Doubling Chakra

When you needed something, it came along. The Spirit Enhancement Card was supposedly for boosting one's spirit, but in reality, it increased a ninja's total chakra reserves!

There was nothing wrong with the logic. It was difficult for ordinary ninjas to improve their physical energy through training. Most people in this world had roughly the same amount of it, and training increased spiritual energy. The stronger one's spiritual energy, the more chakra one could convert!

Conversely, the ninjas in this world with enormous chakra reserves were all born with powerful physical energy. That way, even with average spiritual energy, they could convert enough chakra from their formidable physical energy. Naruto Uzumaki, the protagonist of the original story, was a good example. He had Uzumaki Clan blood, a vigorous life force, and powerful physical energy. WWW COM

In the world of Naruto, the most famous example of someone with powerful physical energy was naturally the First, Hashirama Senju. His Yang Release Sage Body Kekkei Genkai gave him chakra reserves comparable to a Tailed Beast!

"Ding! Host purchased a Spirit Enhancement Card. Reputation points deducted."

Li Tong opened his game inventory with practiced ease and took out the Spirit Enhancement Card he'd put there. The card was silver-white, with an image of a person sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Down the hatch!

A cool sensation flooded Li Tong's consciousness. He'd been feeling mentally sluggish since equipping the card, but now he was wide awake. His thoughts grew quicker, his senses sharper, and a feeling of clarity spread through him from the inside out.

As the strange sensation faded, Li Tong immediately tried converting chakra!

"My chakra reserves have doubled!" Li Tong clearly felt the change. He converted one-tenth of his physical energy into chakra, and the amount he produced was twice what he'd gotten before. His total reserves had doubled!

What a terrifying change!

Li Tong was only a Genin, and his chakra reserves had been low to begin with, but doubling them in an instant was still astonishing!

Whoosh!

"What happened?"

"Captain, Li Tong just came out of the lake dragging this corpse behind him. Then... I examined it..."

"Hyuga Anan! Wasn't he an elite Chunin? Li Tong killed him?"

"Yeah! I'm baffled too. Even if Li Tong hadn't lost his memory, he was still just a Genin. If he'd fought for his life, I might've believed he could barely kill a Chunin, especially since the attacker was an assassin from Amegakure. But an elite Chunin... And Hyuga Anan was a ruthless man. We have intelligence reports that he once successfully assassinated a Jonin. I never thought he'd end up getting killed by Li Tong..."

A conversation drifted in through the window. White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, had arrived!

Li Tong couldn't afford to stay excited. He stood up at once, rubbed his face, and put on a deeply aggrieved expression. In two strides, he reached the door, pushed it open, and went outside.

On the grass by the lake, more than a dozen Konoha Anbu had gathered around White Fang. He hadn't come alone; he'd brought plenty of people with him. They were all dressed in black cloaks and masks, their mysterious garb and icy presence making them look like a gang of villains—like some legendary gathering of cultists.

Besides White Fang, the Anbu's second squad captain, codenamed Gui Xin, Yamanaka Oniichi, had also arrived. Other than the two of them, the rest of the ninjas had reputation scores between three and eight thousand. They were all Jonin!

Seeing Gui Xin made Li Tong's heart sink. Was this guy going to search his memories?

Then he thought again. Probably not!

Yamanaka Oniichi could use mind-reading techniques, but he wasn't very skilled at them. He might accidentally turn someone into a fool. He might use them on an enemy from outside Konoha, but Li Tong was already a Konoha Ninja. He wouldn't do that!

"Lord White Fang!" Lu Han walked over to White Fang and greeted him.

"How did you kill him?" White Fang turned to Li Tong, his gaze sharp as lightning. "Tell me again. What exactly happened underwater?" That wasn't really the point. Li Tong was the one who'd been attacked—the victim. White Fang was asking because he simply couldn't understand how Li Tong had managed to turn the tables!

"Well, I was looking for things underwater, seeing if I could find anything on the lakebed. Then I swam over... We struggled... He stabbed at me with his Kunai... I got stabbed here... But for some reason, he suddenly swallowed water... I took the chance to grab his Kunai..."

Li Tong was making it up. He was the only one who knew what had happened underwater, so he could say whatever he wanted!

White Fang listened in silence.

Two Anbu who had come with White Fang were conducting a more detailed examination of Hyuga Anan's body. Every so often, they quietly compared their findings to see whether they matched.

"Lord White Fang, there's irrefutable proof that the Hyuga Clan sent someone to assassinate me. What will happen to them?" Li Tong suddenly asked.

