Who Dropped the Wallet?

No way, no way—could this be... the Sharingan? Shock and confusion were written all over Yi Xiang's face.

Having encountered one surprise after another today, Yi Xiang quickly regained his composure. To confirm his guess, he got up and began searching around for something.

A little while later, he went to the window and stared into a smooth, round mirror in the sunlight.

The first thing he saw was a slightly childish face. His features weren't particularly refined, but they were enough to make him stand out a little in a crowd. More striking still were his crimson eyes.

"Two-Tomoe Sharingan in both eyes! Hahaha... hahahahaha!"

"But was there really a delay before the eyes opened? Maybe I just wasn't feeling well this morning."

Yi Xiang didn't believe that simply laughing could stimulate his brain to produce special chakra and awaken the Sharingan. Clearly, it had awakened when the previous owner faced death.

"As the saying goes, there's great terror between life and death. The fact that I awakened with two tomoe right from the start is the best proof." Yi Xiang sighed, and his eyes returned to their original black.

It was as if he now had a switch for the Sharingan in his eyes. He tried turning it off and on several times and quickly got the hang of it; all it took was a single thought to activate it.

After scanning the area, he realized that even if someone was watching, they wouldn't be able to see him from where he sat on the bed. Reassured, Yi Xiang took the items out of his system inventory.

It was a sheet of white paper. In his hand, it felt just like ordinary paper.

The Ninja Academy taught students how to extract chakra, but they needed chakra-sensing paper to test their nature.

After he infused it with a little chakra, one corner of the paper caught fire. Yi Xiang wasn't surprised. That was standard for the Uchiha Clan.

"I'm not going to have only Fire Release, am I?" Before he had finished speaking, the paper also crumpled, became damp, and split apart, before finally tearing in two.

"This... What talent. If the original owner hadn't died, he might have made a name for himself in the Shinobi World someday."

"But without a protagonist's halo, talent like that would be wasted on you. I'll take it from here."

Yi Xiang smiled confidently, then spoke in a low voice:

"Of course, I'm not the type to take a free handout. I won't let the real culprit behind the Uchiha Clan Massacre get away with it."

After a moment, he composed himself and claimed the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

At once, a new memory appeared in his mind, including the Hand Seals and the level of proficiency. It felt as if he had mastered the technique long ago; even the nature transformation of Fire Release chakra seemed strangely familiar.

Yi Xiang resisted the urge to try it right away and thought:

I only get to use this Ninja Experience Card once. I can use it for techniques taught at the Ninja Academy, but I'd better keep the rest hidden for now.

Besides, with my current chakra reserves, I can only use it once or twice at most. I'm seriously low on chakra.

Most of the other items were ninja tools. Yi Xiang took one of each out to examine them, then thought it over and pulled out two Kunai. He put the rest back in his system inventory.

Three days later, at Yi Xiang's residence.

"Man, I can't believe it. I've transmigrated, and I still can't escape going to school." Yi Xiang had just closed the door, and already his face was full of resignation.

If I'm going to the Ninja Academy, most of the time should be spent on physical training or sparring with jutsu. Surely those cultural theory classes can't be harder than high school?

He had spent most of his time in high school daydreaming and slacking off, but the thought still comforted him. Yi Xiang picked up his pace and hurried toward the Ninja Academy.

He had received notice to return to school yesterday. It was obvious that the Anbu agents watching him had noticed him going in and out of restaurants every day to enjoy lavish meals.

He hardly looked sick; clearly, he had recovered well. Since it was time to return to school, they had simply let him resume his usual routine.

Before long, Yi Xiang stopped to cool off beneath a lush green tree and spotted the school buildings. But he didn't hurry over. Instead, like the curious onlookers around him, he watched an incident nearby with keen interest.

"Tetsuya, you bastard! Everyone knows you're a broke drunk. That wallet was mine—I just dropped it by accident!"

"Hmph! Who are you trying to fool, Kawashima? You were following me because you were going to buy breakfast. That's all my savings! I dropped it by accident, and just as I was about to pick it up, you rushed in and tried to steal it. Have you no shame, you bastard?"

