Super Entry Pickup System

Touma reacted quickly. The moment he heard the long-missed system voice, he knew his cheat had finally arrived.

Without hesitation, he claimed he had a stomachache and left the classroom. He went to the outdoor toilets behind the classroom building and ducked into the last stall.

Touma tried closing his eyes and focusing. A crude system interface appeared before him.

The system's function wasn't hard to understand. It was a standard entry pickup system.

What Touma couldn't understand was why its creator had called it "Super."

But when he opened his eyes and saw what was around him, he realized the system's name was no mistake.

[White Entry: Putrid Stench]

[White Entry: Disease-Causing Bacteria]

[White Entry: Fermented Excrement]

[White Entry: Digestive Disorder]

[White Entry: Wood Release Creation]

Dozens of entries popped up before his eyes.

The system had materialized these entries, and Touma could pick them up.

He just wasn't indiscriminate enough to extract entries that made him feel physically ill just looking at them.

Of course, [White Entry: Wood Release Creation] stood out.

According to the Ninja Academy's public historical records, the earliest buildings at the school had indeed been made by the First, Senju Hashirama, using Wood Release techniques.

But after more than twenty years of development, Konoha Ninja Academy had grown considerably larger.

Most of the old buildings had already been cleared away.

Even the outdoor toilet where Touma was squatting was slated for demolition.

Without hesitation, Touma extracted [White Entry: Wood Release Creation].

Suddenly, a series of cracking sounds rang out through the stalls, and dust began sifting down from the roof.

Touma realized something was wrong. He shoved open the wooden door and bolted outside.

The next moment, the entire wooden toilet collapsed, sending up a cloud of dust.

Teachers nearby who heard the noise quickly used the Body Flicker Technique to get there.

After all, this was a sensitive time. The villagers didn't know it, but the Chunin and Jonin had already heard rumors and begun preparing for war.

There was no such thing as honor in Shinobi World warfare, and attacks on Ninja Academies had happened before.

But when the teachers saw Touma standing frozen before the ruins, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The toilet had already been scheduled for demolition. Konoha was just diverting its resources to the border, so there hadn't been time to tear down a Ninja Academy toilet.

The teachers had expected the old toilet to finally give way, since it had fallen into disrepair.

Seeing Touma's expression, they assumed the boy was frightened and worried the school would make him pay for the damage, so they hurried over to comfort him.

They had no idea Touma wasn't frozen because he was scared. After he picked up the entry, the Wood Release Chakra that made up the [Wood Release Creation] had actually entered his body.

Touma's chakra had originally leaned toward Wind and Water. After being altered by the Wood Release Chakra, he had gained Earth and Yang as well.

He could even synthesize Wood Release Chakra unique to himself, based on what he had felt during the transformation.

But he couldn't share any of this with anyone.

The words "Wood Release" were simply too tempting to Konoha.

Even while the Second Hokage was alive, Konoha had already begun secretly carrying out "Wood Release Replication Experiments."

After the Third took office, the experiments had been transferred to Root, but they hadn't stopped. With Sarutobi Hiruzen's tacit approval and Shimura Danzō's boldness, their scale had only grown.

A family living near Touma's home had even disappeared—all four of them—because they were suspected descendants of the Senju.

If nothing unexpected had happened, all four were now being used as Danzo's experimental subjects.

If that "Pot Kage" found out Touma could synthesize Wood Release Chakra on his own, Touma couldn't imagine what would happen to him!

Since Touma still hadn't come around, his teacher, Ise Goro, gave him the day off and told him to go home and get some rest.

Touma had taken in too much that morning and felt dazed and muddled. He didn't even know how he had made it home.

By the time his body had fully adapted to the changes, dusk had fallen outside.

Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Touma slowly took stock of the changes in his body.

After gaining Wood Release Chakra, he could definitely feel that his stamina and energy had improved considerably.

His muscles had also grown noticeably sturdier.

He had always had a decent talent for Taijutsu, but he hadn't trained enough to build muscle. In fact, he barely had any fat, either.

After all, he had no appetite for the bland Japanese meals he ate every day. Just maintaining his body's normal energy needs was difficult enough.

The sudden growth in muscle was probably the result of his Yang Release Chakra successfully undergoing a change in nature.

Still, Touma's physique was nowhere near qualifying as a "Sage Body." At most, he was a little sturdier than other kids his age.

As far as Touma was concerned, Hashirama's real value wasn't his Wood Release, but his "Sage Body," which let him heal instantly without hand seals.

Even by the time of Boruto, people were still studying and exploiting it, and the results had been astonishing.

Touma figured that obtaining it through training alone was little more than a pipe dream.

Even Senju Tobirama, with his exceptional intelligence, hadn't managed to replicate it, let alone an ordinary person like Touma.

After thinking it over, Touma decided he wasn't going to sit around and wait for his fate.

Before he was dragged onto the battlefield as cannon fodder, he wanted to at least gain a basic ability to protect himself.

Now that his cheat had awakened, he had a way to gain that ability. If he kept slacking off, he'd be letting down not only his second chance at life, but also the mother who doted on him.

Touma quickly got dressed, strapped on his ninja tools, and ran from home toward the training ground.

He could clearly feel that his body had become lighter, and his breathing had slowed during exercise.

He could even leap straight onto the roof now, though it used to take him several steps to build momentum.

It wasn't even seven in the evening yet, and plenty of ninjas and Ninja Academy students were still training at the grounds. It was the perfect time for Touma to put his system to work and pick up all the entries he could!

What Touma hadn't expected, though, was to stumble upon a major scene—and to accidentally get the name he'd kept so well hidden onto the Third's desk.