The Trench Mission

Uchiha Nan immediately arranged for Uchiha Tomita to pack his bags. They would head to the Land of Fire's capital tomorrow to demand money from the Daimyo.

There was no choice but to hurry. Konoha was on the brink of starvation, with a horde of people demanding payment.

Konoha, to put it nicely, was a ninja village. To put it bluntly, it was a mercenary organization. The Land of Fire's Daimyo was simply its largest employer, and they maintained the pretense of a lord-vassal relationship.

Soldiers fought for their pay. Now that they were fighting at their own expense, they would mutiny in an instant if not paid.

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

After sending Uchiha Tomita away, Uchiha Nan patted his face, telling himself not to let these troublesome matters affect his mood.

Just moments ago, the system notification for completing the long-term mission "Become Konoha's Hokage" had sounded. He had been working hard for days for this reward.

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

Following the rules, Uchiha Nan first offered a prayer to the heavens before opening the roulette wheel and clicking the draw button.

The pointer spun dozens of times before finally stopping on the golden slot Uchiha Nan had been longing for.

"Mangekyo Sharingan (Itachi's Version)!"

Tch. Uchiha Nan scoffed. His luck was still as bad as ever. There were so many good things in the golden reward tier, and he only got this one. It felt like a rip-off.

The Mangekyo Sharingan was powerful, but it had its flaws. Using it too much could lead to blindness.

Moreover, it hadn't even given him a chance to awaken a unique ocular jutsu. Uchiha Nan was a little curious about what kind of ocular jutsu 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 the chance to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan in this lifetime.

He had been an orphan since childhood and had no one particularly dear to him. Where would he find the trigger to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?

If there truly was someone he cared about so deeply that it would allow him to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan, Uchiha Nan wouldn't be willing to exchange her life for it.

The evolution of the clan's bloodline limit was truly a complex matter.

Uchiha Nan sighed and clicked to extract the reward.

A cold, chaotic, and evil chakra instantly flooded his eyes, then surged upwards into his brain, making Uchiha Nan feel like he was on the verge of death and ecstasy.

Then, a refreshing coolness appeared, dispelling all negative effects.

The roulette wheel at least had the decency not to drive him insane with the Mangekyo Sharingan's power.

Huh?

A new mission had appeared?

So many of them!

Uchiha Nan opened the mission log. After becoming Hokage, a surprising number of long-term missions had been issued all at once.

Combat-type missions?

And they were categorized? Had the roulette wheel secretly updated itself after he became Hokage?

No matter. He'd look at these missions first.

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

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

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

What kind of missions were these?

Were these missions within his current level? He wouldn't look anymore, wouldn't look!

So frustrating!

Uchiha Nan felt like the roulette wheel was deliberately making things difficult for him!

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting!

There were also achievement-type missions?

Uchiha Nan scrolled down the interface.

Long-term Mission, Predecessor's Recognition: Please obtain the sincere recognition of all previous Hokages. Mission Reward: One golden draw chance.

What the heck?

This was too much of a scam.

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

Hashirama Senju might be a bit easier. He could just trick him after Edo Tensei, since he died early and knew nothing.

As for Tobirama Senju, if he were to Edo Tensei him now, Tobirama would probably revive himself and eat him alive.

I'd spent so long pretending to be indifferent to the world, fooling Tobirama Senju, and then I directly killed the Third Hokage he'd appointed.

And I still expected him to approve of me?

Better not to even dream about it. But I couldn't help feeling resentful. This was a golden reward mission, after all.

This feeling was truly awful. Uchiha Nan sighed and continued scrolling through the missions.

Long-term mission, I Have a Konoha Dream: Build Konoha into a great ninja village in the ninja world, making ninjas from other villages willing to become rogue ninjas and join Konoha to achieve their dreams.

Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Iron Blooded: Create a modernized army and annihilate a ninja village.

Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Food Controller: Control food, and you will become the master of the underworld, creating a company to control the food pricing power of the entire ninja world!

Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

Long-term mission, Entertainment Until Death: Grasp the entertainment trends of 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 the economic trade of a country.

Mission Reward: One golden reward opportunity.

The further Uchiha Nan scrolled, the uglier his expression became. Were these missions even possible for a human to complete?

Not a single one could be finished at his current stage. And all the rewards were golden!

It was clearly designed to tempt him!

Killing with a poisoned pen, killing with a poisoned pen!

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

Hopefully, they wouldn't be too difficult.

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

Mission Reward: Ten lottery chances.

Long-term mission, Brothers are like hands and feet, women are like clothes: Emulate Emperor Zhaolie, and after marrying a wife, sleep with your brothers for three consecutive months.

Mission Reward: Ten lottery chances.

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

Mission Reward: Ten lottery chances.

Long-term mission, The Last Bullet is for Me: Marry a girl younger than yourself.

Mission Reward: Ten lottery chances.

What the hell!

I think these missions are just here to mess with me!

Uchiha Nan finally broke. The lifestyle missions weren't difficult, and the rewards were acceptable.

But were these things a person could actually do?

Forcibly completing these missions would only make outsiders think he was a human-shaped piece of excrement that had gained sentience.

His integrity was completely shattered.

His life as a human could be declared over.

In his past life, his browser had always been in incognito mode, for fear that if he suddenly died, others seeing his browsing history would lead to social death.

He truly had foresight. He had indeed died suddenly later on.

These damn missions were clearly trying to push him to a dead end, leaving him no way out.

Strength, or integrity?

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

Outside the room, Uchiha Tomita, who had finished packing Uchiha Nan's luggage, heard the sound of the table being hit and knew Uchiha Nan was throwing a tantrum.

Being Hokage is hard.

Being demanded money on the first day, it's truly exhausting.

Uchiha Tomita decided not to go in for now, giving Uchiha Nan some time to vent.