"Six years, six years! Do you know how I've spent these six years?"
[I...]
"You don't know!"
"Can you understand how hopeless I felt when I came into this world, being so weak?"
[You...]
"You don't understand."
Shiro began to pour out his frustrations to the tardy system.
"Six years! I've wasted six of the most precious years of my life. Why are you showing up now?"
[System is automatically unbinding.]
Shiro: …
"Wait! No, no, no! System, I was just joking! Please, don't go!"
As soon as Shiro heard that the system was about to disengage, he quickly changed his tone.
After some apologies, Shiro decided to get to the main topic.
"Ahem, system, what abilities do you have?"
[This system is called the Ninja World Life Simulator, which allows the host to simulate different lives.]
[Before each simulation, the host can choose from a selection of random talents to carry into the simulation.]
[Talents are ranked from high to low and are divided into seven colors: Black, Red, Orange, Purple, Blue, Green, and White.]
[Based on the final simulation score, the host will receive corresponding rewards.]
[The lowest score is F, and the highest score is SSS.]
[The higher the score, the greater the rewards.]
Shiro was absolutely thrilled. As soon as the system finished introducing itself, he immediately said:
"System, start the first simulation."
[Random talent is being drawn.]
[Random talents have been drawn. Please choose from the available talents.]
[The host must select at least one talent, and a maximum of three can be selected.]
Shiro glanced at the list of talent colors in his mind: Red, Orange, Blue, Green, Green, White.
Holy crap!
The first simulation, and I already have Red and Orange talents?!
Shiro immediately disregarded the other talents and focused on these two.
[God-Level Lockpicking (Red): Your lockpicking skills have reached the pinnacle of the world.
Any form of lock, or anything you perceive as a lock, can be easily unlocked by you.]
[Non-Human (Orange): You will become something other than a human.
Although you lose the joys of being human, you will gain immense compensation in other aspects.]
Hiss~
Shiro sucked in a cold breath.
The "God-Level Lockpicking" talent seemed ordinary, but the second part—any perceived lock can be unlocked—made it incredibly powerful!
Imagine this: if Shiro considered traps, illusions, or even seals as "locks," could anything really trap him?
As for "Non-Human," although losing the pleasures of being human made Shiro uneasy, the phrase immense compensation meant that if he chose this talent, his enhancement would likely be far beyond what he imagined.
Shiro immediately made up his mind—he would choose both of these talents. His gaze then shifted to the only blue talent left.
[Sunflower True Qi (Blue): All the power you acquire will be converted into the highly potent Sunflower True Qi.
The cost is that you will be born a male, and within the first ten years of your life, you will be forced to commit suicide by your own hand.]
Shiro: ...
Emmm...
How should he put this...
Even if Shiro died, he'd choose to leap off the Hokage Rock and die in the wilderness, not by that ridiculous talent!
"System, I choose 'God-Level Lockpicking' and 'Non-Human' for the simulation."
[Host has selected talents. The first life simulation begins.]
[In your first year, you were born, but you don't know how you were born. The only thing you know is that when you opened your eyes, an old man with three circular eyes on his face named you—Kyūbi.]
"What the hell! I became the Nine-Tails? This is awesome!"
[Alongside you, seven other Tailed Beasts were born: Shukaku (One-Tail), Matatabi (Two-Tails), Isobu (Three-Tails), Son Goku (Four-Tails), Kokuō (Five-Tails), Saiken (Six-Tails), Chōmei (Seven-Tails), and Gyūki (Eight-Tails).]
[You are the strongest and the most intelligent of the nine Tailed Beasts.]
[In your second year, at one year old, you start rapidly developing, with your power increasing every day.]
[In your third year, you begin training diligently, becoming the first of the Tailed Beasts to master the Tailed Beast Bomb technique.]
[Due to your obsession with training, your relationship with the other Tailed Beasts isn't very good.
Especially with Shukaku, who became your enemy after you beat him up for being mouthy.
The only Tailed Beast you get along with well is Gyūki.
You suspect this might be because both of you have a similar number of tails, leading to a mutual understanding.]
[In your fourth year, it's all about training, beating up Shukaku, and chatting with Gyūki.]
[In your fifth year, training, beating up Shukaku, and chatting with Gyūki.]
…
[In your fiftieth year, the old man is about to die. He gathers all the Tailed Beasts together to distribute the chakra of the God Tree among you.]
[You volunteer to take on the task of distribution.]
[The old man, trusting you, hands over the chakra of the God Tree and goes to rest.]
[You look at the thousands of chakra orbs, big and small, that the old man has squashed into a pile, and you think of a way to get a bit more chakra for yourself.]
[You begin distributing the chakra, starting with Shukaku.]
[You call Shukaku over, take one-ninth of the chakra, and distribute it by saying, "Look, you get one orb, I get one orb… Fair, right?"**
Shukaku swallows his chakra orb, snorts, and leaves without saying a word.**
[Next up is Matatabi. You do the same, distributing one orb for him, one for yourself.
The other Tailed Beasts notice something's off with your distribution method, but they don't know what's wrong and let you continue.]
[Soon, after distributing the chakra, only Gyūki remains. You continue with your method, and after the distribution, you can tell by the strange look in Gyūki's eyes that he knows what you're up to.]
[You pick the two largest chakra orbs from the pile and hand them to Gyūki. He accepts them without question and silently walks away.]
[You immediately devour the chakra you withheld from the other Tailed Beasts, as well as the one-ninth of the chakra that was originally yours.]
[With this, you now possess more than half of the God Tree's chakra, becoming the strongest Tailed Beast—Kyūbi—the Nine-Tails!]