In the next moment, the panel lit up:
[Dreammaster System upgrade successful!]
[Please choose one of the following enhancements:]
1. Dream Target Slots +1
2. Dream Instance Expansion Pack: "Mini 4WD Brothers"
3. Permanent 5% Discount on All Shop Items
Shiyu's eyes swept over the three choices, calculating fast.
When he saw option two, he rolled his eyes and muttered, "What the hell is 'Mini 4WD Brothers'? I'm in the Naruto world—who'd pick that?"
He even pictured Naruto running around town clutching a toy car like Cyclone Magnum, and got a full-body cringe.
Instant pass.
Option three was a 5% discount in the shop.
Tempting, sure, but compared to increasing target slots, it wasn't even close in value.
So Shiyu tapped option one without a second thought.
[Enhancement "Dream Target Slots +1" selected. Dreammaster System level increased to Level 2!]
With the system's prompt, his data updated:
[Current Dreammaster Level: Level 2 (100450/200000)]
[Dream Targets: 2]
[Viewer Slots: 3]
[Dream Instance Cap: 1]
[Current Instance: "Unfading Gleam"]
"Level 2!" Shiyu felt a rush seeing the Dream Targets number tick up to 2.
He studied the new function carefully.
"So I can bind two targets at once, but each night only one of them can enter a dream… meaning I can choose a 'main character' from two people every day."
"Nice. More options."
"Now, who should the second target be?"
His eyes gleamed, and a grin spread across his face.
"Obviously… the Second Pillar."
Shiyu had considered other potential targets.
There were plenty of emotion-value powerhouses in Konoha—Danzo, Kakashi, and so on.
But he'd tried at Level 1 and learned his authority couldn't pull them in. Even at Level 2, he still couldn't set up Danzo or Kakashi as dream targets.
At best, he could make them spectators under some "relative" logic.
So really, the most suitable new target was Sasuke.
"And besides, the Second Pillar isn't a bad pick!"
"Naruto's emotions already got me to Level 2. If I throw Sasuke into the Uchiha homeland inside 'Unfading Gleam'… how much emotion value will I rake in?"
Sasuke had once been a spoiled little prince with a complete family.
After seeing his loved ones slaughtered, his hunger for home and the pain of loss were on an entirely different level from Naruto, who'd never truly had that warmth.
The shock of "getting it back" would be far deeper than "never having had it."
If Sasuke could re-experience family reunion happiness in a dream…
Shiyu could practically see it already: that kid's emotional swings would be enormous—maybe even bigger than Naruto's.
…
Uchiha clan district ruins.
The sky hadn't fully brightened yet; the eastern horizon was only just showing a pale fish-belly white.
In front of the shattered Uchiha estate, young Sasuke had trained through the entire night.
KunaI in hand, he stabbed and slashed at imaginary enemies over and over.
Sweat streamed down his face, but Sasuke didn't seem to notice. His eyes burned with hatred.
As long as he grew stronger, pain and exhaustion meant nothing.
Kill that man.
That belief would never waver.
The night was long, but Sasuke forced himself to stay awake through sheer obsession.
He trained nonstop to resist the temptation of that false dream world.
Only when the sky turned pale and the first rays of morning pierced the dark did he finally stop, panting hard.
"Hah… dawn."
He looked at the rising sun, nerves loosening a fraction.
"Night is over… I didn't fall into that cursed dream again!"
He turned slowly and glanced back at the empty, crumbling Uchiha compound.
In the dawn light, his shadow stretched across the dust-coated ground.
Sasuke put away his kunai, flexed his aching joints, then headed toward the village.
Even after a sleepless night, he wasn't planning to rest.
The ruins were still far from the village center, but if he left now, timing would be just right.
…
Hyuga estate, Konoha.
Soft sunlight filtered through the window lattice, casting mottled shadows on the tatami.
Hinata Hyuga lay in her small bed. Her long lashes fluttered, and she finally woke.
Her hazy eyes stared at the familiar beams overhead for a moment—
then something struck her, and she bolted upright.
"Eng… engaged?!"
She gasped, cheeks blazing red as last night's scene flooded back.
She clapped both hands over her burning face, a mix of shame and panic washing over her.
"How could I dream… about getting engaged to Naruto-kun…? I-I can't believe I dreamed something like that!"
She was so flustered she wanted to disappear back under the blanket.
That dream had been far too… too bold.
She'd dreamed of giving Naruto-kun a present, and even dreamed that Father wanted to betroth them.
As she recalled details, Hinata curled up and rolled around in bed, mortified beyond words.
After a long while, her mind gradually steadied.
Wait… wasn't that not my dream?
She replayed the absurd experience, frowning in confusion.
"Last night… wasn't it Naruto-kun who was dreaming, and I… I was watching his dream?"
Her brows knit together. She couldn't tell if those events were her own dream, or a dream where she was inside Naruto's dream.
Everything had felt too real—especially that strange dark space, the giant screen, and watching "a movie" together with Sakura and Kakashi-sensei.
Those weren't things she would normally dream about.
"Right—Sakura and Kakashi-sensei!"
Hinata remembered clearly that they'd been there with her in that bizarre viewing hall.
They'd also been surprised when she appeared. Sakura had even explained they were watching Naruto's dream…
Biting her lip, Hinata's doubts deepened.
If that wasn't a normal dream, but some real phenomenon, Sakura and Kakashi-sensei would definitely remember it too.
Maybe she should go ask them about what happened last night.
They would understand far better than she did.
Decision made, Hinata sprang out of bed.
Too embarrassed to linger, she changed clothes in a hurry, lowered her head, pushed open her door, and ran out.
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