After returning to the camp, Mitarai Zixiao and Maruboshi Kosuke went back to their duties.
Uchiha Gen, after treating his injuries, returned to his own residence.
Over the past three months, he had participated in a total of twenty-three B-rank missions and five A-rank missions.
Although there were no S-rank missions, the cumulative amount was significant.
Even though the experience required to level up increased as his level grew, he still reached level thirty-eight.
From his three gacha pulls, although there were no blue cards, he did get two green cards.
One was a Proficiency Card, and the other was a new type of card that hadn't appeared before—a new category of item card that only showed up after the level thirty card pool update.
[Quality Upgrade Card (Green) ×1]
[Item Description: Can be used on any other item card with a quality lower than its own to upgrade it to green quality.]
This item card was ineffective on character cards and didn't work on weapons he already owned in reality; it could only be used on other item cards.
But if used well, it could surely produce excellent results.
An ordinary weapon item card, once enhanced with this Quality Upgrade Card, would become a top-tier item on the market upon being opened.
At the very least, just selling it would earn him a huge profit.
Of course, Uchiha Gen might have considered such things before, but now it wasn't necessary.
During his more than a year of mission life, his growth rate had been extremely fast.
The mission rewards accumulated over just these three months amounted to over two million ryo.
It definitely wasn't enough to buy a house in a place like Konoha where real estate prices were high, but for an ordinary person, this was already a fortune sufficient for half a lifetime of prosperity.
While he hadn't reached financial freedom yet, Uchiha Gen at least didn't have to worry about money like he used to.
As for weapons, Uchiha Gen wasn't lacking any at the moment.
The Sengoku Ninja Sword in his hand was only one blue-quality fortification card away from reaching blue quality.
It had already transformed from a high-quality ordinary ninja sword into a first-class weapon comparable to some of the Seven Ninja Swords of the Hidden Mist.
And for conventional ninja tools like kunai and shuriken, he could buy high-quality ones through the Ninja Cat Clan.
Cards like Skill Learning Cards and Proficiency Cards didn't need this either, as they could be obtained normally.
What were truly suitable were things like Exploding Tag Cards and Soldier Pill Cards; in a sense, this was turning trash into treasure.
High-quality exploding tags and soldier pills were scarce on the market, or even impossible to buy.
The items from white-quality item cards produced by the system were actually decent.
If they could be strengthened to green quality—referring to the gap between other green and white cards of the same type—he might actually create some rare life-saving items.
Conveniently, the only usable card he had on hand was the white card he just pulled.
[Item Card: Standard Soldier Pill Set (White) ×1]
[Item Description: Use to obtain three standard soldier pills.]
Uchiha Gen didn't hesitate much and applied the Quality Upgrade Card to it.
He would eventually pull another green card like this anyway, so he might as well test the effect first.
[Quality Upgrade Complete!]
[Congratulations, you have obtained a new item card: Premium Soldier Pill Set (Green) ×1]
[Item Description: Use to obtain three premium soldier pills. This quality of soldier pill can rapidly restore chakra and physical strength with no side effects. They can be consumed consecutively, and have the effects of temporarily reducing abnormal status conditions and slightly healing internal and external injuries.]
After reading the description, Uchiha Gen fell silent for a few seconds.
It seems... I gambled correctly?
Despite also having 'Premium' in the name, the effects of these soldier pills were much better than the limited-supply premium soldier pills of the Nara clan.
The side effects of the latter were almost non-existent but still present, and they didn't have the function of reducing debuffs or healing injuries.
In a desperate situation, the life-saving effect of this item would be countless times stronger than an ordinary soldier pill.
The Nara clan's premium soldier pills followed an ancestral recipe; even Tsunade, who was an expert in pharmacology, couldn't create soldier pills better than those.
However, Uchiha Gen cared about more than just that.
"Reducing abnormal status conditions... what does 'abnormal status' specifically refer to? Poisoning? Or something else?"
If it was just poisoning, it might not be very useful, since the Poison Extraction Jutsu he now mastered could solve almost all toxins.
No matter how small the poison, as long as it could be sensed, it could be extracted from the body using the Poison Extraction Jutsu.
Unless the situation was so urgent that there wasn't even time to use the technique, only then would this ability be useful.
But what if—
Uchiha Gen's eyes shifted as he recalled the scene from last year when he contracted the Rashōmon.
That situation should also count as an abnormal status, right?
If these system-produced premium soldier pills really worked on that, would it be possible to exploit a bug to contract the third, or even the fourth and fifth Rashōmon gates?
He had only undergone one Snake Body Reinforcement and hadn't had time for a second one since arriving in the Land of Rain.
His resistance to shockwaves was definitely not enough to reach the third gate.
Even after obtaining Tsunade's partial Sage Body and enhancing his physical fitness, he wasn't certain.
But what if he used these premium soldier pills after undergoing another Snake Body Reinforcement?
With the partial Sage Body increasing his health, the Snake Body Reinforcement increasing his resistance, and the premium soldier pills clearing part of the negative effects of the shockwaves while healing him, would he have a chance to contract the third gate?
He now had the strength of an Elite Jonin.
The defensive capability of just two Rashōmon gates was barely sufficient, but if he could have a third Rashōmon, that would be incredible.
Three Rashōmon gates were something even a Kage-level expert like Orochimaru would pull out from time to time, showing they could still play a role in Kage-level battles.
If he could enhance his Snake Body Reinforcement to Orochimaru's level in the future, combined with a stronger physique and premium soldier pills, could he look forward to the fourth or fifth Rashōmon?
And after that, would there be a sixth or seventh Rashōmon?
At that time, if he used blue or purple Quality Upgrade Cards to enhance the soldier pills, would it be possible to go all the way until he contracted all the Rashōmon and opened the gate to the Pure Land?
Retracting his thoughts, Uchiha Gen used the green Soldier Pill Card with a thought.
Three pure white soldier pills immediately appeared in his palm.
Accompanying them was a strong, unique fragrance that lingered before his nose, making his spirits rise involuntarily.
Even the fatigue in his body was dispelled slightly.
Just like last time, he used tweezers to scrape a bit of powder from the surface of the soldier pills, then placed the three pills into a sealed bottle.
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