Author Note

Hey everyone,

Apologies for the radio silence lately! I've been deep in the trenches, rewriting—wait for it—40 chapters. Yep, you read that right. Why, you ask? Well, a lot of you have reached out through Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, AO3, and Wattpad, and not to forget the messages on Patreon, voicing that the Respawn skill wasn't really clicking with Naruto's character and wasn't being used effectively.

After giving it a lot of thought and considering the feedback, I decided to axe the Respawn skill from the story. I originally had some plans for it, but the story's taking a new direction thanks to all your comments and ideas, and frankly, it feels like we can do without it.

A few chapters back, I threw out the question about removing the Respawn skill, and many of you voted it out. That led to a massive rewrite—hence the slow updates across all my fanfic platforms.

But here's the good news—I'm done with the rewrites! So, what's next? I'm going to be updating the story by deleting the old chapters and posting 20 new chapters daily. Since I'm syncing this update across six different websites, I can manage it more smoothly without overburdening myself.

Expect these updates to roll out over the next 3 to 5 days until we're back on our regular schedule. To make things a bit more exciting, I'll also be throwing in some pictures—jutsus, characters, and more of the system stuff, just to spice things up a bit.

I know some of you might wonder why I don't just update the chapters without deleting the old ones. I've checked, and due to the restructuring of the chapters (like chapter 69 becoming the new chapter 57, and so on), updating without deleting would just lead to a mess.

The big update starts tomorrow, so brace yourselves for 20 chapters a day! Thanks so much for your patience and all the feedback you've given. It's been immensely helpful, and I hope you'll enjoy the new direction we're taking.

In the meanwhile, please help me select a cover for the series. I wanted to change it

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