Naruto: Pay-to-Win Ninja System

When Shimoku left Konoha and returned to his village with the Three-Tails,

It was already late at night.

In the village, most of the clan members had already gone to sleep.

The newly arrived Uchiha clan members had also been mostly settled in.

Over the past month, with plenty of funding and hard work from the entire clan,

The [Homura Hidden Village] had already been completely renewed.

The residential area had expanded several times larger than initially planned.

It could easily house not just the over 400 newcomers, but even several times that many.

Though they were all a bit uneasy right now,

Compared to Iwagakure Village, which was now in ruins covered in smoke and flames, they were much better off.

Back home,

Nonou had already fallen asleep, and Shimoku didn't wish to disturb her.

As for the future 'tool person' Kurenai Yuhi, her injuries had mostly healed.

Currently, she was bound to a single bed, her chakra points sealed with dozens of steel needles.

Even if she woke up, there would be no way for her to break free!

Shimoku gave a satisfied nod and decided not to get straight into 'training' Kurenai Yuhi.

Instead, he went to the backyard hot spring and used Fire Release to heat the water.

While comfortably soaking in the bath, he began organizing tonight's spoils.

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained Value Points.]

[Would you like to recharge your Value Points for 4186 coins?]

[Recharge successful! Congratulations, you've received 4186 coins.]

[Current balance: 5078 coins.]

Shimoku casually converted all the 'souvenirs' he'd taken from the Iwagakure Treasury Vault into coins.

Gaining over 4,000 additional coins definitely brought joy.

However, previously receiving such a large sum of coins at once would have surely made Shimoku ecstatic.

But now, he remained much calmer.

Probably because he'd grown used to having thousands upon thousands of coins before...

As the old saying goes, it's easy to go from simple living to luxury, but nearly impossible to go the other way around!

"Feeling lucky today—might as well do a [Ten-Turn Gacha] to calm my nerves!"

Rubbing his hands excitedly, Shimoku clicked confirm without hesitation.

After so long, Lady Luck must've finally stopped fooling around and gotten serious again.

She should show some favor for me now, right?

[Would you like to spend 888 coins to start the Ten-Turn Gacha?]

"Confirm!"

Shimoku clicked confirm without hesitation.

"Hualā——"

Just like that, 888 coins flowed away like water...

Immediately afterward, the ten glowing treasure chests opened one by one.

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained a Chakra Restoring Pill.]

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained an Intermediate Spatial Scroll.]

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained the secret technique 'Shadow Mirror Body Changing Method.'] 

[Ding! Congratulations, you've obtained one [Advanced Recruitment Order].]

Soon enough, all ten treasure chests had been opened.

Shimoku carefully counted his rewards.

3 Chakra Recovery Pills; 

2 Basic Healing Pills; 

1 Intermediate Spatial Scroll; 

One thousand regular Shuriken; 

One hundred Fuma Shuriken; 

A secret technique called [Shadow Mirror Body Changing Method]; 

And one [Advanced Recruitment Order]. 

Among them, all kinds of pills, scrolls, and shuriken—these were just filler items. 

They were somewhat useful, sure. 

But if judged purely by the value in coins spent to exchange for them, they weren't quite worth it. 

As for that secret technique from the Nara Clan—the Shadow Bind Jutsu—it was priced at 1000 coins, slightly more expensive than a standard A-rank ninjutsu. That was actually quite reasonable for what it offered. 

Although this kind of hard control technique was indeed useful, 

It had its limitations. 

It worked fine against average-level ninja, 

But when facing Kage-ranked or even beyond-Kage-level experts, it would struggle. 

Unless supported by massive chakra reserves, it could exert powerful restrictive effects. 

However, considering Shimoku's current power, plus his convenient Sharingan and Word Binding Jutsu, 

Learning yet another technique like [Shadow Mirror Body Changing Method] would be nothing more than an extra flourish. 

