Chapter 1: A Demon World Being! Naruto!
"Finally max level!"
Sen Hao was a university graduate who had become unemployed the moment he graduated. Bored at home, a friend introduced him to a game called *Dungeon Fighter Online*.
Being a lolicon at heart, Sen Hao immediately set his sights on the Demon World girl — a cute little loli character class in the game.
To satisfy himself, he leveled up five Demon World characters in a row, covering all five of the Demon World class's job paths.
From that point on, he ground away at leveling, forgetting to eat and sleep, until he finally brought every single one of his lolis to max level.
Looking at the character screen showing five max-level Demon World characters lined up neatly in a row, he felt a sense of absolute satisfaction wash over him in that moment.
"Stayed up all night — I'm dead tired. But it was worth it to hit max level on all of them. Time to rest a bit and catch up on some anime."
Muttering to himself, Sen Hao opened his browser and chose to play Naruto.
He had stopped watching the show sometime after Pain's arc and hadn't gone back since — he had forgotten quite a bit of the plot by now, so he decided to just restart from episode one.
Watching the Nine-Tails on screen, Sen Hao let out a yawn, and before he knew it, had drifted off to sleep.
He seemed to have a dream. He dreamed that he had become a Demon World girl — wandering the Demon World from a young age. To save her homeland, she crossed a scorching desert without regard for the danger, arrived at the Central Garden, and met the legendary Niu. With Niu's help, she crossed through space, reached the continent of Arad, fought side by side through life and death with a group of adventurers, defeated countless enemies, and finally succeeded in restoring the Demon World to normal.
Just as he was celebrating together with everyone else, a voice suddenly rang out: "Rin, time to wake up~"
Everything around him instantly turned blindingly white. A face appeared before him — Sen Hao looked carefully, and it was the face of a Demon World girl.
Then everything vanished.
The next moment, a burst of noise jolted Sen Hao awake. He opened his eyes to find a nine-tailed fox in the distance, howling and roaring.
"Ah — Ah ah ah! (What the — the Nine-Tails!)"
Sen Hao let out a shocked cry — but only "ah ah" sounds came out of his mouth.
'Am I mute?'
Startled, he tried to reach up and touch his mouth — only to find that his hand had become tiny.
Not just his hand — his entire body had shrunk. And he couldn't even lift himself up. It was then that Sen Hao finally understood: he had actually turned into a baby.
"Whose child is this? Where are your parents?"
A ninja wearing a forehead protector suddenly appeared beside Sen Hao and picked him up.
"Ah. Ah."
Sen Hao tried to speak, but could only produce "ah ah" sounds.
"Damn it, I still have to go provide backup. Hey — you there, come here! Help me get this child to the shelter!"
The ninja spotted a lower-ranked shinobi and immediately called out to him, placing Sen Hao in his arms.
"Yes sir! Senior Gokawa, please rest assured — I will protect your child with my life!"
"This isn't my — ...forget it."
The jonin was about to deny it, but the chunin had already run off into the distance, leaving him no choice but to give up.
'Goddammit, how did I end up in Naruto of all places — turned into a baby on top of it, and during the Nine-Tails attack no less. Even ten lives wouldn't be enough to survive this!'
Unable to speak, Sen Hao could only vent his frustration internally.
'Golden finger? Old man? Status panel? System?'
[The Demon World System is at your service!]
A mechanical voice suddenly rang out in Sen Hao's mind.
'Haha! Everything in the novels really is true — transmigrators always get a cheat!'
Sen Hao grew excited.
'System, what can you do?'
[I can help the host level up as quickly as possible and become a proper Demon World being.]
'Haha, leveling up — great! And become a Demon World... wait!'
Sen Hao suddenly froze. A Demon World being — was it the kind of Demon World being he was thinking of?
[That's right — exactly the kind of Demon World being the host is imagining!]
To emphasize the point, the system even projected an image of a Demon World girl into Sen Hao's mind.
Red hair, red eyes, pointed ears — the adorable little loli Demon World girl who went "heya heya!"
'System, I'm male!'
[Not anymore.]
With that, the system displayed a status panel.
Name: ??? (Mori Hiroshi)
Gender: Female
Level: 0
Age: One month
Bloodline: Demon World Being
Skills: None
Mana: 20
'What the — I'm already a girl now?'
Sen Hao found this somewhat difficult to accept, but what was done was done. She had no choice but to face it bravely.
Due to the Nine-Tails' rampage, Konoha had lost a great number of shinobi. Even the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife Kushina Uzumaki had both sacrificed their lives. For a time, Konoha fell into a state of severe weakness.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was called upon in the hour of crisis and stepped forward once more to assume command, preventing Konoha from falling into a leaderless state of chaos.
The chunin who had found Sen Hao — Gokawa Kei — also fell in battle during the fighting. Since a lower-ranked ninja had witnessed and confirmed that Sen Hao was Chunin Gokawa's child, she was allowed to inherit the Gokawa family name and assets.
Konoha had a detailed and structured system for handling orphans. Children of civilians were taken in by orphanages and provided for free until the age of twelve.
Children of ninja, however, after a portion of the fallen shinobi's assets was collected as a tax, had the remainder passed on entirely to the child. On top of that, Konoha issued a monthly living stipend and bereavement pension.
For those unable to care for themselves, a designated caretaker would be arranged — though the cost was naturally deducted from the living stipend.
The person assigned to care for Sen Hao gave her the name Gokawa Rin — the surname coming from Chunin Gokawa, and the given name taken from the characters engraved on the necklace she had been wearing around her neck.
After drinking her fill of milk, Gokawa Rin watched her caretaker leave and kicked her tiny legs helplessly. She couldn't even sit up right now — this was absolutely miserable.
'I can't even move. How am I supposed to level up like this?'
[Host need not worry. Although you are currently unable to move, it does not prevent leveling up.]
'Oh? Then what do I do?'
[The host can receive three level-up tickets per year. This means that even if the host does nothing at all, levels can still be gained through level-up tickets.]
'That's not bad at all. Can I receive the level-up tickets right now?'
[Would you like to claim the level-up tickets?]
'Claim!'
[Level-up tickets have been issued!]
'Oh oh! Great — but where are the level-up tickets?'
Gokawa Rin reached out and felt around beside her, but found nothing.
[They are in the host's inventory. Please think the word "inventory."]
'Inventory!'
An inventory screen opened up before Gokawa Rin. She looked carefully — it was similar to the inventory in Dungeon Fighter Online, only the space was much larger, and there were no category tabs. It seemed like all the separate bags had been merged into one.
The level-up tickets were sitting in the very first slot of the inventory, with a small "3" in the bottom right corner indicating there were three in total.
'Use! Use! Use!'
The level-up tickets flashed three times in succession and then disappeared. Gokawa Rin's level rose to level three.
The sensation of leveling up was incredibly comfortable — she nearly let out a sound.
Managing to hold it back with great effort, Gokawa Rin silently thought: 'Panel!'
The character panel instantly appeared before her.
Name: Itsuki Rin
Gender: Female
Level: 3
Age: One month
Bloodline: Demon
Skills: None
Mana: 150
Aside from the name changing from question marks to Itsuki Rin, the level had also risen from 0 to 3.
However, she still had not a single skill.
Itsuki Rin asked the system internally: 'How do I learn skills?'
[Host simply think the word "skills" and the skill panel will open.]
End of this chapter...