Minato: Battle! So Fun! Worth Dying For!

Minato Namikaze then truly experienced the extreme realism of the Virtual Reality Game.

Both positive and negative sensations were felt to their fullest, almost indistinguishable from reality.

During this process, Minato Namikaze failed several times due to the weakness of his in-game character. Specifically, he couldn't handle attacks from evil spirits and was throttled to death by them.

Each death felt terrible, leaving Minato Namikaze pale and overwhelmed with a profound sense of having narrowly escaped disaster. The cold sweat, the feeling as if his consciousness had drifted off somewhere unknown—it genuinely made one worry about Minato Namato's mental health.

However, every time Uchiha Qi worried, Minato Namikaze would quickly recover, regroup, and continue to challenge the game.

The strong heart and willpower of the future Fourth Hokage of Konoha finally shone through in this process.

One could only say that some people become the Fourth Hokage not just because of their high talent.

And Minato Namikaze pushed through the game with this attitude of actively embracing hardship.

Stepping back into the black stage representing 'death,' Minato Namikaze no longer hesitated because of the corpses but sprinted forward with all his might.

Facing the 'activated' corpses that sought to drag Minato Namikaze into death, Minato Namikaze dodged left and right, evading them with cool parkour moves.

During this time, Minato Namikaze tried to use Ninjutsu but failed, which made him realize that in this game—at least in the 'death' stage—Ninjutsu couldn't be used, and he could only rely on Taijutsu.

So, Minato Namikaze treated the game entirely as a means to hone his Taijutsu experience, skills, and mindset.

Ultimately, after a very exciting and perilous parkour journey, Minato Namikaze successfully broke through the black stage before the appearing evil spirits could catch him.

Next was the gray stage, representing various negative emotions.

Upon entering, Minato Namikaze didn't see the horrifying scene of a mountain of corpses. Instead, he saw many people in grief, crying, and suffering, and heartbreaking sounds turned into a 'symphony' that filled the entire environment, making Minato Namikaze feel an unbearable ache in his heart.

Moreover, this discomfort wasn't due to Minato Namikaze's kindness, but because the entire environment affected one's mind, drawing out the negative emotions within.

A classic mental attack.

This was also one of the characteristics of Genjutsu in the Ninja World.

However, Uchiha Qi integrated this characteristic into the Genjutsu game, and coupled with Minato Namikaze's request for maximum realism, the mental impact was naturally quite strong.

As a result, Minato Namikaze lost control of his mind due to this intense emotional stimulation, allowing the evil spirit to seize the opportunity and deliver another close-range kill, taking his second life.

Although Minato Namikaze was prepared and reacted immediately, the mental interference was too strong, causing him to fall victim for a moment.

This was Minato Namikaze's second death.

After reviving, Minato Namikaze recovered from the fear of death and immediately resumed his strategy. By protecting his mind, he finally cleared the gray stage after dying one more time.

The reason for the additional death was a trap in the final part of the gray stage. Upon reaching a certain area, a female evil spirit would use 'teleportation'—she had been chasing Minato Namikaze from behind, but at the critical area, she would teleport directly in front of the player for a sudden close-range kill.

Although Minato Namikaze was indeed paying attention to what was ahead, the final close-range kill was too fast, ultimately leading to Minato Namikaze failing to dodge in time and dying once more.

At that moment, Minato Namikaze felt extremely frustrated and annoyed, then reflected, thinking he had been too careless.

Uchiha Qi observed this and calmly stated, "It's a hardship game. If you don't like it, don't play."

Fortunately, Minato Namikaze also reached the red stage, representing slaughter and combat. For this stage, Uchiha Qi gave a reminder, stating it was both the most difficult and the simplest stage.

Because, as its setting implied, this stage was purely about combat.

Upon entering, one found themselves in a blood-red domain, facing the encirclement of numerous ninjas made of what looked like blood.

These ninjas were enemies that the in-game character had previously encountered, including ninjas from various hidden villages and rogue ninjas scattered outside.

