The last thing I remember was the blinding glare of high beams and the screech of tires.
I had been walking home, head buried in my phone, re-reading the Naruto manga for the tenth time. I was literally in the middle of a panel featuring Madara's legendary entrance against the Shinobi Alliance, thinking about how badass his armor looked compared to "Emo Sasuke" or Naruto's "Talk-no-Jutsu."
Then, Truck-kun arrived. A massive semi-truck, moving at a speed that definitely broke the residential limit, slammed into me. Darkness followed.
Wait... why does it feel like I'm being wrapped in a warm towel?
"He's so small," a deep, gravelly voice echoed. "Smaller than Madara and Izuna were at birth. Will he even survive the winter, Tajima-sama?"
I forced my eyes open. Instead of a hospital, I saw a rustic wooden ceiling and felt the prickle of coarse wool. A man with sharp, predatory eyes and long black hair—Tajima Uchiha—stood over me.
'Tajima? Madara? Izuna? I tried to scream, but only a pathetic infant's wail came out. I'm in the Warring States period? As the younger brother of the two most tragic figures in Uchiha history? I'm dead. I'm actually dead twice over.'
.Suddenly, a crisp, digital chime rang in my head.
[Ding! Multiverse Shop System Initialized!]
[First Login Bonus: 100 System Coins Received!]
[Passive Skill Detected: 10x Unlimited Rebate]
[Description: Any purchase made returns 10x its value in coins to the Host instantly.]
A translucent blue screen floated in my vision. I looked at the shop categories: Ninjutsu, Devil Fruits, Super-Soldier Serums, Zanpakuto, Tech, Magic...
Oh. My. God.I might be the "runt" of the Uchiha, but I just became the richest person in existence.
Tajima looked down at me with a frown. "If he is weak, he is a liability. The Senju will show him no mercy."
Watch me, old man. I mentally scrolled through the shop. I had 100 coins. I needed to fix this tiny, frail body before I caught a cold and died.
[Senzu Bean Essence (Concentrated)] — Cost: 100 Coins
.Effect: Heals all birth defects and triples natural vitality.Buy it!
[Transaction Complete! 100 Coins spent.]
[10x Rebate Triggered! 1,000 System Coins credited!]
A surge of warm, green energy flooded my tiny limbs. My heart hammered with new strength, and my lungs expanded. The "frail" baby suddenly let out a cry so powerful it rattled the tea set on the table.
I didn't stop. I had 1,000 coins now. I bought the [High-Grade Chakra Pathway Expansion] for 1,000 coins.
[10x Rebate Triggered! 10,000 System Coins credited!]
By the time the midwife laid me in a crib, I had spent the 10,000 on [Passive Natural Energy Absorption].
[10x Rebate Triggered! 100,000 System Coins credited!]
I was an hour old, sitting on a fortune of 100,000 coins, with a body that was secretly absorbing the world's energy like a sponge.
The door slid open. Two boys peered over the edge of my crib. One was about five, with wild, spiky hair and an arrogant smirk—Madara. The other was younger, with a softer face—Izuna.
"He looks like a little raisin," Madara poked my cheek with a calloused finger. "He's going to have to work twice as hard to keep up with me, Izuna."
Izuna smiled, reaching out to let me grab his thumb. "Don't be mean, Brother. We'll protect him. He's an Uchiha, after all."
I looked at them—my new brothers. I knew their future. I knew about the blindness, the betrayal, and the decades of war.
Protect me? I thought, looking at my 100,000 coins which I was about to turn into a million. Listen, guys. I love you, but I'm going to buy you both a Susanoo that doesn't go blind before I'm even out of diapers.
Ren focuses his mental intent on the Multiverse Shop's interface. He has 100,000 Coins and a desperate need to catch up to his legendary brothers.
The Buy: [Forbidden Scroll: Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu (Rank: A)] — Cost: 10,000 Coins.
Effect: Allows the user to create solid copies that pass all accumulated experience and memory back to the original once they disperse.
The Buy: [Uchiha Chakra Reserve Supplement (Large)] — Cost: 90,000 Coins.
Effect: Artificially inflates chakra reserves to the level of a high-ranking Jonin.
The Rebate: The System screen flashes a blinding gold:
"Transaction Successful! 100,000 Coins spent.
10x Rebate Active... 1,000,000 System Coins credited!"
Ren is now a System Millionaire.
That night, while Tajima is in a war council and Madara and Izuna are asleep in the next room, Ren performs his first "ninjutsu." Since he hasn't learned hand signs yet, he uses the System's Auto-Execution feature.
Poof.
In the darkness of the nursery, a tiny, translucent clone of the infant Ren appears in the corner.
While the "Original" Ren sleeps and grows, the Shadow Clone spends the entire night sitting in a meditative pose. It isn't practicing fireballs—it's using the 1,000,000 Coins Ren just earned to "purchase" and "study" basic shinobi theory, poison resistance, and sensory techniques from the Shop.
One Month Later:
By the time Ren is one month old, he has lived the equivalent of five years of mental training through his nightly clones.
Tajima walks into the room to find his youngest son staring at a map of the Fire Country spread out on the floor. Ren isn't drooling; he's tracing the supply lines of the Senju Clan with a tiny, chubby finger.
"Tajima-sama," a scout whispers, kneeling at the door. "The Senju have pushed to the Naka River. They have a new prodigy—a boy named Hashirama."
Tajima scowls, but his gaze shifts to Ren. "Madara and Izuna are talented, but this one..." He watches as Ren looks him directly in the eye, his gaze filled with a cold, calculating intelligence that no infant should have. "...this one is a monster."