However—
Just as the fireball was about to hit, Yang Jiu's four claws suddenly exerted force, and his figure turned into a gray afterimage, instantly disappearing from the spot!
Boom!!!
The fireball smashed into the position where he had originally stood and exploded with a roar!
Flames scattered, mud splashed, and gravel was kicked up by the shockwave, shooting out in all directions. The powerful shockwave spread out, causing even the trees several meters away to shake violently.
Mori Toshio stared fixedly at the flare of fire, his pupils contracting—
Did it hit?
No!
It missed!
His instincts screamed a warning, and his body suddenly rolled to the side!
But he was still half a beat too slow.
Mori Toshio's peripheral vision caught a gray shadow—just three meters behind him to the side!
When did that wolf circle around?!
Yang Jiu's mouth had already opened.
Pale blue Chakra condensed frantically in his mouth, compressing in the blink of an eye into a high-speed rotating crescent-shaped light blade. A sharp air current diffused from his mouth, making the surrounding air shriek!
Mori Toshio's pupils shrank to the size of needlepoints.
He didn't have time to form hand seals.
He didn't have time to dodge.
He didn't even have time to shout that word—
Yang Jiu suddenly whipped his head!
"Storm Blade!"
Swoosh—!
The pale blue wind blade shot out, tearing through the air with a piercing shriek! Like a bolt of lightning, it flashed across the three-meter distance, slashing straight toward Mori Toshio's neck!
"No—"
Pfft!
Under Mori Toshio's terrified gaze, the wind blade instantly sliced through his neck.
Blood splattered.
Mori Toshio's body froze in place, and his head slowly fell, hitting the ground and rolling a few times.
Yang Jiu closed his mouth.
He turned and looked at the heavily injured Genin who was slumped on the ground, already scared out of his wits.
The Genin trembled all over, mouth agape, unable to make any sound.
Yang Jiu withdrew his gaze.
"Heisha."
"Here."
"That one, I'll leave to you."
Heisha was stunned for a moment, then its eyes turned fierce.
It stepped toward the Genin.
Behind them came a short, sharp scream.
Then, silence.
Yang Jiu stood on the spot, looking at the six wolf corpses on the ground, then glanced at Mori Toshio's body.
"I didn't originally intend to come into contact with Konoha so soon. I didn't think I'd end up making contact this way today..."
"It will be very difficult to trade with Konoha in the future!"
He thought heavily.
It was one thing to offend Konoha, but he had actually lost six wolves on his side. What a massive loss!
"Fortunately, the system won't take back the rewarded experience and points, otherwise I'd really cry myself to death."
"However, I need to increase my strength as soon as possible. My current power is alright at the Chunin level, but compared to a Jonin, there's still a significant gap."
"And the strength of the other members of the wolf tribe is too poor..."
Yang Jiu murmured.
[Ding—mission Completed: Defend the Wolf Tribe's Dignity]
[Obtained mission Rewards: 1000 Experience, 1000 Points, 1 portion of Wolf Tribe Chakra (After use, all wolf tribe members can obtain a Genin-level amount of Chakra)]
[Obtained a special reward: Lottery Ticket *1]
Suddenly, the system's cold electronic prompt sounded in his mind.
Yang Jiu snapped out of it.
He suddenly remembered that the system had chimed once while he was coming over, but he had been too angry at the time and hadn't noticed.
He didn't expect it to be a mission.
And the mission rewards were so abundant.
1000 points of experience and points, plus Chakra for the entire wolf tribe.
This made his eyes light up, and even his heavy mood improved quite a bit.
"But what is this lottery ticket?"
A trace of doubt appeared in Yang Jiu's eyes.
The mall didn't have this item. Was it a newly released lottery function?
Out of curiosity.
He directly opened the warehouse and checked the lottery ticket.
[Lottery Ticket *1: After use, you can draw once from the Dimensional Lottery Wheel]
"Dimensional Lottery Wheel?"
Yang Jiu muttered these words, and his eyes instantly lit up like two searchlights.
Dimensional? Lottery? Wheel?
Based on the literal meaning—doesn't this mean I can draw items from other worlds!!!
"To think there was such a good thing, why didn't you bring it out earlier!"
