Naruto: Chenxi

I want you not to retreat, not to make peace with them., No Man's Poem

Family? Village?

Revenge or giving up?

Can the answers be found at the end of that road of no return?

Read these warnings first:

1. No shipping wars or irrelevant comments. The author does not ship SasuNaru/NaruSasu or the so-called Uchiha Big Three. Such comments will be deleted.

2. Fans of Uchiha Itachi and Obito Uchiha, please do not read. The author dislikes both characters. Comments like "People who dislike Itachi don't deserve to read Naruto" will be deleted.

3. The Naruto timeline is messy, and some dates are inaccurate. These are the author's original settings.

4. The author is a Sasuke fan. Please stop making comments like "Uchiha Sasuke" or "The rain has stopped and the sky is clear, so Uchiha Sasuke thinks he's strong again." Such comments will be deleted.

5. Reasoned discussion of the story and pointing out the author's mistakes are very welcome, but don't argue or resort to personal attacks.

6. Sasuke doesn't get much page time. The story mainly features original characters, and the heroine gets the most focus. Her romance is not a single pairing.

7. At its core, this story is more about the Uchiha Clan.

8. The heroine will be overpowered. Any out-of-character writing is on me. Though the blurb may sound mysterious and profound, the author is of average intelligence, and the plot is pretty bland.

9. I'm somewhat dissatisfied with the plot so far. After entering Volume Three, I've found it hard to move the story forward and have had more things to think through. As a result, some parts of the first two volumes don't connect well with the later plot. I plan to revise the story once things settle down, improving some of the worldbuilding and fixing plot holes in the first two volumes. The changes may be substantial.

For example:

First, I'll clarify the relationship between the Land of Fire and Konoha. I've been thinking about how ninjas have power, but still have to get paid by others and obey orders. (Though the daimyo and the Hokage are said to be equals, I've always felt that Konoha is more like a tool subordinate to the Land of Fire.) So I'll add an explanation for why the ninja are subordinate, drawing on the historical late Warring States period and introducing firearms such as guns and cannons.

(Naruto's technology is pretty advanced, so... these should exist too.)

Second, although I haven't watched Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (I've only seen part of it), I'm a little... not exactly opposed to the endless stream of Otsutsuki appearing. Rather, I see them as alien invaders. So in this story, they'll be treated as enemies. Of course, that doesn't mean everyone will simply fight them to the death. Before Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, only Kaguya had descended, and I can't think of any other Otsutsuki.

(We can just threaten them with overwhelming firepower... If an Otsutsuki shows up, blow up the moon... It was probably made by the Tailed Beasts. Firearms combined with chakra.)

Third, the Three Great Sage Lands (Shikkotsu Forest, Ryūchi Cave, and Mount Myōboku) will be dealt with in Volume Three. These three places are like ticking time bombs with tremendous power. In the story, Xi will not allow such beings as sages to exist in the newly founded country.

Fourth, the Tailed Beasts will be treated cruelly. They'll suffer even more than the Jinchūriki, despite not being Jinchūriki themselves. The reasons are the same as for the two points above.

To Xi, the Otsutsuki, the Three Great Sage Lands, and the Tailed Beasts are all threats to the newly founded country. As the saying goes, those who are not of our kind are bound to have different hearts.

If any of these planned changes are a dealbreaker for you, you may want to avoid this story.

Blurb written July 17, 2023

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