Chapter 14: Konoha's trees started speaking Vietnam

While the future became more and more confusing after the death of Danzo, Hiroki was currently puzzled as he held a mysterious object in his hands which he got from killing the Ender Dragon.

[Fragmented Key 1/10]

[A Mysterious yet fragmented object which is missing other parts and collecting them all unlocks a Hidden Secret. Care to find out?]

'Its...weird. Does this item also exist in the game as well?' Hiroki was clueless about the Minecraft game since he only played it casually, not really invested much in his past life due to his real life issues.

He remembers that most players when beating the dragon, tend to receive massive EXP gains after killing the Dragon. Yet, they never said that they would also drop two things which made him confused. The first one was this which went into his inventory.

The second one...

-Hey, This is a flashback, Excuse me-

Disappointed with the result of killing the Dragon, Hiroki who starts to ponder the meaning of life as he was blankly staring at the sky. Thinking that now that he 'Technically' beat the game, he should try and focus on the Mods he had, looking for ways to complete the Job Herobrine gave him.

"Huh? What's this?" Running around to pick up EXP orbs that the Dragon dropped, he suddenly finds two strange things that he randomly spotted on the ground.

One was an Item that seems like a broken fragment of some sort and after picking it up, he could see that it was called [Fragmented Key] which confuses him.

While he did see Youtubers beating the game, they never actually explain what it does and Hiroki never question it since it might be a useless item in the game since no one talked about it on the internet.

'Maybe something would happen once I collected all 9 other fragments. I better try and see what it does since gamers 100% everything and it could pass the time doing stuff like this.' Thinking of future things to do after beating the dragon, Hiroki turned to the other thing on the ground as he found it weird since, unlike the other Items in Minecraft, this one didn't move towards him and stayed still even when Hiroki got close to it.

It was an orb. Red and white which was mixed together forming like a white/red shaded orb that was hovering on the ground.

It was mysterious and even Hiroki knew that this was different since there was no 'Circle' in Minecraft from his understanding. Hell, even if there were circles in Minecraft, this one is detailed which shouldn't be possible in the game.

"Sure as ain't possible for this one to exist, Chief. Must be Herobrine's doing I bet." Hiroki gazes upon the orb, pondering what to do.

Until, he decides to just F*** it and touch the unknown object.

Hiroki is truly built different...mostly stupid, but different.

And something happened.

"Guh..." Hiroki began to struggle.

The Steve form he was in, slowly dissipates and reverts back into his original form as Hiroki's eyes widen as pain begins to course through his entire body.

"W-what the...." Hiroki felt the pain of his body stretching and shortening, unknowingly convulsing from sense of his body rapidly expanding.

Until, it stops.

"F***! What the F***?!" Despite the pain he was receiving it wasn't much of a bother since it was the unexpectedly that caused him to suffer.

While the pain was like breaking his entire body apart, Hiroki was more tolerant since he was used to his body being hurt everyday and this was just his first time being hurt in this world. So he only felt the sudden shock of pain and quickly endured it until he wanted to know what happened.

Then realization kicked in...

"Wait, did I just grow taller?" Standing up, he suddenly felt the irregularity of his body not being able to balance after the sudden transformation, quickly realizing that growth spurt happened way too early for Hiroki.

He was currently 2 yet the sudden transformation from 5 years old physical body to 8 years old slowly caused him to widen in shock at the sudden change in the growth department.

"Oh, I also gained a heart. Neat."

Upon reverting back into Steve, he suddenly noticed that there was an additional heart which added in his health, from 10 to 11.

This signifies that killing the dragon somehow gave Hiroki an extra heart while at the same time, his real body also benefits from it, increasing his physical strength yet there were no added bonuses on his chakra.

'Maybe the other bosses might have something on them as well...Meh, better grind the dragon till it doesn't drop anymore since its not Overkill unless there's no over in killing it. Great, now I gotta add the puns on the list for future me to do.'

-Flashback is over, get it? Over and overkill...no, I'll walk myself out-

'Hyuga residence is made...Akimichi... I better skip this place because they might not be able to sense me, but they might sense the food I'm packing.'

Hiroki was currently Mining around Konoha, making pathways around the place because unlike a certain plant monster, Hiroki must make tunnels to travel secretly around the village.

He avoided pathways where people walked on and made tunnels around them since he plans on making entrances on areas where people don't usually go.

Yet in order for him to do that and not try to be suspicious, he had to patrol the area aboveground which is dangerous for him but for the sake of making the greatest Tunnel in the Hidden Leaf, Sacrifices must be Necessary.

It was even more dangerous since a certain Blond fox was tailing him, seemingly able to sense him which shocks Hiroki. Believing that his detection skills are even better than Hayate. And that man can turn invisible! For F***s sake!

Hiroki ignored Naruto who was tailing him since he was only patrolling the isolated areas which he noted to turn them into hidden entrances for his future plans on making hidden tunnels around the Leaf.

He slowly realizes what he was doing since it was kinda familiar to him, until one crazy idea totally made him know why it was so familiar.

'Hahaha! I can't believe that making tunnels and S***, I never realized that I'm actually copying certain countries' tactics and doing them in real life. Welp, time for these Anime ninjas to be given the same treatment as the Americans did back in Nam.'

Smiling at the crazy idea he thought of, he pulled a notebook and started scribbling off what he needed to make and the materials he would need as Naruto grew increasingly curious about the 'Big Brother' who didn't even know he was close to him.

"Hey." Naruto who was nervous, tried speaking to Hiroki.

"Hmn? What do you want?" Hiroki who knew Naruto was talking to him, acted annoyed since he didn't plan on talking much with him.

While he knows Naruto and the things around him, Hiroki can't always avoid him since he will eventually cross paths with him and their interaction will always happen. Whether he avoids it or not.

If he acts distant, those Old men will not be suspicious of him but still investigate him.

If he's close, the same thing happens but will be more observative of him yet it also has the advantage of being able to control the plot to move as close as in the canon which he can prevent or even save lives if he tries his best.

It even relieves him since he has always idolized Naruto as a kid and wanted to help him because of his past.

'But I can't quickly be close to him since those Old Men are spying on Naruto.'

"Here. Now leave me alone." Before he could even let Naruto talk, he simply tossed some Bread he had in his inventory on Naruto and avoided him. He can't let him speak or his special abilities might even sway him to the point of stupidity.

Naruto's mouth can make Villains IQ disappear which scares Hiroki and he already has a low IQ to begin with. If he lets Naruto talk, he might even reveal his past life and Minecraft world out of idiocy.

If he can make Nagato to stop his plans, what about Hiroki who aren't as smart as Nagato? Naruto might be a good person but he is honest to a fault and might even reveal his secrets to Hiruzen, who also has his friend, Danzo discovering as well since Hiruzen loves his friend so much.

After the bewildered Naruto who was holding the bread, he tried to look for Hiroki who disappeared, not knowing that Hiroki dug a tunnel below and covered it up before Naruto would find out.

"I'm not socially inept at all, I just have skill issue regarding communicating with people..." Hiroki murmured to himself.