Chapter 1 Konoha Natsuki
In a small, somewhat dilapidated courtyard in Konoha.
"Natsuki, it's school day today, don't cry, okay?" The boy's mother was teasing him.
"Don't worry, Mother, I won't." The boy, named Shintokawa Natsuki, was a little helpless, looking at his mother's hand tightly gripping his clothes. When had he ever cried?
Hmm, Natsuki thought about it, and realized he had indeed cried once. He had cried when he was born, bewildered and hit. However, as an 'outstanding' young man of the 21st century, although he didn't know the specific reason, he knew that babies must cry after birth; if there was no sound, there was probably something wrong.
So, from childhood to adulthood, Natsuki had only cried once, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't suppress his physical needs, and even if he could, the medical staff wouldn't allow it.
Shinjiro Nina looked at her son, a little reluctant. After all, the two had relied on each other since childhood, which had been quite difficult. Fortunately, her son had been independent from a young age, and even helped her with some light chores, making her worry less.
However, the only drawback was that her son lacked the childlike innocence that other children had, making Nina feel a little disconnected from motherhood. She wished her son could be more affectionate with her at such a cute age.
"Come home early after school," Nina said with a hint of helplessness.
"Okay, Mother, let go now, or I'll be late on my first day."
In the end, Nina let go. She had originally wanted to ask for a day off to take Xia Li to school on his first day, but Xia Li had firmly refused.
However, Nina wasn't too worried. Xia Li had always loved wandering around the village, and most importantly, he had never gotten lost. He had even explored the ninja academy many times.
Now that Xia Li has gone to school, she should go to work today too. After all, it's just the two of them, mother and son, and they have to support the family.
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Shen Dao Chuan Xia Li is six years old this year. She was born into a single-parent family. Her father was said to be a Chunin, but he died during a mission. According to his teammates, he worked even harder to earn money for baby formula because his mother was pregnant. Then, due to exhaustion, he had an accident during a mission, leaving behind the pregnant Sina.
Sina was originally a ninja, but only a Genin. After getting married, she voluntarily gave up her Genin status. After giving birth to Xia Li, she started looking for work to support herself. Fortunately, she had been a ninja before, and her abilities were considered excellent among ordinary people, so finding work wasn't too difficult. In addition, Xia Li was 'precocious,' so the difficult days were only for a short time. Now their lives are on track.
As for Shen Dao Chuan Xia Li, she is naturally a transmigrator, and a native transmigrator who grew up in her mother's womb. When Xia Li learned that she had transmigrated to the world of Naruto, she didn't care.
After all, he hadn't started a family in his previous life, so there wasn't much to reminisce about. His only regret was not being able to fulfill his filial duties. As for Naruto, Xia Li had naturally watched the anime, but unfortunately, he had skimmed through the plot rather than really understood it. He was too lazy to read through all those flashbacks and skipped through many scenes. But watching it was better than not watching it at all.
Then there was the matter of his cheat ability. After six years of confirmation, Xia Li reluctantly admitted that he didn't possess the traditional cheat abilities required of transmigrators. All he had was this memory of knowing some of the plot, but that could be considered a cheat ability in itself.
Oh, and the only thing that could be considered a cheat code is perhaps his soul power, which is relatively strong. Xia Li found that he could remember things much more easily than in his previous life; while not quite photographic memory, it was already quite impressive.
Finally, there's his bloodline. According to Xia Li's observations, he's just an ordinary person, without any sage-like physique, like the Uchiha, Uzumaki, or Senju clans.
This gave Xia Li a bit of a headache. He definitely wanted to be a ninja; after all, he was already here, and he couldn't just leave without trying the local customs. If he just wanted to survive, he might as well marry into a ramen shop. He probably wouldn't be considered a member of a powerful clan, but a regular ramen shop would be more suitable.
Fortunately, he wasn't an Uchiha. When Xia Li transmigrated, he discovered he was the same age as Naruto, the protagonist of Naruto. If he had really transmigrated into an Uchiha, without a cheat code, he probably would have died very quickly.
Xia Li felt that his current conditions, while not comparable to those with cheat codes, powerful bloodlines, or special bloodlines, were still alright... at least he didn't have anything that would make others covet him.
Over the past six years, Xia Li hadn't been idle. Although his body couldn't extract chakra or learn ninjutsu, training still had to start from a young age.
However, while he called it training, Xia Li was worried that his small body might damage him, so the amount of training wasn't large; he mainly trained his fingers.
After all, although later on, there were all sorts of hand seal-free ninjutsu, the speed of hand seals was still very important, and the speed of hand seals required maintaining the flexibility and dexterity of the fingers. With a firm goal, Xia Li naturally started training in this area from infancy.
If he continued, Xia Li felt that reaching the fastest hand seal speed wasn't impossible, and even if he didn't reach the fastest, he should be among the top.
However, currently, his hand seal speed was close to three seals per second. Of course, this was hand seals without chakra, so the speed would naturally be faster, but this was only the basic setup. Later, after becoming more familiar with chakra, he could reach this upper limit.
Unbeknownst to him, Xia Li had already arrived at his classroom. He took a deep breath; he had done everything he could in the early stages. The remaining time at the Ninja Academy would still be a period of accumulating strength, but he needed to work even harder than before. For an ordinary person, becoming a powerful ninja required both hard work and a sliver of hope. Most importantly, he had a crucial goal in mind during this period!
The teacher hadn't arrived yet. Xia Li smiled as he looked at the familiar faces. He was fortunate enough to be assigned to a familiar class—the one Iruka taught, the class where Naruto Uzumaki was.
Xia Li glanced around the classroom, not specifically looking for familiar faces, and randomly sat down in an empty seat.
Looking at the classroom, noisy without a teacher, and even some crying children, Xia Li casually formed hand seals.
Just then, a figure entered the classroom. He had short, golden hair and a fox-like beard. His gaze swept over everyone in the classroom, and finally, his face lit up with joy.
He had seen Xia Li.
(End of Chapter)