The second stage of the Chunin Exam had finally ended.
Naruto and his friends all gathered together, discussing how they had passed this test.
As expected, they had all passed this test with ease.
Although they had encountered more or less some danger, they had all relied on the Scratch-off tickets shop's props and ninjutsu to escape danger safely.
As they chatted, quite a few ninja from other villages overheard them and became somewhat curious about Invincible Scratch-off.
After leaving the Forest of Death, none of the Konoha 12 went home first. Instead, they headed to the Scratch-off tickets shop together.
The next round would be the elimination matches. During that time, they could very well encounter extremely powerful opponents.
Getting some props from the Scratch-off tickets shop first was the key to victory.
Inside the small shop, Wu Di was busy selling Scratch-off tickets.
As the Scratch-off tickets' reputation had grown louder and louder lately, more and more people had gathered in the shop.
Even Uncle Ichiaku, who had always been stingy, had Ayame bring a thousand ryo to try her luck.
Ayame had good luck too, immediately scratching off a Ramen Replication Bucket.
From then on, as long as they made one fresh serving of ramen in the morning, they could keep replicating it.
This would greatly reduce his costs.
Not long after Ayame left, the Twelve Shinobi entered the shop one after another.
Wu Di's eyes lit up.
Whenever they came by, their winning rate was always a little higher than everyone else's.
Now that they had come as a group, they would definitely bring him plenty of business again.
"Welcome, everyone. I assume you all passed the second stage of the exam!"
Wu Di laughed heartily.
Naruto adjusted his forehead protector and flashed his white teeth. "Of course! Who do you think we are?"
Wu Di turned around, took out twelve one-hundred-ryo Scratch-off tickets, and laid them out.
"I knew you'd come back, so I prepared these for you in advance!"
The Twelve Shinobi each took out a one-hundred-ryo silver note.
Nearly all of them had seen Wu Di lose his temper.
He might be all smiles now, but once they made him angry, it would be something truly terrifying.
Before long, golden light burst from their Scratch-off tickets one after another.
Naruto was the first to scratch his open, and a bagged yo-yo floated out.
He grabbed it and was just about to open it when Wu Di hurriedly stopped him, saying nervously.
"Whatever you do, don't open that thing inside the shop."
Naruto tilted his head. "Why not?"
Wu Di let out a quiet breath and explained with a smile.
"That thing is called the Skunk Sachet Yo-yo."
"Once you open it, the stench inside will immediately fill the entire room."
After hearing his explanation, everyone looked at Naruto with disgust and shifted away, wanting to stay farther from him.
Naruto curled his lip and stuffed the yo-yo directly into his ninja tool bag.
Just as he finished, something floated out from Rock Lee's Scratch-off ticket as well.
It was a manual with a blue cover.
Wu Di took one look and softly sighed.
"You really are lucky. You scratched off the legendary Golden Bell Shield Manual."
"This manual isn't difficult to learn. As long as you put in the effort, you should have a chance of mastering it before the second stage of the exam."
"Once you master it, your body will become tougher than that of an ordinary person."
After explaining, he quietly let out a breath.
With this manual, Rock Lee probably would not lose as miserably as he had in the original story.
At the very least, he would not be crippled.
Rock Lee held the manual in both hands, his eyes practically shining.
Right afterward, Kiba and Neji both had two props float out at the same time.
Kiba's prop was a clown nose. Once worn, it could increase his sense of smell a hundredfold in an instant.
It could even allow him to use his sense of smell to directly capture the outline of an opponent.
As for Neji's, it was much simpler: the most basic Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage.
After burrowing underground, he could move freely beneath the earth.
Its only drawback was that the Earth Release could only work on soil. If the ground was made of rock, it would be useless!
Afterward, a black-covered manual floated out from Sakura's Scratch-off ticket.
Wu Di frowned. Quite a few people had scratched off manuals these past few days, but they had all basically been blue or green.
This was the first time he had seen a black cover.
He lifted his eyes slightly and gave an awkward smile.
"You scratched off a manual."
"It's called Five Second Man!"
The moment Ino heard the manual's name, she suddenly burst out laughing.
"Look at that. Even the Scratch-off tickets know you're a man, Forehead."
Sakura clenched her fists, nearly at the point of exploding.
Wu Di continued explaining.
"It's called Five Second Man, but that doesn't mean only men can use it."
"This manual has one effect: when your Chakra is exhausted, it forces out the hidden energy within your body."
"It lets you continue fighting the enemy in an extraordinary state for five seconds."
"However, once you use this manual, you'll enter a weakened state for the next ten minutes!"
Sakura nodded and carefully put the manual away.
Later in the Chunin Exam, when everyone's energy had been heavily depleted, those five seconds could very well be the key to deciding victory.
As soon as she put it away, Hinata, Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, and Tenten successively scratched off different props.
Hinata scratched off a martial arts technique called Cute Girl Fist.
This fist technique only worked on men. Any man struck by it would instantly lose one hundred percent of his defense.
Choji's was simpler: a pair of black walking shoes.
The note described them as Elderly Athlete's Foot Shoes. Wearing them could increase movement speed by twenty percent.
The prop Shikamaru scratched off was highly collectible: a pair of walnuts that had been polished for eighty years and had become exceptionally smooth.
Cracking open and eating the walnuts could instantly increase intelligence.
Ino scratched off a purple scroll containing an Illusion Technique called Flower Butterfly Illusion.
The victim would see endless flower butterflies flying around them, and it would not stop until they were defeated by the caster.
Tenten scratched off a cannon-turret-shaped prop called Human Cannonball.
After loading it with kunai and placing the turret on her shoulder, it would automatically determine a target based on Tenten's gaze and fire the kunai.
After they had finished scratching, a green thing that looked like a huge glob of snot floated out from Shino's Scratch-off ticket.
Wu Di's eyes suddenly widened.
"Scratch-off tickets can even produce living creatures?"
Then, he explained in a low voice.
"This little thing is a summoned beast from another world called Digital Nasal Slime."
"Her ultimate move is throwing poop."
"After you summon her, she'll quickly split into a huge swarm and attack the enemy!"
Shino was utterly astonished.
He said in surprise, "I have a summoned beast now?"
He was extremely excited.
At this point, no one among the Twelve Shinobi had a Summoned Beast yet!
"Boss, what's the summoning method?"
Wu Di smiled softly. "Since it's a summoned beast from another world, naturally the summoning method is different."
"You only need to shout before summoning it: 'Nasal Slime, I choose you!' Then he'll come out by himself."
"So cool!" Shino said excitedly.
Just as he was thrilled, the sound of a Screaming Chicken suddenly rang out.
"Oh······"
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