Hinata, Stop Pretending

This was probably like those forms where you had to write a personal profile, except she was spending fifty thousand Reward Points to fill out a virtual character sheet. Then, somehow, the system would make that virtual character setting become reality.

Hinata smiled. This looked pretty interesting! It suddenly felt like one of those character-raising games from her previous life.

She followed the prompts and began filling in the form. First was age. Wait, that wasn't right! Shouldn't the name come first? What the hell?

Forget it. She wouldn't think about it for now. Even if she asked the system, it would probably snap back with something like, "A mature person should have their own judgment." That would just be a waste of time.

After spending the past few years together, Hinata had more or less figured out this system with its own personality. As long as she did not violate the mature persona the system believed in, or the occasional tasks it issued, it remained extremely silent.

It was like a genuine salted fish. It would basically never jump out on its own to chat with her. After several tests, Hinata had decided that this system was an "ancestor" to be worshipped. She just had to keep it satisfied.

She would write twelve years old. Who played a character-raising game only to create a baby older than themselves? And if the character was too young, this was the Naruto world after all. Hinata was not actually going to raise a child.

After considering all sorts of factors, she decided it would be best if he were the same age as her. That way, she would not feel burdened.

Next, ahem, "Height as an adult." Hinata found this rather novel, but she did not give it much thought and wrote: 1.8 meters.

"Weight as an adult." Hinata wrote: 60 kilograms.

Kekkei Genkai: This was a selection option. It listed Kekkei Genkai of all sizes that had appeared in Naruto. Hinata wanted to choose Dust Release, but after searching through the list, she could not find it.

Wood Release was not available either. Hinata was somewhat disappointed. It seemed the system's screening was truly strict. Dust Release was a Kekkei Tōta, a level above Kekkei Genkai, while Wood Release was simply too special. The system had clearly excluded it.

So, after seriously considering it, she chose the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai of the Yuki Clan from Kirigakure.

Personality tendency: Huh? There was actually such a strange option? Hinata immediately thought of the persona the system had established for her. Could it be that the system treated her as a character-raising target too?

The options were: rage, sharp-tongued, cold and aloof, goofy, elegant, cunning, salted fish, kind, proud.

She could not help herself. Elegant and kind were fine, but what the hell were the rest? Before she could even raise her question—

The system spoke on its own. "Everyone has their own personality traits. This system believes that making those traits more pronounced will give each person greater distinction." After saying that, it seemed to be waiting for Hinata's rebuttal, or perhaps her final stubborn resistance.

Hinata knew she could not out-argue the system, so she could only silently accept it. Experience had taught her that much. Once she knew something could not be changed, she decisively gave up. She did not want the system to teach her a lesson.

Since he would possess the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai, choosing cold and aloof seemed more fitting. They went together, after all. She found it difficult to imagine what would happen if someone who mastered Ice Style had a sharp-tongued personality. It was truly hard to picture.

The next option was character generation. Hinata was so dazzled by the system's series of moves that her head was spinning. Wanting to hurry up and see the result, she directly chose Generate.

The interface then vanished. A small human figure appeared, forming as though it were three-dimensional. The system said, "Character information has been generated. Gender: male. Please give the character a suitable name."

After thinking it over several times, Hinata said, "Since he has the Ice Style Kekkei Genkai of the Yuki Clan, then his name will be Mizuki Rei!"

The system said, "All character information has been established. Does the host wish to generate this character in reality now?"

Isn't that obvious?! Since I came all the way to this godforsaken Forest of Death, if I don't generate him now, are you planning to swallow my fifty thousand Reward Points, system?

Votes, give me some votes.

Chapter 26: Hinata Needs the System to Provide BGM

Hinata spoke the most timid words in the most resolute tone. "Of course."

The system said, "All values are loading. The character creation generator has been activated. Charging the generator."

As the system spoke, a strange-looking machine suddenly appeared out of thin air not far from Hinata. The entire machine was golden, with highly visible patterns covering its exterior. Yet she was not surprised in the slightest. With the system around, anything was normal.

There was a glass window on the strange machine. Hinata muttered to herself, The system wouldn't do something that cruel, would it?