No Free Lunch

Hashirama Senju: Hehe!

Tobirama Senju: Hehe!

Madara Uchiha: You two bastards!!! What do you mean by those "hehe" remarks? Are you looking down on me?!!!

Makoto Ito: Enough, enough, that's about enough from you! Don't you want to see what the outside world looks like now?

As soon as Makoto Ito finished speaking, the group fell silent. Even Madara Uchiha stopped popping up to talk.

The next moment, Makoto Ito directly activated the shared vision function. In an instant, every member of the group saw the outside world...

At that moment, they could only see Makoto Ito's appearance through the chat window, see his little house, and then glimpse a tiny part of the outside world through its window...

That made them even more certain that the Chat Group really had this function, that it could truly let them see the current Ninja World!!!

Hashirama Senju: Awesome!!! This is truly amazing!!! Truly amazing! I'm going to take a good look at today's Ninja World, and I'm going to take a good look at today's Konoha!!!

Kushina Uzumaki: Wow, we really can see outside! Naruto! Mommy's coming! Group Leader, hurry and show us the outside world! I want to see Naruto!

Tobirama Senju: How remarkable! I wonder what that little monkey has turned Konoha into by now? I trust that Konoha must be incredibly powerful now, right?

While everyone had been chatting in the group earlier, they had learned that Minato Namikaze was Konoha's Fourth Hokage. After Minato Namikaze's death, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had once again taken control of Konoha. Thus, they all knew that Konoha's current Hokage was the Third Hokage!

However, compared to that matter, Hashirama Senju had quite a few complaints about the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, dying!

After all, could something like the Nine-Tails really kill someone?

I used to play with that thing in one hand!

How could a later Hokage actually croak just from sealing a Nine-Tails?

Wasn't that far too embarrassing for a Hokage?

Minato Namikaze could only say, You're a monster. I can't compare to you. Not at all...

Now, everyone was looking at the outside world through Makoto Ito's vision, and every one of them was overjoyed!

After all, they were already dead! Being able to see the outside world again was an enormous surprise!

Just as they all stared fixedly at their chat windows, admiring the scenery outside, the screen suddenly went black, and darkness once more filled their vision...

Madara Uchiha: Kid, what are you doing?

Hashirama Senju: ????????

Minato Namikaze: What happened?

Izuna Uchiha: Why can't we see anything?

Hizashi Hyuga: Did your screens go black too?

... Makoto Ito looked at the anxious reactions in the group chat and smiled. He smiled happily, he smiled sinisterly. If one had to describe Makoto Ito's smile at this moment, it was the smile of someone who had devoured ten thousand Soul Palace elders!

"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe..."

Makoto Ito: Everyone! Where in this world is there such a thing as a free lunch? I'm sure all of you were once big shots, so you must understand that principle!

Want to see the outside world? Of course that's no problem! But shouldn't you show a little sincerity and offer some benefits?

After all, I'm the Group Leader of this chat! Look at the Ninja World now, how beautiful it is. Look at every flower, every blade of grass, every tree. Oh my, the air here is so fresh!

Oh my, through the window, why does it seem like I can see Naruto and Sasuke?

Oh, heavens, what a wonderful Ninja World this is! Don't you want to have a look too?

When they saw Makoto Ito's messages, every group member in the Pure Land wore an incredibly complicated expression!

This kid really knew what he was doing!

He was letting everyone take a look at the outside world first, then making them pay a renewal fee if they wanted to keep watching, wasn't he?

He was young, but he sure had a devious mind!

First, he told them that the people they cared about were not doing well. Then, he demonstrated the group's functions and proved that the chat group was real and could show them the outside world.

Then he shut off shared vision and extorted benefits from them!

That whole sequence of moves was as smooth as flowing water, utterly pleasing to watch!

Makoto Ito: Oh, right, I forgot to tell everyone something important!

I can activate shared vision for specific group members. In other words, whoever gives me benefits gets to see what the outside world looks like!

If you don't give me anything, then your screen will stay black!

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard that!

Originally, they had all thought that once someone gave him something, shared vision would be restored and everyone would be able to see outside. But Makoto Ito's words shattered that illusion!

Madara Uchiha: Damn!!!!

Izuna Uchiha: Damn!!!!

Hashirama Senju: Damn!!!!!

Tobirama Senju: Damn!!!!!

Minato Namikaze: The Group Leader really is cunning...

The group chat fell silent again. Everyone was considering what they should offer.

After all, they were reluctant to hand over anything too valuable. They were neither relatives nor friends, so why should they give their good things to him?

But if they offered something too worthless, they were afraid Makoto Ito would take the payment and refuse to do anything!

Thus, everyone was pondering their options while waiting to see whether anyone would send something first. Once someone did, they would have a point of reference!

... After waiting for a short while...

A message notification suddenly rang out in the group chat!

Fugaku Uchiha gifted the Group Leader the proficient Three Body Technique!

Fugaku Uchiha: What do you think, Group Leader? This gift is pretty good, isn't it? Hurry up and turn on shared vision for me!

When they saw someone take the lead in giving the Group Leader a gift, everyone immediately brightened up.

If gifts only needed to be at this level...

Then everyone present had as many as they wanted!!! They could give endlessly, there was simply no end to it!

At that moment, Makoto Ito was trying hard to hold back from silencing Fugaku Uchiha's thoughts!

Makoto Ito: ??????? What are you talking about?!!!! The Three Body Technique??? Are you trying to fob me off like some beggar?!

Fugaku Uchiha: Uh... I figured the Group Leader looked quite young and probably hadn't even graduated from the Ninja Academy yet, right? The Three Body Technique I gifted should be useful to you, and mine is at the proficient level!

The moment shared vision had been activated, everyone had observed the Group Leader Makoto Ito's strength. How should they put it? Calling him trash would have been giving him too much credit!

With Makoto Ito's current strength, some members of the group could probably crush him to death with a single finger!