At the border of the Land of Grass.
In Konoha's main camp.
Torifu Akimichi was reporting on the battle while Shinji sat at the head of the table, sipping tea. He looked distracted, as though his mind were somewhere else.
In fact,
it was.
Because...
[Challenge mission: Defeat the future Kazekage, Gaara. Complete! Reward: Forbidden technique—Self Reincarnation!]
"???"
Shinji could barely keep a straight face. Future Kazekage?
Self Reincarnation?
Never mind how much there was to say about "future Kazekage." Was Self Reincarnation really the reward he should get for defeating Gaara?
Something seemed off.
Shinji collected himself and checked the rest of his unread system messages.
[Challenge mission: Defeat One-Tail Shukaku. Complete! Reward: Wind Chakra Nature Transformation mastery SS+!]
"..."
Shinji remained silent.
[Challenge mission: Punish the foul-mouthed Shukaku. During the battle, do not let him say anything as insulting as "Daddy's boy"! Complete!] [Reward: One-Tail (Replica)]
"..."
Silence was all Shinji had left.
The string of missions gave him so much to complain about that he nearly lost control of his expression.
Just...
How absurd could it get?
[Challenge mission: Defeat the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa! Complete! Reward: Heavenly Craft Puppet Technique!]
"..."
What a morbid joke.
Shinji sighed and stopped paying attention to Sunagakure's utterly absurd rewards.
He turned his attention elsewhere.
"Open the Purple Chest!"
[Congratulations! You obtained 1,000 Gold Coins and an SS Promotion Card.] [Choose two of five purple items!]
The corners of Shinji's mouth lifted.
So Purple Chests all worked this way. Now he just had to see what kind of boost this one would give him.
``` [Choose two of the following five rewards: One-sixth of Six-Tails Saiken's Chakra (juvenile Six-Tails form; can grow by consuming Tailed Beast Chakra), Taijutsu: Eighty Gods Vacuum