Two Years Later

Spring, year 42 of Konoha, Shimura residence.

Shimura Danzō and Bing San knelt facing each other.

Danzō returned from the front lines once every two to three months. Sometimes he would test Bing San's strength, and other times he would simply observe in silence.

Bing San, who was initially reserved around Danzō, had gradually become more at ease.

Although this man had never explicitly shown it, he had never neglected Bing San in terms of food, clothing, or cultivation resources.

In three months, Bing San would complete his studies at the Ninja Academy and officially graduate.

After more than two years of training and growth, Bing San's current theoretical strength was definitely not inferior to that of an average Chunin, he just lacked experience.

Last year, Danzō returned to test Bing San's strength and discovered that Bing San had mastered three Water Release ninjutsu improved by the Second Hokage, and could also release two Wind Release ninjutsu developed by someone in their clan, which pleased him greatly.

He then reprimanded Bing San for being reckless, despite his true feelings, and gave Bing San a B-rank Water Release ninjutsu from the Second Hokage.

Orochimaru had also returned twice during this period, performing further modifications on Bing San and teaching him much about biology.

However, the biological knowledge in the ninja world was truly unscientific. For instance, ninjas didn't know the different blood types, merely stating that transfusions failed due to agglutination, which was practically disregarding life.

It was worth mentioning that after returning this time, Orochimaru specifically gifted Bing San a Summoning Snake, entirely silver-white and exceptionally beautiful.

Orochimaru had said at the time that it was thanks to Bing San's "I Love A Shiba Inu" that he was able to sever Ebizo's arm.

Because Ebizo was injured, the constant skirmishes on the Wind Country front line quieted down considerably.

However, Bing San's own biological modifications seemed to have completely failed. As for why, no one could say for sure. Bing San didn't understand why his Earth Release was getting weaker.

His Wind Release, on the other hand, had gradually strengthened to the point of developing passive skills. Bing San glanced at his status panel and felt reasonably satisfied.

Host: Shimura Bing San (Cyborg)

Strength: 15 (10)
Agility: 21 (10)
Intelligence: 33 (10)
Stamina: 9 (10)

His attributes had grown significantly, and his skills had also changed considerably.

Skill 1: Biological Miracle (Passive); Cellular activity is 9 times that of a normal person. Chakra generation speed increased by 20%, total amount increased by 500%, tissue aggressiveness increased by 1000%. Sensory tolerance increased by 8%. (Note: You are a living miracle, just be careful not to grow into a blob of flesh.)

Skill 2: Elemental Affinity - Water, Earth, Wind (Passive); When using Water Release, consumption reduced by 33%, power increased by 25%, range increased by 5%. When using Earth Release, consumption reduced by 10%, power increased by 20%, range increased by 3%. When using Wind Release, consumption reduced by 10%, power increased by 40%, range increased by 5%.

Skill 3: Water Arrow Technique (Level 3) (20/500); Water damage +18, with a 6-point slow effect for 3 seconds, 15-second cooldown.

Skill 4: Rozan Sho Ryu Ha (Passive); Each strike to an enemy's jaw has a 15% chance to trigger a powerful blow, dealing 135% Strength + 45% Stamina damage and launching the target.

Skill 5: Chakra Mastery (Passive); Chakra running speed increased by 15%, control increased by 200%.

Skill 6: Ninjutsu; One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones (Activated). Host has three physical clones, each can inherit one attribute value (Strength, Agility, or Intelligence) from the main body. These clones can cultivate independently while they exist. They share vision and thought with the main body. They disappear when their chakra is depleted.

As for the ninjutsu Bing San had learned himself, which seemed unrelated to the System, they were not displayed on the status panel.

However, over the past two years, Bing San had utilized One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, splitting himself into four, and had been diligently cultivating, achieving considerable growth.

It seemed Bing San didn't have much talent for close combat, at best he could be considered barely competent at taking a beating.

He had learned several C-rank ninjutsu and two B-rank ninjutsu. However, due to his limited chakra reserves, he could only release stripped-down versions, and they required many hand seals.

Among his ninjutsu were Water Release ninjutsu: Water Wall, Water Current, Water Prison Technique, and Water Clear Wave.

Wind Release ninjutsu: Breakthrough, Great Breakthrough, Cutting, Great Wind, and Eight-Sided Wind.

Earth Release ninjutsu: Earth Flow Wall. He also had the Three Body Techniques and the special ninjutsu, Summoning Technique.

Over the past two years, Bing San had drawn from the lottery on time each time, but the rewards were often bizarre.

Few were useful, with only a handful of items being decent. XX Kidney Supplement (from a man surnamed Lu living in a certain apartment), Shrinking Lamp (from Grumpy Wolf) (1/3), Small Returning Pill (from the master of a certain Lion King), Ornate Sword Sheath (from a subordinate of a certain 'King of Knights').

The items were strange, but their functions were powerful. For example, the XX Kidney Supplement was created by a scientist named Xiao Hei; taking it could rapidly restore damaged kidneys, but it had a 50% chance of causing kidney stones.

The Shrinking Lamp could only be used three times. Its effect was to shrink inanimate objects it illuminated without altering their structure, weight, abilities, or effects.

Bing San had used it once for an experiment, and the Summoning Scroll once. Now, the Summoning Scroll was only the size of eight palms.

Magically, when the scroll was opened, it would revert to its original size, over a meter wide and nearly three meters long.

Although the Ornate Sword Sheath came with a good attribute, Bing San couldn't use swords yet, so it was currently useless. The trigger condition was also unknown.

Ornate Sword Sheath: Special Equipment (Token); Equipping this item can trigger one of the following effects under specific conditions:

1. Knights Do Not Die Empty-Handed: Weapon drawn from the sheath gains +1 quality.
2. Unregrettable Lake Light: Next attack's all attributes are doubled. Consumes a large amount of chakra, with a one-year cooldown.

Bing San had not hidden his uniqueness from Danzō. Living under Danzō's watchful eye every day, it was impossible to hide.

Danzō didn't find anything amiss, and their way of interacting became increasingly strange.

It was worth noting that Danzō had also written his name on the Summoning Scroll, and he could easily summon Bing San's three clones.

"Cough, cough," Danzō cleared his throat lightly, interrupting Bing San's thoughts.

Danzō put down his chopsticks slightly and said, "You'll be graduating in a little over two months. I've already arranged for someone to be your team leader. Also, starting today, do not contact Orochimaru anymore."

"Yes, sir. But about Master Orochimaru..." Bing San hesitated. Orochimaru had treated Bing San well these past two years, at least teaching him a lot of unscientific "biological" knowledge.

"Hmph, do as I say," Danzo said with displeasure. He then seemed to think of something else and added, "Today, I'll have Yong Ren take you to Root. Don't wander off after school."

With a wave of his sleeve, Danzo stood up and left. Bing San also stood up, preparing to leave. Just then, Tomoko, who had been waiting outside, came in and quietly said to Bing San, "Young Master Bing San, Sarutobi Asuma has been waiting for you at the entrance for a while."

Over the past two years, Asuma and Bing San's relationship had grown closer. The main reason was that Asuma had taken a liking to Kurenai, but that silly boy Asuma only knew how to annoy people. How could Kurenai possibly like him? After Bing San gave him a few terrible pieces of advice, Kurenai disliked him even more.

Therefore, Asuma and Bing San's relationship became better and better.

Asuma: (－_－)