XX-level Hokage

Zero suddenly laughed.

Immediately afterwards, a black shadow emerged, turning into the image of a ninja in black with red eyes. Then Zero snapped his fingers, and the shadowy ninja vanished.

Zero, dressed neatly, pushed open the bedroom door. From that moment on, she became Hinata Mashiro.

Soon after, Hiashi followed Hinata to Mashiro's courtyard. Hiashi's heart was filled with complex emotions and excitement. His eldest daughter, on whom he had placed all his hopes, had suddenly become mentally impaired, forcing Hiashi to turn his attention to his second daughter, Hinata. However, Hinata was too weak-willed, which ultimately resulted in the Hyuga clan having no one left to lead the main branch. They could only rely on Neji, the orphaned son of Hizashi from the branch family, to maintain appearances. In Hiashi's eyes, this was undoubtedly a very shameful thing.

He just hoped that the news Hinata brought wouldn't be a false alarm.

As soon as Hiashi entered the inner courtyard, she saw Mashiro sitting there. Had she finally decided to come out of her room? Hiashi felt a slight sense of relief. "Onee-sama, Father is here," Hinata called out to Mashiro.

Mashiro turned around and saw the stern-faced man beside Hinata and Tsubasa. She stood up and bowed. "Father..."

Seeing Mashiro's state, Hiashi breathed a sigh of relief, but said with an unchanged expression, "So you've finally decided to go to the Ninja Academy?"

“Yes, Father, I recently had a very long dream. I was silent in the dream for a long time, and now I finally understand. I can no longer be cowardly. I am a member of the Hyuga clan and should do my part for the clan,” Mashiro said, looking at Hiashi.

Hearing Mashiro's words, Hiashi's expression softened, but his tone remained somewhat serious as he said, "This is the attitude that the young lady of the Hyuga clan should possess."

Then her tone softened as she said, "Let's have dinner together tonight."

Since that incident, Mashiro has rarely left her room, and the family has never gathered together for a meal again.

"Yes, Lord Chōchin." Mashiro replied.

Hiashi gave Mashiro a few more instructions about what to do at school the next day before leaving satisfied.

"That's wonderful, Onee-sama! Hinata can go to school with you tomorrow!" Hinata said happily to Mashiro after Hiashi left.

Mashiro patted Hinata's head without saying anything. She had noticed something since earlier: both Hinata and Hiashi had a strange form next to them.

[Name: Hinata Hyuga]

Gender: Female Age: 3

Affection level: Family affection level cannot be displayed. Relationship: Sisters

Affection Reward: None [Name: Hyuga Hiashi]

Gender: Male Age: 32

Affection Level: Affection level with family members cannot be displayed. Relationship: Father and daughter

Affection Reward: None

Moreover, this strange table can be collapsed; Mashiro can make it disappear or reappear. It seems that this is the basic function that the system was referring to.

In the evening, the family had a rare meal together: Hiashi, Masayuki, Hinayuki, and Hanabi, who was about one year old.

After dinner, Hiashi talked to Mashiro about many things, and told Mashiro to practice the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist diligently, and to build good relationships with his classmates from the Inu and Aburame clans, as these two clans are strong allies of the Hyuga clan, etc.

As night fell, Mashiro lay in bed staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, beginning with the light. She was about to begin her new life.

Chapter Two: The Main Characters

The next morning, before Mashiro even got out of bed, Hinata was already waiting in Mashiro's room. For this somewhat timid girl, going to school with her older sister was an incredibly happy thing.

When Mashiro woke up and saw Hinata by the bedside, she quickly got dressed. The two of them went out of the room together, where Hiashi was already waiting in the yard.

On the way to the ninja academy, Hiashi told Mashiro a lot of things.

Since the Ninja Academy had been open for quite some time, Mashiro was enrolled as a transfer student in Hinata's class, but strictly speaking, Mashiro should have been in the same year as Neji.

Iruka had been waiting at the school gate for a long time. Yesterday, the Third Hokage had informed him that the Hyuga clan's young lady would be transferring to the school.

Moreover, it just so happens that she is in his class. He had heard about Hyuga Mashiro before. Rumor has it that the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family is physically weak and has a rather withdrawn personality, staying at home all year round. Considering Hinata's timid personality, Iruka felt that he should pay more attention to Hyuga Mashiro next.

