"Doesn't your cheat have any restrictions?" Ryosuke asked.
"It does, as the number of copied abilities increases, the prerequisites become more stringent." Kusamura replied.
"Then what abilities have you copied so far? And from whom?" Ryosuke asked.
"I copied Kage-level Chakra, the Flying Thunder God Technique, and ninja talent from Minato. I copied the Uchiha bloodline and Mangekyō Sharingan from Shisui, along with his Kage-level Chakra." Kusamura said.
"Nothing else?" Ryosuke asked.
Kusamura shook his head and said, "No, the favorability required for the seventh copy is too high, and I can't meet this condition for now."
That's it?
Ryosuke had assumed that Kusamura had a ridiculously overpowered cheat.
But…
It had such a huge limitation?
"How much favorability is required to copy for the seventh time?" Ryosuke asked curiously.
"It requires reaching the seventh level of favorability—living and dying together!" Kusamura replied.
That's… difficult, isn't it?
And this was just for the seventh copy.
What about the eighth?
The ninth?
"How many levels of favorability are there?" Ryosuke asked.
"Ten." Kusamura answered truthfully.
Only ten!
That meant Kusamura's cheat could only be used ten times?
And the worst part—
The favorability system wasn't cumulative!
It wasn't like reaching different levels of favorability with the same person would allow multiple copies.
Instead, only the highest level counted, and as long as it was reached, he could copy the abilities.
This sounded decent at first glance…
But if Kusamura hadn't wasted six chances already, he could have saved them for stronger people.
This cheat is flawed and not very sustainable!
There were only ten total chances—no more after that.
But then again…
This cheat was just a freebie from joining that group.
That made sense.
After all—
Free things were rarely overpowered!
After asking a few more questions, Ryosuke had fully figured out Kusamura's situation.
A transmigrator from THE Earth joined a group full of other transmigrators.
That group also gave out cheats.
But those cheats weren't very strong—so most of the hundreds of members had died.
And Kusamura's biggest ambition now?
Find someone easier to gain trust from, then grind favorability like crazy to unlock the seventh and eighth levels.
Thus, he would get two more chances to copy.
Then—
He'd use them on the future Naruto and Sasuke.
Even though those two were just newborn brats right now, Kusamura could wait.
After all, he already had decent strength.
He had Chakra from Minato and Shisui, plus a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
At this point, he was already at peak Kage-level and his survival skills were strong.
Not to mention—
He also inherited Minato's talent.
With that, he had already learned tons of conventional ninjutsu.
Reaching super Kage-level in the future wouldn't be an issue.
And once he has that strength, he can survive until the Fourth Great Ninja War.
By then, he could just copy Naruto and Sasuke's abilities, getting straight to the Six Paths level in one step.
'This guy is such a rat.' Ryosuke thought with a smirk.
Then, with a wave of his hand—
A white light enveloped Kusamura, annihilating him instantly.
Dust Release.
With Kusamura's death, the artificial goodwill generated by his cheat vanished as well.
Tsunade blinked, suddenly feeling as if her mind had cleared.
Thinking about what she had just said in the chat group, her face turned red.
"Damn! Was that because of his ability?" Tsunade said angrily.
"Yeah, but now that he's dead, it doesn't matter anymore." Ryosuke nodded and said.
"He got off easy!" Tsunade said, still annoyed.
She wasn't upset that Kusamura had been killed.
Before, she had defended him because of the manipulated goodwill.
But now—
Without that effect, and knowing the truth, she only felt disgust toward him.
Naturally, she wouldn't blame Ryosuke for killing Kusamura.
"By the way, what were you two talking about just now?" Tsunade asked curiously.
She had only heard the start of their conversation. After that, everything had gone silent.
Obviously, there was something Ryosuke didn't want her to know.
"I talked about some topics that I can't tell you." Ryosuke said with a smile.
Tch~!
She hadn't expected this sunny and handsome kid to be so secretive.
Fine, if you don't want to say it, don't say it!
It's not like I wanted to know anyway!
Tsunade snorted arrogantly and turned her head away.
[Second Hokage] Tobirama: "@Ryosuke @Tsunade, how is the situation? Was there a problem with Kamimoto Kusamura?"
In the chat group, Tobirama had tagged them both, asking for an update.
[Fifth Hokage] Tsunade: "Yeah, there was a problem with Kamimoto Kusamura. He was some kind of transmigrator. He used his ability to influence people in the village before, but it's been handled now."
[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "It's resolved. There's no more issues."
[Second Hokage] Tobirama: "Good! But what do you mean by transmigrator? Is it the kind I'm thinking of?"
[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Pretty much. Kamimoto Kusamura came from another world. His ability lets him copy other people's powers by increasing their favorability toward him."
[First Hokage] Hashirama: "That ability is amazing! I want it too!"
[First Hokage] Madara: "Why do you want everything? This ability clearly has limits."
[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Madara's right. This ability has restrictions—there are only ten favorability levels, so it can only be used ten times. He had already used it six times before I killed him."
[Fourth Hokage] Minayo: "Ten times? That's still incredible!"
[Sixth Hokage] Kakashi: "I'm more curious, on whom did he use his sixth copy?"
[Fifth Hokage] Tsunade: "This Kamimoto Kusamura had the Flying Thunder God Technique, so it looks like he copied it from Minato."
[Fourth Hokage] Minato: "Huh? He copied mine?!"
[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "Yeah, out of the six abilities he copied, three came from you—Kage-level Chakra, Flying Thunder God Technique, and your talent."
[Fourth Hokage] Minato: "Ah, this~! So he ignored my Rasengan?"
[Fourth Hokage] Orochimaru: "Hehe~! He probably didn't want to waste a copy on it. After all, even though Rasengan is an A-rank technique, he already copied your talent, so he could learn it himself."
[Eighth Hokage] Sarada: "Isn't his ability too overpowered? He can even copy talent?"
[Third Hokage] Danzo: "What about the other three copies? Who did he use them on? Was it Hiruzen?"
[Sixth Hokage] Ryosuke: "No, the other three were used on Shisui. He copied Shisui's Kage-level Chakra, Uchiha bloodline, and Mangekyō Sharingan."
[Seventh Hokage] Sasuke: "Shisui-senpai? Well, at least he had good taste."
[Third Hokage] Danzo: "Haha~! @Sarutobi Hiruzen, looks like this guy didn't think much of you! Hahaha~!!"
[Third Hokage] Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Hehe~! And you're laughing? Did he favor you instead?"
The issue with Kamimoto Kusamura was easily resolved.
It's just too bad that the Hokage chat group didn't have any kind of group task function.
Otherwise—
Killing a transmigrator with a cheat ability, even if it was a flawed one, would have been worth some kind of reward.
If there were group tasks, maybe he could've earned points or something.
But… Ryosuke didn't really need them anyway.
Since he was already here, he didn't return immediately.
Instead, he went to the Ōtsutsuki planet in this parallel world and wiped out the Ōtsutsuki clan there as well.
But this time, the rewards weren't as great as he had hoped.