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"Finally hit the hidden condition."
Shikage sat atop a massive boulder, sweat lightly dampening the tips of his hair.
He stared at the hidden quest reward, eyes shining with barely contained excitement.
"Ten times the daily training quota. Hope the hidden reward doesn't disappoint."
With a thought, the system panel appeared before him.
[Daily Quest Completed. Hidden Condition Triggered. Issuing Hidden Reward Now.]
[Reward 1: Full Status Recovery (100%)]
[Reward 2: +6 Attribute Points]
[Reward 3: Cursed Random Box]
Rewards 1 and 2 were nothing new. He dumped all six attribute points straight into Intelligence, then turned to the Cursed Random Box with eager anticipation.
A sinister violet aura coiled around the ancient black stone box. The moment he touched it, a chill ran up his palm.
Suppressing the wild surge of emotion, Shikage opened the box.
A brilliant light bloomed from within.
The system panel immediately pinged with a new mail notification.
[Obtained Item: Dungeon Key (Training Ground No. 0)]
Reading the text, Shikage's eyes flickered with interest. He had half-expected some other-world dungeon full of monsters. Instead, it was Konoha's own Training Ground No. 0.
He had never personally entered it, but as the eldest son of the Nara main house he knew enough about the now-forbidden area.
Back when the First and Second Hokage were in power, Training Ground No. 0 had usually served as the venue for the Chunin Exams.
Later, after the rare and exotic beasts inside were hunted nearly to extinction, entry was banned.
These days it was less a training ground and more of a breeding farm for summon beasts.
Surprising, but the excitement in Shikage's chest only grew stronger.
Didn't matter what it was called—as long as it had the "dungeon" tag, the rules stayed the same.
"Finally got a proper leveling spot."
Shikage let out a satisfied sigh.
The last guy with this system lived in a world crawling with dungeons. He never had to worry about exp or shadow soldier material.
Shikage? He'd been stuck killing people.
No more hesitation. He was ready to see what this dungeon had to offer.
As for the bait-fishing operation, he figured he'd done enough.
He had walked nearly every mountain trail and trade route around Takigakure.
He'd caught plenty of small fish, but almost no big ones.
The little ones gave pitiful exp while eating up way too much time.
In short, terrible cost-to-benefit ratio.
After a quick cleanup, Shikage slipped into an empty mountain cave.
He pulled the dungeon key from his system inventory, aimed it at the empty air, and spoke with quiet anticipation:
"Open dungeon."
"Training Ground No. 0…"