Chapter 9: Bit-Jia Gang is Both Greedy and a Gambler

Ryoichi Uchiha and the others began to surround and attack the Senju clansmen guarding Itama Senju, while Gin Uchiha slacked off on the sidelines.

A battle of this scale was still too high-level for him; he had no desire to become the time-traveler with the shortest lifespan.

As his gaze swept over the unfamiliar faces of the few Senju clansmen, Gin Uchiha finally locked his eyes onto Itama Senju in the center.

He observed the child who died quite tragically in the original story from afar, while memories surfaced in his mind.

"Isn't this the famous scene from the original work, where Itama Senju is surrounded by five Uchihas and killed?"

Suddenly, the loading sound of a game from his past life rang in Gin Uchiha's mind, and then he felt everything around him enter a time-stop; the ferocious expressions of the combatants on both sides were frozen in that instant.

"Ding! Detected that the host has encountered a plot character. The system has activated the pioneer server mode early. Complete the prerequisite tasks to unlock hidden system functions in advance."

At this moment, Gin Uchiha was almost moved to tears. Heaven rewards the diligent, and the various time-travel novels truly did not deceive him.

With excitement in his heart, Gin Uchiha tried to awaken the system in his mind. As the thought emerged, a dialogue box with an extremely outdated appearance popped up before his eyes.

"Do you accept the prerequisite task?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!"

Gin Uchiha frantically clicked 'yes' in his mind.

"Task initiated: Save Itama Senju from the hands of Fenghuo Uchiha and the others. Reward: 10 points. If Itama Senju dies, the task fails."

Seeing the task, blood rushed to Gin Uchiha's head. Save that brat? In his dreams!

"What are points used for?"

After calming down, he curiously asked about the function of the points.

"Complete one D-rank task every day to accumulate 1 point. Once the accumulated points reach a certain amount, you can 'blast' the shop, after which the shop will drop random golden orbs every day."

"'Blast' the shop? Golden orbs?"

Gin Uchiha looked at the system's explanation speechlessly; this was just content from a game in his past life.

"What does 'activated early' mean?"

He was also curious why the system had just prompted that the pioneer server was activated early, and what this early activation meant.

"Because the current system is not fully activated and the shop module is still loading, the points obtained in the pioneer server will accumulate until the system officially opens."

"So that means it's useless for me to grind points right now?"

Since the system's functions weren't fully open, there wasn't much point in completing the task.

If he rashly accepted the task to save Itama Senju, given his own strength, he might be taken down directly by Fenghuo Uchiha and the others, or even if he wasn't killed on the spot, they would break his legs and drag him before Tajima Uchiha to await judgment.

"Then can I choose not to accept?"

Gin Uchiha asked tentatively.

"The host has already accepted the task and cannot give up; otherwise, it will be considered a task failure, and the host will be erased on the spot."

Erased???

What version of a system are you! What year is it now?

"?????????? When did I accept it?"

Gin Uchiha was full of question marks.

【"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!"】

Suddenly, the system began to replay the scene of him frantically clicking 'yes' earlier.

Damn it, he had been scammed by this ancient-era system.

Who wouldn't choose 'yes' when first encountering a cheat?

But the system didn't wait for him to ask more questions and sent him a prompt.

"Newbie gift pack being distributed, do you accept?"

Gin Uchiha really wanted to choose 'no', but since he had already been tricked by this system into accepting the task, he might as well take the gift pack.

"Obtained Newbie Gift Pack *1, do you want to open it?"

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Shaking off his negative thoughts, Gin Uchiha clicked 'yes' in his mind.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining Heartsteel Chest *1, Purple Orb *1."

??????

Points to 'blast' the shop, right?

Heartsteel Chest, right?

Purple Orb, right?

Tell me, is your system logo a penguin holding a golden spatula?

Floating on the left in front of Gin Uchiha was a large gray box, looking exactly like the Heartsteel heart-energy chest from a game in his past life.

Floating on the right was a purple orb of light, with a large "?" shining brightly in the center.

Gin Uchiha was numb. Looking at the rewards before him, he now highly doubted whether this system of his was reliable at all. What if the products were all junk from the ancient era?

