Name: Uzumaki MasahikoAge: 48

  Ninja: 68Body: 89Jutsu: 1000

  Shadow Clone Technique: LV10 (100000) (Maxed)Shuriken Throwing: LV10 (100000) (Maxed)

  Earth Element: LV2 (16920/20000)Wind Element: LV3 (85462/100000)Fire Element: LV2 (14490/20000)

  Special Talent: Sensory Ability

  Overall Rating: Ordinary Jonin

  Staring at his stats, Uzumaki Masahiko let out a heavy sigh. His real name was Zheng Yan, an average college graduate who found himself unemployed. It's been 48 years since he transmigrated to the world of Naruto, and tomorrow marks the start of a new year—his 49th birthday. When he was about five years old, he first unlocked his chakra and discovered his personal system. At first, he was overjoyed, but that excitement faded quickly. His system wasn’t what he’d imagined. There were no system fairies, no lottery modules—just a simple interface showing his stats more clearly.

  Just now, he’d experienced a breakthrough in his chakra, reaching a four-digit value. After years of observation, Masahiko had come to realize that a Genin’s stats were usually between 1 and 10, a Chunin's between 10 and 100, and a Jonin's over 100. Until now, his rating was “Special Jonin,” but now, after all these years, he was finally an “Ordinary Jonin.” In the Warring States period, this would make him a high-ranking cannon fodder.

  Uzumaki cn was a prominent family during the Warring States period, and Masahiko came from a distinguished background. He was the second son of the cn’s former leader, and his talent was exceptional. Despite this, he didn’t reach the level of an ordinary Jonin until the age of 48. Why?

  “Damn it, Naruto! You ruined my life!” Masahiko often cursed the descendant from countless generations in his heart.

  As a huge fan of Naruto, he once had the urge to create his own version of Naruto’s signature technique—the Rasengan. In his first battle, nervousness made him use it, and from that moment on, he became the ughingstock of the Uzumaki cn. His story spread all over the Land of Fire. Thanks to this, he had been a single man for 24 years in his past life and had now spent 48 years in the same lonely state. Worse, during his prime years from 12 to 30, he lived in the shadow of ridicule, becoming zy and stagnant. His growth practically halted. He survived all these years in the chaotic Warring States only because of his Uzumaki lineage and a sensory ability simir to ter generations’ powerful sensory techniques. But after years of ridicule, he came to terms with it, knowing that time could never be reversed.

  “Sigh... I really regret it. If I had a second chance…”

  Lost in these thoughts, a soft footstep came from outside his door. A female voice called out:

  “Grandfather, tomorrow the Senju cn’s wedding party will arrive. Don’t forget to prepare.”

  “I know, Mito.”

  The girl outside was Masahiko’s eldest brother's granddaughter, the first person he had met in this world—Uzumaki Mito, the wife of Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, and the first Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails. It was her birth, 15 years ago, that confirmed the exact time period Masahiko had nded in. Tomorrow, the Senju cn’s wedding party would arrive, and Masahiko would accompany them as a senior elder of the Uzumaki cn. Since Masahiko’s eldest brother had passed away the previous year and Mito’s father, the current Uzumaki cn leader, couldn’t attend, Masahiko—who was now considered a free man—was the perfect candidate to go in his pce.

  After hastily packing some clothes and his ninja tools, Masahiko sat back down and stared off into space.

  “They want me to go to the Senju cn... It’s because they don’t really respect me. Why else wouldn’t they send Mito’s uncles instead?”

  As the current cn leader’s second-in-command, Masahiko was among the highest-ranking in his generation. Many of his peers, cousins and the like, had managed to attain positions of elder. As for him, his only cim to respect was his seniority, forcing the younger generation to call him “Lord.” After all, in the world of Naruto, strength was everything. Before today, he had been barely a Jonin, and during his youth, he had made a huge fool of himself, so no one truly respected him. The only comfort was that Mito still treated him with respect. She was, after all, the woman who could control the God of Shinobi.

  As his thoughts wandered, he began thinking about Mito’s granddaughter Tsunade, the perverted sage Jiraiya, the scientist Orochimaru, the hot-headed Naruto, and the troublemaking Sasuke...

  “Why did I transmigrate to this era? Even if I live as long as the Third Hokage, reaching seventy or eighty, I’ll only get to see the rise of the Three Ninjas. By then, I’ll just be an old man...”

  “Forget it. Let’s just wash up and sleep. I’ve got to meet the wedding party tomorrow. I wonder who will come. Since the groom is Hashirama, he probably won’t be attending in person. He’ll be waiting at the Senju cn’s estate. Perhaps Tobirama will come. I’ll get to meet the Second Hokage and see the man who created the forbidden jutsu and led the downfall of the Uchiha cn.”

  It was te into the night, and Masahiko checked his stats one st time. His age was about to change to 49, which would mark the start of the inevitable decline. In the world of shinobi, the peak years were in one’s twenties and thirties, with strength pteauing from forty onward.

  But then, Masahiko’s eyes widened as he stared at his stats. The age column hadn’t changed to 49, but instead, it was 47!

  He rubbed his eyes again and again, but the number stayed the same. Slowly, tears welled up in his eyes.

  “I really have another chance! So this is the correct way to use the system. I can adjust my age! I can make it younger instead of older!”

  "Wait for me, Konoha’s creation, the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage, Kakashi, Gai, the Twelve Ninja Guardians... I’ll survive, and I’ll see all of you, the scenes and people I’ve only heard of in my previous life!"

  At this moment, the heart of this tired middle-aged man suddenly found new life. The thought of meeting Senju Hashirama, his younger brother Tobirama, and witnessing the full glory of the Senju cn—one of the two greatest cns in the Warring States alongside the Uchiha—kept him awake through the night...

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