Konoha Year 49, Land of Bears.
In a secret prison that no instrument can detect... "Guh, kill me!"
The chorus of screams reaches Kaguya Toru's ears, and he only finds it noisy.
Unfortunately, he is currently lying on an operating table, bound tightly, unable even to cover his ears.
"Orochimaru should be doing a human experiment on me now, right?"
"If I fail and die this time, I wonder if I can get into a harem anime."
Kaguya Toru mutters to himself, a self‑deprecating smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Kaguya Toru, 12 years old, is a student.
Or rather, he used to be a student.
In his previous life he was watching S15 in the dormitory; not only did BLG get unexpectedly eliminated, but he also had the leisure to talk to his sister about feelings, and after that everyone cut ties!
ON: That's right, kids, it was all me.
After fainting in anger, he awakens reborn into the Hidden Mist Village's Kaguya Clan.
This beginning could be called a child rejected by the heavens.
People say the Uchiha are war‑mad maniacs, but compared to the Kaguya family, they're just lolis.
Members of the Kaguya Clan are all green‑skinned; each day they're either fighting or on their way to fight, and even the "best pilot uncle in the Middle East" looks harmless before them.
Kaguya Toru's parents died in World War II. Fortunately, he has strong talent; he awakened the family Kekkei Genkai "Shikotsumyaku" at birth, graduated early at ten, directly joined the Hidden Mist Village Anbu, and was highly valued within the clan, never experiencing hard times.
Just after joining the Anbu, S3 broke out, and his Anbu squad was dispatched to the continent for a mission.
This mission was to infiltrate the Konoha Eastern Front Camp located in Land of Bears and sabotage Konoha's supplies.
As a result, Kaguya Toru was captured alive by Konoha Ninjas and taken to this underground prison built with Earth Release.
While lying on the operating table, he guessed his fate: that "scientist" would never miss a chance to study Shikotsumyaku.
But Kaguya Toru isn't panicked; he has a way to escape, and before doing so, he wants to squeeze a few benefits from Orochimaru.
Closing his eyes, he looks at a map in his mind space.
The map interface is simple: a pure black background dotted with a few white question marks, resembling the UI of those canned games from Potato Factory.
In the center of the map is a red dot representing Kaguya Toru himself.
Explorer System, that's the perk he just awakened recently.
The map centers on him; within a ten‑meter radius, random question marks appear on bodies, Ninja tools, plants… The question mark can show up on any target, and as long as Kaguya Toru finds the marked target and touches it, he receives a treasure‑chest reward.
Question marks come in six tiers: white, green, blue, purple, gold, and red, in ascending order.
Unfortunately, until today, Kaguya Toru had only encountered white and green question marks, usually on rusty Kunai, expired military rations pills, or clothing dropped by female ninjas—rewards that were negligible.
He hasn't yet found a way to increase the drop rate, so he can only wait for the system to spawn higher‑level question marks.
Now, he finally gets his chance.