"Enough of that, they're ready." Kakashi patted his student on his shoulder as they prepared themselves.
He selected Search and Destroy which a screen appeared shifted to a lobby with a max of 16 players but since Kakashi was the host he changed it to 8 for a 4v4. There was no changing the map but they had 3 choices, Downpour, Overgrown, or Random.
Team Guy joined shortly after and immediately heard their voices.
"KAKASHI, MY RIVAL! MY TEAM IS READY!" Guy shouted as they saw a speaker icon next to his name and insignia. They were all F+ naturally.
"Why is that bushier brows sensei yelling?" Naruto put a pinky in his ear from the noise.
"JUST LIKE MY SENSEI, WE CANNOT SUPPRESS OUR FLAMES OF YOUTH, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO FACE OFF AGAINST THE UCHIHA GENIUS, THIS WILL BE A PERFECT CHANCE!" Lee shared the same energy as his sensei.
"Just because he's the last Uchiha, doesn't make him a genius." Neji scorned through voice chat.
"The Sharingan has always been superior to the Byakugan. A joke of a Dojutsu." Sasuke didn't let that slide.
"Maybe we should calm it do–" Sakura was trying to be the voice of reason but was interrupted.
"Have you even awakened the Sharingan, rookie? Every Hyuga can use the Byakugan, can your has-been clan say the same?" Neji defended his clan.
That set Sasuke off.
"At least my clan was never slave owners. You hide your forehead with your shinobi headband. What's under there? Want to share, bastard?" Sasuke barely held back his rage.
Neji didn't bother to.
"MY CLAN WASN'T ANNIHILATED BY MY OWN BROTHER! A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY!" He screamed at him.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, SLAVE! YOUR BETTERS ARE SPEAKING!" Sasuke was brimming with rage and hatred when that Hyuga brought up his clan being massacred specifically mentioning Itachi.
"Perhaps we sho–" Kakashi was about to mediate before the Hyuga exploded.
"DEAD CLAN!"
"SLAVE!"
"DEAD CLAN!"
"SLAVE!"
Marashi had his eyes closed and fought with all his heart not to laugh. Now this was what COD was all about. It was only missing the racial slurs. That's when he had a wicked smile on his face. He could hear the chat if he focused on it thanks to the system, but he could also message them anonymously and there'd be no trace of it. Perfect for messing with people. His system was awesome.
He messaged them both.
"DEAD CLAN!"
"SLAVE!"
They saw a message in the corner of their eyes and just said it without thinking.
"UCHI**ER!"
"HYU**ER!"
"UCHI**ER!"
"HYU**ER!"
That's when Marashi started banging the desk in pure hysteria. Pure instigation at its finest. He couldn't take credit for the Uchiha slander as he remembered watching a Naruto parody. Naruto Unhinged. Truly a funny series.
Kakashi and Guy had their jaws on the floor along with the rest of the lobby as they screamed at each other.
Now this is the COD experience.
They intervened and smacked their students up the head as they fell to their respective floors. The parties were separated into their own waiting areas after all.
"If you're done Sasuke, can we get started?" He had no idea his student had this in him.
Their teammates were also floored. They never knew Sasuke and Neji could get this angry.
"NEJI, THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE IS UNYOUTHFUL!" Guy berated him.
"The Hyuga is mine." Sasuke's eyes were intense in bubbling fury.
"No one interfere." The Hyuga was similarly simmering with rage.
Kakashi sighed as now their teamwork was going to be in shambles.
They completely forgot about voting for a map as the timer went down and it chose Downpour by default.
Their game has started.
+++
At the same time…
"Good luck, guys!" Choji smiled.
"You too." Hinata softly spoke.
"May the best team win," Shino stated cooly.
"What a drag," Shikamaru muttered.
"We're gonna win!" Kiba laughed.
"As if! Take this seriously boys!" Ino glared at her teammates.
+++
When they both started up their games, Marashi was once again greeted by another notification.
[Congratulations on hosting your first Multiplayer Match! You have unlocked the following: Tournament and Store]
Ah, now that sounds great!
He pulled up his status but didn't see the Tournament tab, but as he went into Games and then Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1, he saw it.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 | Season 0 Tournament!
Rules: 4-man teams
Game type: Search and Destroy
Tournament Structure: Bracket. Random Seeds.
Prizes:
1st Place: Free playtime of 20 hours | 25% discount voucher for playtime (Nonstackable) | 10 Free Snacks | SAS Combat Gear (Nonfunctional) | 1 Custom Skin each | Choose 1 Reward:
50% Chakra Reserves and Physicality Awaken Kekkei Genkai and/or Upgrade it Future Knowledge | Ask 3 questions Reverse Aging by 20 years 3 Store Items (30,000ryo Limit)
2nd Place: Free playtime 10 hours | 20% discount voucher for playtime (Nonstackable) | 5 Free Snacks | 1 Custom Skin | Choose 1 Reward:
25% Chakra Reserves and Physicality Awaken Kekkei Genkai or Upgrade it Future Knowledge | Ask 1 question Reverse Aging by 10 years
5 1 Store Item (10,000ryo Limit)
3rd Place: Free playtime of 5 hours | 3 Free Snacks | 10% Chakra Reserves and Physicality
Participation: Free playtime of 2 hours | 1 Free Snack | 5% Chakra Reserves and Physicality
His jaw dropped at the rewards, especially at the third option for a reward. What the fuck, system?!
