Naruto World, Konoha.
In a tiny room of barely ten square meters, Mo Chen lay on his bed, looking utterly hopeless.
He had been transported to another world!
That should have been something to celebrate.
But he had no Kekkei Genkai, no connections, and no resources.
Being transported into the body of a penniless civilian student at the Ninja Academy, in the same class as the Konoha Nine, was a disaster of a start.
Kakashi had said in the original story that there were twenty-seven students graduating from the Ninja Academy in Naruto's class, but only nine were recognized as Genin.
In other words, everyone except the Konoha Nine had been eliminated.
Even if they went back to the Ninja Academy and became shinobi later, they'd already lost their chance to receive special training. They could only fade into the crowd.
Most importantly, the graduation exam was already over, and the teams would be assigned tomorrow. He hadn't even been given a chance to work hard!
"I'm tired. Just destroy the world. I don't care anymore!"
Mo Chen only wanted to give up. His future as a shinobi looked bleak.
[Ding! System activation successful. The Fabrication System is at your service!]
All at once, Mo Chen sat bolt upright, though he'd been on the verge of despair. His face lit up with joy.
"I knew I was the Child of Destiny!"
"I even got transported to another world. How could I possibly end up as just some random extra?"
"The system's here! Now tell me, who can stop me?!"
After reveling for a good while, Mo Chen finally remembered the important thing and hurriedly asked in his mind, "System, explain what you can do!"
[Ding! This system will open a Chat Group in your consciousness and add female shinobi from this world at irregular intervals.] [When a member joins the group, the host can fabricate a future related to her. The fabricated content will become reality.] [Please note that the fabricated content must be logical, and the future can be changed.]
Mo Chen listened carefully and thought it over. He soon understood what the system could do.
A Chat Group was great, and it was full of female shinobi. The perfect choice for someone looking to live off women?
But the key was fabricating the future!
As long as it made sense, he could fabricate whatever he wanted, and it would become reality.
For example, suppose Kaguya Otsutsuki joined the group!
Mo Chen could fabricate a future for her in which, after being unsealed, the first person she saw was him, and she was overcome by memories!
Before the age of shinobi, Mo Chen had accidentally traveled back in time and met Kaguya.
The two fell in love over time and had two children...
Ahem, that wasn't the point.
The point was that Kaguya shared her power with him, making him a powerful shinobi, and then Mo Chen traveled back to the present.
Reasonable, right?!
It didn't interfere with the original story at all, he became powerful, and nothing along the way could have caused any complications. Perfect!
That was how the ability to fabricate the future was meant to be used!
"I'm a genius!"
Mo Chen suddenly felt that he did have a Kekkei Genkai after all. His intelligence was his Kekkei Genkai.
[Ding! Chat Group activated. The system is selecting new Chat Group members. Please wait...] [Ding! New Chat Group members selected. Adding members now.] [Ding! Sakura Haruno has joined the Chat Group!] [Ding! Ino Yamanaka has joined the Chat Group!] [Ding! Hinata Hyuga has joined the Chat Group!] [Ding! Tenten has joined the Chat Group!]
Oh, wow! Konoha's Four Flowers?!
He'd managed to collect them all on his very first draw?
That was good, too. More members meant more options, which would help him fabricate the future.
As he watched the four names appear one after another, Mo Chen was already thinking about what kind of future to fabricate.
Sakura was at home, imagining her life as a shinobi after tomorrow, when her vision suddenly blurred. It was as if she'd seen some strange screen.
At the same time, a series of prompts sounded in her ears.
[Ding! Sakura Haruno has successfully joined Mo Chen's Heroine Group. Congratulations on becoming a member of Mo Chen's Female Lead Group. Please abide by the following rules:] [1. Mo Chen is the group leader. The group leader's interests take priority over everything else. Group members must never do anything that would harm the group leader!] [2. Group members must get along harmoniously. They may not scheme against or harm one another.] [3. Future video clips will appear in the group at irregular intervals. Their contents are all real and must not be questioned.] [4. Group members may receive boosts to attributes such as talent, insight, and combat strength. The more loyal they are to the group leader, the stronger the boosts.] [5. Members may leave the group freely, but their related memories will be erased.]
[Sakura Haruno: ???!!!]
Ino was dozing off from boredom at the flower shop. Hinata was secretly practicing hard in her family's backyard. Tenten had just finished a mission and was getting ready to go home and take a bath.
They all experienced the same thing as Sakura. They heard system prompts in their ears, and a Chat Group window appeared before their eyes.
Since none of them had been transported from another world or exposed to web novels, they were completely bewildered by the system prompts.
Their first thought was that they'd been caught in a genjutsu, so they hurriedly tried to use Genjutsu: Release.
If they'd been modern people, they probably would have thought they were the Child of Destiny as soon as the system prompts appeared.
Of course, this wasn't a genjutsu, so their attempts to dispel it failed.
[Ino Yamanaka: Forehead girl?] [Sakura Haruno: Shut up, Pighead Ino! You're still as annoying as ever, even in a genjutsu!] [Hinata Hyuga: Um... this might not be a genjutsu.] [Ino Yamanaka: Should we meet up and check what's going on?] [Hinata Hyuga: Sure. Where should we meet?] [Ino Yamanaka: How about the dessert shop on Snack Street? My treat!] [Sakura Haruno: Hehe, free desserts? I'll be right there!] [Tenten: So, do you all know each other?] [Ino Yamanaka: Oh, right. Who are you?] [Tenten: I'm a Konoha Genin, graduated from the Ninja Academy last year. My team leader is Might Guy.] [Ino Yamanaka: So you're our senior. We just graduated and were classmates. We don't get assigned to teams until tomorrow.] [Sakura Haruno: You just said all that out loud...] [Tenten: Since it isn't a genjutsu, it looks like we can communicate over a distance. We're all from Konoha, so we can trust one another.] [Hinata Hyuga: Senior Tenten, you should come too. This group seems a little strange. I tried talking to my family, but realized I couldn't tell anyone outside the group about it.] [Tenten: I was thinking the same thing!]
Mo Chen could see everything in the Chat Group.
But he discovered that he couldn't send messages in it.
The people in the group didn't know he was there, either. As far as they could tell, he was invisible.
That was perfect, though. Since they didn't know Mo Chen was there, they could chat as freely as they liked.
He could also adjust his plans based on their conversations in the group.
Just like now: knowing that Konoha's Four Flowers were heading to the dessert shop, Mo Chen used the Transformation Jutsu to turn himself into an unremarkable passerby and got there ahead of them.
They'd only just joined the Chat Group. It was important to figure out what they were thinking.
Mo Chen ordered some desserts, chose a seat in a dimly lit corner, and waited for Konoha's Four Flowers to arrive.
Meanwhile, he kept thinking about what future to fabricate.
The three of them besides Tenten were Mo Chen's classmates.
Whatever happened later, at least they still had a chance to interact before the teams were assigned.
If Mo Chen wanted to change his life, he had to make the most of the little time he had before the teams were assigned.
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