Chapter 2 C2
Six months and one day.
Kana's three-colored dumplings were finally accepted by Itachi Uchiha.
The system started acting strangely.
"So, your previous quest taker was accepted as soon as they offered you the three-colored dumplings?"
System: ...That's not entirely true. Many previous mission takers tried to cater to its preferences, but most of them failed.
Kana chewed on the slightly chewy mochi ball and thought to herself, "This is it."
Uchiha Neko is a creature that is both pretentious and sensitive, both arrogant and suspicious. If you can guess his preferences from the start, especially if he sees you as "just a classmate with whom he rarely talks and is not familiar," then you will inevitably be labeled as a "stalker" or something similar—your vigilance level will be immediately maxed out.
Cats are not good at being direct, but they are also not good at dealing with straightforward questions.
Cats like to be cared for and noticed, and they appreciate unwavering and steadfast affection.
She proved this point with her perseverance and repeated attempts over the past six months.
Anyway, all the food was made according to her personal preferences, and in the end, it all ended up in her stomach, so it wasn't a loss.
System: Although...but...it still doesn't understand why the quest taker started increasing the favorability of the unselected side quest target. The current quest target has only seen him once since birth, okay? It's incredibly perfunctory.
Kana: "You'll find out soon enough."
Kana extended her hand in front of Uchiha Itachi. "Just in case you don't remember, let me introduce myself. My name is Hyuga Kana, and I'm your classmate." Yes, the six-year-old little radish was about to begin her ninja academy life, learning how to kill.
"Chakra natures include wind, lightning, earth, water, and yin. Currently, you're most proficient in lightning release and the rather useless eye techniques. You're currently studying genjutsu. You're the strongest among our group..."
Kana stared directly into the other person's eyes, trying to make them see the sincerity in her gaze. "I'd like to invite you to be my partner. If you agree, let's have a magic fight!"
System: "We're professionally trained and generally don't laugh unless we can't help it. Pfft..."
Kana, clutching the lunchbox that Itachi Uchiha had politely returned, didn't mind the system's mockery. She just regretted not having made it clear that she would have been willing to help him practice whichever area he was weak in.
Few people truly love others; people merely seek to gain love by giving it—it's a form of fishing.
She only saw Itachi Uchiha's outstanding abilities and wanted to find a partner to practice with; she had no intention of developing any additional troublesome feelings.
It's better to clarify some things from the beginning, so there's no need to have undue expectations.
This also prevents you from having the same expectations of the other person.
Itachi Uchiha is highly capable, and more importantly, he is a loner who doesn't interact much with most people. Moreover, he is a Uchiha—who is now marginalized, extremely distrusted, and wary of in the village because of the recent Nine-Tails incident. These factors combined make him a perfect partner who wouldn't easily reveal her training details to others.
After all, if she were to stand out too much and make those members of the main family feel threatened, she might be captured early and have her cursed mark made. So, on the surface, she plays the role of an ordinary, average-performing, and unambitious first-year student.
But secretly, she used the reward from the first task, "One lesson is better than six," and relied on the fact that sleeping for one hour is equivalent to six hours for others, starting a crazy all-night reading session.
The system was relieved that the tasker had finally gotten the hang of things, but before a day had passed, the tasker asked it a question like, "If I wipe out all those scum from the main family, will that count as completing the task?"
"Can't."
Past memories are fiercely attacking the system's memory. "Let alone whether you could kill all the main family members and escape successfully before you were eight years old, before you were branded with the Caged Bird Seal," the ones who were killed were No. 11 and No. 39, and the one who was intercepted by the Dark Department was No. 46.
Even if we succeed,
"A breakup could lead to serious internal strife due to a lack of leadership and long-term suppression."
"Neji Hyuga will die in that internal strife." Just like Mission No. 67.
"Success will only be determined if all conditions are met simultaneously."
"The Caged Bird skill has a range limitation and can only be used on one person at a time, right?"
"!!!"
"My guess was right." If there were no distance restrictions, then it can only mean that the person who accomplished the task of annihilating the main family was simply too strong.
"So, we can skip the second task, right?" As long as there's no one to cast the curse, the Caged Bird Seal is essentially nonexistent. Kana clenched her left fist and tapped it against her right palm. "I can wait until I'm thirteen to make my move. With their attention focused on the Uchiha, defecting should be much easier. I can just kidnap Hyuga Neji too, and release him after the Fourth Shinobi World War."
System: ...This person is just as despicable as Number 87. Are they siblings?
"The tasker also needs to increase Hyuga Neji's favorability."
"Perhaps you've heard of Stockholm syndrome?"
"...Experiments have shown that the main storyline will be greatly impacted, leading to the collapse of the world."
"It is recommended that those carrying out the mission adopt methods that are consistent with the values of benevolence and righteousness, and that avoid unnecessary bloodshed."
"Pfft... That's hilarious." Kana laughed as she thought about it. "The main family wants me to be their dog, and then you want me to bring about change without bloodshed?"
The system actually felt it didn't make sense after the first 99 taskers, but that's the rule.
"Oh well."
The system breathed a sigh of relief. It was genuinely afraid that the 100th task participant might suddenly quit or start working again, after all, this was already the 100th host it had selected. The system also had performance evaluation and promotion criteria.
"If bloodshed is unavoidable, then let them kneel and beg me."
"???"
"!!!"
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