Marashi takes back everything good he said about the system...maybe that's a bit extreme. He doesn't really want to say it, but with his invulnerability in the store, perhaps it won't matter. It was a bit annoying as the system told him that he was forced to answer any question, but the upside was that it didn't apply to any of the system's functions. Where did he get the PCs? How were they transported inside the game? He didn't need to answer those kinds of questions.
The Kekkei Genkai awakening and upgrading for first was pretty cool as he was sure Sasuke would pick it, but what if a Hyuga won? Would they have the Tenseigan? That would be busted. He dug deeper and saw that through Gamer Benefits Statistics, he could see what would happen if they picked that option.
A Hyuga would get the Tenseigan. An Uchiha would get the Mangekyou Sharingan or in Kakashi's case if they got first place, he'd be able to turn it off and have the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Oh and if that's not enough because his eye is of Uchiha DNA, he'd awaken it in his other eye.
Isn't that fucking crazy?
I can already see Sasuke and Kakashi frothing at the mouth if he told them. They'd be locked in.
Naturally, this would only apply if one had a Kekkei Genkai to begin with. Sakura wouldn't get anything, but Naruto is a mixed bag. He's an Uzumaki so maybe he'd get the chains, sensory, or healing bite. Who knows. It's not like he needs more chakra.
What about reverse aging? If the Hokage ever found out, he'd be going all in, especially the elders.
Marashi added to the blackboard behind him announcing the tournament and rewards as that would surely motivate them to stay longer and spend more for the chance of these insane rewards. More Big Business.
Next, he checked the Store on his status.
It was about what one could expect. He could buy a bunch of things such as entertainment like manga, TV, anime episodes for said TV, speakers with a music player, clothing of all kinds, food, drinks, and so on.
The best thing about it was that it cost Ryo instead of points which was nice. His system would take the money and donate it anonymously which was pretty nice. Still not sure how that powers it but there's comfort in ignorance.
Oh, and he could also mentally think of something he'd want and he'd get a corresponding price.
He first bought a blue baseball cap with the following words:
MAKE KONOHA GREAT AGAIN
Marashi thought it fit better because of his armor choice and water style. It would've referenced better as red but you know what else is red? A Sharingan. No can do. There was also a leaf symbol on the brim.
He also thought of a blue T-shirt:
TOBIRAMA SENJU IS MY HOKAGE!
It also had a leaf symbol with Tobirama's portrait with his arms crossed and hat on.
This is all for the culture.
Putting the clothing and hat on, he felt satisfied. It cost him about 4000ryo which was a steal in his eyes because of the humor.
Now he had to put up his favorite meme as a poster.
One day, I saw four grown men assaulting a child just because he was a Uchiha. I couldn't stand it and went to help in the fight. The Uchiha didn't stand a chance against five of us.
- Tobirama Senju
Marashi had a giant grin as he put up the framed poster next to the blackboard. That was about 3000ryo for the poster and frame.
Next, he got the speakers and music player as they appeared in the four corners of his store and a touchscreen on his desk which he could search to find a song or create playlists. All for 50,000ryo.
He even got Tobirama bobbleheads for 1000 a pop. There were 3 of them. Is he dick riding? Maybe, but it's too funny not to. He's here to have fun.
The thing is that these items cannot be taken out of the store unless they're a reward like in the tournament. There weren't any weapons from his previous life either, but scrolls for jutsu were; however, things like A-Rank or S-Rank techniques cost hundreds of thousands and millions of ryo for the latter.
'Hey, there's even plushies too.' He would never get one for Tobirama since that'd feel a bit too suspect, but one for Kurama? Bought! 5000ryo. He placed it on the desk. Now he had blown through 65,000ryo in such a short time, but the bulk of it was the music player.
Glancing at the teams battling each other, he bought a One Piece manga, the one with the Kuma backstory. It gets him every time and played some music.
Nothing's New - Rio Romeo
+++
"GOT 'EM, HAHAHA–" Naruto was shot in the head by Tenten with a sniper after he used his RPG to blow up Rock Lee.
"Moron!" Sasuke muttered angrily as he ran through cover trying to find Neji.
Sakura was able to pinpoint Tenten's location based off sound but was off her mark a bit hitting her in the shoulder. She changed positions as did Sakura.
Kakashi was stealthily making his way around the map trying to secure a bombsite as Sakura held it considering she's the most safe.
Sasuke was turning a corner inside a building before a hail of bullets was sent his way as he ducked back.
They couldn't hear the other team at all so he definitely didn't know that Neji was bad mouthing him.
"WHY ARE YOU HIDING, UCHIHA! FACE ME!" Neji yelled even though he didn't hear him.
Sasuke threw a flash and repealed killing the Hyuga who was caught off guard.
"EAT SHIT, HYUGA!" Sasuke also threw the insult to the void.
Both teams sweatdropped.
Kakashi found Guy running at full tilt trying to find enemies as the white-haired Jonin got the drop on him killing the taijutsu master.
"DAMN YOU, KAKASHI! I'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME IF I DON'T, I'LL DO FIVE HUNDRED LAPS AROUND THE VILLAGE!" Guy challenged as he laughed.
"IF I CANNOT AVENGE NEJI THEN I'LL ALSO DO FIVE HUNDRED LAPS, GAI-SENSEI!" Lee proclaimed.
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
The dreaded sunset and beach genjutsu appeared as its power was multi-dimensional.
All four teams played for 3 hours switching the matchups before they got off, but they were in for a crazy surprise.