Sasuke's birth was nothing more than a small ripple.
Konoha kept moving along its established track. Under the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, the major clans recovered in an orderly way, focusing on rest and rebuilding.
After all, aside from Konoha itself, the clans had been hit hardest by the Third Great Ninja War.
Everything about the village seemed to point toward a coming golden age.
And Ren—
Even though he knew what was about to happen…
he didn't dwell on it.
He kept doing what he always did: sign in, train, and steadily grow stronger.
One day… three days… ten days…
Time slipped by.
Before he realized it, it was Konoha Year 48 — October 10.
Early that morning—
Inside the Uchiha district, Ren had been resting with his eyes closed when he suddenly opened them.
Because just now…
his Observation Haki caught it:
A sharp, violent chakra fluctuation bursting from somewhere hidden in the village.
It spiked fast—then disappeared just as fast.
"Looks like Naruto's about to be born," Ren murmured. "Kushina can't fully suppress the Nine-Tails anymore."
His expression didn't change, like he was commenting on the weather.
Ding… Congratulations, User. A new sign-in location has refreshed. Please check it as soon as possible.
"What? It refreshed already?"
Ren frowned.
By his count, the three-month window shouldn't have been up yet.
"System. Why the early refresh?"
Ding… User, due to a special situation, the refreshed sign-in location has been moved forward.
"A special situation?"
Ren's eyes narrowed.
His first thought was simple:
Nine-Tails Incident.
"System. Show my status panel."
Ding… generating User status panel…
Ding… status panel ready.
Status Panel
User: Uchiha Ren
Age: 11
Permanent Sign-In Region: Konohagakure (Konoha)
Major Rewards Obtained (Cumulative):
Whitebeard Template — 83.25% Unlocked
Rokushiki (Six Powers) — Mastered
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation (Katon: Gōka Mekkyaku)
Forbidden Technique: Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu
Observation Haki — Peak
Armament Haki — Peak
Conqueror's Haki — Unlocked (Whitebeard)
Hashirama Senju's Sage Body — Fused
Murakumogiri — One of the Twelve Supreme Grade Blades
Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation (Hakkeshō Kaiten)
Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi) — Fused
Next sign-in location:On the Nine-Tails' head
Sign-in time required: 1 minute
(Note: refreshed locations grant far better rewards.)
Ren stared.
Then his expression turned… complicated.
"…System. You're insane."
Signing in on the Nine-Tails' head—
That was the kind of objective only a System could come up with.
For the Nine-Tails, it wasn't just "provocative."
It was humiliating.
After a moment, Ren stopped complaining and started calculating.
"With my current strength, suppressing the Nine-Tails for one minute should be possible."
He'd already pushed the Whitebeard Template to 83.25%, and with the Sage Body amplifying everything, his output was no longer bound by normal shinobi logic.
Still—
if he acted openly, he'd expose far too much.
And once Konoha's upper ranks smelled something "uncontrollable," it would only accelerate the problems he was trying to delay.
Ren's gaze sharpened.
"Wait…"
"I can wear a mask."
"I won't reveal my taijutsu at all."
"I'll use swordsmanship and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to suppress the Nine-Tails for one minute."
A cold edge flickered through his eyes.
One minute.
That was all he needed.
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