First Taste of an Experience Card (Please Bookmark and Recommend)

In a secluded grove within Konoha, a thrilling chase for life and death was underway.

Qifeng ran frantically ahead while Huoshi pursued him relentlessly from behind.

Huoshi was far faster than Qifeng, and the distance between them rapidly closed.

Huoshi had initially been somewhat wary, but when he saw Qifeng's speed, a cold smile curled at his lips and a sharp glint flashed through his eyes.

In the end, he was just an ordinary Genin.

It couldn't be helped. Although Qifeng had a system, he had obtained it far too recently and had no time to grow stronger.

His predecessor had worked as a corpse collector for so long without encountering any danger, yet only two days after his transmigration, he had run into someone hunting him down.

All he wanted was to curse.

Whoosh!

A kunai sliced through the air, targeting the branch where Qifeng was about to land. If he dared to step on it, the kunai would definitely pierce his ankle. After that, he would be nothing more than fish on the chopping block.

Qifeng's expression changed. He curled his body, halted his movement, and slid diagonally down from the air.

"Heh." Huoshi chuckled.

Qifeng's refusal to step there only made him happier.

"Hand over that corpse." Huoshi slowly approached.

Maruyama Qifeng looked at him without retreating.

He let out a soft sigh. "How about we make a deal? There are so many corpses in the Morgue. Take whichever one you want, alright?"

But the one in his hands was absolutely not an option.

"Ignorant fool."

Huoshi sneered and continued forward.

As he watched Huoshi draw closer and closer, Qifeng felt helpless too.

I just want to quietly loot a corpse. Who the hell did I provoke?

"How about this? Come back tomorrow? Tomorrow, I definitely won't resist. I'll open the door and welcome you."

Once he finished looting the corpse tomorrow, it would be useless anyway. If Huoshi wanted to take it, then take it. Whatever secret it might be hiding was none of Qifeng's concern.

At worst, he could let Konoha's Anbu chase after him.

But the answer he received was Huoshi's rapidly forming Hand Seals.

"Earth Release! Rock Concealment Technique!"

Huoshi's body turned earthen in color, and then his figure gradually vanished from Qifeng's sight.

"Sigh..."

Qifeng's face was full of helplessness. The other party was determined, but he was even more determined!

No one was taking this corpse today. He said so! Not even the Hokage could take it!

Having made his decision, he quickly took out the only card he could use as a trump card.

Konoha Jonin Miura Ikkō Experience Card (Rare)!

"I didn't expect to use my trump card so soon. I'm still too weak."

He swiftly slapped the card onto himself.

Activating Konoha Jonin Miura Ikkō Experience Card (Rare). Calculating compatibility.

Activation successful! Compatibility: 50%!

Ability evaluation changed:

Character: Maruyama Qifeng

Age: 13

Nature: Fire

Strength: Special Jonin

Body: 55

Spirit: 48

Ninjutsu: 43

Genjutsu: 36

Control: 45

Seals: 40

Ninjutsu: Three Basic Jutsu, Fire Release - Great Fireball

Items:

Special Jonin!

Just fifty percent compatibility had allowed Qifeng's overall strength rating to leap past Chunin and reach the level of a Special Jonin!

Moreover, judging solely from his current attributes, he was a Special Jonin centered around taijutsu.

He lightly clenched his fists, feeling the changes in his body, and Qifeng's eyes were filled with astonishment.

Outrageous!

Too outrageous!

Was this the power of a Rare Card?

Looking at the half-hour countdown displayed on the system interface, a confident smile rose on his lips.

I will protect the corpse!

His gaze swept around, and he quickly found Huoshi's trail from the subtle changes in the surroundings.

This came from Miura Ikkō's seasoned experience. After using the Experience Card, what he inherited was not merely Miura Ikkō's abilities, but also his awareness and experience.

Before Huoshi could make a move, Qifeng seemed to have predicted it in advance and charged toward a certain direction with a kunai in hand.

Huoshi frowned as well. He vaguely sensed a change in Qifeng, but did not think much of it. Even if they were going to fight in close combat, he was full of confidence.

Just a brat. Just a Genin.

