In his previous life, Zhang Miao had been an orphan. To survive, he had constantly struggled and clawed his way through society. A life with a car and a house had always been what he longed for deep down.
Now, he had brought that longing with him into this world.
But he was destined to be disappointed.
"Sorry, Host. This system is a ninja Recruitment System; everything is related to ninjas. The Mercedes-Benz and Maserati you mentioned have nothing whatsoever to do with ninjas, so this system cannot provide them."
Although Zhang Miao had expected this outcome, he could not help feeling disappointed upon hearing the system's answer. He could only sigh silently to himself.
"Ah... forget it. If there's nothing, then there's nothing. Even if I had a car in this world, I couldn't use it anyway. So tell me, System, what exactly can I get from this Elite Ninja Fragment lottery?"
"Using Elite Ninja Fragments for a lottery may yield items, money, Ninja Fragments, and more. There is also a chance of obtaining Limited Edition Ninja Fragments!" the system answered again.
"Limited Edition Ninja Fragments?" Zhang Miao's eyes widened at this new term that had suddenly appeared. "It sounds pretty impressive, but what exactly is it?"
Zhang Miao instinctively felt that these so-called "Limited Edition Ninja Fragments" were anything but ordinary. After all, anything described as "limited edition" generally could not be acquired through conventional means.
And the system's answer proved Zhang Miao's guess.
"Limited Edition Ninja Fragments are fragments belonging to ninjas who have already died. Through Limited Edition Ninja Fragments, dead ninjas can be recruited and their undying loyalty obtained!"
"Gasp..."
Upon hearing that answer, Zhang Miao could not help sucking in another sharp breath!
Recruit dead ninjas? This was absolutely heaven-defying!
Back when the system had told Gao Ming that the ninjas in the Naruto World and the ninjas recruited by the system were two different individuals who possessed the same memories and skills, Zhang Miao had not thought much of it. He had merely assumed the system had created some kind of advanced clone.
But now, the system was telling him that it could even recruit the dead. Zhang Miao was instantly stunned!
This was not like Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation, which toyed with the souls of the dead. It was literally recruiting someone who had already died and bringing them back into the world alive!
This was simply the power of a god!
At that moment, Zhang Miao suddenly realized something. Bringing out the dead was certainly a godlike feat, but did that mean producing an identical living person was normal?
With that thought, Zhang Miao trembled slightly as he asked a question in his heart.
"System, just what are you?"
Whenever Zhang Miao had asked a question before, the system had immediately responded. But this time, nearly ten seconds passed before its voice sounded in his mind again.
"With the Host's current abilities, you are not qualified to know. When the total star rating of the ninjas recruited by the Host reaches one hundred stars, you will naturally know all the answers!"
Although the system had not given him an immediate answer, Zhang Miao secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing its response.
"Whew... A total recruited ninja star rating of one hundred? That doesn't sound too difficult!"
Before obtaining ordinary Ninja Fragments, recruiting ninjas with a total of one hundred stars would clearly not have been easy. But now that he had ordinary Ninja Fragments in large quantities, recruiting a few cannon fodder ninjas to make up the numbers would not be a problem at all.
Of course, if he were merely trying to raise the total star count, then Two-Star Genin, who only required fifty Ninja Fragments to recruit, were undoubtedly the most cost-effective choice. One hundred stars would only require two thousand five hundred ordinary Ninja Fragments. But Zhang Miao had no intention of doing that.
For Zhang Miao, recruiting ninjas was meant to expand his own total Chakra reserves. While fifty Genin would have a total star rating of one hundred, their combined Chakra would probably not even compare to that of a single six-star elite Jonin!
As for combat strength, that went without saying. Ninja battles were not won through sheer numbers. Forget fifty Genin—even a hundred Genin would just be throwing themselves away against an elite Jonin!
In the original Naruto storyline, when Naruto and Sasuke had just become Genin and followed Kakashi on an escort mission, had they not been so terrified by Jonin-level Zabuza that they had not even dared to move?
That was the suppression of rank!
Zhang Miao's principle was quality over quantity. In his view, even if he had to recruit cannon fodder ninjas using ordinary Ninja Fragments, they had to be the highest-grade six-star elite Jonin!
Even cannon fodder had to be high-grade cannon fodder!
Of course, only Zhang Miao, who possessed the Recruitment System, dared to entertain such a notion. If it were anyone else, even the Kage of the Five Great Nations would not dare harbor such arrogant thoughts!
One had to know that, forget elite Jonin—even ordinary Chunin and Jonin were the backbone of every nation. Who would dare treat them as cannon fodder?
Zhang Miao had not realized that, with the Recruitment System, he already possessed the foundation to contend against the Five Great Nations of the ninja world!
But at this moment, Zhang Miao had no intention of fighting the Five Great Nations. What occupied his thoughts more was whether he should first save up four hundred Kakashi Ninja Fragments to recruit his own Kakashi, or take out a few Kakashi Fragments and try the lottery once.
Recruit first or draw first—these two options kept circling through Zhang Miao's mind.
If he chose recruitment, he would not be able to play the lottery for a while. But if he chose the lottery, it would inevitably affect his recruitment progress. It was precisely because of this that Zhang Miao could not make a choice.
Even after Kakashi carried him home on his back, Zhang Miao still had not decided. So he chose to set the matter aside for now and decide after dinner.
After returning home, Kakashi immediately went into the kitchen to cook. Before long, he brought a huge bowl of boiled fish to the table.
"Boiled river fish, Kakashi Style!"
Adding the words "Kakashi Style" proved that Kakashi himself was very satisfied with the dish. Zhang Miao understood this, so he excitedly picked up his chopsticks at once.
"Thanks for the meal!"
With that, his chopsticks flew.
Seeing Zhang Miao eat so happily, the corners of Kakashi's mouth beneath his mask curved into a smile. He picked up his chopsticks, then lightly clapped his hands together.
"Thanks for the meal!"
After dinner, the sky had completely darkened. Once Kakashi had cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, he carried Zhang Miao out on his back.
Originally, Kakashi had intended to let Zhang Miao stay over, but Zhang Miao refused on the grounds that he had to go back and look after his little brother.
In truth, Zhang Miao was not lying. Ever since arriving in the Naruto World, he had spent every day with Naruto. He had grown used to seeing Naruto before going to sleep and upon waking up. If he could not see him, he would always feel somewhat uneasy.
And there was an even deeper reason: he had to slap Naruto once every day. Otherwise, how was he supposed to collect fragments for nine-star Six Paths Naruto and eight-star Nine-Tails?
However, Zhang Miao could not possibly tell Kakashi that reason. After returning to his residence, he waved at Kakashi.
"Big Brother Kakashi, remember to come pick me up tomorrow!"
"Mm!"
Kakashi nodded, then turned and left.
After Kakashi had gone, Zhang Miao returned to the room and crawled under the blankets. Then he took out ten glittering objects.
"Should I try the lottery once?"
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