Naruto: The Storm Rises in the Shinobi World

Akaba Arashi, son of a wealthy merchant in the Land of Fire, has no Kekkei Genkai but possesses a mechanical puppet-making System. His life has been extraordinary from the moment he was born.

He is the legendary “Fourth Man” of Konoha. He dares to tease the future Fifth Hokage, is Orochimaru's only confidant, and is on Jiraiya's best-buddy terms.

At just eight years old, he is forced to leave his homeland and travel to a country plagued by year-round rain, where he must inherit a daimyo's throne and face the covetous gaze of the already-risen “demigod,” Hanzo of the Salamander.

Armed with mechanical technology that is generations ahead of its time, can he establish himself in the perilous Land of Rain?

Faced with a tragedy that seems destined to happen, can his gears grind the script of fate to pieces?

And back in Konoha, will the blonde princess who gave him the First Hokage's Necklace and made a promise be able to wait for her knight?

Can the hatred born of the shinobi system be cut away?

This is a story about protection and change.