Reactive Reflex

Yagami carefully examined the lottery options.

1—Reactive Reflex (One-Time Breakthrough);

2—Chunin-level Chakra (Stackable);

3—Steel Wire Shurikenjutsu (Beginner).

Steel Wire Shurikenjutsu was probably some kind of technique for manipulating ninja tools with steel wire.

Nuibari had steel wire attached to its end. The needle could pierce enemies, while the wire could sever their legs. Its power was nothing to scoff at.

Chunin-level Chakra?

Kushimaru Kuriarare had been the one who killed him. He had thought he would receive Jonin-level Chakra Quantity, but it turned out to be so little.

Perhaps his current body simply could not refine or bear Jonin-level Chakra Quantity, so the system had replaced it with Chunin-level Chakra.

Once he set out on a mission, he would be gone for months. Most of the time, he ate Soldier Pills. He would not starve to death, but he had lost quite a bit of weight.

Chakra was a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy. If his body deteriorated, his Chakra reserves could not be high either.

The first option, on the other hand, interested Yagami greatly.

Reactive Reflex (One-Time Breakthrough), a special ability that increased reaction speed.

Human reaction speed ranged from 0.2 to 0.4 seconds. Yagami had tested himself before, and his reaction speed was roughly 0.2 seconds.

Kushimaru Kuriarare was a speed-type ninja. His movements were extremely rapid, and he manipulated his long needle and steel wire with exceptional swiftness.

If he drew Reactive Reflex several more times, he could become a speed-type ninja too.

He created a Shadow Clone and had it pick up a stone.

The Shadow Clone suddenly let go, and he reached out to catch the stone.

After repeating this several times, Yagami obtained the average height at which he caught the stone.

Then, Yagami chose Reactive Reflex (One-Time Breakthrough).

The back of his head tightened, and the flesh all over his body tensed as though an electric current had run through him.

His reflex nerves had changed.

He had his Shadow Clone throw stones again without warning.

To his senses, the falling stones seemed to slow down.

At the same time, his muscles responded faster as well.

This time, he caught the stone much higher up.

After several tests, Yagami roughly concluded that his reaction speed had improved by 0.05 seconds, reaching around 0.15 seconds.

It was said that some Olympic champions had reaction speeds of around 0.15 seconds.

Not bad, not bad. This was a huge improvement.

Ninjutsu could be learned, and taijutsu could be trained, but innate reaction speed was difficult to improve by much.

It was said that Minato Namikaze possessed the fastest reflexes in the ninja world.

It was useless for ordinary ninja to learn the Flying Thunder God. If they teleported in front of an opponent but reacted slower than them, they would simply be slapped away.

Minato Namikaze could pursue enemies for a thousand miles. Anyone else would only be delivering themselves to death from a thousand miles away.

The plot developed according to his previous life.

Two Konoha Anbu arrived in the Gobi Desert and found the Hippopotamus Squad.

The Guardian Ninja Captain gave up on living and leaped straight into the group of Konoha Anbu.

This time, Yagami had learned his lesson. He avoided the Guardian Ninja Captain's direction early on, and he also avoided Kushimaru Kuriarare's direction.

The battle instantly reached a fever pitch.

Like madmen, the Mist Ninja charged into the Konoha Anbu, trying to reclaim the Guardian Ninja Captain.

Yagami spotted Kushimaru Kuriarare.

Just as in his previous life, Kushimaru Kuriarare used Nuibari to tear open a gap in the Anbu formation, and the Mist Ninja rushed in.

He did not enter. Instead, he remained where he was, repeatedly throwing and retrieving his blade, as though dancing in place.

Yagami's reaction speed had improved greatly, and he saw strands of steel wire winding through the surrounding area.

Nuibari flew onto a nearby rock, circled around it once, then flew back into Kushimaru Kuriarare's hand.

A steel-wire framework appeared between several nearby rocks. Nuibari then threaded through the steel wires, rapidly weaving them into a massive net.

During this time, quite a few Konoha Ninja noticed Nuibari. Even wearing Anbu iron armor, they were pierced through by the long needle.

