Naruto: I Survived Two Wars Without You, System!

Inside the moon suspended high in the sky.

Kaguya Otsutsuki, sealed inside the Seal Space, struggled to pry open her heavy eyelids.

A flicker of tenderness and affection passed across her pale, emotionless face.

Her delicate hands, folded before her, lightly brushed against her sleeve as she let out a soft sigh.

After a moment, she once again fell into slumber under the effects of the seal.

—

"Woah! Little Black Zetsu, you're worth more than Lord Madara?! Is that right?"

Kei Yamanaka glanced at the system prompt from just now.

His grin stretched so wide it looked like his mouth might split!

Two Keyword Copy opportunities, plus one Red-tier Skill Listing Upgrade chance!

And it wasn't random!

It was a Red-tier Skill Listing Upgrade—completely under his control to choose which skill to enhance!

This this this...

Black Zetsu, if I'd known you were so valuable earlier, why would I waste time fighting Madara Uchiha?

Why didn't I just jump you while you were clueless and knock you flat first?

Thud! Snap!

A heavy impact sound, clearly accompanied by the noise of breaking bones, came from where Black Zetsu had been.

Tobi, who had just been fleeing while holding onto Black Zetsu, after the latter's death,

Used the Rinnegan's power to abruptly slam himself down midair, producing a deafening kneeling sound.

Those two knees—no need to ask—were completely destroyed.

"...Who taught you to use the Rinnegan like that."

Kei watched with an ominous cloud looming over his head as Tobi slowly floated down to position himself beneath him.

Using the Rinnegan to kneel mid-air—

What kind of bizarre behavior is that?!

"N-no one taught me! Hehehe~ Kei-sama, you can't kill me now since you've already killed him! It-it-it was all his idea!"

Tobi wailed, dramatically pointing sideways toward the spot where Black Zetsu had vanished moments ago.

Without waiting for Kei to speak, he began crying out again.

"I've only existed for two years! How am I supposed to know anything?!" 

"Keikeikei-Kei-sama~ I haven't even tasted real food or taken a proper dump yet~"

"Waaahhh! He never let me talk! Never let me move around freely—I've had such a hard life!"

"I was quietly hanging on a tree for so long! What's wrong with liking to chat and wanting to move around a bit?!"

"Oh no no no~ I got off-topic again! Kei-sama, he controlled me! I couldn't resist at all! He could control all the White Zetsus—he's a higher-level being!"

His voice rambled on endlessly, one incoherent thought after another.

Kei grew tired of listening to his nonsense, instead using the ability tied to the Blue-tier Skill [Fortune Player] to observe the fluctuating destiny power radiating from the other.

The faint blue threads of destiny wavered—shifting between deeper hues and lighter tints of green.

This was the first time he had directly witnessed fluctuations in someone else's destiny power since interfering with their world line progression.

But watching it rise and fall like this—

Could it be because his next decision would decide the path of Tobi's fate?

"If I kill Tobi now, how does the reward system respond?"

Kei Yamanaka's brow twitched slightly, already prepared to step in and test it himself.

Tobi felt a chill run down his spine from the killing intent aimed at him.

Without hesitation, he gouged both eyes out, ripping the two Rinnegans from their sockets.

As he hurled them toward Kei Yamanaka, his body slumped forward as the power of the Rinnegan vanished, sending him crashing down despite remaining in a kneeling position.

"Gracious lord~ May I serve you from now on? I'm still super useful~ I don't even need to eat~ or spend money~"

...

Name: Tobi

Occupation: Attendant

Traits: [Outer Path Odd Embryo] (Purple-Rank), [Limit Break Amplification] (Purple-Rank), [Five-Element Divergence] (Blue-Rank), [Plant Shapeshifting] (Blue-Rank), [Energy Devouring] (Green-Rank), [Joker Personality] (White-Rank), [Energetic] (White-Rank), [Free Flight] (Gray-Rank)

...

A dragon of condensed Sage Chakra erupted from beside Kei Yamanaka and snatched the still-bloodied Rinnegans midair.

Looking at Tobi's falling figure tumbling from above, Kei lightly frowned.

An Attendant?