Two middle-aged men were shouting and wrestling with each other in the middle of the street. Each had a green, frog-shaped wallet in hand, and a few hundred-yen bills peeked out as they tugged at it.

Yi Xiang had been watching for a little while and was about to leave when a blue screen suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[System notification: Mission triggered.]

[Mission One: Make the two people fighting over the wallet deeply understand their mistake and write a 1,000-word reflection. Reward: 20 luck points. Failure penalty: lose 40 luck points.]

[Mission Two: Their fight is badly damaging Konoha's image. Find a way to make them stop, apologize to each other, and locate the wallet's true owner. Reward: 15 luck points. Failure penalty: lose 30 luck points.]

[Mission Three: Turn the wallet in to the lost-and-found. Reward: 10 luck points. Failure penalty: lose 20 luck points.]

[Time limit: half an hour. Choose a mission or skip. The mission will be skipped automatically in 60 seconds.]

Yi Xiang skimmed the missions, his expression turning strange in an instant. This system is so perversely righteous.

"But these penalties are outrageous. They're twice the rewards."

After reading the missions a few more times, Yi Xiang quickly ruled out One and Two and chose the one he could complete fastest. "System, I choose Mission Three."

[System notification: Mission Three selected. Remaining time: 59 minutes.]

After looking around, Yi Xiang quickly came up with a plan.

Those two are clearly acting like scoundrels over that wallet. And with the system confirming it, anyone can tell it doesn't belong to either of them. I'll take it, then.

Yi Xiang chuckled to himself and quickly turned toward the nearest alley.

A few seconds later, a young man walked out of the alley. He had a scar on his left cheek. He wasn't wearing a straw hat, but anyone who had watched One Piece would recognize him as Luffy.

Back in his Luffy getup, Yi Xiang returned to the spot and waited for his chance to act. Then he noticed the two men at the center of everyone's attention exchanging glances and talking in low voices.

Neither of them can get the better of the other, and they're worried the owner will come looking if they drag this out. Now they're planning to split it, Yi Xiang guessed.

"Let's get moving, then. Since neither of us trusts the other, we'll take the wallet with us."

Tetsuya, the drunk with the longer beard, sidled up to Kawashima as if by accident and whispered in his ear.

Just as the two of them were about to make a run for it, a figure suddenly charged at them.

Before either man could react, the newcomer struck first, sweeping Tetsuya's legs out from under him with ease. Even as he fell, Tetsuya kept a tight grip on the wallet with his left hand.

Seeing this, the newcomer suddenly brought his left foot down toward Tetsuya's crotch and grabbed one side of the wallet with his left hand.

Tetsuya was just about to cry out from the pain of his fall when he looked up and saw something that terrified him. Forgetting all about the money, he shouted, "Yamete!" and hastily threw both hands over his groin.

Seeing that he had accomplished his goal, the newcomer calmly pulled his foot back and stood upright, as if he had only meant to scare Tetsuya.

Just then, Kawashima, who had been about to punch the newcomer, spotted a Kunai in his right hand. Realizing something was wrong, he saw the weapon suddenly thrust toward his left hand.

Kawashima quickly pulled his hand back. The Kunai's strike seemed to miss his hand by a wide margin, but he didn't stop to look. He turned and ran, sweat beading on his forehead as he cursed, "Where'd this idiot come from? Baka! You're going to kill someone over a wallet? Fine, take it!"

But the newcomer sprinted off in the opposite direction, as if he had already achieved his goal.

The newcomer was Yi Xiang, disguised as Luffy. After successfully taking the wallet, he deliberately took a roundabout route to the Konoha Military Police Force. As he reached the gate, he suddenly thought of something and looked up at the sign bearing Konoha's emblem.

"They change things fast. Just a few days ago, it was the Uchiha Clan's Fire Fan."

After a moment's reflection, Yi Xiang hurried inside. He suddenly remembered that he might be late for school.

A few minutes later, Yi Xiang finished describing where he had found the wallet. He declined their offer to take down his name and was about to leave when he heard the familiar system notification.

[System notification: Congratulations, host. Mission Three complete. Reward: 10 luck points.]