After settling the three newcomers, Yuto first had them take a bath and then asked Haku to familiarize them with the shop's operations.
In fact, it was essentially just regular service industry work.
Things like fetching drinks and snacks...
Although it seemed simple, sometimes even two people couldn't handle it all.
Besides, Zabuza now has a part-time job...
That's right, ever since that day, when Asuma went to retrieve his phone and saw his Anbu rank... he was speechless.
When some Anbu's members complained to Asuma, he revealed that Zabuza had been the one playing on his account.
And so…
In just a few days, five or six people had approached Zabuza to have him play on their accounts.
It just so happens that half of these people are new players.
With the influx of new players these days, Zabuza didn't even require specific team compositions. He would easily get them to the Chunin rank, and if the account owner paid extra for Ninjas, Zabuza even offered Jonin and Anbu rank packages...
It could be said that, aside from Yuto, Zabuza was the one making the most money these days.
Seeing this, it almost made Yuto want to put aside his work and take up account boosting as a side hustle.
But that was just talk. After all, Yuto wasn't doing too badly himself, and in a couple of days, when the new version launched... that's when the real money would start rolling in!
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Two days later, Yuto shut down the game and automatically updated it for all players.
At that point, Yuto once again called on Tenzo.
Tenzo was quite willing to help, even though Yuto had only given him 200 coins last time...
Because during his free time, Tenzo would also visit the shop. But now, the whole Konoha has been swept by a gaming craze from top to bottom, so there was no place to sit in Yuto's shop.
This time, with Tenzo's help, Yuto's shop underwent a renovation, reaching the maximum size allowed by the system.
It was more than three times larger than the already sizable original shop!
And this time, Yuto didn't even give Tenzo any coins.
However, just as Tenzo was heading home with a sullen face, his game had finished updating. Looking at the new characters displayed on the event interface, he was overwhelmed.
Although there weren't as many new Ninjas as last time.
But…
[Hiruzen Sarutobi has been added to S-Rank recruitment]
[Orochimaru has been added to S-Rank recruitment]
[Jiraiya has been added to S-Rank recruitment]
[Tsunade has been added to S-Rank recruitment]
…
[The Konoha 12 have been added to the shop, each priced at 888 coins]
…
Before Tenzo could even exclaim over these high-level new Ninjas, he suddenly noticed a reward in his game mailbox that had arrived at some unknown time.
The icon was a question mark, and the item name was: Senju Hashirama [Edo Tensei] Shards x 50
…
Instantly, cheers could be heard all over Konoha.
Why? Because after a quick look, players discovered that... from Hiruzen to Tsunade, these four Ninjas were all S-Rank!
They had thought A-Rank was the highest, but now there was S-Rank?
Excitedly, everyone clicked on the recruitment interface, only to be presented with a choice.
Since Yuto didn't follow the usual pattern and released four S-Rank characters at once, he couldn't possibly mix all four into one pool. Otherwise, the cost for players to pull one character would quadruple!
Zabuza, as a high-recruitment character, was moved to [A-rank Recruitment].
With this, Yuto had clearly separated A-Rank and S-Rank recruitment.
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In the Hokage's Office, Hiruzen smugly looked at his S-Rank in-game rating, feeling quite pleased.
But the moment he thought about Tsunade and Jiraiya asking him when he planned to retire... his head started to ache again.
As for the new version update, no one was more invested than Kakashi.
Over the past few days, thanks to his exceptional gaming talent and experience, he had quickly mastered the techniques and playstyles of all the previous batch of Ninjas.
And now, the game had suddenly added four S-Rank Ninjas! Kakashi was the first to dive in, immediately spending 500,000 ryo!
This scene played out among many players.
Since the game already felt quite familiar to them, and as long as they grasped the combat mechanics, players showed high engagement.
In just a few days, that batch of new players had transformed into what could be considered seasoned players.
The highest-ranked player had even reached the Anbu rank!
Not because that person was particularly skilled, but because Zabuza had been boosting the accounts!
However... whether new or old, all players knew one unspoken truth: the stronger the Ninja, the more fun the matches!
Therefore, within less than two hours of Yuto's new version going live, the in-game purchases alone had already netted 10 million ryo!
That was the equivalent of selling 100 phones!
---
Kakashi's luck was pretty good. His 500,000 ryo was enough to secure all four S-rank characters, with nearly half the money left over.
As for the B-Rank and C-Rank Ninjas in the shop, Kakashi swept them all up.
Thus, Kakashi headed to the training grounds to try out these new Ninjas.
The Konoha 12, as C-Rank Ninjas, had been significantly buffed by Yuto, making them quite strong.
As for the S-Rank Ninjas, Tsunade was the one Yuto had adjusted the most.
The adjustments were somewhat similar to the 'Transcendence Mode' from the previous Motou Village, and Orochimaru's skills had also been optimized in terms of performance and effects.
This ensured that these four older S-Rank Ninjas were all balanced and on par with each other.
For now, there wasn't a single character in the game that could be considered 'overpowered.'
Among the C-Rank Ninjas, Kinuta Dosu stood out as noticeably stronger than his peers.
But Yuto didn't plan to make too many adjustments.
Because in the future, C-Rank Ninjas will have to go through the baptism from the likes of the Konoha Security Force and young Tsunade and Nagato.
Moreover, B-Rank and C-Rank Ninjas were designed to be more entertainment-oriented, so it wasn't necessary to completely nerf every Ninja that happened to be strong.
However, Yuto stared at the unnamed folder on his computer desktop and fell into deep thought.
Inside the folder were the details of two unreleased characters.
Senju Hashirama [Edo Tensei], Senju Tobirama [Edo Tensei].
Yuto wondered what kind of chaos would ensue if he dropped these two legends into the Arena.
But soon, he typed a few lines into the [Next Version Plans] folder.
New Characters to be Added:
Jiraiya [Sage Mode]
Tsunade [Byakugou] (T/N: Strength of a Hundred Seal.)
Orochimaru [Indestructible]
Introducing the Secret Scroll System.
Initial Secret Scrolls: Wooden Spikes, Indomitable Spirit, Cyclone, Lightning Strike, and Earthshock. (T/N: I don't understand what this means as I never played the game, so I'll just translate it as it is for now.)
Introducing the Summoning System.
Initial Summons: Ninja Dog, Blue Snake, Ninja Tortoise, Gamakichi and Kamaitachi.
The next version would likely be released in a few days.
That's right, Yuto planned to add Secret Scrolls and Summons to the Arena.
The progress had been delayed due to new Ninjas' development.
Now, with both time and resources on his hands, Yuto no longer had to create everything from scratch. Many elements could be directly purchased using resource quota.