Setting Collection

"Hey, Hatake Kakashi, are you planning to apply for early graduation?"

Kazekaze Genma, who was busy building a campfire, asked Hatake Kakashi as he stood in the river spearing fish.

Kakashi, holding a sharpened wooden stick, paused his movements and turned his head. "How did you know?"

Genma stood up and stepped into the river to help. "I guessed."

"The stuff at the Ninja Academy is too simple for you. You're already using Shadow Clones to attend class, and you're the type who hates wasting time."

Kakashi lowered his head, staring into the water. "That is true."

"But you're the same, aren't you?"

As he finished speaking, he suddenly struck, his wooden stick precisely piercing a fish.

Genma immediately struck as well, pinning a fish, and gave a faint smile. "I'm not like you. I have no intention of graduating early."

"Although what they teach at school is boring right now, I still have a lot to learn."

Kakashi tossed the fish onto the bank and continued preparing to spear more. "You can still train after graduation, and the team leader will teach us even more knowledge, right?"

Genma speared another fish. "Tch, that's the truth, but only half of it, isn't it?"

"Can't wait to become a real ninja?"

Kakashi, wearing his mask, glanced at Genma and retorted helplessly, "Do you have mind-reading powers or something?"

I certainly don't have mind-reading powers; I'm just a transmigrator who knows the plot.

Genma sighed slightly in his heart.

He had been reborn into this world since birth. His parents were still alive; his father, Yu Fenglan, was an intelligence analyst in the Anbu intelligence department of Konoha, specializing in cracking enemy codes—a mostly desk-bound job with the rank of Special Jonin.

His mother, Ritsuka, was a medical ninja at Konoha Hospital with the rank of Chunin.

Genma felt that aside from being better-looking than average, everything else about him was completely unremarkable.

He had no Red Eye disease or cataracts, no hidden Senju or Uzumaki bloodlines, and he didn't come from a ninja clan.

Although he did have a Golden Finger cheat.

The frustrating part was that, up until now, he hadn't figured out how to use this Golden Finger at all.

If things continued this way, his upper limit for this life would just be a Jonin.

But could he settle for that?

Viciously spearing a fish, Genma continued, "Kakashi, do you feel like you can't improve any further by staying in school?"

Kakashi shook his head. "Of course not."

Genma asked again, "Then do you think your current strength is enough to protect yourself when you encounter danger?"

Kakashi's movements faltered. He thought for a moment before answering, "Encountering an average Chunin shouldn't be a problem."

You certainly aren't modest!

Genma speared another fish and threw it onto the bank. "Then do you think your current strength is enough to protect your teammates when you encounter danger?"

Kakashi frowned slightly, then shook his head.

Since it was "danger," he would surely be facing a powerful enemy; under such circumstances, he could at most protect himself.

Seeing Kakashi frown, Genma felt he had gone a bit too far and smiled. "I seem to have been a bit harsh."

"If you just graduated, you shouldn't be participating in any dangerous missions anyway."

"Besides, if you graduate, the team leader assigned to you will certainly be of Jonin rank."

"However, I personally still feel that you should seize this time at the Ninja Academy to do your utmost to improve yourself."

"This is being responsible for your own future and the future of your teammates."

After hearing this, Kakashi couldn't help but think seriously.

Genma speared one more fish and then headed up to the bank. "Alright, these are enough for us to eat!"

Kakashi followed him onto the bank, cleaned the fish, and began to grill them.

At this time, Genma just waited to eat.

Because Kakashi's grilling technique was better than his.

Of course, when it came to spearing fish, he was slightly better, so it was a draw.

"Are you just saying that because you'll be bored skipping class alone after I graduate?"

Kakashi, who was busy grilling the fish, spoke up out of the blue.

Genma's expression stiffened, and he immediately defended himself, "That's not it."

Kakashi revealed a small smile and said, "What you said does make sense."

Genma was puzzled. "Hmm?"

Kakashi said earnestly, "So I've decided not to graduate early for the time being."

In that instant, Genma realized that his Golden Finger, after six years of waiting, had finally changed.

Setting Collection

Character: Kazekaze Genma

Age: 6

Chakra: 0.8 Kakashi (based on current Kakashi)

Ninjutsu: Basic Clone Technique (Setting modifiable), Basic Substitution Technique (Setting modifiable), Transformation Technique (Setting modifiable), Basic Body Flicker Technique (Setting modifiable)

Shadow Clone Technique

Setting Value: 1

Log: March 14, Konoha Year 42, you changed Kakashi's intention to graduate early. Gained 1 Setting Value.

Staring at the updated Golden Finger, Genma was momentarily stunned.

What the hell, so that's how it works.

Before this, the Basic Clone Technique and the others lacked the "Setting modifiable" tag, and there was no log section either.

The Setting Value had been 0, and he hadn't found any way to acquire it at all.

Genma had studied it for a long time, only to conclude it was a simple personal information panel.

He never expected that altering someone else's original destiny would actually grant him this so-called Setting Value.

And the Setting Value could modify settings?

How would he modify them?

Genma focused his attention entirely on the

Setting Collection

in his mind.

When he "looked" at the Basic Clone Technique, a line of settings appeared: Non-corporeal decoy clone, cannot sustain attacks, cannot deal physical damage to the enemy.

Looking at the Basic Substitution Technique, it was defined as a distraction technique where, at the moment of an attack, one quickly replaces oneself with another object and dodges, making the opponent believe the attack succeeded.

Everything above was correct.

The settings matched the effects of the techniques Genma had mastered.

"So, once I have Setting Value, I can modify the settings for the Basic Clone Technique, Basic Substitution Technique, Transformation Technique, and Basic Body Flicker Technique."

"But how broad is the scope of this modification?"

Genma pondered silently, "For example, with the Basic Clone Technique, could I change it into a corporeal clone? No, that's meaningless. What about changing it into a non-corporeal clone that can still deal physical damage?"

That would be similar to the effects of Body Flicker Shisui's flicker technique.

However, Genma didn't try it immediately; with only 1 point of Setting Value, he likely only had one chance to experiment.

The Three Body Technique belonged to E-rank ninjutsu.

Yet, clones, substitutions, and transformations could actually be defined as three major categories of ninjutsu.

Body Flicker techniques could also be considered a category of ninjutsu, rather than just referring to a single specific technique.

For instance, the Flying Thunder God is a space-time ninjutsu, but it also falls under the category of flicker techniques.

The same applied to Substitution techniques; there were basic ones, but also more advanced versions, such as using a clone as a substitute, or the Orochimaru-style substitution.

Needless to say, there were even more variations for Clone techniques: Shadow Clones, Water Clones, Lightning Style Clones, Sand Clones, Rock Clones, and so on.

Transformation techniques were fewer, but besides the basic one, Genma knew that Orochimaru's Vanishing Facial Copy Technique also belonged to the transformation category.

Similar settings existed within the realm of genjutsu, such as the Binding Technique.

For example, Uchiha Itachi's Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique used against Orochimaru, or the Sage Art: Toad Chorus, all fell under the umbrella of Binding Techniques.

The Binding Technique was also known by another name: the Immobilization Technique.

This was the distinction between individual ninjutsu and categorized ninjutsu.

Since he was able to modify settings, Genma had to think carefully and consider all the implications.