Anime Card System

Level: 14 (Do not compare the protagonist with other characters)

Rank: Peak Chunin

Power: 279

Mental Power: 343

Physical condition: 289

Summon: Charizard, Arcanine

Experience: 100/100000

Opening his personal attribute panel, Zhang Ye felt helpless looking at the ever-increasing experience points. Normally, leveling up in online games is fast in the early stages and slows down in the later stages, but why is it different for him, where leveling up is so difficult in the early stages?

"What do you two think? What about the others?"

Zhang Ye approached the raccoon and asked.

Immediately, Night Sparrow and Raccoon fell silent, instinctively clenching their fists.

The raccoon managed to utter a few words: "They're all dead!"

"They're all dead!?"

Zhang Ye and the others couldn't help but frown.

If they hadn't arrived in time, the two raccoons might have also perished.

"The other team has also been completely wiped out. Now there are probably only six of us left. It's all the fault of those damned Iwa ninja. I swear, I will never let the Iwa ninja get away with this!" Raccoon said hatefully, blood seeping from his fist, clearly from his fingernails digging into his palm.

"Cifeng and Baihu, you two carry them on your backs. Be careful not to let them get jostled. We need to get back to the base as soon as possible."

Zhang Ye gave orders to Kazama Taiga and the other person.

Kazama Taiga and Hyuga Himine tied the raccoon and night sparrow behind their backs with white cloth straps.

They then ran towards the stronghold.

Along the way, they encountered many foreign ninjas who had found partners, and Zhang Ye and Asana Cang quickly resolved their issues.

……

"The survivors of Captain 'Yin' have returned!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke stood before Hatake Sakumo and reported.

"They're back. How many people died this time!" Sakumo Hatake's face was filled with melancholy and sorrow.

Every time a new person joins the battlefield, a large number of them will die, often less than one in ten, and there is even a high possibility of total annihilation.

"Six people. Red Dragon's team has all returned. Raccoon's team now only has two people left, and Black Wind's... was completely wiped out!" Sarutobi Shinnosuke said sadly.

"This is already quite good!" Sakumo Hatake said with a wry smile. "Let them in!"

"Raccoon is probably out of the question; he's seriously injured!"

"Then let's call Little... Red Dragon in. The news he brought back is very important for Konoha. The Hokage has already made it clear that his entire team will be rewarded."

Sakumo Hatake said that if it weren't for the news brought back by Zhang Ye, Konoha would probably have been kept in the dark for who knows how long. Once the news was conveyed, the higher-ups all wanted to reward him, and even Danzo Shimura, who had always disliked him, praised him.

Zhang Ye followed Sarutobi Shinnosuke to the tent where Hatake Sakumo was staying. Zhang Ye bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Your subordinate greets the Captain-Commander!"

"Xiao Ye, there's no need for this. It's just the three of us, Sarutobi, here. We don't need so much formality." Hatake Sakumo paused, then said, "You delivered the message very well this time. The higher-ups are going to reward you. What would you like?"

A reward? Zhang Ye raised an eyebrow, his mischievous eyes darting around, before he said, "No need for rewards. This is just my small contribution to the village!"

Sakumo Hatake couldn't possibly have missed Zhang Ye's little tricks, and laughed, "Don't pretend in front of us, just say what you want!"

"I want to be promoted to Jonin!"

"puff!!"

Sakumo Hatake immediately spat out a mouthful of water, staring dumbfounded at Zhang Ye's outrageous remarks, his forehead covered in black lines.

"This won't do. Your battle merits are too few to be promoted to Jonin. Let's find someone else!" Hatake Sakumo said helplessly.

"Alright then, I'll reluctantly accept a special Jonin as my ninja!" Zhang Ye sighed, lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers, but a smile appeared in his eyes.

Although he knew he had no chance of becoming a Jonin or Special Jonin, he only said it to tease the other person.

"Special Jonin?" Hatake Sakumo rested his hands on the table, his brows furrowed.

"This is a bit difficult, but it's not impossible!" Hatake Sakumo said slowly.

This time it was Zhang Ye's turn to be shocked. He had only graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago, and he was already very lucky to be promoted to Chunin, but to become a Special Jonin? Wasn't that a bit exaggerated?

"Uncle Hatake, are you sure?" Zhang Ye asked doubtfully, his face revealing his shock.

Sakumo Hatake nodded. "The information you brought is very important. If we rank it by mission level, it's an S-rank mission. Combined with the missions you've experienced before, you could be promoted to Special Jonin."

"Captain, isn't this against the rules? Xiao Ye just graduated, it hasn't even been a year yet!" Sarutobi Shinnosuke exclaimed in surprise.

"Rules are often broken. Xiao Ye's strength is probably close to the edge of becoming a Jonin. He should have no problem being promoted to Special Jonin. I'm just afraid that the higher-ups won't agree, after all, he's still too young!"

