Arriving in the Naruto world by filling out a form-Chapter 335: The Second - Ends

[NAME]: Ren Takahashi

[TITLE]: Pillar of Divergence (35%) - A fate-altering anomaly capable of resisting the corrective force of the world, allowing Host and those under his influence to withstand destiny’s backlash as he changes the course of events.

[LEVEL]: 91 (80 >> 91)

[ATTRIBUTES]

Strength: 94 [(+9) (+4) (+4)] (80 >> 94)

Agility: 94 [(+6) (+4) (+4)] (83 >> 94)

Intelligence: 91 [(+1) (+4) (+1)] (88 >> 91)

Vitality: 94 [(+4) (+4)] (89 >> 94)

Chakra: 94

[Available Stat Points]: 1 S-Rank Point

[TALENTS]

Improved Chakra Control - Natural efficiency in shaping and maintaining chakra with minimal waste and greater stability.

Enhanced Reflexes (Ex) - Extreme neural and muscular response speed allowing Host to react to threats almost instinctively.

Genjutsu Resistance (U) - Immune to all Genjutsu below the Rinne-Sharingan Level, highly immune to Genjutsu casted using a Rinne-Sharingan.

Fuinjutsu Talent (Ex Uzumaki) - Exceptional natural aptitude for sealing techniques comparable to elite Uzumaki masters.

Space Release Talent (Ex) - Rare spatial affinity allowing instinctive understanding of teleportation and spatial manipulation.

Foresight (Ex) - Instantly simulates political or combat outcomes to detect future instability and strategic pressure points.

Elemental Convergence (Major) - Enables perception and stabilization of overlapping elemental chakra frequencies, forming the foundation for creating artificial Kekkei Genkai.

Senjutsu (U >> Major) - Exceptional natural energy compatibility granting the potential to wield Sage-level power comparable to legendary sages.

[OBSERVE SYSTEM]

Level Analysis - Displays the level of individuals up to twenty levels above Host.

Interaction Tracking - Reveals the last four people a target interacted with and the recent interaction chain of those individuals.

Intent Perception - Detects strong surface emotions, hostility, loyalty, or killing intent directed toward Host.

Talent Observation - Allows Host to identify the innate talent potential of individuals and categorize it by tier.

[MASTERY PANEL]

Chakra Control - 95% (Grand Master)

Traits: Chakra Stability, Density Modulation

Chakra Stability - Chakra pathways maintain perfect internal balance, greatly reducing leakage and inefficiency.

Density Modulation - Allows Host to compress, reshape, and manipulate chakra density freely without elemental transformation.

Shadow Clone Mastery - 90% (Master)

Trait: Restoration

Restoration - Clones automatically regenerates the maximum amount of chakra they are made with, such clones exist for a maximum of 3 months.

Fuinjutsu Mastery - 89% (Advanced)

Yang Release Mastery - 90% (Master)

Trait: Living Vessel

Living Vessel - Host’s body becomes a perfected Yang conduit, enabling seamless regeneration, minimal stamina decay, and zero backlash from high-output chakra bursts.

Yin Release Mastery - 41% (Basic)

Wind Style Mastery - 89% (Advanced)

Earth Style Mastery - 90% (Master)

Trait: Geological Authority

Geological Authority - Natural Terrain instinctively responds to host’s chakra, large scale earth techniques stabilize automatically, battlefield terrain gradually bends towards host’s influence, as long as the host fights with Earth Release.

Fire Release Mastery - 78% (Advanced)

Lightning Release Mastery - 79% (Advanced)

Water Release Mastery - 55% (Intermediate)

Space Release Mastery - 90% (Master)

Trait: Spatial Cohesion

Spatial Cohesion - Host’s chakra harmonizes with surrounding space, reducing teleportation lag and granting near-perfect spatial orientation.

Medical Ninjutsu Mastery - 84% (Advanced)

Bukijutsu (Weaponry) - 92% (Master)

Trait: Calibration

Calibration - Host’s body instinctively adjusts grip, balance, and trajectory when wielding weapons, resulting in near-perfect control and accuracy.

[MASTERY POINTS]

10 Intermediate Level Points

1 Advanced Level Point

13 Master Level Points

[NINJA PANEL]

Ninjutsu: 93/100

Taijutsu: 94/100 (91 >> 94)

Genjutsu: 86/100

Fuinjutsu: 89/100

[SPECIAL STATS]

Charisma: 92 (88 >> 92)

Perception: 94

Presence: 88

Ren took a long, slow breath as the system panel hovered quietly in front of him and for a while he didn’t move.

