The Monster Association (third update)

[Item ① details: The red Tiger-Striped Mask Obito wore on the night of the clan massacre. No special effects, but extremely durable.]

[Price: 1 point per unit]

There seemed to be nothing special about the first item. It was just an ordinary mask.

Next, Bai Ye checked the details of the other three items.

[Item ② details: One Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Can serve as a spare eye or a single-use consumable for Izanagi or Izanami.]

[Price: 200 points per unit]

[Item ③ details: The Gunbai, also known as the Uchiha Gunbai. Made from a part of the God Tree, it can absorb any attack that does not exceed its endurance limit and reflect it back as storm energy.]

[Price: 200 points per unit]

[Item ④ details: One of Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan. With only one eye, only basic Rinnegan ocular techniques can be used. Collect both eyes to use Madara Uchiha's exclusive Rinnegan ocular techniques.]

[Price: 1,000 points per unit]

After looking them over, Bai Ye found all three items quite useful.

But none was an immediate necessity, and each was more expensive than the last.

There was no need to spend so many points on a Three-Tomoe Sharingan or the Uchiha Gunbai right now. As for the Rinnegan, he simply couldn't afford it...

A short while later, someone knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock-

Bai Ye opened the door to find Vaccine Man standing outside.

"While I was wandering around outside just now, some guy claiming to be an elite from the [Monster Association] approached me and invited me to join them. What exactly is this Monster Association?"

Vaccine Man asked Bai Ye.

"The Monster Association..."

Bai Ye fell silent in thought for a moment.

The Monster Association had approached Vaccine Man so quickly. They had probably already realized how powerful he was.

After all, Vaccine Man was at least as strong as [Homeless Emperor], one of the Monster Association's executives.

Bai Ye was now considering whether to have Vaccine Man reject the [Monster Association]'s invitation outright, or simply go take a look at the [Monster Association] with him...

A moment later, Bai Ye made his decision.

He would have to face the [Monster Association] sooner or later anyway. He might as well gather evidence and intelligence in advance, which would also count as a contribution to the Hero Association.

He was currently ranked fifth in A-Class. To surpass the top four and advance to S-Class, he would definitely need a sufficiently spectacular contribution. (P.S. The earlier passage in chapter 46 has been revised.)

Otherwise, both [Atomic Samurai]'s three disciples and [Sweet Mask] had powerful backing within the Hero Association. They wouldn't let a newcomer like him, with no connections or influence, rise through the ranks so easily.

"I'll go with you. Where's the guy who invited you to join the Monster Association?"

Bai Ye asked bluntly.

"He already left. He said he'd come see me again tomorrow and told me to make up my mind as soon as possible."

Vaccine Man answered.

"Then we'll wait for him to come tomorrow."

Bai Ye gave a slight nod.

Then he immediately opened the points shop...

[Ding! The host has redeemed "Tiger-Striped Mask ×1." "Points ×1" deducted. Current points remaining: 215!]

As Bai Ye redeemed the item, a red Tiger-Striped Mask appeared in his hand.

He fiddled with it and found that it really was durable. Unless he deliberately tried to damage it, it would practically never break.

But even if it broke, it only cost one point, so he wouldn't feel bad about it.

Bai Ye then tried putting it on.

Surprisingly, although the Tiger-Striped Mask had only one eyehole, his other eye wasn't obstructed.

Not only was his vision normal, but his ocular techniques worked normally too.

"Yeah, not bad..."

Bai Ye nodded in satisfaction.

"That mask looks pretty cool on you."

Vaccine Man commented as he looked at the Tiger-Striped Mask on Bai Ye's face.

"I didn't realize you had such good taste. Or since when did you get so smooth?"

Bai Ye quipped.

He hadn't expected to hear something like that from Vaccine Man.

"No, that's what I honestly think."

Vaccine Man said.

Still, cool as it was, Bai Ye naturally wouldn't wear it in his everyday life.

He had redeemed it for a serious purpose. It was just what he needed to infiltrate the [Monster Association].

If he wanted to infiltrate the Monster Association and gather intelligence and evidence, he certainly couldn't show his face.

All a monster had to do was look up the Hero Association's official website on a phone, and his cover would be blown before he even got inside.

Then Bai Ye returned the Tiger-Striped Mask to the system panel's inventory, and it automatically vanished from his face.

The next day.

Vaccine Man took Bai Ye to the meeting place he had previously arranged with that monster.

"Here he comes..."

Bai Ye looked up in a certain direction and saw a phoenix(?) flying toward them.

It was actually [Phoenix Man], a Demon-level monster wearing a "Dull Bird" costume.

"Yeah, that's him. He looks kind of like a dumb bird."

Vaccine Man nodded.

Soon, Phoenix Man landed in front of Bai Ye and Vaccine Man.

"Have you made up your mind? And who's this guy?"

Phoenix Man asked Vaccine Man.

"He's my boss, a monster even stronger than me. He's very interested in your Monster Association, so he came along."

Vaccine Man explained expressionlessly.

Naturally, Bai Ye had told him to say all of that.

At that moment, Bai Ye was wearing the Tiger-Striped Mask.

As long as he could fool Phoenix Man into taking him inside the Monster Association, his objective would be accomplished.

Whether his true identity as a human was discovered afterward didn't matter. After all, no one in the entire [Monster Association] could keep him there.

"Really? Sure, that's fine."

Phoenix Man readily agreed, without even questioning Vaccine Man.

Bringing another powerful monster back to the Monster Association was a good thing for him too.

Then Phoenix Man led Bai Ye and Vaccine Man into the Monster Association.

He took them straight to the Dragon-level monster [Gyoro Gyoro], then withdrew without being asked.

"He's the one I invited. Who are you?"

Gyoro Gyoro immediately challenged Bai Ye. "You have the scent of a human, not a monster. Yet you dare enter our Monster Association's territory?"

Bai Ye couldn't be bothered to answer Gyoro Gyoro. He had already secretly taken some pictures of the [Monster Association]'s interior with his phone.

With the intelligence and evidence secured, he was ready to teleport away with Vaccine Man. There was no need to waste words on Gyoro Gyoro.

But just as Bai Ye's eternal Mangekyō Sharingan appeared, Gyoro Gyoro's enormous eye suddenly widened.

"You're... Bai Ye?!"

At the same time, Psykos, Gyoro Gyoro's true body, who was 1,500 meters underground, became so excited that she crushed the wineglass in her hand.

P.S. That's all the bonus updates done. Please keep sending gifts. (Don't worry, there definitely won't be any hidden-identity plotlines later. I can promise you that.)