White Fang glanced at Li Tong, then at the corpse. His voice was low. "I'll report this to Lord Hokage. He'll decide how to handle it!"

That was no answer at all!

Li Tong could tell White Fang was just brushing him off.

"Captain!" The Anbu ninja crouched on the left stood up and reported respectfully. "Hyuga Anan has a total of one hundred and three major wounds on his body. They're all from Kunai. Nine of them were inflicted before his death, while the remaining ninety-four were inflicted after he died! The fatal wound was to the right atrium. He was stabbed three times!"

The results weren't accurate! Hyuga Anan should have had ten wounds from before his death, not nine—and they hadn't been caused by Kunai, but by finger-bone bullets.

Still, Li Tong was impressed. Hyuga Anan's torso had been stabbed to pieces, yet the Anbu ninja had still managed to count one hundred and three wounds!

After hearing the report, White Fang pondered for a moment before speaking slowly. "One hundred and three wounds. You really were ruthless."

Li Tong didn't think White Fang was praising him!

"I was afraid he wasn't dead yet," Li Tong said casually, rubbing his nose.

"Go back and rest," White Fang told him. "You're not needed here anymore!"

"Good night!" Li Tong replied, turning and walking away.

A few minutes after Li Tong returned to the wooden cabin, White Fang and the others left the grassy lakeshore, taking Hyuga Anan's corpse with them. The night was quiet, and no more sounds came from outside. But through the Byakugan, Li Tong could see that the four Anbu ninjas, including Du Hu, were still secretly guarding him in the surrounding woods.

He wasn't the least bit sleepy!

Li Tong had no idea how the Hokage would handle the matter, or just how much power the Hyuga Clan wielded. Then there were the cards, and Tsunade... He thought about all sorts of things but still couldn't sleep, so he decided to train.

Sitting cross-legged on the wooden bed, Li Tong closed his eyes and sat motionless like a statue.

Time passed.

Before he knew it, it was dawn!

"Is Young Master Li home?" someone called from outside.

Li Tong, who'd been training for several hours, opened his eyes and got up to answer the door. More than a dozen people had arrived, dressed in plain hemp clothing and pushing a cart loaded with tools... They were the workers he'd hired at the labor market yesterday evening. They'd come to build him a house.

"Over there, next to this cabin. Build me a large bathhouse. It has to be big, and the tub should be big too. Also, dig a drainage ditch out back..." After discussing the plans with the foreman, Li Tong handed him a thousand taels in bills. "Buy whatever's missing. Be quick, make it sturdy, and keep it clean... I'll come back tonight to inspect it."

After giving them instructions about the bathhouse, Li Tong went back inside the cabin to change into clean clothes, then headed out.

Time to get breakfast!

The bustling commercial district, Baiye Inn!

Li Tong went inside as if he owned the place, made his way to a window seat at the back, and sat down. Under the eager gaze of the server, he ordered the most expensive large bowl of beef noodles and the two most expensive dishes!

His mindset was completely different from the last time he'd come. This time, Li Tong had money. He'd won a hundred and thirty thousand taels at the casino yesterday. Most of it had gone to Tsunade, but he still had forty thousand taels! He wasn't short on cash!

Li Tong was the kind of person who never skimped on himself when he had money!

It was breakfast time, and Baiye Inn was packed. Most of the customers were ninjas. Some of them had noticed Li Tong as soon as he came in, and before long, a low buzz of gossip spread through the place.

"Look! That's him! Those Dual-Colored Eyes—he's Li Tong!"

"That little brat can't be more than twelve, can he?"

"Don't let his age fool you. He's a killing machine trained by Amegakure!"

"Ruthless. One hundred and three cuts! Hyuga Anan fell to him this time. The Hyuga Clan has lost face, and they definitely won't let this go."

"Won't Lord Hokage do anything?"

"Lord Hokage has his own considerations, of course. How could some brat who defected to us matter more than the Hyuga Clan?"

Li Tong knew that wherever he went, if there were a lot of people around, they would gossip about him. He didn't care, but the ninjas' conversation in this inn was impossible to ignore.

One hundred and three cuts?!

Hyuga Anan?!

How did they know?!

This had only happened last night! How good was the Anbu's secrecy if the news had already gotten out? Did everyone know?!

Li Tong looked up from his noodles and glanced at the group of gossiping ninjas. At that very moment, a cute-looking, red-haired girl about nine years old bounced through the doors of Baiye Inn. Seeing that the ground floor was nearly full, she stopped at the entrance and scanned the room.

"Ah!!! Pervert!!!" A sudden, ear-piercing scream startled everyone!