Pokemon

Aragaki Yasushi walked out of the tent and stretched, his bones popping with a series of crisp cracks.

Three days had passed since the Battle of Kannabi Bridge without him even realizing it.

After Minato Namikaze appeared and took care of Mahiru, he had brought their group to Mimura Hamaki's encampment.

But the moment he arrived at the camp, Aragaki Yasushi was stunned.

The situation was absolutely miserable!

The Iwagakure jonin Toshito had previously led a massive army in an assault, and this Konoha unit had suffered heavy losses; including Mimura Hamaki, only four people remained in the end—it was as tragic as it could possibly get.

There was no other choice; Aragaki Yasushi's team and Kakashi's team had to stay behind temporarily to help Mimura Hamaki stabilize Konoha's defensive line in the Land of Grass while waiting for reinforcements from the rear.

As for Minato Namikaze, that guy was Konoha's gold-standard firefighter; relying on the Flying Thunder God to go wherever he pleased, he had headed straight for the battlefield against Kumogakure alone, leaving the rest of them here to guard the fort.

Fortunately, Aragaki Yasushi's teacher, the veteran jonin Akimichi Doto, had also stayed behind, taking charge alongside Mimura Hamaki to deal with the remnants of the Iwagakure forces.

However, ever since the Iwagakure army was wiped out, the village had completely lost its nerve; not only had they quieted down, but they had also hunkered down within their own defensive lines, not daring to show their faces and even beginning a slow retreat.

Aragaki Yasushi had spent these past few days quite leisurely, without encountering any real danger.

Every day, he would just take on minor patrol missions to earn enough points to scrape by, while incidentally developing his Paper Style.

Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai were also taking advantage of this rare period of rest to train desperately.

Akimichi Doto would also come over from time to time to offer them a few pointers.

However, his specialty was the secret techniques of the Akimichi Clan.

His main style was the "get fat to fight" approach.

Eat to get fat, get fat to get strong.

Therefore, Akimichi Doto's guidance to Aragaki Yasushi and the others was limited to minor tips on the nature and shape transformation of ninjutsu.

Expecting him to teach any powerful ninjutsu was purely wishful thinking.

Besides, Akimichi Doto himself was always swamped with work, busy to the point of dizziness every day; that he could spare any time at all to guide them was already quite good.

The situation with Kakashi's team was the same, with everyone entering training mode.

However, Kakashi would occasionally come to find Aragaki Yasushi during this time, and the two would put their heads together to discuss their insights on developing ninjutsu.

Kakashi was quite troubled by the drawbacks of the Chidori.

Practicing Chidori without a Sharingan was truly too stifling.

But then again, in the original story, didn't Kakashi develop Purple Electricity after losing his Sharingan?

He didn't even need to weave hand signs; he could just unleash it instantly, completely breaking free from the shackles of traditional hand-sign-reliant ninjas.

With Kakashi's talent, if he had never had a Sharingan, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to develop Purple Electricity decades earlier.

On this day, while Aragaki Yasushi was slacking off on patrol, a system notification suddenly popped up.

The gacha pool had finally updated!

Aragaki Yasushi stared fixedly at the panel before him.

A prompt floated up.

[Would you like to bind "Jackie Chan Adventures" as a permanent pool?]

Did that even need asking?

Of course he would bind it!

Aragaki Yasushi clicked confirm without a second thought.

Setting aside the strength of the Jackie Chan Adventures pool, the fact was that the permanent pool was currently empty; even if this pool were trash, binding it wouldn't be a loss.

It was free to bind, and having something was better than having nothing.

The next moment, the system panel updated instantly.

Aragaki Yasushi leaned in impatiently to take a look.

[Limited Pool: Pokemon]

[Permanent Pool: Jackie Chan Adventures]

Pokemon?

Aragaki Yasushi scratched his head, his face full of confusion.

Wait, could this limited pool pull the Pokemon themselves, or could it pull Pokemon skills?

If he could pull an Arceus, he would be invincible on the spot—would he still need to painstakingly save up points to pull Talismans and practice Paper Style?

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became; he rubbed his hands together and clicked on the points panel, only to instantly wilt.

[Points: 600]

He had only earned a measly 350 points from slacking off on patrol these past few days, and he was still 300 points short of a ten-pull on the limited pool.

Aragaki Yasushi curled his lip and made up his mind.

For now, he would honestly save up his points; once he gathered 900, he would go straight for a ten-pull.

Perhaps he could pull a powerful Pokemon and reach the pinnacle of his life!

It would be even better if he could pull a Pokemon skill.

Compared to having one more Pokemon, Aragaki Yasushi hoped to strengthen his own power.

Withdrawing his gaze, Aragaki Yasushi turned and walked toward a tent in the center of the camp.

Since he needed to save points, he had to find missions to do; he wanted to see if there were any high-difficulty tasks that could earn him 300 points in one go.

With the Ox Talisman and Horse Talisman in hand, Aragaki Yasushi's physical stats and self-healing abilities were maxed out, putting him firmly at the strength of a Jonin.

Even if he took on some high-risk missions, it would be a piece of cake, and he wouldn't have to worry about failing at all.

But when Aragaki Yasushi walked into the tent and finished browsing the entire mission list, he instantly felt emo.

No way?

How could even slack-off missions like patrolling and garrison duty be reduced by so much?

He had wanted to farm a wave of points through high-difficulty missions!

Aragaki Yasushi hurriedly leaned toward the ninja responsible for issuing missions and asked, "Brother, why are there so few missions?"

The ninja spread his hands, his tone flat: "You don't know yet? Our war with Iwagakure has stopped. It's estimated that in a few days, our unit will be transferred to other battlefields, so naturally, there aren't many missions to issue now."

"So fast?"

Aragaki Yasushi's face was full of surprise; he stood stunned for a long while before reacting, silently recalling the original plot in his heart.

Oh, right, after the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, Konoha won and declared a truce with Iwagakure.

After all, Konoha was fighting on multiple fronts during the Third Shinobi World War; even with their deep reserves, they couldn't withstand long-term attrition, so a truce was normal.

But on second thought, he began to mutter to himself.

In his memory, the event where the Third Raikage fought ten thousand Iwagakure Jonin single-handedly for three days and three nights before dying of exhaustion hadn't happened yet.

Could it be that after Iwagakure made peace with Konoha, they turned to ambush Kumogakure?

Sigh, he couldn't remember clearly.

After all, having lived for over a dozen years, Aragaki Yasushi's brain had long since failed to retain the plot from back then.

He barely remembered the major events of the Shinobi World War, and as for these specific turning points in the war, he had forgotten them completely.

Moreover, such details were vague in the original work, and it would occasionally retcon things, leading to contradictions.

Rather than obsessing over the original plot, it was better to rely on the reality before him to avoid falling into traps.

Aragaki Yasushi began to ponder again.

He just didn't know, when they were transferred in a few days, which front line he would be sent to?

Sunagakure?

Kumogakure?

Kirigakure?

No matter where he went, it seemed there wouldn't be any good fruit to eat!

This was war.

Soon, another few days passed.

On this day, Aragaki Yasushi was called into the tent by Akimichi Doto.

He saw Akimichi Doto smiling as he handed over a scroll, his tone gentle: "Yasushi, the transfer order is down, take a look."

Aragaki Yasushi took it nimbly, opened the order, and scanned it quickly.

They were actually being ordered to rush to the Land of Whirlpools to prepare for the confrontation against Kirigakure.