Konoha Village, Konoha Shopping Street.
Outside the virtual helmet experience store.
It was already past ten in the evening, with one hour remaining until the virtual helmet experience store officially opened.
At this time, the area was already packed with people waiting for the opening.
The main reason for the evening opening was that the official server for the virtual world was scheduled to launch at midnight.
Advertisements for the virtual helmet had been displayed outside the store for over half a month, and people had long been curious about what the virtual helmet and virtual world truly were.
This was due not only to curiosity but also to the celebrity effect.
The advertisements stated that the Third Hokage and Elder Danzo were both using the virtual helmet. Could something favored by the Hokage and an Elder of the village be simple?
Therefore, upon learning that the experience store was opening today, many people still came to queue, even though it was already past eleven o'clock.
Inside the store.
Naruto looked at the queue outside and the Konoha Military Police Force Ninja maintaining order, then said to Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki beside him, "This store will be managed by you two from now on!"
Kotetsu Hagane nodded upon hearing this and then asked, "Um...Boss Naruto, can we two use the virtual helmet?"
"Yes," Naruto nodded, "but not during working hours! During working hours, you can play on the computers!"
After saying this, Naruto pointed to the desktop computers at the front desk.
"Actually, the games on the computers are quite fun! If you play ninja conquest online, you might even be able to conquer your beloved Hokage-sama!"
Kotetsu Hagane: ...
Izumo Kamizuki: ...
Both of them wanted to ask if Naruto's 'conquest' was serious, but thinking it might be disrespectful to the Third Hokage, they didn't voice the question.
"There's still over half an hour until the official opening. You two hurry up and memorize the price list! I estimate quite a few people will buy virtual helmets directly later."
"Understood!" Both nodded and then picked up the price list.
Upon seeing the price of the virtual helmet, both were somewhat shocked.
"Boss Naruto, are you sure the price of this virtual helmet isn't wrong?"
"One unit actually costs five hundred thousand ryo."
"It's five hundred thousand ryo, no mistake!"
In Naruto's opinion, the price of five hundred thousand ryo was actually a bit low.
In Konoha, a bowl of ramen costs sixty ryo.
A B-rank mission for a Ninja is around one hundred thousand ryo. To buy a virtual helmet, one only needs to complete a few B-rank missions, or simply one A-rank mission!
There are genuinely many people in Konoha who can afford to buy a virtual helmet outright, and besides...Naruto also offers installment payment services!
"Computers, ten ryo per hour; virtual helmets, thirty ryo per hour..."
"Juice...fried rice, cola, instant noodles."
Just like that, the two began to familiarize themselves with the store's price list.
Aside from the five hundred thousand ryo for a virtual helmet, they felt all other prices were very affordable.
Not only Ninja, but even ordinary civilians could afford to play and eat.
Here, Naruto was guiding Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki through the work procedures.
Meanwhile, at the Uchiha Clan Estate store, Kurapika was explaining the work procedures to two others.
The entrance to the Uchiha store was also packed with people.
Most of the people queuing here were from the Uchiha Clan, with a small portion having found too many people queuing at the Konoha Shopping Street store and thus came to queue at the Uchiha store.
Everyone understood the significance of the virtual helmet experience hall to them, so even with outsiders queuing here, no Uchiha members came to drive them away.
The time came to eleven o'clock.
Eleven o'clock was the opening time for both stores.
When the doors opened, the people queuing outside swarmed in.
Kotetsu Hagane, standing at the front desk, unconsciously swallowed upon seeing so many people approaching.
"Hey? Isn't this Kotetsu Hagane, the gatekeeper? Quick, get me a card!"
Because the procedures for entering the experience store were already clearly stated at the entrance, the people who swarmed in were not overly noisy. Each held cash, eager to be the first to get a stored-value card.
While many people were getting cards, there were also those who didn't plan to get a card and went directly to the second floor to purchase a virtual helmet.
Naruto, standing by the counter, saw several acquaintances go straight to the second floor without a word.
These acquaintances were Kakashi, Fu Yamanaka, and Aburame Torune.
"Ah, it looks like the virtual world is finally going to get lively!"
"Konoha Village, embrace the baptism of internet addiction!"
After observing by the counter for a while and seeing that Kotetsu Hagane had become proficient with card processing, cashier duties, and other procedures, Naruto went up to the third floor.
Naruto hadn't yet experienced the services and facilities of his own store!
Arriving on the third floor.
By this time, several people on the third floor had already put on virtual helmets under the guidance of service robots and entered the virtual world.
Naruto looked around, then found a random sofa and sat down.
Next to the sofa was a glass cabinet, which contained a virtual helmet. To take out the virtual helmet, a card needed to be inserted.
Naruto took out his card, inserted it into the slot, then took out the virtual helmet and put it on his head.
Naruto didn't plan to use an authorized account but instead created a new one.
For character creation, Naruto didn't use his own image to directly enter the game this time but carefully sculpted a face.
As for the game ID, it was [Ye Ao Nai Wo He] (Lord Arrogant, What Can I Do?).
After entering the game, he first watched the world background for more than ten minutes.
The game's name was Infinite Continent.
As the name suggests, the game's territory is infinitely vast. When players finish pioneering the existing areas, the game will continue to update with new continents and new oceans.
The game Grey Wolf created has a very high degree of freedom.
Here, there is no distinction of professions, only differences in starting locations.
The entire world is initially divided into four regions.
These are the Ninja Zone, Magic Area, Martial Artist Zone, and Beast Race Zone.
The four regions are interconnected, but each player chooses a starting point upon first entering the game.
Choosing a starting point is essentially choosing one's physical constitution, or rather, profession.
Those born in the Ninja Zone will develop Chakra within their bodies; those in the Magic Area will develop magic power; those in the Martial Artist Zone will develop Qi; as for the Beast Race Zone...they will directly transform into a random beast.
Here, to learn skills, one doesn't need skill books or anything; however, each level-up grants skill points.
As long as one has enough skill points, they can use their imagination to create their own Ninjutsu, magic, combat techniques, or talents.
Naturally, some unique inheritances will also appear in certain hidden corners.
However, obtaining these unique inheritances requires destiny.