Naruto: NPCs Beat Me Down Until I Wanted to Give Up

I got a Naruto game with all kinds of identities to choose from: human, insect, Chimera Ant, mermaid...

After careful consideration, I chose the insect race. I figured I could either win through sheer numbers, conquer the world with high-quality babies, or rely on the insect race's excellent constitution to subdue ordinary people.

But why are all my stats poured into reproduction?!

Turns out I'm an insect queen. (Angry.)

First playthrough: I was killed by a ninja just days after raising my first baby. My child probably ended up as research material, too.

Second playthrough: I was actually used by the Uchiha as a breeding tool, and they controlled me with the Sharingan again and again.

Shock! This NPC actually knows how to exploit the game's bugs.

Third playthrough: I used two secret identities, one demon and one angel.

As an angel, I founded the Church of Light during the Sengoku era, working day and night to spread its followers far and wide.

As a demon, I stayed in charge of our home, the beginner's space, on the surface, but in reality I chose to lie flat in the game and study math, physics, and chemistry to prepare for real-life exams.

Every day, I poked the little black-and-white-haired servant beside me with my demon tail and said, "Hurry up," making him peel an apple and hold it to my lips.

The little servant teared up: "You saved my life, but peeling apples isn't the only thing I'm good for, you know!"

I glared at him. "You want to use child labor? You seven-year-old brat are clearly up to no good."

One day, two little brats broke into my beginner's space. They'd already stolen an apple from me once, and now they wanted a second one.

I stood on a tree, hands on my hips, looking down at them imperiously. "Pay up, thieves!"

One of the mushroom heads said, "Is your tail real?"

I exploded with rage. "Get lost, mushroom head!"

That very afternoon, the two brats spent hours pulling weeds for me and even gave me their own clothes as compensation.

In their minds, we'd become friends.

In a Sengoku era where ninjas killed one another, they innocently dreamed of creating peace. My heart warmed, and I said a few things about peace. Then they clung to me and wouldn't let go...

Me, coldly: "If you want the ultimate knowledge, which of you is willing to give me your life and soul? After all, I'm a demon!"

On my nth playthrough, I was a dwarf with maxed-out forging skills. I played around with explosions with Deidara and puppets with Sasori.

After hearing that Uchiha Itachi had spared his younger brother for the sake of his eyes, I even combined the cells of every member of the Akatsuki with Itachi's, hoping to make a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan directly.

Then I got the eyes. But why was there another person on them?

And why did Zetsu and Itachi's child have the best talent among all the kids?

I thought Yahiko's Rinnegan would be the best!

Unbelievable!

Despair!!

Notes:

1. The first two playthroughs are in first person; from the third onward, it's in third person. (I just realized that an omniscient perspective makes it easier to tell the story.)

2. The protagonist hasn't watched Naruto and thinks it's all just a game.

3. There are original characters. They generally only move the plot along, but some have a lot of page time and are even key to the story.

4. The protagonist is an ordinary person with an ordinary IQ. Compared with Naruto characters, she only has a broader perspective, but that gap gradually closes, and may even reverse, once the Naruto characters gain modern knowledge. So if you're looking for a high-IQ female lead who trounces the Naruto characters, this isn't for you.

5. To the protagonist, this is just a game. After enough setbacks, she may grow tired of playing.

6. The Reader and the Protagonist Are Definitely in True Love by Tuida is an amazing book. I highly recommend it. The dwarf concept in this story is from that book.

Theme: A player's journey of building infrastructure and making friends in the Naruto world.