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Chapter 1 - The Shinobi System Has Awakened

KATE WILSON — PROTAGONIST OF OUR STORY.

It was supposed to be another ordinary morning. Wilson was on his way to the office—headphones in, coffee half-cold, and mind already dreading spreadsheets—when fate decided to intervene.

While crossing the road, a blinding horn split the air. A truck came barreling toward him, brakes screaming.

Crash!

Wilson was sent flying, spinning through the air like a poorly thrown rag doll.

Now, before you roll your eyes—No, this isn't that cliché story. This isn't the doing of Truck-kun.

This was something else. Something far beyond mortal accidents.

The world around him shattered into silence.

Wilson floated in a vast, endless void. No ground, no sky—just drifting weightlessly through nothing. Slowly, a faint light flickered before him, and within it, a massive, abstract figure took shape. It wasn't human—its edges blurred and shifted, like smoke trapped inside glass.

"Where… where am I?" Wilson's voice echoed through the emptiness."Am I dead? Is this… an afterlife? And what are you supposed to be?"

A sound answered him—no, a voice—but it didn't come from a single direction. It came from everywhere, vibrating through his bones.

"You have thirty seconds to choose. Be reborn as a pig… or live in a world of your choice."

Wilson blinked. "What?"

His mind scrambled to process it. Thirty seconds? Pig? World of my choice? What kind of twisted reincarnation roulette was this?!

Then excitement began to bubble under his confusion. If this was real, then—he could choose any world?

And so, before logic could stop him, his mouth moved on instinct. "NARUTO! I want to live in the world of shinobi—where Naruto exists!"

A pause. Then, the voice rumbled again, deep and amused.

"...Sure."

Before he could say anything else, his body erupted into light—his consciousness scattering like shards of glass.

Then, as if the voice had just remembered something, it spoke again—almost casually.

"Ah, yes. One last thing.If you die again in that world… your soul will burn in hellfire for eternity. At least until you complete the tasks I assign you."

"Wait, what—WHAT TASKS?!" Wilson shouted—

But it was too late.

BAM!

He jolted awake.

The scent of grass and water filled his lungs. A lake stretched before him, calm and shimmering beneath the morning sun. Birds called in the distance.

He looked down at his body—his hands were smaller, leaner. His clothes… not the dull office shirt he remembered, but a shinobi uniform. Kunai holster, sandals, headband.

He staggered to the lake's edge and stared at his reflection. Dark hair. Different face.

A shinobi. He actually did it.

Then—ping!

A translucent blue screen blinked into existence before his eyes.

[System Initialized]

Name : Meka Uzumaki

Special Skill Acquired:Conqueror

Task Assigned:Kiss a Shinobi of opposite gender within 6 hours

Penalty:Death

Reward:Chakra Circuit Assimilation

Bonus:Earn extra SP if the target maintains the kiss for 1 minute.

Wilson blinked at the screen. Once. Twice.

"…WHAT KIND OF QUEST IS THIS?!"

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