Throughout the week, Wu Chen kept an eye on his phone for messages from Dr. Banner asking for help.
Wu Chen had not forgotten his mission to help Dr. Banner suppress and stop Hulk.
Over those seven days, he had stopped Hulk twice.
The first time was on the second day, when Banner went to Philadelphia, near New York, hoping to avoid trouble.
But his willingness to back down made the local thugs think he was a pushover.
The outcome was predictable. Banner got into an argument, then couldn't stop himself from transforming into Hulk and beating the thugs to the ground.
Fortunately, before transforming, he had dialed Wu Chen's number.
Wu Chen realized Banner was asking for help and immediately used Flying Thunder God to rush over.
The moment he saw Hulk, he beat him up without a word, forcing him to change back.
That earned him six percent Roleplay Progress.
The second time was on the fourth day. Dr. Banner had gone back to New York. With Minato Namikaze keeping watch, Minato could reach him wherever he went, so he might as well stay somewhere familiar.
Then Dr. Banner secretly went to see his girlfriend Betty, only to find her chatting and laughing with another man.
Anger surged through him, and he couldn't contain it, transforming on the spot.
This time, Wu Chen arrived in time.
But when he arrived, before he could force Hulk to change back, Hulk changed back on his own.
Dr. Banner and Wu Chen looked at each other in confusion.
Wu Chen was quite worried that he wouldn't receive any Roleplay Progress. After all, there had been no fight, and the whole incident had been over very quickly.
To his surprise, he still received Roleplay Progress—a full four percent.
After all, it was the sight of Wu Chen playing Minato Namikaze that had scared Hulk into changing back. Without him, Hulk would still have gone on a rampage.
So his contribution was still significant.
And so, he successfully reached fifty percent Roleplay Progress as the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!
After saying goodbye to Natasha, Wu Chen left work early, returned to his room, and ended his role-play, returning to his own appearance.
An ethereal voice rang out in his mind.
[Roleplay Progress for the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, has reached 50%. You have gained one role-playing character draw.]
[Roleplay Progress for the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, has reached 50%. You have gained one opportunity to select one of Minato Namikaze's abilities.]
Wu Chen hurriedly sank his consciousness into his mind and saw his current system panel.
[Host: Wu Chen]
[Current role-playing character: Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze]
[Current Roleplay Progress: 50%]
[Characters owned: Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze]
[Role-playing character draws: 1]
[Character ability selection: Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze (1)]
He breathed a sigh of relief. "I finally reached fifty percent!"
Over the past week, Wu Chen had devoted himself to completing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s assignments without slacking off in the slightest.
Now his hard work had finally paid off!
What's more, a new field had appeared on the system panel.
System, explain character ability selection.
[Role-playing characters possess extraordinary powers. When Roleplay Progress reaches fifty percent, the host may select one of the character's abilities. After a character's Roleplay Progress reaches fifty percent, each additional ten percent grants one opportunity to select an ability from that character.]
"What!" Wu Chen was astonished.
In other words, once Roleplay Progress reached fifty percent, if it increased further, he himself could become as powerful as Minato Namikaze!
This was undeniably good news!
Although Wu Chen would have nothing to worry about if his role-playing character was strong, becoming strong himself would put him even more at ease!
But once his excitement faded, Wu Chen realized there was a problem.
"If I'm not mistaken, after Roleplay Progress reaches fifty percent, it should become harder to increase, right?"
The system didn't answer, so Wu Chen could only test it later.
For now, the most important things were naturally to select one of Minato Namikaze's abilities and then draw a new role-playing character!
So Wu Chen silently thought, Select a Minato Namikaze ability!
[The Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's abilities are as follows:]
[Chakra, Space-Time Ninjutsu, Rasengan series, Perfect Sage Mode, Uzumaki Clan Sealing Jutsu]
[Please make your selection, host.]
Was Nine-Tails Chakra Mode missing because this was Minato Namikaze from his time as the Fourth Hokage?
Looking at the five ability options, Wu Chen made a guess.
He clearly remembered that during the Fourth Shinobi World War in the Hokage World, Minato Namikaze, brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, could use Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
At that time, half of the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside Minato Namikaze.
The current Minato Namikaze had nothing sealed inside him; Wu Chen could feel it.
Still, if it wasn't there, so be it!
Clearly, the awesome Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was what Wu Chen wanted most.
It could attack and defend, and its movement speed was incredibly fast. It was extremely versatile.
Who wouldn't want it?
Gathering his thoughts, Wu Chen began to consider his choice seriously.
A moment later, he frowned.
Wu Chen had realized that there was really only one ability he could choose!