(NARUTO) -- CHAPTER 14: A much better opportunity...

It was night and it was raining a lot in Konoha.

Our big protagonist, well, not that big now, lived in a small wooden hut for war orphans in Konoha, looks at the heavy rain as a feeling of desolation appeared on his face.

He thought he could obtain the Uchiha clan's Sharingan or a Hyuga clan's Byakugan. However, he never in his wildest dreams expected that he wouldn't even have a civilian ninja family now.

He was a simple war orphan who could be seen anywhere after the end of the Second Shinobi War.

(When I find out who the fuck did this... We'll have a good talk...)

Although he was used to being an orphan since he was in the Marvel world, he was really uncomfortable with the fact that he had turned into a little nine-year-old boy.

However, it seemed that only then could he enter Konoha.

After passing a series of examinations, orphans like them, with clean family backgrounds and no parents, were sent to small, squalid homes designated by Konoha.

If nothing unexpected happens, most of them will enter Konoha's Ninja academy and graduate, and they will become Konoha's cannon fodder in the future. The remaining group will be ordinary civilians and will make a living in Konoha as workers.

In his current situation, the most obvious choice for Yuri would be to attend the Ninja academy.

Because of Peter and Gwen, his modern biochemical knowledge was superior to probably every person in Naruto. All this knowledge could be very useful here.

The best path for Yuri now is to enter the Ninja academy, learn shuriken techniques, taijutsu, etc., he is sure he could become a medical ninja quite easily.

Although in the system rules it was written that he could not take powers and abilities from this world to the main world.

He didn't say anything about knowledge.

Although it seems quite common, if you think about it, being able to obtain the chakra training method, being able to learn Naruto's ninja techniques would already be a very big benefit.

Forgetting Genjutsu and Taijutsu, the three basic jutsu are much more practical than many A-rank ninjutsu in Yuri's eyes.

A technique capable of creating a clone that is exactly like him. A transformation technique that can be used to disguise oneself as any animal or person, and the one that can be considered the most useful, the substitution technique that can instantly change position with objects to avoid attacks like in the anime.

If he can get some medical ninjutsu with excellent healing effects, then this trip will have been very good.

"Well, a much better opportunity has appeared..."

Yuri's eyes shone and his heart beat faster. But he quickly suppressed this excitement and looked at the cold figure.

Long black hair, purple eyeshadow that extends down the sides of his nose, pale skin, and blue magatama-shaped earrings.

There is no doubt that the one now inspecting this place where orphans are placed is Orochimaru, one of Konoha's three sannin.

If Yuri remembered correctly, after the Second Ninja War, Orochimaru was obsessed with 'immortality' at this time and cooperated with Danzo to secretly conduct transplant experiments on Hashirama's cells!

Yuri remembered the fourth rule of the subsystem.

[4: Multiverse Roulette gives the host the ability to be perfectly compatible with all types of energy]

In the world of Naruto, without some powerful kekkei genkai, you will still be mere cannon fodder even if you work hard all your life.

Except for Gai, almost all of those who managed to achieve greater combat power in the later stages of the manga are related in some way to the Sage of Six Paths. Without any powerful bloodline, it is really difficult to live in this world.

Now is the period of rest after the Second Shinobi War. After Orochimaru witnessed the death of his disciple Nawaki, he began to have a desire for immortality in his heart, since then he and Danzo have collaborated to study Hashirama's cells.

In the original work, during this period Orochimaru often used orphans to conduct his experiments on Hashirama cells.

As for Yuri, as the system gave him the ability to be compatible with any type of energy, he was confident that it would be compatible with Hashirama's cells. As long as he can pique Orochimaru's interest, it is very likely that he will be able to become Orochimaru's 'guinea pig'.

This is an opportunity worth taking a chance on!

(Come to think of it, being a guinea pig for human experiments doesn't seem very cool...)

Thinking about this, Yuri got up and ran through the heavy rain to Orochimaru.

(Enable shameless mode)

"Are you the legendary Sannin Orochimaru-sama?!"

(Damn, how I hate having to use suffixes!)

Yuri, who activated his shameless mode, turned into a fanboy while looking at Orochimaru.

This is not surprising. The reputation of the Sannin is well known throughout the Ninja world. There are many children in Konoha Village who admire the Sannin.

"Yes, it's me."

Orochimaru saw Yuri running towards him, he looked scrutinizingly at Yuri.

"You were looking at me just now. Why did you come to me?"

Orochimaru's cold voice made Yuri feel like he was in front of a snake.

In the world of Naruto, it is normal to have spy ninjas aged 9 or younger.

An example of this is the genius Kakashi Hatake who graduated from school at age 5 and became chuunin at age 6.

Most children can graduate from ninja school by the age of ten, or even the youngest during the Great Shinobi War.

Yuri's sudden appearance made Orochimaru a little interested, he wanted to know what the purpose of the boy who suddenly ran towards him was.

(End of chapter)

From here until the end of the Naruto arc, the chapters will be around 2000 to 2500 words long. According to my calculations, there will only be 9 chapters until the end of this arc.