Humble Admin: Little Sasuke, how is it going with Naruto?
After dinner, Sasuke trained alone for a while. Once he was back in bed, he could not help slipping into the group again.
Uchiha Sasuke: Nothing much. I planned to meet that dead last after school, but something came up, so we did not talk.
Humble Admin: An incident?
Uchiha Sasuke: Three upperclassmen were bullying a Hyuga girl. I beat them up. Then my brother showed up to pick me up.
Humble Admin: ...
Humble Admin: ????
Sasuke helped Hinata? Amano Ten, scrolling the chat at home, froze at Sasuke's message.
What is this, a plot change? She stared, stunned.
No, wait. This might be because of me. If she had not told Sasuke that morning to get along with Naruto, he would not have gone to look for him after school.
He would not have run into Hinata's trouble. Naruto would have been the one to help her.
I cannot believe a single line from me changed the story of Naruto. She covered her face in disbelief.
Now the pairs are scrambled. Hinata will fall for Sasuke, and Sakura will be forced to accept Naruto?
In her plan, with the group's help, Sasuke would not fall for anyone. He might even like her. When the cross-world feature unlocked, Sasuke would save enough points to come to her world, and then the two of them would...
With this twist, Hinata would like Sasuke. As long as his emotional intelligence and taste were normal, what boy could possibly turn down a girl like Hinata?
Uchiha Sasuke: What is wrong? Is there a problem?
Sasuke's lips tilted. Perfect chance to dump the blame on this gullible admin.
He already had his eye on Hinata. Using the excuse of meeting Naruto, he had stepped in to help her. Now the admin would think her advice had altered the story.
Stunned, right? He chuckled inwardly.
Humble Admin: No, nothing...
Since her own words had warped the plot, Amano Ten could hardly tell Sasuke to avoid Hinata. That would be too suspicious. She could only roll with it.
Uchiha Sasuke: I am logging off. Time to sleep.
The others stayed quiet. They had their own things to do. Agatsuma Zenitsu was likely hunting demons with Tanjiro. Usopp was anyone's guess, given how long One Piece ran.
Yukiko too. The group lacked extra features, so Yuki had no way to gauge where the other stories sat.
...
The next morning.
Sasuke woke early and started taijutsu practice. Even though he had taken Sasuke's body and inherited its talent, without training others would pass him.
Luckily, in his former life Yuki had not been one to stay up late. Early to bed and early to rise came easy. The lack of a phone and internet was dull, though.
Ninjutsu and chakra filled the gaps, giving him something to hone when he was idle.
The ninja world had computers, but in this era they lived in secret labs and were bulky desktops with no entertainment, nowhere near commercial use.
Only after Kakashi's short tenure as Hokage would more electronics start to appear.
"Sasuke, breakfast." Uchiha Mikoto stepped into the yard and smiled at the boy pummeling a training post.
This child was getting more diligent by the day.
"Hah... I can finally control this body completely." Wiping sweat from his brow, Sasuke allowed himself a small smile. Now he would not get thrashed during outdoor activities.
"Thunder Breathing should boost my physique and combat strength fast in the early stage, and it fits my lightning-nature chakra."
"Daily sign-in gives one to ten points. I have two hundred now. Even with the worst luck, in a year I can redeem Thunder Breathing." He eyed the shop entry, plotting.
Breathing styles enhanced the body. Anyone who could breathe should be able to learn them.
"Right, I also know the Three Basic Techniques." He had more than Great Fireball. He still had the fundamental D-rank set.
"Upload Transformation, Substitution, and Clone."
"Ding! Member Uchiha Sasuke has uploaded D-rank ninjutsu: Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, Clone Technique. Due to strict usage conditions, they are revised to consume stamina. Note: After revision the uploader cannot purchase these abilities."
"Ding! Transformation pricing successful, value 500 points. Substitution pricing successful, value 500 points. Clone pricing successful, value 300 points."
"Group member: Uchiha Sasuke receives 130 points."
Perfect. Only 170 to go. Unless his luck crashed, Thunder Breathing would be his in half a year at most. Yuki nodded in satisfaction.