True Love Cultivation System

Inside the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Shinji spent half an hour sorting out the system's operating logic and basic rules line by line.

He held his breath and focused, lightly touching the trigger point in the air with his mind. A semitransparent panel glowing with a faint blue light appeared without warning directly in front of him, suspended right in the center of his vision. Only he could see it.

[Name: Uchiha Shinji]

[Chakra: Approximately 0.3 kár]

[Charm: 30]

[Talent: Uchiha Bloodline]

[Skills: Three Body Technique Lv3, Body Flicker Technique Lv3, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique Lv2, Lightning Release: Earth Flow Lv2, Uchiha Style Swordsmanship Lv1]

(Note: Lv0: Beginner, Lv1: Basic, Lv2: Intermediate, Lv3: Advanced, Lvmax: Perfect)

[Bound Target: None]

[Points: 1000 (Initial Points)]

[Inventory: Empty]

At a glance, the system's basic interface was simple and straightforward. Its skills and level divisions were clearly laid out, with logic not much different from the combat-rating system in Ninja Academy textbooks. There seemed to be nothing strange about it.

But Shinji had not forgotten the name "True Love Cultivation System," especially after discovering that it could bind Uchiha Mikoto. The thought still left him shaken.

However—

"Uchiha Mikoto?"

He murmured to himself as strange emotions churned in his heart. After a moment, Shinji shook his head hard, temporarily suppressing those tangled thoughts.

Then he focused his mind on the Charm attribute, and a note immediately popped up.

[Charm: Linked to dimensions such as personal strength, status, appearance, and personality. The higher the Charm value, the easier it is to trigger and increase the favorability of potential targets.]

[Whenever Charm reaches a new stage, the corresponding stage's chest reward will be unlocked.]

"So the system wants me to improve my overall abilities in every aspect! And there are rewards to claim, too. This is a great deal!"

After reading the note, Shinji nodded slightly. He was already exceptionally good-looking within the Uchiha Clan, and he had been highly popular at school, constantly becoming the subject of discussion among the girls.

In this world, strength alone truly wasn't enough. Appearance, status, and the like were equally important.

Turning his attention to the skills bar, Shinji couldn't help falling into a dilemma.

He was currently nothing more than an ordinary Chunin, and the only two ninjutsu he possessed had been left behind by his parents.

Looking at his pitiful list of skills, he laughed at himself. "My strength really is weak."

His gaze continued sweeping across the bottom of the status panel. He searched through it section by section, then lightly tapped an inconspicuous button. A secondary page containing all the detailed rules of the game immediately popped up.

[True Love Cultivation System Rules]

[1. This system exists to help players who have crossed over but have never experienced or understood what love is feel the warmth of love again, preventing hosts from the Uchiha Clan from walking down a dark and extreme path.]

[2. Establishing an ambiguous relationship with someone counts as completing the initial stage of pursuing them and grants the first tier of Points rewards. Establishing a formal bond counts as completing the pursuit and grants the second tier of Points rewards. Maintaining the bond for a certain period grants the third tier of sign-in Points rewards. Hidden relationships can grant the third tier of sign-in Points rewards after being unlocked independently;]

[3. The Points obtained are proportionally higher for potential targets of greater difficulty.]

[4. In addition to permanently available exchangeable items, the Shop will randomly put a new batch of items on sale each week. They can be purchased directly by spending Points.]

[5. Potential targets include everything in the world, not just humans. Explore on your own.]

[6. Only targets successfully scouted by the host can be bound.]

[7. The system will release temporary Side Quests from time to time. They carry no failure penalties, and accepting or abandoning them is entirely up to the host.]

[8. To help the host get started quickly, during the one-year Novice Mission period, the system will provide one free use of the Character Detector function every day. The host may also use the Character Detector in the Shop to actively check the details of potential targets.]

[9. Every time Charm accumulates an increase of 10 points, a stage settlement will be triggered automatically, with settlement rewards issued at random.]

Several scattered supplementary rules were listed below, but the key points were concentrated in the first half. Shinji finished reading all the rules after spending only a short while on them.

His gaze repeatedly lingered on the fifth rule. He stared at the words "not just humans" for several seconds.

"This..."

A vague yet certain guess had already formed in his mind. He would have to verify it later.

After remaining silent for a while, Shinji opened the Shop button on the right side of the system panel.

The newly opened interface was simple and clean, without any unnecessary page divisions. Eight items were neatly displayed on the panel.

[Ninjutsu Training Acceleration Card (7 days): 200 Points]

[Taijutsu Training Acceleration Card (7 days): 200 Points]

[Genjutsu Training Acceleration Card (7 days): 200 Points]

[Character Detector (daily purchase limit: 1): 500 Points]

[Two-Tomoe Sharingan: 20,000 Points]

[Illusion Technique: Demonic Binding Prison Scroll Lv0: 10,000 Points]

[Little Yellow Book: 100 Points]

[Invisibility Cloak (consumable): 8,000 Points]

These were the random items refreshed each week, just as the rules had mentioned, right?

"This..."

As Shinji looked at the floating list in the System Shop, his pupils contracted slightly.

"The Sharingan can actually be exchanged for? Does that mean I don't need emotional stimulation at all? I can just awaken it directly?"

His heart suddenly burned with excitement, and his thoughts spread uncontrollably. With the Two-Tomoe Sharingan as a foundation, perhaps he could unlock the Three Tomoe, then the Mangekyo, the Eternal Mangekyo, and even the legendary Rinnegan?

But when his gaze swept over that string of Points, all his anticipation was instantly doused. He could only laugh bitterly to himself.

"With my current Points, I can only afford the Little Yellow Book, the Genjutsu acceleration card, and the Character Detector."

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Shinji suddenly froze. He remembered the detection prompt that had abruptly appeared in the instant he had assessed Mikoto earlier. He quickly opened the system rules panel with his mind.

"So the system already determined that Mikoto has become a potential target?"

But this discovery brought him no joy at all. He shook his head self-deprecatingly. "It's meaningless anyway. With the gap between us, she probably wouldn't even spare me a proper glance."

Even if he bound her, he wouldn't be able to obtain any Points in the short term.

Fortunately, Shinji had not forgotten that he had accepted a Novice Mission. This mission happened to solve his immediate predicament.

Just as his thoughts shifted, a slender figure slowly approached from the distance.

The girl had short, dark-brown hair that reached her shoulders, its ends curving softly. Two symmetrical purple, whisker-like markings on either side of her cheeks were her most distinctive feature.

She wore a close-fitting black long-sleeved undershirt beneath a short, light-pink combat skirt. The skirt was neat and practical, with no excess fabric. Below its hem, her legs were tightly wrapped in dark-red thigh-high stockings, their tops cleanly finished and connecting seamlessly to the simple dark-colored ninja shoes on her feet. Every step was light and steady, carrying a ninja's crisp grace.

Light instantly flashed in Shinji's eyes, and he blurted out, "Rin?"

In the next second, he seemed to suddenly remember something. He raised his hand and lightly slapped his forehead, immediately exchanging one Character Detector from the Shop before tossing it toward Rin.

[Character: Nohara Rin]

[Skills: Three Body Technique Lv3, Healing Lv2, Detoxification Technique Lv2, Mystical Palm Technique Lv1...]

[Estimated Points Reward for Successfully Pursuing Someone: Ambiguous Relationship / 3,000 Points, True Love Relationship / 250,000 Points...]

[Note: Low difficulty rating. You are already fellow students from the same graduating class in Konoha. Her future would have become the fuse that ignited the Shinobi World War, but since you are here, why not use your love to rewrite an entirely different ending for her?]