Me? Fight Kaguya?

"Where is this?"

Before Uchiha Ying was a boundless mountain range, and everywhere looked like it had been bombarded by meteorites or nuclear bombs, with ring-shaped giant craters. Only a single colossal tree stretched across the heavens and earth, like a stone pillar supporting the sky.

And besides that, there were three people floating in mid-air, wearing Shiromuku (White Robe)s and with strange appearances. One held a shakujō, one had six black orbs floating behind them, and one was a woman with rabbit ears, three eyes, and snow-white hair longer than her body.

Where is this?

And who are they?

Uchiha Ying only remembered finishing school at Konoha Ninja Academy and returning home, then taking a short nap.

And then inexplicably arriving here.

Could it be a dream?

[Enter this Instance?]

Instance?

Facing this text prompt that suddenly appeared in his mind, Uchiha Ying calmed himself.

Only then did he realize that the bizarre scene before his eyes and the three strange people were in a paused frame.

It was as if time had been frozen.

"Wait, these three, no matter how you look at them, they resemble the legendary Hagoromo and his mother Kaguya, and his brother Hamura?"

Could this instance be—transporting me to the time of their great battle?

But my current strength is just a genin, how am I supposed to tackle an instance of this scale?

And I don't even know what the rewards are. What if I die in the instance, and I die in reality too?

I finally transmigrated to Konoha Village, finally kept my little life, and haven't even started enjoying it yet, I can't just die like this.

[Death in Instance Incurs No Penalty]

Just as Uchiha Ying was thinking this, another line of text appeared in his mind.

No penalty? Won't really die?

Then maybe I can give it a try.

[Instance Entry Confirmed, Current Instance is a Multiplayer Instance, You may select two companions, Select Companions?]

Companions?

Uchiha Ying checked the light screen that suddenly appeared before his eyes and found that only two familiar figures, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, were available for selection.

"Feels like a game."

Whether it was a dream or he really had transmigrated into a game, Uchiha Ying decided to try it out first.

[Companions Confirmed, Entering Instance in three seconds]

Three, two, one…

After a moment of dizziness, the ground began to tremble, and the three figures in the sky, including the colossal tree, also began to move.

"Where is this place?"

"Uchiha Sasuke? Uchiha Ying? Why are you two here? Am I dreaming?"

Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto, who had transmigrated here with Uchiha Ying, were now staring at everything in front of them in surprised bewilderment.

"I don't know either, maybe it really is a dream."

Looks like the selected companions are real people?

Looking at Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, who were exactly the same as they were usually at the Konoha Ninja Academy, Uchiha Ying pretended to be ignorant of everything while muttering to himself.

[Mission: Help Kaguya escape the fate of being sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura]

This mission?

Me fight the Hagoromo? Seriously?

Uchiha Ying looked at Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke beside him, one hasn't even learned the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu yet, and the other doesn't even know Chidori.

With this setup to fight Hagoromo, he'd eat his own head.

"There's a mission? Kaguya? Is that the strange-looking but very pretty big sister over there? Hmph, two men bullying a woman, what kind of skill is that! Big sister, I'm coming to save you!"

Uzumaki Naruto seemed to have also seen the mission, and after a simple assessment of the situation, he rushed out impatiently.

"Hey…"

Uchiha Ying was still thinking about whether this mission could be completed using a strategy, and what the mission rewards were, when he saw the "childhood Minato" beside him directly charge over.

"This idiot."

Uchiha Sasuke was quite calmly analyzing the current situation, but unfortunately, this outrageous start was beyond his ability to analyze.

He could only curse the brainless Uzumaki Naruto who rushed forward in his heart.

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Rumble…

The colossal tree was uprooted, breaking out of the ground and transforming into a giant Ten-Tails monster.

The light orbs casually spat out by the monster would cause earth-shattering explosions when they hit the ground.

The three people in the sky also activated their Gundam modes, one donned Susanoo, and the other's long hair hung down, almost covering the sky and sun.

Boom!

The casual attacks from the three people and the beast left crater after crater on the ground, like nuclear bombs.

"H-How could there be such powerful people, like monsters… This must be a dream!"

Uzumaki Naruto, who had just rushed out halfway, saw such a terrifying scene, and instantly his legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground in fear.

"Stop running around, let's find a place to hide first."

Uchiha Ying really wanted to retort 'you'll be able to do it in the future too', but he held back.

"W-What's that!?"

Before Uzumaki Naruto could scramble back to the two young Uchiha, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the sky above everyone.

Planetary Devastation!

This is Hagoromo's move…

Uchiha Ying had just realized this when he heard several sharp whistling sounds flying past his ears.

It's the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb!

Boom!

In the violent explosion of fire and light, Uchiha Ying didn't even have time to say any last words before his vision went black, and he turned into dust between heaven and earth along with Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.

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[Mission Failed]

[Instance Settlement: Ninja Fragments X2]

[Re-enter Instance?]

After opening his eyes again, Uchiha Ying found that he had appeared on a street similar to those in Konoha Village this time.

But there was no one on the street, and not even a single person's voice could be heard.

"Is this Konoha Village or somewhere else?"

Could I still be dreaming?

Uchiha Ying curiously walked around the street for a while, while carefully examining the Ninja Fragments that had appeared in his hand.

It's getting more and more like a game.

[Fuse?]

Looking at the two Ninja Fragments representing Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke respectively, another line of information appeared in Uchiha Ying's mind.

Could Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke have really died in the instance just now? That's why there are fragments…

No, no, no, it shouldn't be that serious.

I didn't die, they should be fine too.

Uchiha Ying comforted himself, and then chose to absorb the fragments.

"Hmm… I feel like my chakra has increased a lot all at once, and my eyes…"

The Sharingan, which he hadn't been able to reactivate before for various reasons, seemed to be showing signs of recovery.

"If this isn't a dream…"

A cheat?

Uchiha Ying looked at his hands somewhat excitedly.

"This is?"

Coming back to his senses, Uchiha Ying realized that he had unknowingly walked to the front of the Hokage Building.

"Could this really be Konoha Village?"

[Action Points: 1/2, Expend 1 Action Point to enter scene?]

Uchiha Ying curiously pushed the doors of the Hokage Building and saw this prompt.

Action points?

It seems there are only two in total, and now there's only one left. It seems entering the instance before also cost one.

Uchiha Ying selected yes, and then pushed open the doors.

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