Psychiatrist Potion

Amada looked at Asuma, mulling things over in his mind.

By the village's standards, Asuma was already strong enough to be promoted to Chunin.

The reason he hadn't been promoted was probably that Hiruzen Sarutobi had deliberately held him back.

After all, becoming a Chunin could mean leaving the village to take on more dangerous missions.

As the Hokage's son, Hiruzen Sarutobi clearly didn't want Asuma facing those risks too soon.

Kurenai seemed a little worried. She asked softly:

"If Amada is promoted to Chunin, does that mean he'll have to leave the team and go on other missions?"

Kushina smiled and explained gently:

"Don't worry. Even after Amada is promoted to Chunin, he'll stay with the team for now. He'll only leave when he gets assigned another mission."

At that, Kurenai visibly relaxed.

She looked at Amada.

"That's good. I was worried you'd have to leave."

Amada smiled, his tone relaxed.

"I couldn't bear to leave you all. We still have plenty of missions to complete together."

Asuma was a little disappointed, but hearing that Amada wouldn't be leaving the team eased his mind somewhat.

He patted Amada on the shoulder and said, pretending to be casual:

"Hmph, don't get too pleased with yourself! I'll be the next one promoted to Chunin!"

Amada smiled in response.

"I'll be looking forward to it."

Kushina looked at the lively young people before her, her eyes filled with warmth.

She waved a hand and said:

"All right, enough chatting. To celebrate Amada's promotion to Chunin, he's treating us tonight!"

Asuma immediately shouted:

"Great! I finally get to make him pay for a proper feast!"

He was already plotting how to make Amada "really" spend big.

Kurenai smiled in anticipation, too.

Amada smiled helplessly and spread his hands.

"Give me a break. Just don't go overboard."

After their mission for the day, the group headed to the village's most popular barbecue restaurant.

Asuma ordered a huge pile of meat without a hint of hesitation, as if he planned to completely empty Amada's wallet.

He stuffed himself while teasing Amada.

"Amada, don't be stingy. This is your celebration feast for becoming a Chunin!"

Amada looked at the table, piled high with plates of barbecue, and shook his head helplessly.

"You really don't hold back, do you?"

Kurenai couldn't help saying:

"Asuma, slow down. No one's going to steal your food."

With his mouth full of meat, Asuma replied indistinctly:

"Amada's paying, so I might as well eat my fill!"

By the time dinner was over, Asuma had eaten so much he could barely walk.

Amada and Kushina looked at him speechlessly. Was it really necessary?

After returning home, Amada took a shower and began carefully studying the cultivation methods in Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements.

"According to the book, cultivating this special 'Qi' requires carving an array of the Eight Gates to assist with the process. This isn't something I can finish in a day or two..."

Amada knew he'd be busy for a while.

Amada focused his mind, and the familiar Lottery System interface appeared before his eyes.

After a year of drawing and saving, he had finally accumulated enough for three blue ten-pulls.

He knew the results of a lottery were always unpredictable,

but tonight, he decided to use all his chances at once.

"Come on, let's see what good stuff I get this time."

Amada thought to himself, then started his first blue ten-pull.

Blue light began to flicker across the system interface. As it swirled, the results appeared.

Amada's expression froze.

"Four blues, four greens, two whites... That's terrible luck!"

Amada couldn't help covering his face with a rueful smile, feeling helpless.

Getting white items from a blue lottery was ridiculously bad luck.

He took a deep breath, composed himself, then started his second blue ten-pull.

Blue light flickered. Amada felt a faint stirring of anticipation, but the results left him even more speechless.

"Three blues, four greens, three whites... This is even worse than last time!"

Amada couldn't help grumbling. He was beginning to suspect the system had it in for him.

The third draw began, and Amada was already feeling numb.

He stared at the system interface as the blue light flickered again, silently praying for something good.

But when the light faded, all he could do was sigh helplessly.

"Three blues, three greens, four whites... Looks like today really isn't my lucky day."

Amada shook his head.

Still, across the three draws,

he had gotten ten blue items in total. They were all weapons and tools, and there weren't many occasions when he could use them.

After dismantling them, he barely managed to save up enough for another blue ten-pull.

Amada looked at the system interface, consoling himself.

"I still have one more chance. Maybe I'll get lucky this time."

Then he started his final blue ten-pull.

Amada kept his eyes fixed on the screen.

"Come on, give me a surprise!" Amada thought to himself.

Fortunately, a dazzling purple light flashed during the final blue ten-pull, and Amada finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After saving up for so long, he'd finally gotten a purple item. That eased his frustration a little.

He took a careful look at the results: one purple, three blues, three greens, and three whites.

The results weren't particularly good overall, but at least he'd gotten one purple item, so it wasn't a total loss.

Amada's gaze fell on the purple item—a bottle of potion that shimmered with a mysterious glow.

His heart stirred, and the item's details immediately surfaced in his mind:

"Spectator Pathway Potion, Sequence 7, Psychiatrist."

"This..." Amada's expression turned complicated at once.

"It's a good item, but the problem is, it's Sequence 7! I've only ever taken a Sequence 9 potion. Skipping straight past Sequence 8 and drinking a Sequence 7 potion would be suicide, wouldn't it?"

But then he remembered what had happened when he drank the Spectator potion.

Back then, he hadn't felt any discomfort at all. It was as if the potion's power had naturally merged with his body.

At that thought, a question suddenly occurred to Amada:

"Could it be that potions don't cause people to lose control in this world? Or is my constitution special, letting me withstand the potion's power?"

However, he quickly pushed the thought aside.

After all, the power of a potion was no small matter, especially when he'd be skipping Sequence 8 entirely.

The risk of drinking a Sequence 7 potion was simply too great.

If he lost control, the consequences would be unthinkable.

"Forget it. I'd better not take the risk for now."

Amada sighed and put the purple potion away in the system space.

He decided to leave it alone for now and reconsider using it once he had more confidence.

Then Amada's gaze swept over the remaining blue items, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

One of the blue items was a softly glowing orb.

He knew these orbs usually represented ability spheres, which might contain various kinds of experience or low-level abilities.

He only had to touch one to learn what it contained.

Amada reached out and lightly touched the orb.

In an instant, a stream of information flooded into his mind:

"Some of Sasuke Uchiha's insights into Lightning Release from when he was a young man."

"Sasuke Uchiha's insights into Lightning Release?" Amada murmured.

He'd watched videos of Sasuke and Itachi fighting in his previous life. The Lightning Style Kirin at the end had been so cool.

"Looks like I'll have to learn Lightning Release."

Amada made up his mind.

He had once tested his chakra nature with Chakra Paper. The results showed that he had both Fire and Lightning chakra natures.

That was fairly common among the Uchiha Clan.

He carefully read through the detailed information about Sasuke's insights into Lightning Release,

and found that it contained not only some basic experience in training with Lightning Release,

but also techniques for transforming the nature of Lightning Release chakra.

For Amada, this content had opened a whole new door.

Amada began making plans.

"I'll start with the basics of Lightning Release training. I'll try out a few simple Lightning Release Ninjutsu."