Standing Punishment Doesn't Delay Card Draws-Watch This Desperate Comeback!

Smack!!

A dull thud rang out from the back of the classroom.

The blackboard eraser struck Obito squarely on the forehead.

A cloud of chalk dust scattered through the air.

The blank expression on Obito's face froze instantly, leaving a perfectly rectangular white mark right in the middle of his forehead.

The eraser fell onto the desk and bounced twice.

The entire class was dumbfounded.

That smooth, utterly shameless betrayal of a teammate had completely shattered everyone's limits of understanding.

Was he even human?

Using his best friend as a human shield?

A full two seconds passed.

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

Clutching his forehead, Obito let out a scream a hundred times more miserable than when he had charged over earlier.

He whipped around, tears filling his eyes as he stared in disbelief at his unharmed best friend hiding behind him.

"Uchiha Ye! You bastard!!!"

Obito completely lost it.

Getting hit by a blackboard eraser was one thing, but now he had embarrassed himself in front of Rin!

Worst of all, he had been forcibly dragged over to block the shot without even getting a chance to dodge!

[Guard-Break Points from Obito Uchiha, +888!]

[Guard-Break Points from Obito Uchiha, +666!]

[Guard-Break Points from Chunin instructor Gang Ziyun, +666!]

[Guard-Break Points from Gang Ziyun, +500!]

[Guard-Break Points from an unknown student, +100!]

Ye stood safely behind Obito, while the notifications from the system backend rang in his mind even more densely than firecrackers during the New Year.

That endless string of jumping numbers was simply the most beautiful melody in the world.

He glanced at the System Panel.

Guard-Break Points balance: 10,850 points.

Enough!

A cocky grin tugged at Ye's lips.

Coming to this Ninja Academy had been so damn worth it.

On the first day of school, he had already gathered enough capital for a ten-pull.

The Chunin instructor was panting with rage as he pointed toward the classroom door.

"You! And Obito! The two of you, get the hell out and stand there as punishment! Don't even think about going home before school ends!"

Ye shrugged and rose to his feet without hesitation.

Standing punishment?

That suited him perfectly.

How was he supposed to draw cards in peace while sitting in the classroom?

He grabbed Obito, who was still wiping away tears, and swaggered out of the classroom.

As he passed Kakashi, he did not forget to throw him a thoroughly punchable look.

Outside the classroom, the hallway was empty.

With the white mark on his forehead, Obito leaned against the wall and drew circles on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

Ye, meanwhile, leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness straight into the System Space.

Looking at the golden lottery wheel, Ye rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

"System, cut the crap."

"Start the ten-pull!"

With the command issued, ten thousand Guard-Break Points were deducted in an instant, and the massive wheel in the System Space began spinning wildly.

Ten dazzling beams of light descended from above.

Ye held his breath and stared fixedly at the ten pillars of light.

What good stuff could he get?

Whether he could directly rewrite the Uchiha clan's damned fate depended on this draw!

The hallway was empty, with only a light breeze blowing in through the windows.

Obito squatted beneath the wall outside the classroom, listlessly picking at the cracks between the floor tiles with his fingers.

The square white mark on his forehead had not been wiped clean yet, making him look as if someone had pasted a death warrant on him.

"Ye, how long do you think we'll have to stand here..." Obito turned to him pitifully.

However, Uchiha Ye did not respond at all.

At that moment, Ye was leaning against the hallway wall with his eyes tightly shut and his arms folded across his chest, standing ramrod straight.

If not for the bizarre grin stretching nearly to his ears, anyone who saw him might have thought he was engaged in some profound meditation practice.

In truth, all of Ye's consciousness was firmly locked within the System Space.

Ten thousand Guard-Break Points vanished in an instant.

Rather than feeling any heartache, Ye rubbed his hands together in excitement.

A ten-pull!

And it came with a guarantee!

What could possibly come out at a time like this?

A Mangekyō Sharingan trial card?

Or the Senju clan's Sage Body bloodline?

At the very least, an introductory manual for the Flying Thunder God would do!

As long as he got even one of those, he would be able to gain a firm foothold in this perilous Konoha.

