But Ning Feng soon realized what was going on.
The reason all his drops were legendary equipment had to be connected to his ability to receive only S-rank rewards.
In online games, the odds of getting legendary equipment were extremely low. Often, even killing hundreds of bosses would not yield a single piece.
Yet he had gotten so much legendary equipment right from the start, as easily as picking up cabbages. The feeling was indescribably satisfying.
Finally, Ning Feng turned his attention to the [Bronze Boss] Kill Reward Pack and opened it.
"Congratulations! You have received an S-rank reward: a [Shadow Clone Technique] scroll!" "Use it?"
At this, Ning Feng froze again. He had not expected it to happen so quickly. He had not even learned the Clone Technique, yet he had already been given a [Shadow Clone Technique]?
In Naruto, although the Shadow Clone Technique could not compare to forbidden techniques like Naruto Uzumaki's Multiple Shadow Clone, it was still quite powerful and could confuse enemies.
The Clone Technique, though also a cloning technique, could only fool some low-tier ninja in its most basic form.
With this [Shadow Clone Technique], Ning Feng's combat strength would rise another notch!
Ning Feng hurriedly said inwardly, Use.
The next moment, a stream of golden light flowed into Ning Feng's body. All sorts of memories concerning the [Shadow Clone Technique] flooded into him in an instant, making him instinctively close his eyes.
By the time Ning Feng opened his eyes again, he had completely mastered the [Shadow Clone Technique].
[Shadow Clone Technique]: An evolved version of the [Clone Technique], one of the Three Basic Techniques. By forming hand seals, the user can create shadow clones identical to themselves to confuse opponents. Shadow clones possess 50% of the user's physical attack power and can cast any of the user's ninjutsu. Using shadow clones for training can also achieve twice the results with half the effort. [Hand seal time]: 0.8 seconds [Cooldown]: 24 seconds [Chakra]: 1,000 points
As expected of the Shadow Clone Technique, it required even more chakra than the Great Fireball Technique, but its effects were also very significant.
After committing the shadow clone's various stats to memory, Ning Feng casually glanced at the scroll the Kirigakure spies had left in the dilapidated house and quickly picked it up.
"Congratulations! Having discovered traces of Kirigakure spies, you have automatically activated the side quest [Spy Attack]!" "This is a B-Rank Mission. Upon completing it, you will receive B-Rank Mission rewards!"
Hearing this, Ning Feng thought that this online game really was smart, automatically activating a side quest.
Soon, Ning Feng slowly opened the scroll. Sure enough, a line of writing he could not understand at all lay on it. Presumably, it was something like a code the Kirigakure spies had agreed upon beforehand.
After carefully putting the scroll away and making a copy of its text, Ning Feng returned straight to Konohagakure.
Konohagakure was bustling at this point. Countless players wandered around, marveling at how realistic this Naruto game was. Quite a few also struck up conversations with NPCs everywhere, hoping to pick up quests or the like.
Of course, there were NPCs with exclamation marks above their heads in Konohagakure, but players stood in long lines before them, packed together to a frightening degree.
Apart from that, some players had already formed parties and begun leveling up outside Konohagakure by killing monsters such as chickens, dogs, and bears.
In short, with the arrival of the players, all of Konohagakure was incredibly lively.
The moment Ning Feng entered the hidden village, his appearance from head to toe was dazzling compared with the other players in their novice cloth outfits with wooden kunai.
Many players also noticed in surprise that, despite the game having only just launched, Ning Feng was already level 10... while they were only level 3 or 4.
Ignoring these players, the Hokage walked straight into the Hokage Residence, the place specifically responsible for issuing missions to ninja.
At this moment, the Hokage Residence was packed with a dense crowd of high-level players. Whenever a mission of C-rank or above was posted, these players swarmed forward to fight over it.
Ning Feng noticed that, in less than half a day, many players already had guilds of their own. Some of those guild names were downright imposing...
"Wow, there's already a level 10 player!"
"His clothes look like they're made of really good material... Holy shit, they're all legendary! Is he cheating?!"
"What the fuck? This guy's stats are higher than several of ours combined. Are we sure he's a player?!"
Quite a few players curiously opened Ning Feng's stats panel. They might have been fine if they had not opened it, but once they did, every one of them sucked in a breath.
Those pieces of legendary equipment, in particular, filled them with envy and jealousy.
Unfortunately for them, Ning Feng ignored them the entire time and went straight up to the second floor of the Hokage Residence, where several Anbu ninja immediately stopped him.
Only after Ning Feng showed them the Kirigakure spies' scroll did the Anbu ninja let him through, allowing him to enter!
"Holy shit, this guy actually went to see the village leader, Lord Hokage!"
"Are you guys really sure this bastard is a player?!"
The players erupted again.
Meanwhile, inside the Hokage Residence.
Minato Namikaze, who had yet to die in the coming "Nine-Tails' Arrival" battle, sat upright in the Hokage's chair, swiftly reviewing the documents submitted to him.
As the Fourth Hokage, the youngest Hokage in Konohagakure's history, Minato Namikaze had always taken his work very seriously.
"Sigh!"
Suddenly, Minato Namikaze let out a long sigh, a trace of helplessness flashing at the corners of his eyes, too subtle for most people to notice.
Although Minato Namikaze had previously used a few little tricks in the struggle for the Hokage position, forcing Orochimaru, one of the "Legendary Sannin," to leave Konoha and become a rogue ninja, none of it could have happened without the support of the previous Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
However, although Hiruzen Sarutobi's support had allowed him to take the Hokage position as he had wished, Minato Namikaze soon discovered, to his bewilderment...
He was no different from a puppet Hokage. Most personnel transfers were still being manipulated behind the scenes by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Although he had the Uzumaki Clan's support behind him, the Uzumaki Hidden Village had been wiped out by a mysterious organization some time ago, and there was no guarantee that Hiruzen Sarutobi had not been behind it.
In short, when it came to political maneuvering, Minato Namikaze was no match for the previous Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
No matter how hard Minato Namikaze racked his brains, he could not think of any way to completely escape Hiruzen Sarutobi's control.
Just as Minato Namikaze was fretting over this, an Anbu ninja appeared without warning. "Lord Fourth Hokage, a young member of the Uchiha clan has killed several Kirigakure spies who have been harassing us for quite some time lately."
"And he obtained some clues and information left behind by the Kirigakure spies. We can use this opportunity to root out those Kirigakure spies hiding in our Konohagakure!"
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