Lazily lying on my bed, I looked at the ceiling, there was nothing to do, besides, I didn't want to leave my apartment, the custard noodles would last for a long time, and it was better not to annoy the villagers prematurely with my appearance.
Yeah, villages. If someone had told me that I would end up in Naruto, I would have killed him, but fate played a joke on me, and here I am. I became a popadanetsya very trivial, returning from uni went to his front room, where some jerk broke a light bulb, and did not notice the silhouettes that were already standing there... in general, I just and it is not clear even for what, stabbed. On the other hand, why is it unclear why? If they were junkies, they just cleaned out the pockets of the corpse and took cash for a new dose. That's the price of my life, a measly three hundred rubles that I had in my pants pockets. Taking into account the attitude to crime of our valiant police, these bastards, if they did not stay right there, next to my body until the arrival of the "forces of law and order", will not be tied up. They may even write that I fell on the knife myself... uh-huh, six times. And where the knife went after that and where I got it from is not their concern, just to close the case.
After that I opened my eyes like a newborn, Uzumaki Naruto. It was beautiful. I couldn't make out anything in the mishmash of sounds, smells, and images supplied by my eyes for the first few moments, or, frankly, even hours. Maybe it was the sensory shock of rebirth, or being in the body of a baby, or maybe it should be so, and in the first hours after birth all newborns have the whole world so "stuck"? I didn't know the answer, so I took it as a given.
But then I was surprised, too surprised. When, in the maternity ward or something, Tsunade's recognizable face flashed over me, followed by Third's, and then Danzo's. I was immediately curious what they were talking about, and what was Tsunade saying while leaning over the baby (me)? Given that I didn't understand the language at the time, I only picked up a couple words of a dialect remotely similar to Japanese. What can you do, I knew normal Japanese "on a three and that with a dictionary", and only the language similar to it was for me 80-90 percent gibberish. And even if I understood what they were saying, I wouldn't have heard them anyway, because at that moment the realization of the ass I was in caused a deep stupor and completely overshadowed everything around me.
Much later I found out that Fox had been sealed into me, there was no difference from canon. Just like getting to the orphanage. There I behaved quietly and peacefully, trying not to shine. Still, it only happens in books and cartoons that the protagonist is at once strong and cool: in fact, I had no strength, well, physical, and bones fragile and many more limitations. Given the dislike of the villagers for me, which was already noticeable, and over the years, I decided not to go the way of the canonical Naruto and not to attract attention to myself. So I lived quietly until I was six and was thrown out into adulthood, right here in this apartment.
Okay, well, it's not that smooth. In fact, from the age of six they accept me into the academy, but there was a two-month gap between my birthday and the acceptance of future killers into the academy. Oh yes, and another little thing, that day it seemed to me, clearly so it seemed to me that the teachers in the orphanage for something strongly disliked one quiet and withdrawn boy, otherwise why was I promptly evicted as soon as I was six years old? Yeah, on my birthday, or should I say, the day the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha?
Oh, a passage through hostile territory could have been described in a three-volume book comparable in size to War and Peace by a Russian classicist. This was especially hinted at by numerous reports.
Oh, yeah, I forgot to clarify. Did I mention that on my birthday a couple of things happened? Well, the first was the beginning of a free life, and the second was the awakening of the system. And it all started with an interesting message:
Your character has reached the age at which his glorious journey in the Shinobi World begins, the "Player" system welcomes you!
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Life: 440
Chakra reserve: 90
Chakra Control: -250
Level: 1
Experience: 0/100
Class: -
Parameters:
Strength: 7
Dexterity: 2
Stamina: 12
Chakra: 4
Intelligence: 1
Free Points: 0
Specialty: "Demon", "Jinchuriki", "Uzumaki", "Orphan".
Passive Skills: "Stealth - Lv50".
That's the beauty of it. Quite quickly I managed to find out that the interface obeyed mental commands, and at the same time I looked through the messages. I could not find anything interesting there, but I paid special attention to my peculiarities.
Demon:
Obtained due to the "Jinchūriki" effect. Also "Demon" is your nickname among the inhabitants of Konohagakure.
Effect: -2000 reputation with the "Konohagakure no Sato" faction.
A reputation window is available.
It could have been worse...I guess. And I don't even want to think about what kind of reputation canon Naruto had! But "canon self" was already just humanly pitying.
Jinchūriki:
A Nine-tailed Fox is sealed in your body.
Effect: Gain the «Demon» feature, Chakra Control -150. Attitude of the locals (faction "Residents of Konohagakure no Sato") -1500.
Strength +5. Life x2. Chakra x2. Chakra regeneration x2. Opens the «Friend of Biju» development branch, opens the «Monster» development branch.
The control was a bummer, of course, and a real bummer, too. But in the canon Naruto could do something, so it's not all bad... in theory. But the benefits of status are tangible.
Uzumaki:
You are a half-blood Uzumaki. Due to your young age and poor chakra development, the effect is almost imperceptible, but in a couple years your chakra reserve will be awe-inspiring even to chūnin.
