[Ding! Found special forging material 'Lucky Stone', can forge special item 'Lucky Bracelet', do you want to forge?]
"Yes!"
The next second, a quaint gray bracelet appeared in the child's hand.
Looking at the bracelet that suddenly appeared in his hand, the information of the bracelet appeared on the child's retina.
"Lucky Bracelet: AOE skills that do not target the wearer cannot affect him."
"Yeah, it succeeded!"
The child clenched his fists, unable to hide the excitement on his tender face.
The child was named Sakakura Jokichi, born in Konoha year 48, a month older than Uzumaki Naruto.
His parents were ninja who sacrificed themselves in the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack shortly after he was born.
He also had another identity, which was a transmigrator.
As one of the vast number of transmigrators, Jokichi naturally had his own cheat.
"God-Level Forging System"
As the name implies, it is a system that collects materials to forge items and weapons.
Moreover, during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack four years ago, he forged his first piece of equipment.
"Ring of Kurama: The ring contains the chakra and attributes of the Nine-Tails, which the wearer can use at will."
This was forged using the chakra dropped from the Nine-Tails.
Four years ago, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack.
Jokichi's house was swept away by a single tail of the Nine-Tails.
Fortunately, Jokichi fell into a gap supported by several pieces of wood and was not crushed to death.
Hanging on the broken wood above his head were a few hairs of the Nine-Tails.
Jokichi touched them curiously, then awakened the system and forged the Ring of Kurama.
Afterward, he was rescued by Konoha ninja and sent to an orphanage to be raised.
Four years passed in a flash.
During these four years, Jokichi also tried to use other objects to forge items and equipment, but did not succeed.
Because ordinary objects did not possess the qualities to become forging materials.
And Jokichi finally accepted everything, completely integrated into this world, and began to train his body to become a ninja.
This was a chaotic world where power reigned supreme.
Without power, one could not control their own destiny.
Since powerful items and equipment were not so easy to forge, he could only put effort into other aspects.
Relying on the effects of the Ring of Kurama, Jokichi's stamina recovery speed was astonishingly fast. He could complete many training exercises that his peers could not. Although he was only a little over four years old, his physical fitness was stronger than many upperclassmen.
Today, Jokichi was tired after running a lap around Konoha.
He looked up at the sky, seeing the blue sky, white clouds, and the faces on the Hokage Rock, and suddenly the thought of going up to take a look popped into his head.
When stepping onto the top of the cliff, the system notification sound that had been silent for over four years finally rang again, and then forged the Lucky Bracelet.
However, after the excitement, Jokichi fell deep into thought again.
The rocks on the Hokage Rock were very ordinary and common stones, with nothing special about them.
But the system called it a Lucky Stone.
Could it be...
Jokichi remembered a meme he saw on a forum in his past life; when a large-scale disaster occurred in the ninja world, it was safe to run to the Hokage Rock.
Konoha would suffer various attacks in the future, and the village would even be razed to the ground, but no matter how the village was destroyed, the Hokage Rock remained safe and sound, suffering no attacks.
Was the Lucky Stone caused by the future luck of the Hokage Rock?
Thinking this, Jokichi grabbed another stone and used the system to inspect the material.
[Ding! Ordinary stone, does not possess the ability to forge special items.]
Why?
Was it because the luck was used by the system as a material to forge the bracelet?
Then in the future when Pain attacks Konoha, will this pure land of the Hokage Rock also be razed to the ground?
Jokichi did not know, but he roughly knew how to look for forging materials now.
The sun set in the west, and dusk descended.
Looking at the afterglow of the sun over the mountain, Jokichi stood up from the ground, patted the dirt off his buttocks, and went down the mountain.
At this time, he should still be there!
On the streets of Konoha at dusk, there were few people, and cooking smoke rose from the chimneys of every household.
Jokichi could smell the aroma of food at any time walking on the street, and his stomach rumbled in response.
He patted his small belly, remained silent for a while, and then quickened his pace toward his destination.
Konoha was a ninja village. In order to provide a good training environment for the village's ninja, training grounds numbered 1 to 40 were established in the village.
The Ninth Training Ground was located near the Ninja Academy and was a place many students liked to go to for extra practice after school.
Logically speaking, there should be no one here at this time, but when Jokichi arrived, he heard the sound of a wooden dummy being struck from far away.
Upon entering the grounds, the sight of a little boy wearing a white Tang suit, with a long braid down his back and very thick eyebrows, continuously kicking a wooden dummy and counting while he kicked, came into view.
People are born unequal; Jokichi had understood this point in his past life.
And in this life, it was even more obvious.
The boy named Rock Lee could not learn ninjutsu or genjutsu like others; he could only push himself to the absolute limit in what he could do.
Work hard, work hard, and work hard again.
Rock Lee could only constantly work hard on physical training.
Jokichi had to run laps around Konoha every day, and it was not his first time seeing Rock Lee training at dusk or even in the evening.
But even after seeing it countless times, every time he saw those sweat-soaked clothes, the bruised and battered hands and feet, and the resolute, unwavering eyes, he would be moved by it once again.
Just because of his unyielding heart and his desire to prove that even without talent he could become a great ninja, Rock Lee persisted day after day with a training intensity that ordinary people could not even imagine; such willpower would make anyone admire him.
But even so...
Thinking of Rock Lee's team assignment after graduation, and thinking of the helplessness in the final battle where even after opening the Sixth Gate he could only watch from afar, Jokichi could not help but clench his fists.
I must grasp my own destiny.
Thinking this, Jokichi relaxed his brow and walked over with a smile.
The training ground was a lawn surrounded by trees and bushes, but Jokichi did not hide his tracks and walked over openly, so Rock Lee also noticed him from afar.
However, he did not stop his training because of Jokichi's arrival, nor did he even distract his attention.
Jokichi came to a stop two meters in front of the dummy Rock Lee was kicking. He watched carefully for a while and said, "It will not work if you train like this."
"Bang!"
A heavier kick than before lashed onto the wooden dummy, making the dented wooden dummy tremble slightly.
Rock Lee stared at Jokichi with an unkind expression. "Are you also here to mock me? If so, then mock me as much as you want. Anyway, I can only do these insignificant things."
Jokichi was stunned; he did not expect Rock Lee to have this reaction.
But thinking about his experiences at the academy, it was not strange for him to have such a reaction.
After all, Rock Lee was only a first-year student now, which was exactly when students showed their talents. His constitution had just been revealed, making it the year he was most severely mocked and ridiculed by his classmates.
Jokichi smiled in relief and shook his head slightly. "I am not here to mock you, I just want to correct you on one thing. It is useless for you to bury yourself in bitter training alone like this. Come and fight me!"
Saying this, Jokichi assumed a fighting stance toward Rock Lee.