Multi-Anime, I Stand at the Forefront of Popularity Supremacy

[Shrimp meat and pig hearts, shrimp meat wants pig hearts too, yikes, I feel like I just said something similar lol]

[Sparkle: LOL]

[Damn, so my wife is a fun-lover]

[Cracked up, I analyzed so much before, turns out it was all just to mess with people]

[If it doesn't die, then go all out!]

[Sparkle is getting more and more like a little demon girl with this move]

After a chaotic commotion, Kakashi finally became serious.

"Alright, enough with the debriefing and jokes," Kakashi looked at Naruto. "So, Naruto, who are you going to give the bells to? Only two people can graduate."

"I—" Naruto was speechless for a moment.

He really wanted to graduate.

But Sparkle had put in a lot of effort, and even Sasuke played a crucial role. He felt more like he was just reaping the rewards.

He wanted to graduate, but... was this really the right way?

Naruto looked at Sparkle, who just smiled.

Naruto then looked at Sasuke. He could see the desire in Sasuke's eyes to become a true ninja, but Sasuke also remained silent, just looking at him.

The choice was in his hands.

"I—"

"Let's get this straight, Naruto, we're a team," Naruto was about to speak, but Sparkle interrupted him.

—A team?

That's right, a team!

"Don't think about sacrificing yourself, idiot," Sasuke also saw through Naruto's thoughts.

Sacrificing himself to let the other two graduate.

However, he had been seen through.

"Ah—I get it," Naruto grinned cheerfully. He looked up at Teacher Kakashi. "Forget about one person or two. We'll advance and retreat together!"

The three stood together.

"Is that your decision? If you want to advance and retreat together, the worst-case scenario is that all three of you will be expelled," Kakashi said coldly.

"We're a team. I'm not going to abandon anyone! I won't give up on anyone! We are one!" Naruto tightened his grip on the bells.

"In that case, I can only announce that you..."

Kakashi sighed, his voice low.

But then he suddenly looked up, a smile on his face. "Congratulations, you—you all passed."

It's Author-chan's birthday today, can I ask for some collections, monthly passes, and recommendations? Mwah mwah~

Chapter 19: Arguing with the Client

"A ninja must see through schemes within schemes."

"In the world of ninja, those who break the rules are scum."

"But those who don't cherish their comrades are scum of the scum."

After speaking, Kakashi looked at Sparkle. "Preliminary investigation and intelligence gathering are indeed essential skills for a ninja, but my intelligence isn't something that can be obtained easily. I won't hold it against you this time, but you'd better not do this kind of thing in the village, it's dangerous."

Although Kakashi had PTSD, Sparkle's ability to achieve this was also her skill. But gathering intelligence can sometimes be dangerous, and the source of this danger, for example, is Danzō, Danzō, and Danzō... and so on...

Sparkle stuck out her tongue. "Ehehe~"

Kakashi gave a thumbs-up. "The exercise ends here. Team 7, you will carry out missions starting tomorrow."

"Yeah! I feel like... so cool!"

It's finally over. Naruto alone became the atmosphere setter, livening up the entire scene.

"Rumble..." Naruto, who was jumping, suddenly felt his stomach growl. "Hehe... now that I've relaxed, I feel hungry."

"There are only two bento boxes here," Sparkle said. "How about I treat you—"

"No," Kakashi quickly refused. "I feel a bit sick right now."

[Boomerang lol]

[He's really going to puke, cracked up]

[Treating failed +1]

[If I were Kakashi, I wouldn't just feel sick, I'd want to strike down this little demon girl]

[Definitely traumatized anyway lol]

Because Kakashi had previously said he would puke, and now Kakashi himself felt like puking, the boomerang effect triggered a wave of audience reactions.

"Let's at least take a photo, we didn't manage last time." Sparkle took out her camera again.

"Yosh, let's take pictures!" Naruto was the most enthusiastic.

Sparkle created a Shadow Clone to operate the camera, and then the three of them stood in front of the lens and took the photo.

With a "click," amidst the joyful atmosphere, the fifth episode finally concluded.

Accompanied by a flood of comments like "Gaia" and "Tiga" that didn't want it to end, Sparkle also checked her Popularity Points.

This round was quite astonishing, with Sparkle directly earning fifty thousand Popularity Points.

