"Ah!!!"
"This burning youth really can't escape the curse of 10,000 One-Finger Zen push-ups!"
Arlan tearfully processed the memories of the Clover Roaring Emperor, Asta. How familiar this tragic setting was!
Similarly abandoned by the mainstream power, Rock Lee couldn't perform Ninjutsu but could at least accumulate Chakra. This kid is straight-up a magic insulator?
At least according to his current memories, he's lived to fifteen and still can't use magic. He can only pin his hopes on the annual grimoire Acceptance Ceremony, which seems to be coming up soon.
Until then, Asta could only train his body like a demon every day and drink a bottle of Moguro Juice, which was said to increase magic power, to comfort himself after every workout.
"Truly a pitiful and helpless boy. He's really had enough of being mocked these past ten-plus years. Even the other abandoned brats at the church don't respect him."
Arlan sat on the soft soil, propping himself up with his hands as he lazily gazed at the sky. "Since he's so pitiful, then from today on, I'll be the Roaring—ptui, I'll be Asta!"
"Then today, I'll start with 500 One-Finger Zen push-ups!"
Arlan spoke as he propped his body up with his thumbs. From this powerful body, it was clear Asta hadn't slacked off over the years. Then let him break the limits of this body once more!
"1!"
"2!"
Arlan endured the pain from his thumbs. Since Asta had never trained finger strength, suddenly doing One-Finger Zen carried the risk of breaking his fingers. Because of this, Arlan didn't crazily jump straight to 10,000.
"499!"
"500!"
It took Arlan about two hours to complete 500 One-Finger Zen push-ups. When he stopped, his entire right thumb had turned purple-blue due to the sudden massive force and prolonged blood backflow.
"Index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky too!"
Arlan continued with his index finger on the ground, but he only needed to do 400 for the index, 300 for the middle, 200 for the ring, and 100 for the pinky!
For this session, Arlan cultivated from morning until evening to finally complete the One-Finger Zen task for all ten fingers.
"This body is still too weak. Spending a whole day just training fingertip strength is such a waste!"
Arlan said regretfully. Back when he was Rock Lee, he spent every day under Might Guy's lead, tearfully doing handstand runs, climbing mountains barehanded, hitting tree stumps, and honing martial techniques—a series of youth-burning exercises. Though it was bitter, he had learned all the skills Rock Lee should have. Aside from opening the Eight Gates which required a gradual process, everything else was no problem!
"But... damn, this really hurts!"
Arlan shook his ten sausage-like fingers. If only he had Chakra to soothe them right now!
Even though Rock Lee had a casting handicap, he could at least use Chakra to nourish his body...
"Wait, can Chakra be accumulated in this world? If it can, this unlucky Asta wouldn't have Ninjutsu blocked too, would he?"
Arlan's eyes lit up, and he immediately closed them to start accumulating Chakra. When he meditated with full concentration, a small white energy body seemed to appear in his dantian. Arlan snapped his eyes open—that was Chakra!
"Chakra really can be accumulated in this world! Does that mean I can perform Ninjutsu?"
Arlan thought of the various awesome Ninjutsu from the Naruto world and couldn't help but want to shout. As expected, transmigrating a couple of times isn't a bad thing!
"Ding-dong! Detected a second-dimensional energy body in the host's body. Opening naruto mall. The host can exchange points for various Naruto items."
"Holy crap! There's such a good thing? Why didn't you show up last time!"
Arlan said angrily.
"Because you didn't have a second-dimensional energy body then."
"Fine, fine, I'll give you full marks for that explanation!"
Arlan remembered the system was called the [Ten Thousand Realms Trading System]. Well, it truly lived up to its name! Trading abilities from one world into another. In short, System Boss, you're the best!
"Open the mall!"
Arlan spoke excitedly, and a series of Naruto items appeared before his eyes.
"Dojo Technique: Single Tomoe Sharingan (10,000 points!)"
"D-Rank Ninjutsu: Shadow Shuriken (50 points!), Binding Technique (50 points!), Clone Technique (50 points), Transformation Technique (50 points!)"
"Items: soldier pill (1 point for ten!), Kunai (1 point for ten!), healing potion (1 point per bottle!)"
"Long live the System Boss! I want the Sharingan!"
Arlan grinned excitedly. Even a Single Tomoe Sharingan would be enough for him to go wild in this magic world!