Naruto darted between towering trees in the darkness.
"System panel."
[Golden Shovel System Panel] Host: Naruto Uzumaki. Negative points: 8,511,528. Shock points: 9,763,310. Silver taels: 162,834,349. Talent: Visual Insight LV1. Wood Release, Wind Release, Fire Release, Lightning Release. All Lightning Release Ninjutsu, All Fire Release Ninjutsu. Genin Taijutsu, Intermediate Throwing Techniques, Yamanaka Clan Secret Techniques, Telescope Technique. [Lucky Money Search Function] [Super Beeper] functions... [System Inventory Slots] Itachi's hair, assorted photographs...
After glancing over the figures on the system panel, Naruto immediately typed into the Lucky Money search bar.
Search: A-Rank Medical Ninjutsu-Mystical Palm Technique.
Search: S-Rank Spore Parasitic Clone Technique.
Once the searches finished, two images immediately popped up before Naruto.
[A-Rank Ninjutsu-Mystical Palm Technique] Exchange cost: 200,000 silver taels and 200,000 shock points. [S-Rank Spore Parasitic Clone Technique] Exchange cost: 3,000,000 silver taels, 1,000,000 shock points, and 1,000,000 negative points.
"Holy shit. It really is a clone technique that won't get exposed even if the clone gets killed. Its uses are ridiculous, but that price sure as hell isn't cheap."
Naruto sighed in amazement. "I thought it would cost at least half as much as Impure World Reincarnation, but it's actually a fucking million more."
Indeed.
Before obtaining the Scroll of Seals, Naruto had used the Lucky Money Search Function to check the price of the forbidden technique Impure World Reincarnation.
When he saw that Impure World Reincarnation required a full two million in each of the three currencies, he immediately decided to follow the plot and wait for Mizuki to return so he could get the technique for free.
He had thought that, although the Spore Parasitic Clone Technique was also S-Rank, its supposedly outrageous abilities really just amounted to excellent camouflage. Surely it would be somewhat cheaper than the even more outrageous