His eyes simply moved across the lines of numbers and words, taking everything in again. The stats, the talents, the masteries, the traits, all of it sitting there calmly, as if it had always been like this.

But Ren knew better.

It had taken six years to reach this point.

Six years since that night.

His gaze drifted slightly as memories surfaced, uninvited but not unpleasant.

The night of the Nine-Tails attack.

He still remembered the chaos of it clearly. The screaming, the collapsing buildings, the red chakra filling the sky like a second, angry sunset. Back then he had been nothing more than a terrified child who had just awakened in a strange world with strange memories.

And the thing that had nearly killed him wasn’t even the Nine-Tails.

It had been a rock.

A stupid piece of debris that had been flung away by the destruction. Not even a direct attack, not even the aftermath of a tailed beast bomb. Just a chunk of stone that had been hurled into the street.

That rock had sent him flying.

He still remembered the feeling of his body hitting the ground, the air leaving his lungs, the blinding pain and the darkness that followed. A piece of rubble that wouldn’t even qualify as battlefield debris today had been enough to hospitalize him for days.

At the time he had been furious.

Furious at how weak he was.

Furious at how easily he could die in a world like this.

That moment had burned itself into his mind and from that moment onward he had made a quiet promise to himself.

He would never be that weak again.

If the world was this dangerous, then he would simply become stronger than the danger.

And now...

Ren slowly looked back at the stat panel.

Strength: 94

Agility: 94

Vitality: 94

Chakra: 94

Even Intelligence had crossed ninety.

Six years.

Six years of training until his muscles trembled.

Six years of pushing chakra control until his pathways burned.

Six years of battles, experiments, missions, risks, and of course... the system rewards that had accelerated everything.

He closed the panel with a small motion.

Things had changed.

Back then, a falling rock could nearly kill him.

Now?

A single step from him could tilt the outcome of an entire battlefield.

He wasn’t the child being thrown around by debris anymore.

Now his name alone was making entire villages nervous. Cloud and Stone had issued flee-on-sight orders. People debated his strength across the shinobi world.

And the absurd thing was...

He wasn’t even at his peak yet.

Ren rubbed the back of his neck lightly. Even with everything he had now, he knew he hadn’t reached the absolute top.

Not yet.

But he also knew something else. With his current abilities, his control, his talents, and the ridiculous synergy between them...

Unless someone like Kaguya herself personally came down from the moon to erase him, killing him would be nearly impossible.

It wasn’t arrogance, arrogance was loud and blind. This was something else, confidence. Cold, calm confidence built on years of training, experience, and very real battles where mistakes meant death.

Ren exhaled quietly.

He glanced outside the window.

The moon was bright tonight.

A pale silver disk hanging peacefully above the village roofs.

He slowly stood up from the bed.

Even that simple motion still felt slightly awkward. The stat upgrades were still settling into his body. His muscles felt heavier than usual, his senses sharper than they had been yesterday.

He walked toward the window.

Each step felt controlled but dense and the floor creaked faintly beneath him.

He opened the window and stepped onto the frame before jumping down into the garden below.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the soil compressed slightly and the surrounding earth gave a faint tremor. A small, dull thud traveled through the ground like someone had dropped a heavy stone.

A minor quake.

Ren didn’t even react. He simply brushed some dirt from his sleeves and walked a few steps into the garden.

The night air was cool and quiet.

He stretched once before lowering himself down onto the grass. Lying flat on his back, he folded his hands behind his head and stared up at the sky.

The moon hung there silently, surrounded by a scatter of faint stars.

For a while, he didn’t think about stats or masteries or Kage-level points. He just lay there, breathing slowly, watching the moon drift across the night sky.

Six years ago he had looked at the same moon from that small room, weak and frustrated.

Now he was lying here with power that could shake nations.

Ren chuckled softly to himself.

"...What a strange life."

Ren had been lying there for a while, staring quietly at the moon as it hung above the village. The garden was peaceful, the kind of quiet that only came late at night when even the shinobi patrols had settled into routine and the village had finally gone to sleep.

Juichi arrived at some point and simply lowered himself down and lay beside his son, folding one arm behind his head as he looked up at the same sky.

For a while neither of them spoke.

The silence wasn’t uncomfortable. It was the kind that came naturally between people who didn’t need to fill every moment with words.

After some time, Juichi finally broke it. "You said you were tired and wanted to sleep."