Still, this secret art did have its value and was practical in battle. 

It would be worthwhile letting other clan members research and study it. 

After all, as a Yin natured chakra-based technique, it suited the Uchiha Clan rather well. 

But what delighted Shimoku most was pulling that [Advanced Recruitment Order]! 

Its value was a full 5000 coins! 

According to its effect estimation, unless used on exceptionally strong individuals with extreme mental resilience, such as Lord Madara or Might Guy, 

Using it on anyone else was practically guaranteed success—like the effect of Kotoamatsukami. 

Almost always effective! 

Did Shimoku currently need to recruit new personnel? 

Of course he did! 

His own village urgently needed large amounts of talent for development. 

Looking across the entire Ninja World, there were still plenty of capable people. 

People like Kakuzu and Sasori from the Akatsuki organization... 

If he could truly use the recruitment order to lure them over, at least in the future Shimoku wouldn't have to worry about money matters every day. 

Some excellent *cash cows* could naturally manage Homura Hidden Village's economy brilliantly. 

Therefore, Shimoku really did need such high-probability recruitment orders. 

Unfortunately, because they were too expensive before, he had never dared to spend the coins to exchange for one. 

Never expected he'd actually pull one now—an amazing stroke of luck! 

It looks like Lady Luck had enjoyed her lucky streak and was now ready to pass the baton to him! 

Well, as long as he kept drawing top-tier rewards—landing legendary drops every time—he wouldn't mind taking a few risks. 

Spending 888 coins and pulling physical rewards worth over 6000 coins— 

Such great deals, ten times, a hundred times more, 

Shimoku wouldn't mind at all! 

... 

After finishing the Ten-Turn Gacha draw, Shimoku still managed to hold back from spending any more—thanks to sheer willpower. 

Knowing when to stop was wise. 

Excessive greed might cost you your hands! 

Besides, these remaining 4000+ coins, Shimoku didn't plan to touch them recklessly either.

Ready to wait for the [Shipping Company] to sell off the jewels and bring back a fortune, so he could finally gather ten thousand coins.

Then he'd be able to obtain powerful bloodlines like the immortal [Immortal God Body].

At that time, his long-stashed [Eight Gates] technique could finally shine.

With the immortal buff active and opening the [Eight Gates], even taking down Six Paths wouldn't be an issue!

Just thinking about it already got him excited!

...

Come to think of it, these past few days,

He had been running around, stirring up this huge war.

He had finally created a relatively stable environment for his village's development.

Right now, the [Kiri] was still under reconstruction and allied with him, so things were mostly safe.

He had raided [Konoha] multiple times. After the losses from this great war, they probably couldn't even afford to keep their pants on—let alone cause trouble—for a long time to come.

As for the [Iwagakure Village], now more than half-destroyed and with a treasury so empty mice could run wild inside, just barely holding together was already a success.

And as for the remaining [Kumo] and [Sunagakure Village], there was no need to worry excessively either.

After all, without considering resistance against the alliance of the Five Great Hidden Villages,

Based on Shimoku's current strength, while protecting his own village, single-handedly wiping out one or two hidden villages wasn't a problem at all.

Therefore, the only ones requiring slight caution left were the [Akatsuki].

Who else but that guy 'Tudou' always seemed filled with hostility toward him?

However, overall, external threats had already dropped below baseline levels.

Thus, for the upcoming period of time,

It was finally time to kick back and relax...

Hmph! No, better said, it was time to seriously focus on developing his village.

"Right, Mooncake, Isobu?"

Shimoku stretched lazily, extending his arms.

But when he turned his gaze to the edge of the pool,

There he saw

The panda 'Mooncake', with that smug, cocky look on his face,

Riding triumphantly on top of the weakened Three-Tails, Isobu,

Zooming across the hot spring pool joyfully like he was racing someone.

Poor Isobu had barely survived being drained dry by Shimoku when he was already seized by Mooncake's devilish clutches.

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