Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 270 The Terrifying First Round of Profits

Orochimaru admired his creation.

Whenever he completed an experiment that was beyond the imagination of ordinary people, Orochimaru would feel an indescribable sense of pleasure.

He likes things that are moving; if something doesn't move for a long time, it inevitably becomes boring.

Only life keeps moving, so he longed to prolong his life.

Orochimaru watched as Kurozumi slowly turned his head, and the three tomoe in his Sharingan trembled slightly with his movement.

Without a doubt, this is a masterpiece!
Cats' optic nerves are completely different from humans', making it extremely difficult to transplant eyes like humans.

But Orochimaru still found a way; he brought those eyes to life and made them adapt to the new body on their own.

"how do you feel?"

The charcoal sensed a world that was moving even slower than before, and the entire world seemed to be clearly visible before its eyes.

Even the dust motes drifting in the dim light seemed to be fixed in place.

It raised its paw and nimbly gave Orochimaru a thumbs-up:
"Meow!"

Li Xia opened the panel, and Aowu eagerly came over.

Sharingan (Three Tomoe)

[Category: Implantable Eyes with Genetic Implants]

[Grade: Purple]

Insightful Eye: Possesses energy-enhanced vision, with an additional 150% improvement in dynamic visual acuity.
Copy Eye: It can observe subtle movements and achieve 90% reproduction.

Illusion Eye: Increases resistance to energy-based and mental-based illusions, and enhances the power of energy-based and mental-based illusions.

Allogeneic: After implantation, the energy limit is reduced by 200 points or 40% of the energy limit.

Rejection: After implantation, physical exertion increases by 20%.
[Introduction: An interesting standard component, hot-swappable and plug-and-play, but its use by non-specialized individuals can have significant negative effects]

"No rank? It seems rather ordinary."

Aowu expressed his opinion on this matter, saying he was somewhat disappointed.

"It has no rank, so it should be considered an organ, similar to my Lava Mountain Armor, but it's a level closer to the Lava Mountain Armor."

The Sharingan has pretty good attributes; it can copy other techniques and learn taijutsu very quickly, and it can also evolve.

Both the lower and upper limits have been increased significantly.

Li Xia, however, did not think so:
"Moreover, it increases resistance to illusions. Putting aside everything else, the improvement in dynamic vision alone is already terrifying."

Originally, Kurotan's eyes had a special cat-like structure, and his dynamic vision was only slightly inferior to that of the Sharingan.

However, the price is congenital high myopia and poor color perception.

These shortcomings could very well become fatal weaknesses in the future.

Now that I've replaced my Sharingan, the flaws are gone, and I've even gained a significant boost.

As for the negative debuffs, they mainly occupy a portion of the mana bar, similar to the Lava Armor.

Another issue is physical exertion.

But Li Xia wasn't in a hurry. The Naruto arc had been around for ten years, and the Apostles and guilds had already researched the Sharingan extensively.

Let alone the mere three-tomoe Sharingan, I want to evolve it into the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, or even the Rinnegan.

As long as you can afford the price, we can get it done.

For the first time ever, Black Charcoal typed something in the team chat:

"Boss Meow, I've finished my seclusion and feel great. Requesting instructions!"

"Konoha assembly—oh right, remember to wear your glasses."

"Meow!"

The glasses Li Xia mentioned were one of the disguise suits that Aowu had purchased.

High-tech contact lenses will never fall out unless you actively remove them.

The glasses display pattern can be freely edited, are powered by bio-energy, and have an amazing effect.

Basically, each apostle has several copies; it's the flagship product of the second-tier guild, Time Scavengers.

He used this to fake rolling his eyes.

After the conversation ended, Li Xia had no desire to sleep and instead quietly waited for the first round of main quest settlement.

Time passed slowly, and in the quiet wait, even the insects outside gradually quieted down.

The bright white countdown on the panel finally reached zero, and the settlement page simultaneously appeared before the eyes of all the silently waiting apostles.

[Announcement: First round of main quests has ended]

Main Quest: Integration

[Mission Objective: Obtain recognized identities in Fire (Konoha), Earth (Iwagakure), Water (Kirigakure), and Wind (Sunagakure) within the specified timeframe.]

[Current Status: Hyuga Main Clan, Konoha Special Jonin, Kumogakure Special Jonin]

[Available for settlement: Hyuga main clan, Konoha Anbu Special Jonin]

[Under comprehensive evaluation]

[Executioner, current identity score: 105 (out of 100), overall ranking: 1]

[Executioner, your identity score has exceeded 100 points, and you will receive an additional 50% bonus to your reward.]

