Jiangli Base City.
Tengyang No. 3 Middle School, third year, class one.
"There are only three days until the Apprentice Ninja assessment, and my chakra is only at 5! I'm screwed this year!"
"My chakra reached 10 yesterday, which meets the Novice Rank One standard perfectly. I'll pass this assessment with my eyes closed."
"Dream on! They're using new standards this year. The rewards are generous, but the competition is insane. Having chakra reserves of 10 only barely qualifies you to enter."
"Only the top two hundred in the assessment can become Apprentice Ninjas."
"Yeah, Chen Qi from the next class has already pushed his chakra reserves past 30 to get a good ranking."
"30 chakra! Doesn't that meet the Novice Rank Three standard already? Since when did that guy get so strong?"
"The Chen Family is a famous ninja clan in the city. They spent a fortune buying the inheritance of Genma Shiranui, a powerful ninja from another world. Once he mastered it, he naturally had a head start over ordinary people like us."
"Then aren't commoners like us, with mediocre talent and no money to pay our way ahead, completely screwed?"
"I gave up ages ago. Why else would I come dead last on every exam?"
"Too bad my dad didn't work harder back then and make me a second-generation ninja. Otherwise, I'd already be a Chunin."
Amid his classmates' noisy chatter, Luo Yu suddenly jolted awake in his seat.
Was this a classroom?
Wasn't it summer break? Wasn't I staying up late catching up on Naruto?
How did I wake up back at school?
Had school driven me crazy?
Did I have to spend even my dreams at school?
He instinctively glanced at the stack of textbooks on his desk, growing even more confused.
"The theory and application of the Three-Body Technique," "The history of ninja development," "Basic chakra practice"...
Flipping open a textbook at random, Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief. "Honestly, this dream is pretty convincing."
Just as he was celebrating the return of his supposedly lost summer break, a sharp pain shot through his head, and countless memories flooded in.
After spending nearly ten minutes processing them, Luo Yu accepted the truth.
His practically brand-new summer break was gone for good!
Of course, that wasn't the main issue.
The main issue was that this Blue Star seemed to be a parallel world.
Thousands of years ago, otherworldly secret realms had begun appearing on this Blue Star.
Countless exotic beasts had crossed dimensions through spacetime rifts, invading Blue Star's lands from other worlds.
They had then transformed the territories they occupied into secret realms uniquely their own.
That had been humanity's darkest age, with more than half of Blue Star falling under the beasts' control.
During that long dark age, humans had discovered mysterious substances from other dimensions in some of the secret realms-ninja inheritances.
After that, the situation had changed.
Empowered by ninja inheritances, humanity had finally gained the strength to contend with the seemingly invincible beasts.
Some powerful humans had even ventured deep into otherworldly secret realms, uncovering more inheritances containing immense power.
Orange inheritance-Hashirama Senju, orange inheritance-Tobirama Senju, orange inheritance-Hiruzen Sarutobi...
The Land of the Dragon, where Luo Yu lived, had been born against this backdrop.
"Is this my punishment for staying up late watching Naruto?" Luo Yu was speechless as he processed the additional memories.
By assimilating the inheritances of powerful figures and inheriting these ninjas' abilities, humanity's mightiest warriors had gained the strength to stand on equal footing with the beast kings.
From then on, the war between humanity and the beasts had reached a stalemate.
Having tasted success, humanity had also begun moving into the ninja age.
Thus, whether someone could become a ninja determined the course of their entire life in this world.
After all, in a world where ninjas received so much attention, they enjoyed excellent benefits.
For starters, even the lowest-level Apprentice Ninja could collect five thousand Ninja Coins a month from the Ninja Association.
They didn't even need to contribute anything. It was essentially free money.
That was an income level many ordinary families could never reach.
Although the world had changed beyond recognition, Luo Yu had started out in an orphanage, just as he had in his previous life.
He had only one older sister, Luo Qingyu, who wasn't related to him by blood.
To support Luo Yu's schooling, his sister worked three part-time jobs every day, yet barely managed to earn three thousand a month.
Remembering how his beautiful sister had changed from an energetic young girl into a gentle, mature young woman under the strain of overwork, Luo Yu felt a pang of guilt.
"She's just as selfless as she was in my previous life."
"Since I've been given another life, I'll make her the happiest woman in the world!"
Silently making that vow, Luo Yu turned his attention to the Apprentice Ninja assessment three days away.
Only by becoming a ninja could he improve their lives and ease his sister's burden.
Apparently, this assessment had undergone a reform. Previously, becoming an Apprentice Ninja had required chakra reserves and stamina of 10.
Now, reaching 10 in both stats was merely the threshold for entering the assessment.
Fortunately, he was a veteran Naruto expert. Surely his talent wouldn't be a problem.
With that thought, Luo Yu searched through his second set of memories.
"Chakra reserves, 5! Stamina, 5! Am I really that weak?"
"It's all the fault of these sin-stained hands!"
"My sister's sacrifices have been wasted on me!"
"Actually, working in a factory wouldn't be so bad."
After learning his actual abilities, Luo Yu almost felt like giving up.
With so little time left, the only way to bring his physique up to the required standard was to absorb a powerful figure's inheritance and forcibly raise his baseline.
Even an inheritance fragment would do.
But even inheritance fragments were far too expensive for a commoner like him to afford.
Still, as someone who had experienced a parallel world, Luo Yu had one last shred of stubbornness left.
"No! If I settle for a factory job now, my whole life really will be over!"
"I still have three days. As someone who knows Naruto inside out, I have to have a chance to get ahead in this Naruto world."
Just as Luo Yu began thinking about what kind of wild maneuver could turn everything around in only three short days...
Hokage Template Upgrade System activated! Congratulations! Host has obtained the initial template: Obito Uchiha [Enraged]! Host: Luo Yu Level: Ninja student Stamina: 5 (+30%) Chakra: 5 (+50%) Unlocked templates: Obito Uchiha [Enraged] Available attribute points: 0 Teammates: None Attributes: Fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, yin, wood Talents: Hashirama cells Lv. 1, Kamui Mangekyō (right eye) Lv. 1 Basic ninjutsu: Three-Body Technique Lv. 2 Fire Release Ninjutsu: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique Lv. 1, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique Lv. 1 Wood Release ninjutsu: Wood Release: Cutting Technique Lv. 1, Wood Release: Hell's Disorder Lv. 1
Seeing the data suddenly appear in his mind, Luo Yu's face lit up.
Sure enough, what was meant to come would always come.
A template system?
An enraged kid?
So I've obtained Obito's character template from his heartbreak era!
In the manga, Obito Uchiha had used this very template to wipe out an entire group of Kirigakure Ninja while consumed by extreme rage.
Kamui Mangekyō Sharingan!
Hashirama cells!
Either one was practically a cheat in the original story.
What an amazing start!
With this, even my grandma could win the Apprentice Ninja assessment in three days!
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