The Byakugan Sees It All, My Hardware Is Up to Standard!

"I haven't even taken off my pants yet, how is it already over?"

Naruto Uzumaki opened his eyes abruptly, Tsunade's shy and angry rebuke from the VR game still echoing in his mind.

Yet the next second, the sight before him stunned him completely.

A gloomy, dilapidated apartment, the table piled high with stinking instant noodle boxes, and the air permeated with a cheap, sour odor.

This wasn't the Fifth Hokage's office!

Naruto rushed to the mirror, looking at the childish face with blonde hair, blue eyes, and six whisker marks on the cheeks in the mirror, and completely froze.

He had become Naruto Uzumaki!

That ultimate simp who only knew how to chase after Sasuke shouting "Sasuke"!

"Damn it! Hell-difficulty start!"

Just as Naruto was breaking down, a cold mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Detected that the host's hardware is up to standard and meets the core criteria!]

[Ninja World: More Children, More Blessings System, officially bound!]

Naruto blinked.

Pie falling from the sky?

Could it be some kind of scam system?

But on second thought, he couldn't even perform ninjutsu right now and was treated as the Demon Fox by the whole village; how much worse could it get?

Screw it, he'd eat this pie first!

Followed by wild joy!

As a hardcore Naruto pervert gamer, how could he not know what this was?

This was the blessing of a time-traveler!

"System, is there any newbie gift bag?"

[Ding! Newbie gift bag distributed successfully! Congratulations to the host for fusing the "Perfect Uzumaki Sage Body"!]

As the words fell, a warm current instantly swept through Naruto's entire body.

He felt his body brimming with endless strength, and the muscle lines of his body, previously skinny from malnutrition, grew smooth and explosive at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even more importantly...

Naruto lowered his head to take a look, drew in a sharp breath, and finally completely understood what the system meant by "hardware up to standard."

This wasn't just up to standard; this was simply off the charts!

"Good, good, good, even the heavens are feeding me, this wave is secure!"

Naruto put on that hopelessly tacky orange tracksuit and pushed open the door.

Walking down the streets of Hidden Leaf, the villagers' disgusted and disdainful gazes felt like needles at his back.

"Look, it's that Demon Fox."

"Stay away from him, don't get infected with his bad luck!"

Listening to these harsh murmurs, Naruto hooked the corner of his mouth into a cold smile.

Ostracizing me, are you?

Calling me a Demon Fox?

Just wait, it won't be long before your daughters, your wives, and the goddesses you look up to will all blush and go weak in the knees when they see me!

By then, the entire Hidden Leaf will have to change its surname to Uzumaki!

Carrying such grand ambitions, Naruto stepped into the classroom of the Ninja Academy.

He spotted that shy little Byakugan girl in the corner at a glance—Hinata Hyuga.

Following his memories, Naruto walked straight to his seat and sat down.

Not far away, Hinata twirled her fingertips, habitually wanting to steal a glance at her beloved Naruto-kun.

To see more clearly, she instinctively activated her Kekkei Genkai—the Byakugan!

Her field of vision changed instantly, presenting a scene with a 360-degree view and perspective capabilities.

Her line of sight penetrated Naruto's loose tracksuit without the slightest obstruction...

The next second.

Hinata saw that "terrifyingly gifted anomaly" that didn't belong to a peer at all, nor even to the realm of normal humans!

Buzz—!

Hinata's small face instantly turned as red as a ripe tomato, and a puff of high-pressure steam even exaggeratedly sprayed from the top of her head.

She rolled her eyes, too late to even utter a cry of surprise, and with a squeak, collapsed straight onto her desk in a faint.

"Hinata! What's wrong with you?"

Sakura and Ino's gasps caused an instant commotion throughout the classroom.

"What's going on?"

Neji Hyuga, who happened to be passing by, frowned and pushed open the classroom door.

A cool voice rang out, and a boy with long black hair wearing the attire of the Hyuga Clan branch family appeared at the classroom door.

Seeing Hinata pass out, he frowned and immediately activated the Byakugan to check if his cousin had been poisoned.

With the Byakugan activated, Neji's gaze naturally fell upon Naruto Uzumaki, following the angle at which Hinata had fallen just moments before.

Then, he saw it too.

He saw the terrifying sight that caused his dignity as a man and as a genius of the Hyuga Clan to instantly collapse and shatter into pieces!

Neji subconsciously looked down at himself, and an indescribable wave of inferiority and jealousy instantly overran his reason!

Why?!

Why should this Demon Fox, despised by the entire village, this eternal loser, possess such formidable capital?!

It's not fair!

"Demon Fox! What did you do to Lady Hinata?!"

With a roaring shout, Neji could no longer maintain his composure as a genius. He rushed over to Naruto in two or three steps, assuming the stance of the Gentle Fist with undisguised murderous intent in his eyes.

The entire class was terrified, and for the first time, Sasuke withdrew his gaze from the window, looking over in this direction with keen interest.

Naruto slowly stood up. He was half a head shorter than Neji, yet his presence completely overwhelmed him.

Looking at this "genius" who had been blinded by jealousy, he let out a sneer and uttered the most heart-piercing words in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"A genius? I see you as nothing more than a soft-bellied loser throwing a tantrum here simply because you can't measure up to someone else's size."

"You!"

Neji's face instantly turned the color of pork liver, those words precisely detonating every ounce of his self-esteem!

"I'm going to kill you!"

He completely broke down, striking out with a palm wreathed in chakra directly at Naruto's chest!

However, possessing the Sage Body, Naruto's neurological reaction speed far exceeded that of ordinary people.

He merely executed an easy sidestep, dodging that menacing palm.

Immediately following, he raised his hand.

There were no flashy ninjutsu, no complex taijutsu.

It was simply a straightforward slap, fast to the extreme.

Slap!

A crisp, resounding slap echoed throughout the classroom.

Time seemed to freeze.

The entire class, including the cool guy Sasuke, stared in utter shock at the scene before them.

That genius hailed as a once-in-a-century prodigy of the Hyuga Clan—Neji Hyuga—had been sent flying by a single slap from the school's universally recognized loser—Naruto Uzumaki!

Neji spun two and a half times in the air, crashing onto the floor in a pathetic heap. Half of his face swelled up high instantly, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with humiliation and disbelief.

"Whoa... When did a guy like Naruto get so strong?"

A bystander classmate stammered.

"With a single slap... he took down Neji..." Another bystander classmate rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen it all wrong.

Just then, teacher Iruka, arriving belatedly, rushed into the classroom. Seeing the chaos before him, he instantly developed a massive headache.

"Stop! All of you, stop right now!"

Naruto shook his slightly tingling hand, feeling secretly thrilled inside.

At that exact moment, the cold mechanical voice sounded once again.

[Ding! Detected that the host has defeated a formidable enemy for the first time, delivered a powerful smackdown, and perfectly established a brand-new persona!]
[Novice guidance quest officially initiated: in the upcoming graduation taijutsu test, seize first place with an overwhelming posture that dominates the entire field!]
[Quest reward: God-tier taijutsu -- the first three gates of the "Eight Gates"!]