Chapter 280: A Skirmish Between Konoha and the Navy

The three swords at his waist,

【Wado Ichimonji】 is the blade of his promise to Kuina, so he has not replaced it even now, but instead constantly purchases special ores that appear in the Mall to strengthen the blade.

Its overall strength has already been judged by the game as 【Purple】.

The other two are top-tier Blue weapons purchased in the Mall at the cost of tens of thousands of Reward Points, capable of greatly enhancing Ghost Qi.

"This is my business card. If you run into trouble later, you can contact me directly via the friend channel."

Naruto consumed Reward Points to manifest his own business card,

and prepared to leave after becoming friends with Luffy.

Suddenly,

he saw the blonde Tsunade and Jiraiya walking over.

Tsunade's expression was gloomy, and her tattered clothes revealed a large expanse of fair skin, which was currently slowly recovering.

Beside her,

the white-haired Jiraiya was also covered in dirt and grime, and even the 【Oil】 forehead protector on his brow had been shattered.

A figure suddenly flashed, blocking Tsunade's path, holding a glass of fragrant red wine, and gentlemanly handed it to her, saying: "What a beautiful lady, please allow me to prepare this fine wine for you."

It was Sanji.

Watching Sanji, whose eyes had turned into pink hearts, Nami felt very embarrassed and quickly turned her face away, pretending not to know him.

"You bastard brat."

Jiraiya, having reacted, gritted his teeth and reached out to push away the fawning Sanji.

Tsunade was his dream lover, after all; how could he let a brat hit on her right in front of him.

"Thanks."

Tsunade took the glass of red wine and drank it without any hesitation.

She had already seen the Straw Hat Crew hanging out with Naruto, and since they could be considered friends by the 【Shendian Knight】 Naruto, there was no need to worry about whether the other party was evil.

Besides, all towns in the Arad Continent are absolute Safe Areas.

Any form of fighting is prohibited, including assassination and poisoning.

So she was not worried at all.

"Hm?"

After finishing the red wine, Tsunade's face flushed slightly; the weakened state she had fallen into due to death-teleportation actually eased a little.

She looked at the excited Sanji in surprise and asked: "Brat, you are actually able to craft recovery medicine?"

This is a rather rare sub-profession.

In the Samsara Game, there are combat professions everywhere, all for hunting monsters and earning Reward Points; players willing to settle down and work hard at a sub-profession are very rare.

Usually, they are cultivated by large factions at the cost of their own Reward Points.

Her beautiful eyes turned,

sweeping over the members of the Straw Hat Pirates; her keen observational skills as a ninja quickly determined that this group were not players from a large faction.

They were actually wild sub-profession players; it seemed she could find a way to recruit them.

Sanji said with a serious face: "Being able to make a delicious meal for a goddess like you is my chef's spirit!"

"Eh!"

The reindeer who had just become a Straw Hat crew member had his eyes pop out, and he asked in confusion: "Sanji-san, isn't your chef's spirit to complete your Full Course Menu?"

"Shut up, you dead reindeer."

Without even turning his head, Sanji reached back and covered Chopper's deer mouth.

Jiraiya stared at him fiercely and said: "So you're a lecherous cook; Tsunade is my woman, I advise you not to do anything out of line."

Bang.

Tsunade took action directly, punching Jiraiya, who had called her his woman, and sending him sprawling to the ground.

The two had not yet ended their party status, so the damage was reduced, and since it was not judged as an attack subjectively intended to kill the other party, it would not be classified as hostile.

"What is it, you lecherous, greasy old man."

Sanji's eyes blazed with fire as he confronted the Jiraiya who had just climbed up,

and the two men's heads collided like goats butting horns.

"Did you encounter an attack, Granny Tsunade?"

Naruto asked aloud.

Only players who die in dangerous regions in the wild are teleported directly back to nearby towns and fall into a weakened state.

Hearing this, blue veins bulged on Tsunade's forehead.