Immediately, Hatake Sakumo rested his head on his hands and fell into deep thought.

“I have two options. One is to go back to the village and take the Jonin exam. If you pass, based on your current situation, you will be directly promoted to Special Jonin. What do you think?” Hatake Sakumo asked.

Are you kidding me? After completing the Jonin Exams, everyone who comes out is a Jonin. Why would I only be a Special Jonin after completing the exams? That's such a bad deal.

"You tell me about the second one first!"

Sakumo Hatake's tone was extremely solemn: "The second thing is that you join the front-line troops, participate in the war, and gain merits on the battlefield. After a few battles, your merits will probably be enough to promote you to Special Jonin. But you must remember that the battlefield is a killing machine. You often don't even know how you died before you're already dead. You should think it through!"

Join the war!

Zhang Ye's brows furrowed tightly. In fact, he had little resistance to this, but in his memory, the first earth-shattering battle that broke out during the Second Shinobi World War was...

The three legendary ninjas battle Hanzo.

This was also the battle that made the Legendary Sannin of Konoha famous. Even later, when many people talked about World War II, the first thing they thought of was not the White Fang of Konoha, but the battle of the Legendary Sannin.

The front lines are far too dangerous; one wrong move and you could die there.

Zhang Ye was conflicted, after all, Hanzo's strength was too great.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a side quest!"

Fearless

Content: The battlefield is the dreamland of men. If you are a man, you must take up a gun and go to the battlefield to fight bravely and win glory for your country!

Deadline: End of the Second Ninja War.

Requirements: Kill 20 Jonin, 200 Chunin, and 2000 Genin. (One Jonin = ten Chunin = one hundred Genin). After completing the mission, you will receive one Gold Card Fragment for each Jonin killed, one Silver Card Fragment for each Chunin killed, and one Bronze Card Fragment for each Genin killed.

Reward: Level up by 5, and receive one designated Gold Character card.

Punishment: Death.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Brother, are you here to rack up battle merits too?

Looking at the suddenly released task, Zhang Ye was unable to calm down for a long time. This was really... too damn insane.

"System, how many card fragments do I need to collect to synthesize a complete card?"

Zhang Ye knew without a doubt what card fragments were used for, since they were a common item in mobile games.

"200 gold card fragments combine to form a complete gold card, 100 silver card fragments combine to form a complete gold card, and 50 bronze card fragments combine to form a complete bronze card!"

The system quickly resolved Zhang Ye's questions.

"That's a pretty good deal," Zhang Ye thought to himself. "But there's absolutely no way I can kill a Jonin right now. Are you kidding me?!"

"Of course, gold cards are considered high-level cards in the system, and they are very difficult to obtain, unlike low-level silver and bronze cards, which are the easiest to obtain. Naturally, I have to make things more difficult for you. I am the system, not a cheat!"

The system's voice rang in Zhang Ye's mind, containing a strong sense of disdain.

"Can I... give up?"

"You're overthinking it. Your response is, 'Can you die?'" the system continued disdainfully.

Zhang Ye's mind felt as if tens of thousands of bastards were stampeding through it.

I knew it!

"Xiao Ye, what's wrong?" Hatake Sakumo asked in confusion.

The two were chatting when Zhang Ye suddenly froze, standing motionless, though his facial expressions changed like a slideshow.

Upon hearing Sakumo Hatake's voice, Zhang Ye quickly snapped out of his reverie and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered something."

"What's your decision?"

"I've decided on the second option. After all, it's quite easy to earn merit on the battlefield. Sending me to the village to fight those Jonin would be a death sentence!"

Zhang Ye wasn't stupid. He knew that most of the Jonin in the village, except for a very few who were under the Hokage's command, were protecting important figures in the village.

For example, Mito Uzumaki!

Most of the Jonin were in the hands of Shimura Danzo. If he had known he was going to take the Jonin Exams, he would have tormented him to death.

If he were to accidentally die during the assessment, he could say, "Battles are inherently unpredictable; casualties are inevitable!"

Danzo Shimura was actually capable of doing something like that.

"Yes, that's true. A fledgling eagle that lives forever under the wings of an eagle will never be able to fly. You've grown up now, it's time for you to undergo real training!"

In the past, Sakumo Hatake would never have said such a thing, but after this mission, he realized that Zhang Ye was the kind of person who was truly suited for the battlefield.

After Zhang Ye left the operations center.

“But Captain…” Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s face showed a hint of worry.

In his mind, Zhang Ye was just a child, and going to the battlefield was probably too early for him.

“Sarutobi, I know what you want to say. This is the path he chose himself. If anything unexpected happens in the future, it will be his own business. If we keep protecting him, it won’t be good for his future growth!” Hatake Sakumo said calmly.

"I hope he doesn't bring shame upon the Izayoi name!"