Sasuke thought, a gleeful malice surfacing on his face.
In reality, you awakened your Mangekyo Sharingan by sacrificing your entire Clan, and I couldn't defeat your Susanoo.
But in the Game, as a dignified Level 19 Cursed Swordsman, isn't it easy to crush a new player like you?
"Orochimaru?"
Kakashi and Asuma looked solemn, not expecting that the Sannin who had defected from Konoha had also become a player.
Naruto Uzumaki asked with some unwillingness, "Is there no other way?"
It wasn't just his affection for Sakura Haruno.
He also cared about the bond of Team 7; although he was thick-headed, he possessed a very powerful and keen intuition.
Because Sakura wasn't a player, his interactions with Sasuke and her were becoming fewer, and even their conversations grew silent.
It was precisely for this reason that he proactively suggested bringing Kakashi-sensei along for a meal, wanting to ease the relationship that was gradually drifting apart.
"Of course there is."
"Since my identity is a Game Merchant, I will certainly sell Game items, just like special characters in the Game; encountering them will bring surprises."
Fang Yi extended his hand, and a huge cloth bag suddenly appeared under everyone's gaze.
All players whose eyes fell on the cloth bag, including Kakashi and Yuhi Kurenai who were not players, could see the pop-up light screen panel.
"Game Merchant's Pouch"
Upon opening it, there were no dazzling arrays of goods, only two lonely items.
"[Mission Scroll] * 10, [Trial Token] * 10"
Fang Yi explained, "Mission Scrolls can only be purchased by players. After purchase, a destiny mission will be triggered in reality. There are five chances. Completing it grants rewards, priced at one thousand reward points."
"Trial Tokens can be purchased by anyone. If a non-player purchases one and clears the trial, they can obtain Game qualification, priced at five thousand reward points."
Game invitation letters couldn't be sold, but trial qualifications could.
If players paid out of their own pockets to clear a trial dungeon and failed, Fang Yi would not only suffer no losses but would also net reward points.
If they succeeded, he would gain a player who had already been inducted.
It was a profitable deal with no losses.
And the Mission Scrolls were Fang Yi's link to strengthen the connection between the Game and reality.
"Once players taste the sweetness of the Mission Scrolls, they will be bound by missions in reality, and the Ninja Village's restrictive power will be infinitely weakened."
Fang Yi thought to himself.
This idea had just occurred to him after seeing Naruto Uzumaki.
Sasuke Uchiha, who entered the Reincarnation Game even later, now already possessed five soul-bound purple-grade equipment that he could freely wear in reality.
Although there were factors from the Uchiha Clan's legacy.
But in terms of spending, Naruto Uzumaki had an absolute advantage.
Favored by the destiny of the Ninja World, although Naruto had an unfortunate childhood, the compensation given to him in terms of fortune was incredibly heaven-defying.
He could win big prizes by simply buying a lottery ticket.
Even in the Reincarnation Game, Fang Yi had not intentionally shielded the World's consciousness from favoring Naruto in this aspect.
Therefore,
Naruto often managed to drop equipment with excellent attributes in the Game; this was the Ninja World's consciousness inherently leaning towards him.
Fang Yi, coincidentally, would extract this portion of the essence whenever Naruto dropped top-tier equipment.
It was equivalent to the Ninja World's consciousness exchanging its essence for Naruto's good luck in dropping equipment.
However,
Although Naruto was incredibly lucky to drop a lot of equipment and rare materials, most of it, at the Hokage's instruction, became subsidies for all Konoha forces.
Under circumstances where Konoha's allocations were extremely meager, the Konoha forces could still sustain themselves, and a small part of this was inseparable from Naruto Uzumaki.
However,
All these merits were attributed to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Although Asuma fought hard for it, Naruto Uzumaki's contributions were deliberately downplayed by Shimura Danzo and other high-level advisors, citing reasons of "for the village."
As a result, Naruto Uzumaki only had a handful of soul-bound equipment to this day.
"While this restrictive power of the Ninja Village has its good points, it's not the outcome I desire."
Fang Yi thought to himself.
For him, players must be under his control, which means strengthening the Reincarnation Game's influence on reality. The Mission Scroll is his first move in reality.
Naruto Uzumaki exclaimed excitedly, "A Trial Token can make Sakura a player!"
Then, seeing the exorbitant price, he immediately showed a distressed expression.
Compared to when they first entered the Game,
they could now hunt higher-level Pollution Monsters. The Scarlet Wasteland was almost breached, and the reward points dropped by monsters had also increased significantly.
However,
most players' pockets were still empty, and they basically couldn't save up reward points.
Equipment repair fees, dungeon entry fees, skill upgrade fees, equipment soul certification fees, resurrection fees, potion fees—
The higher the level, the greater these expenses.
The repair fee for a Level 1 equipment was only five or six reward points.
But the Level 15 equipment Naruto Uzumaki was currently wearing cost hundreds of reward points for a single repair. If not repaired in time and durability dropped to 0, the equipment would enter a damaged state.
Equipment in a damaged state offered no attribute effects.
Moreover, once equipment was damaged, players not only had to pay repair fees but also had to purchase an additional Furnace Usage Scroll to restore the damaged equipment to its original state.
As a result, most players, to avoid equipment damage during combat, were forced to purchase special items sold in the Game Store.
"[Portable Repair Hammer (White)]": Priced at ten reward points.
After purchase, it can automatically deduct reward points from the backpack to repair lost durability at any time.
The most outrageous thing was,
one [Portable Repair Hammer] could only bind one piece of equipment, meaning binding equipment for the whole body required a full eleven hammers.
Furthermore, hammers also had durability; once durability reached zero, they would disappear, and players had to repurchase hammers from the Game Store.
And finally, hammers also had quality distinctions.
White hammers could only bind white equipment. Purple equipment required binding a purple hammer priced at one hundred reward points.
This was just one aspect of equipment maintenance.
There were countless other ways to consume reward points in the Reincarnation Game, to the point that Naruto Uzumaki's backpack currently contained only a pathetic three-digit amount of reward points.
"I…"
Naruto Uzumaki gritted his teeth, thinking of logging into the Game to sell two pieces of equipment to gather reward points.
Sasuke didn't pay attention to Sakura Haruno. Instead, he glanced at Naruto's distressed expression, sighed inwardly, and said, "Team 7 is a whole. Since we're pooling money, let's do it together. Not just Sakura, Kakashi-sensei should also become a player."
His thoughts were very clear:
It would become increasingly difficult for lone wolf players to acquire resources or hunting rewards from Pollution, with the emergence of rules like the Clan system.
The Hokage's high-ranking officials still maintained an ambiguous stance towards the Reincarnation Game, unwilling to fully support it.
The various Ninja Clans within the Konoha forces were also operating independently.
These Ninja Clans, now possessing power and confidence, were also restless, secretly plundering the interests of the Konoha forces to enrich and strengthen themselves.
This posture was even uglier than that of the Uchiha Clan in the past.
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