Enemy invasion

Ye Chen had seen enough to conclude that this idiot posed no threat to the village, but an intrusion was still nothing to take lightly.

So he used his system privileges to investigate and immediately obtained the ninja's basic information.

Name: Youzhi

Age: 30

Ninja rank: Genin

Affiliated village: Kusagakure

Agile, skilled at disguise.

The information provided by the system was clear. Of course, this was only a preliminary overview. If Ye Chen wanted, he could easily obtain information on three generations of Youzhi's family.

"Kusagakure?"

"When did Kusagakure discover us?"

Ye Chen checked Youzhi's detailed information again.

Youzhi was a ninja who specialized in gathering intelligence outside his village. His main job was to collect information on villages other than Kusagakure.

But Hidden Jun Village had not been his main objective on this trip. He had stumbled upon this secluded village after completing his mission.

Although Hidden Jun Village was tucked away and its surrounding facilities were primitive, he had discovered the corpses of ninja beasts outside it. A closer inspection revealed faint traces of chakra energy.

That immediately caught Youzhi's attention, so he disguised himself and entered the village.

"Looks like I was overthinking it... These people don't have a shred of chakra, and I haven't seen a single ninja along the way."

Youzhi wandered leisurely through the village, completely unaware that Ye Chen already had every detail of his actions and personal information at his fingertips.

"Wait, that's chakra energy!"

Suddenly, a deafening noise came from the distance. Youzhi's cheerful steps stopped short, and he carefully scanned his surroundings, finding nothing unusual.

Confusion crossed his face. "There's definitely someone using chakra, and a very powerful amount at that. But there are no ninjas around. Where is this chakra energy coming from?"

After looking around, Youzhi still found nothing, but he grew more cautious. This village seemed less straightforward than he had imagined.

Soon, he reached the village's eastern entrance and discovered the road the players had recently paved.

"This road is new. The stones are still clean, so it looks like it was laid recently. But all I've seen in the village are old people and children, not a single young adult.

Those old people and children couldn't possibly have paved such a long road. What's going on? Could there be some unknown secret in this village that hasn't been uncovered?"

Just as Youzhi was puzzling over this, an elderly woman approached him. He immediately dropped the stone he was holding and hurried over to question her.

The woman was old and seemed hard of hearing. Youzhi suppressed his anger and questioned her for ages before finally getting an answer: there were a few young people in the village.

They were rarely seen, but they had done most of the work on this road and the village's construction.

Youzhi did not think much of that. After all, he was a Chunin, while everyone here was an ordinary person. Even if he was discovered, it would not matter.

With his skills, handling eight or ten ordinary young people would be no problem at all.

What intrigued him most was that powerful surge of chakra energy. If one person had released it, that person had to be at least as strong as a Jonin. He absolutely could not take that lightly.

So he did not rush to leave. Instead, he stayed undercover in the village and continued gathering information, hoping to find that powerful ninja and persuade them to join his own village.

After Ye Chen finished reviewing all the information on the intruding ninja, the system presented him with two choices.

[An enemy has infiltrated the village. Host, please make your choice as soon as possible.

1. Turn a blind eye to Kusagakure's reconnaissance and allow him to leave.

2. Designate the ninja Youzhi as hostile and begin his capture immediately.]

Watching Youzhi continue to gather intelligence on the screen, Ye Chen's expression grew unusually serious.

A ninja village served as a nation's military force, and there was usually only one. Now that another had appeared, even if he did nothing to provoke them,

once this ninja brought the intelligence back, they would do everything they could to destroy his village.

Two tigers could not share one mountain unless one was male and the other female. But their villages could not marry each other, and the other side would never tolerate their existence.

Rather than passively wait for an attack, he might as well strike first.

Besides, according to the system's prompt, there seemed to be a hefty village experience reward!

Most importantly, a mission of this difficulty would let the players earn more contribution points and grow stronger.

After weighing his options, Ye Chen chose the second without hesitation, designating Kusagakure as a hostile faction.

Once he made his choice, Ye Chen immediately issued the mission.

