CHAPTER 1

"As Soon As It Became the Pinnacle of the Ninja World, It Was About to Be Exposed?"

In the 60th year of Konoha, within the Land of Fire, inside a modest room in Konoha Village...

Kaito, who had just finished his graduation exam from the Ninja Academy, lay on his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Time flies so fast… twelve years in the blink of an eye."

That's right, Kaito is not a native of this world but a traveler. In his previous life, Kaito had been a college student from Earth. He had died suddenly while staying up late watching anime.

When he woke up, he found himself as a baby in a world filled with dangerous ninjas — the world of Naruto.

Fortunately, the system appeared at just the right moment and assigned him an identity: a war orphan from Konoha.

This gave Kaito a fighting chance to survive; otherwise, he might have been silenced by Konoha's Anbu, the elite black-ops force of the village.

Kaito's system was simple, almost too good to be true. It was called the Lying Flat System. The system worked just as its name implied: by doing nothing and simply "lying flat," he would become stronger.

After living a rather average life, Kaito had finally reached the pinnacle of the ninja world: the Six Paths level. But little did he know, the moment he achieved this power, it was only a matter of time before he was exposed.

"Ah, the system is really powerful. Am I invincible just by lying down like this?"

"Do you want to conquer the Genin world? Nah, forget it. That's too much effort!"

Kaito of the Salted Fish Clan wasn't interested in world domination. He was content with his quiet, lazy life. Who needed the hassle of conquering the ninja world? A peaceful life was all he wanted.

Isn't it nice to do D-rank missions every day? Water flowers, raise fish, and dream of marrying a wife?

And speaking of that wife, of course, it's Hinata. It's the only big, dramatic thing Kaito has done in the last 12 years. That time, when Hinata was still a child, being bullied by those pesky kids, Kaito had stood up for her. He chased off the troublemakers, and it was then that he unintentionally became Hinata's hero.

Because of that, Kaito swooped in and cut off Naruto's future marriage plans with Hinata, replacing him as her secret crush!

Too bad things didn't work out the way he wanted. Kaito only wanted a simple life, but the universe had other plans.

Suddenly, a familiar voice echoed in Kaito's mind. At the same time, that same voice rang out in the minds of everyone across the entire Ninja World!

"New World detected. Quiz System is being generated!"

"Upon completion, the system will scan the current world, create a question-and-answer chat group, and pull in all residents of the world!"

Uchiha Madara: What is this place? Has the old man come back to life?

Senju Hashirama: The moto? You're here too?

Uchiha Madara: Huh? Hot-headed Hassi, you're here too?

Uchiha Izuna: Big brother, what's going on? Did I really meet you?

Senju Tobirama: Hmph! What a commotion. This must be a special space. The reason we can talk isn't because we've been resurrected, but because our consciousness has entered this space!

Third Raikage: So, do you know what this place is?

Fourth Raikage: Dad, it's great to see you here!

Killer Bee: Hey idiot, Daddy's been revived!

Third Raikage: Good boy, I'm glad to see you here!

Third Tsuchikage Onoki: Please ask the Second Hokage to clear up any doubts you have!

Senju Tobirama: How does he know? I'm not a god!

Onoki, Third Raikage: …You're something else, you always have the final say!

Second Mizukage: What in the world is going on, Brother Senju? Brother Uchiha? How is this possible? Weren't you both dead? And wasn't the old man dead too?

Second Tsuchikage: You are dead, killed by this old man. Also, are you brain-dead? Didn't you hear the Second Hokage?

Second Mizukage: Nonsense! It was the old man who killed you. Also, you're the one who's brain-dead, and your whole family is brain-dead!

Terumi Mei: Enough, Nidaime, this is really embarrassing!

Second Mizukage: Huh? Who's this girl?

Terumi Mei: I'm the Fifth Mizukage…

Second Mizukage: Already the Fifth? Mizukage passed on that quickly?

Second Tsuchikage: Hahaha, that's because your Kirigakure was a disaster!

Second Mizukage: Damn your mother, you Iwagakure are the real disasters, all of you!

Seeing a group of high-ranking ninjas gathered together, ordinary ninjas and civilians hesitated to approach, afraid of being caught in the crossfire of their conversation and accidentally getting hurt by the powerful figures.

At that moment, there was one person who knew exactly what was going on, but ironically, he was more clueless than anyone else.

"Damn it, what the hell is happening? Is this some kind of joke? Whose prank is this??"

"System, show yourself! Didn't you say that there's only one system in this world?!"

Unable to figure it out on his own, he decided to turn to the system for help. After all, if the system didn't know either, then who else could?