Skill Refresh, a Beauty Falling from the Sky

Skill Refresh, a Beauty Falling from the Sky

Under the moonlight, the Uchiha Squad continued rushing west at full speed. The battle during the day had wasted too much of their time. Though they had originally planned to take a detour, Uchiha FengHuo decisively chose the direct route.

The remaining few had no objections. The direct shortcut could save them more than half the time.

They encountered no obstruction from the Senju Clan along the way. It seemed the Senju Clan was already overwhelmed and had no manpower left to pursue them.

"Alright, we'll make camp here tonight."

Seeing the increasingly familiar road ahead, Uchiha FengHuo ordered the squad to rest.

"Pant, pant."

Uchiha Ryoichi and the other two had just gone through a brutal battle during the day, followed by intense travel. They were already exhausted as dogs.

The three sprawled on the ground suddenly noticed that Uchiha Gin, who had supposedly been the weakest among them, was still full of energy. Not only was he not panting heavily, there was not even a speck of dust on him.

Noticing their strange looks, Uchiha Gin inwardly cursed. He immediately tossed Senju Itama off his back.

He then flopped onto the ground, forced out a cold sweat, and stuck out his tongue to look utterly exhausted. Only then did the three finally ease up and look away.

"I'll stand watch first. Rest up quickly."

Uchiha FengHuo, who was naturally skilled at concealment, was still in decent condition. He voluntarily took on guard duty so the others could rest.

After resting briefly, the group gradually climbed back to their feet and began setting up their tents.

Once he saw them walk away, Uchiha Gin got up as well and took out his tent. But remembering his strange skill, he immediately gave up on camping where he was and chose a more secluded corner instead.

After pitching the tent, he did not tie Senju Itama outside this time. Instead, he tossed him into the tent, then went around the back and, as before, marked out an empty patch of ground.

"Hopefully, I'll refresh something useful tonight."

Thinking of last night's Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Gin felt another wave of lingering pain. Tsukuyomi was great, but being dragged in and tortured for two days straight was more than anyone could take.

Praying that he would not refresh Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Gin sat cross-legged on the ground and waited for his skills to refresh.

But before that, he had yet to open the rewards from the daytime mission. He decided to check them first and sank into his mind.

Standing on the Chessboard, Uchiha Gin saw that the Points counter on the Game Machine, which had been emptied during the day, now showed 50. He suppressed the urge to spin for prizes and turned his gaze toward the five floating Magic Orbs. The mission had clearly only given him four, so why was there an extra one? "Reward for defeating Uzumaki Mito."

The system promptly explained.

"Damn it, then why didn't you open this Magic Orb during emergency evasion instead of using my Points?"

Having recalled why there was an extra Magic Orb, Uchiha Gin asked angrily.

"Only the host can open mission Magic Orbs. The system has no authority to process them automatically."

He understood. Points were like money he had earned, so naturally the system would spend them on itself. Magic Orbs were rewards given by the system, essentially merchandise from its inventory, so of course it would not use them lightly.

"What a profiteer!"

No longer bothering with the damn system, Uchiha Gin began examining the Magic Orbs before him: two blue and three white.

Aside from the Girl's mission, which had given a fixed blue Magic Orb, the four Magic Orbs from the mission to save Uchiha FengHuo and the others had only produced one blue orb. No purple, much less gold. His luck was truly abyssal.

He casually tapped the first white Magic Orb. A faint white flash passed through it.

Gold Brick ×1. Universal currency, usable for real-world purchases.

A gold drop. Not bad.

The second one: Gold Brick ×1. Universal currency, usable for real-world purchases.

Still gold. Not bad.

The third one: Gold Brick ×1. Universal currency, usable for real-world purchases.

"#?"

What was with three Gold Bars in a row? So the most useless thing Magic Orbs could drop was gold, huh?

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Uchiha Gin opened the first blue Magic Orb.

Gold Brick ×5. Universal currency, usable for real-world purchases.

"...#@%￥%@...%￥#￥%&*@!"

Uchiha Gin nearly jumped up and slapped the system twice. At that moment, he was like an unlucky player who pulled nothing but R-rarity cards in a ten-pull, raging helplessly.

After venting, Uchiha Gin extended a trembling finger, closed his eyes, and tapped the final Magic Orb.

