Chapter 12: Chapter 12 Kakashi: Damn! My Youth is Back!
Yuto sighed. He knew his own luck all too well.
Pulling like this was pretty much within expectations...
This was also why Yuto hadn't used the Ryo for gacha as soon as he got it.
After calming himself down, he organized the items from the ten-pull.
Six Special Soldier Pills, one Strength Pill, two Healing Pills, and one Chakra Proficiency Book.
Nine white-tier items and one green-tier item...
Based on his experience from playing countless games in his previous life, Yuto knew that white was the lowest tier, followed by green, then blue. As for the qualities beyond blue, Yuto hadn't pulled them yet.
He guessed they'd probably be purple and orange...
'But no matter how you looked at it, nine white-tier items and one green-tier item was just too much, right?'
However, he didn't expect that Chakra Proficiency Book, which was worth 100 resource quota, could actually be pulled from the gacha.
And 100 resource quota was equivalent to 10,000 Ryo. After checking further, Yuto realized that even the Special Soldier Pills and the like could be purchased!
But their price was only 10 resource quota!
'What a scam! I spent 10,000 Ryo just to get something worth 1,000 Ryo?'
Just as Yuto's complaining spirit was about to reach its peak, he noticed a small line of text in the item descriptions.
(This item is a limited item. Purchase limit: 10, and each purchase increases the cost by 100% of the original price)
'Oh…'
'So these are limited items...'
But Yuto quickly did the math, 'If I bought nine Special Soldier Pills, the tenth one would cost 100 resource quota.'
'Great, that's the same as a single gacha pull.'
'And that's just for a white-tier item worth 10 resource quota.'
'What about a green-tier item like the Chakra Proficiency Book?'
'Wouldn't the tenth one cost 1,000 resource quota?'
'That's equivalent to a ten-pull!'
'What a rip-off!'
Yuto, who had initially thought about exchanging these items for Ryo with Ninja, immediately abandoned the idea.
Just as Yuto was about to close the system interface in frustration, a familiar tuft of white hair appeared at the door.
"Yo, good morning, Manager."
"Morning, Kakashi. You're early today."
"Yeah…"
Kakashi nodded, "I didn't stay up too late last night. By the way, when exactly is the ranked mode going to open?"
Yuto thought about it. He had set the condition for ranked mode to open as having at least five playable characters, so Kakashi would probably have to wait until after Haku and Zabuza were released.
But the prerequisite was that there had to be real players, as Yuto hadn't planned to include AI in ranked mode.
It was clear that Kakashi was eager to get stronger, probably eyeing the rewards for a while now.
Yuto hadn't added items like the Strength Pill and Special Soldier Pill to the game yet, but it wouldn't be too hard to include them.
But since Kakashi was here, Yuto figured it was a good time to test the effects of these white-tier items.
"Well…it will take some time."
"Oh, by the way, why aren't you with your students?"
Kakashi looked up at the ceiling with a blank expression and said, "Ah... that. I'll go test them later."
Hearing this, Yuto facepalmed, 'Well, I can only say that as expected of Kakashi in his usual state.'
So he quickly changed the subject.
"By the way, I've developed some new medicine. Want to try it out?"
With that, Yuto took out a Special Soldier Pill from the system.
He handed it to Kakashi.
Kakashi looked at the small, brownish-yellow pill and immediately felt a bit uneasy, 'The smell was also a bit... pungent.'
Still a bit unsure, Kakashi asked, "What is this? What does it do?"
Yuto didn't hide anything and explained, "It's a soldier pill, but a special one I made. The effects are... probably similar to regular soldier pills, maybe a bit better."
Kakashi nodded. "Oh."
'A soldier pill? The color doesn't look quite right...'
But Kakashi didn't say anything more and simply swallowed it.
Yuto was genuinely moved when he saw this.
'Does Kakashi really trust me that much?'
In reality, Kakashi thought that someone as powerful as Yuto had no reason to harm him. And even if Yuto wanted to, he wouldn't use such a method.
Kakashi couldn't forget the feeling from two days ago when he had used his full-power Raikiri but couldn't pierce through Yuto.
That feeling... it was like hitting an earth wall, or being bounced back by a thick layer of fat.
In short, it didn't feel like something that could happen to a 'human.'
Although he hadn't kept an exact count, the number of enemies he had killed with his Raikiri was easily in the triple digits.
As long as he hit a vital spot, they would die on the spot.
The shock from that day had been so great that Kakashi had almost come to see Yuto as a being on the level of the Sage of Six Paths.
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As soon as he swallowed the Special Soldier Pill, Kakashi felt a bitter taste, as if a mix of strange plants had been mashed together.
'There was the taste of Spirit Grass, Sunflower...' Kakashi could vaguely identify some of the herbs.
As an Elite Jonin, he wasn't just skilled in combat, and his survival skills were also top-notch.
From what he could taste, he could identify at least six different plants.
After the initial bitterness, Kakashi suddenly felt a spicy sensation in his stomach, as if it were burning from the inside...
However, the pain wasn't severe and faded after a while, though the bitter taste lingered in his mouth.
Then, just a few seconds later...
The drowsiness Kakashi had felt upon waking up vanished instantly! And it felt like an endless surge of energy was coursing through his body!
Even the most grueling missions, like traveling non-stop for days, now seemed like a walk in the park.
And... most importantly, it felt like he was about to overflow.
'That's right! This feeling! It had been so long since I'd felt this way!'
Kakashi was exhilarated because he could feel his Chakra surging like never before!
The sensation of abundant Chakra flowing through his body again brought him back to the days before the Third Ninja World War.
Back then, he hadn't yet received his friend's Sharingan, and his Chakra hadn't been constantly draining away. He had never felt this full...
But now, that feeling was back!
'This... this really was a soldier pill!'
'No... regular soldier pills didn't have such a powerful effect! This was manager's Special Soldier Pill! Its effects were at least three times... no, five times stronger than a regular one!'