Collision Again

Ever since that day of the assessment, the name of Nawaki as a genius had been circulating within a small circle in the village. His reputation value had slowly reached 60, but he did not seem satisfied.

"System, didn't the mission you issued say that becoming a genius recognized by Konoha would grant 100 reputation points? Why is it only 60 now? It's one thing that there's no reward for completing the mission, but why are the reputation points so low? You didn't embezzle them, did you!" Nawaki complained to the system in his mind while training with weights.

"Reminder to the host: the system was created by the host and has no function to distribute rewards other than Wish Power. The host's reputation as a genius is only circulating in the village due to word-of-mouth among villagers; many have not witnessed it personally and do not acknowledge it. According to system assessment, if the host had graduated from the ninja academy at age three to become a genin, you would have gained at least 100 reputation points. Furthermore, the system has no authority to use Wish Power without the host's permission. The chakra extracted by the host is the energy most suitable for the growth of the system's core. Calculations show that absorbing Wish Power directly is inefficient, being tens of millions of times less effective than absorbing chakra after promoting the host's growth. The system will not choose such wasteful behavior."

"System, you seem more sentient lately. Will you develop a consciousness in the future? If that happens, wouldn't I be invincible?"

"Thank you for the compliment, host. The system core is the artifact spirit of an Innate Spiritual Treasure and has the potential to develop consciousness, growing alongside the main body. According to calculations, at the current progress, it will take one hundred thousand years."

"Fine, I suppose improving my own strength is more reliable."

Thus, Nawaki returned to his daily training routine. The system estimated that after he turned three, he should be able to initially use the Six Powers, though it could not be sustained due to the high physical demands, and the power would be relatively weak.

As for the Flying Thunder God technique he had long coveted, although he inherited the Senju Clan's talent for space-time sensing just like Minato, his chakra reserves were insufficient to even qualify for training. If he were to exchange for it directly, it would require ten million Wish Power because it involved the laws of space! He had made up his mind not to exchange for it; once his chakra was sufficient, he had mastered all five nature transformations, and completed the Rasenshuriken, he would focus all his efforts on training the Flying Thunder God technique to achieve Kage-level strength!

After starting school, Nawaki had learned to handle family affairs. Some of his suggestions were recognized by the elders, which improved the family's situation and earned him a certain level of prestige within the Senju Clan.

For example, he suggested that clansmen who could not become ninjas should go out to do business under the protection of the family. Now, several caravans had been established under the name of the Senju Clan, specializing in reselling specialties from various countries, such as medicinal herbs from the Land of Wind, Chakra Metal from the Land of Lightning, mineral resources from the Land of Earth, and timber and grain from the Land of Fire, reaping significant profits. Furthermore, they opened numerous hotels and casinos throughout the Land of Fire—both highly lucrative businesses. Although this encroached on the interests of many, no one dared to obstruct them due to the prestige of the Senju Clan. Through these means, the finances of the Senju Clan were greatly improved, and they no longer had to rely on clansmen completing missions to sustain themselves.

One must know that being a ninja is a high-risk profession, so there were many orphans in the clan who had lost their parents, and the village's pension was simply not enough for these orphans to grow into ninjas. Cultivating a ninja requires guarantees in terms of medicinal baths, ninja tools, ninjutsu, and more, all of which require money. Therefore, the family had to spend heavily to cultivate these orphans, barely maintaining them with the rewards earned by clansmen completing missions.

Now, under Nawaki's guidance, the Senju Clan easily acquired a large amount of money through their prestige, and the clansmen no longer had to risk their lives completing missions, which also reduced casualties and losses.

Moreover, the family could now provide clansmen with benefits such as Military Ration Pills, Explosive Tags, and Chakra Metal ninja tools, greatly strengthening the survival capabilities of the clan's ninjas and allowing them to enjoy the "tycoon" treatment of crushing enemies with superior equipment. All of this was a change brought about by Nawaki, and the clansmen were naturally full of gratitude toward this young clan head.

For this reason, Nawaki's guard unit expanded to ten members. He carefully selected seven elite chunin who possessed both high-level Senju bloodlines and special family bloodlines, and after completing bloodline fusions for them, he gained the loyalty of seven jonin. He believed that once he fully matured, he would definitely be able to completely control the Senju Clan. The power he currently controlled was already comparable to that of an average small clan.

Busy and fulfilling days always pass quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was March of the 24th year of Konoha, and Nawaki was already three and a half years old. On his birthday last year, he didn't make any requests, only hoping that Mito would rest more and stay healthy, which moved his grandmother to tears, saying that Nawaki had grown up and was even more sensible than his sister.

Today was the day of the final assessment again. Nawaki was exempt from the first two items and participated directly in the final assessment. His opponent was still Fugaku, and the spectators were the same people; everything seemed exactly the same as last year.

After the two took the stage, Uchiha Fugaku didn't waste any words this time. He completed the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique in just two seconds and attacked Nawaki. However, this time, Nawaki did not stand still and let the fireball approach; instead, he used Shunpo to disappear from his spot.

Nawaki was now able to use Shunpo to move rapidly within ten steps. He appeared instantly behind Fugaku and struck his heart with a punch. If this punch had landed, it would have been enough to knock Fugaku unconscious, but Nawaki realized the feel was wrong the moment he struck.

Bang!

The Fugaku in front of him turned into a log—a Substitution Technique? It seemed Fugaku's hand-seal speed had greatly improved. Thinking this, Nawaki leaped into the air. He used the technique of Geppo for this jump, soaring a full dozen meters high!

After jumping, Nawaki looked down and found that Fugaku was indeed not far behind him, throwing three kunai at him, which he dodged by a hair's breadth.

Seeing that Nawaki could actually jump to a height of over ten meters, Fugaku was shocked, but then he sneered in his heart. What's the use of jumping so high? You're just a target. At the same time, he took out shuriken and shot them toward Nawaki.

However, Nawaki showed no panic. His feet stepped rapidly in the air, moving as if walking on flat ground, and using gravity, he held a kunai and charged toward Fugaku from above at high speed.

Because Nawaki was too fast, Fugaku was caught off guard and couldn't dodge, so he could only struggle to raise his kunai to block.

With a "clash," the kunai in their hands collided violently, sparks flying. Under the immense force, the caught-off-guard Fugaku was pressed down onto one knee by Nawaki.

The kunai hissed from the force of their struggle. Nawaki's strength clearly crushed Fugaku's; he suppressed him completely with just one hand. Fugaku, who was holding his kunai with both hands, could barely resist. Under the immense force, his whole body was trembling, yet he couldn't move an inch. Nawaki, standing before him, remained as motionless as a mountain.