Effect: stamina +10, life +100, chakra reserve +50, +5 health points each level, +1 chakra point each level. Stamina gain rate +20%. Chakra control -100, chakra overabundance. Low propensity for fuin techniques.
I was wondering how the people of Naruto didn't get killed when I was a kid, but here's where it's at. Uzumaki's genes overlap perfectly with the effect of Jinchuriki's features, and the result is... well, I don't know what the genin's HP is, but I think I'm already at their level. What does that mean? That Naruto's really hard to kill, except that I can take a lot of hits from most of them.
Intelligence increased by 1
Yeah, it's still depressing. It's easy to assume that stretching training will give agility, and strength training will give strength, and endurance if you work hard. This is nice, but I feel that at some point the parameters will creep slower and slower.
Intelligence increased by 1
And since that's the case, it's better to choose the "development branch" right away. Grabbing intelligence and wisdom is just silly. If I understand correctly, then without the effect of Uzumaki and Fox in me, the rest of the parameters would be two ones. Uh-huh, so my intelligence would have just overtaken them. But since I have such a status advantage, we'll take advantage of it. Then just one question that plagues me in every online game - tank or DD?
Okay, we'll leave that question for now, and finish the statuses.
Orphan:
Your parents died on the day you were born, and you grew up without anyone's care.
Effect: reputation with the faction Residents of Konohagakure no Sato -500. Ability to unlock the Intuition skill, Poison Resistance +2%. Yard dogs (and not only) take you for their own (friendship with Inuzuka faction). Good orientation on the terrain. Opening the skill Stealth.
It's beautiful. No kidding. It's not the worst status, and I can live with a negative reputation with the commoners and clanless shinobi. At least I'd like to believe that. But the plus of reputation with dogmen is useful, at least - they won't bully, and in a good way, if not to join this clan at all (yeah, as if the intriguers of this village would swallow such a thing), then at least to get allies who can be trusted with my back. They're not the worst option in this regard, and they're more sane than the same Uchiha.
Only stealth left, let's see what my only ability, albeit passive, grants me. And why it's so high level!
Stealth:
Due to your reluctance to be seen and your actions to fulfill that desire, you learned to hide at a very young age. This ability allows you to hide more effectively.
Level 50: 54% chance of being seen, -110% chance of being seen in the shadows.
Uh, a hundred and ten? What is this, walking into the shade of a tree and even the Hokage won't notice me? At least one piano fell on me. This is definitely a positive ability, because all the others have their pluses, but when you look at their minuses, you realize that they balance out their strengths very well, if not outweigh them!
But who would have thought that my alienation and avoidance of everyone in the orphanage would benefit me. Yeah, it's not a kung fu skill that I could get by constantly fighting with someone, or stamina with strength on the level of a strong Genin (although I'm stupid to say I have stamina, but if I were more active I'd be even better).
Okay, that's taken care of, now what about the factions?
Faction Attitude:
Konoha residents: -4000.
Inuzuka Clan:1700.
? (you must meet at least one member of this faction to open the other factions).
Character Attitude:
? (old ties are cut off like the closed gates of a shelter behind your back).
Yeah, life from scratch, great! I wish they'd reset faction reputations the same way. So, what's with the blinking quest?
Quests:
New Home.
Get to your new home within three hours.
Time remaining: 2:47:32.
Reward: 100 experience. Opportunity to survive the night. Apartment. Lockable door.
Penalty for Failure to Perform: This night you will be left alone with the residents celebrating victory over the Demon Fox (variant, highly likely to be lethal).
43 Days of Hell.
You have just left your "cozy" nest, and must now try to survive in a place where no one wants you and you have nothing. Hold out until you enter the Shinobi Academy, and your hunger for life and knowledge will be rewarded (in the other world).
Prerequisites: Live for 43 days.
Time remaining: 42:18:28:42.
Reward: 1000 experience.
Penalty for failure/refusal: death.
Seduce Kaguya.
If you are unable to disrupt the events of this world with your actions and the rabbit goddess appears in this world, you will be left with only one course of action.
Reward: Goddess Wife, life, "variant".
Penalty for failure/refusal: death of the Shinobi World, restart Player from the beginning.
But, returning to reality, I can say that I did get to my apartment in an empty dormitory on time, and I got a level. It was nice, of course, but it didn't dispel the general gloom that reigned in my soul. It just made it worse. I had to either twist myself around and prevent Kaguya from being reborn, or discover that I was a level 100 catcher... or what was the maximum level? Because seducing a lady you've seen for the first time while being her enemy, and quickly, before she sends you all to the dust, is an unrealistic task. And even if to assume that I will go by this branch of development (I don't know how to get it), then I will have neither time, nor strength, nor opportunity to go by the first one, and maybe I will become a catcher, but I will miss the opportunity to finish everything without Kaguya's awakening. And I won't be the strongest shinobi, because I won't be training the same things. I mean, not at all! I wish they had built in a dating simulator system instead of the standard "Player" system. The only encouraging thing was that I had an unlimited number of attempts... and it was frightening to imagine that I'd have to start Naruto's life from the beginning at least once more, and I immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Why was I so unlucky to be reborn in such a bad situation?