[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha":3,"chapter-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Off with Horse and Sword in Konoha",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2349067,4591,"Chapter 16: New Changes in Ride and Crush!","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>Back home, Fujinaka Genma immediately returned to his bedroom and opened the Ride and Crush system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After nearly three years of unchanging stability, the system finally showed changes—he was eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Characters】, 【Weapons and Equipment】, 【Shop】, 【Mission System】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, the screen still displayed four icons, but the previously dim 【Shop】 and 【Mission System】 icons had now lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s check the shop first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma selected 【Shop】, and the screen instantly refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Icons appeared one by one—each representing an item, with its price listed beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【1 Skill Point】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points (10\u002Fyear)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【1 Attribute Point】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points (10\u002Fyear)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ultra-Concentrated Military Ration Pill】: 1\u002Feach\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Explosive Tag】: 10\u002Feach\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ultra Explosive Tag】: 20\u002Feach\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Shuriken】: 10\u002Feach\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Rasengan】: 3000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Rasengan Shuriken】: 5000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Diamond Lock】: 10,000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Flying Thunder God】: 8000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Byakugan】: 10,000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Single Tomoe Sharingan】: 1000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Rinnegan】: 100,000 Ride and Crush Points\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gulp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the item icons, Fujinaka Genma couldn’t help swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling explosive tags, shuriken, and ninja blades was normal, but the various Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques made his heart race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This cheat seems a bit too powerful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ride and Crush Points… system currency…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma calmed down and found, in the upper-right corner of the interface, a display showing his current Ride and Crush Points: 0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s check the Mission System first—Ride and Crush Points must come from there. If the difficulty isn’t too high…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma couldn’t resist licking his dry lips, then exited the 【Shop】 interface and entered 【Mission System】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen refreshed, revealing three icons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Routine Mission】, 【War-Time Mission】, 【Hokage Mission】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, only the 【Routine Mission】 icon was lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma immediately selected it, and the screen refreshed with a single message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Routine Mission: As a second-tier patrol unit on the western border, complete to earn 10 Ride and Crush Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“10 Ride and Crush Points—can’t even buy one skill point. According to Konoha’s rating, this is probably a C-rank mission.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So maybe a B-rank mission gives 100, and an A-rank gives 1000?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a quiet sigh, Fujinaka Genma returned to the Shop interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Skill Points and Attribute Points cost 1000 Ride and Crush Points each, but with a limit: only ten per year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s kind of good!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma was unsatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the Tianfu  skill “Iron Bones” at level 10, he’d still need 2000 Attribute Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means, if he relied solely on buying Attribute Points, it would take 200 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking, Fujinaka Genma located 【Sage Body】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Sage Body】: 100,000 Ride and Crush Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price matched the Rinnegan exactly—equivalent to 100 Attribute Points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buying 【Sage Body】 seemed more cost-effective, but Fujinaka Genma knew well: adding Attribute Points didn’t just increase chakra reserves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strength, defense, and all other aspects improved proportionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If his physical attribute truly reached 5000, Fujinaka Genma estimated his body might already achieve Diamond Hardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he switched to the 【Weapons and Equipment】 interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were ten slots total—each could hold one weapon or piece of equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equipment added here would randomly gain upgrades after combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, over the past three years, Fujinaka Genma had never received any upgrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, he had only added one item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the senbon he habitually bit between his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Random upgrades after combat—apparently, only real battle can trigger them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma muttered to himself, then reconsidered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Ride and Crush system, with its odd aesthetic, seemed to have no free lunches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking, he added the knife Kushina Uzumaki had given him yesterday to his equipment slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He named this blade “Raiya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His usual senbon he named “Rai Snake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>12:50 PM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma, armed with a short sword and fully equipped, appeared at the entrance of the Hidden Leaf Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him, Hyuga Mio and Ebisu couldn’t help but be startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma wore a black athletic undershirt beneath a vest-style armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes—it was retro, like armor from the Warring States era, instantly appearing bulky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came iron shoulder guards, forearm guards, wrist guards, and leather gloves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ebisu stared wide-eyed, his sunglasses nearly falling off: “Genma, isn’t this overkill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma glanced down at himself and smiled: “Overkill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My mother wanted me to wear everything I could carry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This armor was indeed prepared by his mother, Akie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Fujinaka Genma entered the academy, she knew her son would eventually face battle—so she said nothing, only quietly prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninja rarely wear armor because of their role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ninja aren’t frontline troops meant for direct confrontation—they’re assassins, infiltrators, small-unit operatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speed and surprise matter; heavy armor is a hindrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Fujinaka Genma didn’t refuse it. If his mother hadn’t prepared it, he’d have bought armor himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his current physical strength, the armor’s weight had zero impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me carry your pack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyuga Mio stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, Itachi know—this weight means nothing to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyuga Mio’s cheeks flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew his body well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she had once aimed to become a medical ninja—her foundational training came from Fujinaka Genma, and he was her experimental subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone’s here? Then let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Mimura Yajuu’s voice sounded as he appeared silently beside Ebisu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Teacher Yajuu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma and the other two responded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them then walked past the Hidden Leaf Village gate under the guards’ watch, vanishing along the path into the dense forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the high wall, Kushina Uzumaki gazed from afar, a hint of wistfulness in her eyes: “How enviable…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Genma—come back safe and sound, alright?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-21T02:29:34.312Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","6977209fb025fc29ae434e09d957011996bec32dbb3fdacf103baebfc291eef6","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-17","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-15",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-cover.jpg"]