Enter with her physical body?
When Rin saw those words in the notebook, her mind immediately went blank.
Did entering with her physical body mean what she thought it meant?
Or would the notebook merely create an illusion similar to Tsukuyomi?
The latter seemed more likely.
It would also explain why she could survive after dying, with only her soul suffering damage.
However, the former possibility couldn’t be ruled out.
Even if it was merely an illusion like Tsukuyomi, dying inside it might feel no different from truly dying.
Rin had personally experienced Tsukuyomi and understood this very well.
With so many uncertainties, she wasn’t willing to take the risk.
Therefore, she decisively shook her head and said, “Entering with my physical body is tempting, but I refuse.”
More text began appearing in the notebook.
[Because I refused to enter with my physical body, I couldn’t make a more complicated request for help.]
[I ran up to the two adult Uchiha and shouted, “Save me!”]
[Because I looked like a helpless young girl, the two adult Uchiha immediately felt protective of me.]
[They snorted proudly and muttered that I was troublesome, but they still told me to stand behind them.]
[I believe they will protect me from any danger we encounter because most Uchiha have cold exteriors but warm hearts.]
[Of course… Obito Uchiha is an exception. He’s warm both inside and out.]
[At that moment, a young Uchiha appeared at the corner of the alley. His expression was cold, his eyes were blood-red, and he possessed the same three-tomoe Sharingan as the two adults protecting me.]
[He slowly approached while carrying a sword. I saw two deep lines beneath his eyes, a Konoha forehead protector on his forehead, and… blood splattered across his face.]
[I didn’t know whose blood it was, but I could sense the intense killing intent emanating from him. He intended to kill all of us.]
[Seeing this, the two adult Uchiha exchanged glances and immediately charged forward.]
[I couldn’t help but feel relieved. It was two against one, so we had the numerical advantage.]
[However, in the next instant, I saw the young Uchiha’s eyes rotate. The three tomoe disappeared and were replaced by a curved shuriken pattern.]
[This was… the Mangekyō Sharingan… which I had already witnessed once before.]
[My heart skipped a beat. However, we still had the numerical advantage. Although the Mangekyō Sharingan was an evolved form of the three-tomoe Sharingan, I thought it might not be powerful enough to defeat two three-tomoe Sharingan users at once.]
[Especially since the Mangekyō Sharingan user was still young, while the two people protecting me were fully grown adults.] The source of this chapter is g.com.
[However, in the next instant, I realized just how terribly wrong I was.]
[A bloody tear flowed from one of the young Uchiha’s eyes. He swung his sword, and the two charging Uchiha with three-tomoe Sharingan fell to the ground.]
[Yes, although I could hardly believe my eyes, the three-tomoe Sharingan, which Obito had claimed was the strongest, was completely overwhelmed by the young Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan.]
[At that moment, the young Uchiha looked at me expressionlessly. I panicked and realized that I couldn’t meet his gaze. I hurriedly closed my eyes, turned around, and ran.]
[I heard something whistle through the air behind me, followed by a chill across my neck. I died.]
[Evaluation: I chose to run directly toward the Uchiha residential district, where I encountered Uchiha clansmen who had not yet been massacred. I seemed to have discovered the identity of the killer.]
[However, it was useless.]
[Results: What a genius I am, believing that two wielders of the three-tomoe Sharingan could defeat someone with the Mangekyō Sharingan. I should give myself a thumbs-up for that brilliant decision.]
[As it turned out, the killer didn’t even need those eyes to kill me. A single shuriken was enough~]
[Score: 1.]
[My knowledge of ninja tools increased, and I gained extensive experience in shurikenjutsu.]
A vast amount of knowledge about shuriken-throwing techniques suddenly poured into Rin’s mind.
Moreover, it felt as though she had practiced these techniques countless times, to the point that they had nearly become instinctive.
However, when Rin looked at her pitiful score of one and the mocking evaluation, she couldn’t feel happy at all.
How had her score gotten worse instead of better?
No, if she received such a low score again, she might as well bang her head against a wall.
However, after these attempts, she had begun to understand some of the notebook game’s rules.
First, whenever she reset, her in-game self retained the memories of all previous attempts, just as Rin did in reality.
Second, the rewards she received each time seemed to be related to the person who had killed her.
She would either obtain some of their knowledge or acquire one of their abilities.
Third…
She looked back at the text that had appeared at the beginning of the day.
[Today, I became slightly stronger. However, compared to yesterday, the improvement is negligible.]
If she understood it correctly, then, combined with the first rule, the “Rin” inside the notebook was identical to the real Rin.
In other words, her strength inside the text adventure depended entirely on how strong she was in reality. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
This meant that the key to surviving the game might not lie only in choosing the correct options.
Her own strength was equally important.
If she had been capable of dodging the shuriken, she wouldn’t have died so quickly during the latest attempt.
If she became even stronger, she might be able to break through the blockade formed by the Root operatives.
If she became incredibly powerful, perhaps she could even defeat the young Uchiha with the Mangekyō Sharingan who could use Tsukuyomi.
She might even…
be able to contend with the dark figure slaughtering everyone inside the Military Police Force headquarters.
Of course, Rin couldn’t determine which opponent was stronger.
She was only judging them based on her own experiences.
Individually, the Root operatives seemed to be the weakest, but they possessed an overwhelming numerical advantage.
The young Uchiha was extremely powerful and could instantly kill two users of the three-tomoe Sharingan, but he was still only massacring people within the residential district.
The strongest enemy was undoubtedly the terrifying dark figure who dared to rampage through the Military Police Force headquarters.
At that moment, Rin made a firm decision.
One day, she would become powerful enough to beat that dark figure into the ground.
“All right, it’s decided. You can do this, Rin!”
Rin Nohara clenched her small fists and encouraged herself.
In fact, Rin was very clever.
She had already realized that, as long as the text adventure continued following the rules she had identified, she could gradually become stronger by accumulating rewards each time she died.
Now, she could genuinely see the possibility of becoming a legendary medical-nin like Lady Tsunade.
Perhaps one day, after Obito became Hokage and Kakashi inherited his father Sakumo’s title as the White Fang, she could also stand at the peak of the shinobi world and protect both Obito and Kakashi.
Of course, Kakashi was already so strong that he might not need her protection.
But Obito…
He really needed someone to look after him.
It really helps the fic grow!