Chapter One

“Ugh...”

Neville opened his eyes, feeling a sharp pain in his head. Holding his head, he got up slowly.

When he finally took in the sight before him, he was completely stunned.

What he saw was a large open wilderness, full of grass and trees. It was a calm and beautiful place. The wind blew gently through this serene place.

However, Neville did not have the time to appreciate this nice scenery because he still had no idea where he was right now. This place was completely foreign to him.

The last thing he remembered was that he was going to the convenience store in the middle night when he heard a loud noise. After that, he couldn’t remember anything else.

Then, he had suddenly woken up in this strange place which he did not recognize.

Perhaps this is the Gran Sabana in Venezuela? Neville thought. The open wilderness looked a bit similar to the beautiful savanna he had once seen on TV.

But even if this was the Gran Sabana, how did he get here? His country and Venezuela were separated by a very, very long distance. Not to mention, what was he even doing here in the first place? He was just a normal otaku who lived his life in a simple manner. From his memories, he could not remember anything about having any relations to Venezuela.

Also, the fact that this was Venezuela was only a guess made by Neville. There was the possibility that it was an entirely different place.

Most importantly, why in the heck did he end up in the middle of nowhere, with no sign of civilization?

Neville groaned, his mind desperately working to find a reasonable answer. However, he couldn’t come up with anything suitable to explain the current situation to himself.

After a while, he decided that thinking too much about it would not help him. So, he decided to go around this place and explore for a bit.

The first thing he decided to do was look for some water. He had feeling quite thirsty, ever since he had woken up in this unknown place.

Neville wandered aimlessly throughout the place looking for a source of water. However, he was also quite careful and remained alert all the time, afraid that he might suddenly encounter some wild and ferocious animal.

However, when Neville finally encountered an animal, he was stunned once again since coming to this new place.

The animal’s appearance was quite strange. It had the body of a zebra, however it was much larger than a zebra and instead of stripes, its body was covered in armour like a rhinoceros, only the armour was blue in colour. Most importantly, it had a curved horn on its forehead.

Although, Neville was no zoologist, he was pretty confident that he could recognize at least a few well-known animals in the world. However, seeing this strange creature before his eyes, he was completely at a loss as to what it was. Since when did such an animal exist on Earth?

Then, Neville suddenly had a thought. What if this place wasn’t Earth? What if he had ended up in another world? As soon as he had such thoughts, he quickly shook them off. That was impossible. This was clearly Earth. It’s just that he hadn’t figured out where exactly on which part of Earth it was.

He noticed that there were a few more of these strange armoured zebras. Fortunately, they seemed like herbivores. But Neville still hid behind a tree while observing them, just to be safe.

Neville decided to follow this herd of armoured zebras after a moment of hesitation. He believed that they would lead him to water. It was better than wandering around in a place he was unfamiliar with.

His guess proved to be right. After secretly following the herd of armoured zebras for a while, they led him to a large pond. Neville was quite delighted when he saw it. Finally, he could quench his thirst.

He waited for a little while longer, waiting for the armoured zebras to drink and leave first. Then, he would proceed to drink from the pond.

Ten minutes later, the armoured zebras finished drinking their fill, and then began moving away from the pond slowly one by one. After a few moments they disappeared from Neville’s sight.

After making sure the coast was clear, Neville sighed in relief and then came out of his hiding place. He kneeled before the pond and scooped up some water with his palms.

Normally, he would be very hesitant to drink water from an unsanitary water body like this pond. However, he was incredibly thirsty right now, not to mention he had no other alternative in this unknown place. So, without any hesitation, he greedily drank the water to his heart’s content. Surprisingly, he found that the water tasted quite pure and fresh, contrary to his expectations.

Neville drank for a long time before he was finally satisfied. He also washed his face and hair a bit. Looking at himself in the water’s reflection, he sighed deeply.

Where was he? What was he supposed to do? Where could he find anyone? Where would he find any food? Numerous thoughts weighed down on his mind.

Then, he noticed something. When he looked carefully at his reflection again in the water, he noticed that his eyes looked....different.

Neville saw that instead of his normal brown eyes, there was something completely different. It was purple. Not just his pupils but his entire eye. It was entirely purple in colour. But that was not all. A ripple pattern was spread over his entire eye. It was indeed strange looking.

However, when Neville saw these new and strange eyes of his, he gasped loudly. Deep shock could be seen on his face.

This was the third shock he had received today and it was by far the most powerful one.

That was because he fully recognized these new eyes of his he saw in his reflection.

“R-Rinnegan?!”