For the next few days, Shinji stayed in Mist Hidden Village to recuperate.
To silence certain people, Mei used her authority to grant him a position as an external consultant. He received no salary and held no power, but from then on, the Executioner's Blade was officially his to use.
Additionally, as a token of gratitude, Mei sent people to deliver five curse objects.
Most of them were mediocre curse objects with troublesome side effects, including the two unidentified curse objects Shinji had seen that day. The [Crystal Heart] was among them.
Shinji suspected that Mei had deliberately sent this item over, perhaps noticing that he had spent more time observing it.
He naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony and accepted them readily.
With these, he now possessed over ten curse objects. He planned to organize them, and those he didn't need, he would synthesize or sell for 'money.'
But before that, he decided to go for a big draw. After all, he had accumulated a total of 86,080 Curse Soul Points!
The three Special-Grade curse spirits alone contributed 60,000 Curse Soul Points, along with four Domain Fragments.
This made Shinji discover a new path to wealth.
"Let's try drawing first, ten pulls to test the waters."
[You have received the System's Gratitude]
[You have received the System's Gratitude]
[You have received the System's Gratitude]
Vaguely, Shinji sensed something was wrong, but he patiently continued reading. As he read, his expression grew darker and darker, until it finally turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Based on his usual experience, a ten-pull would typically yield about 4 System Gratitudes and the guaranteed 2 [Random Innate Curse Technique Fragments].
Of course, these were patterns he had deduced himself from a few draws, and they weren't necessarily accurate.
But what did he see now?
In the ten-pull, there were as many as 6 Gratitudes, 3 instances of 100 Curse Soul Points, and one [Curse Technique Enhancement Scroll Fragment] (five fragments to synthesize a complete one).
This was simply outrageous!
"You damned system, are you doing this on purpose? Seeing that I have money, you deliberately lowered the drop rate?"
Shinji couldn't help but have 'reasonable' suspicions.
However, the damned system claimed innocence and chose to respond to the injustice with silence.
"Let's try again, maybe it was just a coincidence."
[You have obtained Random Innate Curse Technique Fragment x1]
Not bad, keep it up!
Shijni's eyes lit up. He had gotten past the guaranteed drop, so there should be good items coming.
Then he saw a string of System Gratitudes… He had sunk again.
And sunk so completely.
This made him start to question life itself.
"I don't believe this! One more try!"
At this moment, he was like a gambler who had lost all his money, rushing in headfirst without any rationality.
The result was as expected; this time, he had sunk completely.
In the end, only 1,000 Curse Soul Points were recovered from 30,000, and he obtained [Curse Technique Enhancement Scroll Fragment] x3 and [Random Innate Curse Technique Fragment] x1.
This was absolutely not right!
Even if he was usually unlucky, it shouldn't be to this extent!
Wait a minute!
Unlucky?!
Shinji suddenly recalled that he seemed to have used the [Unfortunate Microphone] a few days ago during a battle…
And he had even foolishly shouted [Cursed Speech] 11 times afterward.
Could this be the side effect taking effect?
Shinji's heart sank, and he thought, "This is bad!"
These few days of peace had made him complacent.
The main point was, who could have imagined that this side effect could actually influence his probability of drawing in the system?
No, this side effect should only affect him, not the system.
But the problem was that he could affect the system!
System draws, apart from fixed drop rates and guaranteed items, still had some element of luck. Everyone's personal fortune definitely had an impact.
Regarding this, a certain Wakandan who always wanted to sneak into Europe firmly believed in it.
Shinji took a deep breath. "It seems I underestimated the side effect of this curse object. I must use it cautiously in the future."
So he decisively stopped, choosing to cut his losses.
Since his bad luck had taken effect, as long as he didn't continue drawing, he could release the bad luck into other events.
Then, when the bad luck was depleted and things returned to normal, he should be able to draw again without issue.
As for the previous three ten-pulls, he could only grit his teeth and comfort himself, "It doesn't hurt at all!"
"Forget it, let's go out for a walk. The priority is to exhaust this bad luck."
Boom!
Then the house collapsed.
The moment he had the thought of going out, the house inexplicably collapsed!!!
Buried inside, Shinji was completely stunned. This was simply too ridiculous.
He was living in a stone house that was extremely sturdy, even usable as a small fortress!
If the knife wasn't sharp enough, it might not even be able to cut through it!
"Uh, Consultant Akagi? Are you alright?"
