In Konoha, My Attributes Double Every Day!

With those words, Minato Namikaze used the Body Flicker Technique and vanished on the spot.

Team 9's first assembly ended anticlimactically like that.

As Minato left, Kakashi turned and walked away without wanting to stay a second longer.

With him gone, Nohara Rin was torn.

"Um, we're teammates in the same squad now. I think we should go with Kakashi," Rin suggested.

"Rin, do you know why Kakashi was assigned to our team?" Obito reminded her.

"I know."

Nohara Rin replied, watching Kakashi's back grow farther away.

Not just her—almost every squad knew.

Originally, Kakashi was a member of another team, but to complete missions, he often disregarded his teammates' safety, which made many people unwilling to continue teaming up with him.

Given that situation, this genius ninja was reassigned to their dead-last squad.

Nohara Rin: graduated third from the bottom of the class.

Obito: second from the bottom.

Hankuang: dead last.

Honestly, if the war weren't approaching, none of the three would have ever graduated from the Ninja Academy.

Especially Hankuang.

The school's teachers called him the worst-performing student in Konoha's history, bar none.

Leaving the training ground, Hankuang still had his hands in his pockets, looking completely nonchalant.

Compared to Rin's heavy thoughts and Obito's hesitant words, Hankuang was far more carefree.

Because he simply didn't like Nohara Rin, so naturally he had no such worries.

The three walked together in silence, no one speaking first.

Only when Rin reached home and it was just Obito and Hankuang did the atmosphere return to normal.

"Hankuang, I feel like Rin's feelings have changed," Obito said seriously.

"Oh? You're overthinking it, right?" Hankuang wanted to laugh but held it in.

He wanted to tell Obito that Nohara Rin had always liked the genius Kakashi—how could her feelings have changed?

"Originally, our squad was just the three of us, but now that Kakashi's joined, I feel like I'm going to lose Rin," Obito sighed.

"Lose? Did you ever have her?"

Hankuang shot back, then walked off with his hands in his pockets.

Chapter 2: The Golden Finger Goes Online, Hankuang's Path to Supremacy!

Crossing the central street, Hankuang turned into an alley.

Pushing open a slightly rusted gate, a modest courtyard came into view.

This was Hankuang's home.

More precisely, it was what his parents had left behind.

His parents had died in the war, leaving him this house and a survivor's benefit.

Sitting on a wooden chair in the yard, Hankuang began his daily daze.

"Tomorrow. Tomorrow the system activates."

Murmuring to himself, a nearly transparent screen appeared before his eyes.

[Daily Doubling System Activation Countdown: 14 hours 44 minutes 23 seconds]

Below that line was his personal attribute panel.

Name: Hankuang Age: 12 Strength: 3 Physique: 3 Agility: 3 Spirit: 3 Chakra Amount: 4 Skills: None Ninjutsu: None Overall Strength Rating: Trainee Genin

His gaze landing on the word 'probationary,' a smile tugged at the corner of Hankuang's mouth.

The reason he hadn't studied the Three Body Technique or Kunai Throwing at the Ninja Academy lay in this yet-unlocked system.

Because he still wasn't clear whether this doubling applied to a specific attribute or skill.

"If it's a random daily doubling, then every new skill I master lowers the probability of it landing on an attribute."

"Rather than that, it's better to learn nothing and wait for the system to activate."

Hankuang's plan was clear.

First, double his four-dimensional attributes, ideally to Kage-level or Super Kage-level.

Then, learn skills and ninjutsu.

That way, even without mastering any ninjutsu, his sheer physical strength would be enough to protect himself.

Conversely.

If he rushed to learn Kunai Throwing, the Three Body Technique, or even some low-level ninjutsu, his strength during this period would be scattered and unfocused.

Of course, if the system doubled everything, he wouldn't need to worry about any of this.

Closing the system screen, he silently counted in his mind.

As he counted, he drifted off to sleep.

A truly effective way to hypnotize oneself.

In a two-story residence.

Minato Namikaze knocked on the door, then stepped inside.

"Oh? Minato, aren't you supposed to be leading a new team today?" Kushina was a little surprised, pausing mid-fold of the clothes.

She and Minato were lovers, though not yet married.

Whenever Minato had something on his mind, he came to Kushina to talk it out.

"Sigh. This team... it's hard to put into words."

Minato let out a sigh and began describing the bizarre composition of this team.

"The bottom three, plus a Kakashi no one wants to team up with. The Third Hokage really gave me a tough nut to crack."

"So, what's your plan?" Kushina asked with a smile.

"I've decided to start tomorrow, honing their teamwork."

"How?"

"Bell snatching."

"That's so cliché."

"Let's try it first."

To be honest, Minato didn't have a much better idea.

And bell snatching was a rite of passage for every team, meant to forge their cooperative spirit.

"Then you might be disappointed. At the very least, Kakashi definitely won't cooperate; he'll fight alone." Kushina hit the nail on the head.

She knew a thing or two about Kakashi's situation.

Strong, aloof, unsociable.

Influenced by Hatake Sakumo's suicide, Kakashi prioritized mission completion above all else, disregarding his teammates' safety. That was why he was ostracized, with no one willing to team up with him anymore.

For someone like that, achieving teamwork through bell snatching would be difficult.

"Actually, what worries me isn't Kakashi, but that dead-last, Hankuang."