Chapter Ten: Harvest

They hastily formed the skeleton of an organization before heading home. For now, it was just an idea—to actually act on it, they first had to break free from the chains binding each of them. Otherwise, it was all empty talk. Given Zi Xu's personality, the first thing he did when he got home was naturally to eliminate the hidden dangers on his body.

"Deep Blue—no, System, add points!" Zi Xu called out to the system in his mind. The thought of the poison Konoha had planted in him to restrict his freedom made him restless. If he didn't remove this threat within a minute, he felt like ten thousand ants were crawling through his body.

[Spend 9,500 points to raise Kaido's Physique Fusion Level to 25%?]

"Confirm!"

Zi Xu watched his points slide from five digits down to three, silently mourning the points that hadn't even had time to warm his pocket. But he knew this wasn't something he could skimp on.

As the points dwindled, Zi Xu gradually felt changes in his body. His bones seemed to be constantly compressed and solidified, while his muscles went through a cycle of swelling and contracting. It felt a bit like pounding rice cakes—accumulating power through relentless compression.

Strangely, Zi Xu felt no pain. Instead, it was incredibly comfortable, like lying lazily on a big bed after a bath, and just when your back itches, someone happens to scratch it for you. It was a subtle, pleasant sensation.

"This is way more comfortable than raising the fusion level by hurting myself. Just costs a lot of points... and hurts my heart a little..." Zi Xu silently evaluated the pros and cons of point-based fusion versus self-training, while feeling the explosive power surging through his body. He tried clenching his fist.

Crack, crack. The sound of joints popping came from between his fingers, enough to make anyone wince. Zi Xu tried to control his strength but found it difficult. He reached for a shuriken to test his physical abilities, only to accidentally bend it out of shape.

His overall physique hadn't changed much—the size of his bones and the amount of muscle seemed no different from before the enhancement. But his physical abilities were night and day. If before he was a piece of cotton, now he was a block of iron the same size—denser, stronger.

"Fusion raised by system points is hard to control... I guess that's the downside." Zi Xu looked at the pros and cons dialectically. Training to raise the fusion level on his own was slow, but it gave him better control over his body.

System point fusion was fast, but he had to adapt to the newfound power himself. Both had their merits, but Zi Xu decided to minimize point usage unless necessary, relying on self-training to gradually improve the fusion level.

"System, has the poison in my body been removed?" Zi Xu was still concerned about his safety. The enhancement that cost him nearly all his newly earned points should have eliminated whatever Konoha had planted in him.

[Potential toxins have been removed. The host is now immune to the vast majority of poisons.]

"System, how do I unlock the other abilities from the template?" Only after confirming his body was free of hidden threats did Zi Xu breathe a sigh of relief. He wanted to see what he could do with the 500 reward points he had left.

[Devil Fruit abilities require points to unlock. The Haki System can be learned through self-enlightenment or unlocked with points.]

"How many points do they cost?" Zi Xu seemed to hear the 500 points in his hand wailing.

[Unlocking Devil Fruit abilities costs 50,000 points. Unlocking the Haki System costs 30,000 points.]

Slap... Zi Xu pressed a hand to his forehead. Confirming the unit was ten thousand, he temporarily shelved the idea of unlocking other abilities. Haki might be learned through self-enlightenment, but Devil Fruit abilities would have to be bought with points.

"Say, is it possible to master multiple Devil Fruit abilities without using the Darkness-Darkness Fruit?" Zi Xu's mind started working again.

[The plan is feasible. The host needs to learn a specific ninjutsu...]

The system replied without specifying, but knowing it was possible was enough. He could just ask the system later when he learned a ninjutsu.

"I'll save the points for unlocking Devil Fruit abilities first. The Haki System I can learn on my own... save where I can." Zi Xu set a small goal. Of course, plans were made to be broken. If something unexpected came up—say, he had enough points to unlock the Haki System but was still short for Devil Fruit abilities, and the Haki System could turn the tide—he wouldn't hesitate to awaken it.

"Oh... there's a faction module, right? What's that for?" Zi Xu's question was quickly answered. The system thoughtfully listed the faction module for him.

[Faction Name: Jin]

[Members: Uzumaki Zi Xu, Hyuga Chino, Aburame Hatsumi]

[Organizational Creed: Will of Fire (New)]

[Organizational Mission: Break free from Konoha's control]

[Organizational Strength: D-]

[Organizational Funds: None]

[Organizational Warehouse: None]

[Organizational Buildings: None]

[Subordinate Organizations: None]

[Organizational Reputation: Unknown]

[Please work to raise the organization's influence. The system will reward the host based on the organization's influence.]

Looking at the long list of "None," Zi Xu realized their organization might not even qualify as a prototype. It was more like a secret society. But since the system recognized it, that was fine.

