In this world with Chakra, Ninja are the crucial factor determining the world's direction and historical progression.
For a thousand years, Ninja, with their omnipotent Chakra, have greatly compressed the living space of samurai and traditional soldiers.
As of the current era of one country, one Village configuration, the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages hold a position of equality with or even slightly above the Daimyo.
For ordinary Ninja, their parents' achievements can largely determine their own talent.
If following a normal development path, Shuichi's current body could reach the level of an Elite Jonin at most, but this would require a lot of time, likely not until he is close to 30 years old, during his Ninja peak.
While such a prospect is already considered very good in Konoha Village, the reality is full of uncertainties, and a Ninja's life is always accompanied by great risks.
Facing the Third Shinobi World War that is coming in a few years, a child like Shuichi, who is still in the early stages of development, might even be pulled onto the battlefield due to Konoha's multi-front warfare.
As a transmigrator, if he doesn't have a cheat, there are basically two choices in his current situation: one is to give up being a Ninja.
He could rely on his knowledge from his previous life to start a small business, then befriend excellent Ninja in the future Village, and use his intelligence advantage to avoid several major incidents where Konoha was attacked.
However, in that case, his life would arguably be meaningless; not becoming a Ninja, yet already knowing the chaos outside the Village, he might not even dare to leave the Village.
The second is to embark on the Ninja path through normal channels, but from graduating the Academy, he would have to endure nearly 20 years of trials.
Among these, several waves of major events, culminating in the god-like battle with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, mean that even at Jonin level, one would need strong luck to survive to the end.
Of course, the above were all thoughts Shuichi had when he first arrived, but upon careful consideration, he realized that Ninja and civilians are in two completely different social classes. If he remained a civilian, he would likely experience many frustrating moments in this life.
Although Konoha Village villagers dared to scold a Ninja of Sakumo Hatake's caliber, in this world of completely unequal power, weakness is the original sin.
Therefore, Shuichi strengthened his resolve to become a Ninja, and to control his own destiny with this level of talent, the best method is still to pursue the path of a research Ninja, because innate bloodline determines a Ninja's potential.
Since his talent is insufficient, taking others' and putting them on himself is also a good idea.
Lee in the original work could be said to be the most hardworking person, but from beginning to end, he was always just a supporting character.
That terrifying training intensity was completely consuming his future life; he would likely be left with a body full of injuries past the age of 30.
Until last night, Shuichi had been contemplating his future growth path.
This included how to showcase his strengths during his Ninja Academy days, how to become a disciple of the Sannin after graduating and participating in battles, or at least have a Jonin mentor.
"Damn it, why don't I have a cheat or a system? Getting electrocuted while playing League of Legends, that's just something else."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shuichi felt a flash of light before his eyes.
Coming back to his senses, an image of a League of Legends hero's status appeared in Shuichi's mind. On the far left, where the hero's in-game avatar would normally be, was Shuichi's expression from when he looked out the window, with a touch of innocent cuteness.
At the same time, to the right of the avatar, five skill icons, just like those of a League of Legends hero, were displayed.
Four of the icons had a flashing "+" sign on them, while the first one remained constantly lit.
Shuichi was truly surprised. For the first three days after he transmigrated, he thought about and spoke aloud every term he knew or suspected to contain a golden finger or cheat, but there was no reaction at all.
These past two days, he had already envisioned his future: diligently studying during Academy, then graduating and becoming Orochimaru's student to embark on the path of a research Ninja...
Shuichi stared at the golden finger that had appeared, intending to understand its situation comprehensively, but when he saw the information on the status bar, he almost died of anger:
"Ninja Growth System"
"! Activation Conditions:
One, host's soul is completely fused with the original body;
Two, words spoken within a single sentence include 'LOL' and 'system'"
If there were customer service for all realms, Shuichi estimated he would immediately report the system's outrageous situation. If he had carefully lived half his life and then accidentally said it one day, the resentment alone would probably send him back.
After calming down, Shuichi patiently began to study the system; this might be his capital for establishing himself in the future Ninja world:
System Description: This system completely accompanies the host's growth, calculated from the host's birth date.
Every year on July 31st at 0:00, the host receives 1 free attribute point. The host can only add a total of 3 points to the ultimate skill at ages 4, 11, and 16. Additionally, the level difference between regular skills cannot exceed 2.
Passive Skill (Recovery and Growth): For every year the host grows, the recovery speed of physical and mental energy increases by 3%, and all other basic attributes increase by 3% [Currently increased by 12%]
Skill One (Physical Enhancement): For every point the host adds, physical energy (including Yang Release) increases by 100% [Currently increased by 0, the effect of the increase is entirely determined by the host's original body without the system, maximum 5 points]
Skill Two (Mental Enhancement): For every point the host adds, mental energy (including Yin Release) increases by 100% [Currently increased by 0, the effect of the increase is entirely determined by the host's original body without the system, maximum 5 points]
Skill Three (Ninja Quality Enhancement): For every point the host adds, personal reaction speed and thought speed increase by 50% [Currently increased by 0, the effect of the increase is entirely determined by the host's original body without the system, maximum 5 points]
Ultimate Skill (Flash): Instantly teleports to any location within a certain range [Level 1: 10 meters; Level 2: 20 meters; Level 3: 30 meters; Cooldown: 6 months / 3 months / 1 month] (Includes special effects, will be known upon learning)
After studying it carefully for a long time, Shuichi basically understood the system.
Because he transmigrated while playing League of Legends, this system and the hero status bar were strikingly similar.
Among them, the passive skill and the first two skills can be said to completely raise a Ninja's talent limit. As long as Shuichi can hold steady until he is eighteen, his future achievements are simply unimaginable.
And skills three and four are the trump cards for rapidly increasing combat power.
Skill three can not only help a Ninja gain an advantage in fast-paced combat but also improve the efficiency of a Ninja's daily training from the moment points are added, which will save a lot of time.
A Ninja's youth can be said to be the fastest-growing stage; upon entering middle age, they can only improve their combat power through combat experience and other aspects.
From the literal meaning, adding just one point can save 1/3 of the time for knowledge learning, Ninjutsu and Taijutsu training, etc. Going from ordinary to genius can truly be said to be not a dream.
Combined with the advanced thinking Shuichi brought from his transmigration, he would basically have no rivals in the Ninja Academy.
The ultimate skill can be considered a unique product brought by the transmigration.
Although the cooldown is very long in the early stages, in times of crisis, as long as the difference between the two sides is not extremely huge, Flash can allow Shuichi to steadily instantly kill the most threatening enemy, definitely becoming the most important trump card in Ninja combat.
After a brief analysis, Shuichi had basically determined his Ninja growth path, centered around his cheat.
Now Shuichi planned to spend a few days summarizing all the information he could use, and then formulate a short-term plan.