Chapter 5: Overworld as Steve

Hiroki's first time experiencing Minecraft was something normal like an ordinary player who just discovered Minecraft.

He spawned in, looking around the scenery which was all block-like. Expressing a wide astonishment due to discovering that it was too complex for him while not learning what to do since the game never gave any tutorial on how to start the game. All players were dropped into the game confused upon not knowing what to do, especially Hiroki who always learn things from tutorials and such.

So, he spent the entire game exploring the world, punching animals and dirt while walking around the world, only to discover that when the skies turned dark, all hell broke loose.

Zombies, skeletons and even the occasional Creepers spawn in like fireworks began to turn the peaceful game of Minecraft from a simple exploration game to a full blown Survival horror, almost rivaling it to the famous games like 'Outlast' or 'Silent Hill'(In Hiroki's own interpretation).

'This was supposed to be a simple game!

Where's the tutorial?

Why do Mobs deal so much damage?

Did that Green Monster just one shot me?!'

Hiroki was constantly dying left and right to the Mobs of Minecraft and even if he occasionally killed some mobs(using the creeper's explosion), he would keep on dying before realizing the old trick of surviving the world of Minecraft.

Digging a hole and covering it up.

If any old veterans of Minecraft were to see Hiroki's Situation, they would cry in nostalgia as they also remember their first time playing Minecraft and recalling the familiarities when playing the game.

But as time passes and sometimes life moves on...

Hiroki who could barely buy a low-end laptop, downloaded Minecraft through some shady website which unfortunately broke the laptop, only played a few times which he didn't even go through the nether at some point, died before even completing the game.

He wanted to at least get an achievement in beating the dragon at the very least or even own an Elytra at some point. Was disappointed he couldn't even mod one game before dying, which was his regret he thought of in the end...

-Present Time-

When Hiroki came back to the world for the first time in his second life, he wanted to continue re-thinking the sense of familiarity when he was playing it on the laptop but decided to forego that thought as he instantly began to recall that feeling when he first arrived in the world of Ninjas.

If it wasn't for the shocking event which scared him, he would have realized the abilities Herobrine gave him after arriving in the world.

But now that he has time, he started to remember the power he was bestowed upon.

Suddenly.

His child-like body began to transform as white light materialized out of thin air, covering him in a flash of light, engulfing him as Hiroki's child-like body disappeared and turned into a block-like figure that he was familiar with.

Steve. The default skin and the iconic character of Minecraft.

'Herobrine said that to fully utilize his powers, I can only turn to steve as he can only interact with the things in this world for me to use.' Hiroki thought in his mind as he, who now transformed into Steve, experienced the VR-like situation he saw in someone's livestream in the past. The Hud and how to interact with the Menu was somehow awsome as he never really experienced VR even in his past life. Though he quickly shook that feeling off as he couldn't bother blankly gazing in happiness as he needed to move as if there was a time limit to work with. Firstly, he would do what any old Minecraft players when starting out would do.

Punching trees.

The sensation of punching wood was somehow weird as he could feel the contact of hitting something yet the pain he should receive when hitting a solid object didn't come but only felt a sight weirdness of hitting something before it continued to punch wood until a block like wood appeared in his inventory which he was shaken for a bit(since this was his first time feeling a VR-like experience in his double life) yet quickly recovered and continued punching trees until he could gather enough materials to start crafting tools.

An interactive screen showed up right in front of Hiroki as he placed the wood he gathered into an empty icon which quickly transformed it into 4 planks of wood.

Still amazed at how this fantasy-like sight in front of him, he quickly snapped back into action once again and started crafting the iconic item that would transform everything he could build into the palm of his hands...

The Crafting Table.

'So this is what those youtubers see when they play minecraft VR. I never thought even I, who was poor in my past life could play like this now. Haah...I wish they...' Hiroki was somehow still amazed at everything he had discovered as he wanted to chat with his brothers at the amazing life he could experience right now.

Yet, when he recalled he has a new life now, he felt a bit lonely yet shook that thought off quickly, not wanting to continue remembering his old life.

'Life is life. When you die, you must forget that you have a new life now. You aren't '#&$%#' now. Your Hiroki.'

Once he could now craft the Crafting Table, he began to make a simple home here since he wasn't the type to explore and see new biomes. He knew that he would need to use this opportunity to quickly create stuff he could use and arm himself since he felt like the world was out to get him.

How can he relax when the world of Naruto is dangerous?

He isn't like those fanfic protagonists who were blessed by their authors, nor he wants to seek danger just to please women.

If he had time to form a harem, he could just use that time to build more robots and quickly complete the task Herobrine sent him instead.

Hiroki felt satisfied after building a simple home for himself, even if it was just a huge square block-like home he made. Not because he was bad at designing but because he was too lazy for decor.

'Simple is best' Hiroki who was satisfied with his work.

After gathering wood to make a chest, he quickly started digging a nearby area which he plans on making a Mining Cave to gather ores and transform his wooden tools he crafted into better gear.

'Hmn...strange...How am I lucky to gather Iron so quickly? Even finding a diamond on my first trip? Meh, must be that Herobrine knows that I need more resources to build that he increases the spawn rate for the resources.'

After one successful mining trip, he quickly started smelting down the ores he gathered in a stove he crafted using the cobblestones he mined earlier. Placing the coal and iron inside, he quickly heads outside to gather materials and even food since using Steve causes him to replace rest and stamina into hunger and he felt like he need more food to sustain his form.

Killing nearby mobs such as cows, pigs and even sheep, gathering seeds by breaking grass, collecting materials he would need in the near future, Hiroki was quickly moving place to place everywhere in the Overworld as if he didn't want to stop working and quickly gather all the things he could carry back into his home before the night quickly started to rise.

Before night came, Hiroki had already done everything he could, starting farms for bread, creating a sugarcane farm and collecting meat for his food today, even went as far as bringing a chicken and pig inside his home.

He place those two animals into fences and placed some signs above them, each having their own name as the Pig was named 'Danzo' and the chicken into 'Hizuren'.

Hiroki could've brought two sheeps and named them after those two useless fools but he didn't have time as he needed to rest after working all day.

'Good Night...' Feeling satisfied after a day's work, Hiroki could finally rest after working all day long.

Yet...

[You may not Rest now, There are monsters nearby.]

''****!"

Yet there was no rest for today, for there are monsters to slay.