I Don't Want to Make Mistakes! (New book seeking support!)

"50, 51, 52, 53, 54..."

Under the scorching sun, a young boy with black hair was drenched in sweat. He pushed himself up and down in a rhythm of push-ups. Even though his arms were trembling, he gritted his teeth and persisted, counting aloud to keep himself from passing out from exhaustion.

"Li-gege!"

A little girl, looking slightly smaller than the boy, trotted over on her short legs. Panting, she called out his name. Once she reached him, she caught her breath, straightened her back, and looked at the boy still doing push-ups. She pouted in dissatisfaction and said, "Li-gege, why do you repeat these strange exercises every day? You never play with me!"

Hearing this, the boy stopped his push-ups and lay flat on the ground. He squinted his eyes at the blazing sun. Though it was hard to believe, he had indeed been reborn, and it had already been five years. No, rather than rebirth, it was more like reincarnation. Of course, that wasn't the unbelievable part; what was truly incredible was that he had been reincarnated into the anime Hokage that he had watched in his past life. If he had doubted it was a dream at first, the details of the last five years were too vivid. He felt hunger, sleepiness, the chill of winter, and the sweltering heat of summer. Who could have a dream this realistic?

Moreover, he remembered with profound clarity that he had already died. The agony of that death remained etched in his mind.

Mirai Uchiha—that was his name now. His status was that of an orphan, though that was a recent development. The current time was the 33rd year of Konoha, the second year of the Second Shinobi World War. When he was four, during the first year of the war, his parents had followed the clan head to the front lines and were ambushed by the enemy. To save the clan head, they had sacrificed themselves heroically. Afterward, Uchiha Hao, out of gratitude, took in the four-year-old Li and became his foster father. That was the general situation of Li's life.

"Li-gege, what are you thinking about? Why aren't you answering me?" The little girl pouted, her small hand waving in front of Li's face, hoping to grab his attention.

"Mikoto, stop it, I'm listening!" Li helplessly brushed Uchiha Mikoto's hand away. Yes, this little girl was Uchiha Mikoto, though she was still just a brat who constantly followed him around.

"Then answer me, why do you insist on doing these strange exercises every day?" Uchiha Mikoto was still throwing a tantrum, determined to get an answer.

"Why... indeed!" Li let out a soft breath and closed his eyes. The face of that woman surfaced in his mind, and her words still lingered there. After a long while, seeing Uchiha Mikoto growing impatient, Li sighed and whispered, "I just don't want to make the same mistakes again!"

All injustice was caused by a lack of personal ability. Insufficient ability was a mistake in itself—one that not only invited death but also burdened others with the guilt of murder!

"You don't need to repeat these exercises every day just to avoid mistakes. Look at me and Uchiha Fugaku; we haven't made any mistakes, have we?" Uchiha Mikoto was still young and couldn't understand the meaning behind Li's words; she furrowed her small brows in confusion.

Li snapped back to reality, looked at the little girl before him, and shook his head helplessly. "Speaking of which, why were you in such a rush to find me?"

"Right, I almost forgot what Uncle Hao told me to do!" Uchiha Mikoto slapped her little head in annoyance, immediately forgetting their previous discussion. She hurried to say, "Uncle Hao said you should go back and prepare. You're going to the Ninja Academy tomorrow!"

Although it was wartime, Konoha was currently teeming with talent. Even facing sieges from several villages, they hadn't reached a point of manpower shortages, so they didn't send children this young to the battlefield. Li was five, and Uchiha Mikoto was also five. There was one other child of the same age in the Uchiha Clan: Uchiha Fugaku. Yes, the father of the Second Pillar in the original story, and the future husband of this cute little girl beside him.

"Mm, I know. I'll head back right away. You go tell Uncle Hao first!" Li nodded, trying to send the little girl off.

"Hmph, no way! I'm going to wait here for you so we can go back together. Why should I be the one running errands?" Uchiha Mikoto refused, sitting down beside Li and pouting.

Compared to the virtuous wife and mother she would become, Uchiha Mikoto was still too mischievous, but that was to be expected—she was just a five-year-old kid!

Li didn't mind; he had grown accustomed to having Uchiha Mikoto around over the years.

Ding! Detecting host's physical condition. Ding! Host's meridians are stable and suitable for binding. Does the host accept the binding of the Dimension System?

Before he had been quiet for long, a mechanical, cold voice suddenly rang out in Li's mind. This startled him, but he quickly regained his composure. His past life was an era of exploding information technology, and he had read countless web novels; the "system" trope was as common as carp in a river. Li knew he had likely encountered the same thing.

Come to think of it, just before he died, something had fallen from the sky accompanied by lightning. He had been too heartbroken at the time to pay much attention, but thinking back now, perhaps that object was this so-called system.

Closing his eyes as if no one were around, Li's consciousness entered the system. Of course, this method was just based on the novels he had read. He didn't know how reliable it was, but fortunately, his attempt succeeded. He had indeed arrived in a virtual world—a digital space filled with white network lines. Suspended in the center of these lines was a white object. He couldn't make out its form, but Li knew this was likely the core of the so-called Dimension System.

"Are you the Dimension System?"