Game Merchants Starting from the Ninja World.

Chapter 22 Verbal Battle

Outside the ruined castle,

Most players who were still resisting the ghost army suddenly felt that the ghost army was no longer as endless as the tide.

Instead, like ordinary monsters, it only condenses from ghostly aura every so often.

Upon seeing the announcement, everyone was in an uproar.

"The Ghost General was hunted down?"

"A purple greatsword and a blue set of armor—who got the divine gear?"

"Are the Ghost Mages going to attack the starting village?"

"Castle dungeons can also drop fixed equipment, so wouldn't that mean we can also get top-tier gear?"

Merchant players, in particular, have a keen sense of business opportunities.

Although their combat strength is weak and cannot be compared with ninja players, buying and selling is their innate talent.

Several merchant players have already purchased large quantities of materials and items in advance, and have made a fortune after the life system update.

Each announcement and update of the game offers an opportunity to make money.

"Hurry and buy tickets, let's find out what this castle dungeon is all about!"

Countless players flocked to the scene.

Immediately afterwards, a player posted a statement in the server's announcement section.

The Mist Shadow Alliance has successfully hunted the Ghost General and is now recruiting casual players.

The Cloud Concealment Alliance has secured the first kill on the Ghost General and is now recruiting solo players.

The two largest player groups have both issued statements claiming that they hunted down the Ghost General.

Nobody's a fool.

This kind of display of strength and flexing of muscles, once made public, will definitely attract many indecisive solo players.

"Madam in linen, the Ghost General was clearly killed by us. Isn't it wrong of you to deceive everyone like this?"

"Your Mist Village merely infiltrated the castle first; without our Cloud Village's intervention, could you have defeated the monster?"

Neither side was willing to back down, and both wanted to claim the credit for themselves.

They even started a war of words right there in the server's bulletin board.

[You people from Kirigakure like to do these sneaky things. I heard you even stole a Byakugan, making the Hyuga clan consider you an irreconcilable enemy?]

[Heh, you haven't even cleaned up your own mess, yet you dare to slander Kirigakure. Do you really think nobody knows about you kidnapping the Hyuga clan's eldest daughter?]

"You're talking nonsense! It was Konoha that struck first and killed our Kumogakure envoy..."

"I am Sarutobi Asuma, a Jonin of Konoha. I hereby raise an objection: Konoha did not kill the Kumogakure envoy back then."

……

Every two hours, players can post a sentence on the bulletin board.

If you want to post continuously during the cooldown period, you will receive 20 reward points for each post.

At this moment, the issue of who should be responsible for the death of the Ghost General sparked a conflict between the Hidden Mist and the Hidden Cloud. They were both reluctantly issuing announcements and trying to suppress each other's arrogance.

In the end, it turned into a battle of financial resources.

[The Cloud Village, with its rocks everywhere, dares to boast on the bulletin board? If they say another word, they'll probably run out of mission commission funds!]

[Let's have a real-world showdown! Are those Kirigakure water ghosts all they do? Bark like dogs! In every war, haven't they been routed by Kumogakure?]

All the players were watching the spectacle.

The verbal battle between the two sides lasted for two whole hours, directly bringing Fang Yi a net profit of nearly two thousand reward points.

Players purchase various equipment and skills from the game store, and Fang Yi also needs to consume reward points to create them, earning a profit from the price difference.

But using loudspeakers like this is a completely risk-free business.

Every penny that was swiped went into his pocket.

Fang Yi stroked his chin, thinking, "It seems that if I have the chance in the future, I should secretly instigate battles between different factions in the game. Even if we don't actually fight, it would be good if we just insulted each other and spammed the megaphone."

In the end, Yunyin's financial resources couldn't sustain the situation any longer, so they stopped posting announcements.

【Dear players, this is the evidence of our Cloud Hidden Village's hunt for the Ghost General: the [Blood Fiend Greatsword].】

The suffix contains the attribute links for the equipment.

