[Ding! Exchange successful. The item "domesticated gradual cells" has been delivered to your system inventory slots. Please check them yourself!]
Over the past three months, Naruto had enjoyed proper nutrition, and his outlook was much brighter than that of Naruto in the original story at this age.
As a result, he was now a little taller than Sasuke. He was no longer a shorty.
Hearing the system notification, Naruto immediately pulled up his system panel.
[Golden Shovel System Panel] Host: Naruto Uzumaki. Negative points: 57982. Shock points: 80245. Silver taels: 47268. Talent: Visual Insight LV1. Genin taijutsu. Intermediate Throwing Techniques. Yamanaka Clan secret technique. Telescope Technique. [Lucky Money Search Function] System inventory slots: Itachi's long hair, domesticated Hashirama cells serum ×1.
Seeing that his silver taels had dropped to forty-odd thousand, Naruto gave a wry smile before turning his attention to the inventory slots.
[Domesticated Hashirama cells]: After transplantation, surviving a mild backlash can greatly enhance the user's strength, base chakra reserves, chakra recovery speed, vitality, and healing ability. With luck, the user may even acquire the Wood Release kekkei genkai. If Indra cells are obtained later, there is a chance of awakening the Six Paths Sage Body.
"After all this planning and preparation, I can finally see some hope for the future."
He pulled out the syringe he had prepared long ago, then retrieved the Hashirama serum from his inventory with a thought and held it in his hand.
The vial was about as thick as an index finger and filled with blue liquid. Simply holding it, Naruto could clearly sense how terrifying the cell serum was. A brief, steady look revealed that the viscous liquid inside the glass tube was slowly writhing as though it were alive. It was downright frightening.
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