It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

"Oh, it's only because your Berserker Armor is strong enough, otherwise it would have been broken by you."

"I won't wear anything that's not durable!"

"By the way, the Thor's hammer that Tony prepared for you was just taken away by him again."

Hearing this, Boss Cheng put down the brush, looked up and asked Denise with a puzzled look on his face: "Didn't he say he wanted to have surgery to remove the shrapnel in his heart? A medical cabin has been moved away, why is he going to do it again?"

"He said that based on the information Sweet Cheese passed on to Jarvis, he could almost restore a low-level energy shield with only the technology he had at hand."

"Oh, it seems Tony was really burned that night. He was scared by the Extremis virus."

The reason why Tony is so eager to add energy shields to his Iron Man suit is that although low-level energy shields cannot resist real bullet damage, they can resist attacks from energy weapons. And this "energy weapon" includes pure thermal energy attacks.

"Did he say anything else?" Boss Cheng asked again.

"He said he can't go to the social event on the 31st. But the 5 tons of gold you promised must be delivered!"

"Wait! No! What's going on? How did 5 tons of gold suddenly appear? I don't remember this much!"

Denise asked, "Do you remember how much it was?"

As a result, Boss Cheng shook his head, saying that he just said it casually at the time and didn't remember it at all.

"So it seems that you have made a pledge for 5 tons of gold!"

"Eh!"

The winter in Northeast China is very cold, especially after the severe cold of the winter solstice blows away the last bit of warmth brought by the abnormal climate, the entire Hualin City seems to have been paused.

Today, there is no more noise outside Boss Cheng's door. All parties, including the client, supervisor and construction parties, have left the construction site. The construction site that was still rumbling and bustling a month ago is now left with only the old night watchman who is responsible for guarding the construction site.

All of these night watchmen were locals, and dozens of construction sites recruited old men to work as night watchmen. As a result, the small city of Hualin was almost short of "old man resources".

"I thought that any city that was demolished would be very big and have a lot of people. I didn't expect that the city you live in is so..."

"It's okay to say it's small and shabby, after all, it's the truth." Boss Cheng explained to Denise, "The coal mine was discovered first, and then the city was built. The whole city used to revolve around the coal mine, and the Mining Bureau was the father of the whole city. In the end, the mine was dug up, and the father died. I can say bluntly that before I was discovered by the UNSC, the whole Birch Forest City was in a state of being half-dead and half-unrequited."

"And then you were discovered, and they decided to work with you, and that's why there are so many unfinished projects here?"

"Yes!"

"So, you are the stepfather of this city now?"

"Come on! Wear something warmer and let's go out to buy groceries together!"

Today is only the 29th. If we look at the date we agreed on, Natasha came early.

But Natasha's life is actually quite hard. Her life is filled with unreliable tasks, very unreliable tasks, and some extremely unreliable tasks.

Whenever Natasha is free, she will be surrounded by a huge sense of being at a loss because she has nothing to do. Even the Christmas not long ago, she spent it with the "homeless" duty personnel in SHIELD.

That's why she came to Boss Cheng's place early, for no other reason than to have some fun.

"Buying groceries?" Natasha, who knew something about 2024, asked, "Although today is Sunday, aren't you guys taking a New Year's holiday?"

"Yes, it is indeed closed during the New Year. But do you think that with the geographical location and environment here, anyone would come to eat? So after making the last meal at noon today, I will close in the afternoon to prepare for the New Year!"

"What about other worlds?" Natasha asked, "Isn't your world connected to many worlds?"

"It's Chinese New Year too! Who would come to a box restaurant to improve their food during the Chinese New Year?"

"So you're planning on taking a vacation?"

"Yes! I sold Killian. I just paid off my debt of more than 170 million by selling him. I feel confident now!"

Natasha just looked at the cook who had become bald but stronger, without saying a word.

However, Boss Cheng had just prepared lunch, and the few customers hadn't come in yet when the alarm of Dawn Town suddenly sounded over the entire town.

About half a minute later, a dozen green-clad Konoha ninjas rushed into the town gate like crazy. The Rain Ninjas guarding the town tried their best to stop them, but these Konoha ninjas ignored them and rushed straight towards the direction of Boss Cheng's restaurant.

Upon seeing this, the head of the garrison of Yuyin in Dawn Town immediately ordered all ninjas to stop attacking and enter a level one alert state.

Yes, you read it right, and the Rain Hidden Ninja heard it right. Their immediate superior gave the order to stop attacking and required everyone to switch from offense to defense.

As for the reason, the person in charge could see that the Konoha ninjas did not show any hostility towards them, and even after they rushed into the town, they had not fought with any Amegakure.

They have an urgent matter! And it is urgent to find the boss!

Besides, Yuyin and Konoha have already entered a truce state, and you can even say that there is nothing wrong with the two of them having already stopped fighting. Although the Konoha ninjas were wrong to trespass into Dawn Town, the problem is that in Yuyin's cognition, the entire town belongs to the boss.