He was so excited his tail stood straight up.
Whatever heaviness, whatever anger, whatever depression from the death of the six wolves—all of it was blown to the back of his mind by these three words.
Draw!
Draw the damn thing!
With a thought from Yang Jiu.
The lottery ticket turned into a golden light and exploded before his eyes!
Buzz—
A huge, colorful, illusory wheel emerged out of thin air, floating in mid-air and rotating slowly. The wheel was brilliant with flowing colors, and countless bands of light flashed frantically like a revolving lantern, making one's eyes blur.
Ding-dong sound effects rang in his ears, much like the heart-pumping lottery music from games in his previous life.
Yang Jiu stared fixedly at the wheel, those flying lights and shadows reflected in his pupils.
One second.
Two seconds.
"Ding—"
The wheel suddenly stopped, and golden light burst forth!
[Congratulations on drawing an item from the one piece world: Rumble-Rumble Fruit x1]
The colored wheel dissipated.
A round blue fruit floated quietly in front of him.
Its shape was like a pineapple, deep blue all over, covered with lightning-like spiral patterns, and small currents of electricity faintly jumped on its surface.
Yang Jiu was stunned.
He stared at the fruit, his pupils enlarging bit by bit.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
In the one piece world, it was recognized as one of the top Logia-type Devil Fruits. The eater could transform into lightning and possess a series of heaven-defying abilities such as light-speed movement, discharge attacks, and electromagnetic control.
It was hailed as the "invincible" fruit.
He drew it.
He actually drew it!!!
"Hahahahahaha—!!!"
Yang Jiu laughed wildly toward the sky, his wolf mouth grinning to his ears, his tongue almost flapping out.
"Rumble-Rumble Fruit! It's the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!!!"
He spun around twice in excitement, his tail wagging frantically.
"System! System, I love you!!!"
"I love you!!!"
In the distance, Great Remnant was directing the wolf pack to move the corpses and was startled into a shiver by this burst of wild laughter.
It turned its head to look and saw its own Clan Leader spinning in place like he was crazy, shouting some strange words it couldn't understand.
Great Remnant stared blankly with its mouth open.
"Clan... Clan Leader has gone crazy?"
After being excited for a good while, Yang Jiu barely managed to calm down.
He stared at the quietly floating Rumble-Rumble Fruit in front of him, saliva almost dripping down.
This was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
The one Enel ate in one piece! The Logia-type known as invincible!
Yang Jiu could no longer hold back and bit into it.
"Crunch—"
The taste... how should I put it?
It was like taking a bite of a rotten potato mixed with some indescribable strange flavor. It was bad, really bad, so bad that Yang Jiu almost threw up.
But he endured it.
This was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit; no matter how bad it tasted, he had to swallow it!
He gulped down the entire fruit in two or three bites.
And then—
Boom!
A terrifying power erupted from within his body!
Yang Jiu's body suddenly stiffened, every strand of fur standing on end! Blue currents, like countless small snakes, surged frantically from his body, crackling and jumping on his fur!
"Awoo—!"
He couldn't help but howl toward the sky, but what came out of his mouth wasn't a sound, but a dazzling bolt of lightning!
The current grew stronger and more violent, enveloping his entire body in a ball of blinding blue light.
The surrounding air was ionized, making a sizzling sound, and the gravel on the ground was shaken into the air before falling back down with a pitter-patter.
Great Remnant was so scared it sat down on its butt: "Clan, Clan Leader?!"
Heisha's eyes widened, even forgetting to lick the wound on its leg.
A moment later.
The lightning on Yang Jiu's body slowly subsided.
He lowered his head and looked at his brand-new body—although his size hadn't changed much, traces of lightning still jumped on his fur.
With a thought, his fingertips crackled, and blue electric arcs jumped at the tips of his claws.
He raised his front claw and pointed lightly at a boulder thirty meters away—
Boom!
A thick bolt of lightning shot out from his claw tip, instantly hitting the boulder! The boulder exploded with a roar, debris flying everywhere, leaving only a patch of charred fragments in its place.
Yang Jiu withdrew his claw, looking at the ground full of gravel, the smile on the corners of his mouth deepening..