don't want to die…"
They laughed.
And then—
A shadow struck.
"What?!"
Azuma's kunai pierced straight through one Anbu's neck.
Instant kill.
The other reacted instantly, leaping back and drawing his blade.
"Seeking death!"
He lunged.
Azuma's Sharingan spun wildly.
The world slowed.
Not truly slow—but predictable.
Chakra flow. Muscle tension. Movement paths.
All visible.
Azuma sidestepped.
The blade missed.
His fist slammed into the man's ribs.
Crack!
Before the Anbu even hit the ground, Azuma's kunai pierced his throat.
---
[Killed Anbu Chunin ×2]
[Reward: Chakra doubled + Taijutsu enhancement]
[Saved Uchiha ×1]
[Quest complete: Sharingan Evolution · Double Tomoe + Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]
---
His eyes burned again.
The second tomoe formed.
Faster rotation. Sharper perception.
At the same time, a massive surge of Chakra erupted from his dantian, flooding his entire body.
Power—overflowing.
Azuma clenched his fists.
Never had he felt this strong.
He turned to the boy.
"Uchiha Azuma," he said, extending a hand. "Branch family."
The boy hesitated, then grasped it.
"…Uchiha Sora."
"Good. Sora—do you want to live?"
The boy nodded frantically.
"Then follow me. Don't stop."
---
They barely stepped out of the alley—
When they froze.
Ahead, a line of Anbu blocked the street.
At least ten.
At their head stood a tall figure in a cat mask, his Chakra pressure overwhelming.
A Special Jonin.
"Oh?" the captain said. "A boy who killed three of our men… and even saved one?"
"…Interesting."
He raised his hand.
"Kill him."
---
Ten Anbu moved at once.
Azuma's pupils constricted.
The Double Tomoe Sharingan spun at full speed.
He could see everything.
Every attack. Every trajectory.
But—
Too many.
---
Ding!
[Life-or-death crisis detected]
[Extreme reward triggered: Mangekyo fragment · 1% unlocked]
[Bonus: Body Flicker Technique · Enhanced (3 seconds invincibility)]
---
The world sharpened further.
Azuma saw the future—just one second ahead.
Three to block retreat.
Four to flank.
Three to strike head-on.
Three seconds.
That was all he had.
"…Enough."
He pushed Sora aside.
"Stay back."
Then—
He charged.
---
The three in front attacked simultaneously.
They missed.
Azuma slipped through like a phantom.
One slash—throat cut.
Backhand—eye pierced.
Seize weapon—heart stabbed.
Three down.
One second.
---
"Impossible!"
"Monster!"
"Surround him!"
---
Two seconds left.
Azuma rushed the left flank—ignoring all attacks.
Blades pierced his body.
He didn't stop.
Three heads fell.
---
One second.
The remaining four broke.
"Run!"
"He's not human!"
---
Azuma chased one down.
Killed instantly.
Three escaped.
Time's up.
---
He stood still.
Blood covered his body.
Some his.
Mostly theirs.
He glanced at the wounds.
Not fatal.
"Three seconds of invincibility…"
"…More like ignoring damage temporarily."
He pulled the kunai from his body. Blood flowed—but quickly stopped.
"Good enough."
---
Behind him, Sora stared in horror.
Ten Anbu.
Seven dead in under a minute.
"…Monster…"
Azuma turned.
"Let's go."
---
They moved quickly through the alleys.
Fewer screams now.
More corpses.
The massacre was ending.
They had to escape.
---
Suddenly—
A terrifying wave of Chakra surged ahead.
Azuma stopped instantly, pulling Sora into hiding.
Through the ruins—
He saw him.
Uchiha Itachi.
Standing calmly among corpses.
And beside him—
A man in an orange spiral mask.
Obito.
---
Both monsters were here.
---
Ding!
[Hidden Quest: Confront Itachi & Masked Man]
[Requirement: Retreat unscathed]
[Reward: Mangekyo fragments ×10 + Susanoo (Bone Stage)]
[Failure: Death]
---
Azuma chuckled.
"System… you really want me dead."
He turned to Sora.
"Stay here. No matter what happens—don't move."
Sora nodded desperately.
---
Azuma stepped out.
Under the moonlight, drenched in blood.
Scarlet eyes blazing.
---
Itachi and Obito turned.
"Oh?" Obito tilted his head. "Another survivor?"
Itachi's gaze fixed on Azuma's eyes.
"Double tomoe… You're from the branch family?"
---
Azuma didn't answer.
He raised his kunai—
And pointed it at them.
"Want to kill me?"
"…Come."