Chapter 1

Opening his eyes, Qi Yu looked at the white ceiling of the hospital room and struggled to get up, feeling extremely exhausted.

Or rather, he was now called Uchiha Ishi. However, this was the name of the body he now inhabited.

After a moment of daze, Qi Yu slowly regained his senses, smiled bitterly, and accepted the reality of his穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "transmigration" or "reincarnation").

Whether it was luck or misfortune, Qi Yu, who was living well on Earth, woke up one day and found himself mysteriously transported here. He occupied the body of Uchiha Ishi, who was on the brink of death, and in a state of confusion, he devoured Uchiha Ishi's soul, eventually waking up after a long time.

The original owner of this body, Uchiha Ishi, was eighteen years old, with the handsome face of the Uchiha clan and a shameful spiky hairdo that made Qi Yu feel embarrassed. Seven years ago, during the Nine-Tails' chaos, he lost his family and then awakened a single-tomoe Sharingan.

However, it wasn't until recently, after years of effort, that he managed to awaken a double-tomoe Sharingan. Although this was above average in the Uchiha clan, it wasn't enough for an ambitious Uchiha.

Moreover, without connections or achievements, he had few jutsu to learn. Relying on his good physical talent, he tried to develop a jutsu, specifically a combination of lightning and fire chakra nature transformation into a Blaze Release jutsu, which led to a disaster.

After all, without a clear understanding of chakra nature, studying Blaze Release was like courting death. He was electrocuted by the chaotic lightning chakra, which allowed Qi Yu to take over his body.

However, just as he woke up, he was about to face a huge crisis. According to the memories of this body, it was now the 56th year of Konoha, with Naruto being seven years old and Sasuke just turning eight...

The clan's top expert, Uchiha Shisui, was already dead. Thinking about the upcoming character who would be squatting on a pole, Qi Yu shuddered in fear.

The Grim Reaper was repeatedly peeking at him; should he give the old man some face?

Of course... no way.

Qi Yu immediately began to save himself.

The Uchiha clan had long been calling for rebellion, and even the cowardly clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, couldn't stop them. He knew the Uchiha's situation and had concealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, which he awakened during the Third Great Shinobi War, to avoid Konoha's fear of the Mangekyo Sharingan and the subsequent targeting of the Uchiha. He also wanted to prevent the clan from rebelling.

However, a world-class genius, Uchiha Shisui, emerged, and the Uchiha, who were already suppressed by Konoha, began to rebel, shouting that the heavens were dead...

To say that the clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, was pitiful is an understatement. He was one of the few Uchiha who could endure and had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, yet he managed to survive without exposing it.

Unfortunately, in the Uchiha clan, without power, one had little say, especially since he had compromised with Konoha and accepted the relocation of the clan. After all, who could blame the Uchiha for being blamed for the Nine-Tails incident? The Nine-Tails' three-tomoe Sharingan made everyone suspicious of the Uchiha.

As a result, Uchiha Fugaku became the Uchiha clan leader with the least authority in history.

Now, with Shisui and Itachi, two rebels who transcended the clan, the Uchiha were as transparent as a sieve, with every move closely watched by Konoha's upper echelons.

It was likely that the Uchiha had been under comprehensive surveillance by Konoha for one or two years. Now, Konoha's monitoring room kept a tight watch on the Uchiha clan.

Even as a double-tomoe Uchiha, Qi Yu was probably on Konoha's high-level list. It was impossible to leave Konoha openly, as the clan was planning a rebellion and wouldn't let any combatants leave, and Konoha, aiming to cut off the roots, wouldn't allow it either.

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"Is your body better, Ishi?" Uchiha Yaku asked when Uchiha Ishi reported to the guard team after being discharged from the hospital.

"Yes, Captain. Ishi requests to return to duty," Qi Yu said.

After leaving the hospital, he went home for a meal and then reported to the guard team. In the past two years, the Konoha guard team, which the Uchiha controlled, had increased its personnel, and the original Uchiha Ishi had barely managed to join, as it allowed him to learn more jutsu and earn a salary.

