One percent?
Aoi frowned in confusion. After all the changes I've made, the impact on the entire Naruto world only amounts to one percent?
"Wait — that can't be right!"
His gaze shifted thoughtfully. Uchiha Sasuke isn't actually dead yet. That must be one reason why the shift is so small.
"Calm down, Naruto!"
Yamato tried desperately to bring Naruto back to his senses.
But at this moment, no amount of reasoning or persuasion from Yamato or the others would do any good.
"Calm down? How can I stay calm when the person I care about has just died right in front of me?!"
"ROAR!!"
The Nine‑Tails' chakra cloak blazed bright red, heavy and oppressive as a prison of fire and blood.
Faced with such overwhelming pressure, Killer Bee had no choice but to give his all, allowing Gyūki to take full control of his body.
"ROAR!!"
The two colossal beasts roared and crashed into each other with earth‑shaking force.
The entire Thunderstorm Gorge trembled violently, as if it might collapse at any second.
World‑line shift rate: 2%.
As the battle between the Nine‑Tails and Eight‑Tails raged on, the shift rate slowly climbed, until it finally stabilized at 4%.
Just then, the Fourth Raikage and his entourage arrived on the scene…
"Did Little Shinju and the others finally run out of strength?"
Aoi watched in surprise as the moment the Raikage appeared, the shift rate jumped straight past 5% and shot up to 6%.
So the Raikage's arrival marks the official breaking of relations between the Hidden Leaf and the Hidden Cloud, setting the stage for conflict even before the Fourth Great Ninja War.
That explains such a sudden jump!
Still, Aoi couldn't help but wonder: Back during the battle of the Three Sannin against Hanzo, I caused quite a stir myself — why didn't that trigger the world‑line system then?
"Ding…"
The System quickly provided the answer: "World‑line changes are calculated based on the importance of the event, its influence within the story, and its relation to the final outcome of the world. For example: If you had killed Naruto during the Nine‑Tails' attack on Konoha, the impact would actually be minimal — since the main story had barely begun, the world could simply bring forth another 'Naruto‑like figure' to take his place."
"Another example: If you tried to overthrow the entire ninja system through the nation of Amegakure, even though history would be altered, in the grand scheme of things it would amount to no more than changing a single line of dialogue — resulting in a shift of less than one‑billionth of a percent."
"As for your earlier attempts to seize the bloodlines of Indra and Asura from Sasuke and Naruto? You acted far too boldly. Without any established shift in the world‑line, trying to force such a massive change directly triggered a counter‑reaction from the world's will itself."
"Ding — World‑line tip:
When the shift rate reaches 30%, the story's constraints will be completely broken. At that point, almost any action you take will be allowed and no longer considered 'outside the plot'."
In simpler terms: once the shift hit 30%, Aoi could even seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki away and keep her as a personal servant or pet — and the world itself would no longer try to stop him.
"Still… this is going to be far harder than I thought!"
Aoi shook his head helplessly. The Nine‑Tails and Eight‑Tails were already tearing Thunderstorm Gorge apart, yet the shift rate remained stuck at 6% without moving an inch.
I have to insert myself into the story in a believable way, and at the same time erase thirty percent of the original plot's foundation…
Aoi sighed inwardly. Is this really something a single person can achieve? Of course the System wouldn't make it easy for me…
At the very least, it was clearly impossible to reach that threshold within this single arc.
Aoi even suspected that even if he slaughtered everyone present here, the shift rate still wouldn't climb to 30%.
Of course…
He could choose to stay in this world, bide his time, and gradually accumulate changes over the years until the target was reached.
But…
Glancing over at Sasuke, whose hair was still glowing bright green from Sakura's healing technique, Aoi couldn't help but grin.
No way am I waiting around for ten years just to come back and have a twenty‑year‑old Tsunade use that same glowing green treatment on me!
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