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Ninja World;
Naruto's consciousness returned to his body, and then he heard the long-unheard voice of the system in his mind:
"The host's consciousness has successfully returned. This virtual experience has ended. Now, we will settle the life journey of your virtual experience—"
"In this virtual experience, the host experienced 29 years, 3 months, and 9 days of life (since the host started the experience at 15 years old, the first fifteen years of the experienced life are not included in the settlement). Although your life was not long, your life journey was magnificent.
Life Completeness Rating: Excellent- (Additional Rating: Titan Killer)
Rating Reward: The host can choose one of the following rewards.
-Real Life Experience Qualification.
-One Exclusive Real World Coordinate."
"Because you single-handedly killed over a thousand Titans in this experience, you earned the title 'Titan Killer,' triggering an additional rating and gaining an additional reward selection qualification."
"Titan Killer?"
Naruto looked at the 'additional rating' he received this time, feeling a bit surprised. He hadn't realized he had killed so many Titans.
However, getting an extra reward selection was good. He wanted both of the two rewards that appeared this time, so he didn't have to choose.
Also, Naruto noticed that it seemed whenever he received an additional rating in his life evaluation in the experience world, he would get an extra chance to choose a reward.
Naruto felt that for future virtual experiences, he might try more in this aspect, because he thought that such additional ratings might be obtained more than once per life experience.
It's just that Naruto still didn't understand the mechanism of these additional ratings. For example, in this experience, he clearly obtained titles like 'Strongest Human' and 'Strongest Warrior in History,' but they didn't appear during the settlement. Instead, a completely unexpected 'Titan Killer' additional rating appeared.
Naruto completely failed to understand the rules of this rating mechanism.
Next was the Life Journey Rating:
"In this virtual experience, the host single-handedly ended humanity's long history of over two thousand years influenced by the power of Titans, ushering in a new era of development for humanity.
Life Journey Rating: Excellent (Additional Rating: Titan King)
Rating Reward: Choose one of the following rewards.
Founding Titan: After use, you can obtain an evolved Founding Titan (not the Ymir version; after transformation, you can use the abilities of other Intelligent Titans).
Rumbling Badge: When activated, it can summon a Colossal Titan army (this badge ability can only be used once; once activated, it is not restricted by any world rules and can summon a Colossal Titan army in any world, with the army consisting of five hundred thousand Colossal Titans)."
Two rewards: one a permanent ability, the other a one-time ability.
After thinking for a while, Naruto chose the latter.
Because Naruto felt that the evolved Founding Titan seemed to be of no use to him in reality; instead, the Rumbling Badge, which was not restricted by any world rules and could summon a Colossal Titan army in any world, might play an unexpected role in the future.
After Naruto completed the selection of his life evaluation rewards, the system's voice sounded again:
"Because you gained the recognition of Ymir, the Founding Titan, in this experience, you received the title 'Titan King,' triggering an additional rating and gaining one-time usage authority for the 'Dimensional Forging Furnace.'"
Sure enough, the additional rating reward arrived, albeit late, and as expected, it was another 'Dimensional Forging Furnace' usage authority. Now, as long as he found suitable 'materials,' he could re-forge his weapon.
After receiving the rewards;
Naruto's mind involuntarily began to recall the experiences in the Titan world.
In this experience, Naruto lived a full fourteen years in the virtual world, which was more than ten times longer than his previous two experiences combined, and even nearly twice his own real age. Naturally, this was also the most profound experience for Naruto.
Naruto didn't even need to ask to guess that after this virtual experience, the cooldown time for the next experience would definitely be longer.
Thinking this, Naruto inwardly asked the system, "System, how long do I have to wait this time before I can start a new experience?"
"To ensure the host's physical and mental safety, you need to wait 180 natural days before you can undergo a new life experience again."
Sure enough, even though he had already guessed, Naruto couldn't help but sigh slightly after hearing the system's reply.
One hundred eighty days, a full half a year, double the ninety days from last time.
Fortunately, Naruto was mentally prepared this time, so his heart didn't ripple much when he heard this amount of time.
It's just half a year, isn't it? It will pass quickly.
"Oh, right!"
Naruto suddenly remembered something and asked the system in his mind, "System, what is the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' for?"
"When the host begins a real experience next time, you can use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' to enter a new real world for a life experience."
"A new real world—"
Naruto nodded thoughtfully after hearing the system's reply, muttering softly, "Like Yamato's world, a new, truly existing world?"
A real world requires one's true body to enter for the experience, and it would undoubtedly be more exciting, so Naruto was full of curiosity about being able to open a new real world.
However—
Naruto thought for a moment and then asked the system, "System, even without this 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate,' if I just have the authority for the real experience mode, I can still open a new real experience world, right? So what's the point of this reward?"
"When the host uses the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' to open a real world, there is a chance to trigger a 'World Mission.' If the host can complete the 'World Mission,' you will obtain the 'Exclusive World Authority' for that real world."
"What is the use of 'Exclusive World Authority'?" Naruto immediately pressed.
"Once you possess 'Exclusive World Authority,' the host will generate an 'Exclusive World Coordinate' in that world. With the 'Exclusive World Coordinate,' the host can travel to that real world at any time, without consuming any authority and without any cooldown time."
"No authority consumption? And no cooldown time?!" Naruto was instantly excited upon hearing the system's reply.
No wonder the 'Exclusive' prefix was added to this Real World Coordinate. It turns out it had such an effect. Just the fact that it required no authority consumption and had no cooldown time was enough to make Naruto determined to obtain this 'Exclusive World Authority'!
