The Damn Tasks

Uchiha Nan immediately told Uchiha Tomita to pack his luggage. Tomorrow, he would head to the Capital of the Land of Fire to demand money from the daimyo.

There was no time to waste. Konoha was already broke, and a whole crowd under him was demanding payment.

Put nicely, Konoha was a ninja village. Put bluntly, it was a mercenary organization. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire was merely its biggest employer, who also happened to occupy the nominal position of sovereign.

Soldiers enlisted to get paid. Now they were even funding their own wars—if they were not paid, they could mutiny at any moment.

Uchiha Tomita nodded and left to prepare Uchiha Nan's luggage.

After sending Uchiha Tomita away, Uchiha Nan patted his face. He could not let these irritating matters ruin his mood.

Just moments ago, the notification for the long-term mission "Become the Hokage of Konoha" had sounded. He had worked so hard these past few days precisely for this reward.

"Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, Jesus..."

Following the usual ritual, Uchiha Nan first offered a prayer to the heavens, then opened the Gacha Wheel, clicked the draw button, and began!

The pointer spun around the wheel dozens of times before finally stopping on the golden slot Uchiha Nan had dreamed of day and night.

"Mangekyō Sharingan (Uchiha Itachi Version)!"

Tch. Uchiha Nan spat lightly. His luck was still as terrible as ever. There were so many good things among the golden rewards, yet it gave him this? What a rip-off.

The Mangekyō Sharingan was powerful, but it had flaws. Use it too much, and he would go blind.

And it had not even given him a chance to awaken his own dojutsu. Uchiha Nan was rather curious what kind of dojutsu someone with his personality would awaken.

Forget it. Uchiha Nan shook his head and decided not to dwell on it. Relying on his own abilities, he probably would never have had the chance to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan in this lifetime.

He had been an orphan since childhood and had no one he cared about that deeply. Where was he supposed to find the trigger to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan?

If there really were someone he cared about enough to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Nan would never be willing to trade her life for it.

The evolution of his clan's Kekkei Genkai really was hard to put into words.

Uchiha Nan sighed and clicked to claim the reward.

A cold, chaotic, evil Chakra instantly flooded his eyes, then surged straight up into his head, making Uchiha Nan feel as if he were both alive and dying.

Then a cool sensation appeared, dispelling every negative effect.

At least the Gacha Wheel handled this part well. It had not let the Mangekyō Sharingan's dojutsu drive him insane.

Huh?

New missions had appeared?

So many of them!

Uchiha Nan opened the mission menu. After becoming Hokage, a whole batch of long-term missions had appeared at once.

Combat-type missions?

They were even categorized? Had the Gacha Wheel secretly updated itself after he became Hokage?

Whatever. He would look at the missions first.

Long-Term Mission: Defeat Hashirama Senju head-on
Reward: One golden reward opportunity

Long-Term Mission: Defeat Uchiha Madara head-on
Reward: One golden reward opportunity

Long-Term Mission: Defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki head-on
Reward: One golden reward opportunity

What kind of missions were these?

Were these missions someone at his level could possibly complete? Forget it, forget it!

How infuriating!

Uchiha Nan felt that the Gacha Wheel was deliberately making things difficult for him!

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting!

There were achievement-type missions too?

Uchiha Nan moved through the interface and continued scrolling down.

Long-Term Mission, Recognition from the Predecessors: Please obtain the sincere recognition of every previous Hokage.
Mission Reward: One golden draw opportunity.

Damn?

What a goddamn scam.

There were only two Hokage before him: Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju would be easier. He could just bring him back with Edo Tensei and fool him. After all, Hashirama had died early and knew nothing.

As for Tobirama Senju, if he brought Tobirama Senju back with Edo Tensei now, Tobirama Senju would probably eat him alive.

He had spent all that time fooling Tobirama Senju with an appearance of indifference to worldly affairs, and later had even directly killed the Third Hokage Tobirama Senju had appointed.

And he still expected Tobirama Senju to acknowledge him?

He should stop dreaming. But he was so unwilling to let it go—this was a golden-reward mission.

This feeling really was unbearable. Uchiha Nan sighed and continued looking through the missions.

Long-Term Mission, I Have a Konoha Dream: Build Konoha into a great ninja village of the Ninja World, one that makes ninja from other villages willing to become rogue ninja and join Konoha to fulfill their dreams.
Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-Term Mission, Iron Heart: Create a modernized army and destroy a ninja village.
Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-Term Mission, Grain Controller: Control food, and you shall become the ruler of the underground world. Create a company and control food pricing throughout the Ninja World!
Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-Term Mission, Entertainment to Death: Seize control of entertainment trends in the Ninja World. Create a company and build it into the most powerful entertainment company in the Ninja World.
Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-Term Mission, Financial Tycoon: Create a company and control a nation's economic trade.

Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

The farther Uchiha Nan scrolled, the uglier his expression became. Were these missions something a human could accomplish?

Not a single one could be completed at this stage, yet every mission offered a golden reward!

It was obviously trying to tempt him!

Killing a man and stabbing him in the heart—this was killing a man and stabbing him in the heart!

Uchiha Nan suppressed his anger and continued scrolling. There were lifestyle-type missions below.

Please don't be too difficult.

Long-Term Mission, Please Call Me Lord Cao: Substantively possess three or more widows.

Mission Reward: Ten draw opportunities.

Long-Term Mission: Brothers Are Like Limbs, Women Are Like Clothes: Imitate Emperor Zhaolie. After marrying a wife, sleep foot-to-foot with your brothers for three consecutive months.

Mission Reward: Ten draw opportunities.

Long-Term Mission, Bronze Sparrow Spring Deeply Locks the Two Qiaos: Possess a pair of twin sisters.

Mission Reward: Ten draw opportunities.

Long-Term Mission, Save the Last Bullet for Me: Marry a girl younger than yourself.

Mission Reward: Ten draw opportunities.

Fuck your mother!

These damn missions were clearly just here to amuse themselves with him!

Uchiha Nan completely broke down. The lifestyle missions were indeed not difficult, and the rewards were acceptable enough.

But were these things a human being could do?

Forcibly completing these missions would only make outsiders think he was a piece of anthropomorphic shit that had gained sentience.

Whatever integrity he had left would be utterly shattered.

His life as a human could practically be declared over.

In his previous life, he had always used incognito mode in his browser, terrified that he might suddenly die one day and suffer social death when others saw his browsing history.

He really had possessed foresight. Later, he actually did die suddenly.

These damn missions were trying to force him onto a dead end, leaving him no way out at all.

Strength, or integrity?

Uchiha Nan pounded the table hard, trying to ease his anxiety.

Outside the room, Uchiha Tomita had finished packing Uchiha Nan's luggage. Hearing the repeated sounds of table-pounding from inside, he knew Uchiha Nan was angry.

Being Hokage was hard!

On his very first day, people had pointed at his nose and demanded money. It was truly exhausting.

Uchiha Tomita decided not to go in yet and gave Uchiha Nan some time to vent.