"Look, it's the Demon Fox!"
"Don't get too close. I heard that people in the Village died the moment he was born."
"Haha, he probably doesn't even know who his parents are, right?"
...Evening.
Konoha Village, on the streets.
The summer heat, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas, woke the boy's consciousness from the chaos.
He opened his eyes blankly.
What met his eyes was a completely unfamiliar environment.
"...Wasn't I about to take off?"
"Where the hell did I end up?"
As fragments of memories that didn't belong to him flooded his mind, the boy soon understood everything:
He had transmigrated.
He had transmigrated into the world of Naruto.
And Uzumaki Naruto was his current name.
"I've become Naruto?"
In his previous life, he was an ordinary and bored high school student from China.
He had heard a bit about the main plot of "Naruto."
"Making me the savior to defeat Madara and Kaguya to save the Ninja World... interesting."
"GG!"
However, as the memories continued to merge, the boy breathed a small sigh of relief.
Only because the current timeline was still several years away from the outbreak of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
To be precise.
Today was the last day before the Chunin Exams.
Orochimaru hadn't launched the Konoha Crush plan yet;
Sandaime Hiruzen Sarutobi was still alive and well;
Jiraiya hadn't appeared yet, and he—Uzumaki Naruto—hadn't learned his signature Rasengan either.
His only means of combat were relying on Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Talk no Jutsu.
Even... He looked not far away.
Three children were standing in a row, casting mocking glances at him.
One of the children suddenly bent down.
He picked up a stone at his feet and made a motion to throw it.
Could he endure this?
As a "Three-Good Youth" of the new era raised under the Red Flag.
He had always received the correct socialist education of seeking immediate revenge and never letting "Saint Mother" tendencies run wild.
"I can't deal with Madara and Kaguya, but I can't handle you little brats?"
Thus, under the astonished gazes of the three children.
They saw the figure of the "Demon Fox" instantly vanish before their eyes.
The next second.
Three Shadow Clones appeared behind them simultaneously, firmly gripping their wrists.
With one kick each to their knees, the three children were forced to kneel on the spot, crying out in pain.
Slap!
A crisp slapping sound rang out.
Now the boy who had become Uzumaki Naruto grabbed one of the children's faces and rewarded him with a direct slap.
"Calling me a Demon Fox?"
Slap!
Another crisp slapping sound rang out.
"Bullying me, are you?"
"Three little brats think they can walk all over me, thinking I'm easy to talk to and won't fight back?"
In the original work.
Naruto had silently endured all of this since childhood.
Even though he had done nothing wrong, and his parents were heroes who sacrificed their lives to save the Village.
Even his dream was actually to become the Hokage.
To protect these villagers who never showed him any kindness.
Perhaps the Naruto in the original work truly felt affection for the Village.
Believing in the will of fire and believing he could use his actions to influence these people.
But the current Naruto was different.
The original kind-hearted nice guy was dead.
Now, he only cared about himself.
Village, friendship, responsibility... what did these words have to do with him now?
Slap!
The final slap landed.
Tears, snot, and saliva mixed together, making the three annoying bratty faces look much more pleasing to the eye.
Although the smiles vanished from their faces, one appeared on Naruto's face.
"Phew... that's more like it. Much better."
Just as he stretched and prepared to let them go to study his next plan at home.
A cold, mechanical notification sound suddenly appeared in his mind:
[Ding!]
[Evil System loading complete, successfully bound to the host!]
[In the Ninja World, strength is respected. The strong must ruthlessly humiliate the weak!]
[As long as the host performs an evil act recognized by the system, you will receive the corresponding evil points!]
[Host's current evil points: 0]
[Villain Rank: LV1]
[Evaluation: That's it? You call yourself a villain?]
The sudden voice made Naruto pause.
A system?
His Golden Finger had arrived?
Getting rewards just for doing evil deeds, is that right?
That's absolutely right!
On the other side.
When the Shadow Clones were released and the three brats regained their freedom, they started babbling again:
"You monster, how dare you hit us?!"
"I'm going back to tell my mom and dad, and tell Hokage-sama!"
"Hmph, just you wait for your punishment!"
They didn't notice that the look in Naruto's eyes suddenly changed.
It was the kind of look a predator gives its prey... Five minutes later.
Naruto walked out of the alley, satisfied, and clapped his hands.
"Alright, Deep Blue, add points!"
After waiting for a moment, the system still didn't respond.
What's going on?
Naruto was a bit surprised.
Does beating up kids not count as an evil act?
As if to answer the doubts in his heart, the cold mechanical voice spoke again:
[Hint: The host can only obtain evil points by performing evil acts on characters with names in the original work.]
[As for other background characters, they are not included in the settlement range.]
"Damn, why didn't you say so earlier? Isn't this a waste of my Chakra?"
Naruto cursed inwardly.
However, taking this opportunity, he wanted to ask all his questions at once.
"System, what exactly are evil points used for?"
The cold mechanical voice continued to explain:
[Under the current LV1 Villain Rank, the host can consume evil points to conduct Simulated Cultivation.]
[Every 1 evil point will be converted into 1 month of Simulated Cultivation time.]
[The entire simulation process will be completed in an instant.]
[After it ends, all progress made by the host in the simulated world will be synchronized back to the host's body.]
Naruto nodded.
"In other words, from now on, I never have to worry about training again?"
"But it feels like... this function is a bit of a chicken rib."
You should know that in the original work, he was already exceptionally talented.
Not only did he quickly master various high-level Ninjutsu, including Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan.
But he also became the strongest in the Ninja World in his early twenties, almost never worrying about training.
"From the looks of it, this Simulated Cultivation can only help me fill in gaps like Genjutsu or elemental releases."
But in the Ninja World, what matters isn't who knows more Ninjutsu or has fewer weaknesses.
Otherwise, how could the Sandaime Hiruzen Sarutobi, hailed as the "Professor of Ninjutsu," lose to Orochimaru?
Bloodline is the most important factor in determining combat power!
And the Evil System couldn't bring him direct gains in that regard!
What?
You're saying I'm the third-generation Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the bloodline successor of the Yondaime and the Uzumaki Clan, and the Reincarnation of Ashura?
Oh, then never mind.
Additionally, Naruto caught another key point.
"System, you just said 'under the current Villain Rank'."
"Does that mean as the 'Villain Rank' increases, you can unlock more functions?"
[That's correct. Whenever the host's evil points accumulate to a certain amount, the Villain Rank can be increased.]
[At that time, this system will unlock more uses and functions for evil points.]
Hearing this, Naruto nodded.
Cheats, the more the better!
The current priority was still to prepare for the upcoming Chunin Exams.
After all, this was the first major event in the entire series.
Various plot characters would appear one after another.
He believed that by then, the evil points he could harvest wouldn't be few.
Sorting out his thoughts.
Naruto walked slowly towards home... a dilapidated apartment building.
A simple top-floor studio apartment.
When Naruto walked up the stairs and was about to pull out his keys to open the door, he found someone already waiting there.
Skin as white as snow.
A youthful face.
The girl's earlobes were slightly pink, and her two small, white hands were clutching a paper bag, looking somewhat restless.
"Wife?"
"Oh, wait, Hinata, why are you here?"