I Love Working, Working Loves Me

Two days later.

Torifu was awakened by the Busy Work System as usual.

[Ding—Congratulations to the host for living a peaceful day in Konoha, rewarded with 100 Calmness Points.]

Regarding this bullshit opening line that the system spouted every morning, Torifu had already learned to automatically ignore the first half and only listen for the reward.

After all, this system congratulated Torifu every day for living a peaceful day, yet Torifu never felt a shred of peace; he was either earning Calmness Points or on his way to earn them!

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha was going to attack Konoha today, so how the hell could there be any peace?

Torifu remembered that when he watched the anime, Madara Uchiha had launched his attack at night.

So, he likely had another day to prepare.

After all, this world had already seen quite a few changes compared to the anime, so no one could predict exactly how today would unfold.

"I wonder if anyone will sacrifice themselves tonight," Torifu said with concern.

Reality was not an anime; under Madara Uchiha's attack, even if Konoha reacted quickly, there would certainly be casualties.

If Konoha's casualties were too heavy during this attack, it went without saying that the damn system would surely drive the Chaos Points through the roof.

The 5 Chaos Points that increased after completing the first Chaos Event still had 4 points remaining! In total, only one point had dropped in a year!

If this accumulated to seventy or eighty Chaos Points, he would probably still be paying off his debt until he died of old age!

"I must find a way to keep Konoha's casualties to a minimum."

But the best way would be to discover Madara Uchiha at the first possible moment and pin him down.

However, Konoha's sensory ninjas couldn't be on standby 24 hours a day; they definitely had to rest at night.

After all, except for Torifu, the entire village still thought this was just an ordinary day, so why would a sensory ninja have a sudden whim to stand guard in the middle of the night?

And even if they did discover him, one would still need to survive long enough to report it.

Thinking of this, Torifu couldn't help but feel a headache: "Maybe I should just have Master sleep at the front gate for the night!"

Of course, that was just a joke; Torifu didn't need to train today, which gave him more time to make arrangements.

Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself; there was no other choice.

To successfully survive this Chaos Event, he still had to do it himself.

After tidying up a bit, Torifu headed out.

The sky had only just brightened, and there weren't many people on the streets.

Only a few middle-aged women were buying breakfast in front of small shops, mostly wanting to ensure their husbands and children could have a hot meal as soon as they woke up.

Torifu revealed a gentle smile, then walked toward the gates of Konoha.

"Good morning, Torifu. Heading out so early, are you on a mission?"

The ninjas guarding the gates of Konoha were already very familiar with Torifu, as he was always busy executing various missions.

"No, Kozichi-dage, I'm just heading out of the village for a stroll," Torifu smiled and struck up a conversation with Kozichi.

"Kozichi-dage, are you on day shift today?"

Kozichi grinned, his gleaming white teeth somewhat dazzling: "That's right, the shift just changed, and here you are."

Torifu nodded, his face carrying a hint of seriousness: "Kozichi-dage, when the shift changes tonight, remember to tell the ninjas on duty to be extra vigilant; things might not be peaceful."

Kozichi stiffened upon hearing this, and seeing that Torifu didn't seem to be joking, he tentatively asked: "Is someone coming to cause trouble in Konoha?"

Torifu shook his head: "Master told me. You just need to tell them to be diligent and careful. Don't tell a fourth person, so as not to cause panic."

Although it was true that tonight wouldn't be peaceful, it wasn't Hashirama who told him; Torifu just didn't want to waste too much time on tedious explanations.

In Konoha, who wouldn't believe what the Hokage said?

Sure enough, hearing that the news came from the Hokage, Kozichi's expression immediately turned serious: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone except the ninjas taking over the shift."

"Mm-hmm," Torifu nodded and left Konoha satisfied.

As for why he needed to warn the guards? Even ninjas couldn't help but get sleepy at night; if Madara Uchiha attacked from the main gate, they would likely be the first to become cannon fodder.

Torifu arrived at the forest outside Konoha, the place where his dreams began.

It was right here that Torifu met the Busy Work System that might accompany him for the rest of his life, and from then on, he was tricked into starting his life of odd jobs.

This forest surrounded the entire village of Konoha and could be considered a natural barrier; it was said to have been created by the Hokage through Wood Release, though the truth of that remained to be verified.

Torifu took a diamond-shaped crystal from his Space Ring, then crouched down and buried the crystal into the soil.

"Crystal Release: Crystal Connection Technique."

The diamond-shaped crystal that had just been buried in the soil began to grow rapidly, and in just half a minute, it grew into a Crystal Flower.

The shape of the Crystal Flower was not much different from an ordinary flower, except that it was made entirely of crystal.

But if one looked closely, there was a hollow tube in the very center of the pistil, very thin and inconspicuous.

"Cloud Release: Cloud Mist Sensing Technique."

The hand seals were finished, but Torifu did not release any mist from his mouth or sleeves.

Instead, the newly generated Crystal Flower was continuously spewing clouds of mist from its stamen.

Although the flower was fragile and small, the mist it released was by no means weak; in fact, it was no different from the ninjutsu Torifu normally cast!

And this was one of the gains Torifu had made over the past year!

Through the Crystal Connection Technique developed by Torifu, he could remotely control upgraded versions of his Crystal Creation to unleash ninjutsu.

It wasn't just Cloud Release; aside from taijutsu, almost any ninjutsu could be cast using this method.

And as long as the Crystal Seed was planted beforehand, he could catch the enemy off guard! Before the enemy even realized what was happening, Torifu would have already begun a bombardment of ninjutsu!

Whenever this happened, Torifu would thank the Genius buff, as it had been a huge help to him.

However, while the ninjutsu was useful, sowing the seeds wasn't nearly as convenient. Konoha was not like the valley from last time; it wasn't small enough that he could just use Crystal Explosion to scatter the seeds everywhere.

Konoha was massive, and since Torifu had no idea where Madara Uchiha would launch his attack from, he had to plant them all around the village.

"Are they seriously treating me like a laborer? I spent the last few months running errands, and today I've become a farmer?"

Torifu looked out at the vast forest and let out a roar of frustration: "With a forest this big, how long is this going to take?!"

"I demand a raise!"

Sowing them himself was completely impossible. If he really had to plant them one by one, he would probably find Madara Uchiha standing right in front of him before he even finished.

Just then, Torifu saw birds flying freely through the woods, and an inspiration suddenly struck him.

"Why not just use the birds to sow the seeds? I'm such an idiot."

"Cloud Release: Flowing Cloud Bird Technique."