[Kusagakure(Village Hidden in the Grass)]
CLING! CLANG!
Amid the sound of weapons clashing, a man was being hunted.
"Uchiha Rengoku, prepare to die!"
Two people wearing masks, one white and one gray, began a frenzied assault on Rengoku.
Rengoku had already been seriously injured in the ambush, and at this moment, he was completely out of breath and strength.
In the corner of his eye, he saw his teammate who had been blown into pieces. In the spinning three-tomoe Sharingan, there was only fierce rage.
He suddenly threw the long blade in his hand, and while the white-clothed man dodged, he grabbed his own knife and directly stabbed it into his own chest.
Puchi!
This blade passed through Rengoku's chest and directly pierced into the throat of the gray-clothed man behind him.
Rengoku stared with blood-red eyes, pulling out an explosive tag and slapping it onto the face of the white-clothed man.
The white-clothed man's eyes were full of cold killing intent. One hand went to tear off the explosive tag, while the other pulled out the blade stuck in Rengoku's body.
"AHHH!", Rengoku, enduring the intense pain, kicked the white-clothed man away.
BOOM!
The high-quality explosive tag exploded at point blank, directly blasting Rengoku to the ground.
Bang!
Rengoku was slammed against the trunk of a tree.
"Cough! Cough!...", He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, his vision spinning and darkening.
'No… is this the end?'
Countless images flashed through his mind, finally freezing on a girl, his sister who depended on him for survival.
Even Rengoku's breathing gradually weakened.
"Ryuri…"
He murmured this name, and there was no more sound.
———
"The sound of fighting came from this direction."
A boy wearing a Kusagakure forehead protector was moving quickly through the forest.
"Muku! Slow down, wait for me!", A white-haired girl chased after him.
Looking at the forehead protectors, both were ninjas from Kusagakure.
The two quickly arrived at the battlefield.
"This…", Although Muku was already a Genin, it was his first time seeing such a brutal scene.
Except for the man leaning against the tree trunk and two complete corpses nearby, the entire path was covered in bloodstains, and in the distance there were even scattered body parts faintly visible.
Muku's face turned slightly pale. When the white-haired girl arrived, Muku immediately covered her eyes, "Ryuzetsu, don't look."
"What the heck? Let me see!"
Ryuzetsu pushed Muku's hand away, and the moment she saw the scene, her pupils shrank sharply.
But in order not to be looked down on by her crush, she still forced herself to remain calm, "You send the signal, I'll go check if anyone's still alive."
Muku saw through Ryuzetsu's bravado, but he still took out a signal flare and fired it.
Then Muku went to investigate the battlefield, and Ryuzetsu moved toward Rengoku.
Because Rengoku was wearing the Uchiha clan uniform, a clothing recognized throughout the ninja world.
"Why would an Uchiha be here?", Ryuzetsu looked at the penetrating wound on Rengoku's chest and guessed that was the cause of death.
First, she felt his neck, then listened to his heartbeat, but there was nothing.
'I heard the Uchiha have Sharingan… I wonder if this one awakened it?'
This Uchiha's corpse was relatively intact, so Ryuzetsu wasn't as scared.
She glanced back, Muku was checking the other two corpses and wasn't paying attention to her.
Ryuzetsu quietly pried open Rengoku's eyelids.
Only to find that Rengoku's blood-red Sharingan was continuously spinning and mutating.
"AHHHH!", Ryuzetsu let out a sharp scream and immediately jumped away from Rengoku.
"What's wrong! Ryuzetsu?"
Muku jumped over and pulled Ryuzetsu behind him.
Ryuzetsu shrank and hid behind Muku, "That Uchiha's eyes…"
"Cough cough…", Rengoku coughed twice, spitting out some bloody foam.
Then slowly opened his eyes, the rotating, mutating eyes slowly returned to the three-tomoe state.
"W-Where… is this?", The blood-red in his eyes had faded, becoming normal eyes again.
[Ding, Bond Star Template successfully loaded]
In Rengoku's mind, a line of text floated past, followed by countless scenes flashing by.
He groaned and blacked out.
Swoosh!
A figure landed, "Muku, what happened?"
———
Rengoku slowly opened his eyes in a daze.
His eyes were unfocused, and he murmured, "The world of Naruto, huh…"
'Don't worry, I'll make Ryuri happy…'
Rengoku felt a lightness all over. In an instant, two souls merged, and the Sharingan settled down after a burst of agitation.
He sorted through his memories.
It was now Konoha Year 58, and Uchiha Shisui had committed suicide two years ago.
Itachi had already been manipulated, and likely soon, Danzō would issue the order for the Uchiha massacre.
Rengoku used to wonder, 'Why didn't the Uchiha clansmen avoid the disaster by being out on missions?'
Turns out, the clan had recalled everyone in advance to prepare for a coup.
Rengoku's team was also ambushed by Root.
His squad was ambushed, originally, it was a mutual destruction ending.
But now that he came, at least he brought back one life.
The wound on Rengoku's chest still ached faintly, but he couldn't lie down anymore.
There was still someone waiting for him at home, this was his promise to the previous soul.
Rengoku lifted the blanket, ready to get out of bed.
At this moment, a white-haired girl walked in, it was Ryuzetsu.
"Ah, you're awake! That's great," Seeing Rengoku trying to get up, Ryuzetsu quickly said, "Don't get up! Your injury is serious, lie down."
Rengoku frowned at the girl in front of him, his eyes full of confusion, but also a bit of joy.
Because in his eyes, there was a crystal-like light on Ryuzetsu's head, and when his attention moved to it, the crystal scattered into countless starlights.
In Rengoku's consciousness, a progress bar appeared, and behind it were several stars.
There was also a name above the progress bar.
'This… is my cheat?'
'Before losing consciousness, did I load a Bond Star template?'
"You're… Ryuzetsu?", Rengoku asked tentatively.
Ryuzetsu was a little surprised, "Eh? How do you know me?"
Rengoku's eyes flickered, "I think I heard someone calling your name before I fainted."
Ryuzetsu, still naive, was easily deceived, "Oh, are you from the Uchiha clan? What happened, do you need our Kusa-nin' help?"
The Third Ninja War had ended seven or eight years ago, and the ninja world was still relatively peaceful.
At least relations between Kusa and Konoha weren't bad, such a question wasn't out of place.
"Cough cough… I am indeed from the Uchiha clan. I was ambushed during this mission."
"I need your medical ninja to treat me. I must hurry back to the clan," Rengoku touched the penetrating wound on his chest, even after resurrection, it hadn't healed immediately.
He was only barely hanging on. Even breathing deeply hurt, long travel was impossible.
But he had to go back right away. If he delayed, the Uchiha clan was doomed.
Ryuzetsu saw how anxious Rengoku was, and quickly said, "Wait here, I can't handle it, I'll go get someone."
Then she rushed out in a flurry.
Rengoku looked at the steadily filling progress bar for Ryuzetsu, it was already full.
The first star lit up. Rengoku, full of curiosity, tapped it.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y