Comprehensive Manga: Hope in Another World

The bell rang, signaling the end of class.

Shun, who seemed distracted throughout the entire class, suddenly stood up to pack his belongings, as if wanting to leave early.

Many people in the classroom looked at him, including his seatmate, Nakano Itsuki.

"Takema-kun, are you leaving early?" She asked while taking out a pack of cookies to snack on during the break.

"Mm, I just remembered something urgent. If the teacher asks, could you explain for me? I'll treat you to coffee pudding tomorrow."

Shun grabbed his school bag and dashed away, disappearing into the distance without waiting for a response.

"Um, Takema-kun…" Itsuki opened her mouth, pouting slightly with a hint of annoyance as she watched him quickly vanish. "I haven't agreed yet, and coffee pudding... it's really good!"

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Shun, unaware of the annoyance from the food-loving girl, hurriedly returned home.

After locking the two door bolts and closing the thick curtains in his room, he looked at the golden roulette in his field of vision with excitement.

"Begin traveling across worlds!"

—[Naruto]—

[Available stay time: 100 days]

[It has been detected that this is the host's first cross-world travel; the 'True Soul Reincarnation' function can be activated for free.]

The Myriad Realms Roulette would evaluate the level and points based on cross-world travel performance and interventions in the original plot.

The primary function of roulette points is [True Soul Reincarnation].

Although it sounds as though Shun could be struck by a truck at any time and reincarnate in another world, this function is more akin to creating a reasonable identity.

Once the true soul reincarnates, the host will randomly acquire a plausible identity (with consistent gender) in that world.

In [True Soul Reincarnation] mode, negative curses, disabilities, and other effects suffered in the traveled world won't affect the main world. However, any acquired bloodlines, skills, or positive gains can be retained.

In general, unless Shun is directly killed and brain-dead, as long as he breathes and chooses to leave the dimensional world, injuries will be erased under the influence of [True Soul Reincarnation], which can be considered a life-saving skill.

Of course, in [True Soul Reincarnation] mode, there might be situations such as becoming younger, but the body would still be his own.

Overall, this suited Shun quite well.

Just think about it: how could he infiltrate places like Academy City without a valid identity? How would he participate in the plot? How would he communicate with significant individuals (women) and objects (men)?

Many high-ranking figures in Academy City were difficult to deal with, and no one knew what might happen.

Moreover, future worlds might include places like Rakudai Kishi and Gakusen Asterisk. With a reasonable identity, he might gain incidental benefits.

For instance, being part of the Uchiha or Hyuga Clans in the Naruto World, or a student of Seidoukan Academy eligible to wield a magic sword... The advantages of acquiring status were clear.

"Activate!"

According to roulette standards, [True Soul Reincarnation] required at least one roulette point, with no upper limit.

Obtaining [True Soul Reincarnation] for free now, instead of reincarnating directly, was quite fortunate!

"But, even so... If it's free, I should have a good status, right?"

"There should be, right?"

"There will be!"

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Night fell, bringing heavy rain to Konoha.

Shun sat in a small wooden house for war orphans in Konoha, watching the rain pour down, feeling a sense of melancholy.

He had hoped to receive the Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan but never expected to have no connection to even a civilian ninja family.

He was now just another war orphan, common after the end of the Second Ninja World War.

Although Shun was used to being an orphan since his time in the main world, he still struggled with the reality of being a 16-year-old high school student turned into a nine-year-old child.

However, it seemed that only in this way could he successfully blend into Konoha.

After a series of screenings, orphans like him, with pure backgrounds and no parents, were placed in small dilapidated homes assigned by Konoha.

If nothing unexpected happened, most would join the Konoha Ninja Academy, graduate, and become gears or cannon fodder for Konoha in the future. The rest would break away, survive in Konoha, and become cheap labor.

Shun's natural choice was to join the Konoha Ninja Academy.

Before traveling to other worlds, he had been a medical researcher in his past life. Although he wouldn't claim exceptional medical prowess, the years of modern medical knowledge he had studied would still be useful.

Based on the current situation, his best path was to join the Konoha Ninja Academy, learn shuriken, taijutsu, the three basic techniques, and demonstrate his medical talent as soon as possible to become a Medical Ninja.

Although it sounded ordinary, if you think about it, obtaining chakra development methods, stepping into the extraordinary, and mastering basic magical skills like the Three Basic Techniques was already a considerable gain.

Not to mention, successfully integrating into the ranks, these techniques were, in his eyes, more practical than most A-rank ninjutsu.

A clone identical to himself that could turn into the image of another person or animal, used for disguise and instantly swapping positions with objects to dodge attacks—these were even akin to space ninjutsu effects.

The Three Basic Techniques were skills specific to most ninjas.

If Shun could acquire medical ninjutsu with exceptional healing effects, then for an ordinary person like him, this journey would undoubtedly be worthwhile!

Except...

"A greater opportunity has appeared...!"

Shun's eyes narrowed suddenly, and his heartbeat quickened. Recalling the sensation earlier, he suppressed his excitement and fixed his gaze on a distant, cold figure.

Long black hair, golden snake-like eyes, purple eyeshadow extending to the nose, pale skin, and magatama-shaped blue earrings.

There was no doubt that the person inspecting the orphan placements was Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin, a scientist in the ninja world, and a figure admired by many time travelers!

If Shun remembered correctly, after the Second Ninja World War, Orochimaru was obsessed with immortality and secretly collaborated with Danzo to conduct Hashirama cell transplant experiments!