Chapter 1: Where the Dream Begins!
"Nagato, stay alive with Konan, no matter what..."
In front of Nagato, Yahiko's face was incredibly vivid!
He held a kunai in his hand, and his Rinnegan eyes were wide open with shock.
But the shock wasn't because Yahiko was about to die by impaling himself on the kunai... it was because he had transformed from a mere witness to an active participant!
His name was Lin Feng, and he was at home rewatching the scene of Nagato confronting Hanzo, feeling the anger and sorrow of Nagato's life being manipulated by Madara and Obito, when suddenly...
"I've transmigrated? Into Nagato, during the confrontation with Hanzo?"
Reality didn't pause for even a second due to his hesitation. Yahiko, who was right in front of him, had his eyes quickly losing their life, and a farewell smile appeared on his blood-stained lips.
"You are... the savior of this world... if it's you... you can definitely..."
"Thud!"
Yahiko's body fell powerlessly to the ground, his blood soaking into the rainwater at Lin Feng's feet. The cold rain became the only melody in the world!
Lin Feng's pupils, much like Nagato's at that moment, stared blankly at the dark sky of the Hidden Rain Village, but his thoughts were entirely different.
"I really transmigrated, and became Nagato!"
I... can change Nagato's fate!
I... can replace Naruto and become the protagonist of the Naruto world!!
I... can live a shameless life with my beloved Konan!!!
I... can use my knowledge of the Naruto world to integrate resources, and smash to pieces everything from the Boruto era that true Naruto fans cherished as their youth, known as "ninja," and overturn those so-called Otsutsuki gods and ninja world technology, and reestablish the great banner of "ninja"!!!!!
Who says the era of ninjas is over... as long as I'm Nagato, it will never end!!!
He glanced at Yahiko's body on the ground and thought, "Rest in peace, Yahiko. I will live well with Konan, but not just the two of us, also our future children..."
"Yahiko!!!" Konan's anguished cry from the cliff pulled Lin Feng's thoughts back!
Yes, he was now facing the dual encirclement of Hanzo and Danzo's forces. Back then, Nagato ended up with a lifelong disability to break this siege!
The first test after transmigrating has arrived! Only by surviving can he realize his ambitions!!
From now on... Lin Feng in the real world is dead.
There is only Nagato in the Naruto world!!
"Attack!"
With Hanzo's command, the Hidden Rain ninjas launched their assault, shurikens and kunai raining down!
"Clang!!"
Nagato instinctively raised his hand, using the power of the Rinnegan to deflect the incoming kunai!
"It bounced off!? How did he do that?" The Hidden Rain ninjas exclaimed in surprise.
Nagato's face was stern because that last action was the final will left by the original Nagato in this body. From now on, he had to rely on himself!
Looking at the helpless angel on the cliff, Nagato leapt up, holding her in his arms, and without bothering to untie Konan's bindings, he retreated backward!
"So decisive, could he have sensed my explosive trap!" Hanzo's pupils slightly contracted as he retreated.
"Don't think you can escape!" In the next second, he steadied himself and slammed his hand onto the ground!
"Zzz!" The explosive tags buried underground, trailing flames, chased after them!
"Catch up, catch up, catch up!!!"
Nagato held Konan tightly, leaping backward with all his might!
"Boom!!!"
He successfully avoided the explosion, but was hit squarely on the head by a rock thrown up by the blast!
"Clang!"
The bent forehead protector was knocked off, and after landing, Nagato staggered a few steps before standing firm. The hot blood from the wound on his forehead dripped onto Konan's face.
If the forehead protector hadn't absorbed the impact, I might not have survived that. So this is what ninja battles are like...
"Nagato, you..."
"It's okay, I won't die!" Nagato tore off the ropes binding Konan, "Stand behind me!"
Konan bit her lip. At this moment, she could only choose to trust the Nagato in front of her!
Hanzo walked out of the smoke and dust, looking down at Nagato, "Impressive, kid, to survive that attack, but this is the end!"
"Swish!" Nagato glared angrily at Hanzo!
"Hmm!?" Seeing the 'eye' revealed from Nagato's hair, Hanzo's pupils contracted sharply: "Those eyes, you're not an ordinary kid..."
