Another Lottery!

The cultists looked at one another, none of them daring to step forward. But after their leader from the Jashin Cult provoked them, they finally charged at Qingyun together.

Seeing the fearless cultists rushing toward him, Qingyun felt no tension at all. He simply said, "You're finally here. I've been waiting for you!"

"Rumble-Rumble Fruit!" Qingyun called out the name of his Devil Fruit in his mind. Blue light erupted from his entire body, and even the air around him seemed to tingle.

"Thirty million volts: Thunder Beast!" Unlike Enel, Qingyun didn't strike the drums behind his back. With just a thought, he unleashed what could be considered a powerful technique.

The moment the Thunder Beast appeared, the cultists around it fell into a panic. They knew that anyone reduced to ashes by lightning couldn't be brought back to life. And, as luck would have it, the terrifying villain standing before them was exactly the sort who would do that.

"Rumble! Rumble!" The cultists no longer dared to go after Qingyun, but Qingyun went after them. To him, these people were points just waiting to be claimed!

"Roar!" The Thunder Beast was originally made of lightning, but with Qingyun's power behind it, it instantly took on a physical form. It charged into the surrounding cultists, destroying every one it could see without leaving a single survivor.

Qingyun grew more and more pleased. He had just earned another chance to draw a prize.

"Th-this is a Genin from Konoha? How could a Genin possibly be this strong?!" Even the leader of the Jashin Cult was stunned. He had been fighting White Fang and was about to use his immortal body, but in no time at all, his subordinates had all turned to ash.

White Fang was just as baffled. He had been fighting the leader of the Jashin Cult, so he hadn't had time to pay attention to the battle on Qingyun's side.

White Fang had trusted that Qingyun wouldn't be defeated by the cultists.

But White Fang had only believed Qingyun wouldn't be defeated. He had never imagined that Qingyun would blast the cultists to pieces!

Minato was numb with shock. He knew Qingyun could work miracles, but he still couldn't believe Qingyun was this absurdly powerful.

Qingyun recalled the Thunder Beast and fixed his gaze on the leader of the Jashin Cult. He looked at him like a starving man who had just spotted a cake.

"Y-you, who are you?!" The cult leader was starting to panic. He was immortal! But if he was reduced to dust and charcoal, he couldn't come back to life!

The leader immediately pulled a vial of blood from his clothes. It looked like he intended to down it in one gulp.

"Is that... Yoshihime's blood?" Qingyun instantly realized something was wrong.

Qingyun didn't use Flying Thunder God, yet he appeared beside the cult leader in an instant.

Acting on instinct, Qingyun released his lightning. The millions of volts instantly paralyzed the leader's body, and the blood in his hand was evaporated by the lightning.

"Flying Thunder God?! I thought this technique required marking the opponent's location, but Qingyun didn't seem to touch him just now." Minato realized that Qingyun was like a puzzle he couldn't solve, no matter how hard he tried.

White Fang, too, was lost in a whirlpool of confusion.

Even Qingyun himself couldn't understand it. He had simply rushed over in a panic, yet somehow he had appeared right beside the man. Had he moved even faster than Flying Thunder God?!

"Y-you can't kill me! I'm the most devoted follower of Lord Jashin! You'll never kill me! Hahaha! Let me go, and I'll tell you a secret! If you kill me, the Jashin Cult will be your enemy forever!"

The young leader was actually quite young. Qingyun hadn't wanted to kill him at first, since he suspected the so-called Jashin Cult might be plotting something bigger.

But Qingyun didn't care. Killing this leader would earn him points, and with those points he would grow stronger in one way or another. If so, why bother worrying about anything else?

Besides, Qingyun had already killed so many members of the Jashin Cult that he'd made a bitter enemy of the organization. There was no reason to care about that now.

"What secret? I don't want to hear it. Your only purpose is to become a pile of points!" Qingyun immediately used Electric Discharge from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

"Ah! You'll die a horrible death!"

Qingyun quickly finished off the Jashin Sect follower.

"Qingyun, are you all right?" White Fang asked with concern.

"I'm fine. What about you, sensei?" Qingyun asked.

"I'm your teacher, after all." White Fang smiled, then glanced at Yoshihime. "Yoshihime is still unconscious, so we should rest in the Land of Hot Water for a few days. I'll notify the Third Hokage myself."

Since the mission was complete, the team was supposed to return to the village and report in. Under normal circumstances, White Fang would have notified them as well.

"Qingyun, you've hidden your abilities well. If not for today, I wouldn't have known you had such powerful Lightning Release!" White Fang praised him.

"You're strong, but you still have plenty of room to improve. Once this mission is over, I'll ask the Third Hokage to give you some proper instruction! Consider it a reward!" White Fang was rarely this happy.

Minato, meanwhile, was quite envious.

Qingyun patted Minato on the shoulder. "Lord Jiraiya is an excellent ninja, too. He should teach you. If he doesn't, I'll go complain to the Third Hokage."

"Haha!" Minato smiled, knowing Qingyun was joking.

After what had happened, everyone hurried back to the inn and turned in early.

Qingyun was incredibly excited. He hadn't expected that one trip to the Land of Hot Water would earn him enough points for two draws!

"System, system! Come out! I want to draw! I want to draw!" Qingyun immediately called out to the system.

"Greetings, host. You have two chances to draw. Would you like to proceed?"

"Just draw twice for me!"

"Very well! Ding, ding, ding! Congratulations, host! You've obtained the Sage's Robe!"

"Ding, ding, ding! Congratulations! You've obtained one use of the ability Turn Decay into Magic!"

Qingyun immediately asked, "What's the Sage's Robe? And what does this ability to Turn Decay into Magic do? Also, weren't the previous draws all about eliminating two of five options, then randomly choosing one of the remaining three? Why has the system changed this time?"

"Greetings, host. The drawing method is random. You will randomly receive one of two drawing methods, and the prize itself is random as well."