One familiar face after another appeared before Kazama’s eyes, making his blood boil with excitement.
This was a great era.
Since he had already come here, he might as well compete for a place in it.
He didn’t necessarily have to dominate the entire shinobi world, but at the very least, he had to become famous throughout it.
Otherwise, how could he live up to his identity as a transmigrator?
How could he live up to the Dragon Ball Wish System?
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
A rapid series of notifications suddenly rang out inside Kazama’s mind.
Kazama froze for a moment, and his expression immediately changed.
Fortunately, the oversized sunglasses covering his face made it difficult to notice.
Only Guy, who was already familiar with Kazama, detected something unusual.
“What’s wrong?” “Nothing…” Kazama felt as if his heart were bleeding.
He walked toward the back of the classroom, found a seat, and sat down.
Guy took the seat beside him and waited quietly for the Academy instructor to arrive.
Meanwhile, Kazama immediately checked the System in his mind.
As expected— new tasks had appeared!
Those crisp sounds just now had all been task notifications.
And judging from how many had appeared at once, Kazama knew that several previous tasks must have been overwritten.
That was why his heart was bleeding!
These were tasks!
Completing even the simplest one could reward at least one Level 1 Wish Power Fragment.
He was only five fragments away from collecting seven.
Once he gathered seven, he would be able to summon Shenron— No.
Wrong.
He would be able to combine them into one complete unit of Level 1 Wish Power.
[Task 1 has been overwritten…] [Task 2 has been overwritten…] […] Then the three remaining tasks appeared.
[Task 1: Graduate from the Ninja Academy in the same year as Kakashi Hatake and defeat him.] [Reward: 2 Level 1 Wish Power Fragments.] [Time Limit: One year.] [Task 2: Become friends with Asuma Sarutobi.] [Reward: 1 Level 1 Wish Power Fragment.] [Time Limit: One year.] [Task 3: Take Kurenai Yūhi’s first kiss.] [Reward: 1 Level 1 Wish Power Fragment.] [Time Limit: Ten days.] Looking at those tasks, Kazama’s heart hurt even more.
All three had been triggered by relatively important supporting characters.
Kakashi Hatake.
Kurenai Yūhi.
Asuma Sarutobi.
They were all memorable supporting characters in Naruto, though naturally they still couldn’t compare to figures like Itachi Uchiha or Orochimaru.
Kazama was certain that at least three or four tasks had already been overwritten.
After all, Obito, Rin, Shizune, and several others were here too.
There might even be people Kazama hadn’t recognized.
Any of them could have triggered tasks.
Unfortunately, the tasks had appeared too quickly and overwritten one another.
The System could display only three tasks at a time.
Once another task appeared, one of the existing ones would be replaced.
“Damn it!” Kazama cursed the System internally once again.
Otherwise, he might already have been close to collecting a full set of Wish Power Fragments.
“Accept Task 1 and Task 3.
Cancel Task 2.” Defeating Kakashi was something Kazama intended to do anyway.
Graduating within one year was also part of his plan.
So naturally, he accepted Task 1.
As for becoming friends with Asuma Sarutobi?
Kazama rejected that one without hesitation.
Asuma eventually died and left Kurenai behind.
And now Task 3 required Kazama to take Kurenai’s first kiss.
Why would he go out of his way to become friends with Asuma too?
“Take Kurenai’s first kiss within ten days?” Kazama stared at the task with the shortest deadline.
Ten days.
That was definitely troublesome.
Kurenai might only be six years old, but there still had to be some kind of method— Another concern immediately surfaced in Kazama’s mind.
Does this System seriously have no punishment for failing a task?
You’d better not screw me over, you ridiculous System!
Kazama could only hope there truly was no hidden penalty.
“Students…” Just as Kazama was thinking about how to complete the Kurenai task, a male instructor entered the classroom.
He wore a green flak jacket and a forehead protector.
After briefly introducing himself, he looked around the room.
“For the next three years, all of you will be classmates.” “So let’s begin by introducing ourselves.
That way, your teacher and your classmates can get to know you.” “You can tell us your name, your hobbies, your dreams—anything you’d like.” He pointed toward one side of the classroom.
“We’ll start with the first student in the leftmost row.” The introductions proceeded from left to right across the first row before moving on to the second.
Kazama was sitting near the middle of the last row, so his turn would come much later.
“I-I-I’m Risa…” A shy little girl stood up with her face flushed bright red.
The moment she managed to say her name, she quickly sat back down.
“My name is Akimoto.
I like reading, and I hope to become the most knowledgeable person in Konoha…” Kazama glanced at him.
Definitely the glasses-wearing bookworm type.
…
“Kakashi Hatake.” Kakashi was as taciturn as ever.
His face remained tense and cold, as though someone owed him a million ryō.
After stating his name, he immediately sat back down.
“So that’s Kakashi Hatake…” “I heard his father failed a mission and later committed suicide…” Scattered whispers immediately arose throughout the classroom.
Perhaps Kakashi had already grown used to such comments.
He showed no reaction whatsoever and continued sitting there with the same cold expression.
Kazama wondered if one reason Kakashi had graduated so quickly in the original story was simply because he couldn’t stand listening to classmates gossip about him every day.
Still— the death of Konoha’s White Fang, Sakumo Hatake, was something Kazama genuinely regretted.
He had missed the chance to personally witness such a legendary shinobi.
At the same time, Sakumo’s death demonstrated just how terrifying Konoha’s ability to destroy one of its own could be.
The mighty White Fang of Konoha— a shinobi whose reputation and strength rivaled the Legendary Sannin— had ultimately been driven to death.
“My name is Mizuki…” “My name is Shizune…” “My name is Asuma Sarutobi.
My dream is to become Hokage!” At this age, Asuma was naturally still heavily influenced by his father, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and dreamed of becoming Hokage himself.
“My name is Obito Uchiha…” “My name is Rin Nohara…” Then a small girl stood up.
“I-I’m Kurenai Yūhi.” “My dream is to become a master of genjutsu…” “P-Please take care of me!” Young Kurenai had long, beautiful hair that partly covered her cheeks.
Her fair little face and blinking red eyes made her look exceptionally cute.
“My name is Might Guy!
I—” Guy stood up and immediately launched into a long speech.
Once he started talking, it was like someone had opened a floodgate.
He simply wouldn’t stop.
“All right, Might Guy.” The instructor wiped the sweat from his face and hurriedly interrupted him.
“I think everyone understands you quite well now.
You can sit down.” Guy didn’t see anything wrong with what he had done.
He simply sat back down with complete confidence.
Finally, Kazama slowly rose to his feet.
Black hair.
Black clothes.
Oversized black sunglasses covering much of his face.
Even with the sunglasses, he still looked quite handsome.
Without them, he probably would have attracted even more attention.
Everyone’s gaze fell on him.
Kazama spoke calmly.
“My name is Kazama.” “My hobby is competing with strong people.” “If any of you think you’re strong enough, you’re welcome to challenge me anytime.” Then his voice grew firmer.
“My dream is to become famous throughout the shinobi world…” “And make the entire shinobi world tremble before me!”