Chapter 1

The Ninja World.

The Second Great Ninja War is about to erupt.

Konoha, Iwagakure, Sunagakure.

The three great ninja villages are using the Land of Rain as a battlefield, their ninja armies staring at each other from afar, locked in a standoff.

It feels as if war could break out at any second.

But none of the three great villages wants to be the first to act, so the situation remains deadlocked.

The Ninja World has fallen into an eerie calm.

But just then, a piece of news explodes, shattering this tranquility like a bomb.

The Land of Whirlpools, an ally that had existed since the very founding of Konoha, has been annihilated!

This news spreads through the Ninja World like poison.

Some are shocked, some are calm, but most are filled with doubt.

The Land of Whirlpools was destroyed too quickly, too suddenly!

With Konoha as an ally, this makes no sense!

If Konoha had been able to provide support, the country could never have been destroyed.

Furthermore, why is Konoha's side reacting so calmly after the Land of Whirlpools was wiped out?

All sorts of doubts linger in people's minds, but they could never know the reason.

Land of Whirlpools, Uzumaki Clan.

Beneath the ruins of the ancestral hall.

A hand covered in mud and blood reaches out from under the blue bricks.

Soon, a red-haired youth crawls out from the rubble.

The youth's face is covered in blood, making his features indistinguishable.

He struggles to stand, looking at the scene before him, a stifled rage burning in his heart with nowhere to release it.

Mutilated corpses, shattered buildings, earth soaked in blood.

The corpses are his clansmen, the buildings are the town where he lived, the earth is his home.

He is Uzumaki Chihiro, the Young Master of the Land of Whirlpools.

He is also a reincarnator, but due to the "mystery of the womb," the memories of his previous life had remained buried in the deepest part of his mind.

If not for this catastrophe, Uzumaki Chihiro wouldn't even know if he would have awakened his past-life memories in this lifetime.

However, even with the awakening of those memories, it is already too late.

Faces of his clansmen who covered his retreat and fell in pools of blood flash through Uzumaki Chihiro's mind.

As well as the final instructions from his father in this life.

"Chihiro, go to the ancestral hall, take the Death God mask, and leave the Land of Whirlpools!"

"As long as the Death God mask remains, our Land of Whirlpools will not perish!!"

The Death God mask...

Uzumaki Chihiro raises his hand, his gaze calm, staring quietly at the Death God mask.

Even before his memories awakened, he had kept this mask clutched tightly in his hand until the ancestral hall collapsed.

Just because of his father's words, he had believed that this mask could save the Land of Whirlpools and the Uzumaki Clan.

Of course, it might also be because the Uzumaki Clan had worshipped the Death God mask for generations.

The Uzumaki Clan had always felt that this mask hid immense power.

They were not wrong.

But Uzumaki Chihiro, having awakened his past-life memories, understands that while this mask hides a special power,

that power is merely the ability to communicate with the Death God.

This mask cannot save the Land of Whirlpools or the Uzumaki Clan.

The only ones who can save the Uzumaki Clan are the Uzumaki Clan themselves!

Even Konoha, the ally they trusted most, did not extend a helping hand when the Uzumaki Clan requested support.

Even the wife of the First Hokage, the former princess of the Uzumaki Clan, Uzumaki Mito, remained indifferent to the Land of Whirlpools' plea for help.

Power—only when held in one's own hands is it the true path!

But these are things to think about later.

For now, Uzumaki Chihiro must find a way to leave the Land of Whirlpools.

Although three days have passed since the fall of the Land of Whirlpools,

most ninjas have already left, but a small number remain, searching for any resources and spoils of war.

Through Uzumaki Chihiro's Kamigan, he senses a squad of ninjas approaching his position.

If he doesn't survive this crisis, let alone reviving the Land of Whirlpools, he doesn't even know if the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline can be passed on.

"Judging by the amount of Chakra, it's a configuration of one Jounin and three Genin."

Uzumaki Chihiro moves his arm, and a sharp pain shoots into his brain.

He has some injuries, but he can endure them.

However, the Uzumaki Clan is not skilled in combat-type ninjutsu; most of their techniques are sealing techniques that lack lethality.

He has no confidence that he can kill that ninja squad.

If he cannot guarantee an instant kill, the noise of the battle will attract other ninja squads, and once surrounded, death is certain.

Run?

The area is full of searching ninjas; even if he runs, he will be discovered.

Right now, he seems to be in a dead end.

Uzumaki Chihiro looks up at the sky; the sky covered by dark clouds is just like his gloomy mood.

"I'm going to bring shame to the army of reincarnators."

"Ding!"

A crisp notification sound rings in his mind, sweeping away the gloom in his heart.

"Host's memory awakening detected, God-level Troop System activated!"

"Drawing troop card pool..."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host, you have unlocked the Soul Reaper series troop card pool!"

It looks like he might not have to die after all?

Uzumaki Chihiro closes his eyes, quickly grasping the function of the system.

The God-level Troop System, as the name suggests, is a troop-building system.

But building troops isn't done randomly.

First, one needs to unlock the troop card pool.

Only after unlocking the troop card pool can one recruit troops.

And one can only recruit troops from the series that have been unlocked. **Chapter 3**