*Chapter 1: Lazy Ninja Heading to Heaven!*

"My name is Nara Raku, 12 years old, a Genin in reserve."

Nara Raku's talent as a ninja was not particularly impressive. However, he still managed to pass the graduation exam from the Konoha Ninja Academy.

"I live in the Kikyo Mountain and Kikyo Castle area, in the northwestern part of Konoha Village. Considering the long, tiring commute to and from school every day, I bought a top-floor corner apartment near the academy. I only ride my deer back home to visit my parents on weekends."

It was the 48th year of Konoha, and the village was peaceful. But with the increasing tension on the front lines, every ninja knew one thing — the Third Great Ninja War was inevitable. It might only take a single spark to ignite the full-scale conflict.

Sensing the unrest, Konoha's leadership urgently recalled strong Jonin from outside the village and promoted several key Chunin through the Chunin Exams. They even "graduated early" a significant number of students from the academy to become Genin.

Thus, Nara Raku finally earned his spot as an official ninja.

Setting aside the facts, being a ninja — flying through the air and tunneling through the ground — was an exciting and charming profession.

Especially today, Nara Raku had received not only "a ninja school diploma" and "a Konoha ninja headband," but also a long-awaited "cheat-like power" from a different world!

*[You have officially gained ninja status!]*

*[The system ‘Lazy Ninja Going to Heaven’ is here to serve you!]*

Becoming an official ninja and unexpectedly awakening this cheat ability was supposed to be a dream come true. But why did things turn out this way?

Nara Raku stopped thinking for a moment and continued to explain his background.

"I study diligently, never skipping classes or leaving early. After school, I go straight home and never stay out late. I go to bed at 11 p.m., ensuring I get a full 8 hours of sleep every night.

"Before bed, I always take a Nara family secret medicine and practice my shadow jutsu for two and a half hours. Once I hit the bed, I sleep soundly through the night, never carrying fatigue or stress into the next day.

"My dad, who is also the head of the Nara Medicine Research Institute, says that I'm overly obsessed with our family’s Yin Release jutsu. While I’m way ahead of my peers in terms of learning progress, it has caused me to become physically weak.

"If this continues, it could seriously affect my future as a ninja."

Even while saying all of this, Nara Raku's tone remained calm and composed. His talent might not be ideal, but it was far from hopeless. On the contrary, thanks to his innate mental energy and the Nara clan’s iconic intelligence, he excelled in learning and controlling chakra.

If he ever gave up being a ninja, Nara Raku would still have plenty of options. For instance, he could dive into research and use his knowledge of science to achieve groundbreaking advancements in the ninja world.

If that didn’t work out, he could always inherit the Nara Medicine Research Institute, hundreds of Nara deer, dozens of family-run pharmacies, and a few mountains. His dad had been talking about retiring for over thirteen years now!

But still...

If it weren’t for the passion, who would want to be a ninja? (Totally serious)

Moreover, Nara Raku had already devised a solution to his current predicament. As long as he could complete that jutsu, everything would change...

"What are you talking about, kid?"

A voice interrupted his thoughts, and Nara Raku sighed, turning his gaze toward the female ninja standing opposite him.

She had a delicate, fair face with long, luxurious blonde hair tied into a ponytail. Her almond-shaped eyes, set under elegantly arched brows, radiated an imposing aura. She wore a cream-colored crop top that revealed traces of abdominal muscles and high-waisted black shorts, showing off her long, toned legs. Her presence exuded a kind of strong, no-nonsense beauty.

But the most attention-grabbing aspect was the mesmerizing curves beneath her top.

There wasn’t a single ninja in Konoha who wouldn’t recognize this wealthy and generous blonde lady — granddaughter of the First and Second Hokage, personal disciple of the Third Hokage, and one of the Legendary Sannin:

Tsunade.

With arms crossed, she glared icily at the polite, well-groomed black-haired boy standing in front of her. If she hadn’t seen it herself, she never would have believed that such a handsome, young ninja would show an idiotic grin as if lost in some delusional fantasy the moment she walked by. He reminded her of a certain white-haired teammate who enjoyed peeking at women in bathhouses — wait a minute!

With the situation outside Konoha growing more tense by the day, who could predict when war would break out? Even an idiot like Jiraiya should’ve returned to the village by now, right?

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Tsunade’s frosty expression melted away, replaced by a sly grin.

Nara Raku had no idea what this "legendary cash cow" was thinking. So, he simply continued explaining.

"What I meant was, I’m just someone who’s always been in pursuit of a peaceful life..."

In this strict ninja world, governed by bloodlines and fate, ordinary ninjas had limits, and so did the Nara clan.

The ninja world was plagued by godlike figures, where the lives of mortals were no more than blades of grass. Nara Raku only wanted to be a ninja, earn some money, and live a quiet life.

He had already gathered all the essentials: "Ninja," "Genius," "Reincarnation," and "Cheat Ability!" His future should have been bright!

"Peaceful life? Don’t kid yourself! I’ve already figured out your true identity!"

Tsunade’s smile bloomed like a vibrant peony, and in her joy of reuniting with an old friend, she stepped forward with a powerful swing of her fist, an invisible wave of energy expanding outward.

"This is Konoha Village, not some place for fooling around!"

As Tsunade’s massive fist loomed closer, Nara Raku’s pupils shrank. Two long, shadowy tendrils emerged silently from beneath him, slithering like hunters in the night.

*[C-rank Secret Jutsu: Shadow Tendrils Jutsu]*

*[Jutsu Description: Shadow tendrils silently move under the caster’s will.]*

*[Jutsu Effect: Physical manifestation of shadows into numerous tendrils to manipulate nearby objects with endless variations.]*

Nara Raku didn’t use the Shadow Tendrils for attack, only to control the situation.