[Executioner, you have gained 15 attribute points, 3 Time-Space Coins, 90000 Hall Points, and 15 Merit Points]

[Executioner, your identity score has reached 100 points, and the highest reward pool will be unlocked.]

[Executioner, your identity score has exceeded 100 points, unlocking a hidden reward pool]

Please wait for the second round of main quests to begin.

Holy crap! This reward is awesome!

It jumped up as if it had been electrocuted, excitedly flying around Li Xia.

The maximum score for the identity assessment in the first round of main quests is 100, and Li Xia's two identities directly exceeded 100.

Even the highest level probably didn't expect someone to obtain two high-scoring identities in twenty days.

This caused the score to skyrocket after being stacked, resulting in an overflow.

The bonus after the key overflow is also terrifying. Li Xia guessed that it was calculated based on a 10% bonus for every 1 point.

With the bonus, the rewards from the first round of main quests alone were huge.

Even higher than most people's entire world!
Li Xia's basic income in a single world was roughly the same.

Not to mention that the outcome of the first round of main quests affects the outcome of the second round of main quests.

powerful!
Li Xia couldn't help but smile and let out a long sigh of relief.

All the previous efforts weren't in vain!
Before long, the notifications for the Hall of Light refreshed again, like a flowing stream.

Due to the influence of the executioner, Orochimaru has chosen to hire Akatsuki to attack the Land of Earth.

[Due to the executioner's concealed identity, according to the Hall's calculations, there is a greater than 90% probability that the Land of Lightning will attack Konoha.]

[Announcement: Due to significant changes to the storyline of Apostle ****, the second round of main quests will be delayed.]

The apostle, who was silently waiting for the second round of main quests, was stunned.

Significant changes to the plot? Main quest delays?

No, what happened?
"Boss, the main quest has been postponed. The plot has been significantly altered."

A skinny man asked in a low voice:

"Was it done by the person in first place?"

The man with a gloomy face didn't speak, but instead gripped the drink in his hand and stared intently at the prompt in front of him.

White Wolf, as one of the top-tier Tier 2 fighters, runs a small team. The White Wolf team was once a top-tier Tier 2 team.

After advancing to the third tier with superior skill, he was fully confident that he could replicate his previous path once he reached the third tier.

As a result of their lack of experience, their team configuration encountered significant problems in Tier 3.

Moreover, those teams backed by guilds have gradually taken shape after the initial accumulation period.

The chaotic battle between apostles in the previous world made him realize something was wrong; if they hadn't reacted quickly enough, they probably would have been directly caught up in it.

After much painful reflection, he spent a large sum of money to buy the Hokage's secret information through a favor.

I plan to optimize my team composition and address any shortcomings in the Naruto spin-off world.

He understood that buying information was like drinking poison to quench thirst, but if he didn't do it, he would probably only be a pushover in the next derivative world, receiving only the guaranteed reward.

After entering the world, through careful study of secret intelligence, coupled with a bit of luck and the full support of the team members, they succeeded.

White Wolf successfully obtained the position of Special Jonin of Kirigakure, and thought he would definitely secure first place.

But I never expected that I, with a score as high as 76, would only be second place!
White Wolf's face grew increasingly gloomy. Even without his teammates saying anything, he knew that the situation before him was definitely caused by the number one.

Beyond anger, I was mostly terrified.

Just who is the number one winner that they can so drastically change the plot?!

Even the main storyline has to be postponed. He can't control the situation in the ninja world all by himself, can he?

A mere twenty days.
"Oh shit."

The cup in the white wolf's hand trembled and shattered into pieces.

The team members watched the white wolf in silence; they knew why their leader had broken down.

As a spin-off world, Naruto is a very popular world, even though the main storyline keeps changing its form and missions.

However, the apostles still managed to identify certain patterns.

For example, large-scale events like the Chunin Exams, Pain's attack, the battle for the tailed beasts, the Nine-Tails' invasion, the Third Shinobi World War, and the Fourth Shinobi World War.

It will basically adopt a semi-battlefield mode and will open a reward pool, with each apostle having a different reward pool.

Only the first-place winner will unlock the most comprehensive reward pool.

In other words, there was no battlefield communication platform; otherwise, Li Xia would have definitely discovered that the apostles were greeting him in various ways.

