Chapter 16: New Changes in Ride and Crush!

Back home, Fujinaka Genma immediately returned to his bedroom and opened the Ride and Crush system.

After nearly three years of unchanging stability, the system finally showed changes—he was eager.

【Characters】, 【Weapons and Equipment】, 【Shop】, 【Mission System】

In his mind, the screen still displayed four icons, but the previously dim 【Shop】 and 【Mission System】 icons had now lit up.

“Let’s check the shop first!”

Fujinaka Genma selected 【Shop】, and the screen instantly refreshed.

Icons appeared one by one—each representing an item, with its price listed beneath.

【1 Skill Point】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points (10/year)

【1 Attribute Point】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points (10/year)

【Ultra-Concentrated Military Ration Pill】: 1/each

【Explosive Tag】: 10/each

【Ultra Explosive Tag】: 20/each

【Shuriken】: 10/each

……

【Rasengan】: 3000 Ride and Crush Points

【Rasengan Shuriken】: 5000 Ride and Crush Points

【Diamond Lock】: 10,000 Ride and Crush Points

【Flying Thunder God】: 8000 Ride and Crush Points

【Byakugan】: 10,000 Ride and Crush Points

【Single Tomoe Sharingan】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points

……

【Rinnegan】: 100,000 Ride and Crush Points

Gulp!

Looking at the item icons, Fujinaka Genma couldn’t help swallowing hard.

Selling explosive tags, shuriken, and ninja blades was normal, but the various Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques made his heart race.

This cheat seems a bit too powerful!

“Ride and Crush Points… system currency…”

Fujinaka Genma calmed down and found, in the upper-right corner of the interface, a display showing his current Ride and Crush Points: 0.

“Let’s check the Mission System first—Ride and Crush Points must come from there. If the difficulty isn’t too high…”

Fujinaka Genma couldn’t resist licking his dry lips, then exited the 【Shop】 interface and entered 【Mission System】.

The screen refreshed, revealing three icons.

【Routine Mission】, 【War-Time Mission】, 【Hokage Mission】

Currently, only the 【Routine Mission】 icon was lit.

Fujinaka Genma immediately selected it, and the screen refreshed with a single message.

Routine Mission: As a second-tier patrol unit on the western border, complete to earn 10 Ride and Crush Points.

“10 Ride and Crush Points—can’t even buy one skill point. According to Konoha’s rating, this is probably a C-rank mission.”

“So maybe a B-rank mission gives 100, and an A-rank gives 1000?”

With a quiet sigh, Fujinaka Genma returned to the Shop interface.

Both Skill Points and Attribute Points cost 1000 Ride and Crush Points each, but with a limit: only ten per year.

“So even if I had enough Ride and Crush Points, aside from personal growth and level-ups, I can only gain at most ten extra Attribute Points and Skill Points per year.”

“That’s kind of good!”

Fujinaka Genma was unsatisfied.

According to his estimate, to reach the chakra level of Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, his physical attribute would need to hit 5000—or higher.

Even with the Tianfu skill “Iron Bones” at level 10, he’d still need 2000 Attribute Points.

That means, if he relied solely on buying Attribute Points, it would take 200 years.

After thinking, Fujinaka Genma located 【Sage Body】.

【Sage Body】: 100,000 Ride and Crush Points.

The price matched the Rinnegan exactly—equivalent to 100 Attribute Points.

Buying 【Sage Body】 seemed more cost-effective, but Fujinaka Genma knew well: adding Attribute Points didn’t just increase chakra reserves.

Strength, defense, and all other aspects improved proportionally.

If his physical attribute truly reached 5000, Fujinaka Genma estimated his body might already achieve Diamond Hardness.

After carefully studying the system’s missions and shop, Fujinaka Genma smiled: “Looks like I’ll have to take on missions nonstop from now on!”

Then he switched to the 【Weapons and Equipment】 interface.

There were ten slots total—each could hold one weapon or piece of equipment.

Equipment added here would randomly gain upgrades after combat.

Yet, over the past three years, Fujinaka Genma had never received any upgrades.

Currently, he had only added one item.

That was the senbon he habitually bit between his teeth.

“Random upgrades after combat—apparently, only real battle can trigger them.”

Fujinaka Genma muttered to himself, then reconsidered.

This Ride and Crush system, with its odd aesthetic, seemed to have no free lunches.

After thinking, he added the knife Kushina Uzumaki had given him yesterday to his equipment slot.

He named this blade “Raiya.”

His usual senbon he named “Rai Snake.”

12:50 PM.

Fujinaka Genma, armed with a short sword and fully equipped, appeared at the entrance of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Seeing him, Hyuga Mio and Ebisu couldn’t help but be startled.

Fujinaka Genma wore a black athletic undershirt beneath a vest-style armor.

Yes—it was retro, like armor from the Warring States era, instantly appearing bulky.

Then came iron shoulder guards, forearm guards, wrist guards, and leather gloves.

Ebisu stared wide-eyed, his sunglasses nearly falling off: “Genma, isn’t this overkill?”

Fujinaka Genma glanced down at himself and smiled: “Overkill?”

“My mother wanted me to wear everything I could carry.”

This armor was indeed prepared by his mother, Akie.

Since Fujinaka Genma entered the academy, she knew her son would eventually face battle—so she said nothing, only quietly prepared.

Ninja rarely wear armor because of their role.

Ninja aren’t frontline troops meant for direct confrontation—they’re assassins, infiltrators, small-unit operatives.

Speed and surprise matter; heavy armor is a hindrance.

But Fujinaka Genma didn’t refuse it. If his mother hadn’t prepared it, he’d have bought armor himself.

With his current physical strength, the armor’s weight had zero impact.

“Let me carry your pack!”

Hyuga Mio stepped forward.

“No, Itachi know—this weight means nothing to me.”

Fujinaka Genma chuckled.

Hyuga Mio’s cheeks flushed red.

She knew his body well.

After all, she had once aimed to become a medical ninja—her foundational training came from Fujinaka Genma, and he was her experimental subject.

“Everyone’s here? Then let’s go!”

Suddenly, Mimura Yajuu’s voice sounded as he appeared silently beside Ebisu.

“Yes, Teacher Yajuu!”

Fujinaka Genma and the other two responded in unison.

The four of them then walked past the Hidden Leaf Village gate under the guards’ watch, vanishing along the path into the dense forest.

On the high wall, Kushina Uzumaki gazed from afar, a hint of wistfulness in her eyes: “How enviable…”

“But Genma—come back safe and sound, alright?”