Echoes of the Ninja's Shadow Chapter 1

"Uchiha?"

"Uchiha, Jasper Uchiha... My name now is Jasper Uchiha, am I transported into the Hokage?!"

In a double bed in a private hospital in Nakano District, Tokyo, a black-haired boy with a bandage on his head muttered with a look of confusion and fear on his face.

The Uchiha family is well-known in the ninja world, but the ending of the clan is also very tragic. Jasper Uchiha, a minor character whose name did not appear in the original work, probably suffered the same fate as his entire family.

But looking out from the window of the hospital bed, the modern streets were bustling with traffic, steel buildings were rising from the ground, and men and women were dressed in fashionable 21st century clothes, which was very different from the impression of the ninja world.

"Could it be that we have traveled to a world after Boruto?"

At this moment, more memories surged out from deep within his body, and the memories of his past and present lives intertwined together. The young man felt dizzy for a moment, and it took him a long time to recover.

This is indeed the island country of Tokyo. The world history, geographical environment, and cultural customs are very similar to those of the previous life, but some places have changed.

For example, since the war, many famous creators in the literary and artistic fields are different from their previous lives, and there is no classic manga called Naruto.

Therefore, this cannot be the Ninja World in the future timeline, but the modern Tokyo in a parallel world.

"It turned out to be just a coincidence. My last name is Uchiha. In this life, my family and I are ordinary people. We don't train shuriken at home or suddenly breathe fire. My relatives with the last name Uchiha who lived in the village in Shizuoka Prefecture are also country folk who make a living by farming and making handicrafts, not a ninja group."

After sorting out his memories, the boy finally felt relieved and smiled.

It can be considered as saving a life.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary worker. Although he liked the manga Naruto very much, who would have thought that in the peaceful days he would be transported to the dangerous and war-torn ninja world, and to the Uchiha clan whose entire family’s names were registered in the Book of Hell.

In the previous life, there was actually no Uchiha surname in the island country. In this life, the surname Uchiha seems to be just a coincidence in the parallel world.

"I didn't expect that fifteen years after traveling to this world, I would actually awaken my memories of my past life! But how did I get myself into the hospital?"

As soon as this thought came into Jasper Uchiha's mind, he felt a needle-like pain on his left cheek, with a cold breath that penetrated deep into his bones, paralyzing half of his face.

Midnight... Black car... Car accident...

A run-down apartment... a crime scene... a test of courage...

...the woman in the white dress...

It turned out that the night before I was promoted to high school, I was wandering outside and suddenly rushed into the main road. I was hit by a passing black Toyota Century and flew more than two meters away.

At first glance, it seems that Jasper Uchiha just asked for death by getting his head caught in the door in the middle of the night, but in fact it is not the case.

Jasper Uchiha's home is in Yayoi-cho in the southern part of Nakano-ku, Tokyo. A few days ago, a murder occurred in a cheap apartment building in Shimonakano, not far away. A woman was followed home and killed by her ex-lover.

Jasper Uchiha, who is fifteen years old this year and will be a high school student tomorrow, was talking about this matter online and inadvertently revealed that the crime scene was not far from his home. Then he was instigated by several unscrupulous netizens to go to the scene and take a few photos.

After being questioned, ridiculed, and provoked by netizens, the young and energetic man actually ran to the crime scene in the middle of the night.

Then I saw that ghost thing.

In his memory, Jasper Uchiha bypassed the cordon at the apartment door and sneaked into the apartment. He originally planned to take a few photos at the door to get the job done. Before leaving, he pushed the door as if possessed by a ghost. The door opened and he saw a ghostly woman in white.

The thing made a strange gesture, and the next moment, Jasper Uchiha felt that he had lost control of his body. He left the apartment like a puppet, and came to the side of the road. He waited quietly without saying a word. When a vehicle came over, he threw himself forward as if committing suicide.

"Chi---"

The last echo was the sharp sound of brakes, and the memory ended abruptly.

Fortunately, the car braked in time, and after Jasper Uchiha was knocked down, he miraculously only suffered minor injuries on the back of his head. After examination at the hospital, he was given some medicine, bandaged and rested for two days before being discharged from the hospital.

But this also accidentally awakened his memories of his past life.

"This world actually still has this kind of weird stuff. Although the Ninja World is dangerous enough, the Tokyo in this parallel world is not a good place either."

The stinging pain on his cheek became more severe, making it even more unbearable for Jasper Uchiha. He quickly picked up the phone and took a closer look at his face.

The phone screen showed the handsome face of a black-haired boy with bright eyes, a straight nose, and facial features as handsome as a statue.

It is a face worthy of the Uchiha name.

But there was a flaw in the white skin. There was a black spot the size of a little finger on the left cheek, vaguely shaped like a woman's lip print.

It wasn't a birthmark, nor was it a bruise from a car crash.

