Points Exchange

The Steel Mech Hunter, dozens of meters tall, rampaged across the land, crushing any opponent it faced with a single stomp.

The clash between steel forged in thousands of degrees of heat and flesh derived from a constant-temperature chemical environment always ended with the former's victory.

The initial greedy expressions of "treasure found" on the bandits' faces had long since twisted into masks of sheer panic and terror.

"It's a monster!"

"Run!"

"We're doomed! This must be divine punishment for our sins!"

"Waaah! I repent for all my wrongdoings over the years! I've killed, robbed, and even done terrible things to women, but I just wanted to be a simple farmer at first! To work from sunrise to sunset, drink coarse tea, and en... WAAAH!"

Wang Yan made a lifting motion with his foot. The mech mirrored the action, thereby cutting off the bandit's dying words.

Looking at the bloody pulp of the bandit on the ground, he smirked, "I think, rather than a farmer, you'd be more suited to be a bard. Oh, wait, this isn't Faerun or a DND world. Perhaps you could have been a novelist?"

Shaking his head and tidying his scattered thoughts, Wang Yan took a deep breath.

Although his forged identity file claimed he was a battle-hardened Elite Chunin, with even many Jonin unable to match him, that was just false data for the Naruto and the Elder Council. In reality, this was indeed his first battle.

Wiping out bandits meant killing more than just one or two people.

Nineteen in total, men, women, old, and young.

Compared to Wang Yan now, the serial killer protagonists in movies were mere children.

"Am I naturally cold-blooded? I've killed so many people, and I don't feel disgusted or nauseous at all..."

The only thing that brought Wang Yan some comfort was that all nineteen individuals he had killed were enveloped in thick malice and karma—this was a passive ability of the Sovereign's Main God Template called True Sight.

Wang Yan could see things others couldn't.

For example, ghosts, goodwill, malice, merit, karma, and even what he once thought of as ethereal "luck."

The moment these bandits saw him summon the Hunter mech, they had already harbored thoughts of killing for treasure, so Wang Yan felt no psychological burden in killing them, either morally or logically.

"Assistant Program, please tally my gains from this operation." After confirming there were no other living people within several hundred meters, Wang Yan brought up a virtual screen and tapped it a few times, causing the mech's interface to pop up.

"Lord Main God's comprehensive earnings for this operation are as follows: 100,000 Ryo of Land of Fire common currency, and 3504 resource points."

Wang Yan nodded slightly.

So-called C-Rank Missions involved participating in wars, providing close protection, conducting investigations, capturing fierce beasts, or extermination, with rewards typically ranging from 30,000 to 100,000 Ryo.

The mission he had just taken was considered one of the most difficult among C-Rank missions.

Even the elderly and children among the bandits he had slaughtered had the blood of many innocent passersby on their hands.

Compared to the little rascals in this bandit lair, the fresh graduates from the Konoha Ninja Academy were like fledglings.

"3504 resource points?"

Wang Yan's eyebrows twitched as he began to ponder seriously.

These resource points didn't just represent nineteen lives; they also signified their souls, flesh, luck, merit, and karma...

It was the totality of a person's existence.

The resource points each individual could provide varied.

Wang Yan was certain that if he were to recruit Naruto Uzumaki as a Reincarnator, even without doing anything, the mere act of signing the contract would yield over 10,000 resource points.

"Each Reincarnator slot requires one thousand resource points. Lord Main God initially possesses three slots; please choose wisely." The Assistant Program's mechanical prompt sounded again.

Wang Yan chuckled, "The so-called slots, do they mean the maximum number of Reincarnators? It's the denominator that matters, not the numerator, so their life or death is irrelevant. Is my understanding correct?"

"No errors, but please, Lord Main God, strategize carefully."

"I know, I'm not like that brainless giant orb from Infinite Horror, always talking about erasure. I'm quite humane."

Wang Yan's lips curved into a smile.

He would strive to be a humane...

Capitalist.

After completing the extermination mission, Wang Yan did not return to Konoha immediately.

He hadn't taken the mission for that paltry 100,000 Ryo of Land of Fire common currency!

With the Sovereign's omnipotence, a single resource point could be exchanged for a million counterfeit bills, guaranteed to be undetectable!

He had come out this time to recruit Reincarnators!

With Reincarnators carrying out missions, he wouldn't have to do everything himself.

"3504 reward points, and they're all gone... Earning money is like moving mountains, spending it is like flowing water!"

Wang Yan glanced at the newly generated virtual display, looking at the remaining resource points, and couldn't help but press his hand to his forehead.

However, these points were not wasted in vain.

First, Wang Yan spent 500 reward points to exchange for technological data usable in the Naruto world, focusing on biotechnology, intended as bait for Orochimaru.

Next, the remaining three thousand reward points were used by Wang Yan to convert into pure mental power, directly used for self-enhancement.

The initial Sovereign template he possessed was lacking in many areas. Before he could redeem the "Recruitment Plugin," the range for recruiting Reincarnators was limited to the sweep of Wang Yan's mental power.

"Recruitment Plugin, costs one million resource points. It can recruit Reincarnators regardless of time, distance, from any plane, or any timeline... hiss... truly amazing! Too bad I'm still dirt poor right now, can't afford it at all!"

Wang Yan took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and quietly felt his own changes.

Pure mental power enhancement wasn't about consuming rare treasures or using instruments like electric proton energy for reinforcement. It meant exactly what it said—an increase in incredibly pure mental power.

This required extremely high redemption authority; other Reincarnators were not eligible to enjoy it.

"My mental power has increased about tenfold! My god, my thoughts are racing so fast now! I can even clearly recall what snacks I ate or what bad things I did on a certain day in my childhood! Interesting! Interesting!"

"More importantly! The recruitment range for Reincarnators has expanded from the initial hundred meters to a full kilometer."

From a safe distance of one hundred meters to a kilometer was the first line of defense Wang Yan had set up for himself.

Wang Yan already had three initial Reincarnator slots in mind.

The Konoha Sannin—Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Senju Tsunade!

These three ninjas had been famous for many years, possessed great strength, and either had fatal psychological flaws or incredibly firm ideals they had to pursue.

Therefore, these three were the best candidates at present.