1. New World

Waking up as a little girl is not what anyone would expect, going to bed after a night of drunk discussions about Anime.

Neither did a young man who was discussing Naruto with his friends after an anime marathon.

--- Flashback ---

"So you think that all twelve of them had Kage level potential? Well, it makes sense, but I think that the females in Naruto were forcibly strengthened." Said friend A.

"Hey, that is a foul. If Kishimoto doesn't know how to write female characters, that doesn't mean that the characters were not good. Plus, they actually might exist." Retorted our protagonist.

"It kind of makes sense what he is talking about, although it might be the alcohol talking, but I think it might be possible." Another friend C supported him.

"Okay, let's say other worlds do exist, what then? You think you can change it? Or let's just stick to a character. Can you change one of them?" Asks friend B.

"I mean, not just me, but sure. With a little help of cheats, I think I really can change the outcome of at least one of them."

"Oh yeah? Then let's get this over with. Let's decide once and for all. You were given a chance. What cheats would you chose."

Hearing that, all of them looked at me as I really started thinking about what could be possible.

It might be the drinks, but I took it seriously and then replied to it.

"Essence of Scholar. That's all I need."

"Bro, with that, Ton Ton can bust ass on the otsutsuki God. Doesn't count."

"Yeah, that's a bit much."

"Something less OP."

"Then why don't you tell what you will take as cheat?" Frustrated with their teasing, I retorted.

"Well, I will take the essence of Harmony."

"Oh, you son of a -"

With more and more such discussions, after a long time, we finally settled with a cheat that can really make a change but isn't too overpowered.

"A system which only gives you the highest possible understanding, comprehension, whatever you like to call it, but won't change you E.Q., I.Q., or anything of the like including personality. It can have additional auxiliary functions, which can be whatever like diary system, chat, status panel, boost in skill exp, etc. The auxiliary function is changeable."

"Yep. Agreed. Then it doesn't matter who you become. It can also be like characters from different worlds can contact later on or something."

As we agreed, with some more banter and drinking, we decided to sleep.

'Sometimes the genius of us is really amazing. Too bad none of us use it in the right place.'

--- Flashback end ---

'With those last thoughts, I woke up in the five year old Sakura Haruno, two years ago.' Sakura, now seven, thought to herself recalling her journey to this world.

'Although I have adapted to the identity of a girl, my orientation is still the same. I like girls not boys. But where the hell is my cheat?!?'

She thought with annoyance at her now godly friends which she realized after actually coming to this world.

[Detected host stabilized]

[Great Scholar System activated]

[Understanding is maxed out for the host. Please check other functions on your exploration]

[Message in inbox unread. Please check]

'So that's what it was waiting for huh, for me to accept my gender. Oh well, I would have lashed out a year ago, but now what's done is done. Anyway, I better check the inbox as it has to be those jerks. Open inbox.'

[Inbox(1)]

[Glad to see you adapting to your identity and circumstances. I think you should understand that we all are ROB's as you know, but our friendship is real, or we would have put you in the princess from Shield Hero.

We made a bet and none of us won unfortunately, as we all thought it will at least take you like four or five years, but congratulations anyway.

Don't worry, we won't be looking into your life and only see the changes that you made. Anyway, just enjoy your life and someday in the future, maybe we will meet and relive the discussion. Take care and till next time!]

'Ah, the bastards! Still the same as always huh. I will definitely enjoy my life with a cheat as good as this. Even without actively thinking about it, I can already feel all the doubts I had regarding the classes at the Ninja academy clearing up. But before that, I need to see what exactly the auxiliary function does.'

After a few minutes of exploration Sakura had gotten the gist of the functions, at least those that were unlocked as of now.

Apart from the understanding at max level, the auxiliary function was a task board, where people who were chosen by the system could issue tasks and rewards, and after completing them, Sakura could get the rewards, and system points which were given by the system based on the customer satisfaction from one to five stars.

The points could be used for any knowledge from the task poster's world with enough points, which currently only included the Shinobi World. More worlds will be unlocked after completing a hidden condition.

The task posted will be regarding the knowledge or improvement of skill, optimization, research, and the like. It will be submitted by giving the system Sakura's understanding on the task, which can be complete understanding of the matter, or how much she wants to limit it to.

'Well, you have peaked my interest, I'll give you that. But it is a really good idea and win-win for both parties. Good job guys, you outdid yourselves for this one.' Sakura thought to herself as a small smile made its way across her face which only further widened as the bell for class to be over rang.

*Ding Ding Ding Ding*

Meanwhile, as Sakura was heading home, some people across the Shinobi World suddenly saw a screen appearing in front of them with them getting an information rush which explained to them what the screen in front of them was.