"All at once!!!"
"Swish!"
Root members and Hidden Rain ninjas wielding ninja swords descended from the sky!
On a distant mountain peak, the instigator, Obito, squinted his right eye cunningly, "That's right, Nagato, in this situation, you have no choice but to summon the Gedo Statue and use the sacrificial technique, unleash the true power of your Rinnegan for my use!"
At this moment, Nagato buried his face in the shadow of his red hair.
"If I die here, will I return to that boring reality?"
"A reality with no family, no friends, no warmth."
"I absolutely don't want that ahhhhhhh!!!"
Nagato suddenly raised his head, his red hair fluttering in the wind,
Here is the English translation with Naruto references preserved and adapted:
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"I absolutely don't want that to happen, noooooooo!!!"
Nagato suddenly threw his head back, his red hair whipping wildly in the wind. "Uuuuooohhhhhh!!!"
Back when Nagato was unconscious, he had once synced with a certain monster, so when Konan sensed what was about to happen, she cried out in alarm, "Nagato, don't use that!!"
Obito's eyes gleamed darkly. "Descend… Gedo Statue!"
Click—click—click!
But what happened in the next second completely shocked everyone present!
Countless golden chains erupted from Nagato's back, blasting through the ground and crisscrossing in midair. They lashed out in all directions, forcing the advancing Rain ninja to retreat instantly!
Obito was stunned. "That's… Adamantine Sealing Chains?! In a life-or-death moment, he awakened the power of the Uzumaki Clan?! Are you kidding me?!"
Lin Feng—no… Nagato—didn't even know how to perform a single jutsu yet. Forget summoning the Gedo Statue, he couldn't even form a hand seal or gather chakra properly!
And precisely because of that… in this moment of raw emotion and burning will to live as Nagato, he erupted with a power even the original Nagato had never awakened!
"I have to live! I will live! I will rewrite Nagato's fate! I'll become the main character of this world! I'll save Konan, live shamelessly with her, and have tons of kids! I'll crush those arrogant gods from the heavens, and raise the banner of the true ninja way again! None of that has happened yet!!! So how could I ever go back to that cold, empty real world—UOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!!!"
The golden chains crackled and lashed out, slamming into the ground like a declaration to the shinobi world that he had arrived.
"RAAAHH!!!" Matching his berserk outcry, the chains violently pierced toward Hanzō's and Danzō's men!
"AAAAHHH!!"
"What the hell is that?!"
"Stay away!!"
Amidst the screams, countless enemy ninja were impaled on the spot…!
Obito's eyes quivered. The scene before him was no less terrifying than the chaos he had once unleashed in the Hidden Mist. In fact, for the first time in years… he felt a sliver of fear.
"All this time, I only thought of him as a vessel for Madara's eyes. I forgot… he's a true-born Uzumaki."
CRACK—CRACK—CRACK!
Rain mixed with blood. The earth quieted.
Nagato glared coldly at Hanzō, still standing silently at the top of the cliff, and let out a thunderous roar—"RAAAHH!!"
CRACK!!
The chains surged forward again, launching toward Hanzō like a storm of death!
"To possess the Rinnegan and also be an Uzumaki descendant… Nagato, I underestimated you."
Hanzō's gaze darkened. At the moment the chains closed in, he swiftly formed a hand seal. "Body Flicker Technique!"
BOOM!!
A white puff of smoke exploded — Hanzō had escaped. As for Danzō… he had already slipped away the moment things looked bad.
Shhhrrraaa… shhhrrrrraaaa…
The golden chains slowly faded away.
"Hah… hah… hah…" Nagato dropped to one hand, panting heavily.
"Nagato…" Konan looked at his back, eyes full of complex emotion.
Blood poured from the wound on Nagato's forehead, clouding his vision. Truthfully, he was nearly at his limit. But he couldn't collapse yet.
Because… one massive threat still remained.
The one who inherited Madara Uchiha's will. The one who orchestrated this deadly trap. The one who intended to control him.
Uchiha… Obito.
Steadying his breath, Nagato raised his blood-soaked face. His eyes pierced through the curtain of rain and locked onto the distant mountain.
—"Madara… get down here!"
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