That was Chakra.
The reason was simple.
No matter which of the remaining four abilities it was, they all clearly required chakra to work.
Without chakra, even if you were given Space-Time Ninjutsu, you still couldn’t use it.
After all, the energy used by ninjutsu is chakra, and chakra is a form of energy unique to the Naruto world.
People from other worlds simply could not produce chakra.
“What a scam!” Alex felt helpless and could only choose Chakra.
[Selection successful.
Beginning chakra infusion.] As the system’s distant voice sounded, Alex felt a warm current appear inside his body.
It was warm and not stimulating at all.
It even felt somewhat comfortable.
Then the current spun around his lower abdomen, slowly spread and grew, and eventually his entire body was filled with chakra!
“This amount,” Alex was astonished, “It’s actually the same amount of chakra as Minato?” No one was more qualified to judge this than Alex, who had played Minato.
As the Hokage, Minato naturally possessed a large amount of chakra, at least more than an ordinary Jonin.
“Looks like I didn’t lose out!
I thought it would only let me produce chakra,” His mood immediately improved.
Then he noticed something he had overlooked, “Since I can sense Minato’s chakra level, can I directly use the ninjutsu that Minato knows?” The idea appeared in Alex’s mind and quickly grew stronger.
Since he possessed all of Minato’s memories, Alex should know all of Minato’s ninjutsu.
At the very least, he fully understood the theory and knew how to perform them.
Following that logic, wouldn’t he be able to learn all the other abilities listed under Minato through practice?
So he immediately tried the Three Basic Techniques, Shadow Clone Technique, Rasengan, Sage Mode, Flying Thunder God Technique, and more.
In the end, he found that he could successfully use the Three Basic Techniques and Shadow Clone Technique, but none of the others worked.
After thinking it over, Alex believed there were two reasons.
First, his chakra control was insufficient.
Second, he lacked the talent to train Sage Arts and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Rasengan, a hand-signless ninjutsu, demands a high level of chakra control.
The Three Basic Techniques and Shadow Clone Technique also require chakra control.
To be precise, all ninjutsu require chakra control.
As for chakra control, Alex had some talent, but not enough.
However, that wasn’t a problem.
Chakra control could be improved through training, and Alex knew all the training methods.
Sooner or later, he would be able to use Rasengan and other ninjutsu.
So this ability did not need to be selected.
But Sage Arts and the Flying Thunder God Technique were different.
Both techniques relied heavily on talent.
Without talent, they simply could not be mastered.
There was no way around it.
So when selecting abilities in the future, Sage Arts and Space-Time Ninjutsu had to be given priority.
With that, the ability selection was complete, and Alex had gained quite a lot.
Not only had he obtained chakra, but he had also found a way for his real body to become stronger.
After calming down a little, Alex silently said in his mind, “Draw a new roleplay character.” [System detection complete.
The host’s Wish-Fulfillment Buff has expired.
All future draws will be normal draws.] [Special reminder: This system was activated by the host’s powerful obsession.
When drawing roleplay characters, the host may silently specify a category in their mind.
There is a chance of drawing a roleplay character from that category.] ‘Huh?’ Alex truly hadn’t expected that normal character draws could be used this way.
‘Although the Wish-Fulfillment Buff is gone, isn’t this basically a weaker version of it?’ If the system hadn’t reminded him, Alex might have wasted this draw chance.
He immediately thanked the system, then began the draw while repeating in his mind, “Akatsuki, Akatsuki…” Right now, Alex urgently needed a villain character to cooperate with him and carry out his plan.
Being powerful alone was not enough.
It had to be a villain.
[Ding!
Drawing roleplay character…] As the system’s voice fell, a series of figures flashed rapidly through Alex’s mind.
Finally, the image stopped on a figure dressed in black.
A black robe, short black spiky hair, and a single-eye mask with black stripes on a yellow-orange surface.
[Ding!
Congratulations, host.
You have drawn the roleplay character: Uchiha Obito, the mysterious masked man and mastermind behind the Akatsuki from the Naruto world.] ‘The mysterious masked man?
Uchiha Obito, who called himself “Uchiha Madara”?
It is actually him!’ Alex was somewhat surprised.
He thought about his plan, then connected it with Uchiha Obito’s deeds and immediately sighed.
“This really feels like it’s trying to make me stage a ‘Nine-Tails Incident’ in New York.” But that worked out perfectly too.
Uchiha Obito had arrived at exactly the right time.
Now Minato wouldn’t have to throw a fake match.
To be fair, within the Akatsuki, aside from the Six Paths of Pain, only Uchiha Obito could contend with Minato.
After all, having space-time abilities and not having them made a huge difference.
Minato and Uchiha Obito were two very clear examples of that.