I looked at the person in front of me while kneeling, realizing that I am fucked.
The person I was leaning to, is someone who most fanfic reincarnators are cautious about. Who is their greatest danger in the growing years.
Shimura fucking Danzo!
I just got recruited to the ROOT...
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After dying to Truck-kun, I was reincarnated into the world of Naruto, an orphan in Konoha around the time of Kyuubi Attack.
Well, I was born on 9th October, just a day before he wrecked havoc and my 'parents' got killed.
My orphanage was the same one as Naruto.
So, I didn't make contact with Naruto. I didn't want to disappear.
To avoid getting kidnapped by ROOT, I decided that acting unremarkable wasn't going to work.
Afterall, I was in Naruto's orphanage, which meant everyone was under surveillance. I am not arrogant enough to believe that I can act so unremarkable that even ninjas will get fooled.
That's a shortcut to be suspected as a spy. Afterall, this world has transformation jutsu. Even a small kid will be suspected.
So, intentionally made myself the most well-known and popular kid in the orphanage. That way, I will be too eye-catching to disappear.
I intended to catch Third Hokage's eyes as well, but he never came. Not that it would provide much protection from Danzo.
But... well... it looks like it backfired.
Right now, I am kneeling in front of Danzo of all people, along with several other kids my age.
We are just 3 year old... The recruitment starts very early huh.
I can only pray that he doesn't bring out a Yamanaka to check my memories. That way, I will have some chance of survival until Sasuke kills Danzo.
But if he does check them... well, it will be the worst thing that can happen. For me and everyone.
"Your parents weren't from Konoha. They just came here to deliver you-"
Wording... wouldn't 3 year olds take it as if their parents abandoned them and delivered them to Konoha as newborn babies?
"-but don't worry. Konoha will take care of you."
Everyone who was sad about hearing that their parents abandoned them, happily smiled at the thought that Konoha will take care of them. I too, tried to mimic their reactions.
"You don't have any parents. Konoha is your parent. And you must protect it."
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Who asks children to protect their parents? Isn't it the other way round?
"Darkness bla bla bla no name for you, just ROOT."
After babbling a bunch about his propaganda, he gave us 'names'.
He called me 'Ichi'.
Meaning 'One'.
How original.
"Now, check their memories."
Oh SHIT!
If he finds out my memories, he might even get rid of me after my usefulness is over, and the paranoia that I might become a threat to him that might betray him in the future!
"Danzo-sama. I see a vision."
I said, making the ROOT ninja headed towards me halt.
"Vision? What vision?"
I... have to somehow convince him so that he doesn't read my mind.
"Actually... I often have dreams of future..."
"Hmm, really? Then do tell, what these dreams tell you?"
He didn't seem to believe me, probably. Since I can't really tell from his stone face. But he told me to continue.
"Can I have a paper? I need to draw something to tell you about it clearly."
"Give her a paper."
Now... I need to give him something that he wants, and that he can soon verify to determine that I am a very important tool that he can't kill off.
I drew a Sharingan. A Mangekyo Sharingan.
Kotoamatsukami to be exact.
Wrote 7 besides it, to signify that Shisui awakened it at the age of 7, and Danzo and me kneeling, around 7-8 years old.
And the third thing, a faceless boy with Jiraiya, with a sun behind him.
Looking at Danzo, I had his attention.
He took the paper, and stared it for a long time.
"What does this mean?"
He pointed at the eye.
"My visions always start at random points of my future.
When I was... less than an year old, I saw this image in my dream."
I pointed at the 'sunny faceless boy' with Jiraiya.
"Something called 'Child of Prophecy'?"
Danzo must know about this. He must have heard about Jiraiya talking about such things.
"And?"
"Umm... it isn't very clear... but I see someone with this eye pattern-"
I then pointed at Kotoamatsukami and continued.
"—staring at you and me, putting us under his control. And after that, everything goes blank. That person says that my ability is too dangerous and will destroy it by disturbing my... mental wavelength? Disconnect it from the world's wavelength or something...
Please, protect me from this strange eye! I don't want to be controlled! I don't want to lose my ability!"
I kneeled in the full Japanese requesting position, placing my head on the ground.
Danzo must know about Jiraiya talking about Child of Prophecy. This must confirm that either I have knowledge way beyond a normal spy could have. Or, my lie is true.
And he must realise that this is a pattern of Mangekyo Sharingan. In the entire ninja world, only higher-ups of maybe all villages and old people who has lived through the era of Hashirama and Madara know about the Mangekyo Sharingan.
And, he wants a Mangekyo Sharingan, and is afraid of it.
The only source of information about this MS is me right now.
And 'disturbing mental wavelength' can be genjutsu, but also searching through my mind.
I just hope he doesn't search my mind in fear of losing my ability to see into the future.
"What does this '7' mean?"
"I don't know. It just appeared in my dream."
I have taken a huge risk here. If Danzo just found out that I have memories of my past life, which included knowledge of this world, there is a less than 1% chance that he wouldn't kill me even after obtaining all information from me.
Since he will read my mind and determine that I will be a future threat to him.
Because I intentionally lied about it, I will definitely determined as future threat and be killed.
"Check her mind."
SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!
I AM GOING TO DIE!
Please god! Send a cheat my way! Atleast a system to protect my mind!
Please!
I desperately prayed as the ROOT ninja approached me.
My heart was beating like a bullet bike.
He put his hand on my head, and I gave up praying, preparing myself to die and get reincarnated again.
Maybe I wouldn't be lucky enough to retain my memories in my next life.
But suddenly, I felt a weird sensation and the ROOT ninja who put his hand on me dropped to the ground.
Huh!?
He had a huge hole through his head, and suddenly, I felt something within me shift.
My vision improved a lot, and my body felt like it was covered in something.
And, I was not in control anymore!
CHOMP!
I bit the ninja's head off, and saw a huge tongue and sharp teeth tearing off his skull, revealing his brain.
What the hell...
Food!
A monstrous voice sounded in my mind, and my body, no longer in my control, ate the brain of the ninja.
I couldn't even shut my eyes at the gruesome scene!
I didn't feel any sympathy for him, but only fear for myself.
Yet, the fear converted into excitement as I felt a surge of chakra entering me. The taste, the feeling... This rush....
Ah! I want more—!
"Ack!"
Suddenly, I was beaten up on the head by Danzo's stick, snapping me out of the trance, once again in control of my body.
I moved my arms in front of me, and I saw them covered in some sort of purple alien goo.
I now realized something...
I have a symbiote.
Plot armour and my cheat has just saved my life!