The game's opening cinematic, "S1: The Nine-Tails' Attack," started immediately. As soon as the game loaded, the world through Naruto Uzumaki's eyes underwent a dramatic transformation. The figure of Han Ye beside him vanished, and he found himself in an aerial view of the entire Hidden Leaf Village, right inside the cinematic.
First, he saw an unfamiliar woman with red hair in agony, clearly in the middle of childbirth, while a handsome man with golden hair waited anxiously by her side.
Just as the baby was born, a masked man suddenly appeared, snatching the infant away. The golden-haired man briefly fought the masked figure. Fortunately, the child was rescued and placed in a safe location. Then, the masked man released the Nine-Tails. The golden-haired man managed to save the red-haired woman from the masked man's clutches.
Then, Naruto's eyes widened in utter shock as he watched the golden-haired man open a closet, pull out a Hokage cloak, and majestically swing it on. It was the Fourth Hokage!
"He's so cool!!"
Naruto was completely awestruck by his father, Minato Namikaze, on screen. In his naivete, he hadn't yet realized that the baby in the cinematic was him, or that the Fourth Hokage was his own father. He was completely engrossed in the cinematic. The Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, the masked man's difficult fighting style...
The real, intense battle between the masked man and the Fourth Hokage began. The two space-time ninjas fought a dazzling, eye-blurring battle. At the decisive moment, a kunai pierced the masked man. "I win," the masked man thought to himself. Naruto's heart clenched.
But the next moment, a high-octane musical score began to play.
"Bearing the name of Hokage, I cannot lose!"
BOOM!
It was the Flying Thunder God—Level 2! It was so cool!
Naruto was so excited he was about to jump out of his seat.
"Calm down, calm down," Han Ye said from the side.
Naruto rubbed his head, feeling a little awkward, and sat back down to continue watching the cinematic.
Next came the scene of sealing the Nine-Tails. The Reaper Death Seal, the sealing of the Nine-Tails, Kushina Uzumaki's final words...
Without realizing it, Naruto's eyes became red and swollen. No matter how dense he was, he now understood that the child in the cinematic was him, and the Fourth Hokage and the red-haired woman were his parents.
When "The Nine-Tails' Attack" finally ended, Naruto was left sitting on his seat, teary-eyed and stunned, his mind reeling with a thousand thoughts. He had never imagined that his father was the Fourth Hokage, that his parents had died this way. It turned out he wasn't a monster fox at all!
His entire worldview had been shattered, and he was still struggling to process it all.
It wasn't until Han Ye's voice broke through his thoughts. "Half an hour of your playtime has already passed. Hurry up and get familiar with the game."
"Huh?...What? Half an hour already? That's too fast! I haven't even started the game yet!" Naruto exclaimed, snapping back to reality. That cinematic had completely captivated him and made him realize that this mobile game was not simple at all! The fact that half his time was already gone made his heart ache.
Han Ye just rolled his eyes. There was nothing he could do. This cinematic was made by the system, and it was already an extremely simplified version. Otherwise, even a full hour wouldn't be enough to watch the entire Nine-Tails' Attack!
Next, Han Ye began to introduce Naruto to the game modes.
"The Ninja Shippuden game is divided into two modes: Ninja Showdown and Ninja Team Battle."
"Huh? What's the difference?" Naruto asked.
"Ninja Showdown is a 1v1 battle where one summoner uses a ninja. Ninja Team Battle, on the other hand, is a 5v5 team battle.
The mechanics and nature of the two modes are different."
"Given that you're the only one playing Ninja Shippuden right now, you should first get familiar with the Ninja Team Battle map," Han Ye said, helping Naruto enter the Ninja Team Battle mode.
"Please select a skin."
With Han Ye's help, Naruto arrived at the ninja selection interface. Since Naruto's ninja roster currently only had himself, he was taken directly to the skin selection screen.
"Young Naruto Uzumaki?"
Naruto noticed the name of the only illuminated skin. Behind it were six other skins that were dim and locked. He looked at them one by one.
"Naruto Uzumaki (One-Tailed), Naruto Uzumaki (Shippuden), Naruto Uzumaki (Sage Mode), Naruto Uzumaki (Nine-Tails Chakra), Naruto Uzumaki (Seventh Hokage), Naruto Uzumaki (Six Paths)."
"Sev-Seventh Hokage..." Naruto stared at the last skin for a long time. He couldn't see the specific details, only a black silhouette, but that shadow was enough to fuel his endless imagination.
"Boss, how do you get this skin?" Naruto asked.
"It will be sold in the shop after you complete the tutorial. Of course, you'll need money and permission," Han Ye explained.
"So, as long as I complete the tutorial, that's enough, right? Then let's hurry up and start! I can't wait!" Naruto said, itching to get started.
With no other skins to choose from, he was taken directly to the 3v3 map. The screen changed.
Naruto found himself on a massive altar. Beside the altar stood a white-haired old man with a bag on his back. Everything felt incredibly real, as if he were truly there.
"Ahem... Ninja Team Battle is a tower-pushing game. You win by destroying the opposing team's base. Hey, hey, hey? Naruto? Where are you going? I'm not finished yet! You haven't even bought your equipment yet!"
Han Ye, acting as his novice guide, hadn't even finished his explanation. As the voice of "All troops, advance!" echoed through the valley, Naruto, in the posture of a ninja, charged out of the spawn. He also, with his sharp eyes, instantly spotted the wild monsters on both sides of the valley.
"Squeal!..."
He had never seen wild monsters that looked so real before. They seemed incredibly strong. Overcome with excitement, he rushed towards them barehanded, landing a fierce punch.
"Grr..." The monstrous wolf howled in pain and lunged at him, its roar ferocious. Naruto was completely overwhelmed and instantly got bitten by the beast's gaping maw.
"Learn your skills! You haven't learned a single skill or bought a jungle knife, and you're already trying to fight jungle monsters!" The novice guide, Han Ye, who was following behind Naruto, nearly spit blood. This beginner was too disobedient.
Bleeding profusely, Naruto finally noticed that a few skills had appeared in his view.
Following Han Ye's instructions, he quickly pressed the '+' sign. A peculiar warm current flowed through him, and Naruto was shocked to find that his proficiency with the Shadow Clone Jutsu instantly increased significantly. The skill name automatically appeared in his mind:
Shadow Clone Two-Fold Kick!
He had only just mastered the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu less than a month ago. Before, he would just blindly use a massive amount of chakra to create hundreds of clones with ease.
"Yippee!" he shouted, and he attacked the wild monster again.
His Shadow Clone and his main body unleashed a combined two-fold kick. The monstrous wolves collapsed to the ground, yelping in pain.
A beam of light descended, and Naruto's level increased. The '+' sign reappeared on his skills!
"I leveled up! I can learn another skill!" Han Ye taught from the side.
"Squeal! I feel like I've become stronger!" This time, Naruto was more familiar with the process and directly learned another skill:
Rasengan!