Just then, a line of text appeared in Itsuki's mind:
*Newbie Mission (Stage Mission): Escape the Trash Can.*
*Mission Content:* The heartless owner, Kaito, has thrown you, a tiny baby, into the trash can. It's freezing cold at night here. If you don't want to freeze to death, you better escape the trash can within three hours!
*Mission Reward:* Kunai Throwing (Beginner).
*Mission Time Limit:* Three Hours.
Escape the trash can within three hours!
It sounded simple, but Itsuki took a closer look. This trash can was a massive thing, two meters long and one meter high. The walls were smooth, offering no handholds. With his height of less than half a meter, it was practically a prison.
"Kaito, huh?"
Itsuki lowered his body, trying to find something useful in the trash can.
"He really gave me a tough one!" He searched for a while, only finding a huge fish bone.
No point in trying...
Even with the fish bone added to his height, he wouldn't reach a meter.
"Looks like escaping on my own is out of the question."
That's why Kaito felt comfortable leaving him here.
Itsuki tossed the fish bone away and sat down, thinking. Conserving his energy would help him last longer.
"Since that's the case..."
Itsuki reached out and opened the wooden chest in his system.
He hoped he could find something to help him escape. Unfortunately, things rarely go as planned...
The wooden chest slowly opened, a faint glow flashing.
*Lowest-Grade Treasure: (Self-Returning Time-Space Kunai)*
*Character:* Itsuki.
*Items:* Self-Returning Time-Space Kunai (Sharper than a regular kunai, with the magical power of self-return).
*Chakra:* None.
*Jutsu:* None.
Itsuki held the kunai, its blade gleaming black, and sighed helplessly. "It's a great item, but it doesn't help my current situation..."
The kunai was sharp, but Itsuki was too weak. Trying to cut through the thick metal plate with it was too difficult.
More importantly, as time passed, his limbs grew cold, losing all strength. Unknowingly, two hours had already passed…
"This means if I don't escape in the remaining hour, I'll freeze to death!?"
At this point, Itsuki no longer cared if he attracted Kaito's attention. He slammed his fist against the metal plate.
"Help! Help!"
In this situation, he could only hope someone would hear him and save him.
"Bang, bang, bang...!"
The sound of the trash can hitting the quiet alleyway was muffled. Itsuki raised his head, his arms outstretched, slamming against the hard metal plate, one blow after another. Half of the last hour had already passed, but Itsuki felt he might not last the full three hours.
He had been conserving his energy, but shouting for help was extremely tiring.
"Someone, please come!"
Itsuki felt the warmth in his chest slowly fading. A one-year-old baby's life was so fragile, like a poor stray cat. Soon, he would freeze into an ice stick, then be taken away by the garbage collectors and thrown into a roaring fire.
"Someone, save me..."
Itsuki desperately raised his head, using the last of his strength, and threw himself against the metal plate…
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