After that day, the ninja killing card game started to become popular.
First, it became popular starting from the Ninja Academy. Naruto and the others took the cards the next day and started looking for people to play with. For a while, the card game gained great fame.
Then, Tenten's Ninja Tools shop was almost overrun by the Village's children and parents.
After that, other merchants came to the Ninjutsu Shop Owner to discuss wholesale card deals. Anyway, Xia Mu was just the inventor of the cards; how the deals were made was entirely up to the Ninjutsu Shop Owner's Father-in-law.
Xia Mu just had to wait to receive his share of the money.
The Ninjutsu Shop Owner knew Xia Mu was capable, so he naturally went to discuss business happily.
However, the ninja killing card game really became popular. For a while, the entire Village was playing enthusiastically.
Even some Ninja started playing along. After all, whether they had missions or not, they were usually quite bored. Not everyone liked reading hot blooded paradise like Kakashi, and playing poker all the time was also boring. The appearance of the ninja killing card game just filled that void.
What could Xia Mu do?
He made a fortune!
However, what followed immediately was trouble.
"Xia Mu, Xia Mu, want to play the ninja killing card game? We're planning to play Village Defense, but we don't have enough people to play now, you know!" Naruto shouted again.
"Ah, Naruto, calm down a bit."
Xia Mu rubbed his temples, "Playing cards is interesting, and it lets you experience being the Hokage of a Village, but don't forget to study and train properly. Besides, every time you're the Hokage, you just kill indiscriminately. I've been your partner several times and you've killed me. What about your basic information gathering skills as a Ninja?"
Naruto blushed at being told off and said with a stiff neck: "I, I'm learning now, you know! I'll definitely be excellent when I become Hokage in the future!"
Xia Mu directly rolled his eyes: "That's why you should study and train properly! Otherwise, you can only be Hokage in the game. Forget about it in reality."
Naruto couldn't argue with Xia Mu, but he couldn't let go of his gaming addiction, so he simply went to find someone else.
It was Hinata, this sweet and innocent girl, who actively joined in, which allowed Naruto to start another Village Defense battle.
Xia Mu felt that although he invented this game just to earn money for his wife, it might have inadvertently harmed Naruto. Whether this savior could save the world in the future was truly uncertain.
He couldn't possibly just play two Dodge cards when facing an attack from Kaguya Otsutsuki, could he?
Wouldn't the Ninja World be doomed then?
However, Xia Mu quickly came to terms with it. After all, he was the savior arranged by the world, and that old geezer Six Paths Sage was also watching all the time. Nothing major would go wrong, so there was no need to worry too much.
He found Shikamaru: "Shikamaru, do you have any flashbangs?"
He remembered that in the original work, it seemed only Shikamaru had used flashbangs, which were most suitable for coordinating with his Shadow Secret Technique. So, Shikamaru should have some.
Shikamaru put down a card and replied when he had a moment: "I have some at home. I'll get one for you later. But, what do you need a flashbang for... Never mind, it must be troublesome, I won't ask."
"Thanks, I'll pay you back later."
Xia Mu couldn't just freeload off his friend; flashbangs were ninja supplies and probably not cheap.
As soon as he returned to his seat, Shino couldn't help but ask, "Xia Mu, do you have another new idea?"
Xia Mu smiled and nodded, "Yeah, and it's very suitable for you. Think about it, Earth Release has the Hardening Technique, which is achieved by absorbing the characteristics of earth. The Iron Skin I created absorbs the characteristics of iron. So, what would happen if we absorb the characteristics of the flashbang's components and then activate it with Chakra?"
Shino's sunglasses immediately reflected the light, "It would erupt with strong light!"
Xia Mu gave a thumbs-up, "Bingo! This move will be called Sun Fist. I'll teach it to you once I've perfected it. You wear sunglasses, so the strong light won't affect your vision, but it will prevent enemies from opening their eyes. Won't you be able to slaughter them easily?"
"...Xia Mu, your ideas are truly imaginative!"
Shino was already used to sighing with emotion, but there was anticipation behind his sunglasses.
Xia Mu waved his hand, "Stop praising me, I get arrogant easily. Come to my place on the second of next month, I'll definitely have some results by then. Oh, right, Tenten asked someone to investigate powerful Ninja Tools and powerful Summoning Techniques, and there are already some leads. We can look at them together then and see if there's any Summoning Technique you want."
At the same time, in the Hokage Office.
Danzo Shimura, leaning on his cane, pushed open the office door and saw his old friends all sitting in their seats waiting.
Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the newcomer and slowly took out a game of Ninja Kill, "Danzo, you're here. Have you played Ninja Kill? Let's play while we talk."
Saying that, he shuffled four identity cards and placed them on the table.
Danzo leaned on his cane and stepped forward to grab one, his eyelids twitching: Usurper!
Sarutobi Hiruzen also grabbed one and flipped it over: Shadow!
Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado also each grabbed an identity card but didn't speak, waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to shuffle the character cards before drawing their own.
Sarutobi Hiruzen continued talking while shuffling the cards, "This card game is really interesting, it brings ninja battles to the tabletop. You can have one-on-one, one-against-many, many-against-many, and there's even a Village Defense mode. But I'm truly lucky, I'm the Hokage in the game too!"
Crack!
It was as if the cane had been squeezed and cracked.
Danzo grabbed a character card with displeasure, not expecting it to be a Uchiha character.
He threw the character card on the table and said in a cold tone, "Hiruzen, the Uchiha are evil. We eliminated the Uchiha for the Village, and my contribution in that was not small. Are you trying to discard the donkey after it has served its purpose?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen also drew a character card, and it turned out to be the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!
He laughed, "Haha, I specifically had the inventor of this card game make this character card. It's the only one in the entire Ninja World. I mixed it in with the deck just now, and I didn't expect to be lucky enough to draw it. But Danzo, do you know why Tobirama sensei chose me to be the Hokage back then?"
It was an irrelevant question, but it was still a jab at Danzo.
How could Danzo not understand? He gritted his teeth and didn't speak.
That little brat named Xia Mu, why did he invent a card game for no reason and even make a Second Hokage card specifically for Hiruzen!
This guy Hiruzen is truly shameless, saying he was lucky. Didn't he just cheat in secret to get this card? It's the same as back then, when Tobirama sensei asked a question, Hiruzen was the first to raise his hand and answer, and that's why he was chosen as Hokage. What's there to be so proud of? If it weren't for him, Danzo Shimura, diligently serving as the executioner in the shadows all these years, how could the Third Hokage be so glorious?
Now he's coming to pressure him, is it because the Uchiha are gone, and the threat to the Village is gone, so he's going to target Root?
Yes, Hiruzen isn't stupid. He must have seen that the expansion of Root poses a threat to the position of Hokage!
Dream on!
Danzo threw out two cards to activate his Sharingan, then used Body Flicker Technique: Kill on Sarutobi Hiruzen, his tone chilling, "Hiruzen, you cannot disband Root!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't dodge or evade, counter-attacking with Water Release: Water Colliding Wave, "Danzo, I am the Hokage!"