Five-Person Collective Punishment

"Ah~ ah~ ah~" Just after entering the game and seeing the name displayed above his character, Jiraiya let out a shrill scream.

"Why! Why is it like this? I clearly entered 'A Necklace', so how did it turn into 'Xianglian'?"

"Hmm? Jiraiya, are you itching for a beating? You dare to imitate my ID? Hahaha~ Xianglian? It suits you quite well, Jiraiya." Tsunade looked at him with utter disdain.

"Idiot." Orochimaru offered a very objective evaluation.

Might Duy had already silently run out of Konoha to start killing chickens.

"Wow! Duy, you're so cunning, taking advantage of us talking to go off and train by yourself!" Jiraiya successfully diverted Tsunade's attention.

Just then, a young man walked in from outside. After ordering a cola, he saw how lively it was over here and walked over. Seeing the little avatars on several screens being controlled to constantly hit small animals, he couldn't help but feel it was quite novel, saying, "What is this... can I play too?"

Xian Yu was busy chasing a deer to hack at it, but he spared a glance in his busy schedule and said, "Ask the front desk to help you open a terminal; there's Ninja Legend on the desktop. Just click into it. It's free this week, and after that, it's 3 taels of silver per hour."

Nonō, who was just bringing over five colas, heard this and carefully placed a cup in front of each of them. She gave a warm smile as she led the young man to open a terminal and taught him how to check the game's help menu.

Before long, Xian Yu and the others saw another character with the ID 'Dan Katō' running out of Konoha. Since they hadn't learned their class skills before level 7, their appearances were all the same, so they didn't know which ninja class he had chosen.

The others didn't feel much, but Xian Yu was stunned and couldn't help but glance outside the private room. However, he didn't pay much attention to it.

With his own unexpected addition, the fates of the Sannin were clearly very different from the anime of his past life. Moreover, this world had many discrepancies compared to that anime.

For example, in the original work, Konoha was only that big, and the population could be counted on one's fingers. But the real Konoha had a full 100,000 permanent residents, not counting the floating population. The number of officially registered ninjas was over 12,000.

There were also some minor clans that were never mentioned in the original work, yet they held considerable power in the real Konoha.

For instance, the Akagi Clan, who were proficient in Fire Style. They were a pure Fire Style clan that spent their entire lives researching Fire Style ninjutsu. 60% of the low-end Explosive Tag market in Konoha came from their family, while the high-end market was completely dominated by the Uchiha.

Or take the current head of the Sikong Clan, Sikong Mo, who could draw objects into reality and summon guardians to assist in battle. His own strength was at the peak of elite jonin, enough to rival the likes of the still-young and not-yet-at-their-prime Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo. It was just a pity that the clan's lineage was not prosperous; much like the Hatake family, they only had one heir per generation. Xian Yu somewhat suspected that Sai was a descendant of the Sikong Clan.

These were all clans and characters that didn't exist at all in the original work.

After a bit of chasing, Xian Yu finally hacked a deer to the ground and crouched beside it to start carving out meat.

This venison could be sold to NPCs in Konoha for money to buy potions or return scrolls.

"Meow! Meow!" Suddenly, a few shrill cat cries rang out, and then Jiraiya's screen turned gray and white. His character, 'A Necklace', was lying on the ground. "Ah~ I died. Damn Multi-Hook Cat!"

"Haha, Jiraiya, you're so weak, you can't even beat a cat." Tsunade slapped the table and laughed heartily.

"Idiot." Orochimaru added another jab.

Might Duy silently patted Jiraiya on the shoulder to show encouragement.

Jiraiya burst into tears...

Jiraiya was also a stubborn one; he seemed to have locked horns with that Multi-Hook Cat. After respawning, he went shirtless to duel the cat again, only to die after a few hits. By the time Jiraiya had died over a dozen times and finally, helplessly, admitted that he was inferior to a cat, Xian Yu, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Might Duy had all reached level 3.

"Uh... an orc appeared here, it's so strong!" Dan Katō shouted from the lobby outside the private room.

Xian Yu had black lines running down his forehead. This guy wasn't killing the small animals at the gate of Konoha, but had run to the other side of the map near the Orc Tomb to court death...

He was also a strange one.

"Eh? What are you guys doing?" At this moment, someone else walked in the door—an acquaintance, at that.

"Yo, Nara Pengyi, come, come, Big Brother will take you to play something fun." Jiraiya shouted boisterously.

Soon, Nara Pengyi also joined the Ninja Legend team with the ID 'Women Are Such a Trouble'... his class was a Ninjutsu Male Ninja.

"Hey! Pengyi, you bastard! You actually abandoned your companion and ran off. Why didn't you help me take down this Multi-Hook Cat?" Jiraiya yelled.

Nara Pengyi rolled his eyes and said, "You hit it a dozen times and its health bar only dropped a tiny bit, but it hit you once and you lost a third of your health. Only a fool would go up and fight it, right?"

"Haha, Pengyi, you'd better come hang out with this lady; Jiraiya is too unreliable. We're already level 6 and about to hit level 7 to learn skills." Tsunade never missed an opportunity to mock Jiraiya.

Xian Yu silently carved another piece of venison, jogged all the way back to Konoha, found the butcher, and sold the half-bag of meat, earning 86 copper coins. He then went to the pharmacy and spent 50 gold coins to buy a bundle of six small blue potions, and another 30 gold coins for 3 small red potions. He then happily went back to hacking deer.

He knew the experience points for killing every type of monster by heart. In the early stages, killing chickens and deer was the most cost-effective. These animals wouldn't attack; they would only run. The experience wasn't any less than that of a Multi-Hook Cat. Soon, he was the first to reach level 7 and automatically comprehended the first skill of the Summoning Medic class: 'Mystical Palm Technique'. This was a single-target healing skill that could restore health to himself or heal teammates.

"Ah! Xian Yu, how are you already level 7!" Jiraiya shouted again, looking at his own level 3 character with great sorrow.

"Idiot."

Not long after, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Might Duy also reached level 7. They each automatically comprehended:

Ninjutsu Ninja's first skill: Fire Style: Small Fireball.

Mystical Palm Technique.

Taijutsu Ninja's basic taijutsu.

In Ninja Legend, the first skill of a class was automatically comprehended and fixed upon reaching level 7. Afterward, one would need to go to bookstores in villages or towns to purchase skill books to learn more.

After Xian Yu's magical modifications, the subsequent skills were extremely numerous and began to have many branches.

Since skills also had levels and were very difficult to practice, it was best to choose a few skills you liked and combine them reasonably.

For example, the Summoning Medic class would later branch into specializing in summoning beasts, or specializing in healing, poison, or physical bursts.

Of course, you could learn them all, but if you couldn't level up the skills, you could know a hundred types of ninjutsu, and someone else would send you to watch the gray-and-white TV screen with a single Fire Style technique.

As for the S-rank skills and forbidden techniques at level 35 and above, they could only be obtained by defeating various powerful monster bosses.

Just then, Tsunade stared blankly at her character using the Mystical Palm Technique to heal herself, as if she had been inspired by something...