At noon that day.
Naruto carried two meals as he made his way up the Hokage Rock.
It was Saturday.
Guy had gone out on a mission and had left them with a training regimen.
So Naruto had slept until noon, which meant he had accumulated a full four Eight Trigrams Sealing Space check-in rewards.
By the time he reached the Hokage Rock, there were only two minutes left on the system’s check-in countdown.
This was the result of Naruto’s training over the past month.
Previously, it had taken him nearly ten minutes to climb up here.
Now, he only needed eight minutes.
The results were quite remarkable.
“Lunch is here!
Lee!”
Naruto shouted.
Behind the Hokage Rock, in a small patch of woods, Lee was hanging from a tree while doing sit-ups.
He immediately responded.
“Fifteen more!”
“I’ll…
finish…
yours too!”
“Please wait a moment!”
Naruto silently began eating.
Lee really was reliable.
No wonder he was worthy of wearing that specially designed training uniform.
Unlike him, Naruto couldn’t wear it until he overcame his habit of sleeping in.
Sigh.
Must be nice.
Today’s lunch was quite sumptuous and nutritious.
However, it wasn’t produced by the system.
Guy had given Naruto money and asked him to buy the meals himself.
Naruto had to admit that although Guy looked like a complete blockhead, he really was a responsible teacher.
The fact that he was willing to spend his own money buying food for the two of them was already worthy of Naruto’s approval.
Strengthening the body required a tremendous amount of nutrition.
The amount of money might be insignificant to someone like Guy, who could regularly go on missions, but Naruto and Lee certainly couldn’t afford it themselves.
“Almost time.”
While eating, Naruto glanced at the system.
Only one minute remained.
The Hokage Rock check-in had finally reached one full month.
“I hope it’s not the Third Hokage.”
Naruto secretly looked forward to the result.
The Third Hokage had been called the strongest Hokage during the early part of the anime.
But in reality, that was obviously the result of the old man’s own promotional campaign through the Ninja Academy textbooks.
As a salted fish, Naruto’s goal was to take shortcuts.
“Hopefully it’s the First Hokage.
The Second or Fourth would be fine too…”
The First Hokage had Wood Release and Sage Mode.
The Second Hokage possessed an incredible physique, along with powerful Water Release and numerous forbidden techniques.
As for the Fourth Hokage and Third Hokage, it was difficult to say which one was stronger.
The Third Hokage in his younger years might have surpassed the Fourth.
But the Fourth Hokage’s strength had to be considered in two separate stages: before and after his death.
Before his death, he had fought with his life on the line to protect Konoha, split the Nine-Tails into two halves, and forcibly performed the Eight Trigrams Seal.
After his death, he gained access to the Nine-Tails’ chakra and Sage Mode, becoming practically miraculous.
But regardless of how one looked at it…
The First Hokage was definitely the highest priority.
Finally.
The countdown reached zero.
The system notification appeared.
“Ding!
Check-in complete!”
“Check-in location: Hokage Rock.
Duration: 10 minutes.”
“After 30 consecutive days of checking in, you may obtain 1% of a random Hokage Template.”
“Current consecutive check-in duration: 1 day.”
“Special check-in reward obtained: Random Hokage Template 1% ×1.”
It was here.
Naruto put down his lunchbox, wiped his mouth, and clicked on the reward with great ceremony.
“Obtained Kage-level Template: Prime · Hashirama Senju 1%.”
“Can be used.
After use, you will obtain 1% of the character’s attributes and special abilities.
Full integration will be completed within 30 days.
(Skills cannot be obtained.)”
“Can be dismantled.
After dismantling, you will obtain one minute of Prime · Hashirama Senju Experience Card per 500 Lazing Points.”
Naruto’s entire body trembled.
He wiped his mouth again.
He had actually gotten it!
Without hesitation, Naruto immediately chose to use it.
The system was surprisingly humane.
It even gave him the option to dismantle it.
Although the reward from dismantling was rather strange.
One minute of Prime Hashirama’s experience was only worth 500 Lazing Points?
Only an idiot would dismantle it!
“Ding!
You have used the Kage-level Template: Prime · Hashirama Senju 1%.”
“Complete integration within 30 days.
Personal attribute enhancement has been applied.”
The system notification sounded.
Immediately afterward, another transparent notification box appeared.
Naruto’s eyes widened.
It was actually the notification for a template advancement!
[You have advanced to: Special Jonin.]
[Maximum Lazing Points gained per successful act of lazing has increased to: 35.]
[Advancement requirements: All attributes must reach 1,000, and three LV5 skills must be mastered.]
Naruto was stunned.
He had accumulated quite a lot of Lazing Points over the past month, enough to advance to Special Jonin.
But because he was worried that progressing too quickly would expose him, he had deliberately held back.
Who could have expected that just 1% of Hashirama’s Template would directly push him into the next rank!?
Naruto hurriedly opened his personal system interface.
Host: Uzumaki Naruto
Current World: Naruto World
Current Template: Special Jonin
(Automatically advances to Jonin Template after all attributes reach 1,000 and three LV5 skills are mastered.)
Personal Attributes (3)
Physical Energy: 937Chakra: 1,019Mental Energy: 930
Buffs
Fish-Eye of the SlackerSlacker Check-In DeviceSlacker Treasury
(Stored Lazing Points: 3,407)
Fish Points: 34
Personal Skills (9)
Three Basic Techniques LV3Advanced Three Basic Techniques LV1Locked Skills (7)
Chakra Natures (3)
Wind Release LV1Water Release LV1Earth Release LV1 (Integrating)
Kekkei Genkai (1)
Wood Release LV1 (Integrating)
Special Items (1)
Eight Trigrams Sealing Space Reward ×107
Personal Permissions (2)
“…This…”
There was simply too much information.
Naruto looked through the entire interface once.
He felt like there were more words here than he had seen during his entire month at the Ninja Academy.
He had found the reason for his advancement to Special Jonin.
Chakra.
It had directly shot past 1,000, reaching 1,019, instantly satisfying the Special Jonin requirement.
His other attributes had also reached the edge of the threshold.
“As expected of the First Hokage…”
“Just one percent…”
“Tsk, tsk.”
Naruto couldn’t help but sigh repeatedly.
Although the template didn’t give him any skills…
It only provided 1% of the character’s three major attributes and special abilities, such as Chakra Natures and Kekkei Genkai.
And the integration hadn’t even been completed yet.
The improvement it had already brought him could only be described as ridiculous.
His three basic attributes had skyrocketed to this extent from just one percent.
Not to mention the Wood Release and everything else that was still undergoing integration.
At this moment, Naruto was extremely glad that his absolute commitment to lazing around hadn’t stopped him from visiting the Hokage Rock.
So, this was proof that…
God will always open a window for you, but you have to actively close a door yourself.
As long as you put in some effort, your luck wouldn’t be too bad.
He was supposed to be a completely useless salted fish, someone who could be pushed around by anyone.
And yet…
He was already on the verge of becoming a Jonin.