"Ding, system notification: Task to gain the approval of Uchiha Shisui completed. Reward: one box of Durex."
"Damn you, system! What kind of reward is this!"
Uchiha Chen had thought he already understood the bottomless, shameless nature of this system, but it had successfully managed to refresh his opinion once again.
"Why the hell didn't you give me Viagra instead? What exactly is inside your head!"
"Ding, system notification: Supplementary reward, one box of Viagra."
"How about that? This system is quite conscientious, isn't it? Ask and you shall receive."
"I thank you so much."
Thank your sister!
Are you intentionally messing with me? What do you expect me to do with this stuff? What's the use!
Uchiha Chen was speechless. These messy, useless items had zero value to him and certainly wouldn't help him improve his strength.
"It seems it really is useless, considering you can't even stand up right now, can you?"
The system's voice rang out with disdain, and Uchiha Chen even felt as if he could see a mocking expression on the system's face.
"Get lost!
You bastard system, you better hope you never get a physical body, or I'll definitely show you whether I can stand up or not. You'll be the one crying then."
"Tch.
Haven't you heard the saying: there are only exhausted oxen, never broken fields?
Even if this system had a body, do you think I'd be afraid of you?"
"Ah!!!!!"
Uchiha Chen felt like he was going to collapse. What kind of sins did he commit in his past life to end up with a system like this?
He stopped speaking, feeling that if he said one more word to the system, he would vomit blood and die. Looking around, Uchiha Chen was likely the only protagonist in history to be angered to death by his own system.
Carrying his foul mood, Uchiha Chen headed straight back to his residence, and the system, perhaps experiencing a sudden pang of conscience, actually remained silent as well.
A day passed just like that, and early the next morning, a still-irritable Uchiha Chen headed toward Training Ground No. 7 as usual.
However, as soon as he approached, Uchiha Chen discovered that several traps had been set up around the training ground.
"Whose twisted sense of humor is this?"
Uchiha Chen was speechless.
Under normal circumstances, traps were clearly meant for someone, and since Uchiha Chen had just discussed sensitive matters with Uchiha Shisui, it was highly likely these traps were aimed at him.
It was just that the techniques used to set these traps were far too clumsy; Uchiha Chen could have done ten times better when he was three years old.
The traps were so obvious they might as well have had signs posted saying, "Caution: Trap here!"
Forget about Uchiha Chen being a ninja; even a wild boar wouldn't step into these.
That wasn't even the main point. The real issue was, if you're going to set traps and hide, that's fine, but what the hell was with that butt sticking out?
Were they afraid people wouldn't be able to aim?
"Which moron set these traps?"
"Don't ask me, how would I know? The guy who set them is right there; why don't you just ask him yourself?"
The system replied quite seriously, seemingly having turned over a new leaf after yesterday's events, perhaps feeling she had gone too far.
(System: Don't overthink it, I'm just as curious as to which idiot set such idiotic traps.)
Uchiha Chen didn't waste any more breath; he quickly stepped forward and delivered a direct kick to that exposed butt.
"Ow!!!!!!"
A shrill scream rang out, and a certain little guy went flying, clutching his rear.
"Suddenly, I feel so relieved. If I had known, I should have used the Thousand Years of Death. What a missed opportunity."
Listening to the other party's scream, for some reason, Uchiha Chen felt genuinely satisfied—something he had never felt even when fighting enemies.
He walked slowly toward the unlucky fellow, who by then had turned around.
While clutching his butt with one hand, he tried his best to hold back his tears, but they streamed down his face regardless.
"Uh..."
Looking at the familiar figure before him, Uchiha Chen didn't know what to say.
"Who are you?"
Although he recognized the boy, Uchiha Chen pretended not to.
"If you don't talk, I'll have to capture you and use some harsh interrogation to see which side sent you as a spy."
"Wuu wuu...
I'm not a spy, I'm Sasuke. Uchiha Itachi is my brother."
That's right, the unlucky fellow kicked flying by Uchiha Chen was none other than Sasuke.
As for why he appeared here, the reason was actually quite simple; it was exactly the same excuse Chen had given Itachi back then.
Sasuke was a total brother-complex, and upon hearing his own brother praise Chen as being strong, Sasuke naturally felt displeased.
Thus, having learned from Shisui that Chen would appear at Training Ground No. 7, Sasuke had come over yesterday afternoon to dig traps.
However, compared to Chen, Sasuke was far too weak.
Setting aside his strength, even his trap-digging looked like nothing more than child's play.
"So that's how it is. You're that idiot younger brother of Itachi-nii. Honestly, with a genius like Itachi-nii, why would he have an idiot brother like you? Second Pillar, just how dense can you be?"
Thinking that if this guy in front of him hadn't temporarily activated a cheat, he would only know the Uchiha Hug, the Uchiha Lift, and the Uchiha Mutual Suicide, Chen couldn't help but wonder if the Uchiha Clan had exhausted all their luck after producing geniuses like Shisui and Itachi. Otherwise, how could this thing exist?
The sky cleared and the rain stopped, so Sasuke felt he could do it again, only to be brutally crushed by someone immediately after.
"My name isn't Second Pillar, it's Sasuke! Uchiha Sasuke! And you aren't allowed to slander my brother!"
"When did I slander Itachi-nii? It's clearly you who are too weak and holding him back."
"I am not! I'm still young, and in the future, I will definitely be a powerful ninja just like my brother!"
Sasuke said this in a milky voice while rubbing his butt with tears streaming down his face; he did look a little bit cute. However, thinking of that Second Pillar in the future, Chen really wanted to stay away from this guy. Who knew if his idiot attributes were contagious?
"Still young? You're three years old this year. Itachi-nii participated in the last Shinobi World War at age four and killed enemy ninjas. What about you? I bet you were still bedwetting last night, weren't you?"
Hearing Chen's mockery, Sasuke's face turned red instantly. Because last night, Uchiha Sasuke had indeed wet the bed. Having such a thing pointed out made Sasuke wish he could crawl into a crack in the ground, and seeing the expression on Sasuke's face, Chen understood exactly what was going on.
"It looks like I'll have to tell Itachi-nii to stay away from you at night in the future. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if he got washed away while sleeping. Even if he didn't get washed away, getting covered in the stench of urine wouldn't be pleasant either."
As he spoke, Chen pinched his nose and fanned the air with his hand, as if Sasuke actually smelled like that right now.
"I, I..."
Poor Sasuke didn't know how to defend himself, and with his butt hurting from being kicked, he felt so aggrieved that he burst into a loud wail.
System: Calling me shameless? Is it shameless for you to bully a little kid here? It seems I can continue after all.