Chapter 4

Hotarubi's previously Yellow Fortune Value had already dropped to Orange, and it wouldn't be long before it dropped to Red. Of course, Ren would still have trouble trying to kill a Protagonist with Red Fortune Value, but there is still a chance of survival.

Ren checked the system store, and found that there weren't many useful things he could buy with his current Fate Points, so he decided to just keep grinding the Protagonists until he had enough to buy some powerful jutsus.

As for Hotarubi who had lost his mind? He was taken to who knows where by the Anbu Ninjas.

With that, the meeting in the Hoshikage's hall finally came to an end.

"Those eyes... If I'm not mistaken he must belong to the Uchiha clan, it's lucky we didn't mess with him."

"You're right, I've heard that the people of this clan are really vindictive."

After the dust had settled, the guests finally found out Ren's identity, and it caused many to sigh. Belonging to the Uchiha Clan means that you are destined to be on top of the shinobi world. They knew that after today they would have to be extremely courteous to this young man.

Moreover, if they had the opportunity, then making friends with Ren would only be beneficial and not harmful.

Of course, they could also foresee that the peaceful life of the Village would soon be extinguished and what would follow would depend on the mood of this young man who was walking out of the hall.

Natsuhi felt uncomfortable looking at the Hoshikage, but when her gaze returned to Ren, she gritted her teeth and decided that she would follow Ren tonight.

Unfortunately, Ren left the Hoshikage's hall without uttering a word in her direction, which showed that he was not interested in her, and that he only made that invitation to tease Hotarubi.

Of course, Ren wanted to taste Natsuhi, but he wasn't stupid enough to gamble with his life, so he decided that he would accumulate enough Fortune Value before he picked the girl's forbidden fruit.

Even though she was determined, Natsuhi still breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Ren wasn't interested in her, but at the same time she wondered if her charm didn't work on the young man.

...

[In the dead of night!]

Ren was in the quarters given to him by the Hoshikage.

Suddenly, a young man with the same appearance and clothes as him appeared.

"So, what did you find out?"

Ren, who was sitting on the bed, withdrew his consciousness from the system and asked with a calm look.

"It is as you concluded! Hoshikage is not allowing the ninja of the Village to do the Meteorite Training, that's because the mortality rate of such training is too high."

With a neutral expression, Ren's clone began to explain the current situation in Hoshigakure.

This clone was made by Ren while he was returning to his quarters. He did so because he wanted to know where the meteorite that this village uses for training and strengthening was located.

According to the knowledge he had from the anime, this meteorite fell in the village two hundred years ago, and since then the people in the village use the radiation from the meteorite to train, because the boost they get in their strength is enormous. The only problem is that if you fail to complete the meteorite training then the chances of you dying are enormous.

Also, even if you do finish the training your lifespan will still be shortened by large margins.

And why is Ren interested in the meteorite even with all the disadvantages? That's simple, he has a system that could handle all of this.

"After scouring the area where the Meteorite Training is held, I followed the Confidant in the same manner as you informed me, and ended up discovering that he is plotting with other ninja to usurp the position of the current Hoshikage." The clone continued speaking as he poured a cup of coffee for the real Ren.

"I see..."

Sifting through his memories, Ren could not figure out who the Confidant was working with to usurp the Hoshikage's position. He knew that the day would come when the Hoshikage would be assassinated, but that didn't seem to have anything to do with the Confident who had always stood by his side.

"It seems that my coming to this place has influenced the plot in some way..."

That was the only thing Ren could think of at the moment. He realized that if he hadn't been transmigrated, then he was likely already dead in the forest due to the poisonous miasma, but it seemed that his transmigration had changed the fate of this Village.

"Meteorite Training, I think I can check."

Murmuring those words, Ren disappeared into the room he was in.

...

[Next to the Hoshikage's residence]

"So this is the meteorite."

Ren exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the huge stone that was in the center of this training room.

Just by being close to the meteorite, he could already feel a small increase in his strength, but at the same time, he could feel his lungs being slowly eroded by the radiation.

"There is no free lunch in the world..."

Ren muttered quietly not caring about the little damage that was being done to his lungs.

The closer he got to the meteorite, the stronger the effects became causing a cold smile to appear on his face. He saw that next to the meteorite was a scroll that probably taught the method to perform the Meteorite Training.

Mysterious Peacock Method!

This name did justice to the technique, since once you use such a technique a purple chakra aura in the shape of a peacock's feathers would be generated behind the user. From this, the user can manipulate this chakra as he pleases, especially by applying Shape Transformation which enables a wide range of attacks, for example launching chakra vortices to cut or throw a target meters away; forming thin ropes to hang, whip or capture his enemies; creating large, strong wings; or, furthermore, manifesting the chakra in the form of beasts, such as a wolf or, another beast.

Ren initially had little interest in doing the Meteorite Training due to its cons, but since the system could help him get around this, he promptly decided to train.

Sitting cross-legged next to the Meteorite, Ren closed his eyes and began to concentrate on absorbing the radiation emanating from the Meteorite.

What Ren didn't know was that this was a suicidal way to train, that's because the radiation when sitting next to the Meteorite was extreme to the point where a person could only resist for a few minutes before being killed.

Normally, the ninja who trained with the Meteorite, used a pedestal that decreased the radiation they absorbed.

...

[Ren's Quarters]

"The benefits of training with the Meteorite are really powerful, if I am found by the Anbu of Konoha I won't have to worry about running away."

That was the conclusion Ren came to after a long night of absorbing radiation.

The damage caused by the meteorite had already been dealt with by his system free of charge.

"It's a shame this training won't last forever."

Ren muttered.

As he absorbed the radiation from the Meteorite, he found that the stone slowly cracked as if it was losing its radiation, initially he thought this was impossible since even after hundreds of years the radiation never showed any signs of ending.

It was then that he realized that the reason for this was that he was the first person to absorb 100% of the radiation and those who trained on the meteorite previously only absorbed 1% of their radiation while the rest went back into the meteorite.

[Ding! Steal Protagonist's chance. Hotarubi will lose twenty points of his Fortune Value, while the Host will receive 80 Fate Points!]

"Huh?!"