With the house collapsed, such a large commotion naturally attracted the inquiry of some nearby Mist ninjas. They saw Shinji climbing out of the ruins and standing amidst the rubble.
"I'm fine. I just don't know why the house collapsed for no reason."
"It must have been affected by the previous battle, damaging the internal structure. So it didn't show any signs from the outside, but it was actually unstable inside. There have been several such accidents recently. I apologize, we will replace your residence immediately."
"It's nothing. Accidents like this aren't your fault. I'll go out for a walk first."
Shinji was extremely depressed, but he couldn't blame anyone. After saying hello, he prepared to leave.
Walking on the streets of Mist Hidden Village, looking at the passing villagers, his mood improved slightly.
Since the crisis had been resolved, the villagers who had previously hidden in shelters had all returned to their homes.
As for the buildings and houses destroyed in the battle, Mei had already dispatched people to speed up their reconstruction.
There were also the walls, which had been gnawed into many dog holes by those mutated rats and needed to be filled.
Even more troublesome was cleaning up the mess left by Mei's Lava Style and Boiling Style.
Several sections of the ground needed to be excavated and repaved, and an entire wall melted by the high-temperature mist had to be rebuilt.
This also caused many people working to grumble about their Mizukage.
After a war, the actual damage caused by the enemy was minimal, but their own boss was going on a rampage of destruction!
Of course, it was just grumbling. They all knew that Mizukage-sama was protecting the village and everyone in it, so they genuinely respected her.
If Mizukage-sama hadn't insisted on having everyone take shelter, who knows how many people would have died by now!
At this moment, one of the ropes pulling a large stone onto the wall suddenly snapped, and the massive stone immediately rolled down the wall, heading straight towards a certain direction without losing momentum.
Shinji, who happened to be walking nearby, heard the commotion and saw it. "Damn it, is this endless?!"
"Ah! Be careful!"
"Quick, dodge!"
Many people were shouting in panic. Some even couldn't help but close their eyes.
Black Flash!
In his anger, Shniji swung a punch at the giant stone, which was more than twice his height.
With a "boom"!
Under his perfect control of strength, the entire giant stone shattered into pieces on the ground, but without any flying debris!
"What other tricks do you have? Bring them all out! If your grandpa so much as frowns, I'll be your father!"
Well, this was taking advantage to the extreme.
Splat!
A blob of bird droppings landed directly on his shoulder.
Shinji's expression froze. He looked up and his expression changed drastically.
He saw a flock of large birds flying directly overhead, with countless black dots rapidly descending.
If it were a giant stone like before, he could certainly shatter it with a cool punch.
But facing this high-altitude bombardment, he had to admit he chickened out.
So he decisively jumped back!
Splat…
Then a backflip!
Splat…
A mid-air 720-degree spin with continuous handstand side flips!
Splat, splat, splat…
The bird droppings, as if guided by precision targeting, landed on a certain person, bombarding him continuously.
"Mr. Akagi, what are you doing?"
Chōjūrō, who happened to be passing by with food in his arms, was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
Then he regretted stopping to say anything.
Upon seeing a 'familiar face,' Shinji's eyes lit up. He slid forward and lifted Chōjūrō, who was still trying to say something, up. Bread and fruit scattered all over the ground.
"Come on, let the storm rage even harder!!!"
"I…"
Chōjūrō didn't know what was happening before a sticky substance smeared over his mouth.
Then came a series of splat sounds.
Chōjūrō began to struggle incessantly, but was held tightly by someone, unable to move. Finally, as if something in his heart shattered, he gave up resisting, becoming a lifeless puppet held above someone's head.
Fortunately, these aerial drops were quick, and they left just as quickly.
Chōjūrō was put down before he endured too much.
"Your name is Chōjūrō, kid. I've got my eye on you! You'll achieve great things in the future, but listen to your uncle's advice: the position of Mizukage is too deep, you can't handle it. It's best not to get involved."
"In short, thank you for today. If anyone bullies you in the future, you can mention the name… Mangetsu Hōzuki. If even Mangetsu Hōzuki can't resolve it, then go find Mei. Both of them will give me face, don't worry."
After speaking, Shinji instinctively wanted to pat Chōjūrō on the shoulder, but stopped his hand halfway.
He really didn't know where to start…
With a dry laugh, he helped pick up the bag and stuffed it into the 'played-out' Chōjūrō's arms, then fled guiltily.
Long after Shinji's figure had disappeared, Chōjūrō's vacant eyes finally showed some fluctuation.
"I'm probably unclean now."
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