The Southern War Zone had scored victory after victory. Young Madara, who had awakened his Sharingan ahead of time, displayed strength far beyond that of the original storyline.
As the indirect guide, Uchiha Sosuke was currently sightseeing and enjoying himself in the Land of Iron.
He also took the opportunity to deal with some bandit groups that blocked the roads and robbed travelers.
"Help!"
Across the wide plains, a group of mounted bandits fled for their lives.
Not far behind them, Sosuke followed at an unhurried pace. His steps appeared extremely slow, but in reality, every leap carried him seven or eight meters forward.
Whenever a bandit fell behind the group, a shuriken immediately flew over to greet him, sending him to the Pure Land to repent before the Sage of Six Paths.
[System Notification: Enemy successfully killed. Obtained 12 Points.]
In the Hokage World, everyone possessed chakra within their bodies. That meant that no matter how weak an enemy was, they could still provide him with the most basic Points reward.
Although the amount was indeed tiny, it could still make up for the final shortfall.
"Run, run." Sosuke did not hurry to strike. He wanted to drive this group of bandits back to their hideout.
Since he had chosen to act, he naturally had to exterminate every enemy. Otherwise, the bandits, having suffered a loss, would certainly become even more vicious and commit evil elsewhere.
No matter what world they were in, bandits were universally hated. Sosuke felt no psychological burden whatsoever when killing them.
As for the Ponytail Princess beside him, she was equally bold and decisive. If he had not stopped her, she probably would have jumped out to steal the kills.
Even so, the duo's reputation still spread. The bandits instinctively classified Uzumaki Mito as one of their kind.
She followed Sosuke around all day. If anyone claimed she was not a blood-soaked executioner, probably no one would believe them.
After the two of them wiped out several mountain strongholds in succession, the entire bandit circle of the Land of Iron learned that two calamities were causing trouble for them.
In truth, there had only ever been one actual killer.
"I can help you." Mito was unwilling to be nothing more than a decorative vase.
Seeing how eager she was and unwilling to lose the Points, Sosuke could only desperately come up with a clumsy excuse: "You are a princess. Leave this sort of thing to me."
He really cares about my identity. Mito froze slightly, wondering what he was thinking. At least, she no longer asked to take part.
After finally pacifying her, Sosuke drove the bandits all the way back to their base.
Looking at the small mountain stronghold before him, the young man did not hesitate. A scorching stream of fire surged forth, giving the enemies no chance to flee or resist.
[System Notification: Enemy successfully killed. Obtained 18 Points.] [System Notification: Enemy successfully killed. Obtained 7 Points.] [System Notification: Enemy successfully killed. Obtained 14 Points.] [System Notification: Enemy successfully killed. Obtained 10 Points.]
The Points acquisition notifications began flooding the system list.
For more than half a month, Sosuke had searched for craftsmen while destroying every bandit group he encountered along the way.
Finally, he completed the most important step today.
[Points: 8534]
"At last, I succeeded."
Against the backdrop of the Sea of Fire, excitement filled the young man's face.
[Flying Thunder God Technique (Stage One), Item Rank A. Redemption requires 8,500 Points.]
After spending so much time on it, he had finally accumulated enough Points to redeem the Flying Thunder God Technique.
After carefully reading its detailed information, Sosuke did not hesitate any longer and immediately chose to redeem it.
A full 8,500 Points vanished in the blink of an eye. Then, some unfamiliar "knowledge" suddenly appeared in his mind from nowhere.
For example, how to sense the surrounding space and how to inscribe Space Coordinates.
Before Sosuke could begin experimenting, the system, silent for so long, finally issued a notification on its own.
[Hidden condition fulfilled. The System Store has unlocked new redeemable products.]
After completely digesting the knowledge in his mind, he hurriedly opened the System Store and began browsing the new product options.
This time, some truly good things had finally appeared.
[Earth Release: Earth Spear Technique, Item Rank A. Redemption requires 10,000 Points.] [Great Ball Rasengan, Item Rank A. Redemption requires 14,000 Points.] [Kirin, Item Rank A. Redemption requires 18,000 Points.] [Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 20,000 Points.] [Lightning Armor (Intermediate), Item Rank S. Redemption requires 22,000 Points.] [Living Corpse Reincarnation, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Hundred Healings Technique, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 65,000 Points.] [Sage Mode, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 70,000 Points.] [Eight Gates, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 80,000 Points.]
At a glance, nearly every option was something Sosuke had dreamed of obtaining.
As long as he had enough Points, he could instantly transform into the most powerful master of ninjutsu.
Besides the ninjutsu options, the system now also offered bloodline abilities for redemption.
All kinds of secret techniques emerged one after another, including the very thing Sosuke cared about most.
[Ice Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Boil Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Scorch Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Lava Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Dissolve Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Swift Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Steel Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Dark Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Wood Release, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Sage Body (Beginner), Item Rank S. Redemption requires 50,000 Points.] [Mangekyō Sharingan, Item Rank S. Redemption requires 100,000 Points.]
Including Wood Release, all the basic Kekkei Genkai required a full 50,000 Points. The secret techniques required comparatively fewer Points, but they would be of little use to Sosuke at present even if he redeemed them.
There were only two things he truly valued: the Sage Body and the Mangekyō Sharingan.
There was no need to explain the former. It was an all-purpose power bank that could keep the Mangekyō's dojutsu power from ever running dry, while also providing his body with a massive amount of vitality.
The Mangekyō was an option he absolutely had to redeem. The only problem was that it required rather a lot of Points—a full 100,000. Without killing several Clan Head-level powerhouses, he probably had no way to redeem it.
As for advanced techniques such as the Flying Thunder God Second Stage and Kirin, he would achieve them through his own efforts. He would not waste his hard-earned Points on them.
"There is also scientific knowledge. I need to find a suitable user for that as well."
Although he had successfully redeemed the Flying Thunder God Technique, Sosuke could not help wondering why he seemed to have even more things to deal with now.
On the way back to town, he successfully inscribed his first Space-Time Mark. Next, he only needed to wait for the blacksmith to finish, and then he could inscribe the mark onto a specially made Kunai.
"Things have to be done step by step. Fortunately, I still have plenty of time for now."
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