Ultimate Insult: Next Time I'll Still Choose "Very Easy"

Death signifies a corpse, the end of life.

What Minato Namikaze saw was an endless sea of dead bodies.

Quiet, utterly silent.

It was as if he had suddenly left Konoha Village and arrived at some terrifyingnighttime battlefield; before him lay piles of corpses.

These bodies were heaped up in the darkness—men and women, ninjas and civilians—all with eyes wide open in death.

Combined with the hellish scenery, the scene was particularly unsettling, creating an atmosphere that could awaken a creature's primal fear of death.

Even Minato Namikaze, who had participated in many battles, completed numerous missions, and taken many lives, felt deeply uncomfortable seeing the sight before him.

Perhaps the future Minato Namikaze, who would participate in the Third Great Ninja War, might face mountains of corpses and seas of blood without flinching. But now, with the Third Great Ninja War still two years away, some scenes were simply too intense for him.

The incredibly realistic death scene, with its full-blown atmosphere, made Minato Namikaze tremble, even though he knew it was fake. He couldn't help but wonder—would the Ninja World War be like this?

For a moment, Minato Namikaze stood lost in thought, fully demonstrating how an excellent game can make players think.

However, in these Hellish Games, standing still in certain special scenes usually leads to trouble.

So, just as Minato Namikaze was contemplating, the corpses suddenly moved.

More accurately, the corpses behind Minato Namikaze moved.

They suddenly reached out and grabbed Minato Namikaze's feet.

Although Minato Namikaze sensed something was wrong and instinctively tried to react, his body couldn't keep up with his mind—a classic case of: Brain: I got this. Body: No, you don't.

Thus, Minato Namikaze, whose feet were seized, found his movements instantly restricted.

Next, as the instinctively struggling Minato Namikaze barely managed to swing his Kunai twice, he was seized and entangled by even more dead bodies.

The corpses opened their mouths, emitting a foul stench, and stared at Minato Namikaze with hollow, dark eyes. They pulled at him frantically, as if to drag him into the most terrifying hell.

The next moment, as Minato Namikaze couldn't help but reveal a grim, resolute expression, the Female Evil Spirit from before appeared. She suddenly materialized in front of Minato Namikaze, staring at him with malevolent, terrifying eyes, and extended a hand towards him.

Upon feeling the evil spirit's sharp, icy nails on his skin, Minato Namikaze felt his consciousness plummet rapidly. Along with a not-too-heavy, not-too-light pain in his head, everything before him plunged into darkness.

Then, blood-red words, drawn in blood, appeared before his eyes.

You died!

Suddenly, Minato Namikaze's mind buzzed, and he found it hard to process.

When he came to, the scene before him had changed. He was back in the previous scenario of choosing one of three paths.

A look of astonishment appeared on Minato Namikaze's face: "What... what just happened? Did I... die just now?"

As he spoke, his brain was still buzzing, because the swift and realistic sensation of death was too sudden, almost too fast for Minato Namikaze's mind to register.

He even felt his body stiff, his hands and feet cold; the terrible experience of surviving a disaster yet being unable to recover lingered for a long time.

Again, the unprecedented experience was simply too real and too advanced. Even an experienced Elite Jonin like Minato Namikaze felt like he could no longer distinguish between reality and illusion.

Uchiha Qi saw Minato Namikaze's dazed expression and understood that his close friend was truly startled. If even Minato Namikaze could be affected like this, then others playing it would surely provide immense emotional value.

However, too much of a good thing can be bad. If the King of Blame and Old Man Third were experiencing it, Uchiha Qi would definitely feel the experience wasn't realistic enough and would want to intensify it.

But if he gave his friend a psychological trauma, that wouldn't be good. He absolutely didn't want Konoha's Yellow Flash, who would shine brilliantly in the Third Great Ninja War, to become Konoha's Golden Coward because of their friendship.

So, Uchiha Qi immediately spoke up: "That was just experiencing death in the game, not real death. It's just a simulation of reality, and after dying, you'll return to the most recent key checkpoint to revive, just as you saw."

"Minato, are you alright? If you feel this death experience is too real, I can lower the realism."

Hearing Uchiha Qi's words, Minato Namikaze finally snapped out of his daze. Then, he took a deep breath: "Indeed, such an experience is truly unpleasant. Even though I know it's fake, and that 'death' certainly can't compare to real death, it's still very bad."

"But there's no need to lower the realism. As a Jonin of Konoha, I will certainly face even worse and more terrifying situations in the future. If I can't even handle fake scenarios, then when I step onto a real battlefield, I will surely die there too."

As he spoke, Minato Namikaze's expression was serious, his words earnest, even tinged with gravity.

Although there were still two years until the start of the Third Great Ninja War, war doesn't erupt suddenly; it's the accumulation of various conflicts that eventually explode.

As an Elite Jonin of Konoha and a key rising talent, Minato Namikaze naturally had access to many secrets and could see the atmosphere of impending storm and escalating conflicts in the Ninja World.

In a few years, a new Ninja World War was bound to break out—this was Minato Namikaze's judgment, and he was worried about it.

Now, seeing scenes in his best friend's game that he might only see in the Ninja World War was undoubtedly a valuable opportunity for experience. How could he possibly let Uchiha Qi lower the game's realism?

Even...

"Qi, if possible, please make the realism even higher. The closer to reality, the better!"

Hearing Minato Namikaze's request, Uchiha Qi was astonished. He didn't know what to say. He had been afraid that making the realism too high would cause Minato Namikaze problems, but Minato Namikaze was saying it wasn't high enough.

Almost instantly, Uchiha Qi felt as if he had returned to his previous life, seeing players who had experienced his meticulously designed game's difficult mode filling out surveys, repeatedly marking "very easy" and stating "will mark very easy next time."

Damn it, I'm seeing red!

This is the ultimate insult to a game designer who seeks to make players feel the joy of challenge and torment their minds!!!

Immediately, Uchiha Qi, in silence, cranked the game world's realism to the maximum, holding nothing back!

Heheheh!

Minato, now you'll truly experience just how 'great' a fully realistic Virtual Reality Game can be!

Uchiha Qi revealed a pleased smile.

2nd update, seeking recommendation votes