Ren let out a quiet chuckle.

"Hehe... this is more relaxing than sleeping."

Juichi’s lips curved slightly as he kept staring up at the moon.

"It is, isn’t it."

Another few seconds passed before he continued. "You know... something like this happened before you started the academy too. Remember?"

Ren didn’t even need to think as he nodded lightly, still looking up. "Yeah. You gave that whole lecture about not being complacent and always staying cautious."

Juichi gave a small hum. "Good. It’s nice to know you remember." His eyes stayed fixed on the sky as he spoke again, his voice calmer now. "Then I’ll say the same thing again."

Ren turned his head slightly to glance at him but stayed quiet as Juichi continued slowly.

"Your strength... I can’t even sense how strong you are anymore." There was no exaggeration in his tone, it was just a simple statement of fact. "You’ve become so strong in just 6 years, that it’s absurd" He paused for a moment before continuing. "But that’s not really the point."

His voice grew slightly more serious.

"Even if someone becomes the strongest person alive... I still believe there is always someone stronger somewhere out there."

Ren didn’t interrupt as Juichi kept speaking steadily.

"You might get called the strongest someday. People might say your name with fear, or admiration, or hatred. But none of that changes the truth."

He turned his head slightly and looked directly at Ren.

"There is always someone stronger."

The night air remained quiet around them and Juichi looked back toward the moon again.

"And your life... it’s been strange from the very beginning."

He spoke slowly, almost as if remembering everything all over again.

"Since the day you were born, it felt like the world itself didn’t like you very much. You lost your mother because of that," Juichi continued quietly. "And since then you’ve been dragged into one life-threatening situation after another."

His voice softened slightly. "But every single time... you came out on top." He let out a small breath. "And that’s good, I’m proud of you."

There was another pause before he continued.

"But if you ever find yourself in a situation where even with all the power you have... you can’t defeat your opponent..."

He turned his head again and looked at Ren seriously.

"Then run."

Ren blinked once.

"There is no shame in running away," Juichi said firmly. "As long as you stay alive, nothing else matters to me."

He gave a faint, almost helpless chuckle. "I don’t care if people call you a monster or a coward. I don’t care if they call you a hero, a leader, a loser, or anything else "The only thing I care about..."

His voice grew quieter.

"...is that you come back home alive."

The garden fell silent again and Juichi’s gaze softened slightly.

"So promise me something. No matter what happens," Juichi said, "no matter how strong you become... promise me that you’ll always prioritize your life first. Promise me you’ll come back alive."

Ren smiled faintly, this conversation felt familiar. Years ago, right before he started his life as a Genin, Juichi had said almost the same thing. Back then Ren had been preparing to step into the shinobi world for the first time.

Now things were different.

He was no longer preparing to become a Genin. He was preparing to become the future Hokage of the Leaf Village and yet... His father was still saying the same thing.

Ren understood why.

No matter how strong he became, no matter how many villages feared him, no matter how powerful he grew.

To Juichi, he would always just be his son and the only thing Juichi would ever truly care about... was that his son came home alive.

The warmth that thought brought was impossible to ignore.

Ren closed his eyes for a moment before answering.

"Okay."

He looked back at the moon again.

"I promise. I’ll always come back alive."

For a moment Juichi didn’t say anything. Then a quiet sigh of relief escaped him.

"...Thank you, Ren."

