Year One of Konohagakure.
At the edge of Hokage Rock, a young man stood quietly, his figure partially shrouded by the morning mist. He looked down over the village just beginning to take shape—scattered construction sites, half-built watchtowers, clusters of tents, and dirt roads threading through the newly founded land.
This was no ordinary visitor. His name was Kai, and today marked the beginning of a story that would reshape the entire ninja world.
He had transmigrated.
But not just into any version of the Naruto world. No. The place he had landed in was far more complicated—and far more dangerous.
This was a parallel multiverse. Seven separate Naruto timelines, each distorted by different events and alternate histories. Some paths had changed only slightly, while others had spiraled so far from the canon that they could hardly be called the same world anymore.
Kai had landed in Timeline One, Year One of Konohagakure—during the era when Hashirama Senju, the so-called God of Shinobi, had just begun laying the foundations of the Hidden Leaf.
And just as the weight of that realization settled into his bones, a mechanical voice echoed inside his head:
[Main Quest Activated]
Choose one major power in each timeline.
Lead it to unify the ninja world.
Maintain peace for twenty consecutive years.
Complete this in all seven timelines.
[Reward: Divine Ascension — Eternal Life]
Kai stared ahead, slack-jawed. "...Huh?"
The conditions were insane. And the reward? Even more absurd.
Eternal life.
True divinity.
The type of reward even Madara Uchiha would've sold his soul for.
He looked down at his own reflection in a pool of water by the rock's edge. His body was his own—or at least a slightly improved version of it. He was no longer a regular high school student with decent grades and a weak stomach for public speaking. No… now he had something else entirely.
The system chimed again:
[System Functions Unlocked]
Daily Timeline Travel: Jump between worlds 10 times per day. No cooldown.
Faction Binding: Choose one village per world to link with. Unlocks the Newbie Pack.
Milestone Rewards: New powers, tools, and functions unlock as each world is unified.
Kai exhaled. This was going to be a mess.
Unify the ninja world?
Keep it peaceful for twenty years?
And do it seven times?
Even with full knowledge of the canon, databooks, spinoffs, fan theories—this was the kind of mission where even Naruto would go, "Nah, I'm good."
Still… if he could actually do it…
He pulled up the system menu again and clicked the first option:
[Faction Binding – World 1] Bind to: Konohagakure
Not because he loved Konoha. Honestly, Konoha had a long, messy history of betraying its own clans. But strategically?
Konoha was the only option.
It had the Uchiha, the Senju, the Uzumaki alliance, the Hyuuga, and enough future protagonist bloodlines to survive multiple world wars. If this were a game, Konoha was easy mode.
[Ding! Faction Bound: Konohagakure]
[Newbie Gift Pack Unlocked]
Rinnegan (Auto-Equipped)
Universal Ninja Tool Pouch
3x Modern Exchange Coupons
The moment the notification disappeared, Kai staggered slightly.
His field of vision blurred—and then re-sharpened with such intensity that it made him dizzy. He could see too much. Tiny insects crawling on leaves hundreds of meters away. The fibers in his own clothing. The faint chakra lines drifting from the distant buildings like steam.
He stumbled to the side and quickly caught his breath.
The Rinnegan. Fully awakened, though its abilities were sealed for now.
It was… a lot.
His irises now shimmered with rippling violet circles. The power was there. Dormant, but present.
"Damn," he muttered. "Now all I need is not dying in the first week."
He pulled out the smartphone granted by the Universal Pouch and used the reflection to check his eyes.
Yeah, they were unmistakable.
The Rinnegan.
Even if he couldn't use the Six Paths powers yet, just having these eyes was enough to send a ripple through the ninja world.
He took a deep breath and looked out over the village again.
Konoha was still young. The Hokage Building hadn't been completed. The Uchiha Clan still had its compound inside the village proper. Hashirama and Madara were both alive. Peace was technically holding—for now.
But Kai knew better than anyone: that peace wouldn't last.
This era was like a lit fuse.
The question was, could he defuse it—or would he light the whole world on fire?
[Timeline: Founding Era]
[Unification Progress: 30%]
...
At the foot of the Hokage Building's construction site, a door slammed open.
"Big brother! Where are you going?!"
Senju Tobirama marched down the steps, glaring at the man casually putting on his armor.
"Hmm?" Hashirama turned around, sheepish. "Nowhere?"
"You're not going to gamble again, are you?"
"No, no! Nothing like that."
"Then it's Madara, isn't it?"
"Eh? How'd you know?"
Tobirama's expression soured. "You only smile like that when you're going to see him."
He folded his arms across his chest.
"You've been spending too much time with him, big brother. The Uchiha can't be trusted. Not even Madara."
"Don't say that," Hashirama chided gently. "Madara's our friend. Our ally. The village was his idea, too."
"Hmph."
Hashirama chuckled and waved. "Anyway, tell Mito I won't be home tonight."
Tobirama blinked. "...Are you serious?"
He didn't even have the energy to argue anymore.
And then—something strange happened.
A breeze stirred the hallway.
Not wind—but a distortion. A shimmer in the air, like heat waves on summer stone.
A figure stepped out of it.
A young man. Black hair, strange white shirt, unfamiliar blue jeans. Not a single forehead protector or clan crest. But it wasn't the outfit that alarmed them.
It was the eyes.
Violet rings. Calm and unblinking.
The Rinnegan.
Hashirama's eyes widened—but he didn't move.
"You are…?"
The stranger gave a small bow.
"Senju Hashirama, First Hokage. Do you have a moment?"
Tobirama blurred forward, katana in hand.
"Who are you? How did you enter the village?!"
The man didn't flinch. "Senju Tobirama. Calm down."
"You know my name?" Tobirama narrowed his eyes.
"I know a lot more than that," Kai said. "But I didn't come to fight."
He turned back to Hashirama.
"I've come to talk. That's all."
Hashirama studied him carefully. No hostility. No chakra fluctuations. But definitely a threat.
Still… something in his heart told him this wasn't someone to reject out of fear.
"…Tobirama," he said.
"But—!"
"I'll speak with him alone."
Reluctantly, Tobirama sheathed his blade and stepped back, glaring hard as Kai passed by.
As the hallway cleared, Kai and Hashirama walked deeper into the Hokage's office.
This was the moment.
The true beginning.
The day a foreign god descended on the Shinobi World and set his eyes on unifying it all.
To Be Continued.
[Word Count: ~1,580]