Twenty minutes after leaving Ichiraku Ramen.
Carrying his canvas bag, Naruto pushed open the door to his home and subconsciously spoke, "I'm back."
The room was empty, devoid of any reply or vitality.
Meanwhile.
The Uchiha Clan Compound was the exact same.
After a session of high-intensity training, Sasuke stumbled and paced back to her dark, quiet home. She gently pushed open the door and whispered weakly, "I'm back."
Whenever she returned from training in the past, her mother Mikoto would always be waiting by the entrance, yet right now...
Looking at the empty house, Sasuke's heart felt empty for a moment.
She mechanically returned to her bedroom, sat on the bed, and turned her head to look at the pale moonlight outside the window, her mind filled with a thousand thoughts.
As her breathing grew steady, the dead silence and loneliness around her continuously eroded her soul.
Slowly wrapping her arms around her knees, she looked as helpless as a little cat.
"Naruto, you've lost your parents since childhood-how did you survive nights as lonely as this?"
In the past, she always looked down on Naruto, the class tail-ender.
Yet at this very moment, she truly and personally felt what made Naruto different; this kind of solitude was simply not something an ordinary person could adapt to in a short time.
Thinking of Naruto, Sasuke thought of the delicate blue card he had given her before they parted.
Under the pale moonlight, the blue card reflected a glistening blue light. He said it requires chakra to connect with the card?
If it had been anyone else in the past, given Naruto's reputation, she would definitely not have tried his method.
Yet after a brief contact with him just then, her perspective on Naruto had already changed.
"Condense."
To be safe, Sasuke did not use her own chakra. Instead, she refined a wisp of chakra on the spot and directed it toward the blue card.
As the chakra invaded the card, Sasuke, who had previously been expressionless, immediately widened her eyes.
"This is... my chakra increased by a notch?"
"How is this possible?"
Sasuke looked in shock at the card in her hand, which had already lost its blue glow.
"The thing he gave me is actually this precious?"
Recalling the sunny smile on Naruto's face when they parted ways, it seemed as though he hadn't cared about such a precious item at all.
Thinking of this, Sasuke's icy heart was slightly enveloped by a trace of warmth.
Soon, Sasuke crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and concentrated on refining chakra.
Training was the best way to banish loneliness, and she needed to grow stronger-to keep getting stronger-until she could rely on her own strength to kill that woman!
Meanwhile.
The Fourth Hokage's former residence.
[Ding, received 300 Shock Points from Sasuke Uchiha!]
Naruto, who was still taking a bath at the moment, was startled upon hearing the system's prompt, and then overjoyed.
You're a treasure of a girl, Sasuke?
Naruto was immensely excited.
He guessed the source of these 300 Shock Points; it must have been caused by Sasuke using the Tier-1 Chakra Expansion Card.
The reason he gave the Tier-1 Chakra Expansion Card to Sasuke was twofold: first, the extra 10,000 silver liang, and second, he had discovered that Sasuke could provide him with amounts of Shock Points and Negative Points that far exceeded those from ordinary people.
Moreover, the precautions for the Tier-1 Expansion Card were written very clearly: using cards of the same tier multiple times had no effect.
Given that, giving it to Sasuke to obtain Shock Points was the most cost-effective option.
Furthermore, with Sasuke's arrogant personality, she would absolutely never spread word of this matter.
"System panel."
[Golden Shovel System Panel] Host: Naruto Uzumaki. Negative Points: 1078. Shock Value: 1240. Silver Liang: 20000. Talent: Vision Insight LV1. [Lucky Money Search Function] (Unactivated) System Storage (0/100 slots)
Looking at the various numerical values on the panel, Naruto broke into a smile.
"I met the system's requirements in just a single afternoon?"
"System, activate the Lucky Money search function."
[Ding, consume 10,000 silver liang, 1,000 negative emotion value, and 1,000 shock value to permanently activate the Lucky Money search function?]
"Yes."
Although his heart ached, Naruto replied without the slightest hesitation.
[Ding, search function activated successfully. The host may freely search for various types of items such as secret techniques, ninja tools, Hand Signs, and other item rewards.]
The prompt rang in his ears, and Naruto could no longer hold back his desire to test out the search function.
He immediately typed [True Rinnegan] into the search bar and clicked search.
Upon clicking search, a realistic image instantly surfaced in his field of vision.
It was a pair of huge eyeballs completely covered in spiral patterns, accompanied by a brief introduction below.
[True Rinnegan]
The Rinnegan is hailed as the most supreme eye power, the "eyes that control life and death," originating from the ultimate dōjutsu of the God Tree's chakra fruit. The possessor of the Rinnegan masters Yin and Yang, possesses at least six types of chakra nature transformations, and wields extraordinary abilities. They can be either a creator god capable of world creation or a destroyer god capable of world destruction.
Direct exchange requires: 5 billion silver liang, 1 billion Negative Points, 1 billion Shock Points.
Seeing the price of the True Rinnegan, Naruto gasped sharply.
"At this price, even Konan would weep if she came here. 5 billion? Exactly how many Kakuzu would you have to work to death?"
Decisively clearing the search results, he continued typing.
[One-Tomoe Sharingan]
Introduction: This is the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha Clan, descendants of Indra, the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths. It can be awakened through intense emotional stimulation and continuously evolves, capable of evolving into the Mangekyō Sharingan after experiencing the pain of losing those closest to one...
Exchange requires: 100,000 silver liang, 10,000 Shock Points, 10,000 Negative Points.
For the current Naruto, this result remained just as out of reach.
Afterwards, Naruto casually searched for a few more things, figuring he couldn't afford them anyway.
[Wood Release]
[Dual Kamui]
[Senjutsu]
[Byakugan]
[Kekkei Genkai]...
After a round of operations, Naruto found that all of them were ridiculously expensive, dammit.
Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, and he tried searching for [Domesticated Hashirama Cells].
However, the moment he clicked search, a system prompt reached his ears.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for searching out a 0.1-discount item: Domesticated Hashirama Cells.]
Hearing this, Naruto was pleasantly surprised. It was just a test attempt, and not only did it exist, but it had also unexpectedly triggered the system's discount chance.
As the system prompt finished, the design of a blue test tube immediately popped up before his eyes.
Inside the tube, strands of viscous liquid could be visibly seen slowly writhing, as if these cells possessed a consciousness of their own, which was quite horrifying.
Looking at the description again.
[Domesticated Hashirama Cells]: After transplantation and surviving the mild backlash, it can substantially enhance the user's physical strength, baseline chakra volume, chakra recovery speed, formidable vitality, and self-healing power. With good luck, one might even acquire the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, and if one obtains Indra Cells in the later stages, there is a probability of awakening the Six Paths Sage Body.
0.1-discount exchange requires: 1 million silver liang, 10,000 Shock Points, 10,000 Negative Points.
"Holy shit! Awesome!"
Seeing the conditions required for the 0.1-discount exchange, Naruto almost yelled out loud.
Hurriedly finishing his bath, Naruto rushed back to his room, lay down on the bed, and continuously pondered how to get his hands on the discounted item in the shortest possible time.
1 million silver liang, 10,000 Shock Points, 10,000 Negative Points...
"A 0.1 discount is still this expensive? System, are there any free ones?"
[Ding, yes, free items will arrive in 1 hour, including the True Rinnegan, Six Paths Sage Body, Complete Susanoo, Tsar Bomba...]
[ "Holy shit, System, you aren't joking with me, are you?" ]
[Ding, you're the one who joked with me first. It is recommended that the host go to sleep immediately; you can have anything in your dreams.]
Naruto: (ノへ￣,) Please don't stimulate me next time.
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