"Hiss, could this mark be left by that ghost thing? He was controlled to have a car accident before but didn't die, so he will probably come looking for him again in the future." Jasper Uchiha, who was familiar with the routines of horror movies, looked at the black spots projected on his mobile phone and suddenly felt powerless.

Although it was broad daylight at two o'clock in the afternoon and the sunlight was shining directly into the ward through the window, Jasper Uchiha still could not feel a trace of warmth. Instead, he felt a creepy feeling.

"Since there are evil spirits in this world, there should also be Onmyojis and exorcists. But where can I find them right now? I can only go to a monk. Should I go to Sensoji Temple during the day and ask for a talisman?"

Just as Jasper Uchiha was desperately trying all sorts of treatments and having wild thoughts, a light screen suddenly appeared in his mind:

【ID: Jasper Uchiha】

[Level: Genin]

[Skills: Sharingan LV1 (0/10), Fire Style LV1 (0/10), Three Body Technique LV1 (0/10)]

"Is this the system? Wait, why does this homepage look familiar? Isn't this the Naruto game I was playing in my previous life?"

"Is this true? Could this be an illusion caused by the accident?"

Jasper Uchiha was skeptical and tentatively formed a Tiger Seal. Unexpectedly, the next moment, some energy in his body suddenly became active, and a heat surged up along the esophagus and rushed out of his mouth uncontrollably.

A bunch of sparks more than ten centimeters long was coughed out directly from the mouth!

"Ahem!"

Jasper Uchiha was choked and coughed repeatedly, and a blister appeared at the corner of his mouth, but his face showed an excitement that was difficult to conceal.

Jasper Uchiha quickly looked at the other end of the double ward. Lying on the bed was a thin-looking old man in his sixties or seventies. His cheekbones were protruding and his face was blue. He was sleeping soundly and had no idea what was happening in the ward.

Taking a deep breath, Jasper Uchiha slowly closed his eyes and then opened them.

In the young man's scarlet eyes, there was a black magatama rotating around his pupil.

"Is this the Sharingan? And the previous fire breathing, not only did I awaken the memory of my past life, I also got the system transformed from the previous game!"

Jasper Uchiha looked at the screen of his mobile phone with great interest, admiring the pair of strange eyes.

The Sharingan can be said to be the most growth-oriented bloodline limit in the ninja world. After the Sharingan evolves to its limit, it can gain power that reaches the pinnacle of the ninja world.

This force is enough to shake the whole world even in modern society!

Susanoo, which split mountains and oceans with one sword, chopped down the Tokyo Sky Tree with a light wave like harvesting wheat. The Chibaku Tensei and Tenkai Shocking Star appeared in the sky above Tokyo at the same time. Just thinking about this scene made Jasper Uchiha a little excited, but the sudden pain on his cheek quickly brought him back to reality.

As if reminding him not to get carried away.

"It's great to have the system, but I'm being haunted by an evil spirit now. The Sharingan with a single Magatama is just an observation eye, it doesn't add anything to combat power, and my LV1 Fire Style can't even use the C-rank Great Fireball Technique. Can I fight that evil spirit with my current abilities?"

After having the system, Jasper Uchiha felt a little more confident and not as anxious as before, but he was still a little nervous about dealing with the evil spirits he had encountered before.

Lv1's Fire Style is still a bit weak.

"Ho ho..."

Suddenly, on the other side of the ward, with a few rapid sobs, the old man began to twitch as if he had epilepsy, sweating profusely. He opened his mouth wide and made a choking sound.

"Is this old man having a nightmare or suffering from a sudden illness? Let's call the nurse over first."

Jasper Uchiha's thoughts were interrupted by the old man. Just as he was about to press the call button on the bedside, he saw a black tentacle more than half a meter long and covered with tumors extending from the old man's mouth!

Then more and more black tentacles emerged from the old man's mouth.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Jasper Uchiha's eyesight was enhanced by the Sharingan, and his vision was excellent. He could even see several black tentacles and several tumors on the tentacles clearly. He couldn't help but feel surprised and a little disgusted.

His head felt a little dizzy, and since he had just activated the Sharingan, he couldn't control it very well, so his eyes returned to normal.

But when he looked over again at this time, he could no longer see any black tentacles, only a faint black mist covering the old man's head.

When he opened the Sharingan again, his vision seemed to be filtered in an instant, and some things that he couldn't see before appeared before his eyes.

Dozens of black tentacles emerged from the old man's mouth. Some of the tentacles were as thick as fingers and about half a meter long, with tumors on them like octopus tentacles and dripping with unknown sticky liquid. Some of these tentacles were tightly wrapped around the old man's face, while most of them were twisting in the air, showing their fangs and claws, which made people's skin crawl.

The old man suddenly jumped off the bed and staggered towards Jasper Uchiha in the inside of the ward!

"Oops!"

It was obvious that this person had bad intentions. Jasper Uchiha quickly lifted the bed sheet, covered the old man's head and face that were entangled by black tentacles, and then ran towards the ward door.