Points Exchange

The Steel Mech Hunter, dozens of meters tall, charged across the land. No matter what kind of opponent it faced, it simply crushed them beneath one foot.

Steel forged through temperatures of several thousand degrees collided with physical bodies produced through chemistry in temperature-controlled environments, and the former had always emerged victorious.

The thieves' initial greedy expressions of "discovering treasure" had long since twisted out of shape, turning into faces full of panic and terror.

"Monster!"

"Run!"

"We're dead! This must be the gods' punishment for us!"

"Wuwuwu! I repent for everything I've done these past years! I killed people, robbed them, and even did terrible things to women, but at first, I only wanted to be an ordinary farmer! Work at sunrise, rest at sunset, sip coarse tea, enjoy... Wuaaah!"

Wang Yan made a motion as if raising his foot, and the mech mirrored it. Thus, the man's final words were cut short at the waist.

Looking at the bandit who had become a bloody mess on the ground, Wang Yan wore a faintly mocking smile. "I think you'd be better suited to being a bard than a farmer. Oh, no, this isn't Faerun or the DND world. Perhaps you once had a chance to become a novelist?"

Shaking his head and sorting through his chaotic thoughts, Wang Yan took a deep breath.

According to his forged identity records, he was a battle-hardened Elite Chunin, stronger than even many jonin. But those were merely false figures meant for the Hokage and the Elder Council to see. In truth, this was indeed his first battle.

Exterminating bandits did not mean killing merely one or two people.

Nineteen people, including men, women, the elderly, and children.

Compared to Wang Yan now, those murderous protagonists from movies were child's play.

"Was I naturally cold-blooded? I killed so many people, yet I didn't even feel nauseated or like vomiting..."

The only thing that comforted Wang Yan was that the nineteen people he had killed were all surrounded by dense malice and karmic burden—this was the foundational passive ability of the Main God Template, True Sight.

Wang Yan could see many things others could not.

For example, ghosts, goodwill, malice, merit, karmic burden, and even the "fortune" he had once believed to be illusory.

The instant these bandits saw him summon the Hunter Mech, they had intended to kill him and seize his treasure. Therefore, Wang Yan felt no psychological burden whatsoever in killing them, whether by reason or morality.

"Assistant Program, help me calculate this time's gains." After confirming that there were no living people within several hundred meters, Wang Yan brought up a virtual screen. After tapping it a few times, the mech interface appeared.

"Lord Main God's total gains from this operation are as follows: 100,000 taels of Land of Fire currency and 3,504 Resource Points."

Wang Yan nodded slightly.

A so-called C-Rank Mission involved assisting in war, serving as a close guard, investigating conduct, capturing wild beasts, conducting extermination campaigns, and so forth. The reward was generally between 30,000 and 100,000 taels.

The mission he had accepted this time was considered among the most difficult even within C-Rank Missions.

The vicious bandits he had slaughtered, even the old men and children, had many innocent passersby's lives on their hands.

Compared to the little ones in this bandit den, the current graduates of the Konoha Ninja Academy were practically fledglings.

"3,504 Resource Points?"

Wang Yan raised a brow and began to ponder seriously.

These Resource Points represented far more than nineteen lives. They also represented their souls, flesh and blood, fortune, merit, karmic burden...

They were the sum total of a person's existence.

The Resource Points each person could provide varied.

Wang Yan was certain that if he recruited Naruto Uzumaki as a Reincarnator, even if he did nothing else, the act of signing the contract alone would earn him more than 10,000 Resource Points.

"Each Reincarnator Slot requires one thousand Resource Points. Lord Main God initially possesses three slots. Please choose carefully." The Assistant Program's mechanical prompt sounded once more.

Wang Yan smiled. "So the slots are the upper limit of Reincarnators? What matters is the denominator, not the numerator. In other words, whether the Reincarnators live or die doesn't need to be considered at all. Is my understanding incorrect?"

"No, but please have Lord Main God set up the arrangement cautiously."

"Got it. I'm not some brainless ball of light from Infinite Horror who keeps talking about erasure. I'm very humane."

The corners of Wang Yan's lips rose into a smile.

He would make an effort to become a humane...

Capitalist.

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

He had not taken the mission for that pitiful 100,000 taels of Land of Fire currency!

With the Main God's omnipotence, one Resource Point could be exchanged for one million counterfeit bills, guaranteed to be impossible for anyone to distinguish from the real thing!

He had come out this time to recruit Reincarnators!

With Reincarnators carrying out missions, he would no longer need to personally handle everything.

"3,504 Reward Points, spent just like that... Making money is like moving mountains, while spending it is like water flowing away!"

Wang Yan glanced at the virtual display he had just created. Seeing the remaining Resource Points shown on it, he could not help raising a hand to his forehead.

But these points had not been wasted.

First, Wang Yan had spent 500 Reward Points to exchange for technological data usable in the Naruto World. It focused mainly on biotechnology and would serve as bait to hook Orochimaru.

Second, Wang Yan used the remaining three thousand Reward Points to exchange for pure Spiritual Power, directly strengthening himself.

The initial Main God Template he possessed lacked many things. Before exchanging for the Recruitment Plugin, the range within which he could recruit Reincarnators was limited to Wang Yan's Spiritual Power scanning range.

"The Recruitment Plugin costs one million Resource Points. It can ignore time and distance, recruiting Reincarnators from any plane and any timeline... Hiss... That's incredible! Unfortunately, I'm still broke right now. I can't afford it at all!"

Wang Yan let out a long breath, calming himself as he quietly sensed the changes within his body.

Pure Spiritual Power enhancement did not involve consuming some heavenly treasure or using instruments powered by electric currents or proton energy. It meant exactly what it said—an increase in incomparably pure Spiritual Power.

It required extremely high exchange privileges. Other Reincarnators were not qualified to enjoy it.

"My Spiritual Power has increased by roughly tenfold! My god, my thoughts are moving so fast now! I can even clearly recall what snacks I ate on a particular day as a child, or what bad things I did! Interesting! Interesting!"

"More importantly, the range within which I can recruit Reincarnators has expanded from the initial one hundred meters all the way to one thousand meters."

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

As for the three initial Reincarnator Slots, Wang Yan had already made up his mind.

Konoha's Three Ninja—Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Senju Tsunade!

These three ninjas had all been famous for many years and possessed formidable strength. At the same time, each either had a fatal psychological weakness or an unwavering ideal that had to be put into practice.

Therefore, these three were currently the best candidates.