To call her 'Granny' in front of outsiders, that brat Naruto really needed a lesson.

However, thinking of the encounter just now, she suppressed her anger and said seriously: "When we were changing positions, we discovered the entrance to the 【Dragon Tower】, but we were bumped into by a group of strange players who suddenly appeared. We didn't have the numerical advantage and were defeated by them."

"Dragon Tower?"

Sasuke's expression changed slightly, and he almost couldn't suppress his impulse.

The Arad Continent is vast, filled everywhere with dangerous regions polluted and corroded, teeming with wandering monsters and nests where monsters gather.

However,

the trails of those Lord-level monsters are very difficult to find.

Since the ninja world players arrived on the Arad map, they have only found a total of four Lord-level monsters.

Helak, located within the 【Frost Dark Forest】 of the Grand Forest, and Kaino, within the 【Thunder Melee Ruins】.

The two high priests of the GBL Church located at the 【Shendian Perimeter】 of the Behemoth.

Every Lord-level monster,

The materials produced and the massive amount of Reward Points can change the landscape of the ninja world in an instant.

Orochimaru was able to overpower the Mizukage, once the strongest player in the ninja world, precisely because the Fire Empire hunted a High Priest on the Shendian Perimeter.

A full one million Reward Points.

There were also two 【Skill Tier Upgrade Scroll】s, which directly upgraded the original Tier 1 skill 【White Scale Great Snake】 to the Tier 2 skill 【Necrotic Curse Snake】.

The Tier 1 skill 【Command Skeleton】 was upgraded to the Tier 2 skill 【Skeleton Sea】.

Relying on these two skills, Orochimaru could almost defeat four top-tier Tier 1 players all by himself.

This is the terrifying boost provided by a Rule-type Item.

It is also the essence of the Samsara Game.

However, these Rule-type items cannot be purchased on the Game Shelf; they can only be dropped from Pollution Monsters.

The drop rate from ordinary monsters is extremely low,

and only Lord-level monsters are guaranteed to drop a Rule-type Item.

Therefore, the appearance of every Lord-level monster triggers a brutal battle for control among players.

Sasuke asked impatiently, "What kind of strange players are they?"

His desire to increase his power was extremely strong.

The murderer who slaughtered his entire clan, Itachi Uchiha, was hiding like a Laoshu in a gutter, simply because he was afraid of confronting him.

If he had the power to overturn the ninja world, he could dig three feet into the ground to find him.

"They wear a Justice Cloak on their backs, and the three strongest among them can unleash abilities of frost, magma, and light."

Tsunade said calmly, "Jiraiya and I could easily suppress the three of them, but there were nearly a thousand other players with not-so-weak strength following behind; just the attrition exhausted all of my and Jiraiya's potions, leaving us trapped in heavy encirclement with no chance to escape."

At a glance, one could tell they were a large, well-trained force.

Moreover, they did not seem to be from the ninja world; both their speech and combat style were like other players from another world.

"It's the Navy!"

Nami gasped,

and her gaze toward Tsunade and Jiraiya began to turn serious.

The players with the ability to unleash frost and magma that the big-breasted, blonde, mature woman spoke of were likely the top faces of the Navy,

the three Admirals.

Those are top-tier players from the Pirate World, and to be able to overpower the three Admirals while not having a numerical advantage—

this woman's strength is truly terrifyingly strong.

Tsunade said helplessly, "Within a week, I won't be able to go deep into the Dangerous Region, so the two of you will have to go and scout the enemy situation."

After death,

without the binding of a Life Lock, equipment and skills will drop randomly; if she were to take risks again, the loss would be too great should she die.

Only Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke can go to hunt the Lord-level 【Dragon Tower】.

She turned her head, looked at the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, and asked, "It seems you all appear to know the background of those guys?"

To a ninja,

intelligence is the key to a battle; if possible, she would not mind trading a valuable amount of Reward Points to the Straw Hat Pirates in exchange for some useful intelligence.

(End of this chapter)