In-Depth Research on the Card System

Unlike Konoha, the other villages had begun frantically gathering intelligence on this clan massacre.

Konoha's losses in this massacre were immeasurable.

To the other ninja villages, Konoha was now a fat piece of meat that had suffered a devastating blow.

During the past great ninja wars, the Uchiha Clan had always stood as a single clan against the pressure of an entire nation.

With the Uchiha Clan gone, every nation questioned Konoha's current strength.

After consecutively losing the White Fang of Konoha and the Uchiha Clan, could Konoha continue to occupy the most fertile lands and the most strategically central territory in the ninja world?

The Hidden Cloud Village in particular was already considering testing Konoha again, massing troops along the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Feng had been thrown by King Piccolo straight into the ocean.

"Finally, land!" Uchiha Feng looked at the land ahead, his heart bursting with joy.

He had drifted across the ocean for an entire day and night. If he had not used soul points to raise Dumpling's card strength, he would probably have starved to death by now.

He summoned the panel in his mind.

Name: Uchiha Feng

Combat Power: Matched to the current world's combat level, 89 points [Elite Chunin]

Soul Points: 0

Card: Dumpling [Hidden]

After exploring it for some time, Uchiha Feng had gained a basic understanding of the crude panel.

The so-called combat power had been adjusted to match this world, just like soul points.

One-star cards: Genin level, with single-digit combat power.

Two-star cards: Chunin level, with double-digit combat power.

Three-star cards: Jonin level, with triple-digit combat power.

Four-star cards: Kage level, with four-digit combat power.

Five-star cards: Beyond-Kage level, with combat power exceeding ten thousand.

However, star ratings could be broken through. Especially for certain children of destiny, combat power was never an issue. Take Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito, for example. When facing King Piccolo, they had repeatedly encountered lucky coincidences and explosive breakthroughs.

That was why Uchiha Feng had become wary. He needed to ensure his own safety first.

As for the deeper functions, he had yet to come into contact with them.

Over the past day, he had drawn ordinary people and people who had never mastered ki in a string of card draws, then destroyed them all, wasting more than a thousand soul points.

He had invested all his soul points into raising Dumpling's star rating. After all, Dumpling represented an entire school—the Crane Hermit School.

It was a complete cultivation system, and right now, he needed one.

It could make up for the weaknesses of the ninja cultivation system.

When he opened the card's hidden panel and revealed all its information, Uchiha Feng began to make different plans for the future.

Card: Dumpling

Evaluation: Boundless potential. A complete cultivation system that can spread and harvest soul points.

Level: Three Stars

Abilities: Psychic Powers [Collapsed]

Crane Hermit School: 1. Flying Technique, 2. Dodon Ray, 3. Ki Blast, 4. Crane Hermit School Martial Arts, 5. Level upgrade required!

Uchiha Feng's gaze fell on Dumpling's Crane Hermit School abilities. Over this period, he had relied on the Flying Technique and Dodon Ray to survive on the sea.

At the same time, he had discovered another way to harvest soul points besides absorbing the soul power of the dead: spreading martial arts.

It was a pity that he had not fully mastered Dumpling's abilities yet. Still, even against a Jonin, he now had some ability to protect himself.

After arriving in a town, Uchiha Feng began gathering information.

This was a coastal town in the Land of Iron. It was extremely prosperous, serving as a trade hub linking the Land of Iron, the Land of Hot Water, and the Land of Fire.

He took out the Uchiha inheritance that the Uchiha elder had handed him at the end. It contained a great deal of money, as well as several Uchiha Clan shops scattered throughout the ninja world. Those shops were the Uchiha Clan's most important inheritance.

A large portion of them were located within the Hidden Leaf Village. Though the Uchiha Clan had been constantly marginalized, they had always been one of the two clans that founded the village.

He just did not know whether the Hidden Leaf Village would reclaim those shops. Although he held the contracts, under overwhelming power, they were useless if no one recognized them.

He found lodging at a famous local inn. It was said to be an industry owned by the daimyo of the Land of Iron.

After observing for a day, he found that this place was indeed far from ordinary. All sorts of samurai came and went regularly, while ninja were relatively rare.

After finding the samurai stationed at the inn, he requested a map of nearby bounty offices. For the price of one hundred thousand ryo, he obtained maps of several publicly known bounty offices within the Land of Iron.

Transforming into Dumpling's appearance, he followed the map to a clean public restroom.

Two guards stood at the entrance. When they saw the floating Uchiha Feng, they did not stop him. With a sweep of his sensory ability, he quickly found the entrance.

Only after passing through one of the restroom stalls did he successfully enter the bounty office. He could never understand why they had set up a bounty office inside a public restroom. Fortunately, the two guards outside were fairly dutiful.

The moment he pushed open the door, a wave of noisy energy washed over him.

Who would have thought that such a lively place was hidden within this tiny restroom? It was said that the organization behind the bounty offices was an underground group controlled by the daimyo of the Five Great Ninja Nations. As for whether that was true, one could only judge for oneself.

Still, the fact that it spanned the entire ninja world already proved that this organization was no simple matter. The Five Great Ninja Nations undoubtedly had a hand in it.

Several people turned their gazes toward Uchiha Feng. The sensory ability he had used earlier had alerted some ninja with powerful mental strength.

Seeing that Uchiha Feng wore nothing to conceal his identity, and that his small body looked just like that of a five- or six-year-old child, they all wondered whether he had used the Transformation Technique.

But when they saw Dumpling, whom Uchiha Feng had transformed into, floating off the ground with the Flying Technique as he headed toward the counter, many of them abandoned their thoughts of targeting him.

In the ninja world, there were only a handful of techniques capable of flight. That made them deeply wary.

Of course, there were also those who did not know when to quit.

"Honored guest, how may I assist you?" An elderly employee with a goatee hurried out from behind the counter and approached Uchiha Feng.

Even while using the Flying Technique, Uchiha Feng could not rise to an adult's height. The goateed employee respectfully bent down, bringing their eyes to the same level.

"It's noisy here. Find somewhere quiet," Uchiha Feng said in Dumpling's childish voice.

"Of course. Please follow me." The goateed old man respectfully led the way.

With his experience, he mistook the Flying Technique for the Land of Earth's Light-Weight Rock Technique. That was why he was so respectful. Even in the Land of Earth, only elite Jonin could learn such a technique.

At the same time, he knew that the Second Tsuchikage was also a dwarf. Could this person be the Second Tsuchikage's son?

If Uchiha Feng had known what he was thinking, he would definitely have sprayed him in the face.

Led by the goateed old man, he soon arrived in a quiet room.

The goateed old man gestured for Uchiha Feng to sit, then began pouring tea. Nara A-Jin had no desire to drink anything. This was a restroom, after all, and he could not accept it for the moment.

"Honored guest, how may I assist you?" the goateed old man asked again.

"I want intelligence on the Uchiha Clan massacre." Uchiha Feng made his request directly in his childish voice. This was a place for intelligence exchanges, fencing stolen goods, and posting bounties. There was no need to hide anything.

"Guest, we only have general information, and I would not recommend buying it. Most of it is already common knowledge." The goateed old man was somewhat disappointed. Was he only here to buy such widely available intelligence?

The intelligence they collected was nowhere near as detailed as that of the major ninja nations. Some of it was even false information released by Konoha.

Such intelligence was somewhat worthless.

"Bring it." Uchiha Feng's childish voice carried a trace of killing intent—not directed at the goateed old man before him, but at Konoha.