Game Merchants Starting from the Ninja World

Gathering intelligence is important, of course, but it's not for Konoha Village, but for Lord Orochimaru.

Especially the mysterious man's claim of "immortality"—even if he only gathers trivial details, he'll still be rewarded by Lord Orochimaru, right?

"it is good!"

Naruto Uzumaki hadn't quite figured out what was going on, but upon hearing about such a high-level mission, he instantly became full of energy and declared, "I, Naruto Uzumaki, will definitely complete this mission!"

Sarutobi Asuma glanced at him and said, "You stay by my side and we'll act together."

Although the mysterious person said that dying in the game would return you to reality.

But seeing is believing. No one dares to trust something they haven't tried, let alone risk the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

……

After sensing the remaining players, the white-haired loli said, "The three hundred people who left the game are all commoners. The remaining two hundred players include nobles, guards, caravan members, and mercenaries."

Fang Yi nodded and said, "Although the game qualifications are distributed from the ninja village as the center, it is impossible for all players to be ninjas."

Even in ninja villages, there are ordinary people, who make up the majority.

During the several Shinobi World Wars, the Allied Shinobi Forces only numbered in the tens of thousands, and the standing armies of the major ninja villages were not very large.

at this time,

Most players who are willing to stay in the game have already ventured into the contaminated zone and begun to come into contact with the contaminated creatures.

The players, led by Sarutobi Asuma, are of a rather complex background.

Besides the two Chunin from the logistics department, Hyuga Neji is a member of a powerful clan with Byakugan blood, Uzumaki Naruto is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Yakushi Kabuto is a disguised spy.

"What a massive building!"

Naruto Uzumaki cried out in surprise.

They arrived at the corrupted area of ​​the Ghost Mage Salina, the Dead Soul Mountains.

It includes destroyed towns and villages, a huge castle built of marble, churches, wide ribbed avenues, various animal-patterned statues, and long stone walls.

A magical world that once had knights and magicians, with a large workforce.

Even the ruins of the destroyed town were far more prosperous than the real medieval world, just like a special town in a game.

These buildings are completely different from those in the Land of Fire; they are much more magnificent and grand.

"Have we really arrived in another world?"

Even Asma was shocked, reaching out to touch the religiously significant architectural ruins.

at this time,

A gray-black phantom emerged from a gap in the building.

They were beings killed by Salina, who, after death, fell into a ghostly state and were driven to become minions.

"Watch out for the enemy!"

Neji Hyuga reacted quickly. Although he had lost the advantage of the Byakugan in the game world, his habit of observing allowed him to be the first to notice the appearance of the ghost.

A crude short sword appeared in Asuma's hand.

They found this in the player's inventory while studying the player panel; it was a gifted beginner's equipment.

Has no attributes.

Fang Yi certainly wouldn't let the players kill monsters with their bare hands; that would be tantamount to suicide.

Five hundred weapons, costing 500 reward points.

The white-haired loli asked with concern, "Why are you giving them weapons?"

Fang Yi smiled and explained, "Don't worry about the initial investment. A weapon can speed up the monster-killing process for players, so why not?"

A screen of light appeared in front of the two of them, like a security room's surveillance camera, divided into countless sections, projecting the players' movements.

Asuma teams up with Neji Hyuga to kill the sneaky ghost.

After the ghost died, a faint trace of its essence dissipated and merged into Hyuga Neji, who had delivered the final blow to the ghost.

The white-haired loli said worriedly, "There used to be a world consciousness that recruited humans to fight against pollution sources, but that had a huge drawback."

"The origin is a very special substance; it is the purest form of primordial energy."

"After the contamination dies, the source will be preferentially merged with the life that killed the contamination. Even the world consciousness can only be forcibly extracted at most one-quarter. The majority of the source will remain in the player's body, which will cause serious waste."

Fang Yi exclaimed in surprise, "The players worked themselves to the bone to kill the source of pollution, and we actually got a quarter of it for free?"

The white-haired loli nodded with heartache and said, "Yes, that's why there's a 'poisonous insect breeding' mode, which forces the reincarnators to hand over reward points through mission failure penalties and death threats. Should we do the same?"

"of course not."

Fang Yi shook his head repeatedly and laughed, "The source we get for free is our pure profit!"

"As for the remaining essence within the player's body, half of it is accumulated as experience points. Once a certain level is reached, the player will be prompted whether to level up. As long as they choose to level up, I can directly take this part of the player's essence and grant them a certain degree of physical enhancement, which is attribute points."

