He loved sweets, yet his whole life had tasted of bitterness; his mask hid the scars on his face, but could not conceal the pain in his heart; we had the same eyes, yet saw different worlds.
Meihui felt rather uneasy as he checked on his system, which had vanished who knew where. After all, in the later stages of Naruto, Kage Level fighters were everywhere, Jonin were a dime a dozen, and people pulled out cheats at the drop of a hat. With his own cheats currently disabled, he hardly dared imagine facing all that.
System, you there?
Bro, system buddy~ What are you doing?
Aaaah! Dad, what are you doing?
[Ding! System upgrade in progress. Do not disturb.]
Tears sprang to Meihui's eyes. So you were just waiting for me to call you that, huh?
Then why haven't you been giving me my mission rewards?
[Ding! Upgrading the system consumed the host's rewards, and they still weren't enough. Please complete missions and earn rewards to help the system upgrade successfully. Then I can help you stand above the entire Shinobi World.]
...I suspect you're gaslighting me. System, what the hell is this? Watch it, or I'll return you.
[Ding! Once bound, the system cannot be unbound unless the host dies.]
Damn it, fine. Tell me, what's the mission?
[Ding! Mission issued: survive. Mission success: system upgrade succeeds. Mission failure: curtains for the host.]
Meihui frowned deeply at the mission. This was the first time he had felt any real pressure. To think the system would issue a mission like this. Yet when he recalled how Naruto's story unfolded, he couldn't think of anything dangerous that should be happening.
Besides, with his current strength, nothing this early in the story should