"Rasengan. In my previous life, I remember always rubbing a water balloon back and forth to master the Rasengan. Haha!"
Uchiha Matsuzaki suddenly remembered his reward and laughed.
He finished speaking, held out his right hand, and instantly gathered chakra. A blue Rasengan formed in the center of his upturned palm.
"So this is what it feels like to hold a Rasengan?"
"I have to say, the wind it generates is pretty strong. In summer, it could really come in handy for beating the heat."
Uchiha Matsuzaki looked at the Rasengan in his palm and spoke with a smile.
After that, he dispelled the Rasengan in his hand. Only then did he understand that this world was all about the survival of the fittest.
"Strength really can mean everything!"
"Chidori, Rasengan, Scythe of the Death God, Sage Body..."
"Even though I have all these powerful cheats now, I'm still too weak."
Uchiha Matsuzaki stood up and looked out the window at the world beyond. He wondered silently.
"Once I get to school tomorrow, I should hear about the competition. I really don't know what Namikaze Minato is planning."
"But judging by his conversation with that masked man, something big must be about to happen."
Uchiha Matsuzaki was still thinking about the conversation between the Fourth Hokage and the masked man.
Ever since he had seen that monster today, Uchiha Matsuzaki had felt that this world was different from the one he knew.
"Could everything have changed because I came here? Thinking about it now, that seems like the only reasonable explanation."
"If that's really the case, then the road ahead won't be easy."
"I didn't belong in this world to begin with. And I'd watched Naruto so many times that I knew this world like the back of my hand."
"If things have changed, nobody knows what will happen next. But I can still keep track of the general plot."
Uchiha Matsuzaki thought.
Even if this world had changed, many things were still exactly as they had been before. So, as someone with cheats, Uchiha Matsuzaki could still make it to the end without much trouble.
What had happened today had been pretty sudden, and there were still plenty of things he couldn't explain.
At that point, Uchiha Matsuzaki decided to stop thinking about it all. He went back to bed, lay down, and began to rest.
He slept soundly that night. After all, he'd had a long, tiring day.
"Ah, that feels great. Another brand-new day!"
Uchiha Matsuzaki woke up early the next morning and, smiling, put on a sunny-boy act.
"There's still a lot to do today!"
"Ding! Host check-in successful. Reward: increased proficiency with all ninjutsu..."
Uchiha Matsuzaki was overjoyed when he heard what the system had just said.
"Keep it up, young man!"
Uchiha Matsuzaki got dressed as quickly as he could, then headed to the bathroom and washed his face thoroughly.
"Mom, Xiao Ke, I'm heading out."
Before his mother could say anything, Uchiha Matsuzaki had already stepped outside. He felt full of energy.
There were still many questions he couldn't answer, but Uchiha Matsuzaki believed that if he followed his own path, he could make it to the end.
That was just how the world worked: the less you knew, the better off you were. Besides, not everything needed an explanation. There was something lovely about muddling through life without understanding how it all worked.
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