By returning to the guard team, Qi Yu could better plan his escape. He didn't go to the clan leader to tell him to suppress the rebellion or to Itachi. That was unrealistic; the entire clan was like an arrow already shot, unable to turn back.

"Captain, I have awakened a triple-tomoe Sharingan. Please help me learn some jutsu; I want to contribute to the clan!" Qi Yu said.

After the transmigration, his soul power increased, allowing him to advance from a double-tomoe to a triple-tomoe Sharingan. As someone who had worked in an office, Qi Yu didn't go to the elders but to the guard team captain.

"Oh? That's great news. It seems you've turned a misfortune into a blessing. However, don't go creating jutsu recklessly. Jutsu aren't easy to create. Isn't it better to come to us?" Uchiha Yaku's stern face broke into a smile.

"You're right, Captain. I won't do that again," Qi Yu said, bowing.

If he hadn't awakened the triple-tomoe, would they have given him anything even if he asked? Qi Yu thought to himself.

"Good to know. You have good talent, but you're still not familiar with the triple-tomoe, right? I'll find some notes I've written over the years for you to read, as well as some practical jutsu," Uchiha Yaku said, searching through his sealed scrolls and desk.

He could ignore a double-tomoe, but a triple-tomoe was a strong combatant, especially a new one. It was rare for someone to come to him rather than the elders, so he needed to win him over.

Uchiha Yaku then gave Qi Yu some lightning and fire jutsu based on his lightning and fire chakra nature, and kindly explained many techniques and knowledge to him.

Qi Yu was extremely grateful and didn't wait for the captain to speak before joining his team. The two became closer, and Uchiha Yaku immediately made Qi Yu a squad leader, though it was just a patrol squad of three people, it was still a position within the system.

"Captain, do you know when the next clan meeting is?" Qi Yu asked Uchiha Yaku.

In the original story, Itachi decided to act after a clan meeting, where his father, Uchiha Fugaku, took him to the secret room by the Naka River to show him the Mangekyo Sharingan and demonstrate its control over the Nine-Tails.

After that, the hesitant Itachi, for the sake of the village, directly went to Danzo to accept the mission to wipe out the clan.

"The clan meeting is tomorrow. You weren't notified because you were in the hospital. Remember not to be late," Uchiha Yaku said, then dismissed Qi Yu, as he was very busy as the guard team captain.

Qi Yu took a deep breath, not expecting it to be so soon. However, he still needed to keep an eye on Sasuke. He didn't know when Itachi would wipe out the clan after the clan meeting, but he could observe Sasuke.

Since Itachi wiped out the clan at night, half of the clan members were killed in their sleep. However, strangely, Sasuke, the second son of the clan leader, arrived late after Itachi had finished.

The ninja academy couldn't dismiss so late, so perhaps Sasuke was delayed due to some deal Itachi made with the village.

Returning to the guard team, Qi Yu's team leader, Uchiha Yaku, hadn't assigned him yet, so he first followed Uchiha Hachidai to learn how to lead a team, becoming a temporary deputy squad leader in Uchiha Hachidai's squad, preparing to patrol the streets.

Seeing Uchiha Hachidai and the other three clan members with sour faces, patrolling the streets arrogantly, Qi Yu scratched his head. Was his predecessor also like this? No wonder the Uchiha clan was known as a family of patients in the two-dimensional world.

At this time, not being low-key was like courting death. Shisui's suicide couldn't stop the clan's madness.

It might have even made the indecisive clan leader, Fugaku, make up his mind. After all, he had always endured, but after Shisui's death, he agreed to the rebellion and began to pressure Itachi.

At the next day's clan meeting, Itachi didn't participate. Without Shisui, the Mangekyo Sharingan expert, the clan's rebellious mood didn't diminish. Seeing the angry clan members, Qi Yu, following Uchiha Yaku, waved his hands a few times to avoid being seen as an outsider.