Kushimaru Kuriarare suddenly yanked the steel wire.

A piercing cutting sound rang out.

Several rocks supporting the steel-wire net were sliced apart, and with them, the net instantly tightened.

Yagami carefully watched the ground.

The steel wire mesh sliced through the lower legs of the nearby Anbu!

Yagami hurriedly leaped away.

He was faster than the surrounding Anbu, allowing him to escape disaster.

A single wave of attacks severed the legs of more than twenty Konoha Anbu.

After falling to the ground, they howled in agony. Their severed feet remained standing while half their calves were gone, blood spraying everywhere.

Kushimaru Kuriarare threw Nuibari again. This time, he used the Konoha Ninja on the ground as the framework for his steel wire mesh.

One crippled Konoha Ninja after another was pierced through, and the steel wire mesh appeared once more.

What a terrifying attack.

Kushimaru Kuriarare undoubtedly possessed the strength of an Elite Jonin, and his nature was exceptionally cruel.

Nuibari's wounds were small. The pierced Konoha Anbu would not die anytime soon and could only howl in agony.

The cuts from the steel wires were unnaturally clean, turning the ninja into puppet toys.

The Yellow Dog Squad Leader rushed to the side of the battlefield, intending to stop Kushimaru Kuriarare from setting up the steel wires.

Kushimaru Kuriarare was extremely strong and easily evaded the Yellow Dog Squad Leader's attacks.

The Yellow Dog Squad Leader unleashed Fire Style after Fire Style, but Nuibari kept flying back from his blind spots and disrupting his rhythm.

Yagami dodged rocks and crippled Konoha Anbu, carefully circling around the edge of the battlefield.

At the center of the battlefield, the Guardian Ninja Captain was outnumbered and had already been struck several times.

Before dying, he pulled a scroll from his Ninja Tool Pouch.

"None of you will get the Sealing Jutsu of my Uzumaki Clan!"

An Exploding Tag was attached to the scroll!

He bit down on the scroll and the Exploding Tag, intending to blow himself and the scroll into pieces.

Kuroari, another Anbu Squad Leader, made his move.

Kuroari was a ninja of the Nara Clan. His shadow had long since reached beneath the Guardian Ninja Captain's feet and instantly took control of him.

The Guardian Ninja Captain raised his hand, tore off the Exploding Tag himself, and threw out the scroll.

The Exploding Tag exploded beside his head, blasting the scroll away.

The moment the Guardian Ninja Captain tore off the Exploding Tag, Yagami moved in advance and positioned himself along the line between the tag and the scroll.

The Exploding Tag blasted the scroll away, and it unfurled in midair.

Yagami immediately jumped up and caught the scroll in the air.

Dead Hand, hurry up.

Just one glance at the Sealing Scroll—memorizing even a single Sealing Jutsu would be an enormous profit.

After glancing down at it, Yagami immediately rolled up the scroll and threw it toward Squad Leader Kuroari.

Squad Leader Kuroari caught the scroll and opened it for a look. His expression turned stunned, and he even looked back up at Yagami.

Yagami, wearing a Fox mask, nodded to indicate that it was real.

There was nothing but blank paper inside the scroll!

It was empty—an empty scroll!

Of the eight Uzumaki Guardian Ninja, four were Jonin and four were Special Jonin, yet they had been carrying empty scrolls.

Who could have imagined that such a massive force had merely been a decoy to draw fire?

The real scroll might have been sent out of the Land of Waves long ago.

The Uzumaki Remnants had played both Konoha and the Mist Ninja for fools.

Kuroari could not believe it. He turned to a subordinate and said, "Perhaps there's hidden writing on the scroll that requires special means to reveal! Hurry and decipher it!"

Watching the Yellow Dog Squad Leader and several Squad Commanders unleash imposing Fire Style, Yagami suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

His most pressing task was to draw Water-style Chakra.

His enemies would not necessarily all come from other ninja villages. Konoha was notorious for internal strife; he had to be wary of those within the village as well.