"The last part is the reward points they revealed, which can be used to buy equipment and skills from the store to become stronger. The items I can create by spending one reward point will have their prices in the store increased tenfold."

Since the decision was made to use games to combat pollution, it was certainly not a solution come up on a whim.

Fang Yi has plenty of ways to get players to willingly hand over their reward points.

The white-haired loli was confused and asked doubtfully, "If the prices in the store are too high and players can't afford them, won't that delay the progress of eliminating the source of pollution?"

"You have no idea what players are sensitive to."

Fang Yi sneered repeatedly and explained, "That's what we want. Other players don't have it. They struggle for months to barely make a Dragon Slayer Sword, and they sell their houses and cars to buy a pet egg. If everyone can easily buy it, who will be motivated to eliminate the source of pollution?"

"Furthermore, all the bloodline limits, ninjutsu, and ninja tools in the ninja world can be exchanged for Origin, right?"

"If you don't want to spend time grinding, then be a pay-to-win pig and voluntarily exchange valuable items for me!"

Fang Yi's gaze fell on the players on the screen, like a farmer looking at his own leek field with satisfaction.

Especially in the ninja world, peace is fleeting, and all the major ninja villages want to gain more benefits.

Once these players get a taste of success, they will absolutely go crazy, throwing themselves wholeheartedly into the game world and letting me harvest their wealth.

Chapter 4 Free Bird

"The Reincarnation Game is telling me that my game time has ended and I need to spend reward points to buy more?"

A logistics ninja had a strange expression on his face. His body gradually became ethereal, emitting a white light, and he was about to leave the game world.

Asma felt increasingly mysterious about the game.

At first, it was a special experiment where a mysterious person would force them to play games, but unexpectedly, the game time was also set.

On the contrary, they haven't gathered enough intelligence yet and want to stay in the game.

[The higher your level, the more reward points you need to purchase game time. A level 1 player can purchase 1 hour of game time with 1 reward point.]

This is also one of the methods of accumulating wealth.

Leopard Head Zero Charge?

That doesn't exist at all. This newbie village cost Fang Yi a full 100,000 reward points. The venue fee has to be paid, and if he wants to continue playing the game, he has to spend money.

Asuma thought for a moment and said, "You two go back first and report directly to the Hokage Building. We'll leave later."

These two support chunin, without chakra, were even slower at hunting ghosts than Naruto Uzumaki.

There's not much point in staying; it's better to go back and report first.

The two nodded and chose to exit the game.

Asuma thought to himself, "Kabuto Yakushi must be a genin skilled in combat, his moves are swift and decisive. Neji Hyuga truly lives up to the genius Might Guy mentioned; his speed in hunting ghosts is almost on par with mine. What surprised me most was Naruto Uzumaki..."

When they first encountered the ghost, the opponent was so frightened that their legs went weak and they stood frozen in place. Unexpectedly, they quickly recovered and were able to fight the ghost to a standstill.

and,

Asuma, who has extensive combat experience, discovered that Naruto Uzumaki would become slightly stronger after each battle.

It's not about physical fitness, but about the fighting spirit in the face of crisis, which is an indispensable thing for growing into a strong person.

I must say, no wonder he's Minato's son?

[Ding! Your experience points are full. Do you want to level up?]

After Hyuga Neji killed two ghosts in succession, a voice suddenly rang in his mind.

Only then did I notice that at the very bottom of the player panel, there was a light green experience progress bar.

Killing a ghost grants 5 experience points.

He killed a total of ten ghosts to earn the 50 experience points needed to level up.

Upgrade successful, reward: 2 free attribute points

After a brief study, Neji understood the effect of attribute points and, after a moment's hesitation, added them to Strength and Constitution.

The Bound Bird

Level: 2 (1/100 experience)

Attributes: Strength 2, Agility 1, Constitution 2, Spirit 1

Equipment: Beginner Short Sword

For an instant.

Neji could clearly feel the growth of this body, just like the change in physical fitness after several days of training.

In the ninja world, even chakra requires long-term training. The Hyuga clan, with its various medicinal bath recipes, also needs to slowly nourish their muscles and bones to achieve the effect of making their bodies stronger.

This feeling of sudden, explosive power increase is probably something only the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan can sense.

Intoxicating.

But Neji quickly came to his senses. After all, it was a reincarnation game, not a real-world way to become stronger, so it didn't really mean much.

After a while,

Asuma and Kabuto Yakushi also leveled up one after another, until finally Naruto Uzumaki also leveled up, and no further special features were discovered.