Ch 3: Leaving the Naruto world
Chapter 3: Leaving the Naruto world
More than a month later...
There wasn't much to say about the ninja team Ayaan had joined or their leader. With forgettable faces and unremarkable backgrounds, neither his teammates nor the Chunin instructor left any lasting impression.
Naturally, there had been no "bell test" like in the stories. As if Konohagakure would waste precious time testing potential cannon fodder! Every able Genin was pushed into missions immediately, not sent back to school.
After a simple round of introductions, Ayaan was sent out with the team under a middle-tier Chunin.
Fortunately, Ayaan's treatment was relatively better. As a reserve medical ninja, even if he only knew a basic hemostasis technique, he still held considerable value in a team full of disposable Genin. So, he was usually assigned a protected position in formation.
What's more, when Ayaan handed over his treasured chakra metal-infused wakizashi to the team leader, the Chunin reciprocated by gifting him three C-rank Earth Release techniques:
Doton: Doryū Bunshin (Earth Release: Earth Clone)
Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu (Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole)
Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall)
All of them defensive or evasive in nature, perfect for survival. Clearly, the Chunin wasn't the heroic type—just someone trying to survive the war.
Ayaan could only admire this mindset. He silently gave the man a thumbs-up and hoped the Chunin would keep it up.
Having chakra natures in Yang, Water, and Earth, Ayaan could learn all these jutsu. While cannon fodder like him were usually thrown into random squads, Konoha had at least taken chakra affinities into account when forming teams.
Still, after a month of effort, Ayaan had only barely mastered the simplest—Earth Clone. That was only because he already had experience with the basic Clone Technique and had a stockpile of chakra recovery pills. Without those, it would've taken months.
People often believed ninjutsu training was all about effort, especially after watching the flashy training arcs of Naruto and Sasuke in the manga. But in truth, the real bottleneck was chakra reserves.
For someone like Ayaan, still a child, training Earth Clone even five or six times drained him entirely. Without pills, he'd have to wait an hour or more between training cycles—and even then, he couldn't do more than three total chakra drain cycles per day without risking permanent damage.
So, chakra pills were the only viable solution to boost efficiency—something he'd invested heavily in.
Eventually, the team completed a few bloody missions—raiding several bandit camps. With the war ongoing, rogue bandit groups had flourished like mushrooms after rain. Wiping them out had become standard training for fresh Genin.
After his first kill, Ayaan felt... nothing special. No revulsion, no sickness. But also, no bloodlust.
It wasn't that he was a sociopath. More likely, the disconnect came from being a time traveler. These people didn't feel fully real to him. Killing someone in this world felt no more serious than defeating an NPC in a game.
His Chunin leader, at least, was pleased with his mental fortitude—especially when compared to his teammates, who turned pale and vomited after their first kills.
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The Final Day
Safe training time passed quickly, and soon, Ayaan's squad received their orders: they were to report to the frontline.
"So the day has finally come."
With a quiet sigh, Ayaan packed his belongings. Among his purchases were two expensive sealing scrolls—one stuffed with medical supplies and chakra pills, the other filled with weapons and tools.
He also converted a portion of his savings into gold—a universal currency that would retain value in any world, unlike the paper ryo of Konoha.
"I'd better not initiate world travel inside the village," Ayaan thought. "If I reappear here later by accident, I might be branded a traitor and killed on sight."
The chakra system in the Naruto world was powerful—far more so than most—but he had no intention of being caught by Konoha's Interrogation Division or risk falling into the hands of the Yamanaka Clan's mental interrogation jutsu.
If he disappeared from outside the village, nobody would look twice. Konoha had hundreds of Genin. A few going missing wasn't worth the effort to track—especially if they had no sensitive intel.
Even defectors weren't always hunted. Unless one wore the slashed forehead protector or committed heinous crimes like massacres or betrayal, Konoha rarely bothered with deserters.
Of course, during wartime, monitoring was tighter. But dimensional travel was a cheat that even the Yamanaka couldn't detect.
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The next morning, Ayaan and his squad departed the village, heading east under the morning sun.
But halfway to the battlefield, Ayaan vanished without a trace.
There were no signs of combat, no chakra residue, and no trails of escape. The team searched for hours before the Chunin gave up, forced to report to the camp before their delay raised suspicion.
With no time to waste on one missing Genin, Ayaan's name was simply listed as "Missing" in the war records.
Months later, his status was changed to "Presumed Dead."
And a year after that, the final report came in: "Confirmed Dead in Action."
Just like that, the ninja world forgot about the boy named Ayaan Aoki—a traveler who had quietly slipped from the pages of the ninja world and into the unknown.
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