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What happens when an ordinary man suddenly gets a second chance at life-and wakes up in the world of Naruto?
Ren Hayashi never expected to die, let alone wake up as a five-year-old child living in Konohagakure.
With blackish-brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and a naturally strong build waiting for him as he grows, Ren looks like an ordinary child.
But he isn't.
Ren remembers the Naruto world.
He knows the great shinobi, the powerful clans, the coming wars, and the dangers waiting beyond the peaceful streets of Konoha.
And then he discovers something even more unbelievable.
A mysterious Shinobi System has chosen him.
The System can reward him for training, unlock abilities, increase his chakra, give him quests, and reveal hidden opportunities.
But there is one rule Ren must never break:
The existence of the System must remain a secret.
Ren decides to use his knowledge of the future without stealing Naruto's destiny.
He will train.
He will make friends.
He will learn ninjutsu.
He will become stronger.
But the more Ren grows, the more he realizes that this world isn't exactly the Naruto story he remembers.
His actions are already changing the timeline.
Naruto is beginning to see him as a friend.
Sasuke is beginning to see him as a rival.
And a mysterious Chūnin named Daichi Moriyama has started watching him, convinced that something about Ren's chakra isn't normal.
Ren came to this world expecting to follow a story he already knew.
Instead, he may become one of the people who changes it forever.
This is not Naruto's story.
This is Ren Hayashi's story.
A story of transmigration, friendship, rivalry, training, hidden secrets, powerful enemies, and a mysterious System that may know more about Ren's destiny than it is willing to reveal.