The two of them lay there side by side under the moonlight, neither saying anything else, simply watching the night sky together.

~~~

~ One Week Later ~

A week had passed since that quiet night in the garden under the moon. During that week, Ren had done something unusual for him.

He had stayed still.

Well... as still as someone like him could manage.

The sudden jump in his stats had affected him far more than he had expected. It wasn’t just strength or speed increasing. His entire body had shifted to a different scale of power, and even with his control it had taken time to properly adjust.

The first two days had been the worst.

Walking too fast would leave cracks in the ground. Gripping something casually could snap wood. Even opening a door had required conscious control.

Thankfully, Grandmaster-level chakra control had saved him from making too many embarrassing mistakes. With constant chakra coating and careful movement he had slowly brought his body back under control.

By the end of the week he could move normally again.

Well... normally enough.

Anyone extremely perceptive might still notice the density in his presence or the way the ground reacted slightly differently under his steps, but for the most part it wouldn’t hinder him anymore.

That had been the goal.

The other reason he had stalled for a week was simpler.

Questions.

Too many questions.

If he suddenly walked into the Hokage tower with this level of change, Hiruzen would immediately notice and Ren had absolutely no intention of explaining stat allocation, mastery breakthroughs, and system rewards.

So he hid it.

Not because he feared anyone knowing but simply because answering those questions would be... impossible.

After confirming that his movements were stable enough, Ren finally decided it was time to return to the Hokage tower and begin the training he had delayed.

But before heading there, he made a small detour. Instead of taking the main path through the village, he walked toward the hospital district.

More specifically, toward a newer wing of the hospital. It had been established recently after the fall of Danzo for The Root operatives.

Killing them all had never been an option. No matter what they had done, they were still shinobi of the Leaf. Many of them had been taken as children and molded into weapons long before they understood what was happening.

They were victims as much as they were perpetrators. So at Ren’s suggestion, the village had opened a therapy wing for them.

The Yamanaka clan had been involved heavily. Instead of interrogations or mind-breaking techniques, they simply talked. Slowly, patiently trying to rebuild people who had been stripped of normal emotions.

It was slow work. Some of them might never recover fully, but it was better than execution.

Ren walked quietly down the hallway of that wing. The place was quiet compared to the rest of the hospital. A few shinobi passed by, giving him respectful nods, but no one stopped him.

Eventually he stopped in front of one particular room. Without knocking, he slid the door open and stepped inside before quietly closing it behind him.

Ren walked over and pulled a stool closer before sitting down beside the bed.

The person lying there looked... fragile. Bandages wrapped around parts of his body. Ren looked at him for a moment before muttering quietly.

"Hey... Thief."

The nickname slipped out naturally. The person in the bed was someone Ren knew well.

Eiji Nakamura.

His friend from the academy.

Ren still remembered the day Eiji had come to him time, talking about the "special opportunity" he had been offered.

Danzo’s offer.

Back then Ren had tried to stop him, he had warned him. Told him that something felt wrong about it. But Eiji had just lost his entire team during a mission. He had been broken, angry, desperate to become stronger so something like that would never happen again.

Danzo’s words had sounded like salvation to someone in that state and Eiji had ignored Ren’s warnings.

He joined Root.

After that... Ren couldn’t do anything. Root operated in shadows. Even if he suspected things, there was no way for him to interfere directly at the time.

So he had let it go.

Looking at Eiji now, Ren felt a quiet heaviness in his chest. The boy who used to laugh in the academy courtyard was gone. What remained was someone who had been hollowed out and then broken again when Danzo fell.

Ren didn’t let himself dwell on that thought too long.

Instead, he started talking about random things.

Village gossip.

Training.

Small stupid things that had happened during missions.

He talked about Naruto causing trouble again.

About Guy challenging people to push-up contests.

About how the barbecue place near the market had raised its prices again.

Eiji didn’t respond, not once. His eyes stayed half-open, unfocused. But Ren kept talking anyway.

Time passed quietly.

Eventually the sunlight through the window began to grow brighter as the sun rose higher in the sky. Ren glanced outside before standing up.

He stretched slightly and walked toward the door. As he reached the handle he spoke casually.

"Bye, thief."

He opened the door and stepped out into the hallway. Then, behind him a weak, rough voice croaked out.

"...By..e..."

Ren froze.

"...Spe...do..."

The word came out broken and strained but Ren knew exactly what it meant. That stupid nickname Eiji used to call him back in the academy.

Ren stood there for a moment, his hand still on the door handle. Then a small smile spread across his face and without turning back, he waved lightly over his shoulder and continued down the hallway.

~~~

Just below the Hokage Tower, four figures stood waiting in the shade of the tall building.

Hitoshi leaned casually against the stone railing with his arms folded, looking Aburame as usual. Beside him stood Itachi, calm and composed, his posture straight but relaxed, eyes quietly observing the flow of people around the tower plaza.

Utakata stood a little apart from the others, his expression as neutral as ever, hands tucked inside his sleeves while he gazed off toward the distant rooftops of the village.

And then there was Yugao.

Yugao paced back and forth in front of them, her arms folded tightly across her chest, her foot tapping impatiently against the ground.

Finally she stopped, frowned deeply, and stomped her foot.

"He’s late."

The other three did not react at all.

Hitoshi kept leaning against the railing. Itachi blinked once and Utakata didn’t even turn his head. The lack of response only made Yugao more irritated.

Her eyes twitched slightly before she abruptly stepped toward Hitoshi and pinched his side hard.

Hitoshi didn’t even flinch.

