[You requested orders to go to the battlefield. Your physical illness flared up, and your physical abilities declined rapidly.]
[You found the enemy who killed Master Chen and avenged him.]
[Due to your disease outbreak, you paid a heavy price to kill the enemy. You were on the verge of death, and no medical-nin were around to help.]
[On your deathbed, you saw Hatake Kakashi with his Sharingan activated, and Nohara Rin tried to heal you, but it was in vain.]
[Hatake Kakashi said that you should have achieved more.]
[You lost too much blood and died...]
[Simulation ends.]
[System evaluation: Although lazy, you lived a life of courage and justice. You went to the battlefield to avenge your master. Your bravery is commendable.]
[Evaluation level: 2]
[Reward: Level 2 physical enhancement]
[Reward selection card received: Nara]
The simulation ended.
Naruto closed his eyes and felt the effects of the Level 2 physical enhancement. Compared to Level 1, the improvements were much more noticeable.
At this point, Naruto's body had completely recovered from previous stunted growth.
There was also a reward selection card. As expected, Naruto chose to obtain the character's taijutsu skills.
A stream of familiar and unfamiliar muscle memory and taijutsu techniques flowed into Naruto's mind, completely integrating into his system.
Naruto opened the system panel.
He found that his combat effectiveness had increased from 5 to 824.
Although not a massive improvement, it was significant.
Satisfied, Naruto smacked his lips and focused on his final simulation opportunity.
This time, Naruto could draw selected attributes from three characters, theoretically creating the strongest character of all three simulations.
"System, continue the simulation!"
[Character surnames drawn: Mikami, Hatao, Aoi]
[Character talent extraction completed: One-time, Few-times, Multi-time]
[Character appearance extraction completed: Two trash, Namikaze Minato]
Third simulation.
Naruto felt a little disappointed with the characters he drew.
These characters were all unfamiliar to him. Even in the original story, they were minor, almost irrelevant characters.
Except for appearance, which was supported by their biological father, the rest was garbage.
And in the simulation, he only lived for ten years. Appearance was all that mattered.
Fortunately, after the simulation ended, the lowest score was 1, and Naruto's physique improved again.
He was much healthier than before.
Previously, Naruto had shown signs of stunted growth, but now he no longer felt thin or weak.
For the third character, Naruto only selected appearance. Other abilities were inferior to his own.
When Naruto looked in the mirror, however, he saw that his appearance had not changed much.
So he asked the system in his mind: "System, haven't we merged with my father's appearance? Why hasn't it changed?"
[Ding~ To prevent sudden changes from being noticed, the system will gradually adjust the Host's appearance over the next three months. This will help the Host hide his abilities.]
Naruto nodded slightly after hearing the system's explanation.
As expected, the system was thoughtful and considerate.
After using all three simulations, Naruto received two Level 1 physical enhancements and one Level 2 physical enhancement.
His taijutsu skills were now on par with a teenage Hatake Kakashi.
And his appearance was gradually taking on that of Namikaze Minato.
Additionally, the silver taels he received amounted to the equivalent of 400,000 yuan.
Unlike sudden wealth, this gradual accumulation felt more satisfying.
Naruto looked at the simulation opportunities reset to zero on the system panel and asked:
"System, how can I get more simulation opportunities?"
[Ding~ Occasionally, the system will release tasks. The Host can choose to accept or reject them. If rejected, the system will generate a task of equal difficulty. Completing tasks grants simulation opportunities.]
Naruto understood.
He didn't know when the next task would appear, but he wasn't in a hurry.
Just like his character, he was casual and preferred an ordinary life.
Moreover, system tasks were optional, giving Naruto a sense of freedom and no restraint.
…
At this stage, Uzumaki Naruto was still studying at the ninja academy.
The next day.
After getting up and washing up, Naruto carried his schoolbag and headed to the academy.
Since he came from a different timeline, his personality differed from the original work.
Although Naruto's image in Konoha was not particularly good,
he never played pranks, so everyone thought he was somewhat invisible.
Naruto enjoyed this solitude.
It was nice to have no one disturbing him.
Breakfast done, Naruto arrived at the academy entrance.
Ninja students were arriving in pairs and groups, accompanied by their parents.
But Naruto didn't recognize most of them.
For the others, parents had already left them with their peers.
Maybe Naruto would have felt sentimental before, but after regaining memories of his past life, he felt relieved.
Naruto was more interested in observing the world and the characters from the original story.
At this stage, he wanted to focus on improving his strength as much as possible.
Naruto entered the classroom and saw familiar characters from his memories:
Shy Hinata, noisy Haruno Sakura and Ino,
a sleepy-looking Shikamaru, and an arrogant Inuzuka Kiba.
As mentioned before, since Naruto didn't play pranks or act naughty, he barely interacted with anyone.
Only a white-eyed little princess occasionally observed him silently.
Naruto didn't approach her to greet her.
To outsiders, he was simply a monster.
He didn't know whether the Hyuga clan was aware of the Nine-Tails incident.
But he did know that if a Hyuga clan member found him interacting with Hinata, something bad would surely happen.
Naruto took his seat by the rear window.
Hinata, who was secretly watching him, met his gaze.
Startled, she turned around like a frightened elf, placing her hands neatly in front of her as if paying attention to the lecture.
A faint blush colored her pure, delicate face.
Naruto smiled inwardly.
She was truly innocent and cute.
Not long after, Iruka entered the classroom.
He announced directly: "There will be a written test today!"
The students reacted differently.
Haruno Sakura and Ino exchanged glances, sparks faintly dancing in their eyes.
In written tests, Sakura, Ino, and Hinata usually ranked top three, with Shino and Sasuke hovering in the top five.
Every written test was essentially a competition between Sakura and Ino.
Sakura nudged Ino with her elbow and whispered,
"Ino, if you lose this time, you'll be my wingman."
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