Under Kakashi's guidance, Hiruzen opened the Points Mall.
Inside, there were two rows of exchangeable rewards.
[Special Soldier Pills, remaining: 19]
[Healing Pills, remaining: 7]
[Strength Pills, remaining: 12]
[Ninjutsu Proficiency Book, remaining: 1]
[Taijutsu Proficiency Book, remaining: 1]
[Chakra Proficiency Book, remaining: 2]
[Lightning Release Proficiency Book, remaining: 1]
Additionally, the points required for each exchange were clearly listed.
The 'pills' required 50 points each, while the 'books' required 100 points each.
With Yuto deliberately controlling the availability of items each season, it was unrealistic to expect significant power growth every month.
Unless that person could reach the Super Kage rank every month.
Although Ninjas had top-tier reflexes and hand speed, they would also face opponents of similar strength.
Therefore, no matter how skilled a Ninja was, they would still be matched against other skilled Ninjas.
As for those with weaker skills or slower hands…
Yuto had kindly provided a safety net: earning 1 point for every 10 victories.
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After seeing these items, even the experienced Hiruzen couldn't help but be amazed.
"These things... can they really be obtained just by using this phone?"
Kakashi fell silent. He had heard more than once that the shopkeeper referred to this phone... or rather, what they were engaging in, as 'gaming'.
'Gaming? Was it the same as the games children played, like hide-and-seek?'
But regarding Hiruzen's surprise, Kakashi simply corrected, "To be precise, it's obtained through ranked matches..."
Hiruzen asked in confusion, "Then... have you exchanged for anything yet?"
Kakashi shook his head, "No one has been able to play ranked matches with me yet."
Although he had convinced Tenzo and the others to spend money, and even tricked Sasuke and Naruto into spending too…
Few were willing to play ranked matches.
Mainly because Kakashi hadn't had the chance to notify them in time.
He had been about to bring it up this morning... but was called in for a talk with Hiruzen.
Instead, now, Hiruzen had become the first person Kakashi informed.
Hiruzen sighed and said, "This Yuto... is truly an unfathomable individual."
Kakashi wholeheartedly agreed with this statement.
After thinking for a while, Hiruzen said to Kakashi, "Go and inform Elephant... have him gather all the Anbu who aren't on missions for an emergency meeting."
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After uploading the third volume, Yuto was pondering something, 'For the ninjas that are going to be online... should they be adjusted again?'
Among the Ninjas about to be released, many were so weak they could be ignored.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are used to make up the numbers.
So, Yuto was thinking, since he was already recreating Ninjas that had appeared in his previous life…
Then in the Ninja World, that is, in this world, shouldn't these Ninjas appear more valuable?
Although they didn't need to be as strong as Kinuta Dosu, they certainly shouldn't be as weak as Abumi Zaku, who was only good for adding to the atmosphere.
Adjusting these Ninjas wouldn't actually be too difficult.
Although Yuto hadn't been a combat designer in his previous life, his foundational skills were solid.
There were three main directions to adjust these Ninjas.
First, stats. If the stats were high enough, even something as unappealing as shit could be popular, because high-stat shit... is chocolate.
Second, mechanics. There's a saying, 'If the mechanics don't change, they'll always be strong.' This perfectly applies to the game character [Edo Tensei Namikaze Minato]!
However, several nerfs hit the mark, reducing Edo Tensei Minato's strength from its peak. But with mechanics so powerful they remain relevant even today, he still holds a certain level of strength.
The third one is... the combat attribute.
This sounds very similar to the mechanism, but there is still a difference.
For example, cutting out some seemingly clumsy start-up or recovery frames, or adding follow-up damage to what should be a single-hit attack.
The reason Kinuta Dosu, as a C-Rank Ninja, could make S-Rank Ninjas flee in terror… Was due to his terrifyingly strong initiating skill.
As a movement skill, Dosu's initial movement had start-up frames so small they were almost negligible.
And it came with the highest priority grab!
Even if the grab missed, the recovery frames for the movement skill were zero.
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After much deliberation, Yuto had a headache.
He had been working hard these past few days to meet the project deadlines.
He had even invested a significant amount of resource quota into it.
If he had to make corrections one by one... it would probably take another week of adjustments.
'Hmm... a week? That seems to be around the time the Chunin Exams officially start.'
Yuto mentally reviewed the third volume he had created.
'It didn't seem like many Ninjas had made an appearance.'
'Then maybe... shift some of these Ninjas to be released after the fourth volume?'
Yuto thought about it some more and felt that this was a good idea.
For example, Lee, who only made a brief appearance in the third volume, was probably the only one among Konoha 12, aside from Team 7, to have taken action.
'That's right, I could move all Konoha 12 to be released after the fourth volume.'
'For the current third volume... let's release the Sunagakure Siblings and the Sound Three first.'
After finalizing his idea, Yuto immediately started working on the design.
"But... speaking of which, I've been putting these items up for so long, so why haven't they been exchanged yet?"
After Yuto muttered to himself, he suddenly realized that, based on the mission conditions he had designed, it was somewhat unlikely for anyone to exchange for items in such a short time.
'Forget it. Anyway, with 1.1 million now, it's enough for me to do 110 pulls...'
At the thought of this, Yuto got a bit excited.
Those players had indeed spent quite a bit of money these past few days.
Now he had some capital to splurge a little.
So...
'Let's try 50 pulls first.'
[Strength Pill]
[Healing Pill]
[Genjutsu Proficiency Book]
...
[Ninjutsu Proficiency Book]
[Strength Pill]
...
[Fire Release Proficiency Book]
...
...
[Universal Repair Kit]
[Special Soldier Pill]
[Lightning Release Proficiency Book]
...
[Strength Pill]
[Chakra Condensate]
…
After 50 pulls in a row, there are a total of 36 white items, 12 green items, 1 blue item, and 1 purple item.
'The blue item is... Chakra Condensate?'
'What is this thing for?'
[Chakra Condensate: This is the purest form of Chakra. Using it will grant a reserve of Chakra that can be used in place of your own when consuming Chakra. The reserve will automatically replenish when not full.]
Yuto took a closer look.
'This thing... its function overlaps with that of a Tailed Beast, right? But it probably doesn't have consciousness and can't transform into a Tailed Beast.'
Hmm, not bad.
Then, Yuto looked with anticipation at the first purple item he had ever obtained.