"Here’s my ninja headband!" Nara Raku raised his headband and diploma high with his shadow tendrils, offering proof of his identity before Tsunade’s fist connected with his head.

"And my diploma!"

'Instant ninjutsu without hand signs? So, it’s really the Nara clan’s shadow techniques!’ Tsunade stared at the headband and diploma being held up by the shadow tendrils, surprised.

'Was he really telling the truth? He’s not Jiraiya?’

Her intimidating aura softened, and the fist she had raised for a finishing blow lowered slightly. Seeing this, Nara Raku sighed in relief, wiping away the sweat that had gathered on his forehead.

Had he taken that punch, he’d be on his way to heaven!

Still confused about how he’d managed to provoke Tsunade, Nara Raku recalled he had just been checking his newly awakened cheat ability before being inexplicably called out by her.

'Does being rich and powerful make everything okay?!'

Since Tsunade wasn’t making any more moves, Nara Raku decided to play his final card.

"If I offended you..."

He put away his headband and diploma, then pulled out a few 10,000 ryō notes, offering them with both hands.

"I hope you’ll forgive me."

'This brat... is he trying to bribe me?! What an insult!' Tsunade thought of shouting angrily.

However...

Nara Raku slightly flicked the stack of bills, and they fanned out like a peacock's tail, glowing with the mesmerizing allure of wealth.

*Gold Release: Ten Thousand Ryō Technique!*

He was offering far too much!

"Cough, cough!" Tsunade withdrew her fist, covering her mouth with it as she pretended to cough, trying to maintain a serious expression.

"Little Nara boy, you said you live near Kikyo Castle, right? That’s outside the village! It’s getting late, and the protection outside the village isn’t as strong as inside. Let this big sister escort you home!"

As Tsunade smiled "warmly" and waved the ten thousand ryō bills in her hand, Nara Raku swallowed the words of refusal that had been on the tip of his tongue.

Taking advantage of the moment Tsunade turned to lead the way, Nara Raku took a deep breath, pushed aside his distractions, and silently summoned his cheat ability.

*[Lazy Ninja Going to Heaven]!*

A glowing virtual panel appeared before him, visible only to him.

After receiving his official Konoha headband from the academy today, Nara Raku had awakened this "Lazy Ninja System." But there hadn't been time to fully inspect it.

And then he had been caught by this menacing blonde out of nowhere…

What a disgrace!

Nara Raku couldn't help but glance at the back of Tsunade in front of him, then focused on the messages on the virtual panel.

[Detected that you are afflicted with the "Six Paths Sage Art: Karma Binding Curse!"]

[Lazy ninja, you’re destined for heaven in the end!]

‘These are hardly reassuring messages…’

‘And the "Six Paths Sage Art: Karma Binding Curse"… In this era, before the Third Shinobi World War has even begun, the only one capable of casting such a high-level Sage Art is probably that old director watching the show from the Pure Land, right?’

‘What is this?’

‘Everyone else gets cheats, but I can’t?’

‘Planting such a humiliating Sage Art curse on me, like frog pee! Old man, I won’t forget this!’

Nara Raku steadied his mind and then opened his personal attribute information panel.

——

Name: Nara Raku (can view the model of his own chakra system)

Ninjutsu: C (proficiency and mastery in all techniques based on chakra and other energy forms)

Taijutsu: E- (proficiency and mastery in all combat techniques based on physical abilities)

Strength: E- (physical power, mainly affecting wrist, arm, and leg strength)

Speed: E- (agility, mainly affecting motor functions and reflexes)

Precision: E- (life force, cell activity, roughly understood as physical energy)

Wisdom: C- (intelligence, experience, roughly understood as mental energy)

Jutsu Abilities: [Clone Technique] (E-rank), [Transformation Technique] (E-rank), [Substitution Technique] (E-rank), [Shadow Imitation Technique] (Secret, D-rank), [Shadow Gathering Technique] (Secret, C-rank), [Shadow Stitching Technique] (Secret, B-rank)

Ninja Scroll: Empty

Overall Rating: D-rank (Genin)

——

The six ninja stats, each with their respective descriptions, appear professional and detailed, easy to understand.

By focusing intently on a specific stat, one could even see more precise values.

After some testing, Nara Raku determined the exact values corresponding to his six stats:

Ninjutsu: 486

Taijutsu: 3

Strength: 2

Speed: 3

Precision: 2

Wisdom: 214

Aside from the [Ninjutsu] attribute representing jutsu mastery and the [Wisdom] attribute symbolizing mental energy, the rest of Nara Raku's attributes could only be described in four words:

Full of potential.

‘There’s no need to elaborate on the benefits of a data-based panel. The only issue is I haven’t found a way to increase my attribute values yet. I can research the six basic ninja stats later, but for now…’

‘[Jutsu Abilities] records personal skill information.’

‘[Overall Rating] describes my current strength level.’

‘These two are easy to understand. But the middle one, [Ninja Scroll], is intriguing…’

Nara Raku hadn’t had the [Lazy Ninja to Heaven] system for long, and many functions still required further exploration and testing.

Even so, one known function of the system already provided great help to Nara Raku at this stage!

With a thought, the virtual panel shimmered, and the six stats condensed into a hexagonal chart, while a lifelike human model appeared beside it.

Upon closer inspection, one could see a densely-packed chakra network inside the miniaturized “Nara Raku Human Model,” complete with 361 chakra points spread throughout the system!

Nara Raku was elated.

‘It’s the same kind of ability as the Hyuga—no!’

‘As the Otsutsuki’s Byakugan!’

(End of Chapter)