These characters would 'respawn' in the red stage and attack Minato Namikaze.

In this stage, Minato Namikaze could finally use Ninjutsu.

However, he could only use some low-level basic Ninjutsu, such as the Three Body Technique and low-level Five Elements Release.

The main point was that he was a total noob.

Fortunately, the opposing ninjas were also noobs of the same caliber.

Of course, they were only noobs in Minato Namikaze's eyes.

However, when forced to fight using only the game character, Minato Namikaze immediately entered suffering mode.

Like a regular player playing Souls-like games such as Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Elden Ring for the first time, the difficulty was maxed out; a slight mistake would lead to being hit by enemies.

Even though Minato Namikaze had extensive combat experience and could unleash powerful combat strength even with a weak body, mistakes would still occur when the number of enemies was too overwhelming.

Thus, just like all players experiencing Souls-like games for the first time, Minato Namikaze's journey of continuous death and suffering began.

The experience of being killed by evil spirits through various means was not pleasant, yet Minato Namikaze eagerly embraced it. After all, this kind of no-holds-barred life-and-death struggle was a rare and valuable training opportunity for a ninja of his caliber.

Even if he wasn't using his own body, and even if it was just a game world created by Genjutsu, as long as it was real enough, he could gain immense benefits.

The main point was: 'Fighting, awesome!'

Uchiha Qi also saw this and was quite speechless. Using a game to simulate combat awareness for real-world application was truly bizarre.

However, this was also a feature of Virtual Reality Games, a black technology achievement that Earthlings in 2024 couldn't experience.

One could only say that achieving such a feat in the Ninja World was indeed a wonderful chemical reaction between the futuristic black technology of the Spiritual Network and the Sharingan.

In fact, Uchiha Qi wasn't surprised by this. After all, setting aside the dangerous and combative Ninja World, even in 21st-century Earth, using virtual reality systems for training and learning wasn't a novel idea. Even if the real world couldn't perfectly simulate reality yet, similar situations were not uncommon in various entertainment works.

Minato Namikaze had merely, with his keen intuition and observation skills, realized the benefits that the Genjutsu game could bring.

Then, while Minato Namikaze was undergoing training through the game stages, Uchiha Qi also checked the emotional value Minato Namikaze was currently providing.

Minato Namikaze had a pretty strong emotional reaction. He should be able to provide two or three points of emotional value, right?

Muttering to himself, Uchiha Qi opened the system panel and looked, then froze.

He rubbed his eyes again, confirming he hadn't misread.

When he finally saw the number displayed, Uchiha Qi couldn't help but gasp, almost letting out an expletive.

Because the emotional value displayed was: 1165!

Not 1, not 2, not 3 or 4, but over a thousand!

What was going on?

Didn't the system say one person could only provide a maximum of 4 emotional points?

Thinking this, Uchiha Qi couldn't help but ask, "System, aren't you going to explain? Why can Minato Namikaze provide over a thousand emotional points? Didn't you say one person could only provide a maximum of 4 emotional points?"

Hearing Uchiha Qi's question, the system immediately began to scan, then provided an answer.

A normal person can provide 4 points of emotional value. A normal person refers to a normal adult male. When some players exceed the normal person rating, they can provide more emotional value.

Upon detection, the life level of the current player in the game has far exceeded that of a normal person. The total number of cells is twice that of a normal person, and their body contains powerful energy. The individual possesses combat power beyond human limits, so they can provide far more emotional value than a normal person.

In other words, theoretically, for the same degree of emotional reaction, the stronger the person playing the game, the more emotional value they provide?

Even more, because people in the Ninja World have twice the number of body cells as people on Earth, they can inherently provide more emotional value than Earthlings!

After understanding all this, Uchiha Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed.

This meant that to complete his system tasks, he wouldn't need widespread promotion and experience like on Earth. Instead, he would just need to find some powerful individuals and have them play the Virtual Reality Game!