Becoming a Ninja in Konoha, in the Shinobi World

Blurb:

Bei Zhi thinks his life is absolutely absurd...

He died for no reason.

He ended up in a strange, strange world for no reason.

He discovered for no reason that maybe he hadn't actually died, but his body had shrunk to the size and age of a newborn. And yet, nothing could change the fact that he was now living in a different world.

By the usual definition of transmigration...

he transmigrated with his whole body.

This world is absurd, too...

What's chakra? What's ninjutsu? Why are little kids learning to use kunai and shuriken at just a few years old?

Bei Zhi: "..."

At first, Bei Zhi thought none of this strange stuff had anything to do with him. He didn't ask for much. Since he had transmigrated with his whole body, he just wanted to live simply as an ordinary person.

He had no big ambitions.

He just wanted to live until he died...

After all, he'd already lived once.

And then...

Then the orphanage director sent him off to school, and somehow he started refining chakra.

Bei Zhi: "..."

Wasn't he supposed to have transmigrated with his whole body?

It was like chakra had taken a bite out of his body, and now he wasn't pure anymore.

That's right. He was tainted.

Still, his talent was pretty average. Compared to his two fellow transmigrators after the teams were assigned, he was utterly ordinary.

Oh, right. A quick introduction: his two teammates are transmigrators, too.

But they transmigrated into other people's bodies.

He didn't know whether they'd been lucky or not, but they seemed to be adapting to this place better than he was.

Gekko Jingliu, male:

He's studied his family's swordsmanship since childhood and has a seemingly invisible Transparent Escape. At the Ninja Academy, he was always competing with Hyuga Neji for first place. He seems aloof and cold...but only on the surface.

Kurama Qiying, female:

She's awakened the Kurama clan's bloodline limit. Unlike the fragile bodies of other Kurama clan members after they awaken their bloodline limit, she's perfectly healthy. She seems gentle...but only on the surface.

The two of them have one thing in common: they're both chuunibyou.

They also seem to know some strange things about this world. They often get together to whisper like they're up to no good, and the longer they've been out of the academy, the more often they do it.

Bei Zhi: "..."

He often feels as if his teammates are shutting him out because he's not chuunibyou enough and knows nothing.

Oh, well.

He doesn't have much to say.

He gets carried by his teammates on missions all the time, so as someone who quietly coasts on their support, he's in no position to judge them.

Team Four:

That's the team the three of them are on. Their jounin instructor's usual routine is to hold those two back, then give Bei Zhi a shove forward.

In the end, the three of them all wind up watching the action, practically munching on sunflower seeds and telling him to do his best.

Bei Zhi: "..."

He knows the instructor means well.

He also knows his teammates leave him chances to practice in real combat because they mean well.

But please, just leave him alone.

It's now been more than a year since they graduated.

The class below them has graduated, too.

Lately, in the middle of missions, those two keep getting excited for no reason. "Bei Zhi! Let's take this year's Chunin Exams together!"

Bei Zhi: "..."

Bei Zhi: "Sure."

If they want to take them that badly...then let's do it.

P.S.:

1. The protagonist's Team Four is in the same year as Neji and the year before Team Seven.

2. Everyone's relationship is platonic.

Theme: Live well, no matter what