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Chapter 170: Assimilation of the Ten Barriers

Jujutsu High had always been quiet—never lively—but as one of only two such institutions in the entire jujutsu world, its status was untouchable, and its grounds were vast.

Sōjun Minamoto and the others walked silently between the attic-like buildings.

Since Masamichi Yaga had taken charge, student deaths had become rare. Despite his frequent talk about how death walks hand in hand with sorcerers and how one must be mentally prepared, the truth was—he was the one who strugg...

Chapter 169: Ryomen Sukuna

Just as Sōjun Minamoto finished tidying up and prepared to return to Jujutsu High through spatial travel, a message came in from Masamichi Yaga.

He glanced at the phone screen.

The message was lengthy, but the core request was simple: return to Jujutsu High as soon as possible. A first-year student had died—Yaga wanted to know if there was still any chance of saving him.

Sōjun Minamoto toyed with the phone as thoughts raced through his mind.

Resurrection was diffic...

Chapter 40: The True Objective

Directly beneath the Hokage Building sat the ANBU detention center.

Inside one of its clean, well-maintained cells, Reiji lounged on a not-so-soft bed in a pair of bear-print pajamas, one leg crossed over the other.

The room was a simple square space, no more than ten square meters. There were no windows—just a heavy door made from a special material with a sliding slot barely wide enough to pass a plate through.

The furnishings were sparse: an iron bed, a metal table. On ...

Chapter 39: The Uchiha’s Kekkei Genkai

The moment Reiji stepped in, everyone's expression in the office shifted dramatically.

What were the chances? Just as they were discussing how to deal with him, he showed up on his own?

None of them were fools—in fact, as direct disciples of the Second Hokage, each of them was sharp and quick-witted.

The room fell into heavy silence, tension thick in the air as suspicions swirled in everyone's minds.

Reiji, oblivious to the awkward mood, strode in with a cheerful smi...

Chapter 38: The First Battle Ends

Hokage Building.

Tobirama Senju sat behind his desk, sharp-eyed and composed, as his most trusted disciples, war advisors, and key officials gathered in the office.

“Saru, Kagami, Torifu, Homura, Koharu, Danzō—you’re coming with me to the peace talks.”

The six of them nodded in unison.

“Now, about these talks with the Land of Lightning. What are your thoughts?”

As he finished speaking, Tobirama’s red eyes swept across the room.

Koharu Utatane...

Chapter 37: Mai Yakushi

At the entrance of the orphanage, Reiji sat on the steps, the white-haired old woman standing quietly beside him.

“Excuse me, are you Reiji-san?” Her voice was aged but full of warmth.

“Just Reiji is fine. I don’t deserve the title ‘Reiji-san.’ I’m Reiji Sakuhō.”

“A good child,” she nodded gently. “Meiko and the others talk about you all the time. They say if it weren’t for you, they wouldn’t be here.”

Reiji smiled and shook his head. “Th...

Chapter 36: Konoha Orphanage

With Rie in high spirits, they enjoyed a hearty barbecue meal. Reiji, holding the little girl whose belly was now round from eating, walked out of the restaurant under the astonished stares of the other customers.

Flicking away a toothpick, Reiji rolled his eyes at the diners and muttered, “So what if we ate a hundred plates? It's not like we didn’t pay.”

Beside him, Rie giggled and raised her fist.

“What’s the big deal, huh? What’s the big deal?”

Reiji n...

Chapter 35: Rie’s “Fire”

When Reiji returned to the village, a faint white light was spreading across the horizon.

It was almost dawn.

As he looked at the rising sun, the gloom in his heart slowly faded.

Even though that old bastard Hiruzen had scammed him out of nearly 200,000, he still came out with over 400,000!

I don’t need sleep, stamina isn’t worth much, and I barely used any chakra. Only my clothes got ripped.

Damn, if I think about it, I basically got 400,000 for free?

...

Chapter 34: Bickering

Water surged into existence and instantly solidified.

In front of him, a massive, ferocious water dragon took shape and lunged forward with a violent crash.

Not far away, Amegawa stood with his hands forming seals, eyes gleaming with the satisfaction of vengeance.

Ordinarily, even though the battle had ended in an instant, as a covert operative—especially one as cautious as Amegawa—he should have retreated immediately. But now, he couldn’t be bothered.

He just wa...

Chapter 33: Flexing Muscles

Looking at the four Amegakure shinobi closing in with grim expressions, vaguely forming a circle, Reiji grinned, revealing a row of sharp white teeth.

"You guys are seriously the worst undercover agents I've ever seen."

He shook his head with a chuckle.

"From the start, you weren't on guard at all. A seven- or eight-year-old kid wandering alone outside the village, and not a single red flag?

Think for a second—would someone bold enough to do that be so easy to catch?...

