Sasuke Nurturing Plan Begins

The system emitted an incredibly lewd laugh, leaving Chen speechless.

However, there was nothing to be done; Chen had no way to deal with this guy, and he was also somewhat worried that if he spoke up again, this system would really issue that kind of mission.

If it were just a matter of completing a simple task, Chen would at least have the right to refuse.

But if this infuriating system were to corner him from both ends, he would be truly speechless.

"System-dada, I was wrong. Let's not issue missions like that. I believe such an upright system wouldn't release such tasks."

He spoke against his own conscience, and the system seemed quite satisfied with Chen's ability to read the room.

Chen had managed to escape a disaster, and soon Hinata returned, carrying quite a few scrolls.

Because she didn't know Chen's affinity, Hinata had brought ninjutsu scrolls of all different elements, including several B-rank techniques.

"Won't you get in trouble with your father for taking these?"

Ninjutsu was extremely precious to every clan, so Chen was somewhat concerned.

Although he did indeed need ninjutsu, it was clearly not good to cause trouble for Hinata because of it.

"It's alright, Chen-kun. These are all elemental Five Elements Release ninjutsu. Our Hyuga Clan basically doesn't practice them; these scrolls are actually just spoils of war from the past."

"Then I must thank you. Even so, without your help, Hinata, I don't think Clan Leader Hiashi would have given them to me."

Chen was very grateful for Hinata's help, and the two chatted for a while.

"Hasn't Hinata changed a bit too much?"

After the two parted ways, Chen muttered to himself, because this Hinata was truly very different from the Hinata he knew.

"Simply put, your appearance has caused this world to change. The things you know are not necessarily accurate anymore."

The system became uncharacteristically serious as it explained to Chen, which left him quite startled.

"For example, Itachi originally awakened his eyes at eight, but now it has become seven.

As for Hinata, it is actually because your words caused her to make changes earlier. In short, the things you do are constantly affecting the world."

"I thank you so much. Nine times out of ten, you had a hand in this, right?

Forget it, change is change. No matter how much things change, I must complete my own plans."

Chen spoke to himself. He had already sensed some things, but only now did he truly pay attention.

Carrying the ninjutsu scrolls, Chen returned to Training Ground Seven.

Although a month was not a short time, Chen clearly did not want to fail.

"Yo, isn't this the bed-wetting Second Pillar?

Why are you out today?

Tell me, are you wearing a diaper? If you pee yourself in public again, be careful or someone might confiscate your 'crime tool'."

"You! You aren't allowed to talk nonsense!"

"Nonsense?

Could it be that the one who wet his pants before wasn't you?

I remember you're three years old, turning four soon, right?

To be that old and still wetting your pants—if I were Itachi, I would stay far away from you, lest people say he has a foolish little brother."

Chen didn't have a good impression of Sasuke, so he teased him as soon as he saw him.

However, Sasuke, who was already very sensitive about this matter, once again had tears welling up in his eyes.

Seeing this, Chen was even more speechless. A real man doesn't cry easily; how could he be crying at every little thing?

Even for a child, crying at every turn was truly annoying.

"If you cry one more time, I'll tie you directly to that tree."

As he spoke, Chen took out a rope, seemingly intending to act.

Seeing this, Sasuke hurriedly covered his mouth, though tears still flowed uncontrollably.

Watching Sasuke's look of wanting to cry but not daring to, Chen found it quite amusing.

"Second Pillar, do you want your brother to look at you with admiration?"

"What does 'look at you with admiration' mean?"

"Uh... it means having Itachi praise you and like you."

"Of course, can you help me?"

"Helping you isn't impossible, but the process will be very grueling. I wonder if you can persist?"

Chen developed a bit of dark humor on the spot. Since he disliked Sasuke, why not take this opportunity to provide some 'elite education'?

The spider next door was playing quite happily, so Chen had a similar idea.

"Hmph, how could I possibly not be able to hold on!"

Sasuke saw Chen's contempt and immediately struck back, though, fearing being tied to the tree, he took a step back involuntarily after saying it.

Trying to act cool at such a young age—don't you know that showing off often leads to getting struck by lightning?

"Alright, put this on first, then run laps around this training ground."

"Why?"

"To build your stamina, of course. A ninja without stamina is meaningless, no matter how powerful their ninjutsu might be."

"But..."

"Does Itachi know about you wetting your pants? If he were to find out..."

"I'll wear it!"

Under the threat of Chen, Sasuke put on a green spandex suit and began running laps around Training Ground Seven.

Chen assigned Sasuke three laps, and one lap around the entire Training Ground Seven was a full kilometer.

For Sasuke, this was clearly no simple task.

"System, do you have anything that can directly control people? Something like a master-servant contract?"

"Not at the moment. Once you complete this mission, other features will unlock, and you can exchange for items here. However, is it really necessary for that crybaby?"

"I was just asking."

Chen hadn't expected the system to have functions that hadn't appeared yet, but this was a good thing.

Ignoring Sasuke, Chen began to practice his ninjutsu.

This time, the mission was to master the B-rank ninjutsu, Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

As a B-rank ninjutsu, Fire Dragon Flame Bullet possessed effects rivaling A-rank techniques and was considered quite powerful, with its only drawback being a high consumption of chakra.

However, this was nothing to Chen, as his chakra levels were already approaching those of a jonin.

As he practiced the ninjutsu repeatedly, Chen discovered that his Chakra Control was becoming increasingly refined.

"Ding! System notification: Obtained special ability Chakra Control LV1. Chakra Control LV1 reduces the chakra consumption of all elemental ninjutsu by two percent. Each level increase adds another two percent reduction, with LV10 reducing consumption by twenty percent."

"Ding! System notification: Side mission initiated: Train Sasuke. Mission rewards will be issued based on the training direction and degree of completion. This mission is to be submitted by the host upon completion."

The system's voice rang out in succession, and the content left Chen somewhat surprised.

Chen didn't pay much mind to the side mission, but the Chakra Control ability was clearly quite excellent.

"System, you're finally not scamming me. Tell me, what are you planning? Are you trying to get me to challenge the Third Hokage, or are you planning to have me challenge Orochimaru?"

Having been burned before, Chen felt a faint sense of unease, to which the system responded with a helpless 'tch'.