Chapter 26: When Namikaze Minato Gets the Sparkling Fruit!
When Su Li brought the Minato couple to his residence, Yūhi Kurenai and Kurama Yakumo were no longer there.
Having gained new power, Kurama Yakumo had naturally gone out to test it, accompanied by Yūhi Kurenai.
That was fine.
With no one else around, the Minatos no longer needed to maintain their disguised identities through the Transformation Technique.
"This is the comic I mentioned. You can just pick it up and read it."
On the way, Su Li had already explained to the Minato couple what these comics were.
Now, he let them stay and read while he returned to his office to continue drawing.
At present, only the Jōnin were reading them, so the number of available copies was still enough.
But once the Minato couple discovered their own new abilities, these comics would be opened to all Konoha shinobi.
By then, even if ten people shared one book, it still wouldn't be enough.
Su Li had to figure out a solution.
Back in his office, Su Li suddenly heard a system notification.
[Ding! By reading your comic "Nian Di," Hyūga Neji obtained the occupation inheritance of "Nian Di," comprehended Nian Qi, and the Host simultaneously obtained this occupational inheritance!][Ding! You get 40,000 system points!]
"Oh? Hyūga Neji, not bad."
Su Li nodded in satisfaction.
This outcome was unexpected, since he had previously allowed those Jōnin to bring a comic home to show their relatives — a special privilege for elite shinobi.
It was likely that Hyūga Hiashi had brought the manga home, and Neji had managed to comprehend it.
Hiashi was smart — he probably realized that this kind of fighting ability suited the Hyūga clan's style. The chance of successful comprehension was high, so he chose "Nian Di" after some thought.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. As 30 people have learned new abilities from your manga, your manga-making skills have greatly improved!][Ding! You have obtained a new permission: Comic Copy!]
"Oh?"
Hearing that, Su Li hurriedly checked.
His improved drawing skill meant he could now complete a full manga in just two or three days.
As for Comic Copy — as the name suggested, it allowed him to instantly duplicate any manga he had already finished, at the cost of just 1 system point per copy!
That's right — only 1 point!
Although the original still needed to exist first, the price-to-effect ratio was simply too good to ignore.
After all, Su Li was now a rich man with 120,000 points in reserve.
"System, make ten copies of all my comics!"
Without hesitation, Su Li threw thousands of points into the process, instantly producing ten copies of each of his hundreds of comics.
In total, there were now thousands of books!
Although that still wasn't enough for all of Konoha, it wasn't that Su Li couldn't make tens of thousands more — he simply wanted to observe what happened once the comics were fully distributed before deciding whether to produce more.
"Well, that's that."
Su Li couldn't help but grin at the thought that soon, the entire population of Konoha would be working for him.
A few hours later, good news arrived from the Minato couple.
[Ding! Namikaze Minato obtained the Sparkling Fruit by reading your manga "Kizaru of the Marine Admirals," and the Host received the Devil Fruit simultaneously!][Ding! You get 80,000 system points!]
"It's Kizaru's Sparkling Fruit…"
For a moment, Su Li's expression turned strange.
The power of the Sparkling Fruit needed no explanation — it was on par with his own Thunder Fruit.
It allowed the user to turn any part of their body into light and manipulate it freely, granting both the speed of light and the power of light.
Without a doubt, it was one of the strongest Logia-type Devil Fruits.
But there was one problem — the power one acquired was usually connected to their own nature.
Like how Sasuke had gained Kekkai abilities.
So what connection did Minato have with Kizaru that made him obtain that power?
Was it because they were both blonde?
Or because they were both fast?
Suddenly, a meme from Su Li's previous life flashed in his mind — a photoshopped picture of Minato's head on Kizaru's body.
The caption read:
"As a Marine Admiral, it's only natural to know some ninjutsu for self-defense, right?"
"No way… right???"
Even if that silly reason wasn't true, Su Li couldn't help laughing in relief.
The Sparkling Fruit's advantage was its elementalization — total immunity to physical attacks and most energy attacks unless imbued with Haki.
Compared to Kamui, which could only stay intangible for five minutes and required solidifying to absorb, this was far more convenient.
That's what Su Li called returning the enemy's way back to them.
He could already imagine it — when Obito and Minato met again, and Minato suddenly used the power of light against him…
That expression on Obito's face would be priceless.
[Ding! Uzumaki Kushina, by reading your manga...]