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Naruto: Living Legend
"Set a small goal: defeat Kakashi."
After transmigrating into the world of Naruto, Shinichi Higashino finds himself without any famous clan, powerful bloodline, or inherited talent. By all appearances, he is an ordinary boy destined to remain in the shadows.
But he possesses a unique ability unlike anything the ninja world has ever seen.
The way people perceive him becomes reality.
If others believe he is intelligent, his mind sharpens beyond ordinary limits. If they recognize him as a genius, his learning speed reaches monstrous levels. If legends spread that he is indestructible, his body truly becomes immortal. And when the entire world comes to believe that he can create miracles...
He gains the power to do exactly that.
To become stronger, Shinichi doesn't merely train—he carefully shapes his reputation, crafts multiple identities, and manipulates the world's perception of him. What begins as a simple ambition soon evolves into the greatest act of character-building in ninja history.
A legend is not born.
A legend is believed into existence.
*Tags:* Genius MC, Multiple Identities, Konoha, Ninja, Hokage, Character Development, Overpowered Progression, Strategic Protagonist.
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Front yard, reception room.
Uchiha Jin was unaware of the conversation between the two women; at this moment, he went straight into the reception room.
"First Hokage, is there something urgent?"
He didn't waste any words and immediately began to inquire.
Clearly.
He knew Senju Hashirama's character well; this man wouldn't visit in person unless there was something urgent.
And to this.
Senju Hashirama also had no intention of wasting words. He didn't look at the tea on the table before him, instead speaking in a very serious tone: "Regarding this mission to the Northern War Zone, I hope you, Hokage, will let me go."
"As for the reasons, there are two!"
"First, although I am strong, because of this Edo Tensei body, I am not suitable for staying behind to protect Konoha."
"Although Tobirama has been researching and has perfected this technique as much as possible during this time, Edo Tensei is still inherently easy to counter."
"As long as a master of Sealing Jutsu appears, it's possible to easily counter or even control me."
"Hidden Mist, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure are preparing to join Konoha. If successful, the unification of the entire Ninja World is imminent. At such a critical moment, I want to personally go and contribute. Even if a strong enemy who can counter me appears, even if I die, it won't affect the layout of the front lines. After all, Tobirama, Tsunade, and the others will be there to help me."
"Konoha, however, is different!"
"Currently, Konoha's core combat power has almost entirely gone to the Five Major War Zones."
"If Konoha encounters a strong enemy and something happens to me, then the entire Village will have no other powerful experts to take over."
Senju Hashirama rambled on, listing a whole bunch of trivial matters.
Uchiha Jin's brow furrowed slightly.
He looked at Senju Hashirama with an obscure gaze, feeling that this man seemed a bit off today.
Under normal circumstances, Senju Hashirama wouldn't talk so much nonsense, nor would he have any interest in interfering with the affairs of the Konoha Higher-ups; at most, he would proactively help the common people.
As long as the tasks assigned by the leader of Konoha weren't too outrageous and were beneficial to the Village, Senju Hashirama would never say much; he would just silently nod and start working.
Today, however, was different!
Senju Hashirama actually spoke up proactively, even proposing his own ideas?
If it were anyone else, Uchiha Jin wouldn't be suspicious.
Whether it was Senju Tobirama or Minato Namikaze, their personalities would lead them to actively participate in the Village's construction, but the problem was that Senju Hashirama's character was not one to take the initiative in these matters.
Even when he was alive, he was basically a hands-off manager.
Establishing Konoha was indeed his dream, but he had no interest in getting involved in these trivialities. Therefore, when he was the First Hokage, it was basically Senju Tobirama who was responsible for handling these things.
Honestly...
Uchiha Jin's first thought at this moment was: could the Senju Hashirama in front of him be a fake?
However.
He could feel that the other party was indeed in an Edo Tensei state, and the Chakra fluctuations were indeed those of Senju Hashirama.
This was interesting!
Thinking about how many powerful experts have strong premonitions—this sixth sense might seem unreasonable, but even Uchiha Jin actually had such moments...
Could it be that Senju Hashirama had faintly sensed some kind of dangerous aura?
He asked directly: "First Hokage, have you noticed anything unusual?"
"No, nothing!" Senju Hashirama shook his head quickly.
But Uchiha Jin was not satisfied with this statement.
Frowning as he organized his thoughts, he tried to ask again: "Perhaps what I said just now was too vague, so let me explain it again."
"Something like a sudden whim, a sudden feeling of inexplicable chill, sudden chest tightness, palpitations, or a faint feeling that something big is about to happen..."
"This is very important!"
"First Hokage, think carefully. Have you had this kind of feeling recently?"
"I can explain this phenomenon from a scientific perspective. The human brain's thinking speed is actually very fast, and it encounters and processes a large amount of information every day, every moment."
"But a lot of this information is actually useless!"
"To protect itself, the human brain will automatically filter out a large amount of useless information. For example, if I ask you where you were and what you were doing at 3 PM on the 27th, three months ago?"
"You certainly wouldn't be able to answer, because that information was useless, and your brain automatically filtered it out."
"But humans have a subconscious, which is a mix of past experiences, dangers encountered, killing instincts, and so on."
"It's possible that your eyes just caught a glimpse of something, and your brain filtered it out as useless information, but your subconscious might have noticed something wrong, thus silently reminding you to be cautious through whims or sudden palpitations..."
"So, First Hokage."
"Why don't you think about it again?"
"To be blunt, your behavior today is not quite like your usual character!"
Uchiha Jin spoke calmly.
He knew in his heart that Senju Hashirama was more like a person with a pure heart; although he seemed a bit silly and blunt on the surface, his mind was actually quite delicate, especially regarding combat, killing, and premonitions of danger...
Since he had taken the initiative to visit today, and the person before him was indeed Senju Hashirama, there must be something wrong.
Especially...
As a transmigrator, Uchiha Jin knew the underlying logic of the Ninja World very well and knew that a large number of cunning old schemers were hidden in the shadows. So, seeing Senju Hashirama's abnormality today, he naturally wouldn't ignore it as easily as others might.
On the contrary!
He took it very seriously, adopting a posture of getting to the bottom of things.
Senju Hashirama: "..."
He was completely dazed.
Especially after hearing Uchiha Jin's words, his brain instantly turned into a mess.
However, similarly.
Because Uchiha Jin's explanation was very detailed, he quickly understood those words.
The brain?
Filtering useless information?
The subconscious?
His performance today was inconsistent with his character?
He tried to calm himself down. Frowning, he began to think silently, and his whole demeanor became serious.
And regarding this.
Uchiha Jin did not rush him; he just sat there quietly waiting, gently picking up his teacup and beginning to savor the fragrant tea in his hand.
He wasn't in a hurry; he could take his time!
But he had to figure out the specific situation of today's matter as soon as possible.
After all, it involved certain cunning old schemers hidden in the shadows who certainly wouldn't want him to completely unify the Ninja World. He had even prepared himself mentally to deal with these troubles.
However.
No one could stop the complete unification of the Ninja World!
He was determined to do it.
Whoever stood in his way would be his enemy!
The reason was also simple.
Uchiha Jin's strength hadn't broken through for a long time; he had completely reached a bottleneck.
To continue improving, he had to rely on his Small Tower.
But to activate the Small Tower's functions, he needed a massive amount of Providence to support it.
And his path of unifying the Ninja World was the only way to gather Providence!
When it came to improving his strength, no matter who tried to block his path, Uchiha Jin would surely kill them.