The Game-Breaking Time House

Although Liumu, whose soul had transmigrated here, had not inherited the rough transmigration circumstances of the novel protagonists he had read about, his personal circumstances after arriving really did fit the mold.

His parents had died young, and he had no friends or relatives. Apart from the residence that had been his home for five years, they had left him nothing.

As for his current tuition and everyday living expenses, he basically relied on the subsidies issued by the village to get by.

But now...

After returning home, Liumu enjoyed a cold shower, then sprawled on his bed wearing nothing but his underwear.

Excitement in his eyes, Liumu closed them and hurried to explore the Strongest Template System in his mind.

He remembered that when the system awakened, it had mentioned something called the Time House, besides the Fate Roulette used for his initial draw.

"The Time House? Doesn't sound very useful."

Within his mental sea, Liumu found a residence bearing a large sign reading "Time House," and muttered as he examined the system description floating above it.

After reading it through once, Liumu suddenly widened his eyes and jumped in shock.

"This... is practically a bug!"

According to the system's explanation, the Time House was similar to the Space-Time Ninjutsu of this Hokage world, but strictly speaking, it was not Space-Time Ninjutsu.

While he was inside the Time House, time outside came to a complete standstill. In other words, no matter how long Liumu stayed inside, he could return outside and seamlessly reconnect with the current timeline.

Even if the host encountered a threat to his life outside, he could escape into the Time House, and this space would not connect with other ninja's Space-Time Ninjutsu.

"What a useless feature. I've already integrated Master Saitama's template. Who could pose this so-called threat to my life?"

Liumu scoffed at this part. Still, on reflection, even if he had no use for that function of the Time House, the system description mentioned that he could bring other people inside as well.

"That's... pretty user-friendly! But..."

To open the Time House, Liumu, as its host, needed to complete missions issued by the system at any time. Only through mission rewards could he obtain the keys to open it.

Still, it was currently Konoha Year 42, so Liumu probably would not need that function anytime soon. As for the Time House's ability to stop time, he felt he could go inside and try it if he had the chance.

If he studied ninjutsu outside, then practiced in the Time House and only came out after mastering it, that would certainly give others the illusion that he was a genius who learned everything instantly.

"Hehehe!" Liumu scratched his head with a silly grin. "Why do I feel like I'm a little vain?"

Early morning.

His sleepy eyes drooping, Liumu stood listlessly in the bathroom, brushing his teeth. To familiarize himself with the system's various functions last night, he had stayed up until past five in the morning before finally falling asleep.

Having slept only two hours all night, his head felt particularly heavy.

Knock, knock, knock...

Just then, a burst of urgent knocking suddenly came from the entryway behind him.

"Hm?"

Liumu looked back in puzzlement, wondering who could be coming to see him this early. With that question in mind, he went over and opened the door, his toothbrush still in his mouth.

"What are you doing here?"

The visitor was none other than Might Guy, who had sparred with him yesterday.

He no longer looked as bedraggled as he had yesterday. Instead, after a night's rest, he greeted Liumu with a face full of vitality.

"Hey, Liumu! I came to walk to school with you."

"Now?" Liumu looked back at the clock hanging on the wall.

"There's still an hour left. Why go so early?" Liumu was speechless.

Rather than answer directly, Might Guy suddenly flipped upside down in front of Liumu, planted both hands on the ground, and said while holding a handstand, "That's why I want to race you and see who can reach school first on their hands."

Liumu: ...

Is he nuts? There's definitely something wrong with this kid's head.

What did people have legs for? Walking, obviously!

Since he had legs, why risk all the blood rushing to his head by walking upside down?

In the kitchen, Liumu deftly fried eggs for his breakfast. As for Guy, whom Liumu had invited inside, he was now looking around Liumu's room in bewilderment.

After looking around for a while, Guy suddenly asked, "Liumu, where are your mom and dad?"

Liumu did not answer and continued with what he was doing.

Perhaps realizing something, Guy suddenly fell silent. He stood awkwardly behind Liumu and apologized, "Sorry, I didn't know..."

"It's just a fact. There's nothing to apologize for."

As he spoke, Liumu turned around with a plate in hand. "Want some?"

Seeing that Liumu really did not seem angry, Guy slowly shook his head.

Back at the dining table, Liumu ate his egg pancake and said to Guy beside him, "Did you suddenly come looking for me today because you still want me to take you as a student?"

Guy froze at first, then suddenly stood up and asked in surprise, "How did you know? I haven't even..."

At this point, Guy suddenly realized he had let it slip and hurriedly stepped back.

"What's there to guess? We never had much to do with each other before, and today you suddenly showed up at my house. Put that together with what happened yesterday, and isn't it obvious?"

Having said that, Liumu looked up at Guy and answered seriously, "But we're the same generation, and we're classmates. I won't agree to it."

"Isn't there any other way?" Unwilling to give up, Guy stepped forward and grabbed Liumu's hand.

Familiar with the plot of Hokage, Liumu looked at the Guy before him, so desperate to grow stronger, and sighed as he shook his head. Still, he said, "You can't become my student, but whatever you want to know, I can help."

"I just want to know how you train! Why are you so strong? Even Kakashi said yesterday that if the two of you fought, he wouldn't have the slightest confidence in beating you."

Liumu smiled slightly at that. He had not expected Kakashi to think so highly of him. After all, he had only gotten a little serious yesterday and had not used even one ten-millionth of Saitama's template.

But what was one ten-millionth of infinity?

That was right. Still infinity!

"Do you really want to know?" Liumu looked at Guy seriously.

"Yes!"

"I have to warn you first. My training method is extremely brutal!"

"That's fine!" Guy's eyes gleamed as he immediately answered.

"Then listen carefully. What I'm about to tell you is an epically brutal training method, the harshest in the world!"

At that, Guy waited eagerly, even whipping a pen and paper out of his schoolbag in an instant, his face full of excitement as he anticipated Liumu's answer.

"Perseverance is the key to everything. You must never slack off, not even for a single day! This is the ultimate secret that let me reach my current strength after three years of training!"

"Mm-hmm!" Guy nodded hastily.

"One hundred push-ups!"

Guy: Huh?

"One hundred sit-ups!"

Guy: Huh??

"One hundred squats!"

Guy: Huh???

"Then a ten-kilometer run! One set every day!" Beaming with pride, Liumu stared straight into Guy's blank, life-questioning eyes and asked with earnest concern, "Did you... remember all that?"