Chapter 007: The ANBU's Surveillance, Deemed a Dangerous Individual by Konoha!
A Zanpakutō
"Young man, this old man wants to ask — do you still have any more of these kinds of swords?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi first carefully weighed the Zanpakutō in his hand, then asked Jiang Chen.
"Just one left."
Jiang Chen replied with a smile.
How could he not know that the old man wanted to buy all the Zanpakutō he had?
Especially after seeing what it had done for Naruto Uzumaki.
To Konoha Village, the Zanpakutō had already become another form of war weapon.
If they could acquire more of them…
It might just be enough to bring the steadily declining Konoha back to its former strength.
But unfortunately—
He could only receive three unawakened Zanpakutō from the system each day.
And his display case could hold no more than three at once.
In other words, if he managed to sell all three Zanpakutō in a single day, the system would restock them the next day.
But if he only sold one?
Then the system would only provide one the next day as well.
And so on.
"Only one left?"
"Then why don't you sell that last sword to this old man?"
"You mentioned something just now... a 'system' or something like that. This old man really doesn't understand what you mean."
Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his beard and squinted his eyes as he spoke.
The last Zanpakutō in Jiang Chen's hand — he was determined to get it today.
Even if he had to take it by force.
The Chūnin Exams were just around the corner.
Many ninja from other villages were already arriving in the village.
This kind of chakra-transforming sword absolutely could not fall into the hands of other villages.
"To put it simply, these Zanpakutō have souls. A person can only sign a contract with one sword. Buying more is useless!"
"If you really want it, you could let your subordinate here buy the other one!"
"But once it's purchased, only he can use it."
Jiang Chen didn't overthink things like Hiruzen.
But since the old man still wanted the last Zanpakutō, he didn't mind suggesting an alternative.
"Oh? So the sword is like a summoning beast? You can sign a contract with it? Interesting."
Hiruzen mused.
It was the first time he'd heard of a weapon that could form a contract with a person.
This ability might surpass even the legendary Kusanagi sword or the Seven Ninja Swords of the Mist.
To prevent this mysterious weapon from falling into the hands of other villages' ninja, Hiruzen quickly had his subordinate spend the money to buy Jiang Chen's final Zanpakutō.
Jiang Chen earned another 20,000 pocket money.
At the same time, the system reward arrived shortly after.
"Ding~!"
"Congratulations, Host, for successfully selling a Zanpakutō. You have received a physical enhancement!"
This time, the reward wasn't particularly flashy — but it was extremely practical.
Because physical enhancement meant comprehensive improvement.
In addition to increased strength...
There were boosts in speed, sensory perception, durability, and neural response time.
All of which were incredibly useful in actual combat.
After buying the swords from Jiang Chen...
Hiruzen Sarutobi left with his sulky subordinate.
Whether it was because of the physical enhancement or not—
Soon after Sarutobi left, Jiang Chen sensed several faint chakra signatures appear around his shop.
It seemed the cunning old man had already labeled him as a dangerous individual.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent so many ANBU to watch him!
Still, Jiang Chen could understand Hiruzen's cautious behavior.
After all, putting himself in his shoes—
If someone suddenly appeared in his territory selling highly dangerous weapons...
He would definitely send people to monitor that person too.
And Jiang Chen was well aware—
Hiruzen's methods were still considered mild.
If it had been Danzo instead?
He'd probably already sent people to kill him and cover it up.
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