{Mind Depository}
The setting sun painted the clouds in fiery colors.
On the Hokage Rock, a small figure leaned against the railing. An Yan gazed down at the entire village, bathed in the golden twilight.
As a veteran corporate drone who had spent years just coasting and waiting for the inevitable, An Yan had always identified with capybaras. He was a prime example of someone who was fine with living but also fine with dying—his emotional stability was off the charts.
He once thought that, having been exposed to all sorts of information in modern society, he was someone who had seen it all. He was used to life and death and could face anything with calm indifference.
But seeing the scenes before him now, he felt a storm of emotions churning inside.
Children chased each other through the village, leaping seven or eight meters into the air, easily jumping from the ground to the roof of a two-story building. In a secluded training ground, several people were sparring, breathing fire and water from their mouths. It was absurd. Although An Yan had prepared himself mentally, seeing it for real was still incredible.
An Yan had transmigrated. He had gone from being an ordinary corporate slave in the 21st century to a character in an anime—the legend of the Five Village Brawl of Eyes. He was now an ordinary five-year-old child in the Hidden Leaf Village, Konoha.
No sister, but he owned a house, and his parents were dead—the standard protagonist setup for an orphan.
Commoners had no surname, only a given name. Fortunately, he was still called An Yan in this life. His predecessor's parents were ordinary Konoha ninja who had died recently in a border patrol skirmish with another village. They had left him nothing but a two-story house with a courtyard.
A few years ago, after Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's "breakup," their love turned to hate, and their battle reshaped the very landscape, carving out the Valley of the End. After tearfully killing Madara, Hashirama died of grief, and the entire ninja world grew restless and turbulent.
As the saying goes, "Susanoo on a giant Buddha, two men can destroy four nations."
In a world with supernatural powers, how could peace be maintained? It all depended on the will of the strongest. When Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, desired peace, the world was at peace. The will of the strongest decided everything.
So, when Konoha's two publicly known S-rank powerhouses died one after another, the so-called "fastest shinobi in the world"—Tobirama Senju—was not enough to keep everyone in line.
The First Great Ninja War had begun and had been raging for several years now. It was a complete bloodbath. Except for the Land of Wind, which was developing in isolation, the other nations were fighting to the death. The number of shinobi across the world had been drastically reduced, and the fighting was gradually slowing down, reaching its final stages.
Unfortunately, An Yan's "parents" in this life fell in the darkness before the dawn, not surviving the war. An Yan remembered that there was a relatively peaceful period of over ten years between the First and Second Great Ninja Wars. If you could just survive this one, you'd have a decade of stability.
Ever since the founding of the ninja villages, a "Five Village Brawl" seemed to occur every decade or so, burning through generation after generation of young people.
If nothing changed, the Second Great Ninja War would erupt in about ten years, and An Yan would be thrown into the meat grinder of war. He didn't know if he'd have a chance to survive.
The danger of being reborn in the ninja world was like an ordinary person being tricked into a scam compound in Southeast Asia; living a peaceful life was nearly impossible. Although Konoha spouted righteous slogans like the "Will of Fire," it couldn't hide the fact that it was a terrifying paramilitary organization.
What kind of decent place sends ten-year-old children to the battlefield? Weren't those just terrorists? People like Kakashi graduated at six and started killing. What kind of good organization was that?
However, the world was a giant mess. As bad as Konoha was, the other villages were even worse. Sometimes, an organization's competence is only apparent because of its incompetent rivals. It was an era of choosing the lesser evil.
But no matter how rotten Konoha was, its slogan was still the righteous Will of Fire. They took relatively good care of the descendants of ninja who died for the village. An Yan not only received a monthly relief fund, but the village also covered all his expenses for the Ninja Academy. He didn't have to worry about his livelihood.
The most urgent task was to study hard and improve every day. His goal was to eventually punch out the Uchiha, trample the Jinchuriki, marry Princess Tsunade, become the Fourth Hokage, and reach the pinnacle of the ninja world.
Why was he so confident? Because of the transmigrator's golden finger, of course. With a thought, An Yan silently called out "System," and a pale blue screen appeared before his eyes.
Character: An Yan (5 years, 6 months old)
Reputation: 13 (Unknown)
Bloodline: Descendant of the God Tree (A legendary vegetable)
Skills: Chakra Extraction, Kunai Throwing
Attributes: (Average for an adult in the ninja world is 5)
Strength: 3 (The power of one goose)
Physique: 3 (A glass cannon, one-shot kill)
Agility: 4 (Can't outrun a feather duster)
Intelligence: 6 (Slightly higher processing power than average)
Spirit: 8 (Two lifetimes of experience, extraordinary perception)
Charisma: 6 (A pretty cute kid)
Luck: 5 (Unpredictable daily fluctuations)
Current Wish Pool: Tomb Raider (Your reputation is insufficient to make a wish.)
It was a wish-based lottery system. He could gain lottery chances by accumulating reputation. Through wishes, he could obtain powers from beyond this world that could defy its rules.
Simply put, he needed to constantly make a name for himself to gain reputation. More reputation meant more lottery draws, which meant more power—a positive feedback loop.
Who were the most reputable people in the world? Besides the legends recorded in history, the most famous were the Kage of the five great ninja villages.
Next were heroes like the Sannin, the White Fang, or Shisui of the Body Flicker—shinobi whose names shook the ninja world. After that came famous authors, like Jiraiya. In a world of constant war, people's spiritual and cultural lives were barren, making this a good angle to exploit.
Or, he could become infamous, like the despised Jinchuriki or a villainous tycoon like Gato from the Land of Waves.
In short, whether his actions were good or evil, as long as people talked about him and knew his name, he would gain reputation. With that in mind, the next goal was simple.
First, set a small goal: become the top student in the academy, the class chief. Let his name travel home with his classmates, spread by word of mouth. As they say, fame comes to the young. A reputation as a child prodigy was the easiest kind to spread.
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