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Two days later.
Torifū was awakened by the system as usual.
[Ding - Congratulations to the host for living peacefully in Konoha for a day, reward 100 Peace Points.]
Regarding the nonsensical opening remarks that the system delivered every morning, Torifū could automatically ignore the first half and only focus on the reward.
After all, this system congratulated Torifū daily for living a peaceful life, but Torifū didn't feel peaceful at all. He was either earning Peace Points or on his way to earning them!
What's more, Uchiha Madara would attack Konoha today, so how could there be any peace to speak of?
Torifū remembered when he was watching anime that Uchiha Madara launched the attack at night. So there was probably still a day for Torifū to prepare. After all, this world had undergone many changes compared to the anime, so no one could predict what today would be like.
"I wonder if anyone will be sacrificed tonight," Torifū said worriedly.
Reality was not anime. Even if Konoha reacted quickly under Uchiha Madara's attack, there would definitely be casualties. If Konoha's casualties were too heavy in this attack, needless to say, that damn system would definitely increase the Chaos Points crazily.
The 5 Chaos Points that increased when completing the first Chaos event still had 4 points left! It only dropped one point in a year! If there were seventy or eighty Chaos Points, he was afraid he'd still be in debt when he died!
"I have to find a way to minimize Konoha's casualties."
But the best way was to discover Uchiha Madara as soon as possible and contain him. But Konoha's sensory ninjas couldn't be on standby 24 hours a day; they definitely needed to rest at night.
After all, except for Torifū, the entire village still thought this was just an ordinary day, so how could any sensory ninja have the whim to stand guard late at night? And even if they found out, they had to have the life to report the news.
Thinking of this, Torifū couldn't help but have a headache: "Or should I just let sensei sleep at the gate for a night!"
Of course, it was just a joke. Torifū didn't have to train today, which gave him more time to make arrangements. It was better to rely on himself than to rely on others; there was no other way. If he wanted to successfully get through this Chaos event, he still had to do it himself.
After a simple cleanup, Torifū went out.
It was just dawn, and there weren't many people on the street. Only in front of the small shop selling breakfast were some middle-aged women buying breakfast, mostly wanting to have a hot breakfast ready for their husbands and children when they woke up. Torifū showed a gentle smile and then walked towards Konoha's gate.
"Good morning, Torifū, going out so early, are you on a mission?"
The ninja guarding Konoha Village's gate was already very familiar with Torifū; after all, Torifū was quite busy all day, performing various tasks.
"No, Kotetsu-nii, I'm just going out to take a walk," Torifū smiled and chatted with Hagane Kotetsu.
"Kotetsu-nii, are you on duty during the day today?"
Kotetsu grinned, his shiny white teeth a bit dazzling: "Yes, just finished the shift, and you came."
Torifū nodded, with a slightly serious expression on his face: "Kotetsu-nii, remember to tell the ninjas on duty to be more careful when changing shifts tonight; it might not be peaceful."
Hearing this, Kotetsu tensed up. Seeing that Torifū didn't seem to be joking, he tentatively asked: "Is someone coming to make trouble in Konoha?"
Torifū shook his head: "Sensei told me, you just need to tell them to be careful, and don't tell a fourth person, so as not to cause panic."
Although it was true that tonight would not be peaceful, it wasn't Hashirama who told him. Torifū just didn't want to waste too much time on boring explanations. Who in Konoha Village wouldn't believe what the Hokage said?
Sure enough, hearing that it was the Hokage who told Torifū the news, Kotetsu's expression immediately became serious: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone except the ninja taking over."
"Mm-hmm," Torifū nodded and left Konoha Village with satisfaction.
As for why he reminded the guards? Even ninjas couldn't help but get sleepy at night. If Uchiha Madara attacked from the main gate, he was afraid they would be the first cannon fodder.
Torifū came to the forest outside Konoha Village, which was also where Torifū's dream began. It was here that Torifū met the busy part-time system that might accompany him for life, and from then on, he was fooled into starting a part-time life.
This forest surrounded the entire Konoha Village and could be considered a natural barrier. It was said that it was created by the Hokage using Wood Release, but the truth remained to be verified.
Torifū took out a rhombus-shaped crystal block from his space ring, then squatted down and inserted the crystal block into the soil.
"Crystal Release - Crystal Connection Technique."
The rhombus crystal that was just inserted into the soil began to grow rapidly. In just half a minute, it grew into a crystal flower. The shape of the crystal flower was not much different from ordinary flowers, except that it was crystal all over.
But if you looked closely, there was also a hollow tube in the middle of the stamen, which was very small and not conspicuous.
"Cloud Release - Cloud Mist Sensory Technique."
The hand seals were completed, but Torifū did not release cloud mist from his mouth or sleeves. Instead, the newly formed crystal flower was constantly spewing cloud mist from the stamen.
Although the flower was fragile and small, the released cloud mist was not weak at all. On the contrary, it was no different from Torifū's normal release of ninjutsu!
And this was one of Torifū's gains in this year! Through the Crystal Connection Technique developed by Torifū, he could remotely control the upgraded crystal creations to release ninjutsu. Not only Cloud Release, but almost all ninjutsu except taijutsu could be released through this move.
And all you needed to do was plant the crystal seeds in advance, and you could catch the enemy by surprise! Before the enemy even realized it, Torifū had already started the ninjutsu bombardment!
Whenever this happened, Torifū would thank the "genius" buff, which had helped Torifū a lot. But although ninjutsu was useful, planting seeds was not so convenient.
While ninjutsu was undeniably useful, planting seeds was another story. Unlike the small valley they'd dealt with last time—where a single Crystal Burst could scatter seeds everywhere—Konoha was massive. Torifū had no clue where Madara Uchiha might strike, so he had no choice but to sow seeds across the entire perimeter.
"Is this bastard system seriously treating me like a glorified errand boy? First, months of fieldwork, and now I'm playing farmer?"
Torifū glared at the endless expanse of trees and let out a furious roar: "This goddamn forest—how the hell am I supposed to finish planting all this?!"
"Give me a fucking raise!"
Manual planting was out of the question. If he tried seeding each spot one by one, Madara would probably stroll right up to him before he'd even finished.
At this time, Torifū saw the birds flying freely in the forest, and an inspiration suddenly came to him.
"Why not use the birds to plant the seeds? Ugh, why didn't I think of that sooner?"
"Cloud Release - Flowing Cloud Bird Technique."