The Trench Mission

Uchiha Nan immediately had Uchiha Tomita prepare 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 running on empty, with a crowd of people under him clamoring for payment.

To put it nicely, Konoha was a ninja village; to put it bluntly, it was a mercenary organization. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire was just the biggest employer, and the whole lord-and-subject title was a mere formality.

Soldiers fight for their pay. Now that they were funding their own battles, a mutiny could break out any minute if the money didn't show up.

Uchiha Tomita nodded and stepped out to prepare Uchiha Nan's luggage.

Once Tomita was gone, Uchiha Nan patted his own face. He couldn't let these nagging troubles ruin his mood.

Just now, the completion chime for the long-term mission "Become Hokage of Konoha" had sounded. After all these days of hard work, this reward was what he'd been waiting for.

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

Following protocol, Uchiha Nan offered a brief prayer to the heavens, then opened the Gacha Wheel, clicked the draw button, and pulled!

The pointer spun dozens of laps around the wheel before finally stopping on the golden slot he'd been dreaming of day and night.

"Mangekyo Sharingan (Uchiha Itachi version)!"

Tch. Uchiha Nan clicked his tongue. His luck was still as rotten as ever. There were so many good things among the golden rewards, and this was what he got? Kinda underwhelming.

The Mangekyo Sharingan was strong, no doubt, but it had its flaws. Use it too much, and you'd go blind.

And it hadn't even given him a chance to awaken his own Dojutsu ability. Uchiha Nan was a little curious what kind of technique his personality would manifest.

Forget it. Uchiha Nan shook his head, deciding not to dwell on it. With his own abilities, he probably wouldn't have awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan in this lifetime anyway.

He'd been an orphan since childhood, with no one he truly cared about. Where was he supposed to find the trigger to unlock the Mangekyo?

If there really was someone he cared about enough to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, Uchiha Nan wouldn't be willing to trade her life for it.

The evolution of the clan's Kekkei Genkai was really a mixed bag.

Uchiha Nan sighed and clicked to extract the reward.

A surge of cold, chaotic, malevolent Chakra instantly flooded his eyes, then shot straight up into his brain, sending Uchiha Nan into a state of ecstatic agony.

Then a wave of coolness appeared, dispelling all the negative effects.

At least the Gacha Wheel had that going for it—it didn't let the Mangekyo's Dojutsu drive him insane.

Huh?

New missions popped up?

That many?

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

Combat-type missions?

And they were categorized too. Had the Gacha Wheel secretly updated itself after he became Hokage?

Whatever. Let's look at these missions first.

Long-term mission: Defeat Hashirama Senju head-on. Reward: One golden reward chance.

Long-term mission: Defeat Uchiha Madara head-on. Reward: One golden reward chance.

Long-term mission: Defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki head-on. Reward: One golden reward chance.

What kind of missions are these?

Are these things someone at my level can even do? Forget it, forget it!

Infuriating!

Uchiha Nan felt like the Gacha Wheel was deliberately messing with him.

Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting!

And there were achievement-type missions too?

Uchiha Nan scrolled the interface further down.

Long-term mission, Recognition from Predecessors: The host must earn the genuine recognition of all past Hokage. Mission reward: One golden draw chance.

Seriously?

This was ridiculous.

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

Hashirama Senju was the easier one. Just summon him with Impure World Reincarnation and trick him—he died early and didn't know anything anyway.

As for Tobirama Senju, if he summoned him with Impure World Reincarnation now, Tobirama would probably tear him apart alive.

He'd put on that aloof, detached act for so long, fooling Tobirama all that time, and then he'd gone and killed the Third Hokage that Tobirama himself had appointed.

And he still hoped for this person to acknowledge him?

Better not delude himself, but it was so unwilling—this was a golden reward mission after all.

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

Long-term mission, I Have a Konoha Dream: Build Konoha into the greatest ninja village in the ninja world, so that ninjas from other villages would rather become rogue ninjas to join Konoha and realize their own dreams.

Mission reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Iron Heart: Create a modernized military force and annihilate one ninja village.

Mission reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Grain Controller: Master the grain supply, and you will become the ruler of the underworld. Found a company that controls the pricing power of grain across the entire ninja world!

Mission reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Entertainment to Death: Grasp the entertainment trends of the ninja world, found a company, and forge it into the most powerful entertainment corporation in the ninja world.

Mission reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Financial Tycoon: Found a company and control the economy and trade of an entire nation.

Mission reward: One golden reward opportunity.

The further Uchiha Nan scrolled, the uglier his expression became. Were these missions even humanly possible?

Not a single one could be completed at the current stage, and every single mission reward was golden!

It was blatantly taunting him!

Killing the man and twisting the knife, killing the man and twisting the knife!

Uchiha Nan suppressed his rage and kept scrolling. There were still lifestyle missions below.

Hopefully, they wouldn't be too hard.

Long-term mission, Call Me Cao Gong: Substantially possess three or more widows.

Mission reward: Ten draw chances.

Long-term mission: Brothers Are Like Limbs, Women Are Like Clothes: Emulate Emperor Zhaolie; after marrying a wife, spend three full months sleeping in the same bed with sworn brothers.

Mission reward: Ten draw chances.

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

Mission reward: Ten draw chances.

Long-term mission, Save the Last Bullet for Me: Marry a young woman younger than yourself as your wife.

Mission reward: Ten draw chances.

Holy shit!

I see these missions as nothing but a way to mess with me!

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

But were these things a human being could actually do?

Forcing himself to complete these missions would only make outsiders think he was some humanoid pile of shit incarnate.

His integrity was already shattered into pieces.

His life as a human being might as well be declared over.

In his past life, his browser had always been in incognito mode, afraid that if he dropped dead one day, someone would see his browsing history and cause his social death on the spot.

He really had been prescient—he did end up dying suddenly later.

These damn missions were clearly trying to corner him, leaving no room for retreat.

Strength, or integrity?

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

Outside the room, Uchiha Tomita, who had finished packing Uchiha Nan's luggage, heard the sound of pounding on the table from inside and knew Uchiha Nan was losing his temper.

Being Hokage was tough!

On the very first day, he was pointed at and asked for money—it was truly exhausting.

Uchiha Tomita decided not to go in for now and give Uchiha Nan some time to vent.