Since they were in urgent need of something, there was no need for them, the "landlord's guards", to stand in their way. He only needed to make sure the Konoha ninjas didn't mess around in the town, and that would be considered a successful fulfillment of his duty to guard the town.

then……

"Banglong!"

"Clatter!"

"Fuck, I'm a glass!"

There was no other way. I didn't ask Laramon to repair the door this time. So the glass was only the most common tempered glass, without a multi-layer structure or laminated glass. So when Tsunade hit the door casually, the glass on both doors broke as expected.

"Boss! Quick, quick, save Rope Tree!"

Following Tsunade into the store was Tsunade's best friend and Rope Tree's teacher, Orochimaru. He and another jonin whose hair was actually blue-gray instead of pink, carried a stretcher that was constantly dripping with blood and went directly to the hospital through the back door.

Soon, the seriously injured Rope Tree was put into the medical cabin by Ise. Seeing this, Tsunade dared to summon away the dozen or so fleshy slugs covering Rope Tree's body.

Boss Cheng also walked over to Rope Tree's medical cabin and took a look...

"Hey! What are you doing? Where are this kid's internal organs?"

0235 Enter the competitive world in 10 seconds

Rope Tree was not only fatally wounded. Not only did he lose two arms and one leg, but he also lost all the flesh on his abdomen and all the internal organs in his abdominal cavity. If the medical ninjas of Rope Tree's team had not sealed his blood vessels in time and the slugs had not kept him alive, I'm afraid Rope Tree would not have survived the 100-kilometer journey.

But the time was still too long, and it could even be said bluntly that Rope Tree was not dying, but dying. It was only because the slugs continued to supply chakra to Rope Tree that he did not die immediately.

But the process of death also has different degrees and distances. If Old Popsicle's wife Nora had just stepped onto the Yellow Spring Hirasaka, then Nawaki had already boarded Hades' underworld train. The train had already started and was about to head to the Naihe Bridge.

"Boss! My brother will definitely be rescued, right?"

Boss Cheng: “…”

"My brother will definitely be rescued, right!"

Boss Cheng: “…”

"Damn it, answer me!"

In a hurry, Tsunade punched the silent boss Makoto. But there was no need for Makoto to dodge or block, Orochimaru and the ninja with blue-gray hair (not pink), one wrapped around Tsunade's arm, and the other hugged Tsunade's waist, and then Tsunade was pressed down.

"Sorry, Boss. Tsunade is... a little agitated."

"How did this happen?" Boss Cheng asked Orochimaru: "You were ambushed? But why don't you look like you have just experienced a battle?"

"Because my disciple was the only one who was ambushed. To be more precise, my disciple accidentally walked into the enemy's detonating talisman trap while on patrol..."

"Detonating Talisman Trap?" Boss Cheng frowned and asked Orochimaru, "Why... do I feel that this method of killing is familiar?"

As soon as these words came out, all the ninjas in the room except Orochimaru turned their eyes to Tsunade. And Orochimaru covered his forehead, thinking that the boss was indeed one of the "chief commanders of the enemy country", and he really dared to bring up things that were not related to the topic.

Later, Orochimaru revealed to his boss that the ninjas present were either from the Senju clan, or from vassals of the Senju clan, or relatives of vassal families. For example, the blue-gray-haired ninja Kato Dan who was carrying the stretcher with him was a member of the Kato clan, a vassal of the Senju family.

Therefore, everyone present knew about the strange attack on Hideki last year. After all, since that incident, almost all the Senju clan knew that "there are villains in the village who want to harm us".

This time, the process of Nawaki being ambushed was almost a 1:1 replica of Hideki's trap last year. The only difference was that Nawaki stepped into the trap, while Hideki's trap was stepped on by someone else.

Denise: That’s right, I stepped on it.

This cannot help but make people suspect that the attack on "The Hope of the Senju Clan" may also be related to the village.

"Whether it matters or not, we'll tell you after Rope Tree wakes up." After saying that, Orochimaru turned his gaze to Boss Makoto and asked, "Boss, the machine is yours, tell everyone the truth."

"Less than 10%." Boss Cheng said frankly with a cold face: "It has been delayed too long. Judging from the current situation, even if Sheng Shu can survive until the end of the treatment, he is likely to become a ..."

"You must have a way, right?" Tsunade ran to Boss Cheng, grabbed his hand, and asked in an unquestionable tone: "You must have a way!"

If we follow the method of the wastelanders, it actually is possible!

First, take out the brain of the rope tree and soak it in a "preservative". Then connect the brain nerves to the machine, turning the rope tree into a human brain machine.

Secondly, find the academy immediately and ask the scientists there to conduct a full-area scan of Rope Tree's brain, and then import the scan results into a synthetic human body, allowing Rope Tree to continue living in the form of artificial life.

But Boss Cheng estimated that if he really did this, every one of the Senju clan would come to fight Boss Cheng. After all, the synthesizer only retained the memory of Rope Tree, but not the soul of Rope Tree.

