Chapter 6: The Group Chat is Full of Laughter  

In a cave in the middle of a desert, a faint light glowed from Tony's chest as he stared intently at a screen that no one else could see. 

He was watching two people chatting in the group. They were talking about time travel and reincarnation, which sounded unbelievable. Then, he noticed Zhang Wenjing mentioning that she might know him. So far, only he and someone named Naruto had been talking. But what was this about Iron Man? 

Another person in the group spoke up, asking if he had been to Afghanistan. 

"I have. How do you know that? My entire schedule was classified! The only way the terrorists could've known was if someone on the inside betrayed me. But you're from another world—how could you know me and even know that I was attacked by terrorists?" 

Tony had suspected from the start that someone had leaked his whereabouts. The terrorists seemed to have been targeting him specifically, as if they had been waiting for him. It was likely that someone in the military or his company had sold him out. And now, someone in the group chat was talking about his situation, making him feel completely exposed, like he had nowhere to hide. 

Uzumaki Naruto: "You know me too? I'm ten years old now." 

Zhang Wenjing: "Tony, stop guessing. We really aren't from the same world. But in our world, your life story was made into a movie where you're the main character." 

Tony: "A movie? I'm the main character? Then that means I made it out alive. Can you tell me what happens in the movie? I'll pay you once I'm out of here!" 

Tony was skeptical. The idea that his life was a movie didn't sit well with him. Everything around him was real—his memories, his experiences, his entire life. It didn't make sense. 

Yang Tao had been observing the conversation between Naruto and Tony, and he had a pretty good idea of when this was happening. He decided to test something and tried uploading the information stored in his mind to the group chat. Apparently, the group allowed sharing of text, images, and other data. 

[Group member Yang Tao has uploaded the memory copy "Iron Man." Reward: 100 points] 

[Group member Yang Tao has uploaded the memory copy "Naruto." Reward: 100 points] 

[Point Shop unlocked. Daily Check-In unlocked.] 

[The Point Shop generates items based on the worlds of the group members. Each member can check in once per day to earn 1-10 points.] 

Yang Tao wasn't interested in using his knowledge of the plot to act like some all-knowing prophet. He had already died once, and it had changed him. He no longer cared about many things the way he used to. 

Still, since he now had access to people from his favorite movies and anime, he wanted to change the tragic fates of some characters he liked. Take Naruto, for example. He was the protagonist of *Naruto*, the reincarnation of Asura's chakra, and he eventually fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming Hokage. 

But his childhood was pure tragedy. His parents died the night the Nine-Tails attacked, and the beast was sealed inside him. Though his father did it to protect him, the villagers only saw him as a monster that had killed their loved ones. Even those who understood what a *jinchūriki* was still hated him because of their grief. 

Take Iruka, Naruto's teacher—his parents were killed during the Nine-Tails' attack. He resented both the Nine-Tails and Naruto himself. It wasn't until he saw Naruto's optimistic and determined personality that he changed his mind. He stopped seeing Naruto as a monster and started treating him like a student. Out of guilt for how he had treated Naruto before, he began caring for him even more. 

Honestly, if it weren't for Iruka, Naruto might have gone down a much darker path. But how many people like Iruka were there in Naruto's life? At first, it was really just Teuchi from Ichiraku Ramen. 

Yang Tao looked at his newly earned 200 points and clicked the glowing check-in button. 

[Congratulations! You have earned 8 points.] 

"8 points? Not bad. It's not 10, but it's still good. Let's see what's in the shop!" 

Yang Tao opened the Point Shop. The selection wasn't very large—only a few dozen items. There was one permanent item: a full-body restoration, which cost 100 points. 

 Everything else was random and had a countdown timer. There were things like a Three-Clone Jutsu scroll, the chakra amount of a Genin, the Mark II armor, and even a box of Chocolate Frogs. There was all sorts of weird stuff, but nothing from *Minecraft*. He wasn't sure why.