In other words, once Shu finished his exchange and chose to return to the Naruto world, he wouldn’t be able to contact the Main God again during the thirty-day rest period.
No enhancements.
No repairs.
Even if he had 10,000 Reward Points sitting in his pocket, a fatal injury in the shinobi world would still leave him with no choice but to wait for death.
He had to survive the next mission before the giant sphere would become available again.
‘So this is some kind of anti-addiction and forced-planning system?’ ‘I have to decide all my upgrades before going back.
I can’t just treat the Main God like an always-available cheat.’ ‘That’s kind of a scam.’ ‘And it means I can’t abuse instant restoration while causing trouble in the shinobi world either.’ The second major difference was that this Main God Space didn’t seem to allow Reincarnators to revisit story worlds they’d already entered.
No matter how many Reward Points they were willing to spend, once they’d left a world, they could never return.
There was no return option.
However, they could buy additional rest time in their home world.
The price was 100 Reward Points per day.
The third difference was even more surprising.
The free character-creation feature that countless Reincarnators abused in classic infinite-flow stories didn’t exist at all!
“No character creation?!” Shu shook his head.
“That…
That removes so much of the fun!” He coughed.
“Ahem.
I mean, I’ve lost a free way to customize a completely loyal bodyguard.
That’s a tremendous loss for me.” Overall, this Main God Space felt like some heavily patched, sanitized Main God Space 2.0.
“I understand the rules now, but…” “If I can’t contact Tsunade, what happens to my half of the rewards?” Shu immediately developed a headache.
He knew perfectly well that their final stunt in Kurouzu-cho—breaking the spatial blockade and saving dozens of civilians—had definitely earned a huge reward.
If he couldn’t get his share, he’d feel like he’d just lost a hundred million.
“There is a transfer function, but how am I supposed to contact her?” Shu carefully searched through the giant sphere’s interface.
Eventually, he found a chat function hidden away in the Contacts section.
Even better, Tsunade’s profile icon was currently lit up and marked online.
That meant she hadn’t died.
She had successfully returned too.
Shu was just about to open her profile and start a call when a small notification appeared.
[Real-time cross-space voice/holographic communication.] [Fee: 100 Reward Points per minute.] [Connect?] Shu’s hand froze.
“One hundred Reward Points a minute?!” “Was this Main God secretly designed by China Mobile?!” Still, no matter how outrageous the price was, he had to make the call.
“But first, let’s see what I earned this time.” Shu looked up at the pink sphere.
“Main God, list every reward I received during this mission!” The surface of the sphere flickered.
A translucent screen unfolded before him.
[Reincarnator Serial Number 10086.
Mission reward settlement:] [Main Mission completed: Survive for 5 days.] [Reward: 1,000 Reward Points.] [Successfully prevented the corpse from being cremated, delaying the spread of the curse.] [Reward: 500 Reward Points.] [Successfully severed the mutated hair and saved Goshima Kirie.] [Reward: 1 D-Rank Side Plot and 1,000 Reward Points.] [Independently eliminated heavily cursed mutants.] [Reward: 1 C-Rank Side Plot and 2,000 Reward Points.] [Final Total: 1 C-Rank Side Plot, 1 D-Rank Side Plot, and 4,500 Reward Points.] Shu rubbed his chin as he studied the settlement.
“After subtracting the 100 Reward Points for treatment, I’ve got 1 C, 1 D, and 4,400 Reward Points left.” He suddenly paused.
“Wait…
restoration only cost 100 points?” ‘Don’t tell me…’ Shu immediately sprang into action.
“Snake—Ram—Monkey—Boar—Horse—Tiger!” “Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!” He drew in a deep breath until his chest expanded, then exhaled violently.
BOOM!
A blazing fireball more than a meter tall erupted from his mouth.
Flames rolled wildly through the air, radiating intense heat and illuminating the pure-white plaza in crimson light.
“This…” “That was way too smooth!” The strange resistance and sluggishness that had always plagued him while molding chakra was completely gone.
“Let’s try this next!” Excited, Shu formed another sequence of hand seals.
This time, he attempted a technique he’d practiced countless times in the past but had never successfully performed.
“Rat—Tiger—Dog—Ox—Rabbit—Tiger!” “Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!” Puff!
Puff!
Puff!
Several small, blazing fireballs shot precisely from his mouth.
Success!
And their power was completely in line with what a normal shinobi should be capable of producing.
‘So the Main God’s Full-Body Restoration really does have some substance.’ ‘That was absolutely worth 100 Reward Points!’ After unexpectedly fixing the hidden problem that had plagued his body for years, Shu was in an excellent mood.
He opened Tsunade’s profile in the Contacts list and connected the voice call.
Beep…
It rang only once before she answered.
“Hello?
Brat?” Tsunade’s voice came through.
“It’s me!” “Tch.
You’re annoyingly hard to kill.
I thought that thing underground might’ve finished you off at the end.” Shu fell silent.
‘Can’t this woman wish me well for once?!’ Tsunade’s tone became serious.
“Anyway, what the hell was that thing underground at the end?” “Who knows?” Shu shrugged.
“Maybe some ancient evil god sleeping in the abyss, or a gigantic deep-sea snail that’s been alive for a hundred thousand years.” “Unfortunately, no mysterious Giant of Light showed up to save us.” “Whatever it was, it’s definitely not something we’re capable of dealing with right now.” Shu paused and sighed.
“Good thing we scheduled the plan for the very last moment.” “Looks like we need to be cautious heroes in this Main God Space.” “What cautious hero?
What nonsense are you talking about?” Tsunade clearly had no idea what he meant.
Shu glanced at the timer on the communication interface.
More than thirty seconds had already passed.
“Forget it!
Tsunade, this damn Main God charges by the minute!” “Let’s keep this short.” “How much did you get from the mission settlement?” “Uh…
hold on.
Let me check.” “So this is how it works…” A few seconds later, Tsunade’s excited voice came through.
“Found it!” “For suppressing the source of the curse, I got 1 B-Rank Side Plot and 6,000 Reward Points!” “Adding in all the other rewards from saving people…” “My total is 1 B-Rank Side Plot, 1 C-Rank Side Plot, 1 D-Rank Side Plot, and…” “10,000 Reward Points!” Shu nodded thoughtfully.
“Just temporarily sealing the ruins was worth a B-Rank Side Plot?” “If we’d actually been strong enough to completely destroy those ruins…” “Wouldn’t that have been worth at least an A-Rank Side Plot?” “What a damn shame.” …