"Accept the second ring mission." Zi Xu remembered this was a chain mission. Maybe it appeared because his organization was too small?

[Mission Accepted: Founding an Organization (Second Ring)]

[Mission Details: Raise the organization's strength to C+]

[Mission Deadline: Before graduation from the Ninja Academy]

[Mission Reward: 30,000 reward points, 4 random item draws, 1 random A-rank ninjutsu]

The deadline was generous. Based on their team's current performance, he had about four years before graduating from the Ninja Academy. Time was ample. The personal threat on his own body was already resolved. The hard part was the Cursed Seals on Hatsumi and Chino.

But since the system encouraged him to build an organization, he couldn't slack off. Higher influence meant more points. Their current overall strength was D-, which by ninja standards was trainee level. C+ would be upper-tier Genin. Normal Ninja Academy graduates were Genin, meaning they'd have to surpass most of their peers by graduation to complete the mission.

Zi Xu himself had no problem, but the mission required the organization's overall strength. It all depended on how far Hatsumi and Chino could grow. Still, both came from major Konoha clans, so their strength shouldn't be a major concern.

"Alright, another mission accepted. Now for the main course." After handling the organizational matters, Zi Xu could finally move on to his favorite part. He didn't have many hobbies, but gacha was one of the few. Despite countless pulls in his past life proving he was unlucky, he never believed in fate. There was always that "what if."

"Come on, three random item draws." Zi Xu cracked his knuckles, eager and impatient, calling out to the system.

A massive virtual roulette wheel appeared before him, its dazzling array of items making his eyes sparkle. Different items occupied different areas of the wheel based on rarity. The rarer the item, the smaller the space. Looking at the tiny slots for the golden items, he felt the pointer itself was bigger than them.

"Black Blade Night, Cloud-Splitting Blade, Enma, Soul-Soul Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit, Adam Tree, Pluton..." All kinds of legendary items he knew by heart nearly blinded him. But far more than these impressive items were a bunch of weird ones.

"Pink Feather Coat? Empress's Qipao? Chopper's Fur? Sanji's Cigarette? Artificial Devil Fruit?" Staring at the wheel packed with all sorts of items, Zi Xu somehow felt that most of what he'd pull in the future would probably be the weird stuff.

"Pfft, what am I saying? System, single pull for a miracle, triple pull!" Mentioning gacha, Zi Xu's confidence soared. Where that confidence came from, he had no idea.

[You obtained Tashigi's Glasses]

Glasses, huh. Not much use, but I can keep them for Hatsumi to boost her sense of belonging to the organization. Not a loss.

[You obtained Slippers]

...Slippers, huh. Wearable, practical. Way better than some Demon Fruit. Zi Xu isn't jealous of any Demon Fruits at all.

[You obtained the Silent Fruit]

!!! Screw the glasses and slippers, both trash. The Silent Fruit is way better than that junk. Zi Xu vividly demonstrated what a chameleon looks like during the card draw—Ochumelov would call it a masterclass.

"That's a Demon Fruit! Even if the Silent Fruit's ability isn't lethal, it's still a Demon Fruit." Zi Xu stared at the fruit in the virtual space, a little excited. He'd unlocked the Kaido Template, but not the Devil Fruit Ability. Now a real Demon Fruit was right in front of him—how could he not be thrilled?

But after the initial excitement, he gradually calmed down and started thinking about whether Demon Fruits still had side effects.

"In the One Piece world, fighting with abilities is common, but precisely because everyone's a user, water-based combat is rare. This is the Naruto World, though. Water Release isn't anything special. If eating the fruit gives me a weakness to water, wouldn't I be stuck here?"

"Would I turn into a dragon and charge at the enemy, only for them to slap me down with a Water Dragon Bullet?" Zi Xu thought it over. The water in the Naruto World didn't contain Seastone molecules, but he couldn't be a hundred percent sure that scenario wouldn't happen. Plus, he still wanted to unlock Kaido's fruit ability.

Who knew if eating the Silent Fruit would prevent him from successfully Awakening the Fish-Fish Fruit ability? If it caused him to explode and die, that'd be a real joke.

After weighing all the considerations, Zi Xu decided to keep the Silent Fruit for now. He planned to try having a Shadow Clone eat it first once he mastered the technique—ideally after he Awakened Kaido's fruit ability.

"At the same time, I need to prepare for the worst. If there really is a weakness to water, I'll have to hide it and focus on learning ninjutsu. Beat ninjutsu with ninjutsu. Earth beats water, so I can start with Earth Release." Reluctantly taking one last look at the Silent Fruit, Zi Xu stored it temporarily with the system and went back to training his body, eager to adapt to his growing strength.

---Author's Note---

Still begging for recommendations and collections.