Three years were enough for many things to happen.
The streets of the Hidden Leaf Village seemed to have grown more prosperous, and the traces of postwar reconstruction had long been smoothed away by time.
.The new generation of ninja academy students noisily graduated, formed teams, and carried out tedious yet surprisingly exciting D-rank missions, just like they had back then.
Ling Yue walked through the streets with steady steps. She had changed into a chunin vest and grown taller. The childishness between her brows had faded, replaced by the calm composure of someone tempered by experience.
Pikachu on her shoulder seemed unchanged, still sprawled there lazily. Yet in its occasionally blinking little eyes, a lively spark of electricity would sometimes flash.
She had not been idle these past three years. Aside from carrying out all kinds of missions, from C-rank to the occasional A-rank, she had devoted most of her time to frantic training.
The daily missions and main quests issued by the system were her main source of points.
That fortune of 2,750 points had long since been mostly spent, with the bulk poured into the gold-devouring option known as [System Upgrade].
After several upgrades, the system's functions had become considerably more powerful:
[Skill Proficiency Quantified Display]: She could more intuitively see the progress of each skill.
[Simulation Training Ground Upgrade]: The time-flow ratio could be adjusted with greater precision, and it could simulate a wider variety of combat environments and opponents.
[Lottery Pool Optimization]: A [Pity Mechanism] had been added. After a certain number of consecutive ten-pulls, an SR or higher was guaranteed.
[Item Fusion Function]: She could attempt to fuse items from different systems or low-level skill cards, with a chance of producing something new.
[Limited Intelligent Consultation]: The system could occasionally offer a bit of