Earlier, he had only briefly glanced at Black Zetsu's traits interface without really paying attention.

Now looking at Tobi's personal interface again,

he noted how this differed from the standard White Zetsu 'Soldier' occupation.

Staring at the Rinnegans beside him,

Kei Yamanaka temporarily decided against killing the guy immediately.

After all, there were other test subjects available besides Tobi—Yagura Karatachi, who was currently atop the Three-Tails Isobu, also showed wildly fluctuating fate.

With that thought, Kei formed a one-handed seal.

From the wooden giant's body,

a thick, arm-sized vine shot out,

grabbing Tobi mid-fall and yanking him up to the top of the wooden giant.

"Hehehehe~ I survived! Lord Kei truly is a kind-hearted person! From today onward, I'll be following you, my lord!"

Tobi waved his arms dramatically with a goofy expression.

His body unraveled into eerie white wooden vines,

detaching itself from the mortally wounded Chōjūrō Samehada.

With both eyes gone and his knees shattered,

Chōjūrō's life force had long been drained by the Rinnegan. He collapsed lifelessly onto the wooden giant's head and expired within seconds.

Looking at the normal eye inside Tobi's single visible socket, Kei's eyebrow twitched slightly.

So this guy hadn't used *his* knees when kneeling,

nor had he actually gouged out *his* eyes?

You sly little bastard!

[Ding~ Significantly altered a notable supporting character's destiny path, slightly interfering with world line progression. Reward obtained: [Purple-Tier Trait Conversion Card] x1.]

[Purple-Tier Trait Conversion Card]: Transforms any trait, regardless of rank, into a Purple-Tier Trait.

!!!

At the moment Kei heard the [System Prompt], he immediately looked toward the sole Black-Tier Trait on his [System Interface].

The so-called "[Omen of Misfortune]", arguably the worst combat-related trait imaginable.

Within conceptual-level traits, its effect was indeed absurdly powerful, yet he'd never once used it.

It wasn't needed against weaklings, nor against elite ninja.

And facing those absurdly strong immortals, weren't Keyword Detachment and Skill Downgrade much more effective?

Kei Yamanaka's already excellent mood improved even further.

His gaze softened considerably as he looked at Tobi.

Noticing the other's body, the glow of destiny power—once faded to pale green—now stabilized at a deep sapphire blue.

He turned toward the Three-Tails Isobu and said offhandedly,

"Behave. I'll have Orochimaru carve you an eye later."

"An eye?"

Tobi pointed at his own eyeless right cheek.

"An ass-eye."

"Waaaah! Following Master Kei is incredible! Not once did Black Zetsu even think about helping me realize my dream before he croaked! Waaaah! I'm gonna be a perfect boy from now on!"

...

[Whoosh—]

[Kei Yamanaka] instantly disappeared from atop the wooden giant using the [Flying Thunder God Technique].

Leaving Tobi alone on top of the wooden giant to go crazy by himself.

He quietly reassured himself inwardly.

Once he gets the eye, everything will be fine.

It's only because of ignorance that he feels this way—ultimately, curiosity and obsession will fade.

Once he truly understands, once he adjusts,

He won't care about any of this nonsense anymore.

"I'll give you a chance. Switch your jinchuriki."

Kei appeared before the Three-Tails Isobu, who had been flung aside by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and was now playing dead at the edge of the Four Red Yang Formation.

Isobu, keeping his head tucked in and eyes tightly shut, hurriedly opened his left eye upon hearing those words.

Straining to sound delicate and soft, he replied,

"Whatever you command, master~ Ahem... Ahem..."

...

[Poof—]

[Wood Clone] threw down in front of the Three-Tails Isobu the torso of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, freshly severed and measuring over five meters long and three meters wide.

As a fragment of the Ten-Tails, this was a natural dwelling and the finest seal material for the tailed beasts.

[Puchi—]

Blood spurted from Yagura Karatachi's severed neck.

The head flew sideways, rolling along the ground with a thud.

The body of the Three-Tails Isobu, already halfway squeezed into the remains of the Ten-Tails, trembled slightly and moved three times faster.

How brutal... 

Humans really are monstrous!

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