One Fruit Was Worth a Month and a Half of Training

The system's voice rang out in Zhou Cheng's mind:

[Damage dealt: 1567.]

[Shield HP remaining: 9,999,999,988,230.]

[Damage rank: Green.]

[Reward obtained: Green Blind Box.]

Uchiha Izumi visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

As expected, Zhou Cheng was fine. I'd been worrying over nothing!

Though the damage was a little low!

"Green-rank damage. This is your reward!"

A Green Blind Box appeared in Zhou Cheng's hand. He tossed it to Uchiha Izumi.

Uchiha Izumi caught it carefully, visibly excited. This was the reward Blind Box—open it, and you got a prize!

"What's inside?"

Zhou Cheng smiled faintly. "I won't know unless you open it!"

"The rewards inside each Blind Box depend on how much damage you deal and how lucky you are."

"The first factor is how high your damage is."

"Blind Boxes come in different ranks. The higher the rank, the better the rewards inside!"

"Then there's your luck. But you'll never get a reward below the minimum prize for that rank of Blind Box!"

"So, as I've said many times, the higher your damage, the better your reward!"

"Though, yesterday, there was one little rascal who got absurdly lucky!"

"He opened a treasure that left everyone wide-eyed!"

Whoosh!

Everyone who'd been there yesterday turned to look at Sasuke in unison.

Itachi and Shisui only now noticed Sasuke was in the crowd too.

You little brat! It wasn't a holiday today—he'd skipped class!

Sasuke met Itachi's and Shisui's eyes. Feeling their anger, he couldn't help shrinking his neck.

But someone couldn't wait any longer. An impatient voice called out to Uchiha Izumi on the Arena: "Open it already!"

"There are so many people waiting behind you!"

Uchiha Izumi sheepishly stuck out her cute little tongue.

Then she opened the Blind Box in her hands.

Inside lay a plump fruit.

[Mini Chakra Fruit x1]

[When consumed, slightly increases chakra reserves.]

[Critical reward for host: Giant Chakra Fruit x1]

"What's this fruit?"

Uchiha Izumi picked up the egg-sized Chakra Fruit in confusion and examined it closely in her palm.

Before Zhou Cheng could speak, a childish voice piped up:

"Big sister Izumi, that's a Chakra Fruit. Eating it increases your chakra reserves!"

The whole crowd erupted into an uproar.

"A fruit that can directly increase your chakra?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"How could such a thing exist in the world?"

"Then it must just be an ordinary fruit!"

Most people were skeptical. A fruit that defied the rules of training was simply too unbelievable!

But those who'd been there yesterday immediately spoke up in rebuttal. They wouldn't let anyone doubt the good man, senior, and teacher they admired:

"Just because you haven't seen it only proves how ignorant you are. Don't mistake your ignorance for something to be proud of."

"Yesterday, I was just like you. Now I have complete faith in sir!"

Itachi, Shisui, and Sasuke were all green with envy!

That was a Chakra Fruit! It could directly increase your chakra!

Think of all the time you could save on chakra training and spend developing other abilities instead.

That would leave you with more time to train than everyone else.

Tsunade and Kakashi both looked utterly incredulous.

You could increase your chakra this way?

Tsunade touched the mark on her forehead. If the Chakra Fruit really worked, then my Strength of a Hundred Technique could store more chakra, letting me fight for longer!

Kakashi instinctively touched his left eye beneath his mask.

If I ate a few Chakra Fruits, I'd have more chakra to use with my Sharingan!

My chakra shortage would be solved completely.

Both of them looked toward the Arena with eager anticipation.

On the Arena, Zhou Cheng smiled faintly at Uchiha Izumi. Her luck was decent, at least she hadn't gotten an ordinary item.

"Whether it's real or not, you'll find out by eating it!"

Uchiha Izumi glanced at Itachi and Shisui, then at Little Sasuke. Seeing his determined gaze, she popped the fruit into her mouth.

When she bit through its skin, a sweet taste flooded her mouth, as sweet as honey water.

She felt no discomfort, so Uchiha Izumi began chewing without hesitation, then swallowed the fruit!

A few seconds later, she felt a warm current flow through her body along with her chakra. When the warmth faded, she realized her chakra reserves had increased by a small amount.

She calculated it carefully. It was roughly equal to a month and a half of training!

Her eyes widened in shock. Just a few seconds could make up for a month and a half of hard training?

No wonder Little Sasuke had risked getting a furious scolding from Itachi to skip class and come here!

"Oh my god, my chakra really did increase!"

"It's about as much as I'd get from a month and a half of training!"

The crowd erupted, their scalps tingling!

One fruit was worth a month and a half of hard training?

"Who'd bother training anymore? Just come here every day and collect rewards!"

"Are you stupid? Didn't you hear him? The higher your damage, the better your reward!"

"Besides the time spent waiting in line here, you should be training hard to get stronger."

"Then try to deal more damage the next day!"

Everyone nodded. That made sense. Why waste your free time wandering around? Get back to training!

The way Tsunade and Kakashi looked at Zhou Cheng had changed. Now they saw him as one giant Chakra Fruit!

No ninja would ever complain about having too much chakra!

It was the very foundation of a ninja's survival!

Zhou Cheng clapped his hands, drawing Uchiha Izumi's attention.

She looked at him in confusion. What was it?

"Don't forget, you still have one more chance to attack!"

"Are you going to give it up?"

Uchiha Izumi shook her head repeatedly. Give up an opportunity like this? As if!

Only an idiot would turn it down!

"Then watch out, Zhou Cheng!"

"Sharingan, activate!"

Uchiha Izumi's eyes turned scarlet, and two Tomoe appeared in each.

Zhou Cheng raised an eyebrow. She wasn't very strong, yet she'd awakened the two-Tomoe Sharingan.

If he remembered correctly, she must have lost a family member during the Nine-Tails Incident. The intense shock had awakened her eyes!

Everyone else, meanwhile, looked stunned.

The person they'd looked down on at first had turned out to be a genius with the Sharingan!

Itachi and Shisui exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in the other's eyes.

Even they hadn't known when Uchiha Izumi had awakened her Sharingan!

She'd kept it hidden so well!

Sasuke happily pumped his fist. As expected of big sister Izumi!

Kakashi remained expressionless. Another Uchiha prodigy.

Tsunade looked pleased. What enviable talent!

"Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!"

Zhou Cheng was bound to a tree by vines, unable to move.

Then the vines burst into flames!

Only Zhou Cheng and the caster, Uchiha Izumi, could see this scene.

Seeing that her illusion had worked, Uchiha Izumi felt rather pleased with herself.

But in the next instant, the flames vanished and the tree shattered.

[Spiritual attack detected. Damage transferred to shield!]

-1887!

[Damage dealt: 1887.]

[Shield HP remaining: 9,999,999,986,343.]

[Damage rank: Green.]

[Reward obtained: Green Blind Box.]

"She just cast an illusion!"

"But Zhou Cheng looks completely fine!"

"Are illusions ineffective against him too?"

"Is he really just an ordinary Genin?"