He was suddenly in a white space. The only thing that stood out was the words hovering directly in front of him.
“Welcome to the character creation process”
“Please choose your starting powers, you may choose one hard mode power or two normal-hard mode powers.”
“Wait a moment!” Finally he was able to talk again. “I was told I could change the difficulty level.”
“This is theoretically possible, however it needs the permission of the system admin to do so. Would you like to contact Admin Mason?”
“Hell, yes. I want to give the bastard a piece of my mind!”
“...Trying to connect…”
“System has failed to make contact with Admin Mason. Auto Reply Message is as followed: Don’t disturb me, I am taking a hot piece out to dinner. If this is my newest employee, please ask the System, how changing Difficulty level worked for your predecessor.”
Well if that doesn't sound ominous.
“Well let’s have it, how did it work out for him?”
“Your predecessor was not satisfied with the hard mode difficulty. Although admin Mason tried to stop him and prevent it from happening. Mr. Smith forced admin Mason to accept his decision by suicide, effectively returning him to the Office of Misplaced Souls, where admin Mason finally conceded to Mr. Smith and allowed him to join Nightmare Mode, however do to the suicide the beta-bonus was forfeited”
F*ck. That started off giving me hope and then smashed it into small ashes of resignation.
“Current recap of Mr. Smith’s beta-test is as followed: Born in Amegakure, orphaned in his first year. Found by Hanzo in his second year. Sold to Danzo for help in defeating Akatsuki. One of his Rinnegan was extracted and implanted in Danzo in his third year, while the other was sealed. Third to seventh year, absolving Root training resulted in failure. Eighth year sold to Orochimaru in a trade that would guarantee the third Hokage’s and Uchiha Clan’s destruction.”
Well, damn… That changed things, I was suddenly totally happy to be in Hard Difficulty Mode.
“Ah, System please explain the different difficulty levels to me”
“We are currently testing a total of seven difficulty levels.
1. Easy Mode: System ensures a safe and happy life, it will interfere if any dangerous or detrimental situations occur.
2. Easy-Normal Mode: System will interfere in any dangerous or detrimental situations.
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3. Normal Mode: System will not interfere in the life of host.
4. Normal-Hard Mode: System will sometimes place host in dangerous situations.
5. Hard Mode: System will sometimes place host in detrimetal situations and rarely in very dangerous situations.
6. Hard-Nightmare Mode: System will often place host in very dangerous and detrimental situations .
7. Nightmare Mode: System will try to place host in situations where he will suffer greatly and are very dangerous”
“So you are saying that you are not here to help me, but to place me in detrimental situation and will sometimes try to kill me.” At that moment he was starting to feel a new rising feeling of panic.
“That is a correct interpretation of the difficulty level. However that is but the secondary function of the system. The primary function is to help the host grow strong enough to overcome those situations.”
“So can I also get the information of the other beta testers?”
“Ms. Mores choose easy difficulty, she was born in a rich merchant family. By six year old she was hailed as a genius by her teachers. By twelve she was a vital part of her parents company. Marketing new and innovative products, the might of the company quickly rose. Right now at age eighteen she is the owner of the richest and most influential merchant power in the world. The companies influence is only outshone by the five great ninja nations“
Woah that sounds like an awesome life. Wish I got easy mode.
“In easy-normal mode Mr. Simm's was apprenticed to one of the most renowned weapon smiths in the Land of Iron. He is currently one of the most famous weapon smiths in the elemental nations.”
Hm, he had a successful civilian life.
“Mr. Lawren in normal mode was born in Kumo to ninja parents. He finished ninja academy with above average grades. He is currently one of the more promising genins of kumo.”
That sounds like a normal shinobi life.
“Ms. Noore in normal-hard mode is one of the orphans in Suna. Born the daughter of the third kazekage and inheriting the magnet release. As a member of the kazekage clan she was trained from an early age. She became a genin at age seven. One of her long term mission is training Gaara, often placing her in danger. At age eleven she is promoted to chunin. Currently she is preparing for the invasion of Konoha.”
Damn to have to look after Gaara before Naruto used his talk-no-jutsu must be a pain.
“Mr. Jona in hard-nightmare mode was the only successful artificial life created by Orochimaru. Based on the DNA of the first Hokage he inherited his wood release. Shortly after his birth a Root unit raided the lab and he was indoctrinated into Root. At age six when Root gets officially shut down, he is adopted by agent Tenzo and joins Tenzo's Anbu unit. At age eight, after the Uchiha clan massacre he is dropped from Anbu and ordered to the academy to make friends and live as a child. His identity gets exposed by Mizuki and during an outdoor survival exercise he gets abducted by Orochimaru, he is shortly after used for reincarnation by him to obtain Mokuton. He dies at age ten. He is currently in his second run through at age five. Born to Might Guy with a lesser Yang Body he is trained by his father day and night long.”
Well that life sucks. Luckily mine should be easier. Hopefully the difference is big.