"Boom!"

In the void, ten pillars of light descended from the heavens and slammed heavily into the ground of the System Space, their brilliance blinding.

Ye even stopped breathing.

The first pillar of light began trembling first. Fine cracks appeared across its surface before it shattered apart.

A sheet of paper covered in runes drifted quietly down and settled into the first slot of the system inventory.

An Explosive Tag?

Ye raised an eyebrow.

It was not a Kekkei Genkai, but Explosive Tags were solid hard currency in the Shinobi World, with tremendous destructive power.

He immediately opened the item details with a thought.

[Congratulations! You have obtained an ordinary item: Never-Exploding Explosive Tag ×1]

Ye froze.

He read the fine print beneath it again.

[An exceptionally safe explosion-proof product. For the user's safety, this talisman has undergone special processing. Even if you throw it into a fire pit and burn it for three days and nights, it will only obediently turn into a pile of ash, never producing so much as a spark or a sound.]

Ye's face immediately darkened.

Wasn't this just a piece of waste paper?!

What kind of Explosive Tag had "safe and explosion-proof" as its main selling point?!

He might as well buy two rolls of toilet paper from a general store. At least that would be softer on his ass!

Before Ye could start cursing, the remaining pillars of light burst apart one after another like a string of firecrackers.

System notifications began flooding his vision.

[Congratulations! You have obtained an ordinary item: Kunai That Will Definitely Miss When Thrown ×1]

[Description: Due to its abnormal internal gravitational structure, after equipping this item, no matter how superb your throwing technique or how precise your aim, it will always avoid the target at an awkward angle, ensuring the other party remains completely unharmed.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained an ordinary item: Pink Concealment Smoke Bomb with Flashing Effects ×1]

[Description: When thrown, it produces thick pink smoke along with deafening bass-heavy dance music and high-frequency flashing lights. Use it for infiltration, and you'll be the most eye-catching kid in the room.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained an ordinary item: Strawberry-Flavored Soldier Pill That Will Absolutely Give You Diarrhea Within Ten Seconds ×1]

[Description: Extremely nutritious. Its only side effect is that ten seconds after consumption, the eater's sphincter will completely go on strike.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained...]

After opening nine blind boxes in a row,

the system inventory had been stuffed with all sorts of bizarre junk.

They were all damn new kinds of "shinobi underworld artifacts" that would only get someone killed faster.

Looking at the rows of trash that challenged the limits of human understanding, Ye felt his blood pressure shoot straight to the top of his head.

In the hallway,

Obito was boredly picking at the wall when he suddenly heard a sharp intake of breath from beside him.

He turned his head and shuddered violently in fright.

Ye was still leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.

But the muscles on his face were twitching wildly.

One moment Ye was gritting his teeth, the next his eyelids were spasming, his features twisting into a knot.

In the end, he even opened his mouth wide and made a savage, silent roaring expression.

Obito swallowed, feeling a chill crawl down his back.

Supporting himself with both hands, he carefully shuffled his butt across the floor and forcibly retreated two meters away.

It's over, it's over... Obito muttered frantically to himself.

There was something wrong with Ye in the classroom earlier, and now his face is cramping too. Has he gone insane?

[Guard-Break Points from Obito Uchiha, +66!]

The notification that suddenly popped up in his mind pulled Ye back from the brink of going berserk.

He immediately steadied his breathing.

As a veteran loser who had been deeply poisoned by countless card-drawing games in his previous life, what storm had he not seen?

Ye quickly calculated in his mind.

Nine duds out of ten pulls.

So what if those nine were top-tier garbage?

That only proved the system had not secretly altered the drop rates.

Only outrageously terrible filler could support a world-destroying jackpot!

The system was following the process. This was the necessary path for a loser's comeback!

At that thought, Ye's tense face slowly relaxed.

Then, the corners of his mouth rose beyond his control, revealing a kindly smile that seemed to see through everything.

In the hallway,

Obito had just breathed a sigh of relief when he turned around and met Ye's serene yet faintly deranged smile.

Every hair on Obito's body stood on end.

That smile was even more terrifying than Ye's twisted face from before!