After hearing the system's explanation, Ito Hirofumi finally got the gist of it.
The system was divided into five levels of summoning. Through these levels, he could use summoning techniques to call forth spirits from the afterlife!
In other words, he could summon dead people to serve as his summoned beasts.
For now, though, the spirits he could summon were limited to those who had once been part of the Hidden Leaf Village.
If he could summon someone like Hashirama Senju or Uchiha Madara, wouldn't that be absolutely insane?!
Just imagining those two as his summoned beasts sent Ito Hirofumi into a frenzy of excitement!
Who wouldn't want to see Susano'o cloaked in a Buddha statue, the two of them wiping out the four great nations, or combining Amaterasu with Wood Release to make the whole world bow to the Leaf!
And most importantly, if those two became his summoned beasts, wouldn't he be practically invincible?!
Forget the three great sage lands or the nine tailed beasts!
In front of those two, they'd all be nothing!
And the best part? Those two were absolutely spirits of the Hidden Leaf Village!
Which meant he had a real shot at summoning them!
"System, since there are five levels of summoning, there's gotta be some kind of prerequisite, right?! What do I need to do to perform a summoning? Complete system missions or something?!"
[The system does not issue missions!
Nor does it force the host to complete missions!
The host can recharge with Ryo to gain Wealth Points!
Wealth Points can be spent to exchange for summoning opportunities!
White Summons: 10,000 Wealth Points.
Green Summons: 100,000 Wealth Points.
Blue Summons: 1,000,000 Wealth Points.
Purple Summons: 10,000,000 Wealth Points.
Golden Summons: 100,000,000 Wealth Points.
Wealth Points are tied to the Ryo of the ninja world, with a one-to-one exchange rate!
Additionally, each time the host summons a spirit, they can randomly acquire one of that spirit's abilities to add to their own!]
Ito Hirofumi, who had been burning with excitement at the thought of summoning both Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara to be his summoned beasts, suddenly felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped on him.
He snapped back to reality in an instant!
No need to even think about it—powerhouses like Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju would definitely require a Golden Summon to have a chance of being summoned!
And a Golden Summon needed 100 million Wealth Points, which meant 100 million Ryo!
Damn it! Even if he sold off the entire Ito clan, he wouldn't come close to 100 million Ryo!
In the world of Naruto, Ryo was actually pretty valuable.
For example, in the original story, Asuma Sarutobi's bounty was 35 million Ryo.
Asuma wasn't weak by any means—he was definitely an elite Jonin. But that wasn't even the main point!
The real kicker was his status: he was the son of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi!
And yet, even with that kind of status, his bounty was only 35 million Ryo.
That just showed how there was no inflation in the Naruto world's currency…
So, getting his hands on 100 million Ryo was no small feat!
But when he thought about it, he was still coming out ahead. After all, Asuma's head was worth 35 million, but summoning an elite Jonin only cost 10 million!
And when it came to Kage-level powerhouses, their value couldn't even be measured in Ryo…
Plus, if he got strong enough, making money might not be that hard!
Take the Hidden Leaf Village, for example: an S-rank mission paid at least 1 million Ryo, and tougher missions could pay even more.
But making money didn't always mean taking missions. Look at Jiraiya—he became one of the ninja world's richest guys just by selling books!
Ito wasn't too keen on writing books, but he could always… rob someone!
The Naruto world was a dog-eat-dog place, after all. If he found a few rich folks and took their money, wouldn't he become rich himself?!
With that thought, Ito's mood lightened up a bit.
"System, c'mon, this is our first meeting. And because of some unknown error, I got stuck with this system years late. I should've been living the good life with a harem by now! Don't you think you owe me some compensation?! Other systems give out newbie gift packs! Don't tell me you don't have one?!"
[Issuing Newbie Gift Pack!
Congratulations, Host, you have received one Golden Summon!]
"Holy crap! You're actually giving me one?! Thank you, System! I love you!!!"
He never expected the system to just hand him a Golden Summon—a prize worth 100 million Ryo!
And more importantly, this was a Golden Summon!
It could only summon Kage-level powerhouses, and the number of Kage-level spirits from the Hidden Leaf who had passed away was limited. Didn't that mean he had a solid chance of summoning Hashirama Senju or Uchiha Madara?!
The thought sent Ito's heart racing again!
He didn't hesitate for a second.
"System! Use the Golden Summon!!!"
[Please perform the Summoning Technique, Host!]
"What?! I've already got the summon, and I still need to use the Summoning Technique?!"
Ito didn't dwell on it too much. He quickly performed the Summoning Technique he'd just learned from Iruka, forming the hand signs and slamming his palm onto the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!!!"
In an instant, golden runes appeared on the ground, glowing with a dazzling golden light!
A flame of spiritual energy slowly rose from the summoning array.
Through the golden light, Ito strained his eyes and saw a figure gradually taking shape within the array…
Red armor!!!
That wild, nonconformist hairstyle!!!
It was none other than Uchiha Madara?!!
He couldn't believe his luck—he'd actually summoned Uchiha Madara!
A Golden Legend!!!!
"Where am I?!
Am I revived?
Reanimation Jutsu?
Has my plan succeeded?
Obito, that guy didn't do half bad…
Wait!!!
This isn't the ninja world!
And this isn't the Reanimation Jutsu!
A summoning seal?
Impossible!
I'm still in the afterlife!
What the hell is going on?!"
As the golden light faded, Ito finally got a clear look at the figure before him—it was definitely Uchiha Madara!
That iconic spiky, nonconformist hairstyle, the red armor, and just standing there with his arms crossed, he exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure!
Uchiha Madara's eyes locked onto Ito Hirofumi standing in front of him.
"Kid! Care to tell me what's going on here?!"