Seeing Huoshi abandon the Rock Concealment Technique and rush toward him as well, Qifeng's lips curled in a subtle smile.

A cold gleam flashed through his eyes as he instantly pushed the speed he had not fully unleashed before to its limit.

In Huoshi's eyes, Qifeng suddenly moved at an almost bizarre speed. The kunai in his hand trailed a moonlit afterimage as it slashed toward him.

Huoshi's expression changed.

How could he be so fast?!

That thought flashed through his mind, but he had no time for any other thoughts. Faced with the strength Qifeng had revealed in an instant and that nearly terrifying speed, he could only use all his strength to swing his kunai up to meet the attack.

Clang!

Huoshi's kunai barely managed to block Qifeng's before it came down, producing a metallic clash that numbed the web between his thumb and forefinger.

I blocked it!

The moment that thought flashed through his mind, terror surged in his heart as he gained an entirely new understanding of Qifeng's strength.

He was definitely not a Genin!

A Genin could not possess such strength or such speed!

His intelligence had been wrong.

But it was already too late for regret.

In an instant, his entire body froze in place, disbelief flashing through his eyes.

Then he saw it.

Using Huoshi's arm as support, Qifeng kicked off with both feet and swiftly completed a three-hundred-sixty-degree spin, appearing behind him.

A line of blood spread from the back of Huoshi's head to his forehead.

He had blocked Qifeng's sudden strike, but it had exhausted all his strength. To Qifeng, however, it had merely been a probing attack. What followed was his true attack.

This was experience!

Although Huoshi was an Elite Chunin, he specialized in concealment and disguise. After lurking in Konoha for more than a decade, his combat experience had grown rusty. Then he chose to clash head-on with Qifeng, who now excelled in taijutsu. It was no different from facing a Jonin directly.

From the moment he chose to pursue Qifeng relentlessly, his death had been inevitable.

Not to mention that he had used the most unreasonable method to deal with the most reasonable Qifeng.

Iwagakure... I can't go back.

His gaze scattered. In the final instant before his consciousness vanished, Huoshi recalled the homeland he had longed for day and night.

His body swayed slightly before he fell unwillingly before the brat he had never taken seriously.

Thud.

Qifeng lowered his head and looked at his hands. He found it a little hard to believe as well.

His body's movements, awareness, and reactions just now had almost all come from instinct. He had barely even needed to think before his opponent fell.

To put it in a popular phrase from his previous life—

I haven't even used any strength, and you're already down.

"Why bother? Why bother? I just want to quietly loot a corpse. Why did you insist on delivering another one to me?"

He had clearly only wanted to quietly open blind boxes until he possessed the ability to protect himself, yet someone had insisted on stopping him and even trying to steal his corpse. For a moment, he was speechless.

He took out a scroll and swiftly stored Huoshi's corpse as well, with no time to deal with the blood or traces of battle on the ground.

Whoosh!

While the power granted by the card remained, he quickly left.

Qifeng could guess that Konoha's Anbu would likely arrive soon. He did not want to encounter them, much less appear within the sight of people like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō.

Not long after Qifeng left—

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several Anbu Ninja appeared at the site of their battle.

"The disturbance just now was indeed here."

One of the sensory-type ninjas looked through the holes in his mask and briefly scanned the surroundings, quickly determining the general situation.

"The dead one had an unfamiliar Chakra signature. He should have been an intruder."

He walked over to the bloodstains on the ground and reached out to touch them.

The other two ninjas also approached.

"The blood is still warm."

One Anbu Ninja skilled in Earth Style Ninjutsu said, "The Rock Concealment Technique was executed perfectly. At minimum, the dead man was a Chunin."

"The battle was simple and clean. The deceased had almost no power to resist."

The three could not help exchanging glances, surprise flashing through their eyes.

"To take down a Chunin in such a short time, it should have been one of the village's Jonin. The residual Chakra fluctuations around here feel somewhat familiar, but I can't remember whose they are at the moment. It seems they did not intend to meet us."

They had originally thought a Konoha Ninja might need their support, or might even have already died. They had not expected this outcome.

"But... where is the corpse?" someone could not help asking.

Right. Where was the corpse?

"Gather the information and report it to Lord Hokage."