Super Entry Pickup System

Touma's reaction was anything but slow; the moment he heard that long-absent, synthesized voice, he knew his golden finger had arrived.

Without a moment's hesitation, he excused himself from class under the pretense of a stomachache, hurried to the outdoor latrines behind the school building, and ducked into the final stall.

Touma tried closing his eyes and focusing his attention, and a rudimentary system interface materialized before his vision.

The system's function was simple enough to grasp: it was a standard "loot-the-traits" system.

However, what Touma couldn't understand was why the system creator had seen fit to label it with the word "Super."

Yet, the moment he opened his eyes and surveyed his surroundings, he realized the name was entirely appropriate.

[White Trait: Putrid Stench]

[White Trait: Pathogenic Bacteria]

[White Trait: Fermented Excrement]

[White Trait: Gastrointestinal Disorder]

[White Trait: Wood Style Creation]

Dozens of traits popped up before his eyes in rapid succession.

And Touma could loot any of these traits manifested by the system.

He wasn't quite desperate enough to extract the ones that made him physically recoil, though.

Naturally, the [White Trait: Wood Style Creation] stood out clearly enough.

According to the public history records of the Ninja Academy, the earliest buildings of the school were indeed crafted by the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, using Wood Style ninjutsu.

However, after more than twenty years of development, the scale of the Konoha Ninja Academy had expanded far beyond its original footprint.

Most of the older structures had already been demolished.

Even the outdoor latrine Touma was currently squatting in was slated for demolition.

Without hesitation, Touma extracted the [White Trait: Wood Style Creation].

Suddenly, a series of "crack-snap" sounds echoed through the stalls, and dust began to shower down from the ceiling above.

Realizing something was wrong, Touma shoved the wooden door open and bolted outside.

The very next moment, the entire wooden latrine collapsed in a heap, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

Nearby teachers, hearing the commotion, quickly flickered over using Body Flicker.

After all, these were sensitive times; even if the villagers were unaware, the Chunin and Jonin like them had already caught wind of the situation and begun preparing for war.

There was no morality to speak of in the ninja world, and incidents of attacks on the Ninja Academy were not unheard of.

However, upon seeing Touma standing dazed before the ruins, the teachers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The latrine had already been marked for demolition, but with Konoha's resources currently being diverted to the borders, there hadn't been time to tear down a school restroom.

That the decrepit structure had finally given out was well within the teachers' expectations.

Seeing Touma's state, the teachers assumed the boy was simply terrified and worried about being held liable for damages, so they hurried forward to comfort him.

Little did they know, Touma wasn't frozen from fear; rather, after looting the trait, the system had injected the Wood Style chakra that constituted the [Wood Style Creation] directly into his body.

Touma's original chakra affinities had leaned toward Wind and Water, but after the transformation by the Wood Style chakra, he now possessed Earth and Yang as well.

He could even sense how to synthesize his own unique Wood Style chakra based on the sensations he felt during the transformation.

Yet, these were things he could never share with another soul.

The allure of the words "Wood Style" to Konoha was simply too great.

Even while the Second Hokage was still alive, Konoha had already begun secretly pushing forward with "Wood Style Replication Experiments."

Even after the Third Hokage took office, while the relevant experiments were moved under the jurisdiction of Root, they never ceased; instead, with Sarutobi Hiruzen's tacit approval and Shimura Danzō's audacity, the scale of the experiments only grew larger.

A family living near Touma's home, suspected of being descendants of the Senju clan, had vanished, all four of them.

If things went as expected, those four were likely already serving as test subjects for Danzō.

If that "Pot Kage" ever found out that Touma could synthesize Wood Style chakra on his own, he couldn't even imagine what his fate would be!

Seeing that Touma remained unresponsive, Ise Goro took the initiative to grant him the rest of the day off, telling him to go home and get some rest.

Touma, overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information he had processed that morning, felt so dazed he barely remembered how he had made it home.

By the time his body had fully adapted to the changes, the sky outside his window had already darkened.

Sitting cross-legged on his bed, Touma slowly savored the changes within his body.

Having acquired Wood Style chakra, Touma could indeed feel that his energy and physical stamina had improved significantly compared to before.

His muscles had also become noticeably more defined.

It was worth noting that while he had decent talent for taijutsu, his lack of rigorous training meant he had neither muscle nor fat to speak of.

After all, living on such bland Japanese-style meals, Touma had little appetite, and simply maintaining his body's basic caloric needs was a struggle in itself.

The sudden growth in his muscle mass was likely the result of the Yang-style chakra successfully completing its nature transformation.

However, Touma's current physique was still far from being a "Sage Body," reaching at most a level slightly more robust than his peers.

In Touma's view, the truly valuable aspect of the First Hokage was not his Wood Release, but his "Sage Body" that allowed for rapid healing without the need for hand seals.

Even by the era of Boruto, this trait was still being researched and utilized, with the results obtained being quite astonishing.

Touma estimated that trying to acquire this through mere cultivation was nothing short of a pipe dream.

If someone with the intellect of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, hadn't succeeded in replicating it, there was no need to mention an ordinary person like Touma.

After thinking it over, Touma did not intend to sit idly by and wait for death.

He decided that before being dragged onto the battlefield as cannon fodder, he needed at least the most basic ability to protect himself.

Now that his golden finger had awakened, he had a path to gain that self-preservation, and if he continued to slack off, he would be failing not only his second life but also his mother, who was always so indulgent toward him.

Immediately, Touma put on his clothes, equipped his ninja tools, and ran out of the house toward the training grounds.

He could clearly feel his body becoming much lighter, and his breathing rhythm during movement had slowed down significantly.

He could even leap onto rooftops in a single bound, whereas before, he would have needed to use several steps to gain leverage.

It was not yet seven o'clock in the evening, and there were still many ninjas and academy students training at the grounds; it was the perfect time for Touma to utilize his system's functions and scavenge for traits!

However, what Touma did not expect was to stumble upon a major spectacle, which also unexpectedly caused his name—which he had kept well-hidden—to appear on the desk of the Third Hokage.