At Rasa's thought, an invisible roulette wheel began to spin.
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained an F-rank item: One tael of gold.]
...
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a B-rank item: Ninjutsu Scroll (Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves).]
...
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained a B-rank item: Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card.]
...
[Congratulations, Host. You have triggered the pity reward and obtained an A-rank item: Summoning Beast Card (Powerful Support Type).]
Rasa looked at the three rewards he had drawn, aside from the gold.
One was a Wind Release ninjutsu scroll—another one of Danzo's techniques.
"Vacuum Serial Waves is an upgraded version of Vacuum Wave," Rasa murmured. "With a single set of hand seals, it unleashes multiple vacuum blades at once. Its destructive power and attack range are both much greater."
"In close combat, using something like this suddenly would threaten every opponent nearby."
Rasa put the scroll away.
"But even Vacuum Serial Waves is only ranked B."
"That proves the range covered by B-rank rewards is still pretty broad."
His gaze shifted to the second item.
"Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card."
[Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card]
[Several shinobi will be randomly selected. The Host may choose one and engage in a verbal clash with them, including but not limited to mockery, ridicule, sarcasm, and other unfriendly exchanges, in order to obtain Emotional Value.]
[Emotional Value can be exchanged for draw points at a one-to-one ratio.]
[Each Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card has a maximum Emotional Value cap of 2000.]
Rasa's eyes lit up slightly.
"This looks... very useful."
The moment Hyuga Yamaaki had revealed his stance, Rasa had known that trying to stir conflict within the Hyuga Clan would be difficult from now on.
And if the clan could no longer be shaken, then fewer and fewer people would continue discussing the rumors.
Even if they still played Ninja Kill—
they would barely pay attention to the text on the front of the cards anymore.
Which meant the speed at which Rasa gained points would slow down considerably.
But now that he had obtained this Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card, things were different.
As long as he could engage someone in the shinobi world in "friendly conversation" and provoke their emotions, he could gain Emotional Value.
And Emotional Value could be directly exchanged into points.
"And the cap is a full two thousand points."
"The only question is... which shinobi will it select?"
Rasa turned to the third item.
[Summoning Beast Card (Powerful Support Type)]
[A powerful support-type summoning beast will appear at random. After subduing it, the user may forcibly sign a contract with it.]
"The value of a summoning beast speaks for itself."
"Yatagarasu already proved that much."
"The first time Yatagarasu acted, it directly caused Kirigakure over a thousand casualties."
"Without Yatagarasu, dealing with the Hongsha Clan would never have been that easy."
"I would have had to send ANBU into action."
"And some of them might even have escaped."
After finishing today's paperwork, Rasa left the Kazekage Building.
By the time he reappeared, he was already outside the village.
Far above, Yatagarasu hovered in the sky.
Rasa took out the Summoning Beast Card.
"Use."
The next moment, white light flashed across the card.
Then—
an enormous figure burst out of it in an instant.
A giant lizard.
A grotesque-looking one at that.
Its entire body was brownish green, and it moved on four nimble legs. Its bulging eyes rolled around constantly. On its back were two tiny wings, though they looked far too small to support such a massive body in flight.
Its long tail ended in something resembling a snake's head.
Rasa narrowed his eyes.
"A chameleon."
"One of Pain's summons again, huh?"
"Its main ability is camouflage and invisibility."
"It can swallow a person and render even the one inside its stomach invisible."
The chameleon noticed Rasa the moment it appeared.
But unlike Yatagarasu back then, its reaction was completely different.
Yatagarasu had attacked him head-on with savage force.
The chameleon, however, instantly turned invisible.
Its giant body vanished from ordinary sight.
Its effect was extremely similar to the Moonlight Clan's Transparency Release.
"Byakugan."
But under the penetrating vision of the Byakugan, the chameleon's body could not hide completely.
Rasa remembered that in the original story, even its presence had been detected by Shima.
"But that doesn't mean it has no value."
"There are still very few shinobi with Byakugan."
"And there are even fewer with sensory ability on Shima's level."
"So even in Sunagakure's hands, the chameleon will still be tremendously useful."
The chameleon stared at Rasa and cautiously shifted its body, inch by inch.
It slowly circled around to his side.
Rasa raised a brow.
"From the look of it... you still want to attack me?"
Without hesitation, Rasa formed hand seals.
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Billowing Waves!"
At once, the surrounding sand surged upward, rushing from all directions toward the chameleon's location.
Bang!
The chameleon's entire body was swallowed by sand.
Before it could react, even more sand came pouring in.
Layer upon layer.
Wave after wave.
It buried the creature completely.
Only then did the chameleon begin to struggle.
But it was already too late.
An overwhelming mass of sand pressed down with crushing weight, so heavy the chameleon could not even lift its waist.
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!"
An invisible force descended upon the gold dust.
In the next instant, it contracted violently.
Terrifying pressure squeezed in from all directions, crushing the chameleon.
Bang!
The ground fell silent.
Just like when he had subdued Yatagarasu.
Compared to last time, this battle was much easier.
Partly because the chameleon was weaker than Yatagarasu.
One was a powerful support type. The other was a powerful combat type.
And partly because Rasa himself had grown stronger since then.
The boost brought by the Otsutsuki bloodline was all-encompassing.
At that moment, the Summoning Beast Card in Rasa's hand turned into a streak of light. Half flew toward him, while the other half shot toward the giant lizard pinned beneath the mound of gold sand.
A stream of information flooded into Rasa's mind.
[Chameleon]
[Ability — Invisibility.]
Rasa waved his hand, and the mound of gold sand collapsed. The chameleon's body appeared from within.
"The chameleon's body is smaller than Yatagarasu's," Rasa said, "but carrying several dozen shinobi should still be no problem."
"It can let us approach quietly and catch the enemy completely off guard."
"And with the chameleon, infiltrating other hidden villages to steal things... or steal people... would become much easier."
Several names flashed through Rasa's mind.
Karin of Kusagakure.
Kimimaro of the Kaguya Clan.
There were also quite a few talents in the Hozuki Clan.
"No rush."
"One step at a time."
"For now, let's see which shinobi this Verbal Clash Point Exchange Card will select."