
by Circuitscientist
Zorua, the illusion fox pokemon, a dark type that creates illusions to hide its true form and to distract and prank others. A potential master of disguise and infiltration. But what if said Zorua was a ninja? Sakushi used to be a ordinary human being, before he died as a bystander when a robbery happened. Bullet to the skull, quick death. After waking up as a Zorua in the middle of a forest, and noting the lack of any other pokemon, he decided that he probably shouldn't reveal himself. But after noticing a nearby town, he quickly gains other ideas. And then he notices the set of stone faces in the cliff. And those people are most certainly not any US presidents, but they had once held a similar job. Hokage. After getting over his shock, he decides to ignore the mental voice of reason and go "Zorua mode" and see how long he can hide in plain sight behind his illusions. How long will he last before he is forced to reveal himself? At least he doesn't have to worry about pokeballs. Cover art is ai generated by me, the fact that the shadow kid looks like the protagonist of the original series is completely coincidencedental and not intended.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 06:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Action → Fantasy → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Adventure + Action + Fantasy (1%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#7839 of 12,158 · 7789 below RS #50
By genre
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Firing on all cylinders
Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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