Lottery System

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the special mission: Shatter the Sunagakure conspiracy and suppress the One-Tail Gaara."

"Ding! Special mission rewards are being calculated."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the rewards:

Wood Release Wood Human Technique experience card x1

Wood Release Wood Clone Technique

Gold coins x2000"

The moment he successfully suppressed the One-Tail, a series of system notifications rang out one after another.

At this moment, the cold, mechanical voice sounded like the most beautiful music in the world to Lin Mu.

"Oh yeah!"

Lin Mu was incredibly excited inside. After working so hard for so long and enduring so many grueling battles, he had finally completed the mission!

However, Lin Mu remained as steady as an old dog on the surface, appearing very calm as he carried Naruto Uzumaki on his back and ran at the very front of the group.

Although Lin Mu had gone through multiple battles in just a few short hours today and his chakra had been exhausted just a moment ago, he had already recovered quite a bit, and his condition was still the best among everyone present.

As expected!

Lin Mu couldn't help but feel secretly smug.

I am the true child of destiny now! A mere One-Tail, suppressed with a single palm!

He stole a glance behind him; Naruto Uzumaki was still unconscious, lying obediently on his back.

Sasuke Uchiha was also extremely weak due to overusing the Cursed Seal.

Only he, Lin Mu, was still full of life and vigor!

This made him feel even more smug!

The current Crown Prince and Second Pillar are both just little brothers in front of me!

But this sense of triumph didn't last long before he suddenly furrowed his brows.

According to the normal plot progression, after the Chunin Exams, Naruto Uzumaki would follow Jiraiya to train abroad for three years, and Sasuke Uchiha would also leave the village to train under Orochimaru.

These three years were the explosive growth period for the strength of these two!

"Hiss—"

Lin Mu drew a sharp breath, his teeth aching slightly.

His Naruto Template System had only just been activated, and he still needed to study it carefully if he wanted to rapidly increase his strength.

Increase strength?

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Lin Mu's eyes as he thought of a shortcut.

He could use the Lottery System in the system shop!

If he happened to draw top-tier Wood Release techniques like the Wood Human Technique or the Wood Dragon Technique, he would take off instantly.

With a thought in his mind, Lin Mu opened the Lottery System with a sense of anticipation.

Because he had been engaged in intense battles ever since obtaining the system currency, he hadn't had the time to carefully study the Lottery System in the system shop.

Now that all the fighting was over, it was the perfect time to take advantage of this spare moment to look into it.

"Ding! Welcome, host, to the Naruto Template System's Lottery System."

"Ding! Detected that this is the host's first time using the Naruto Template System's Lottery System. Three free lottery attempts are specially gifted. After the three attempts are used, each draw will cost 100 gold coins."

Lin Mu was somewhat surprised after hearing the system's introduction.

This system's perks aren't bad! Although there wasn't a novice gift pack, it did gift three free lottery attempts.

Not bad, not bad!

Lin Mu was joyful inside and clicked directly onto the lottery page.

The lottery page had a silver-white base tone, with a huge golden turntable in the center.

Interspersed between these gold and silver tones were many strange patterns, making the combination of the two colors even more harmonious.

Not bad, not bad!

High-end, atmospheric, and classy; low-key, luxurious, and meaningful!

Lin Mu was already very satisfied with the page design of this system's lottery alone!

"Tsk, let me see what kind of rewards this Lottery System has."

Lin Mu shrugged his shoulders to shift the sliding Naruto Uzumaki higher up on his back, then continued to fix his gaze on the turntable.

Healing Pill, Chakra Pill, Military Ration Pill...

Body Refining Pill, Refreshing Pill, Strength Pill...

All kinds of pills with various effects, prices, and levels were available.

However, as Lin Mu watched, he frowned.

What was going on?

Most of the items in this Lottery System were low-grade pills that could be bought in the shop for only fifty gold coins.

A few were pills or weapons worth two or three hundred gold coins in the shop.

Refusing to believe it, Lin Mu carefully continued to scan the system lottery panel.

Could it be that the Lottery System had no prizes capable of tempting him into a high-stakes gamble?

Suddenly, Lin Mu's gaze locked onto the two smallest sections at the very end.

Random Wood Release Ninjutsu ×1

Senju Hashirama Template Fragment (5%) ×1

These two prizes were quite attractive.

But this still didn't make sense; was the system shop really this low-tier?

As if sensing Lin Mu's thoughts, the system's notification tone rang out once more.

"Ding! The current Lottery System is at the primary level. The host may choose to spend 300 gold coins to refresh it once, or spend 1000 gold coins to upgrade the primary Lottery System to an intermediate Lottery System."

"I..."

Lin Mu felt a stifling rage block his chest, as if it were about to burst him apart.

I knew it!

Since this system had stalled for three years before officially activating, how could it possibly let him have an easy time after activation?

Lin Mu's joy was instantly extinguished, and he fell silent, carefully weighing what he should do.

First, he had completed a special mission, earning 2000 gold coins, plus he had previously killed nine Otogakure ninjas, with each ninja worth 50 gold coins.

His total gold coin count was currently only 2450.

If he used his current amount of gold coins to upgrade the Lottery System...

It didn't seem impossible...

But when Lin Mu thought about how he had worked so hard to kill nine enemy ninjas only to get 450 gold coins—that amount wasn't even enough to refresh the lottery wheel twice!

Making him spend 1000 gold coins to upgrade the system was truly something he couldn't bear.

Yet, if he didn't upgrade the Lottery System and spent 100 gold coins to draw, he would likely end up with those low-grade pills.

That would be a massive loss!

Black-hearted! This Lottery System was far too black-hearted.

Lin Mu's heart bled internally, and he gritted his teeth tightly.

Upgrade!

Suppressing his reluctance, he pulled up the upgrade button.

However, the second before he pressed it, he hesitated again.

I still have three free lottery chances; should I test my luck first? Otherwise, if the system upgrades and refreshes the Random Wood Release Ninjutsu and Senju Hashirama Template Fragment away, that would be a real pity!

Thinking of this, Lin Mu no longer hesitated and clicked the lottery button directly.

Hum—

The golden, shimmering wheel began to spin rapidly.

Lin Mu's gaze remained fixed on the red pointer at the center of the wheel.

Ninjutsu! Fragment! Ninjutsu! Fragment! Ninjutsu! Fragment!

I endured for three years to get these three free lottery chances; I must get something good!

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Intermediate Chakra Pill ×1."

Lin Mu was silent for three seconds before pulling up his inventory to retrieve the Intermediate Chakra Pill.

Hum—

The space rippled slightly, and a pale blue, dragon-eye-sized pill appeared in Lin Mu's hand, covered in beautiful, strange patterns.