Konoha,
Ninja Academy.
This year's new student class had been in session for three months, and the students were gradually getting to know each other.
Some special new students were even given various titles.
The shyest new student, Hyuga Hinata; the most righteous new student and big sister, Ino Yamanaka;
The cutest boy, Uchiha Sasuke; the most foolish new student and dead last, Uzumaki Naruto;
And the strongest, most handsome, and most laid-back new student—Sora Gekko!
Among all the new students, Sora Gekko consistently outperformed everyone else in both theoretical and practical classes.
Even Uchiha Sasuke, the genius of the Uchiha Clan, couldn't compare to him at all!
However, such a genius was not only from a common family but also incredibly lazy!
When others were in class, he was sleeping!
When others were practicing shuriken, he was flirting with girls!
It could be said that he did everything except training!
But even so, he was still the strongest one!
Isn't that frustrating?
Many students were curious about how Sora became strong, so they approached him and asked if he was secretly putting in effort behind their backs.
But Sora lazily pointed at Uchiha Sasuke and said,"The harder he works, the stronger I get!"
Everyone was completely baffled and couldn't understand what Sora meant by that statement; they just assumed Sora was unwilling to say and was just humoring them.
Later, someone thought they had figured out Sora's meaning,
"Sora must be treating Uchiha Sasuke as his imaginary rival. The harder Sasuke works, the more pressure Sora feels, which is why Sora is so strong!"
This explanation was somewhat understandable, but... Sora didn't look like he was under any pressure at all.
Every time in class, Sasuke was extremely diligent and serious, while Sora was either sound asleep or chatting animatedly with the girls in the class.
He showed absolutely no sign of pressure!
On the contrary, Sasuke always regarded Sora as his imaginary rival, constantly declaring that he would definitely defeat Sora, and then he would work even harder!
Looking at it this way, Sasuke was actually the one under more pressure.
Six years ago, Sora's soul was reincarnated in Konoha, becoming a member of the Gekko Clan, a minor clan in Konoha.
Because he was born into the clan, Sora began his shinobi training at the age of three.
However, unlike what Sasuke and the others saw now, Sora was not a genius before.
At that time, Sora couldn't learn chakra extraction, couldn't persist in taijutsu training, and after three years of learning kenjutsu, he was still only copying movements!
It could be said that besides Naruto, he was the most useless student in the class.
Besides Sakura, he was all looks and no combat ability!
But… on the first day of the new semester, his system ability awakened.
This ability wasn't flashy—it allowed him to bind himself to a specific person.
Whenever the bound target trained and improved even slightly, Sora would receive a Hundred-Fold in return.
Simple. Efficient.
Aside from choosing the target at the start, he didn't need to do anything else.
Compared to systems that required daily tasks, choices, or missions, this one was incredibly easy.
In his previous life, Sora had worked himself to exhaustion. Now that he could grow stronger without pushing himself, he had no intention of working hard again.
[Ding! Your bound target has improved chakra control. Total chakra increased by 1%.][You received amplified feedback… your total chakra increased by 100%!]
[Ding! Your bound target's shuriken accuracy increased by 1.][You received amplified feedback… your shuriken accuracy increased by 100!]
[Ding! Your bound target's physical conditioning improved by 1%.][You received amplified feedback… your physical conditioning increased by 100%!]
[Ding! Your bound target improved in the Three Body Technique by 1 level.][You received amplified feedback… your Three Body Technique mastery increased by 100 levels!]
[Ding! Your bound target improved shinobi tactical knowledge.][You received amplified feedback… your tactical knowledge increased dramatically!]
...
As time passed, Sora's strength grew at an astonishing rate.
This only reinforced his decision to bind himself to Uchiha Sasuke.
The system amplified results, not existing strength.
That meant choosing someone with talent, potential, long-term growth, and relentless effort was critical.
Sasuke's talent was undeniable—among the best in the entire ninja world.
Taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu—Sasuke had no real weaknesses.
And talent determined potential.
In the future, Sasuke would survive into the next generation and remain among the strongest shinobi.
As for effort, Sasuke had always trained harder than anyone else.
Before the clan's fall, he trained to earn his family's approval.
After it, he trained for revenge.
Even during the period when his growth stagnated, it wasn't due to laziness—he simply lacked proper guidance.
Compared to Naruto, who talked endlessly about becoming Hokage while causing trouble everywhere, Sasuke was far more reliable.
Of course, Sora's reason for choosing Sasuke over the chosen one, Naruto, went beyond that.
The Nine-Tails' interference, Naruto's lack of talent in genjutsu, and the constant surveillance from Konoha's higher-ups made Naruto an unsuitable choice.
Sora had no interest in wasting six years at the Academy with no progress.