Chapter 61: Drama King, Second Generation
"Random Summoning Beast Contract Scroll!"
Using this scroll will randomly form a contract with a single summoning beast. Please use with caution.
Li Jie xuan curled his lips. "Random summoning beast?"
It sounded pretty good. But for some reason, Li Jie xuan felt a strong sense of "this is a trap" lurking beneath the surface…
"Forget it…"
Putting those two random summoning beast contract scrolls aside for the moment, what really caught Li Jie xuan's attention were the items opened from the other five intermediate treasure chests.
"Chakra Potion!"
The pale blue potion looked identical in style to the stamina potion, but its effect was completely different.
Stamina potions had always only been able to restore physical strength, while this chakra potion could fully restore chakra that had been completely depleted.
"With this, even if I only have genin-level chakra reserves right now, I can still fight for a long time!"
Li Jie xuan was visibly excited. His biggest weakness had always been his limited chakra pool. With these chakra potions, his combat power had clearly increased by a large margin! Unfortunately, there were only three of them…
Aside from the three chakra potions, the intermediate treasure chests also produced a sickle-type ninja weapon and a dark crimson scroll.
"Isn't this Hidan's sickle?"
Li Jie xuan rubbed his chin. This sickle was actually classified as an intermediate ninja tool? Then again, at the Akatsuki's level, it would almost be embarrassing to go out without at least an intermediate ninja tool. Still, Li Jie xuan didn't know how to use such a niche weapon, so he could only set it aside for now.
That left the remaining dark crimson scroll.
"Low-Level Hokage Trial Scroll!"
Li Jie xuan frowned slightly as he read it aloud. "What kind of thing is this?"
"Using a Hokage Trial Scroll allows you to enter any period of the Hokage era for training. During the trial, rewards are granted based on task performance." The system's explanation was emotionless, but clear enough.
Li Jie xuan nodded in understanding. Simply put, it was a dungeon—side quests and all.
However, now didn't seem like the right time to use it. According to the allied forces' rules, every ten days they had to report to the main camp to submit battle damage reports and collect supplies.
"Let's go—head to the main camp!"
In just half a day, Li Jie xuan's group arrived at the camp. This time as well, they immediately became the center of attention…
"These guys actually dared to come back? How bold!"
"Didn't they run away in fear and desert?"
"Hard to say—maybe they were captured and dragged back?"
"Deserted?"
Li Jie xuan frowned in confusion. When had that happened? Over the past few days, they had killed no fewer than thirty Sand ninja, probably closer to fifty. How could they possibly have deserted?
Just as Li Jie xuan's group was feeling puzzled, Danzo suddenly appeared…
"You actually dare to come back!"
The young Danzo already had a punchable look on his face. With several jōnin following behind him, he advanced toward Li Jie xuan's group with a vicious grin.
"Why wouldn't we dare come back?"
Uchiha Yuya lifted his chin proudly. "I'm a genius of the Uchiha clan, and this time I personally killed—"
"No, no, no, that's not important!"
Danzo cut him off with a sneer. "What matters is that during these ten days, you failed to properly defend Area B4!"
"You probably didn't expect this—but ANBU has been watching you the whole time!"
Danzo waved his hand with a cruel smile, and an ANBU wearing a parrot mask stepped out from the shadows.
Seeing this, Li Jie xuan couldn't help growing irritated. "The best defense is offense. You don't even understand that—Danzo, you really are stupid."
Clearly a genius whose talent was on par with Sarutobi Hiruzen, yet after decades of floundering, he ended up relying on underhanded methods like transplanting Sharingan just to get by.
Calling Danzo "stupid" was honestly a compliment…
But the young Danzo was a once-in-a-generation prodigy. How could he tolerate such an insult? He roared as he waved his hand. "You little bastard—how dare you call me stupid?!"
"That's right. Stupid, and completely unreasonable."
Li Jie xuan shook his head disdainfully. "That's exactly why you've always been inferior to Sarutobi Hiruzen!"
"What?! You're saying I'm not as good as that monkey?!"
Danzo's eyes instantly turned red. He could tolerate anything—except someone saying he was inferior to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Both were disciples of the Second Hokage, yet Sarutobi Hiruzen had always been far more favored by Tobirama…
"Seize him!"
Danzo roared as he swung his arm. "I want him dead!"
Clearly, Danzo was acting under Tobirama's orders.
And precisely because of that, the jōnin and ANBU behind him obeyed his command, coldly closing in on Li Jie xuan's group.
For a moment, Li Jie xuan was caught in a dilemma. If he didn't resist, then even if everything was eventually explained, he would still inevitably suffer. But if he fought back, with his current strength, he was absolutely no match for so many jōnin…
Should he tear open that scroll?
But even if he entered the trial, there was no guarantee he could defeat this many jōnin after returning. More importantly, before figuring out the scroll's exact nature, Li Jie xuan didn't want to use it in front of so many people.
Just as Li Jie xuan was spacing out, Senju Tobirama suddenly appeared and raised his hand, shouting, "Stop! I will personally handle this matter!"
For a moment, Danzo froze. The ANBU froze as well.
Li Jie xuan was even more confused: you were the one looking for trouble, and now you're the one stepping in to save the situation.
So this was the truth about Senju Tobirama—
The Second Hokage was actually this much of a drama king?
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