Naruto: I, Naruto, started with the Rinnegan

"I'm sorry, Naruto, it's all because of me..."

"It's not entirely your fault; you were just unlucky this time."

The general's voice echoed in Ying's mind.

Ying was a little surprised. "You're actually comforting me?"

From birth until now, the two have been constantly sabotaging each other.

Let's not even talk about the shadows. By taking control of the settings, they often do the good things themselves while taking the blame for the bad things.

The general seemed emotionless, like a rigid puppet, but for some reason, he always subconsciously thought of the shadowy figure.

Ying was not used to being comforted at this moment.

The general paused for a moment, then said, "But the main problem is that you're too weak. You can only wait for Naruto to come and save you."

Ying was used to it now, so she didn't argue back. Instead, she nodded and said, "You're right, we're too weak... so we need to change."

She came to Uchiha Izumi's body and examined it.

Aside from the hole in the heart, the rest of the body was intact and could be repaired and still be usable.

"Do you have any thoughts?"

Hearing this, Ying turned around and said, "You're awake. Aren't you going to continue resting?"

Naruto laughed and said, "No need. My body is much stronger than yours, and much stronger than I imagined."

The whirlpool bloodline, the life force of the Rinnegan, the Nine-Tails' Yang Chakra... the fusion of these three elements makes Naruto's recovery speed extremely fast.

In just ten minutes, his strength had been mostly restored.

Standing up, Naruto stretched and asked, "Can I tell you now... what do you want Uchiha Izumi's corpse for?"

"Naruto probably already guessed it."

"It's confirmed now."

Clearly, Ying was unwilling to continue being a wood carving; she wanted to change into a human body and become a true human being.

The shadow asked expectantly, "Does Naruto agree?"

Naruto hesitated and said, "I... I haven't thought about it yet. Let me think about it carefully."

Naruto actually supports the idea of ​​the Kage becoming real people, because it was his plan for the future.

However, Naruto had concerns about the shadow becoming a real person at this moment—how should he hide it?

In the past, hiding wooden carvings was extremely difficult; now, hiding real people is even more challenging…

That's simply impossible!

They'll be discovered by Konoha sooner or later.

Shadow asked curiously, "Wouldn't it be better to just leave Konoha?"

Naruto shook his head and refused: "No, you have no experience traveling the ninja world, and you are too weak. You're likely to get into trouble."

I meant that we both left together.

Seeing Naruto's stunned expression, Kage knew he hadn't thought about this yet, so he went on to say, "Anyway, the people of Konoha treat you badly, they're always sending people to monitor you, and you don't like Konoha... Now's the perfect opportunity to leave Konoha, isn't it?"

"That makes sense, but..."

Naruto frowned in deep thought. "Give me some time to think about it."

.........

The Hokage Building was brightly lit and bustling with people.

The clan leaders and senior Jonin of Konoha received an urgent order and quickly gathered in the meeting hall.

The Third Hokage sat at the head of the table, his face grim as he announced two pieces of unfortunate news.

First, the Uchiha clan was destroyed.

"Itachi Uchiha colluded with outsiders to massacre the entire Uchiha clan, leaving only Sasuke Uchiha as the survivor..."

The conference hall erupted in uproar.

Are you kidding me? The Uchiha clan, a top-tier clan on par with the Senju... just like that, perished? And by their own people?

It feels so fake, not real at all.

After confirming the news, the clan leaders of the various ninja clans felt a sense of shared fate; if even the Uchiha clan couldn't guarantee their own safety, then what about the rest of them...?

The one who felt it most deeply was Hiashi. As members of the same eye technique family, the Hyuga and Uchiha had always been secretly competing with each other.

Now that their rivals, the Uchiha, have perished, the Hyuga's future looks bleak.

The clan cannot follow in the footsteps of the Uchiha... Hiashi secretly decided that the Hyuga should keep a low profile from now on, not seeking merit but avoiding mistakes, and doing whatever the Third Hokage said. They should try to do as few things as possible to dig pits for Konoha, and if they really can't help it, they should be very careful so that Konoha can find any fault with them.

Before everyone could recover from the shock of the Uchiha's annihilation, another bombshell announcement came.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has gone missing!

"Unidentified individuals have infiltrated Konoha and taken away the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. There are currently no reliable leads..."

Many well-informed ninjas present already knew about this, but many more had just found out.

Then they couldn't hold back anymore.

"The Uchiha clan is destroyed, the Jinchuriki is missing... Is this fate condemning Konoha?"

"It's not that bad, Konoha still has us, but Konoha has indeed reached its most dangerous moment."

"Why did things suddenly turn out like this?! Who is targeting Konoha?!"

Both the Uchiha clan and the Jinchuriki are pillars of Konoha's strength; the loss of either one would severely damage the village's vitality.

Two are gone in an instant...

You're really something, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Some ninjas couldn't help but question the Third Hokage.

Have you fulfilled your responsibilities as Hokage? Do you still have the ability to continue as Hokage? You...

As the situation grew increasingly dangerous, Nara Shikaku quickly tried to smooth things over: "Gentlemen, now is not the time to assign blame. The important thing is to find the Jinchuriki. We can discuss the rest later."

The Third Hokage removed his Hokage hat, his face somber, and said, "It is my dereliction of duty, and I will give you all an explanation later... Now I implore you all to put things aside for the time being, unite, and overcome the current difficulties together."

Since the Hokage has said so, the others have no choice but to give up, otherwise...

You're being ungrateful; you'll regret it later.

The group began to discuss their next move.

……

After much deliberation, Naruto rejected the Kage's suggestion to leave Konoha.

"I'm too weak to even beat Kenji. I'm likely to die in the dangerous ninja world. So, just in case, I think it's best to continue to play it safe. I don't have to be invincible, but at least I should be able to protect myself."

"Kage, don't look disappointed yet. Just because I'm not leaving Konoha doesn't mean you can't. I have a way that satisfies both sides, and it might work..."

Under the questioning gaze of the shadow, Naruto used a kunai to cut a small piece of flesh from the White Zetsu's corpse and stuffed it into the wound in Uchiha Izumi's heart.

Activate the Rinnegan and unleash the Divine Emperor's Spirit.

The green essence of life fell into the corpse of Uchiha Izumi.

The next second, the gruesome wounds healed, the pale face regained its color, the cold body returned to warmth, and there was even a faint breath.

However, she will never wake up because she has no soul; at best, she is in a vegetative state.

It has biological instincts, but no biological consciousness.

Naruto then used Uka Mitama.

A white soul essence containing physical data such as the appearance, physique, build, and height of the Raiden General fell into the body of Uchiha Izumi.

"Change!"

—The Divine Emperor produces spirits!

Catalyzed by abundant life essence, cells grow and divide rapidly, and broken bones regenerate...

Outwardly, Uchiha Izumi's body swelled violently, then quickly shrank.

After several cycles, Naruto's accumulated life essence was about to run out.

The human body modification project was finally completed according to the designed blueprint.