This Naruto is a player.

Chapter 3 Newbie Gift Pack
After the old man left, Naruto began cleaning up the trash.

A fire broke out in the mountains, and the director fell in love with me.

Cough cough, no, arson is punishable by life imprisonment.

For safety reasons, Naruto used water to extinguish the fire.

Instead of resting, he returned to his lair and immediately began refining chakra.

As long as chakra is extracted, the mission can be completed.

Once you complete the task, you can start the game.

This game, on the other hand, is his cheat code.

He is Naruto Uzumaki, a three-year-old orphan hated by the entire village. This cheat ability is his only means of survival.

He has no time to rest.

Sitting on a bed made of hay and blankets, Naruto attempted to refine chakra for the first time.

According to what the old man just said, chakra is a type of energy in the human body, which is a mixture of physical energy and mental energy.

If I understand correctly, bodily energy refers to the energy produced by the body's cells. Specifically, does it refer to physical strength?

What about spiritual energy? Spiritual power? Willpower? Or something else?

This old man's explanation is too vague.

He even ate four of his own grilled fish and a large bowl of mushroom soup.

However, considering his contributions, Naruto decided not to hold it against him.

Now, Naruto had to figure it out on his own.

This chakra refining technique, in summary, is both simple and straightforward.

Through meditation, one can perceive the flow of cellular energy and spiritual energy within the body, mix and transform the two energies in proportion to form chakra, and store it in the meridian system.

Naruto followed the steps to clear his mind and began to meditate.

Gradually, he began to have a feeling.

'Am I a genius?'

The idea flashed through Naruto's mind.

The next instant, the feeling became even stronger; a surge of heat coursed through my body, and this sensation grew more and more pronounced, slowly flowing downwards.

Then... a sudden urge to urinate came over me.

Naruto is speechless.

So this hot current was this weird thing.

He was overjoyed for nothing; he thought he had made progress in his cultivation and was about to succeed.

After running a little further and taking a piss, Naruto felt much better.

He wasn't in a hurry even though the extraction failed.

No one cultivates immortality and can develop spiritual energy/magic power on the first day.

This chakra is probably not simple either.

He had long been prepared for a protracted struggle.

Naruto yawned and went back to his den.

After a busy afternoon, this little body is exhausted. After all, she is only three years old. Although her body seems to have extraordinary vitality, she is still very young.

So, Naruto prepared to go to sleep.

Just before he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly opened his eyes.

In all the hustle and bustle, there was something I completely forgot about.

The boss who pushed him during the day hasn't retaliated yet.

Naruto is a vengeful person.

His principle is to never engage in internal strife and to avenge wrongs on the spot!

So he decided to go to the shop entrance where he had been during the day and throw excrement there.

After thinking it over carefully, Naruto decided against it. The target was too obvious. They would have a conflict during the day, and then get splattered with excrement at night. It was as obvious as a louse on a monk's head.

It's really not safe, so he plans to go only after he's at least able to protect himself.

With this thought in mind, Naruto got up again.

Their lives are not even guaranteed yet.

At his age, he really can't sleep.

Continue training! The next day, Naruto got up early again.

I don't know what time I went to sleep yesterday, but I was completely out of it at the time.

He was able to get up so early because he felt a sense of urgency that compelled him to.

In a daze, Naruto felt as if he had returned to his senior year of high school.

Those last 100 days.

I had a real nightmare.

"Damn it, I've transmigrated and I'm even experiencing senior year of high school life." Naruto muttered to himself before washing up, eating, and continuing his training.

The next day, I finally felt something; this time it wasn't poop or pee.

There was progress, but no success.

On the third day, it finally succeeded?

Naruto had no concept of chakra, and he didn't know whether he had succeeded or not. He only knew he had succeeded when he received a notification that the mission was complete.

[Initial quest completed, reward issued. Please check your inventory.]
[System loading.]
"I'm such a genius!" Naruto boasted, then happily opened the control panel.

The entire game interface has not yet fully loaded and is still displaying 'Loading'.

Naruto wondered if the system's inability to connect to the server was due to the time travel.
However, while the online service is currently unable to load, the local service is still running normally.

Naruto opened his backpack and saw a gift pack with a distinctly online game style lying inside.

Click to open, and an interface will pop up.

[You have opened the new player gift pack and are now drawing prizes from the prize pool.]
Then it just kept showing "extracting".

Naruto stared at the page for half an hour, but the page remained unchanged, still showing "retrieving".

This one seems to be the same as the previous one, unable to connect to the server, causing it to fail to load.

"This game is trash."

Seeing this, Naruto was filled with rage.

Everyone originally thought that once the golden finger arrived, it would be the day to unleash a massacre.

Is this the result?

"Never mind." Naruto went about his business.

After he went out for a walk and caught three fish, the interface still showed no activity.

It wasn't until the afternoon, around sunset, that they returned to their shelter inside the tree hollow.

[If the prize pool draw fails, rewards will be drawn from the initial prize pool.]
[You have already linked your account to [Naruto Online]. Please select newbie rewards:]

A. SSSSSS-level talent (unique)

B. Unlimited Chakra (Limited)

C. Summoned Beast - Nine-Tailed Fox - Fully Awakened Version (Limited)
"Unique and limited-time offer. Is the drop rate in this game really that high?" Naruto was somewhat incredulous upon seeing these three options.

Although Naruto didn't play games much in his previous life, he had heard about the drop rate issue.

His roommate from his previous life, who loved playing games, was an extremely unlucky person. His skin was frighteningly dark, and the drop rate for gacha pulls in various games was terrifyingly low. He rarely pulled any gold items and always relied on the minimum rewards, never actually getting a lucky drop.

My roommate spent an unknown amount of money on the game, and eventually he resigned himself to his fate.

In the end, it was usually Naruto who stepped in for him.

But Naruto remembered that his own luck was only so-so; when he drew cards for his roommate, the drop rate was always average.

So, what is this?

Is there a bug?
Recalling the hint he'd just received, Naruto realized it was quite possible.

This is probably what they call turning misfortune into blessing.

However, staring at these three options, Naruto didn't know which one to choose for a moment.

It seems the game has assumed he knows this world very well, but he really doesn't know it at all.

How exactly should I choose?
Naruto can only try to make a choice by using his past life's experience.

In terms of scarcity, given one option is unique and two are limited, the unique option is the obvious choice.

Functionally speaking, option A, the SSSSSS-level talent (unique), is a growth-oriented option, but he is currently facing a survival crisis and needs immediate combat power.

Option B, unlimited chakra (limited), is equivalent to unlimited mana?

Option C, Summoned Beast - Nine-Tailed Fox - Fully Awakened Version (Limited), looks like this is a battle pet?
After some thought, Naruto made a decision.

(End of this chapter)