The Ninja Academy operates on a three-semester system:


    The first semester runs from April 1st to mid-July.


    The second semester begins in early September and ends in late December.


    The third semester starts in early January and concludes at the end of March.


    Year 54 of the Hidden Leaf Village, April 1st.


    A new academic year has begun at the Ninja Academy.


    The sixth-year students had already graduated by the end of March. Some became official Genin, while others chose to retake their studies, were recruited by special departments, or simply dropped out of the ninja path altogether.


    For the remaining students, today marked their promotion to the next grade.


    The now-empty first-year classrooms were ready to welcome the incoming students who had passed the entrance exam.


    Izayoi was one of them.


    Unlike most students who arrived with their parents or older siblings, Izayoi was among the few who came alone.


    However, unlike other students who enviously glanced at their peers accompanied by family, Izayoi''s gaze carried no jealousy—only scrutiny.


    He wasn''t observing their appearances but something only he could see.


    [Ninja Aptitude (White)]


    [Chakra Control (Green)]


    [Chunin Aptitude (Green)]


    Whenever Izayoi focused his gaze, bubbles would appear around people.


    Some bubbles shared the same color, while others differed, and each contained text matching its hue.


    Of course, some individuals had no bubbles at all.


    Either they lacked talent, or their abilities were so low that they didn’t even qualify—life-skill-related talents, for example, didn’t count.


    This was Izayoi''s cheat ability.


    Izayoi had no surname, only a given name.


    According to the orphanage director, his name came from the fact that he was born on the night of June 16th.


    At the age of three, after learning basic literacy and survival skills at the orphanage, the director took him back to his home. Then, she brought him to the cemetery—to meet his deceased parents.


    It turned out that he was born into a ninja family, though both of his parents were orphans without surnames.


    His father had been a Chunin of the village but perished on a mission where his entire squad, including their Jonin instructor, was wiped out.


    His mother died giving birth to him. With her last breath, instead of entrusting Izayoi to her husband or friends, she asked the doctors to send him to the orphanage.


    The orphanage was supported by the village, ensuring that no one would covet Izayoi’s inheritance.


    And indeed, they didn’t.


    Izayoi wasn’t surprised that he had to start living independently at the age of three.


    After realizing which world he had reincarnated into, he knew he wasn’t the only child forced into early independence.


    The chosen one of this world had also lived alone since the age of three.


    That boy was even more impressive—he once wandered alone through a deserted, snowy night at just three years old.


    The world of Naruto.


    Alternatively known as:


    "The Tale of the Five Village Wars and the Legend of the Eyes", or


    "Black Zetsu''s Quest to Find His Mother."


    Arriving in this world, where everything revolved around the Otsutsuki clan’s internal strife and where bloodline supremacy was absolute, Izayoi did not panic.


    He was merely an orphan, without a surname or a Kekkei Genkai.


    But he did not despair.


    Because... he had a cheat system!


    The Innate Talent System.


    Izayoi awakened his Innate Talent System when he turned one.


    Besides being able to see the talent bubbles around others, he could also summon a unique light screen in his mind—one that even mirrors couldn’t reflect.


    This screen displayed his personal information and a beginner’s gift pack.


    By the time he turned three, he had already used up his beginner’s gift.


    Now, his personal information had changed dramatically—it was overwhelmingly powerful.


    As Izayoi stepped into the Ninja Academy, he summoned the light screen in his mind:


    [Host: Izayoi]


    [Innate Talents:]Otsutsuki Bloodline (Red)


    Super-Kage Aptitude (Gold)


    Kekkei Genkai: Byakugan (Purple)


    All-Attribute Physique (Purple)


    Medical Genius (Blue)


    Chakra Control (Blue)


    [Points: 25]


    While others had at most one or two talent bubbles—some had none—Izayoi had an astounding six.


    Yet, when he first obtained the system, he only had one talent—[Chunin Aptitude (Green)].


    However, by the age of three, he had rewritten his fate, becoming the greatest talent of his generation.


    In terms of talent, no one in this era surpassed him—only those equally as strong existed.


    Izayoi classified the talent tiers as:


    White → Green → Blue → Purple → Gold → Red


    This ranking was not provided by the system—it was something he figured out himself.


    And he was certain: there was a level beyond Red.


    He just didn’t know what color it would be.


    The Innate Talent System allowed Izayoi to acquire the talents of others.


    Through experimentation, he discovered two known methods of obtaining talent:


    [Defeating an opponent]


    Equal-level battle: High chance to obtain low-level talent and, a very small chance for high-level talent.


    Defeating a stronger opponent: Very high chance of obtaining high-level talent, guaranteed to gain low-level talent.


    Overwhelming victory: Extremely small chance of acquiring any talent.


    [Copying a talent via the beginner''s gift pack]


    This was a one-time free use given by the system.


    After realizing he had reincarnated into the Naruto world—born on June 16th, Year 48 of Konoha, making him the same age as the Konoha 12—Izayoi immediately planned to use his beginner''s gift on Naruto Uzumaki.


    After all, Naruto was the main character of this world and era.


    He was the Son of the Sage, the reincarnation of Asura Otsutsuki’s chakra.


    He inherited the Sage of Six Paths’ body, the Uzumaki bloodline, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.


    His chakra reserves were essentially two nuclear power plants.


    Even if Naruto didn’t know how to extract chakra properly, his seal and bloodline ensured that his reserves constantly increased.


    As long as Naruto had a talent related to Asura Otsutsuki or the Sage’s Body, Izayoi could copy it and gain immense potential.


    Aside from Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke was another excellent option.


    As the reincarnation of Indra Otsutsuki, he inherited the Sage’s Eyes.


    But just as Izayoi was searching for Naruto and Sasuke, he had an epiphany.


    While passing by a member of the Hyuga Clan, something clicked in his mind, and he temporarily abandoned his initial plan.


    In this era, the strongest talents in the ninja world were Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha.


    Like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha before them, they were reincarnations of Sage’s sons, possessing Kage-level potential and the guidance of Hagoromo Otsutsuki.


    If they maximized their potential, they were destined to become god-tier shinobi.


    And if they received the Sage of Six Paths’ power-ups, they would surpass Hashirama and Madara, reaching the Six Paths level.


    On Earth, no one had greater potential than them.


    But...


    What about beyond Earth?