The Cat Keeper of Konoha

The Cat Keeper of Konoha is a Naruto fan fiction by the author Jinmu Jinmu, serialized on Qidian since 2020. It runs about 1.42 million Chinese characters across 341 chapters and was completed in August 2021. The story is set at the end of the Second Great Ninja War: She Ren, a battlefield doctor from Earth, transmigrates into the ninja world and wakes in the ruins of a battlefield, where a dying Cloud ninja forcibly implants the Two-Tails, Matatabi, into him, making him the next Two-Tails jinchūriki. At the same time, he discovers that the special "Tongue Demon Seal" of Konoha's Root has been placed at the base of his tongue, leaving him caught between Cloud and Konoha in extreme danger. Relying on an adult's mind and medical experience, the protagonist gradually escapes his predicament, makes his way to Konoha Hidden Village, and, under the name "Sheren," lives with the Two-Tails Matatabi—naming it and telling it stories—until a strange symbiotic bond forms between jinchūriki and tailed beast. He is then drawn into power struggles within and beyond the village and into the conflicts of the ninja world, crossing paths with original characters such as the White Fang, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze, with the plot following the original timeline all the way to the Fourth Great Ninja War. The overall tone is light and humorous—neither saintly nor grimdark—and beyond the passionate battles it retains a wealth of daily interactions and Naruto ensemble moments. It is one of the better-received completed Naruto fan fictions on Qidian in terms of subscriptions.