However, after using this 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate,' he wouldn't be able to return to Yamato's world next time. Moreover, if he wanted to go to Yamato's world again, he would need to acquire new Real Life Experience Authority, and who knew how long that would take. So Naruto was a bit conflicted: when he activated the Real Life Experience next time, should he go back to Yamato's world, or use the 'Real World Coordinate' to open a new Real World?
Naruto thought for a moment and decided he should still go back to Yamato's world first. Anyway, this 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' wouldn't expire if he just kept it.
"Huh, wait."
Naruto suddenly thought of something else and asked the system, "System, can this 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' be used in Yamato's world?"
Naruto was thinking that if this 'Real World Coordinate' could be used in Yamato's world, then as long as he completed the so-called 'World Mission' there and generated an 'Exclusive World Coordinate' in that world, wouldn't it be much more convenient to go there in the future?
Unfortunately, the system's answer greatly disappointed Naruto… well, not completely.
"Sorry, the host does not have sufficient authority to use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' on a world that has already generated an Eternal World Coordinate."
"No sufficient authority?"
Naruto's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing the system's reply.
The system's reply was that Naruto currently "does not have sufficient authority," not "cannot," which meant that as long as he could obtain some kind of 'authority,' he could use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' in Yamato's world.
Thinking this, Naruto immediately asked again, "Then how can I obtain the authority to use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' in Yamato's world?"
"This authority is 'High-level Authority.' The host needs to complete at least one real world's life experience process, or obtain five or more 'Excellent+' ratings for life completeness or life journey in virtual experiences, to potentially trigger this authority."
"Five 'Excellent+' ratings—"
Naruto couldn't help but frown upon hearing the system's reply. So far, he had undergone three virtual world life experiences, and he hadn't received a single 'Excellent+' rating.
The system actually said he needed to obtain no less than five such ratings to potentially trigger this authority.
Not necessarily trigger, but potentially.
This is too difficult!
As for the other option, 'completing a real world's life experience process,' Naruto had only activated one real world life experience so far, and what he wanted to do was generate 'Exclusive World Authority' in that world, so he wouldn't consider it at all.
However, if he were to open a new 'Real World' and then quickly complete the 'Life Experience Process' there, would that work?
This 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' appeared this time just when the life completeness rating reached 'Excellent-,' so it shouldn't be too difficult to obtain.
Thinking this, Naruto asked the system again, "System, what level of authority is this 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate,' and is it difficult to obtain?"
"The 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' is world-level, belonging to 'Extremely Rare' authority, and its trigger condition is random."
"World-level, extremely rare—"
Naruto was startled upon hearing the system's reply and then realized that his ability to trigger the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' authority this time was likely due to sheer luck. If he wanted to trigger this authority again in the future, it would probably be even harder than obtaining the 'High-level Authority' to use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' in Yamato's world.
But thinking about it, it made sense. The authority to merely use the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' was already 'High-level Authority'; the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' authority itself being even higher was only logical.
However, if that's the case, this authority cannot be used casually.
Therefore, compared to obtaining the 'Exclusive Real World Coordinate' again, the idea of opening a new 'Real World' and then quickly completing the 'Life Experience Process' there seemed more reliable.
Thinking this, Naruto asked the system again, "System, how is one considered to have completed the 'Life Experience Process' in a real world?"
"The host must complete the ultimate life goal in the 'Real Life Mode' you are experiencing to be considered to have completed the entire Real Life Experience Process."
"Ultimate life goal?"
Naruto was a bit puzzled by this answer, so he continued to press, "What is an ultimate life goal?"
"The ultimate life goal is the highest life goal that the host genuinely desires to achieve in the Real Life Mode. For example, if the host wishes to become the 'King of that World,' then this goal must be achieved during that life experience to be considered a complete life experience process."
"I see."
After hearing the system's explanation, Naruto roughly understood what an 'ultimate life goal' was. He then began to wonder if he could set a simpler 'highest life goal' for himself in a new Real World experience to easily complete the life experience process.
"Host, please note: The ultimate life goal in Real Experience Mode must be something the host genuinely desires to do to trigger that goal."
This time, Naruto hadn't even asked, and the system automatically gave an answer, essentially predicting his thoughts.
At the same time, the system's reply shattered Naruto's idea of "cutting corners."
It had to be something he genuinely wanted to do, which certainly couldn't be triggered by simple, perfunctory actions. Just like in Yamato's world, his desire to sail the seas with Yamato and eventually beat Kaido together were genuine thoughts, but none of them triggered the 'ultimate life goal,' indicating that those goals were mixed with his feelings for Yamato and were not truly what Naruto wanted to do.
In that world, Naruto could even be said to have not yet found his ultimate life direction, so naturally, he couldn't talk about triggering the 'ultimate life goal.'
Therefore, Naruto also gave up the idea of cutting corners and then set a "small goal" for himself in his mind: he must get an 'Excellent+' rating in his next virtual experience!
The next day;
Naruto, Tsunade, and Shizune continued their journey to Konoha Village—well, saying "continued" was only true for Naruto. After all, he had experienced over fourteen years of life in the virtual world this time, and those experiences were still vivid in his mind, probably requiring a long time to fully digest.
So for Tsunade and the others, only one night had passed, but for Naruto, it was "after fourteen years."
He was once again on the road to Konoha.
A few days later;
The three arrived in Konoha, and upon their return to Konoha Village, they immediately heard shocking news.
The Third Hokage—was dead!