Reincarnators

Xu Yue, having removed his mask, sat in the library reading something. He looked up at the figure who had approached him and smiled.

"Yo, Itachi, you’ve grown into quite the big boy."

Though Itachi was not yet thirteen, in the precocious world of Naruto, he looked about fifteen or sixteen.

"Senior, are you leaving Konoha?"

Itachi still spoke in that chilly tone, though there was some confusion in his voice.

"Out of sight, out of mind. I’m not the same as you, Itachi."

Xu Yue closed the book in his hand and rose to his feet, his tone seemingly tinged with melancholy.

"After all, my growth to this point had little to do with the Uchiha Clan. I have the chance to escape reality, but you… must make your own decision…"

Hearing Xu Yue’s words, Itachi became even more bewildered.

Xu Yue walked over, tugged at his cheeks and pulled his face upward, forcing a strange expression onto it.

"Don’t keep such a stiff face at your age. Smile more. It’ll help you relax."

"All right, that’s it. If anything really happens…"

"I’ll bear it with you…"

After brushing past Itachi, Xu Yue waved without turning around.

Watching Xu Yue’s departing figure, Itachi’s eyes took on a complicated look. Had Senior noticed something but chosen not to say it?

Then a trace of determination flashed through his eyes.

Xu Yue walked through Konoha’s streets, dressed in a casual long robe that blended into the crowd as he watched the bustling shops and streams of people on either side.

Konoha was currently enjoying a fairly peaceful period. Of the other four nations, only Hidden Cloud had yet to sign a ceasefire agreement.

Still, despite the lack of a formal agreement, nothing had happened along the border. At most, patrol squads tested each other now and then.

Konoha was flourishing. Occupying the most fertile land and the most resource-rich Land of Fire, its environment was unquestionably among the best in the entire ninja world.

If the Uchiha Clan truly rebelled, this prosperity would indeed be completely changed.

If they had not been pushed and squeezed so relentlessly, the Uchiha Clan probably would not have taken this path.

What a pity…

But at that moment, Xu Yue unexpectedly spotted several figures who seemed out of place.

They were all trying their best to blend into their surroundings, but in Xu Yue’s eyes, their particular bearing was impossible to conceal.

Reincarnators.

And quite a few of them!

During such a peaceful period, there should not have been any large-scale battlefield missions for advancement-level Reincarnators, right?

Their numbers surprised Xu Yue somewhat. Blond hair and blue eyes were nothing unusual in Naruto, and Konoha had quite a few people like that. Yet there were also several Asian-looking figures mixed among them.

That was a little unusual.

This era was different from later times. Foreigners, especially those with the wrong skin color, had a hard time getting by in Western countries.

Even though Japan had now gained internationally recognized status as a major power and was qualified to share the pie, that was still the case.

It was normal for people to come here and enter the Reincarnation Space because of special circumstances, just as he had. But it was interesting that they had so quickly mingled with the local Reincarnators.

"There are rather a lot of them…"

After muttering to himself, Xu Yue raised a hand in a signal.

Whoosh—whoosh—

Two masked Anbu members appeared at Xu Yue’s side.

"What are your orders, Advisor?"

"Get me the files on those people."

Xu Yue casually pointed out the Reincarnators.

"Yes. I happen to know information about these people. Does Advisor wish to hear it now?"

"Mm, go ahead."

"They are all unofficial recruits brought in after the Third Ninja War to deal with Rogue Ninjas. Their identities are somewhat problematic, but as long as they can complete the tasks assigned to them, that is enough. As long as they are not wanted criminals from the Land of Fire, we do not concern ourselves with their identities."

After the Anbu member explained the backgrounds of that group of Reincarnators, Xu Yue understood.

This should be the identity arranged for them by the space. Such a perfunctory arrangement was most likely an initial identity.

In other words, many of them were entering this Mission Space for the first time. (Their first time entering Naruto, not their first time as newcomers.)

So many people were coming in on their first visit?

Obviously, it could not be because of "randomness" or "coincidence."

Since they had come with a targeted objective, during this "peaceful" period, and had appeared in Konoha…

Then they were probably hoping to get a share of the spoils that night.

Regardless of whether the French District had information on the Mangekyo, the Uchiha Clan’s massacre alone meant that all those Single Tomoe Sharingan would be a very decent reward.

Considering the price at which the space sold Two Tomoe and Three Tomoe Sharingan, even the Sharingan—which Reincarnators considered "useless"—had excellent value for money. They merely lacked Single Tomoe ones.

Having swiftly judged this group’s purpose, Xu Yue specifically instructed the two Anbu members to keep them under close watch and prevent any trouble.

Their assigned identities already made them easy to suspect. Now that they had caught the attention of a "big shot" like the Anbu Advisor, life was naturally going to be difficult for these people entering this space for the first time.

However, Xu Yue could not be sure whether other powerful Reincarnators had intervened as well.

Based on what Xu Yue currently knew about the space…

Its mission arrangements were rather interesting. At a point in Naruto’s timeline like this, big shots were rarely assigned directly to enter. Most of the time, the upper limit was Elite Reincarnators. Big shots only had a chance to enter this period if they went solo or teamed up with lower-level Reincarnators.

As for big shots using cards and permissions to enter, the space accepted them all the same. But it seemed that none of those who had tried had returned so far. Ordinary death immunity and resurrection permissions were useless; the only one who had returned with a high-authority resurrection permission had his related memories erased.

After that happened several times, no one dared try again. Big shots were not cannon fodder. They were far too valuable to take such risks.

They had probably been thrown directly into the Fourth Holy Grail War, used an Infinite Tsukuyomi, and then crazily leaked Reincarnation Space intelligence within the Infinite Tsukuyomi world, causing the space to deduct points like mad until they finally got a GG.

When the space itself docked points until it eventually executed someone, the negative score might be enough to kill them several times over. Naturally, ordinary resurrection abilities would be useless.

That was why Naruto was rated as a dangerous space with broad coverage. Even some of the strongest among the big shots were unwilling to risk using permissions to enter.

Furthermore, although the Reincarnation Space had existed since ancient times, according to the clues Xu Yue had gathered, the spaces of the past did not seem to be exactly the same as the current Mission Spaces. Once a Mission Space’s intelligence had been completely explored and it began turning into a farming space, its appearance rate seemed to grow lower and lower before it eventually disappeared.

New spaces would also be born…

Of course, because so much time had passed and the upper-level legions kept these matters secret, Xu Yue was not yet completely certain that his speculation was correct.

So what he needed to be most wary of now was whether any big shots had entered solo, and if so, how many there were. (Going solo only meant not forming a team; several solo entrants from different legions might coincidentally run into one another.)

But given the abilities of big shots, they would more or less have some Comprehensive Reputation. They would not be mingling with this group.

As for the people in front of him, a little attention from the Anbu would be enough. At most, he would reward them with a Wood Clone. If they had the ability, then they could go massacre the Uchiha Clan themselves.

If they pulled it off, he would admit defeat…

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There might only be two updates a day for the next few days… I’m exhausted…