As for the human brain machine...

This thing has absolutely nothing to do with the creature called "human"!

In fact, Boss Cheng also thought of another method - soul materialization. However, the project team told Boss Cheng that it was no problem to give him this technology, but the problem was where Boss Cheng would get a huge amount of magic power. The chakra of the ninja could not be used as a substitute for the magic power of the Type-Moon world. Although the magic power of the wizard world could be replaced, the magic power of these wizards was too small. Even if the magic power of hundreds of wizards was drained at once, it would not be enough to materialize one leg of Rope Tree.

but!

In fact, there is a most dangerous, even the most deadly way to save lives.

only……

"Ise!" Boss Makoto asked, "What is Nawaki's blood type?"

Ise fiddled with the operating screen on the medical cabin for a few seconds and replied to his boss: "It's type O."

"Hey! System!"

【Please feel free to ask any questions you have. 】

"How's the research on the Extremis virus going?"

[I really don't know about this. How about I call the head of the medical department to come to you? He is drinking the extra strong kvass you gave us in the project team.]

Ten seconds later...

[Hiccup~~~ Sorry. You want to ask about the progress of the research on the Extremis virus, right? To be honest, there has been no progress in the past few days. Ever since Killian was sold to us by the Strongman Division, he has been throwing tantrums. We...we calmed him down for several days, and it was not until yesterday afternoon that he was willing to...be obedient.]

"What you mean is to give him electric shock treatment to make him obey."

[Hey~ It's the first time we talk, there's no need to be so direct, be more tactful, be more tactful.] The person in charge changed the subject and told Boss Cheng: [But according to Killian's description, the Extremis virus extracted from your blood has undergone a serious mutation. But whether this mutation is good or bad, he dare not jump to conclusions for the time being.]

"Is that so? Then I want to know, if I inject my blood into another person, what will be the consequences?"

[If they are not of the same blood type, they will definitely explode immediately. If they are of the same blood type, they may explode immediately.]

"What if it's the same blood type, and it doesn't explode immediately?"

[Can you please tell me why you want to inject your blood into others? ]

"There is a child who is missing both arms and right leg. Two-thirds of his liver remains in his abdominal cavity. His stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, and both kidneys are missing. Less than 2% of his intestinal system remains. Although he is not dead yet, he has exceeded the upper limit of the medical cabin's treatment."

[You run a self-help therapy center? Two machines in parallel? ]

"Yes, we are using them in parallel. But the child probably won't last ten minutes."

[Actually, there is another option!] The head of the medical department reminded Boss Cheng: [Don’t forget, for those who register as contestants for the first time, all injuries or diseases will be healed immediately after entering the competitive world!]

"But..." Boss Cheng was silent for a moment, "Okay, you have a point, thank you for your reminder. But I need to get his sister's consent first."

Boss Cheng took Tsunade and Orochimaru to the corridor, and then he told them the plan he had just worked out in the communication. Then, the topic of "How to Save Rope Tree" was thrown to Tsunade and Orochimaru by the boss.

Tsunade was so worried that she lost her sharp and decisive style. However, Orochimaru's snake eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light.

Orochimaru smiled at Boss Makoto and said faintly, "Actually, this isn't a multiple-choice question where you can only choose one of the two."

Orochimaru's words that pointed out the main point immediately made Boss Makoto realize that he could completely take advantage of the loophole in the main control's rules and help Nawaki find a "small" BUG!

Orochimaru and Boss Makoto, who were "in tune with each other", laughed at the same time. Only Tsunade, who was still confused and flustered, didn't understand what the two were laughing at.

But in fact, Boss Makoto and Orochimaru had completely ignored Tsunade. The two immediately rushed back to the treatment room, one of them pushed the parallel medical cabin, and the other grabbed Ise and rushed towards the underground base.

As soon as Boss Cheng arrived at the basement, he rushed to the terminal. He had always known that there was an option to "register as a contestant" on the terminal, but because he was forced to go there, he had never touched this option in decades.

He searched for a long time before finally finding the option to "Register as a contestant" in a sub-page under a visitor category.

Boss Cheng clicked the registration button, and three options immediately popped up: "Become a participating tourist and pay to experience the competition", "Become a free contestant and compete freely in the competition", and finally "Register as a professional contestant, abide by professional rules, and get high returns".

Boss Cheng decisively chose the third one, because only this one can allow the master controller to repair all the problems and issues in your body when you first enter the competitive world. Even if you die, the master controller can create a new body for you.

As for the first two, they are all created by the competitive world to generate revenue. The first is purely a tourist project. Apart from experiencing the game map, it is not a formal game at all. The second belongs to the amateur game circle. To put it bluntly, if you want to play in the game, you have to pay a registration fee first. It is a pure scam.

Just like when you register a game account, Boss Cheng scrolled down the "Agreement" from the top to the "I have read it carefully" at the bottom in 0.1 seconds, and then clicked frantically until he jumped to the part where he needed to confirm the registration with fingerprints and retina, and then he stopped.