Chapter 32: Taking You to Soak in the River of Forgetfulness

Reiji carefully tucked the money away, then roughly tore open the envelope. He unfolded the letter and began reading it casually.

It wasn’t long, but its contents were solid enough to make the corner of his eye twitch.

It opened with a brief praise for his actions, saying he’d successfully infiltrated Konoha and should keep it up. Then, in an offhand tone, it laid out several tasks.

First: gather intel on Konoha’s leadership.

Whether or not he could pull it off w...

Chapter 31: Visitors from Amegakure

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed. The New Year was just around the corner.

According to the returning ninjas, the battle with Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning was nearing its end.

Reiji continued living at his own pace.

Putting aside his role as an undercover agent, he was actually doing pretty well.

Aside from eating and drinking every day, and helping out at Ippongi’s ninja tool shop after school, he had plenty of free t...

Chapter 30: Accomplice Jiraiya

With everything settled, Reiji and the others left the teacher’s office.

In the hallway, Reiji pulled Jiraiya along and stopped Hiruzen Sarutobi and the little Tsunade, who were about to leave.

“Sarutobi-sama, it’s thanks to you that I managed to clear my name!” Reiji said with a grin.

Hiruzen gave a bitter smile and shook his head. “I barely said a word. Would’ve made no difference if I hadn’t come.”

“That’s not true.”

“If you hadn’t sh...

Chapter 29: Power Begins to Show

Soon, the flames in the classroom were put out.

Reiji, along with Jiraiya as the instigators and Ryōta Uchiha as the victim, was taken to the faculty office by a stern-faced Nakaryū Ōzora. Tsunade, who had witnessed the whole incident, followed them in.

Inside the office, Nakaryū Ōzora wore a cold expression, holding a palm-sized scroll in his hand.

“Kanzouichi-sensei, please contact Ryōta Uchiha's parents.”

With that, he slammed the scroll down onto the desk...

Chapter 28: Extortion

Early the next morning, Reiji got out of bed.

He first helped dress the still-sleepy Rie, then said goodbye to Old man Ippongi and Aunt Kyōko before heading off to school.

Their son, Dan Katō, was said to be the third-year class representative and always left home early.

Compared to that, Reiji lived much more leisurely—like a true slacker.

When he arrived at the academy, strolled into the classroom, and sank into a seat in the corner, he finally noticed something ...

Chapter 27: Ninja Pouch

A sprawling estate near the heart of the village.

Once the ancestral grounds of the Senju Clan, it was now home to Mito Uzumaki—and also Tsunade.

At that moment, Tsunade pushed open the wooden gate with an angry huff, ponytail swaying as she stormed inside.

In the vast courtyard, a mature woman with a red bun and a violet diamond-shaped mark on her forehead gently set down a watering can. Smiling warmly, she opened her arms wide toward Tsunade.

The moment she saw her...

Chapter 26: The Seat-Switching Commotion

Konoha Ninja Academy, Transformation Technique class.

“Reiji Sakuhō.” From the podium, Nakaryū Ōzora called his name while scanning the class roster.

“Here.” Reiji answered lazily, then got up and walked to the front, standing before Ōzora.

He simply formed the Ram seal—thumbs aligned, left thumb on top.

“Poof!”

With a light puff, the white mist dispersed, revealing a figure that looked nearly identical to Nakaryū Ōzora.

Ōzora rubbed hi...

Chapter 25: First Encounter with Jiraiya

The matter of Reiji leaving a massive crater in the playground was ultimately brushed aside.

Ryōta Uchiha, frightened out of his wits, was taken home by his parents.

After getting the full story from Nakaryū Ōzora, they decided not to apologize to Reiji.

But Reiji didn’t care. The Uchiha Clan had a few with astonishing generosity, but most were just petty and unimpressive.

What made Reiji happy was that Nakaryū Ōzora agreed to exempt him from combat class, repla...

Chapter 24: The Blacksmith’s Children

“Reiji, you really haven’t learned any jutsu? Not even the simplest of the Three Basic Jutsu?”

Reiji shook his head.

“Ōzora-sensei, I really don’t know any ninjutsu.”

“What about chakra extraction?” Nakaryū Ōzora still didn’t give up.

Reiji shook his head again.

Nakaryū Ōzora paused, then let out a sigh.

“It’s fine. If you don’t know, you’ll just learn step by step. Luckily, you only skipped into second grade, not third. You�...

Chapter 23: Enrollment

Konoha Ninja Academy.

By the time Reiji arrived at the school gate, the other children had already gone inside.

The warm morning sun filtered through the green canopy, casting dappled light across the ground in a scene of calm and quiet.

Standing at the gate was a middle-aged ninja in a green vest, straight-backed and scribbling something into a small notebook.

When he noticed Reiji approaching, he blinked in surprise, then strode over.