Flying Thunder God Kunai ×1. A weapon used by Namikaze Minato, containing a trace amount of Space-Time Power. Note: Wearing it can accelerate comprehension of Space Ninjutsu.

Looking at the trident-shaped weapon in his hand, a yellow figure appeared in Uchiha Gin's mind.

This Kunai was the Fourth Ninja World War's signature weapon. It was marked with a special Flying Thunder God formula and, paired with the space-time ninjutsu Flying Thunder God, could achieve long-distance teleportation.

"Wearing it can accelerate my comprehension of space-time skills?"

He tried swinging the Kunai a few times and found that it felt quite natural in his hand. Even if he could not use Flying Thunder God, the weapon could still be used in everyday combat.

Putting away the hard-earned Kunai and the eight Gold Bricks scattered on the ground, Uchiha Gin walked over to the Game Machine.

Looking at his pitiful 50 hard-earned Points, he gritted his teeth and pulled the Slot Machine lever. Go big or go home.

As the classic Slot Machine BGM began playing, the three characters on the panel flashed past at high speed. Uchiha Gin held his breath and stared intently at the changing symbols. The first character was: Body.

A few seconds later, the second character also stopped on "Body."

Seeing this, Uchiha Gin's breathing quickened. Was he finally about to shed his bad luck and become lucky?

"Body, Body, Body!" he could not help shouting.

The moment his words fell, the last character stopped on "Ninja."

"Congratulations, host. You rolled the Body + Body + Ninja combination. Taijutsu effects doubled / Body +1."

"I choose Body +1!"

Afraid the system would settle the result too quickly, Uchiha Gin hurriedly made his choice.

Striking while the iron was hot, Uchiha Gin continued spinning the Slot Machine. None of the next four spins produced a critical hit; they were all minor combinations.

Final results: Body +2, Ninja +2, Spirit +1
Host: Uchiha Gin

Ninja: 9
Body: 10
Intelligence: 9
Spirit: 7
Charm: 1
Pupil: 10
Skills: Basic Taijutsu, Great Fireball Technique, Uchiha Basic Swordsmanship, Intermediate Shuriken Technique.

Overall evaluation: A well-rounded, punchable Uchiha Chunin.

After allocating his points, he felt his strength improve considerably. Comparing himself to the others, he should now be on roughly equal footing with Uchiha Ryoichi and the other two.

After taking stock of his spoils, Uchiha Gin exited the System Space.

Opening his eyes, he was still greeted by darkness. Only the Flying Thunder God Kunai in his hand gave him a hint of reality. He frowned.

"Why haven't today's skills refreshed yet?"

Uchiha Gin muttered softly to himself.

Before his voice had even faded, the Aura around him suddenly froze. A rippling Light Screen silently appeared overhead, and then a figure fell from the sky, bringing down a foot heavily upon the cross-legged Uchiha Gin.

Though he possessed some of the Whirlpool Clan's sensory abilities and had sensed the danger in advance, he still could not evade the swift attack.

The opponent's powerful foot slammed heavily into his back. The brutal force surged through his body, and Uchiha Gin was immediately smashed face-down, vomiting blood.

As the dust settled, a tall figure appeared before him. The newcomer's light blonde hair was tied into a large ponytail. She had thin, light blonde eyebrows, bright brown eyes, and vivid red nail polish on her clenched hands.

Moonlight fell upon her fair skin, casting a faint glow. She wore a tea-green long coat trimmed in black, a loose sleeveless kimono-like top underneath, a black cloth belt around her waist, and dark blue Seven-point Pants.

But none of that was the point. Blood spilling from his mouth, all of Uchiha Gin's attention was fixed on the two magnificent peaks before him. He felt a hot stream surge into his nose.

Before he could recover, the newcomer threw another simple straight punch at him. With no time to react, Uchiha Gin immediately activated his Sharingan, copying the path of her punch as he tried to twist away from the earth-shattering blow.

But before he could turn, he realized his body could not move. At the same time, a sharp pain shot through his right arm.

At some point, she had already grabbed his right arm with her other hand. She effortlessly crushed the entire arm as though it were a dead branch.

Ignoring the pain, Uchiha Gin tried to break free, only to discover in horror that a delicate, fair fist was already rushing toward him with thunderous force.

"Her nail polish is pretty."

That was Uchiha Gin's final thought before losing consciousness.

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