Cold.
Numb.
Shaking.
When Uchiha Hideki regained consciousness—
He didn't even have time to react.
A voice—
Light. Casual. Almost amused—
Fell from above.
"Not bad."
"You're the smoothest one in this batch."
His pupils shrank.
He looked up—
And froze.
A young man stood there.
Black hair. Calm expression.
A face—
Too familiar.
"…Mo?"
Uchiha Hideki moved instantly.
His body flipped upright in one fluid motion.
At the same time—
His eyes swept across everything.
An open wilderness.
Desolate.
Silent.
Endless.
A faint barrier surrounded them—
Roughly ten meters wide.
Beyond it—
Jagged rocks.
Withered grass.
Gray mountains stretching into the horizon.
The wind howled.
And somewhere in the distance—
Low, suppressed beast roars echoed.
His Sharingan had already faded—
But his vigilance—
Was absolute.
He didn't question Mo immediately.
Instead—
In his usual calm, restrained tone—
Layered with just the right amount of confusion—
He spoke.
"Mo…"
"What is this place?"
"And those words just now…"
"…was that you?"
"Where are we?"
Uchiha Mo looked at him.
The smile on his lips deepened slightly.
Acting.
Calm on the surface—
Chaos underneath.
If he hadn't seen that three-tomoe Sharingan earlier—
He might have believed it.
Interesting.
To think—
The Uchiha clan had produced someone like this.
A hidden piece.
And judging by that Sharingan—
His real strength—
Was not low.
So why—
Had his name never appeared in the original story?
Uchiha Mo chuckled softly.
"Hideki…"
"This isn't the ninja world."
"…This is another world."
Silence.
"…Another world?"
"That's right."
"Before coming here…"
"You pressed 'Yes,' didn't you?"
"Same as me."
"The only difference is—"
"I arrived earlier."
Hideki fell silent.
Thinking.
If this was another world—
Why only Uchiha?
And more importantly—
How much earlier had Mo arrived?
His gaze sharpened.
The man in front of him—
Relaxed.
Smiling.
Completely ignoring the distant beast roars.
This—
Was not the Mo he knew.
Seeing this—
Mo didn't waste time.
He pointed casually.
"At your wrist."
"Everything you want to know is there."
"As for me…"
"I've only passed through two worlds."
"Hardly experienced."
Wrist?
Hideki looked down.
At some unknown moment—
A crude watch had appeared.
The moment he focused—
Information exploded into his mind.
The Main God.
World traversal.
Missions.
Rewards.
Reincarnators.
And the barrier—
Five minutes of protection.
The interface shifted.
[Current World: Unknown (Low-Level)]
[Main Mission: Collect biological or natural energy]
[Side Mission: Explore the world]
[Warning: Disclosure = Erasure]
[Time Remaining: 9 Days 23 Hours]
Simple.
Too simple.
Which made it dangerous.
Hideki lowered his gaze.
The warning—
Didn't concern him.
He had no intention of telling anyone.
Not the clan.
Not anyone.
Because in the current Uchiha—
Information—
Was poison.
Hardliners.
Moderates.
Spies.
One wrong word—
And everything collapses.
Strength first.
Survival first.
Everything else—
Later.
But—
There was one problem.
Hideki raised his head slightly.
"Mo…"
"You've already been to two worlds…"
"You must be strong."
"…Can I follow you?"
A slight tremble in his voice.
Just enough.
"If I had known…"
"I wouldn't have pressed 'Yes'…"
Perfect.
A weak man.
Afraid.
Clinging to hope.
But—
Uchiha Mo saw through everything.
You can't fool these eyes.
Still—
He smiled.
Relaxed.
Confident.
"We're from the same clan."
"We help each other."
"I'll protect you."
The tone.
The posture.
Perfect Uchiha arrogance.
Because once an Uchiha sees power—
Even before reaching it—
They begin to believe.
"That's great… thank you."
Hideki lowered his head.
Adjusted his glasses.
Fear.
Relief.
Dependence.
Flawless.
A perfect performance.
And Mo—
Enjoyed it.
———
Five minutes passed.
The barrier—
Collapsed.
The world surged in.
Dry wind.
Dust.
And the beast roars—
Now close.
Too close.
This—
Was reality.
Uchiha Mo circulated his chakra.
Smooth.
Unrestricted.
Good.
The broken system—
Couldn't suppress world rules anymore.
Which meant—
Chakra still worked.
A huge advantage.
His eyes sharpened.
The relaxed expression—
Vanished.
"Hideki."
"Move."
"First—find information."
"Yes."
Hideki followed immediately.
The two moved across the barren land.
Fast.
Silent.
Alert.
Half an hour later—
They stopped.
Below—
Fields.
Poor.
But cultivated.
Further ahead—
A village.
Remote.
Isolated.
But what caught their attention—
Was something else.
At the edge of the fields—
A broken stone pavilion.
And beside it—
Graves.
"…Graves?"
"Yeah."
"And old ones."
Their eyes focused.
Names.
Inscriptions.
A glance.
No words.
Decision made.
They moved.
Descending the mountain.
Because in an unknown world—
Information… is everything.