That was Chakra!
The reason was simple: whichever of the remaining four abilities he chose, it would undoubtedly need Chakra to function.
Without Chakra, even if he was given Space-Time Ninjutsu, he couldn't use it.
After all, Chakra was the energy used for Ninjutsu, and it was unique to the Hokage World.
People from other worlds simply couldn't extract Chakra.
"Damn it!"
Wu Chen felt helpless and could only choose Chakra.
[Selection successful. Beginning Chakra infusion!]
The system's ethereal voice rang out, and Wu Chen felt a warm current appear inside him.
It was warm and not irritating in the slightest. It even felt somewhat comfortable.
The warm current then swirled in his lower abdomen before slowly spreading and growing, until at last his entire body was filled with Chakra!
"This amount!" Wu Chen was astonished. "It's actually as much Chakra as Minato Namikaze had!"
Having played Minato Namikaze, Wu Chen was in the best position to judge.
As Hokage, Minato Namikaze naturally had no small amount of Chakra. At the very least, he had more than an ordinary Jonin.
"Looks like I didn't lose out! I thought it would only let me extract Chakra!" His worries turned to joy, and Wu Chen's spirits soared.
Then he noticed something he hadn't noticed before.
"Since I can sense how much Chakra Minato Namikaze had, can I directly use the Ninjutsu he knew?"
The thought entered Wu Chen's mind and grew ever stronger.
With all of Minato Namikaze's memories, Wu Chen ought to know all his Ninjutsu. At the very least, he definitely understood the theory and knew how to perform them.
Thinking about it that way, didn't that mean Wu Chen could master all the other abilities the system had classified under Minato Namikaze through practice?
So he immediately tried the Three Basic Jutsu, the Shadow Clone Technique, the Rasengan, Sage Mode, the Flying Thunder God Technique, and so on.
In the end, he found that he could successfully use both the Three Basic Jutsu and the Shadow Clone Technique, but none of the others.
After considering it, Wu Chen concluded there were two reasons.
First, his Chakra control was insufficient. Second, he lacked the talent to cultivate Senjutsu and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
The Rasengan, a Ninjutsu that required no hand seals, was a great test of Chakra control. The Three Basic Jutsu and the Shadow Clone Technique also required Chakra control.
To be precise, all Ninjutsu required Chakra control.
Wu Chen had some talent for Chakra control, but not enough.
That didn't matter, though. Chakra control could be improved through training, and Wu Chen knew all the training methods.
Sooner or later, he would be able to use the Rasengan and some other Ninjutsu.
So he didn't need to select that ability.
But there was nothing he could do about Senjutsu and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Both techniques required talent.
Without talent, he simply couldn't pull them off. There was no way around it.
So when selecting abilities in the future, he had to prioritize Senjutsu and Space-Time Ninjutsu.
With that, he was finished selecting an ability, and Wu Chen had gained a great deal!
Not only did he have Chakra, but he had also found a way to make his real body stronger.
After settling his excitement a little, Wu Chen silently thought, Draw a new character to play!
[System scan complete. The wish-fulfillment buff on the host has expired. Subsequent draws will be normal draws.]
[Special reminder: this system was activated by the host's strong obsession. When drawing a character to play, the host may silently specify a range of characters in his mind for a chance to draw a character from that range.]
Huh?!
Wu Chen genuinely hadn't expected that a normal character draw could work like that!
Although the wish-fulfillment buff had disappeared, wasn't this normal draw just a weakened version of it?
If the system hadn't reminded him, Wu Chen might have fucking wasted this draw.
He immediately said "thank you" to the system, then Wu Chen began the draw while silently repeating, Akatsuki, Akatsuki...
Right now, Wu Chen badly needed a villain to work with him and carry out his plan.
Being powerful didn't necessarily make a character suitable. It had to be a villain.
[Ding, drawing a character to play...]
As the system's words faded, a succession of figures flashed rapidly through Wu Chen's mind.
Finally, the image in his mind settled on a figure in a black robe!
A long black robe, short black spiky hair, and a pale yellow, black-striped, one-eyed mask covering his face.
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have drawn the character Obito Uchiha, the mysterious Masked Man and mastermind behind the Akatsuki in the Hokage World!]
The mysterious Masked Man! Obito Uchiha, who called himself "Madara Uchiha"!!
It was him!
Wu Chen was a little surprised.
He thought of his plan, then recalled Obito Uchiha's exploits, and immediately exclaimed, "This really is asking me to stage the Nine-Tails' Attack in New York!"
But that worked out perfectly!
Obito Uchiha had arrived at just the right time. Now Minato Namikaze wouldn't have to throw a fight!
To be fair, aside from the Six Paths of Pain, Obito Uchiha was the only one in the Akatsuki who could stand up to Minato Namikaze.
After all, having spatial abilities or not made a world of difference.
Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha were two very clear examples!