At this moment, the 'culprit' who caused the second round of main quests to be delayed is rubbing his chin and staring at the text in front of him.

[Executioner, please complete the 'Strange Movements in Kumogakure' as soon as possible and hand over the evidence to Kumogakure to initiate the second round of the main quest.]

That's right, the Temple of Light gave him a side quest.

The task was simple: to persuade Kumogakure to decide to attack Konoha.

Li Xia had originally planned to do this, but he delayed it because he wanted to control the pace and prevent Konoha from being completely crushed.

Unexpectedly, the Hall of Light had a very high probability of Li Xia bringing this to fruition during their deductions, which would cause great uncertainty in the second round of missions that the Hall had prepared.

In order to eliminate any uncertainties, the Hall of Light wanted to wait until everything settled down before formulating the mission.

From this perspective, the legendary dynamic task system is indeed quite powerful.

"Boss, did the Temple of Light create a special side quest?"

"Hmm." Li Xia pinched his chin, a strange smile suddenly appearing on his face.

"Hey, tell me, what will happen if I don't answer?"

Huh? Not accepting the mission?

Aowu looked at him blankly, because even in Aowu's memory, it seemed that no one had ever refused a mission from the Hall.

Refusing to answer is definitely not an option; if you really anger the Temple of Light, you're sure to suffer the consequences.

I am the one who transcends my beloved child, yet I am not the one who embodies light.

But as Li Xia looked at the task, a thought vaguely popped into her mind.

The Hall of Light could directly achieve this result through 'cognitive distortion'.

But now he stubbornly insists on pushing things forward himself.
Does this mean that even if the temple has such abilities, it cannot use them recklessly, but must abide by certain rules?

So he can try to bargain.

The Temple of Light only gave us the task, but not the reward, which won't do.

"What are the rewards for the side quests in the Hall of Fame?"

[Based on the assessment, this side quest aligns with the executioner's interests; therefore, based on the principle of aligning benefits, no additional reward will be given.]

The principle of aligning benefits?
Is there such a thing?

Although we didn't get anything out of the Temple of Light, we did manage to discover something new.

Without hesitation, Li Xia accepted the request.

The Chunin Exams will be announced tomorrow, and the entire Chunin Exams will last for 10 days.

Even with the ninjas' high mobility, 10 days is barely enough time to launch a major attack on a village.

Therefore, he had originally planned to inform Yunyin tomorrow or the day after.

From this perspective, the deduction of the Hall of Light is indeed correct.

The leaves of Konoha were tinged with a touch of languor in the early morning.

Life here is not fast-paced, and it has moved away from traditional farming.

The streets were unusually quiet, with only a few pedestrians yawning and walking along the deserted streets.

Li Xia first went to Ichiraku Ramen for breakfast before leisurely arriving at the music and video store.

The shop owner hadn't arrived yet. On days when they didn't need to restock, the owner's hired handyman, Kai, was responsible for getting up early to open the shop.

Kai, who was wiping the window with a rag, called out as usual.

Only then did he notice Li Xia standing at the door, and his pupils contracted.

Then, with a smile, he said, "So it's Lord Xia. Have you finished listening to the tapes you bought last time?"

Li Xia nodded casually: "I really like A Jin's rap, let's have a few more rounds."

A glint flashed in Kai's eyes; 'Akin's rap' was a code.

He is said to be the favorite rapper of the Fourth Raikage's younger brother.

"Teacher A-Jin's tapes are in high demand; we just restocked them a couple of days ago."

Kai greeted Li Xia with a smile and began to explain the contents of the tape in a pretentious manner.

After Li Xia left, Kai hid in the cubicle, suppressing the horror in his heart.

The intelligence conveyed by Li Xia was recorded onto the tape at an extremely fast speed.

The most important sentence is:
"Gaara, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure, is about to leave Sunagakure to go to Konoha to participate in the Chunin Exams."

[Executioner, the side quest 'Strange Events in Hidden Cloud Village' has been completed as determined by the Hall of Fame.]

Li Xia, who was walking towards the mansion, stopped in her tracks, somewhat surprised.

So fast? It was just submitted, right?
[Announcement: The second round of main quests is about to begin]

Li Xia simply stopped walking, seemingly admiring the river shimmering in the morning light from the bridge.

In reality, he was intently staring at the control panel.

[Executioner, the second main quest, 'A Pre-Rehearsal of the Fourth Shinobi World War,' has begun!]

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