As early as five years ago, the system in Shin's head was already full of energy.
However, at that time, Shin was just an ordinary five-year-old child and had not yet refined his chakra. This system's ability was limited; unless he was transported to a modern society with a complete social security system—in a peaceful country—the danger was probably more significant than that in the ninja world!
After all, in Konoha, he had a valid identity. He was a war orphan who had always been taken care of. He could also attend the academy for free, gaining the power to protect himself. There was no danger, at least before the Nine-Tails Attack, as the enemy had never attacked the village.
Shin would naturally not be idle in this situation and travel through worlds for excitement. He had already learned from the system that, except for the Naruto world, which is soul transmigration, all others were physical transmigration!
What could a five-year-old child do when he traveled to another world? Did he think arriving in the ninja world meant he could be like Kakashi or Uchiha Itachi, who went to the battlefield at four and graduated from the academy at five?
It took him half a year to extract chakra, and when he realized that his talent was mediocre, Shin stopped dreaming of being a genius.
Don't mention geniuses like Hatake Kakashi; he couldn't even match the plot character, Rin Nohara! A little girl could undergo eye replacement surgery at 12 or 13. He had no idea how much higher her talent was than his. Whether he was in his 20s or 30s, he couldn't guarantee he would reach that level of medical ninjutsu!
In Kakashi's class, everyone who appeared in the comics was among the academy's elite. Even someone like Guy, who seemed ordinary, was a figure who ranked in the top three of the entire academy; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to enter the elite class!
Over the years, Shin has been in the academy and has planned his life accordingly. He intended to graduate from the academy at 12 and become a less dangerous medical ninja, working in the rear camp. After the war, when he was 15 or 16 years old, and Konoha was on the brink of the Nine-Tails disaster, he will travel directly to a new world.
By the time he was 15 or 16, his strength should have been close to that of a Chunin, and he would possess medical ninjutsu that far surpassed modern society's. He could thrive anywhere as long as it wasn't a chaotic world like Resident Evil.
After all, he had no ambition to dominate the world. If he just wanted to live a good life, the strength of a Chunin would suffice in most worlds.
Unfortunately, today's early graduation interrupted Shin's plans, and he didn't want to become cannon fodder on the battlefield.
Unlike his classmates, Shin had carefully calculated the survival rates on the frontlines. It was hard to say for the elite class, but the disability rate for ordinary Genins who graduated the previous year was about 20%, with a disappearance rate of around 50%.
Well, the village wouldn't report the death rate, so those students who couldn't be found could only be labeled as missing. To think positively, perhaps the missing people joined the Roots or Anbu?
Of course, regular class members who just graduated a year ago were unlikely to join the Roots or Anbu; there were thresholds for those groups, and even those considered 'trash' weren't qualified to be sacrificed!
So, the so-called disappearance rate was practically equivalent to the death rate.
This was only the first year. When the war ended in a few years, it would be a miracle if only 10% of them had all their limbs intact!
Though he was a transmigrator and his strength was above average in the ordinary class, on the battlefield, he was no different from an ant.
Anything could happen on the battlefield. Unless the elite class members received preferential treatment from the higher-ups or possessed chunin-level strength, the difference in strength among ordinary ninjas was meaningless; it was all about luck.
At that moment, the students in the classroom heard the news of early graduation and began discussing it. After the teacher finished speaking, he distributed forehead protectors to the fourth-grade students. Shin smiled bitterly in his heart but still reached out to take the forehead protector.
Although he had decided to leave the ninja world temporarily, he wasn't in such a hurry to depart. He still needed to go back and pack his things.
Moreover, even after becoming a Genin, he would have to go to the battlefield after a month or two of task adaptation.
Konoha was indeed sending these shinobi to the battlefield as cannon fodder, but at least they needed to be cannon fodder that could help ease the war situation. If a large-scale ninjutsu were to sweep through, Konoha would suffer tremendous losses; they couldn't afford it at all.
In the past two months, the academy's students have learned combat experience from the Chunin teachers. They learned common shinobi skills and dealt with bandits in the Land of Fire. After seeing blood, they could go to the battlefield.
Shin hurried home after the teacher announced that class was over and they would be grouped into teams tomorrow.
Shin's original home was a standard one-family house, suitable for a family of three. However, for him, being only ten years old, it was a bit too large, and maintaining cleanliness was a hassle.
So later, he rented another apartment and sold one of his buildings in exchange for a large sum of money.
Shin planned to graduate from the academy at 12 and become an adult in a few years. If he did not spend indulgently, he would almost be able to earn enough to buy a house—although being a ninja was perilous, in terms of income, it definitely placed him in a high-income bracket.
One ryo is about ten yen. Due to income from missions, even a regular Genin can be seen as a high-income individual.
After all, it was a profession with a high mortality rate, and no one would be willing to do it if the compensation was low.
Returning to the point, Shin didn't spend much money he earned from selling the house; he mostly used it to buy medicines to improve his training efficiency.
Of course, the effect was not very good. After all, his father was just an ordinary medical ninja, and the prescriptions he left behind were far inferior to those from clan families. They could only be considered better than nothing.
As for the remaining large sum of money, now was the time to truly begin using it.
Explosive tags, soldier pills, combat uniforms with certain protective abilities—anyway, this was the last time, so Shin naturally threw money around, buying everything in sight.
It was not uncommon for newly graduated Genins to spend money like this, especially since ninjas on the battlefield knew they only had one life. Money was certainly not as important as life, so his shopping spree did not attract the attention of others in Konoha.
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