Instead he calmly grabbed her hand and held it, preventing her from pinching him again.

He still didn’t say anything.

Yugao stared at him for a moment, her irritation slowly deflating. After a few seconds she huffed quietly and stopped struggling, letting her hand rest in his grip.

Silence returned.

A little while later, a familiar figure finally appeared walking up the path toward the tower. Ren strolled toward them leisurely, completely unbothered by the fact that everyone was waiting. In one hand he held a butterscotch ice cream cone which he was slowly licking like he had absolutely nowhere important to be.

Yugao spotted him immediately and her finger shot out like a kunai as she pointed at him.

"You’re late!"

Ren raised one eyebrow lazily.

"Oh yeah?" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

He took another slow lick of the ice cream before continuing.

"Well I’m the main character today, and isn’t the MC always late? Just like your Fang Yuan."

Yugao’s eyes narrowed dangerously. "Don’t you dare..."

Ren’s grin widened. "Try me."

The air between them felt like it might explode at any moment.

Before Yugao could launch herself at Ren, Utakata calmly stepped forward.

"Alright, calm down."

His voice wasn’t loud, but it immediately cut through the tension. He looked at both of them with the tired patience of someone who had seen this argument too many times.

"You’re still acting like genins. You." he pointed at Ren. "You’re currently in training to become Hokage. Stop rage baiting people."

Ren opened his mouth to protest but Utakata didn’t even look at him anymore. Instead he turned toward Yugao and spoke more softly.

"And you. You’ve decided to work as his assistant, haven’t you?"

Yugao nodded reluctantly.

"Then you’ll have to learn to ignore his nonsense."

She sighed and nodded again.

"...Fine."

At that exact moment Ren loudly protested.

"HEY!"

All three of them collectively ignored him. Ren stared at them in disbelief while taking another annoyed lick of his ice cream.

Utakata cleared his throat slightly.

"Anyway."

He looked at the four of them standing there.

"All of you are about to start a new Chapter of your lives today." His tone softened just a little. "So I just wanted to wish you well."

Then he added with a faint hint of humor.

"And maybe... just maybe... if you do well, I might ask the Third Hokage to give you some S-Rank jutsu."

That finally earned reactions.

Yugao’s eyes brightened slightly, Hitoshi let out a quiet chuckle and even Ren snorted.

Itachi tilted his head slightly and asked with a small smile.

"Me too?"

Utakata glanced at him then shrugged.

"Sure. Why not."

With that, his body flickered and he vanished, the four of them were left standing there. Ren finished the last bite of his ice cream and wiped his hands on his clothes. Then he turned toward the others and clapped his hands together once.

"Alright guys! As Sensei said, this is a new Chapter, so we’ve gotta be ready."

He pointed his thumb toward himself proudly.

"I’ll be ruling the village in the future, so I want everyone at their best."

From the side, Hitoshi added calmly.

"You’re not going to be a ruler."

Ren ignored him completely.

"Kakashi has already started shadowing Uncle Shikaku to prepare for taking over the position of Jonin Commander."

He then looked toward Itachi.

"Itachi, you’ll take over from me as ANBU Commander."

Itachi nodded slightly.

Ren turned toward Hitoshi.

"Hitoshi, you’ll eventually take charge of the T&I Department."

Hitoshi didn’t react much, but he gave a short nod.

Finally Ren looked at Yugao.

"Yugao will be working directly with me. She’ll act as the general overseer of village operations."

Yugao blinked slightly as Ren continued confidently.

"So yeah, you’ve all got your work cut out for you. I expect that in three years all of you will be ready to fully step into these roles."

He folded his arms.

"So... is that clear?"

The three of them straightened slightly.

"Yes!"

Ren smiled and without another word he turned and walked toward the entrance of the Hokage Tower.

The others followed behind him.

As he stepped through the doors, Ren glanced up toward the upper floors where Hiruzen’s office waited.

A grin slowly spread across his face.

’It’s going to be three years of fun.’

~~~~~

{Well, a very long Chapter after a very long time, however I didn’t want to stretch it to one more Chapter, the flow was good so I just went with it, and I think the Chapter turned out nicely.}

{Anyway, this Chapter, as the title said, is the end of the Second Chapter of Ren’s life, I tried to mirror it with how I ended the First Chapter of Ren’s life after the Chunin Exams, and I think it turned out nicely.}

{I’ll be adding an info Chapter after this, so I don’t know what more to say, but lemme know how you liked the Chapter.}