"AAAHHH!!!"
"This blazing youth… still can't escape the curse of ten thousand one-finger push-ups!"
With tears streaming down his face, Houma Kazuto digested the memories of Asta, the Roaring Emperor of the Four-Leaf Clover. This tragic backstory… why did it feel so familiar?
Once again, abandoned by mainstream power. Rock Lee couldn't use ninjutsu, but at least he could store chakra.
But this guy? Completely immune to magic?!
At least that's what it looked like from the memories so far. Fifteen years old, and not a single drop of magic power. All his hopes now rested on the annual [Grimoire Ceremony], which was fast approaching.
Until then, Asta had no choice but to put himself through hellish physical training every single day, and chug down bottles of something called "Potential Leaf Juice", a drink rumored to boost magical aptitude.
"What a pitiful and helpless boy. For over a decade, all he got in return for his efforts was ridicule. Even the other orphan brats from the church didn't respect him."
Houma Kazuto lay sprawled lazily on the soft dirt, hands supporting him as he looked up at the sky.
"Well, since this kid's so pitiful… then let me be the one to roar, ahem, I mean, be Asta today!"
"Let's start with 500 one-finger push-ups!"
He planted his thumb on the ground and lifted his body up. From the raw strength in this body, it was clear Asta had never slacked off. Alright then, let's push this body to its next limit!
"One!"
"Two!"
Houma Kazuto gritted his teeth through the pain. Since Asta had never trained his fingers before, doing one-finger push-ups out of the blue risked breaking them.
That's also why Houma Kazuto didn't go straight for the full ten thousand.
"Four hundred ninety-nine!"
"Five hundred!"
It took him about two hours to finish them. When he finally stopped, his entire right thumb had turned a deep purplish-blue, completely swollen from the strain and reversed blood flow.
"Index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and pinky, your turn!"
He continued with 400 push-ups on the index finger, 300 on the middle, 200 on the ring, and 100 on the pinky.
This intense training dragged on from morning till dusk. It wasn't until sunset that he completed the entire one-finger routine for all ten fingers.
"This body's still too weak… A whole day just to train my fingertips? What a waste."
Houma Kazuto sighed in frustration. Back when he was Rock Lee, every day he trained under the fiery guidance of Master Guy, running on his hands with tears in his eyes, climbing cliffs barehanded, smashing logs, drilling taijutsu…
Sure, it was tough, but he'd mastered everything Lee was meant to learn. Aside from the Eight Inner Gates, which required step-by-step progression, the rest were no problem!
"But dammit… this hurts like hell!"
He shook his ten sausage-like fingers. Man, if only he had chakra to soothe them!
Even though Rock Lee couldn't cast jutsu, he could still use chakra to nourish his body…
"Wait… can this world even accumulate chakra? If it can… then don't tell me this poor Asta got nerfed from using ninjutsu too?!"
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
He quickly closed his eyes and began to meditate. As he focused his mind, he felt a faint white energy mass form inside his dantian.
He snapped his eyes open, Chakra!
"This world really can store chakra! That means… I can use ninjutsu now?!"
Images of epic jutsu from the Naruto world flashed through his mind, and he almost couldn't stop himself from screaming with excitement.
Damn right, traveling to another world twice really was a good deal!
[Ding! Detected presence of a second-dimensional energy within the host's body. Activating Naruto Store. Host may now exchange points for various Naruto items.]
"Holy crap! This is amazing! Then why the hell didn't you show up last time?!"
[Because you hadn't yet manifested a second-dimensional energy.]
"Oh. Okay. That explanation? Solid 10 out of 10."
Houma Kazuto recalled the name of the system: [Multiverse Smuggling System].
Yup, lived up to the name, stealing powers from one world and smuggling them into another.
In short, one thing to say to the system:
System… RBQ!
([T/N: A humorous internet slang acronym , often implies blind submission or praise])
"Open the store!"
Houma Kazuto shouted excitedly, and a glowing interface popped up before him, listing various Naruto tools and techniques.
Store List:
Dōjutsu: Single Tomoe Sharingan – [10,000 Points]
D-Rank Ninjutsu: Shadow Shuriken Jutsu (50 Points), Binding Technique (50 Points), Clone Technique (50 Points), Transformation Technique (50 Points)
Items: Military Ration Pills (10 per 1 Point), Kunai (10 per 1 Point), Healing Potion (1 bottle per 1 Point)
"Long live System! I want the Sharingan!!"
Houma Kazuto grinned ear to ear.
Even a Single Tomoe Sharingan was more than enough to let him run wild in this magic-dominated world!