[New mission: a ninja from an enemy village has infiltrated the village. Players, proceed immediately to eliminate him. Upon successfully killing the enemy ninja, each participant will receive 600 contribution points.

Note: completing this mission also grants hidden rewards. Give it your all, players. The faster you complete the mission, the greater the rewards.]

Meanwhile, after experiencing the immense power chakra brought them, the players were so excited that they had spent several days fighting in the forest without rest.

Now they were like a band of fearless warriors, killing a giant wolf over two meters tall in the blink of an eye. When they grew tired, they rested right there, roasting wolf meat, pheasants, and wild rabbits to fill their stomachs. Life could hardly have been more carefree.

Surprisingly, Emperor of Sinking had also hunted down dozens of giant wolves, despite not teaming up with anyone.

Nobody knew how he had killed them. Everyone assumed Emperor of Sinking was a hidden expert.

An absolute master of gameplay!

After seeing the system's repeated announcements, the players finally could not contain their curiosity.

"How exactly is this legend doing it?"

"He killed the Wolf King and dozens of giant wolves too. Is he cheating?"

"I'm curious too. All of us combined have only killed about as many as he has. Is he actually a god?"

Dai Xiaomei blinked her large, watery eyes, brimming with curiosity.

"Come on, let's go take a look!"

The game had unlocked a minimap, allowing players to check their teammates' locations at any time. They followed his marker toward the cliff.

Emperor of Sinking was in the middle of another round of luring giant wolves.

A row of chicken drumsticks hung over the edge of the cliff. The giant wolves went wild at the smell of meat, charging over one after another, only to plunge off the cliff and fall to their deaths.

Then the familiar system announcements rang out.

The players who saw those announcements were all dumbfounded.

[Congratulations, Emperor of Sinking, on successfully killing one giant wolf!]

[Congratulations, Emperor of Sinking, on successfully killing...]

Everyone had been wildly imagining how Emperor of Sinking fought his enemies so valiantly.

Some thought Emperor of Sinking must be a peerless genius.

Someone with superhuman talent.

Someone who could bring out the full power of chakra and ninjutsu.

Others thought Emperor of Sinking must be a member of the game's staff.

First, he was there to motivate the players.

Second, he was there to check the game for bugs.

Otherwise, how could he possibly be so incredible?

"We've got to ask Emperor of Sinking for some pointers when we get there!"

"Exactly!"

The group slowly headed up the mountain as though they were on a pilgrimage.

But just as they passed directly beneath the mountain, an enormous wolf suddenly plummeted from the sky.

Thud!

One player failed to dodge and was crushed to death on the spot.

"What the hell was that???"

"An ambush???"

"No, it's a giant wolf??"

All the players looked down in panic and discovered that ninja beasts were falling one after another.

Everyone was stunned.

What was going on??

"How are wolves falling out of the sky?"

Dai Xiaomei and the others looked up.

After a moment's thought, everyone understood!

"Holy shit, it's a trap! You can actually do that?"

"These wolves have some brains, but not much!"

"It's obviously a trap, yet they're jumping into it one after another like lunatics. How can they be so stupid?"

"We're the stupid ones, okay? How did we not think of such a great method?"

The players hurried up to the cliff, their faces full of reverence.

"Boss, can I use this spot? I'll come back when you're done with it."

Once they realized what was happening, the players watched Emperor of Sinking's contribution points keep rising, green with envy. They hurried forward, begging him to carry them.

After several days of luring wolves into his trap, Emperor of Sinking's contribution points had already passed into four figures, putting him ahead of everyone else.

Naturally, he would not keep the spot all to himself.

Whoever logged in and came over could use it.

He simply waved a hand and nodded.

Of course, his generosity earned him a chorus of praise.

"Boss, you're so generous! We'll never forget you letting us use this spot!"

"Thank you! Thank you, boss! You'll always be a god in my heart..."

[Ding! Mission issued!]

[Kill the invading Grass Ninja!]

Just then, the system issued the mission.

All the information on the ninja from Kusagakure appeared before the players.

"Holy shit, someone's invaded? Now that's an exciting mission!"

"I've been killing monsters for days, and I'm already sick of it. This new mission couldn't have come at a better time."