System Shop

Meanwhile.

In the Land of Rain, Amegakure.

Inside Chen Xiaoxi's residence, the originally calm air was suddenly filled with a trace of black smoky mist!

And in the next moment, this trace of mist instantly turned into a crack!

A sound like shattering glass echoed out of nowhere, the space was instantly broken, and a black rift appeared.

In the next moment, a foot stepped out.

It was Chen Xiaoxi!

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Seeing the familiar environment before him, Chen Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, and a joyful smile appeared.

"Not bad."

"Just one attempt... and I succeeded in returning."

He had only speculated whether the Garganta could connect to the Ninja World from another world. Now, it was thoroughly proven—

It was completely feasible!

Chen Xiaoxi raised his hand, placed it on his Fox Ghost Mask, and chuckled as he deactivated his Hollowfication.

At this moment, moon-white spiritual pressure mist instantly spread outwards, and then, Chen Xiaoxi's body began to return to normal.

As the mask quickly disappeared, his hair changed back from silver to brown, his Las Noches Attire reverted to the Akatsuki's Red Cloud Black Robe, and his Zanpakuto instantly returned to its normal Asauchi state before Shikai.

Chen Xiaoxi walked to the desk with a smile, looked at the other self in the room, and said with a smile:

"You've worked hard, my Reigai self."

"Snap."

Chen Xiaoxi raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly. The Reigai Chen Xiaoxi immediately turned into spiritual pressure and vanished instantly.

And at this moment, a system prompt sound immediately popped up in Chen Xiaoxi's mind—

"Ding! Congratulations to the host, side quest completed!"

"Entering and exiting the mysterious masked man's Mangekyo alternate dimension once (1/1), completed! Reward: Reiatsu +1, Hollowfication Experience +5!"

"Defeating a Kage-level expert in the guise of a Hollowfied masked man (1/1), completed! Reward: Reiatsu +1 point, Hollowfication Experience +1!"

This counts as a side quest too?

Chen Xiaoxi couldn't help but laugh in surprise.

When he first heard the prompt, he thought it was a notification for completing the main quest, but he didn't expect it to be a side quest.

As if sensing Chen Xiaoxi's thoughts, At this moment, the system once again popped up a task completion prompt in a timely manner—

"Ding! Congratulations to the host! Main quest completed!"

"You have successfully participated in the major event: Uchiha Clan Downfall Night (1/1), Reward: System Shop unlocked!"

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"System Shop: You can purchase various magical items or abilities within it by consuming points. As time progresses, more products will be updated irregularly in the future!"

"Ding! Detected that the host has completed all branch quests!"

"Triggered additional reward: Initial Shop Points - 10000 points, which can be used to purchase any item in the shop!"

As the prompt fell, a watery blue illusory screen instantly unfolded before Chen Xiaoxi's eyes.

Afterward, Various items immediately appeared on it—

"Item: Tremor Point"; "Item: Sanrei Glove"; "Flash Step: Shiho Secret Art"; "Hakuda: Sokotsu"; "Swordsmanship: Genryu"; "Kido Forbidden Art: Space Transfer"; "Otherworld Summoning Art: Kokujo Tengen Myo'o"...

"Hmm?"

After listening to the series of prompts and seeing the shop page before him.

Chen Xiaoxi's eyes immediately lit up.

The system actually opened a shop?

But, what's going on?

Among a pile of very normal items, something strange seems to have slipped in...

Otherworld Summoning Art: Kokujo Tengen Myo'o?

What's going on?

Isn't this the Zanpakuto's Bankai of the Seventh Division Captain, the great dog Sajin Komamura?

It can actually be summoned through a summoning method?

Does this mean that in the future, I'll be able to witness a Gundam battle between Kokujo Tengen Myo'o and Susanoo?

This was just ridiculous.

Looking at the System Shop before him, Chen Xiaoxi felt a mix of laughter and tears for the first time.

The system had previously issued some nonsensical side quests, and he hadn't expected the shop to contain such absurd items as well...

However, seeing the price of exactly 9500 points, Chen Xiaoxi was genuinely tempted.

Perhaps when he had more points in the future, he could really buy one and play around with it...

Chen Xiaoxi could already picture the bizarre scene.

The night passed in the blink of an eye.

Although Chen Xiaoxi had just experienced a battle not long ago, thanks to the existence of the all-purpose item, Recovery Potion, he felt no fatigue at all.

And so, he spent the entire night researching the System Shop.

However, just as he was about to close his eyes and rest.

Suddenly, a strange aura appeared in the room.

Immediately after, from the floor, a figure resembling a pitcher plant slowly emerged, emitting a low voice and saying:

"Chen Xiaoxi, the leader has notified-- "

"An official Akatsuki member meeting is to be held now, let's go."

After saying that, without waiting for Chen Xiaoxi to agree, he submerged back into the floor and left.

"An official member meeting..."

Chen Xiaoxi stood up, looked at the raindrops outside the window, and muttered to himself:

"It seems,"

"Itachi Uchiha is about to join the Akatsuki organization."

"Another actor is joining."

At this moment.

In a valley outside Amegakure, above a wide river.

A small boat was slowly rowing forward.

There were only two people on the boat.

A mysterious masked man in a black robe.

And Itachi Uchiha, wearing a Konoha Anbu uniform.

"Itachi, how is your injury? Can you move freely?"

The masked man asked indifferently.

"If it's just walking, it's fine."

Itachi replied.

During his previous fight against the Fox Ghost Mask, Itachi had been deeply struck by a Getsuga on his back, so his condition was naturally not optimal.

The masked man nodded and continued, "If that's the case, then I'll take you directly to the leader of the Akatsuki."

"However, before that, there's something I need to tell you--"

"..."

"In the Akatsuki, everyone calls me Tobi. I'm not an official member, just a slightly weaker intern, you could say."

"So, you need to be mindful of your attitude towards me later."

The masked man said indifferently.

In front of Itachi Uchiha, he had always referred to himself as Madara Uchiha, the old ancestor of the Uchiha clan.

Therefore, when Itachi spoke to him, he would unconsciously use some respectful language, which could easily expose him.

This was why the masked man had specifically reminded him to pay attention to this point.

Itachi slightly raised his eyes and asked, "Why hide your identity?"

"..."

The masked man was silent for a moment, then feigned composure and said, "It's nothing, it's just... if people knew Madara Uchiha was still alive, it would cause a lot of trouble."

"--Understood.

Itachi lowered his eyes slightly and stopped speaking.

He knew very well what the masked man in front of him was trying to conceal, but as a Konoha spy within a spy, he himself was also hiding many things.