Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Konoha Village.

Konoha Year 52.

The night wind swept up a few leaves and blew across the rooftops of the working-class neighborhood.

Chiba lay on her back on the wooden bed, breathing evenly.

【Ding! 】

[Host detected to be 16 years of age or older!]

[A god-level sign-in system is binding to the host!]

[Binding successful!]

[Awakening the host's past life memories!]

【…】

Sudden.

A cold, mechanical voice echoed in Chiba's mind.

The boy on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

next moment.

It felt like my brain was being stuffed into a high-speed blender.

Two massive streams of information began to collide violently.

Each time fragments of memory are reassembled, it brings a sharp, agonizing pain, like being stabbed with a knife or axe.

Chiba clenched his teeth tightly, his hands bulging with veins.

soon.

The two long and agonizing hours finally came to an end.

Chiba was drenched in cold sweat, looking as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving violently, and his eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions.

I remembered.

I remember everything!

Konoha 36th year.

Chiba is transported to this world filled with killing and chakra.

At that time, he was just a newborn baby.

An adult's soul is too vast.

An infant's body simply cannot bear the weight of that heavy memory.

Out of biological self-preservation instinct.

Chiba's subconscious mind forcibly blocked all knowledge about his past life.

The next sixteen years.

Chiba became an ordinary orphan of Konoha.

Fortunately, the original body was still physically capable, barely qualifying him to extract chakra.

When I was six years old.

Chiba successfully entered the Ninja Academy.

He was naive back then, believing that as long as he worked hard to cultivate himself, he could change his fate.

Looking back now, it's utterly ridiculous.

Konoha 46th year.

The Third Shinobi World War broke out in full force.

As the war spread, the troops on the front lines were stretched thin.

With a stroke of the pen, the Konoha leadership directly sent the children from the Ninja Academy to the front lines.

It is euphemistically called: For the Will of Fire.

At only ten years old, Chiba struggled even with the Three Body Technique, and thus graduated early.

At first.

More than 90% of the students who went to the battlefield with Chiba became cold corpses.

severed limbs...

Internal organs flying everywhere...

Blood stained the soil of Kikyo Mountain.

Chiba barely survived thanks to sheer incredible luck and by feigning death several times amidst piles of corpses.

Today it is today.

Chiba is already sixteen years old.

By continuously completing D-level and C-level missions.

Chiba ended up as an ordinary Chunin, neither here nor there.

Before the memories were awakened.

Chiba was fairly content with this peaceful life.

One person is fed and the whole family is not hungry. Occasionally, I do a couple of C-level tasks to earn some commission, and life is quite stable.

But now!

After fully regaining his identity as a time traveler.

A chilling sensation instantly ran up Chiba's spine.

As a time traveler.

Chiba knew all too well where this world was headed.

This is not some exciting and inspiring ninja game at all, but a crazy meat grinder that devours people without spitting out the bones!

Four years later, in the fifty-sixth year of Konoha.

The Uchiha clan will be wiped out; that filial son will turn the village upside down.

Eight years from now, it will be Konoha's sixtieth year.

Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, graduated, and immediately afterward came Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha.

The giant psychic serpent will flatten most of the civilian area.

The combined forces of the Sound Ninja and the Sand Ninja will swarm into the village like locusts.

Eleven years later, it will be the sixty-third year of Konoha.

The Shippuden storyline has completely gone off the rails.

The Fourth Shinobi World War has begun.

Ten-Tails, God Tree, Madara Uchiha, Kaguya Otsutsuki...

Monsters that can destroy the world and split mountains will appear one after another.

Ordinary Chunin?

On that battlefield where gods fight.

Even ordinary Kage-level powerhouses couldn't withstand the aftershocks of their battle!

Dead end!

Chiba rubbed her stiff cheeks.

With this mediocre body, let alone surviving to the end.

He's incredibly lucky to have survived the Konoha Crush plan.

"system?"

A moment later.

Chiba tentatively called out in his mind.

The cold, mechanical voice responded immediately, without any extra emotion.

Then.

Chiba quickly questioned the system's functions.

A god-level sign-in system.

The rules are simple and straightforward: sign in once a year and receive a random reward.

Once a year?

This is outrageous!

Chiba almost burst into a tirade.

Others who have linked their accounts to the system are incredibly powerful, and they receive all sorts of rewards.

The reward is given only once a year.

By the time he has accumulated enough trump cards to save his life, Kaguya Otsutsuki will probably have already ruled the Earth.

[This is the first time the host has bound the system; a welcome gift has been prepared for you.]

[Start now?]

"Activate!"

Chiba silently recited this in his heart.

Something is better than nothing; let's take the benefits first.

【Ding! 】

[New Player Gift Pack successfully opened!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained one opportunity for bloodline purification!]

Bloodline purification?

Chiba's brows furrowed sharply.

His parents were both deceased, and he didn't even know their names; he was of pure commoner blood.

Bloodline purification, what's so good about purifying bloodlines?

Could it be that some kind of Otsutsuki bloodline can be extracted from it?

Doubts aside...

But this is our only lifeline right now.

"use!"

Chiba did not hesitate at all.

The instant the command is issued.

A terrifying energy, indescribable in words, suddenly erupted from the center of his heart.

That's not a warm current, that's lava!

A violent, scorching power surged through Chiba's veins, brutally assaulting every meridian.

Excruciating pain!

Excruciating pain that exceeds the limits of human endurance!

Chiba's eyes suddenly widened, the whites of his eyes filled with terrifying blood vessels.

The bones made a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound as muscle fibers were forcibly torn and then instantly reassembled.

He wanted to scream.

But his last shred of reason forced him to suppress the sound escaping his throat.

This is Konoha!

The secret patrol teams were patrolling the nearby streets.

Any unusual noise would attract the executioners wearing animal masks.

Chiba grabbed the pillow and shoved it into her mouth.

His teeth tore through the fabric, and a strong, metallic taste of blood filled his mouth.

Even so.

Chiba only lasted three minutes before fainting from the pain.

The night outside the window remained deep.

After an unknown amount of time, a few faint barks came from afar.

Chiba's fingers twitched suddenly.

He slowly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of turbid blood mixed with foul air.

Came alive.

Chiba sat up abruptly.

But he quickly froze on the spot.

Not the same.

It's completely different now!

His originally somewhat thin body was now filled with an explosive sense of power.

The originally thin and pitiful chakra is now like a rushing river, surging and flowing through the wide and resilient meridians.

Even his five senses were magnified to the extreme.

This feeling of transformation is like a complete evolution of the person.

"system."

List out my information!

Chiba couldn't wait to issue the order.

A semi-transparent blue light screen immediately appeared in front of Chiba.

Name: Senju Chiba

[Chakra Level: Early Kage Level]

Physical Strength: Elite Jonin

Chakra Properties: Water, Earth, Yang

[Bloodline Limit: Beginner Sage Body, Wood Release]

[Water Release: Water Ripple (Rank C)]

Earth Release: Earth Formation Wall (Rank B), Earth Dragon Concealment Technique (Rank C)

Wood Release: None

Overall assessment: A subpar elite Jonin!

silence.

A deathly silence.

Chiba stared intently at the name on the first line of the panel, his pupils dilating violently.

Thousand Hands?

How could it be a thousand hands?