Upon arriving at the school gate and seeing Iruka waiting there, Hiashi told Ida to go to class first, then took Mashiro and walked over. "This is your teacher, Umino Iruka. Mashiro, say hello to Teacher Iruka," Hiashi said, holding Mashiro's hand.

"Hello, Iruka-sensei, I'm Hinata Mashiro. I'll be relying on you for the next few days," Mashiro said to Iruka with a smile.

Seeing Mashiro smiling at him, Iruka was a little surprised. Mashiro was perfectly normal and well-behaved; the rumors were indeed just rumors. Iruka extended his hand to Mashiro and smiled in response, "Hello, Mashiro-chan. Let's get along well from now on."

“Okay, Iruka-sensei,” Mashiro smiled and shook Iruka’s hand. “Iruka’s affection +20, reward: Mastery of the Three Bodies Technique.”

In Mashiro's view, a loaf of bread appeared beside Iruka. [Name: Umino Iruka]

Gender: Male Age: 24 Favorability: 50 Relationship: Teacher-Student

Favorability Reward (50): Mastery of the Three Bodies Technique (Already Obtained)

Favorability Reward (90): Advanced Three-Body Technique Mastery (Not yet obtained)

Sensing the changes in her body, Mashiro put away the panel and continued to smile subtly. At this moment, Hiashi had finished his conversation with Iruka.

"Then I'll leave Mashiro and Hinata to you, Iruka-sensei."

"You're welcome, Lord Hiashi. I will take good care of Mashiro and Hinata." Then Hiashi turned and left, and Iruka carried Mashiro towards the classroom.

At this moment, in Iruka's class, since class had already started but Iruka had not yet arrived, the students began to get lively.

Kiba and Naruto continued arguing about who would become Hokage. Shikamaru lay slumped over the table, seemingly asleep. Choji pulled out some snacks from somewhere.

Namino secretly sat down next to Sasuke and started swooning over him. Sakura noticed and quickly moved to Sasuke's other side. The two started arguing, completely ignoring Sasuke's increasingly dark expression. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Sasuke yelled at them to get away from him.

Then Naruto heard this and shouted, "Don't yell at Sasuke!" before lunging at him. The two then started arguing, creating chaos in the classroom.

With a loud thud, the classroom door was flung open, and Iruka, his face dark with anger, strode in. The classroom fell silent instantly, and all the students returned to their seats.

Iruka was showing Mashiro around the school when they arrived at the classroom door. He was about to praise his class's discipline when a series of noises suddenly came from inside.

That makes sense, considering this class is full of problem children. Thinking of Naruto and Shikamaru, Iruka's anger subsided. "Ima-seki, we have a new student. Let's give him a round of applause," Iruka said, tapping the blackboard.

Aside from Sasuke, the students were quite respectful to Iruka, and applause quickly broke out. Iruka waved towards the door and said, "Mashiro-chan, you can come over."

Having observed for a long time, Mashiro slowly walked into the classroom and stood on the podium.

Upon seeing Mashiro, Kiba, Hinata's deskmate, asked Vito, "Is she from your Hyuga clan?" Hinata nodded and said, "She's my older sister."

Sakura was stunned by Mashiro's beauty when she saw her enter. Although she still greeted her in a very friendly manner, her inner personality was already angry that a girl cuter than herself had come to the class.

Although Mashiro and Hinata look very similar, they are actually two different styles. Hinata is the subtle and enduring type; you might not notice her beauty at first, but you'll find her more and more beautiful as you get to know her. Mashiro, on the other hand, is the bright and striking type; she makes a lasting impression at first glance.

Sasuke looked into Mashiro's pure white eyes and murmured, "The Hyuga clan, huh? Hmph."

Looking at the main characters below the stage, Mashiro curved the corners of her mouth and then revealed a very bright smile, saying, "Hello everyone, my name is Hinata Mashiro, and I am Hinata's older sister. I missed school due to illness before, so please take good care of me from now on."

Then he picked up the chalk and wrote the four characters "Hinata Mashiro" on the blackboard.

Next, it was time to assign seats to Mashiro. Iruka looked at the remaining seats in the classroom, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Kiba, you go sit next to Shino. Mashiro, you sit next to Hinata."

Kiba only complained verbally about Iruka's arrangement before packing his things and sitting down next to Shino.

Mashiro then walked towards Hinata's side. As she passed Kiba's new spot, Mashiro paused and said to Kiba, "Thank you, Inuya-kun."

Looking at the bright smile on Mashiro's face, Ya blushed slightly, then turned her head away and said, "It's nothing."

