System's New Features

Obito with double Sharingan!

Double Kamui!

Qingye directly gasped.

This butterfly that had barged in had truly stirred up quite a storm this time...

He thought the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, which had already changed drastically, was over, and he could continue to use his plot advantage to scrape by the upcoming year of loan repayments.

Turns out, an even bigger change was waiting for him here!

"Qingye? What's wrong, is there a problem?"

Kakashi asked, confused.

"...No, it's nothing."

Qingye snapped back to reality and waved his hand.

Forget it, it didn't matter anyway.

He was already on Uchiha Madara's radar. With Obito and his double Kamui added to the mix in the future... it was like having too many lice to even feel itchy, or too many debts to worry about. He wouldn't sweat this one!

The great battle had temporarily concluded.

Qingye alone had killed hundreds of Iwagakure ninja during the Kannabi Bridge mission, and on top of that, Minato Namikaze had fought his way through the main battlefield!

The situation, where the ninja numbers had been drastically in favor of the enemy, had now somehow been turned into a bizarre equilibrium!

Even!

At this moment, Konoha might even have the upper hand!

Iwagakure's highest commander, Kitsuchi, had already been captured alive!

Regardless, after such a major battle, both Konohagakure and Iwagakure would need at least a few days to rest.

Currently, the Medical Ninja within Konoha's camp were operating at full capacity, doing their best to treat the wounded.

In Qingye's tent.

As usual, he summoned his Ninja Crow and indeed received another letter from within Konohagakure's Uchiha clan.

This letter stated that the war between Konohagakure and Sunagakure had completely ceased. Sunagakure had been defeated and was now forced to negotiate peace with Konohagakure.

Konoha Ninja from the Sunagakure battlefield would be redeployed to the Iwagakure battlefield, and their clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, seemed to be among them.

"They're coming at just the right time!"

Qingye couldn't help but scoff.

If reinforcements from other battlefields had arrived any earlier, the Iwagakure battlefield wouldn't have been this difficult to fight.

Now, with the arrival of reinforcements, the situation on the Iwagakure battlefield would completely tilt in Konoha's favor, and this war would likely end soon.

"Hmm, it should be more than just that..."

Qingye pondered, picturing the ninja world map in his mind.

In the southern direction of the Land of Rain, Iwagakure was also fighting Sunagakure there.

Since the war between Sunagakure and Konohagakure had ended, Sunagakure would be able to deploy troops to fight against Iwagakure... Looking at it this way, the war on his side would probably end even faster.

"System, display personal status panel."

[Stats: Spirit 9, Body 8, Strength 6, Speed 9, Ninjutsu 8, Hand Seals 7, Illusion 9, Wisdom 9]

Still a total of 65 points.

The Chakra Loan for the Mangekyo Sharingan still had a full year left to repay.

With his current strength, he could definitely protect himself on the battlefield, but he still needed to find ways to improve his power.

Speaking of which, after borrowing from the system's loan to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan, a new function had been unlocked.

However, that function was basically useless at the time, so Qingye had temporarily ignored it.

He brought up the system panel in his mind.

Now, the system panel was divided into two major sections: "Permanent Loan" and "Temporary Loan." Each section had the functions of "Talent Enhancement" and "Ninjutsu Learning."

As the names suggested, those who borrowed from the permanent loan could permanently enhance their talents or learn Ninjutsu.

For those who borrowed from the temporary loan, the talent enhancement or learned Ninjutsu would only last for thirty minutes, after which they would need to repay ten days of Chakra loan!

Furthermore, the Chakra restrictions imposed by the temporary loan were even harsher!

When he borrowed from the permanent loan twice, his Chakra was restricted to a mere 6 points.

However, if he borrowed from the temporary loan, although it would only take ten days to repay the loan, his Chakra would be weakened to 1 point for those ten days!

That amount of Chakra was probably not much stronger than that of a student at the Ninja Academy...

The permanent loan and temporary loan did not conflict with each other. One could borrow from the permanent loan and also borrow at most one temporary loan, but the repayment of the permanent loan would be automatically postponed.

Moreover, those who had already enhanced their talents through the permanent loan could not further enhance their talents through the temporary loan.

Adding these up, the temporary loan, this new feature, is now useless to Qingye.

It couldn't temporarily boost talents further.

And any temporary Ninjutsu learned would only last for half an hour. Afterward, he'd have to repay a much harsher Chakra Loan for ten days, and his own permanent loan's repayment period would also be automatically postponed by ten days!

Qingye just wanted to finish repaying his one-year Mangekyo loan as soon as possible.

"However, there is still one difference..."

Qingye narrowed his eyes. The system's temporary loan seemed usable for others!

Lending temporary loans to others could also temporarily boost talents or allow them to learn Ninjutsu. However, the prerequisite was that the borrower must actively agree; loans couldn't be forced.

It would be fun if loans could be forced!

He could randomly lend someone a useless Ninjutsu, like the Great Fireball Technique, or the Water Dragon Bullet with forty-four Hand Seals, and then after half an hour, the opponent's Chakra would be nerfed to hell!

Too bad it couldn't be forced.

Qingye felt a pang of regret and mentally questioned the system:

"System, are there any rewards for me if I lend temporary loans to others?"

[No rewards.]

"?"

"System, say that again?!"

Why would I bother if there are no rewards!

Not only would I expose the system's abilities for nothing, but I wouldn't even get any rewards myself?

"System, about the new feature you mentioned that would unlock after the Mangekyo Chakra Loan is repaid, what is it?"

[This feature will unlock after the host's current Chakra Loan is repaid.]

"Don't tell me it can allow me to issue permanent loans to others?"

[Please explore it yourself after the host's current Chakra Loan is repaid.]

"Is it or isn't it? Brother System, just give me a straight answer!"

[Please explore it yourself after the host's current Chakra Loan is repaid.]

"System, if it really allows me to issue permanent loans to others, what benefits would I get?"

[Please explore it yourself after the host's current Chakra Loan is repaid.]

"Damn it!"

This idiotic system!

Forget it, I'll just repay slowly. I'll try to postpone repayments as little as possible from now on and get this one-year repayment period over with quickly!

Abandoning his questioning of the system, Qingye continued to explore the temporary loan function.

Should he try this feature out?

Who would he lend it to?

Who would borrow it?

Approaching someone out of the blue and saying, "Give me your phone... give me your Chakra. This Ninjutsu is something you'll be able to learn in the future, just take it and use it now, and stop being laughed at by others."

Who the hell would believe such a thing!

While he was pondering, a voice came from outside the tent.

"Qingye-kun, may I come in?" Minato Namikaze's voice was gentle.

What was he here for?

Qingye's thoughts shifted away from the system.

Minato Namikaze... Heh, with his strength, he'd be the least likely person to borrow a Chakra Loan from me, unless it was during the Nine-Tails Rebellion when he was preparing to die with Kushina Uzumaki.

Huh?

This doesn't seem like a bad idea either!