Chapter 1

In the forest behind the village of Konoha, a squad of 5 Anbu Root was jumping from tree to tree at breakneck speed!

''Speed up the pace! He's going to activate his forbidden technique!'' The squad leader reminded the others for the umpteenth time.

You know the consequences! If he runs away from Danzo-Sama... we will suffer the punishment!" he continued.

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Further on in one of the caves of the forest...

« Come on! Faster! Concentrate... I only get one shot at this! » A man in his twenties in Anbu Root gear thought while writing Kanji with a long Fuinjutsu brush.

« Shit! They're coming... I won't have time! » crossing his fingers in front of him the man called silently.

''Kage Bunshin no Jutsu...'' a clone identical to himself appeared and took the brush to continue the Kanji...

the original stood in the middle of the seals and began to make hand signs, enlightening them little by little! (the seal)

''It's over!" the clone shouted, then resumed. ''I'm starting!''

the original nodded as he continued the hand seals, more than once his concentration had threatened to falter due to the pain this seal was giving him!

''Shit.'' speaking through his teeth, a trickle of blood appeared at the corners of his mouth as the Kanji crawled up his body! ''aaargh! Diversion!" he shouted at the clone.

The copy nodded and exited the cave...

in only a few seconds an intense battle sound was heard, soon the sound of metal clashing disappeared, and the original received the memories of his clone!

But...

a smile appeared on the young man's face from one second to the next!

''Barrier!'' he shouted and a purple barrier appeared in a circle around him...

he continued to seal with his hands, and the Kanji crawled faster and faster over his body covering him quickly!

That's when the other Anbu Root appeared!

One of the less experienced Anbu Root rushed at the barrier trying to break it by force!

But he was pushed back and his arm instantly began to rot. ''watch out! This is no ordinary barrier! Stand back!''

the leader of the Anbu squad spoke in an authoritative voice! ''Traitor! Have you no shame!? You betrayed Danzo, you betrayed Konoha, your village!''

the man who called himself a traitor spat out blood as he began to laugh like crazy...

''traitor?! Where I'm going... I'll be a total stranger! I'll be able to start all over again!" he laughed and continued. "And guess what? ''

the Anbu Root looked tense. ''I need, Three human sacrifices to make this work! AHAHAHAHAH!" he laughed again as he sealed his last seal!

Immediately a bright light appeared at the feet of three of the five Anbu, sucking in their chakra at a dizzying speed!

Before the 'traitor's' eyes, the Root's bodies withered to a mummy-like state in a matter of seconds...

The last thing he saw was a great explosion in every corner of the cave!

"Finally..." was his last thought in this crazy world!

Ding...

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I opened my eyes with difficulty as if after a long night of restless sleep...

The first thing I saw was the blue sky and...

« a... plane? » I thought as a smile appeared on my face...

Lying there as long as possible in that position with tears in my eyes and snot in my nose...

" This is... the best day of my life, and it's... also the first.'' I immediately looked at my hands.

" Smaller?! I've gotten younger?!" screamed in my mind as loud as I could as I realized that all my configurations had worked with a 100% success rate!

''so...'' I closed my eyes, feeling my inner energy. ''chakra! I also kept my Chakra!" this time I clearly screamed in excitement!

However, one thing caught my eye...

both of my little eyes widened as he glimpsed a transparent blue box in the corner of my vision...

All sorts of emotions certainly ran down my face, but the most recurrent was definitely confusion...

"eh? System.'' Call certain of the result, after all, I had lived all my second life with that blue box in my vision...

but perhaps I was so used to seeing the system that my mind was playing tricks on me...

[DING! The system is operational...

Error!

Anomaly detected.

Forbidden action detected.

Incorrect status...

Reboot in progress...]

''What the...'' was all I could say...

but instead of panicking, a happy expression appeared on my face, I could start again!

Finally, I waited for the reboot to be finished and sat down in a meditative position...

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[Ding! Reboot completed!

Basic options opened...]

a little mischievous laugh escaped from my boyish mouth...

''Great! System... give me a list of the errors you encountered and... why you are still active.'' I ordered my most faithful companion as usual.

[Anomaly: The current world does not match the usual identification, so it was recorded as an error].

[Forbidden action: The user of the system has in an unknown way bypassed the system blocking...]

[Incorrect progress: The current host body does not match the last system backup...]

[Reboot: the system has to restart its program in order not to create a problem with the current body].

[The system is linked to the host's soul, hence its activity.]

''It's because of my soul!?'' but instead of being disappointed another big smile appeared on my face, it wasn't planned but at least I had somehow new life insurance in this world...

''Okay, give me my starter pack, since you have Reboot I'm entitled to it, right?" I asked, placing my hand under his chin.

[Affirmative, the tutorial is going to...]

''Skip the tutorial! Let me choose my starter pack.''

[Affirmative, you get a basic Shinobi student book...

A training session with the Jonin instructor of your choice for a duration of your choice.

You have acquired a lottery ticket].

Without hesitation, the young me used his lottery ticket on the spot!

CLIC CLIC CLIC CLIC click!

[Congratulations on winning: 1,000 Nin points].