Then Mashiro sat down next to Yu, and Iruka officially began the lesson. Mashiro looked at the blackboard attentively, but her mind was elsewhere. [Name: Naruto Uzumaki]

Gender: Male Age: 5 Affection Level: 30 Relationship: Classmate

Affection Reward (50): Chakra Amplification Affection Reward (90): Yang Attribute Chakra [Name: Uchiha Sasuke]

Gender: Male Age: 5 Affection Level: 10 Relationship: Classmate

Affection Reward (50): Mastery of Fire Ninjutsu, Mastery of Illusion Technique

Affection Reward (90): Yin Attribute Chakra) [Name: Inuyagi]

Gender: Male Age: 5 Affection Level: 35 Relationship: Classmate

Favorability Bonus (50): Enhancement of olfactory, auditory, and visual senses.

Affection (90): Increased potential of summoned beasts

As expected? The system's basic ability is to grant the original character talents or abilities based on the main character's favorability, even if the original character did not possess these abilities.

Of course, this is not easy. A favorability rating of 20 is roughly equivalent to that of a stranger, 30 is roughly equivalent to that of an ordinary friend or classmate, 50 is considered a good friend, 70 is the level of a close friend, and 90 is the favorability rating that can only be achieved by a confidant, a relative, a lover, or a savior.

The truly useful and powerful rewards are concentrated in the rewards for reaching 90 favorability points. Therefore, after the system goes into hibernation and loses its system rewards and shop rewards, it's generally very difficult for ordinary players to obtain powerful rewards.

But Mashiro was different. In his past life, the reason he was able to manipulate everyone wasn't because of his strength, but more so because of...

His manipulation of everyone's psychology and personality.

As she thought about this, Mashiro's gaze became long and drawn out. Whether it was deception, coercion, or genuine love, there were many female ninjas who had relationships with Mashiro in her past life, but the one Mashiro liked the most was Kurenai Yuhi. Although it was only a physical liking, she still remembered what Kurenai said to her that day.

"Zero, you've manipulated everyone, using lies and threats to force all those who oppose you to bleed, but have you ever thought about how you'll face the wrath when all your lies are exposed?"

Mashiro actually had the answer to this all along, but she never told Kurenai.

"As long as you become powerful enough that no one can resist you before the lie is exposed, then the lie can become reality."

Zero in his previous life was limited by his talent. He was not a reincarnation of a sage, did not have the Rinnegan, and did not have Sage Mode. Relying on the Mangekyou Sharingan and forbidden techniques, as well as Orochimaru's research, he could only barely fight to a draw with either Naruto or Sasuke in the final battle. After Orochimaru betrayed him, he was instantly defeated.

But this life's Mashiro is different. With the system's blessing, she'll break through her talent limitations, and then no one will be able to stop her coronation. Coming to her senses, Mashiro realized someone was indeed watching her. Following the gaze, she saw Naruto secretly watching her. Upon noticing Mashiro looking over...

Afterwards, Naruto scratched his head awkwardly, to which Mashiro smiled gently.

My first target is you, Naruto Uzumaki.

Author's Note by Ye Fu

Thanks to @MoonNight

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Chapter 3: Naruto, want a drink?

get out of class ended quickly, and Iruka approached Mashiro, asking, "How was it, Mashiro-chan? Could you keep up?" Mashiro smiled and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Iruka-sensei. I studied the theory at home, so I'm managing to keep up." (Iruka's favorability +5)

"Feel free to ask me anything you don't understand," Iruka said with satisfaction. Mashiro nodded gently.

In the following classes, Shinji didn't interact with anyone except Hinata, which disappointed Naruto, who had been secretly watching him. Soon it was the last class, and after running around outside, Naruto returned to his seat to find a note in his drawer. Naruto scratched his head...

Somewhat puzzled, he opened the note.

"Can I stay a little later after school? I have something I want to tell Naruto-kun. — Mashiro"

After Naruto finished speaking, he turned to look at Mashiro, who was chatting with Yuuyu. Mashiro seemed to notice the light behind her and gently tucked her hair behind her ear.

Naruto stuffed the note into his pocket and lay down on the table.

The last class ended quickly, and with the ringing of the bell, it was time to go home.

"Hinata, why don't you wait for me at the school gate for a while? I need to talk to Iruka-sensei about something."

"Okay, Onee-sama." Hinata nodded and left. Soon, only Naruto and Mashiro remained in the large classroom.