You know, waking up in a world where assassins wear colorful clothes, have eyes that change color, and shoot fireballs from their mouths should be exciting, right?
Right??
Right???
RIGHT????
WRONG!
COMPLETELY WRONG!
I can't understand the mind of someone who would trade a comfortable life, with all the perks a technologically advanced society provides, for a place where you risk your life daily.
And if you don't have some kind of special lineage, are a genius, or are the reincarnation of a demigod's child, you'll be cannon fodder in a war planned by the shadow of an alien goddess.
THE DAMN SHADOW!!!
"Ahhhh…"
"You need to breathe, Kenji."
"Uhh~"
"Ahhh~"
"Yes, it's not because you woke up in an unfamiliar room, in a body that isn't yours but also is, and by coincidence, in a world you already watched as an anime when you were a child."
"Yes, that's completely normal."
I say while looking at my reflection in the mirror, wondering if I've been hallucinating for the past three hours since I woke up in this world.
You must be wondering how I ended up here, right?
Well, let me know when you figure it out, because I'm very curious too. The only thing I got were fragmented memories of my current body, which, being memories of a six-year-old orphan, aren't very clear, and that's how I know I'm in Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village.
All I know is that I was in my room, and then I filled out a totally normal form asking what power I would want if I went to the world of Naruto.
And the next moment, my vision went dark, and here I am.
After going through the five stages of grief in the last few hours, I'm accepting my situation now… I think…
While finishing my inner monologue, I returned to the bed in what I assume is my room and sat down.
The room was quite small, and as far as I could remember, it was an apartment the village gave me after I left the orphanage, since my parents had been chunin who died in the Nine-Tails attack.
It looks a lot like the place Naruto lived in, at least from what I remember of the series.
Just as I was about to start putting things in order in my head, I saw an envelope on the dresser next to the bed and picked it up.
"Strange, my memories are a little fuzzy, but this is—"
"Shit…"
It was the acceptance letter to the Ninja Academy.
And I just remembered that 'Kenji,' as the child of ex-chunins, was invited to enter the academy, and that's why he got this apartment.
Besides wanting to be a powerful ninja like his parents.
"Okay, let's break this down."
"1. I reincarnated(?) into the world of Naruto after filling out an online form."
"2. Apparently, I'm in the body of a child who looks a lot like me when I was young, and I have fragmented memories of him."
"3. I just realized that I'm in control of this body because my memories of over 20 years completely overshadowed those of a six-year-old."
"4. I have to decide if I really want to go to this Ninja Academy, after all, do I really want to become a hired assassin?"
"And 5. I need to plan how to survive the disasters that will happen in this world. (Unless I'm just hallucinating all of this)"
After making a list of what happened and what I have to do, I got up from the bed and looked outside the small window of my apartment.
And there it was—a mountain with carved faces.
'Damn!'
'So, what was the power I selected again?'
I thought, placing a hand on my chin, a habit I always have when thinking deeply about something.
'Yes, there were three options, very few for a form now that I think about it.'
I let out a humorless chuckle when I realized this.
'The first option was an Extraordinary Talent in Taijutsu; I would be practically a buffed-up version of Guy.'
I rejected this immediately.
Look, I understand Taijutsu is incredible; even Madara acknowledged it, but it's simply not something you can use in a fight against an aspiring god without him holding back, and yes, Madara was holding back.
'The second option was to choose a clan to be born into, with the purest possible lineage.'
Now that was tempting. I instantly thought about being from the Otsutsuki clan, but I was disappointed to see the available options—only prominent lineages from Konoha.
Still, it was tempting to have the Byakugan, or maybe be a Nara and play Shadow Monarch.
"Arise"
"Hahahaha"
Honestly, I was going to choose one of the clans from the second option, but then I saw the third option, and I decided at that moment that this was the one.
It was simply much more powerful compared to the other options.
You must be curious, right?
The third option was…
"Extraordinary Talent in Chakra Control!"
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End of Chapter!
Hello everyone, sorry for the writing, this is my first fanfic, and I'm doing my best.
So please give me some tips and support me with some cool ideas about the MC's power.
See you in the next chapter~