[Blood Fiend Greatsword (Purple)]

Type: Greatsword

Durability: 45/45

Attack: 50

Equipment Requirements: Level 10, Strength 8, Constitution 10, Melee Weapon Mastery Level 5

Additional skills:

Blood Dance (Active) - When activated, consumes 5 health points per second, deals 10 points of Blood Fiend damage with each strike, and reduces the enemy's defense by 15 points.

Note: A left-handed greatsword that has fought alongside the Ghost General for many years.

"It's purple-grade equipment; any piece of it in the game store would sell for tens of thousands of reward points!"

"Such high attack power, and it can also weaken the enemy's defense. If I wear this greatsword, I can probably walk sideways among hundreds of players."

The players were so shocked by the Blood Fiend Greatsword's attributes that they were speechless.

Selling it in the game store is one thing, but everyone knows that no one can afford it at such an exorbitant price.

Even the five wealthy ninja villages, if they could afford it, wouldn't spend a huge sum of money to buy it, since equipment would be updated and replaced as the level increases.

Since no one can afford it, there's no envy or jealousy.

But things are different now.

The Cloud Hidden Alliance posting a picture of a purple weapon on the bulletin board has an emotional impact that is incomparable to anything else.

Just like many otaku, they spend all day on a dating website, claiming to have seen all kinds of beautiful girls from other worlds and that they can remain unfazed even if female celebrities stand in front of them.

But when he actually gets close to a girl, he can be so shy and excited that he trembles all over and doesn't dare to say a word.

[The Hidden Clouds are truly shameless. Taking advantage of the lull while we were killing the monsters, they secretly stole the Blood Fiend Greatsword. Doesn't that prove they thought the Hidden Mist didn't have one? [Crimson Shoulderpads], [Crimson Iron Boots], [Crimson Armor], [Crimson Leggings], [The Ghost General's Evil Longsword].]

A dense array of equipment links were displayed.

The Evil Blade is also a purple-quality weapon, and it also has the Bloodstained Five-Piece Set, which is a fixed drop exclusive to the Ghost General.

Boss-level monsters like the Ghost General.

Fang Yi did not settle the reward based on the final kill, but instead settled it based on the contribution made when hunting the monster.

If an item drops and the player doesn't have enough contribution points, they cannot pick it up even if it's right in front of them.

Mei Terumi was right.

Yunyin did indeed seize the moment when the monster was dying, and Mabu-i, who possessed spiritual perception, made the first move to snatch the strongest Blood Fiend Greatsword.

However, because of picking up the Blood Fiend Greatsword, his subsequent contributions were insufficient, and he only picked up a few scraps.

The open and covert struggles between the two major alliances in the game continue.

Asma clenched his fists.

The Hokage and senior advisors' indifference prevented them from participating in the fight.

Like the impoverished Sand Village and the unlucky Iwagakure Village, which had no ninjas to play, they were squeezed to the margins.

Leave the game.

Asuma looked up at the dark, low-hanging sky and headed towards the Hokage Building.

They weren't entirely without success during the hunt.

A banner exuding a strong ghostly aura appeared in his hand.

Asma spent 800 certification points to allow the banner that could summon ghosts to be freely brought back to reality.

The impact of this special equipment ability on ninjas is far greater than that of the beginner short sword given at the start.

It can be directly compared to the relics of the Sage of Six Paths that the Hidden Cloud Village reluctantly took out to intercept the Second Hokage.

seeing is believing,

Asuma hoped that this equipment would change the attitude of the Hokage's higher-ups towards the Samsara Game.

suddenly,

A thin figure appeared ahead.

Asuma's heart tightened, but he relaxed after recognizing the person who had come. He chuckled and said, "So it's Kabuto. You're here to see the Hokage too. That's great. With you here, my chances of persuading the Hokage are much better..."

puff.

The sound of a kunai piercing through flesh.

(End of this chapter)