“Reiji Sakuhō?” he as...

Chapter 22: The Village’s Plan

With 10,000 ryo in hand, Reiji returned home in high spirits.

Money gives people courage—with cash in his pocket, even walking felt like he had the wind at his back.

He had already made arrangements with Hiruzen Sarutobi: in just one week, he'd be heading to the Ninja Academy.

School itself wasn’t the main point. What mattered was that once he completed the Academy’s training, he would officially become a Konoha shinobi.

Of course, he’d still need to stay cauti...

Chapter 21: One Job, Triple Pay

Faced with Danzō's proposal, Tobirama Senju suddenly felt a wave of satisfaction and gave him a silent thumbs up in his heart.

As expected, it really took someone with less intelligence to step up and make things difficult for that monster Reiji Sakuhō. That would make it easier for me to gather intel on him!

With that thought, Tobirama glanced at Reiji’s gloomy face with amused interest but didn’t say a word.

He wanted to see—he really wanted to see—how Reiji woul...

Chapter 20: Master of Subtle Flexing

Twelve hours had passed since Reiji had creatively implied that Ippongi was... underperforming.

At the break of dawn, Reiji woke up feeling refreshed. After a full night of training, he could clearly sense his total chakra reserves had increased. At this rate, he was almost on par with Mizukuma—that fraud of a shinobi.

Mizukuma might carry the title of Special Jōnin, but in reality, he was nothing more than a glorified Chūnin.

Which meant Reiji's chakra was fast approach...

Chapter 19: The Connection Between Hokage and Perversion

"Cooperation?" Ippongi's voice dragged out, his chubby face stretching along with it.

Reiji nodded.

"That's right. Cooperation.

You provide the materials, the forge, and the storefront—I’ll handle the technique and the labor."

At those words, Ippongi fell silent, mentally weighing the proposition.

Cooperation like this wasn’t unusual. In fact, it was quite common.

Ippongi knew that many master smiths in the Land of Iron only worked through partnership...

Chapter 18: Survival After Facing Certain Death

“Rie—raise her yourself. And congratulations... you've successfully infiltrated.”

The moment those words left his mouth, Reiji's twisted expression snapped upward, eyes fixed on Hiruzen Sarutobi like he was staring at a lunatic.

“Heh... if you want something, just say it. I'll cooperate. No need to insult my intelligence like this.”

At the same time, he clutched Rie even tighter, shouting inwardly.

Rie, we did it! Your brother finally won’t be sliced into R...

Chapter 17: Identity Exposure Crisis

Soon, they arrived at Konoha. There were no towering red walls like in his memory, and the village itself wasn’t as massive as he'd once imagined. On the Hokage Rock, only two stern faces were carved.

The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Gazing at the distant Hokage Rock, Reiji couldn’t help feeling a pang of frustration, even though he had already come to terms with the fact that he'd transmigrated too early.

It was now Year 18 of ...

Chapter 16: Entering Konoha with the Caravan

Along a winding forest path, a large merchant caravan was making its way on foot.

Trailing behind the caravan was a ragtag group of children in tattered clothes, silently following the footsteps of the adults.

They ranged in age—some as old as fifteen or sixteen, others no more than three or four. Their steps were labored, yet not one of them fell behind. The older ones supported the younger, pressing forward with quiet determination and grit.

They were orphans from the La...

Chapter 15: Farewell

Reiji’s gaze swept over Onoton’s rigid corpse. Without a word, he rose and stepped out of the blood circle at his feet.

He removed his straw cloak, then the cape beneath it.

Silently, Reiji approached the naked woman, wrapped her trembling body in the cloak, and gently said,

“Sorry… that our village harbored such filth.”

The woman weakly turned her head. Seeing Reiji’s youthful face, she shook her head with effort.

“It’s not your fault, child.”<...

Chapter 14: Curse Technique: Death Controlling Possessed Blood

The only house in the village that wasn’t on fire.

Boom! With a deafening crash, the wooden door exploded into splinters. The interior came into view—and Reiji’s expression, already dark, turned utterly grim.

“Bastard… You monster!”

Inside, shattered furniture lay in heaps, blood smeared across the walls. In the center stood a shirtless man, slowly turning his head, his face twisted into a grotesque grin of perverse delight.

In his hands, a naked woman cove...

Chapter 13: Magnet Release – Thousand Mechanisms Massacre Technique

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, twenty days had gone by.

In the last ten days, Reiji had left the border of the Land of Rain and taken a wide detour through the Lands of Grass, Waterfalls, Iron, and Rice Fields, circling around the northern edge of the Land of Fire before finally arriving in the northeast, in the Land of Hot Water.

The reason for this roundabout route was simple—Reiji was a spy, a covert agent, a traitor.

If he were to march straight into the Land...