What is "killing someone without paying the price"?

"Ding, system notification: Challenge quest issued. Defeat the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Failure will result in the loss of all clothing and being tied to the main gate of Konoha."

"Are you kidding me? You really want me to challenge the Third Hokage? This is no way to treat a person!"

Uchiha Chen felt that this system was simply trying to send him to his grave. Challenging Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui would have been one thing; at least they weren't that much older than him.

Although they were geniuses and very strong, they were still within a reasonable range of power.

But what about after that? A run-in with Orochimaru while hunting bandits, and now it wants him to challenge the Third Hokage directly?

Uchiha Chen felt that in less than a month, he would be challenging Kaguya.

"Relax, relax. This mission has no time limit, so take your time completing it. This system is going to rest now."

The unscrupulous system chimed in once more, and Uchiha Chen really wanted to strangle the thing.

"Chen? What's wrong?"

Uchiha Shisui looked puzzled, assuming Chen was suffering from excessive chakra exhaustion.

"Oh, it's nothing, Brother Shisui. My chakra is still quite abundant. The Great Fireball Technique isn't much of a burden for me; I could probably cast it about ten more times right now."

Hearing this, both Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but be startled.

One had to realize that neither Shisui nor Itachi were the type of ninja who possessed vast reserves of chakra.

Seeing that Uchiha Chen could possess such a massive amount of chakra at his age, both of them felt a touch of envy.

"You really are an incredible guy. I reckon that within a year, your chakra volume alone will surpass both mine and Itachi's."

Shisui said with a hint of resignation.

"It's not that exaggerated, is it?"

Chen felt a bit awkward; in truth, he hadn't even revealed the full situation.

Perhaps because of the system, or perhaps because he was a transmigrator, Chen's chakra reserves were astonishing.

Of course, compared to that guy who could casually split into hundreds or thousands of Shadow Clone Technique users, he was still far behind.

"Although you have a lot of chakra, you must learn to control it.

In battle, saving a bit of chakra might be the difference between life and death. From today on, you will learn how to manage your chakra.

Itachi, you supervise him."

Shisui didn't want to see a genius go to waste, so he wanted to ensure Chen didn't take any unnecessary detours.

"No problem."

Itachi nodded as well, clearly obedient to Shisui's words.

"Chen, have you considered entering the Ninja Academy?

With your talent, there wouldn't be any problem even as a transfer student."

Shisui spoke up suddenly. Although Chen was only a little over four years old, his strength was enough to enter the academy, or even graduate early.

"I think I'll pass on that. I'd rather wait until I'm of school age."

Chen didn't particularly like the idea of school.

More importantly, entering the Ninja Academy at four would inevitably attract attention.

The attention of others would be one thing, but if he were targeted by Danzo and Orochimaru, that clearly wouldn't be a good thing.

Plus, with a system that wanted to get him killed at any moment, heaven knows if it would issue a quest to break into the Root headquarters.

"Since that's the case, I won't force it.

But if you change your mind, you can come to me at any time.

Right, I have missions to attend to over the next few days, so just train with Itachi."

Shisui was already a Chunin, so he naturally had to carry out missions; he had only been resting because he had just completed one.

"No problem."

Uchiha Chen followed Itachi and Shisui to train for the entire morning.

Although his abilities were at the mastery level thanks to the system, there was still a difference between mastery and being able to apply them in actual combat.

After all, Uchiha Chen's abilities weren't accumulated bit by bit.

After a full day of training, Chen had made significant progress, but he was correspondingly exhausted.

Returning to his living quarters, he sprawled out on his bed and opened the system interface.

Host: Uchiha Chen
Age: 4 (18)
Abilities: Ninjutsu: Three Body Technique LV1, Great Fireball Technique LV1, Shadow Clone Technique LV1.
Taijutsu: Basic Taijutsu LV1.
Genjutsu: XXXXX.
Items: Blade of the Soul (Asauchi)

Looking at the system panel, Uchiha Chen felt rather helpless. Most of the tasks over the past four years had been complete trash, and it was only recently that he had received some normal ones.

At least he had finally seen things like ninjutsu.

However, the upcoming task was clearly another trap.

If it were just a challenge against the Third Hokage, that would be one thing, but the problem was that he actually had to defeat him.

Even in his elderly state with his strength significantly diminished, the Third Hokage was still at the Kage level. Even without considering his guards, he was not someone Uchiha Chen could defeat.

Could it be that I really have to wait a few years? If I do that, I'm afraid this god-awful system won't provide any other tasks, and I won't gain any more rewards.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Chen picked up his Zanpakuto.

As a weapon from the world of Bleach, Uchiha Chen believed that if he could successfully achieve Shikai, he might actually have a chance to challenge him.

However, after sitting there quietly for a long time, Uchiha Chen still didn't feel anything.

Thus, Uchiha Chen couldn't help but wonder if this thing was really an Asauchi.

It seems I can't rely on this scam of a system; I'll have to find another way.

The Third Hokage is a lecherous old man—should I just pull out the Sexy Technique?

The so-called Sexy Technique was essentially just a Transformation Technique. Uchiha Chen was speechless that such a thing could actually work on the Third Hokage.

However, Uchiha Chen really didn't want to be as shameless and bottomless as Naruto.

Wait... I've got it.

Uchiha Chen suddenly thought of a way to potentially "defeat" the Third Hokage, so he began his preparations.

While Uchiha Chen started preparing to challenge the Third Hokage, Orochimaru found Danzo on the other side.

"What do you want with me? Has there been progress with the First Hokage Cells research?" Danzo asked.

"No, I need more test subjects. There are some things that need improvement."

The "things" Orochimaru referred to were the Cursed Seal.

He had thought the Cursed Seal was perfectly developed, but since Uchiha Chen had erased it so easily, Orochimaru mistakenly believed his Cursed Seal still had major flaws.

"It still needs improvement? Do you know how many test subjects I've provided you with lately? Hiruzen is already suspicious. You should lay low and stay hidden for now."

"Heh, you're worried about Teacher Hiruzen? Danzo, don't forget, there are some things only I can help you solve. Without my medicine, you have no way to suppress the things on your body that don't belong to you."

Clearly, neither Orochimaru nor Danzo were simple characters.

"Are you threatening me?"

"You can interpret it that way. Remember to send the test subjects to my laboratory."

After saying this, Orochimaru turned and left, leaving Danzo with a gloomy expression.

"Orochimaru, don't think that I have to rely on you for everything."

After Orochimaru left, Danzo spoke with a ferocious look on his face, and he had made up his mind.