But in the current situation, he had no choice but to accept. He tapped with his left hand, and the treasure description floated above the Heartsteel Chest:

【Defeat opponents: The host can obtain heart-energy by defeating opponents.】

【Lose battles: Losing battles will yield more heart-energy.】

【Heart-energy conversion: After every four days of battle, the host can convert heart-energy into powerful rewards.】

(Heart-energy accumulation is limited to once per day, can be evolved)】

Isn't this just the Heartsteel synergy, and the three-steel version at that?

"Well, a three-steel start is considered a good hand."

Although this Heartsteel Chest was of no use for the moment, no one could resist such temptation.

【If you have steel, play steel; if you don't have steel, force the steel!】

After looking at the chest, Gin Uchiha turned his gaze to the purple orb on the right, muttering to himself.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Amitabha, show your power quickly, give me something good!!!!!!"

As he slammed his right hand down, the purple orb burst into blinding light. As the light faded, Gin Uchiha discovered that the field was empty; the purple orb had disappeared, but nothing was left on the ground.

"Orbs can be empty too???"

Just as Gin Uchiha was shouting, "Damn system, give me back my money, I'm not playing anymore," a prompt sound suddenly came from his mind.

"Ding, a random skill refreshes in the backyard every day. Do you want to learn?"

What does "random skill refreshes in the backyard every day" mean? With a doubtful heart, Gin Uchiha clicked 'yes'.

【Random skill refreshes in the backyard every day: A skill is randomly refreshed in the host's backyard every day. The skill is performed by a refreshed NPC and cannot be controlled by the host, but the skill cannot kill the host. After the skill ends, there is a certain chance to drop the skill or fragments; collect enough fragments to learn the skill.】

This skill couldn't be called very powerful; it was currently useless. He was homeless right now, so where would the skill refresh?

And "learn"? Never mind the backyard, he didn't even know if he would live long enough to buy a house. These two things were completely useless for the current situation. To save his life, he would have to complete this scam of a task using other methods.

As the newbie rewards were claimed, time around him seemed to start flowing again. Although he had spent a long time in the system, only an instant had passed outside.

The appearance of the system gave Gin Uchiha, whose goal was to survive until the founding of the Hidden Leaf Village, more confidence.

"But at least I have to complete the task in front of me first, otherwise, if I'm erased, everything is just empty talk."

Although the items given by this ancient-era system were of no help right now, Gin Uchiha decided to go all out to complete the task. After activating this stupid system, he was temporarily tied to the same fate as Itama Senju.

On the side, Fenghuo Uchiha was already suppressing Koji Senju, and it was estimated that the outcome would be decided soon.

Ryoichi Uchiha and the others were also slowly draining the stamina of the three Senju clansmen, who were forced to fight defensively because they had to look after Itama Senju behind them.

At this moment, one of the Senju clansmen observed a gap in the encirclement of Ryoichi Uchiha and the others, clapped his hands, and performed Earth Style: Earth Wall.

For a moment, a thick wall of earth rose before them, blocking the line of sight of Ryoichi Uchiha and his group. Finding an opportunity, another Senju clansman used super strength to push Itama Senju out of the encirclement and told him to run quickly.

Pushed dozens of meters away, Itama Senju instantly understood his clansman's decision. As he flew out, he used the momentum to kick off the ground and ran toward the gap without looking back.

But as luck would have it, that position was exactly where Gin Uchiha, who had been slacking off on the side from the beginning, was located.

Seeing the target escape, Ryoichi Uchiha was about to pursue, but was blocked by the Senju clansman who had performed the Earth Style.

He could only watch helplessly as the target escaped, then discovered that Gin Uchiha happened to be in the direction Itama Senju was running, and was overjoyed.

"Gin! The target is running toward you, hurry up and attack!"

Hearing this, the Senju clansman's eyes widened in fury. He hadn't expected the Uchiha clan to have someone else in ambush. In his panic, he burst out with great strength, punching Ryoichi Uchiha, who was distracted in battle; the fist, carrying immense force, headed straight for his chest.

In a split second, Ryoichi Uchiha turned abruptly, revealing the giant Windmill Shuriken on his back. With a bang, the Senju clansman's punch hit the giant shuriken hard.

Ryoichi Uchiha was only knocked away and not seriously injured. He turned his head and slashed at the Senju clansman again, and the two began to fight fiercely once more.

Meanwhile, Gin Uchiha looked at Itama Senju running toward him with a massive headache.

【What do I do now? Waiting online, it's quite urgent.】

(End of chapter)