[Episode 5 Broadcast Ended]

[Payment Settlement in Progress, Please Wait]

[Negotiations with Production Team Completed]

[Please Select One of the Following Options for Your Payment]

[1. Standalone Promotional Poster and Merchandise Production]

[2. Opportunity for Standalone OVA Filming]

[3. Introduction of External Investment]

[Introduction of External Investment: Allows for the optimization of external contributions for the local context, or the addition of new content (main characters cannot be used) etc. (This script cannot be used)]

[Dimensional Popularity Stage Notice: You have already gained extraordinary popularity. It is time to transition from an Extra to a supporting role. Consume 100,000 Popularity Points to participate in the promotion test for minor supporting roles.]

[After becoming a minor supporting role, you can choose to settle your payment on a quarterly basis, and the cumulative rewards will be even more abundant.]

The rewards this time were even more substantial than those from the first episode.

This time, it wasn't just the payment for the anime series broadcast, but also the promotion test on the Dimensional Popularity Stage.

Although in this world, Sparkle was considered a "minor supporting role," this was because Sparkle's character card had a "Same Name Character" trait that allowed her to choose Hanabi Hyuga.

If she were to switch to another world, she would revert back to being an Extra.

With this reward, it meant that Sparkle could escape this awkward situation in other worlds as well.

Although the story of "Naruto" was very long, if one were to strictly calculate the time, it was only a few years in this world. While Sparkle had lived very happily here, unless she was going to appear in "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations," her role in this series had reached its limit.

And for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations in this world, Sparkle felt it was probably gone.

"Introduction of External Investment..."

Sparkle found this quite interesting. However, since she wasn't the main character, some of its functions were unusable for her.

"What does localization mean?" Sparkle asked.

[You can select an external item and add a backstory to it, allowing it to appear seamlessly within the script.]

"I see."

As a supporting character, she couldn't directly introduce certain inexplicable items out of the blue.

For example, if Sparkle obtained items like EX Caliburn or Enuma Elish, these items wouldn't match the theme of this anime series at all. Forcing their use would be detrimental to accumulating popularity and could easily lead to Out-of-Character (OOC) issues.

OOC costs money, you know!

Yes, literally costs money. Both random insertions and OOC would result in a deduction of payment.

"I've decided, I'll take this one."

After confirming her reward, Sparkle received another prompt.

[Please select the item or prop for localization]

"Hmm, if that's the case... Ah."

Sparkle had originally intended to localize the character card for "Sparkle (Gui Xi Qian Yi)," but she discovered that this card was already "local."

"Meaning, cards chosen through 'karma' are automatically localized? Or is it because I've already integrated it into this world without any sense of incongruity?"

In any case, Sparkle's character card wouldn't work.

But Jingliu's character card would.

[Request Submitted]

[Negotiating with Production Team]

[Arguing with the Client]

[Treating the Boss to Drinks]

[Successfully Got the Boss Drunk]

Dimensional Popularity Stage, what exactly are you doing!

For a moment, Sparkle couldn't tell if this was a joke or the real deal.

However, Sparkle soon received a reply.

[Drafting Plan]

[Chasing the Second Party]

[Localization Successful]

[Please resonate with Jingliu while carrying a blank summoning scroll]

"Resonate?"

Sparkle had resonated with Jingliu once before and gained quite a bit of experience. That brutal battlefield and the feeling of being entwined by demonic possession were truly a nightmare.

"Let's give it a try."

It was still noon, and she had a mission starting tomorrow, so there was enough time.

As for the blank summoning scroll, Sparkle had already prepared it—or rather, she had prepared it the last time she obtained the Scroll of Sealing.

Thus, Sparkle entered the resonance once more.

"Hmm...?"

However, this time, Sparkle wasn't sharing the same perspective as Jingliu, as she had last time.

This time, she saw a red-eyed woman with blue-white hair teaching a young boy sword fighting.

Unlike the direct comprehension from last time, Sparkle was seeing purely theoretical techniques.

The posture for holding the sword, the grip, the footwork, the stance...

The boy was learning earnestly, and Jingliu was teaching meticulously. Even Sparkle found herself immersed in it.

But just then, Jingliu turned her head. "You've been watching for so long, do you want to learn too?"

"...Me?"

Sparkle was a little surprised.

She had originally thought this was just a memory, but she hadn't expected Jingliu to be able to converse with her.

Was this reality or illusion?