Chapter 4: Lottery Rewards and Academy Life
Focusing on the green-quality "Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand" and "Monkey Scarlet Ore," detailed information appeared as Naraku shifted his attention:
[Monkey Scarlet Iron Sand & Monkey Scarlet Ore: Key materials for the Nichirin Swords used by Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba world. The material has the property of absorbing sunlight and changes color depending on the user's attributes/breathing style.]
Naraku immediately had a bold idea: if he combined this material with chakra-conductive metal, he might be able to significantly strengthen a ninja blade. Even if the functional enhancement failed, it would at least serve as a flashy cosmetic "skin." Who wouldn't want an extremely cool-looking ninja sword? This definitely had potential!
The other green reward—"Ingredient Processing Technique"—was described simply as a technique for handling special ingredients.
The explanation looked basic, but Naraku felt it would have major long-term value. He quickly claimed the knowledge.
One minute later, he slowly opened his eyes, extremely satisfied. The technique mainly dealt with processing unusual biological or plant-based ingredients—turning inedible or toxic parts into safe, edible ones, and even granting certain physical benefits after consumption.
This made him realize his current biggest bottleneck: biological materials. Both the ingredient processing technique and Vassal Arm forging required them.
He was hesitant to harvest biological materials from the ninja world recklessly. Many creatures here were intelligent or belonged to organized clans.
For example, the three holy summon lands—if he tried refining toads today, the summons might attack tomorrow.
But then he thought of humans. Hashirama Senju's cells ran through the entire Naruto story. Imagine forging a biological armor with that—ridiculous power!
His thoughts opened up further. He considered other high-value biological materials in the ninja world: Uchiha Sharingan, Hyūga Byakugan, Kaguya clan bones.
Even tailed beasts—weren't the parasites inside the Three-Tails refined into Samehada?
Naraku pulled his wandering thoughts back and mentally praised his own cleverness.
As for the leftover melon seeds, cola, iced black tea, and so on—he decided he was now a walking convenience store.
And that last one—"Blue: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Original Flavor Panties"… how dare the system call that blue quality? What use could panties possibly have? Naraku felt ashamed to be associated with such a vulgar system.
Still, when he had time, he planned to examine it critically to see if it had any special properties.
From the color markers, Naraku roughly understood the rarity tiers at his current beginner membership level:
White = thanks for playing / consolation prize Gray = ordinary junk Green ≈ C-grade Blue ≈ B-grade Gold ≈ A-grade
Anything higher would likely require system upgrades.
He also suddenly remembered something: he had system storage space, but so far it only contained system items. Could he store other things inside?
He tested it immediately and discovered yes—there was unused idle space for general storage. After a few experiments, he confirmed it held at least 10 cubic meters.
Naraku admired his haul once more, then went to sleep fully satisfied. Even though it was basically pity-tier, for someone with his legendary bad luck it was still precious progress.
"Wake up! Wake up!"
Uchiha Mikoto shook him vigorously.
"What is it… Mikoto?" Naraku mumbled groggily.
Mikoto puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "It's school today! First day of the new term—you have to attend the first class!"
Hearing this, Naraku felt a wave of speechlessness. Twenty years of hard study in his previous life just to enter society, and now after transmigrating he still had to go to school?
He thought about the absurd enrollment timing and casually asked Mikoto, "What year is it in Konoha right now?"
Mikoto thought for a moment. "Konoha Year 35."
Naraku asked again, "And what grade am I in at the Ninja Academy?"
Hearing the question, even Mikoto's usual patience nearly snapped.
But she suppressed her irritation and answered, "You should already be in third year!"
Upon hearing that, Naraku began recalling the timeline. If he remembered correctly, the Second Shinobi World War started in Year 36 and continued until around Year 40.
The Konoha Ninja Academy was normally a six-year program, with entry around age 5–6. But during wartime it often shortened to 4–5 years, allowed early graduations, and lowered entry ages.
For Naraku, if he safely completed the full six years, he'd graduate in Year 39. Then, if possible, spend a year grinding to chūnin rank. That way he could perfectly avoid the Second Shinobi World War!
And according to the war's progression, Konoha's interior should remain relatively safe during that period.
However, Mikoto was three years older than him—she was very likely to be sent to the battlefield. Naraku could only take things one step at a time.
After that, he followed Mikoto to the Ninja Academy.
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Because of grade reshuffling for the new term, the class did the usual round of self-introductions.
"I'm Namikaze Minato. I like reading and good food. I hate wasting food. My dream is to become Hokage!" The little blond boy finished with a warm smile to the class.
Naraku raised an eyebrow while watching the blond kid. Isn't this the future eternal big-brother type?
Right then, several girls in the audience started squealing excitedly. "So handsome!"
Naraku was speechless at these precocious girls.
Minato was one of the few truly decent and honest people in the original story. Naraku decided he should spend some time getting closer to him when the chance came.
"I'm Hyūga Mei. I like flowers, hate bugs. I haven't decided on my future yet."
Naraku looked at the cute little Byakugan girl with interest.
Of course, while the little girl was adorable, Naraku wasn't a lolicon. He was simply interested in her Byakugan.
He guessed she was likely from the branch family and already had the Caged Bird Seal implanted.
"I'm Uchiha Kei! I like Fugaku-niisan the most! I hate that smug Naraku! I want to become Fugaku-niisan's strongest subordinate!"
The spiky-haired Uchiha brat glared aggressively at Naraku.
Naraku had zero interest in playing with little kids and completely ignored the glare.
When his turn came: "I'm Uchiha Naraku. I like forging weapons. I hate annoying little brats. My goal is to become the strongest forger in the ninja world!"
Naraku finished his introduction and gave the class a clearly fake polite smile.
This time the fangirl section erupted again, shouting things like "I love him!" and "So cool!"
Naraku could only smirk inwardly. Sorry—I'm the man you'll never get.
"Damn you, Uchiha Naraku! You're the real brat here!" Kei shouted angrily, claiming the "brat" title for himself.
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