[Serious Series-Seriously Check Your Brain at the Door!]
Knock, knock, knock!
The sudden knocking jolted Bai Ye out of his thoughts.
He promptly got up to open the door.
As the door swung open, he was greeted by a head as smooth as a peeled egg, gleaming in the sunlight.
"Whoa-someone really does live here."
The bald man exclaimed in surprise, a slightly airheaded smile on his face. "Are you the new neighbor who moved in today? I thought nobody else would ever live here besides me."
"Hello, I'm Bai Ye. Nice to meet you."
Bai Ye greeted the bald man quite naturally.
He had recognized him at first glance: Saitama, the protagonist of the Japanese manga One-Punch Man.
"I'm Saitama. Nice to meet you, too."
Saitama nodded politely.
Then a hint of concern crossed his face. "By the way, are your eyes okay? They look pretty red."
Bai Ye paused almost imperceptibly. "...They're fine. My eyes have been like this since birth."
"That's good."
Saitama gave it no further thought. "Well, that's all, then. Feel free to drop by for tea anytime."
With that, he turned and left, returning to his own home next door.
Only after closing the door did Bai Ye instinctively touch his eyes, countless thoughts swirling through his mind.
I really did transmigrate, and...
Bai Ye walked over to a mirror. His reflection looked no different from how he had looked before transmigrating. He was hardly impossibly handsome, but he had fairly clean-cut features, along with short black hair somewhat like Obito's.
Most striking were his scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan. The tomoe in his eyes resembled three connected sickle blades-the very pattern of Obito Uchiha's Mangekyō, [Kamui].
And he had Dual Kamui in both eyes!
It was all exactly as the system had just told him. Not only had he transmigrated into the world of One-Punch Man, but he had also obtained dual Kamui.
At the moment, though, Bai Ye felt himself gradually growing a little tired. The Mangekyō Sharingan was probably draining him continuously. After all, his physical fitness was still only that of an ordinary person.
A question suddenly occurred to him. He did not seem to have any chakra in his body, so apart from ocular power, what exactly was the Sharingan draining?
[Ding! As the host has no chakra, the system has intervened to change the Sharingan's normal chakra and ocular power consumption to mental energy and ocular power. Mental energy can be increased. Please open the system panel for details!]
Just then, as though it could hear Bai Ye's thoughts, the system immediately answered his unspoken question.
So that's how it works...
Prompted by the system, Bai Ye tried to open the system panel.
Before that, however, he wanted to try turning off his Sharingan.
After a little while, Bai Ye discovered that he could switch freely between the Mangekyō Sharingan, the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and normal eyes with nothing but a thought. Keeping only the three tomoe active-or simply reverting to black eyes-would definitely be best for everyday use.
Then he opened the system panel, also with a thought.
[Host: Bai Ye] [Age: 20] [Identity: Human, Hero Association C-Class hero] [Ability: Dual Kamui] [Physique: 10 (average for an adult male: 10)] [Points: 0] [Points Shop (Lv. 1)]
As lines of system text appeared before his eyes, the points and Points Shop were the first things that caught Bai Ye's attention.
From what the system said, the way to increase mental energy is probably in the Points Shop...?
With that question in mind, Bai Ye opened the Points Shop.
[① Physique] [② Hashirama cells] [③ Red Night Blade]
Only three products were visible, so Bai Ye tried opening the first one.
[Product ① details: Physique encompasses physical attributes including strength, speed, and mental energy. Physique attributes can be purchased and stacked without limit.] [Price: 1 (points per unit)]
Bai Ye understood at once. The method of increasing mental energy that the system had mentioned was to exchange points for physique attributes.
But another question arose: where would those points come from?
The system panel had just shown that he had zero points. He could not buy anything.
[Ding! The host can earn points through combat, contact with major characters, unlocking hidden achievements, and other activities!]
So that's how it works...
Bai Ye nodded slightly, then continued checking the details of the other two products.
[Product ② details: Hashirama cells can improve the host's abilities across the board to a certain extent, including granting self-healing. Mental energy, ocular power, and physical injuries can all recover automatically. Once the Hashirama cells in the host's body reach a sufficient level, the host can also gradually master secret Wood Release techniques. (Note: this product is sold in trace amounts and can also be purchased and stacked without limit.)] [Price: 10 (points per unit)] [Product ③ details: The Red Night Blade is the katana Obito Uchiha used on the night of the clan massacre. Although it is not a divine weapon, it is far stronger than ordinary weapons.] [Price: 10 (points per unit)]
After learning the details of all these products, Bai Ye closed the Points Shop.
The [Identity] field on the system panel also caught his attention.
It seemed the system had not only made him the neighbor of Saitama, the One-Punch Man, but had also given him the identity of a C-Class hero in the Hero Association.
Still... only a C-Class hero...?
"Whatever. C-Class it is. I'll just work my way up..."
Bai Ye thought to himself.
His main priority now was to earn points and strengthen himself. Otherwise, with his physical fitness still at an ordinary person's level, just a few uses of dual Kamui's ocular techniques would leave him drained.
Besides, the power levels in the world of One-Punch Man were rather extreme. Even with the Mangekyō Sharingan's Dual Kamui, Bai Ye still felt a considerable sense of danger.
After thinking for a while, Bai Ye settled on a plan.
He would visit the Hero Association first. If he encountered any monsters along the way, he would fight them to earn some points.
Since he was now Saitama's neighbor, this place had to be in Z City's No Man’s Land, also known as Ghost Town.
Although the Hero Association's headquarters was in A City, it should have branches in other cities. Saitama and Genos had originally taken their assessments at the Hero Association's Z City branch, which was probably somewhere downtown.
Bai Ye wasted no more time thinking and set out immediately.
Once he went outside and downstairs, the desolate sight of Ghost Town unfolded before him. It looked as though the world had ended.
There were no humans, and no monsters in sight either.
People had originally moved away because monsters appeared here far too frequently. But after Saitama moved in, most of the monsters around here had probably been wiped out by him.
Of course, that only applied to the surface...
Even after leaving No Man’s Land and entering a residential area, Bai Ye had not encountered a single monster.
After quite some time, and after asking passersby for directions along the way, Bai Ye finally arrived at the Hero Association's Z City branch.
[Ding! The host has arrived at the Z City Hero Association. Reward received: 5 points!]
The moment he reached the branch, Bai Ye finally earned his first points. Getting them had turned out to be somewhat easier than he had expected.
But before he could celebrate, another system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Under Hero Association regulations, C-Class heroes who perform no hero activities within one week will be removed from the Hero Roster. The host has only 24 hours remaining. Please take note!]
P.S. A clarification is necessary here: dual Kamui will not be his only ability. There will be plenty of other Naruto abilities, too...
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