Hashirama didn't even have to think. "Of course, Senju Hashirama! How could I not play as myself! Just looking at that character art, I feel so powerful. You really put a lot of effort into this, drawing so many portraits all by yourself." Torifu felt a little embarrassed by Hashirama's praise. After all, he hadn't done anything. He had just spent 50,000 Peace Points.
"Sigh, it makes me angry. Did someone come here to top up before me?"
Torifu was a little confused. "What's wrong, Sensei? Why do you say that?"
Hashirama hit the table with his hand. The attention of Amado and Minato, who were in the distance, was drawn over, and they walked toward them. "Tsunade taught me how to operate the game, and I went through the levels all the way. But after I became friends with Madara, I couldn't beat the next level."
"I wanted to play a match in the duel field for fun. But the person on the other side used three S-tier ninjas and instantly defeated me. In the end, they even sent an emote, which seemed to be patting a little person's head!"
As Hashirama spoke, his face turned red with anger. Torifu, on the other hand, broke out in a cold sweat. How could his luck be so bad? He wanted to randomly beat a player, but he ended up beating his own Sensei! And he even sent a head-pat emote, which was too dramatic.
Amado and Minato naturally knew who the person Hashirama was talking about was. They desperately covered their mouths to keep from laughing out loud and almost ran out of oxygen.
"Haha... there was one person who topped up a lot of money, but because of personal privacy, I can't tell you, Sensei."
Hashirama nodded. "Of course! It's just a game. I can handle losing if I'm not good enough. You must never leak the villagers' information."
"Don't worry, Sensei. I will."
Hashirama smiled in satisfaction. To be honest, now that Tsunade and Nawaki had grown up, he couldn't play with them often. He just stayed at home every day, either strolling in the yard or watching TV. But he had watched Hashirama's Tales so many times that it made him sick. It was truly boring, and it didn't feel like when he first retired. But a month ago, he could still use excuses like being old and being satisfied with this life to pacify himself. But this one fruit had made him young again. He became very energetic every day. So he was even more bored.
He never expected that the mobile phone, which had suddenly come out, would give him a new experience. Especially this game, it made Hashirama feel young again. There were many things he didn't know how to do, and he had to learn them patiently. This made his life suddenly fulfilling. He no longer had to watch the boring Hashirama's Tales every day. So he was truly grateful to Torifu. It seemed that all the changes in his life over the years were brought about by Torifu.
"By the way, Torifu, who do you think is better in this game, me or Uchiha Madara?"
"Sensei, are you talking about the in-game you?"
"Of course."
When he heard Hashirama's question, Torifu thought for a moment and then answered, "You both have your own strengths. It still depends on the person's skills. You can draw both and practice with them."
Hashirama nodded when he heard this. "You're right. But I still think I'm stronger. Haha, maybe that's just confidence."
"It's just a game. The most important thing is to have fun. You don't have to care too much about who is stronger."
Hashirama patted Torifu on the shoulder. "You're right. Since I've already topped up, I'll go back and draw some ninjas first. I want to see if I can get myself!"
With that, he got up and walked toward the gate. Watching Hashirama's back as he left, Torifu wiped away some sweat. "Seriously, why is my luck so bad? I actually matched with my master. Even if there are only a few people who know how to play, it's not like we're the only two playing in the duel field, right?"
Amado walked over and pouted. "Maybe you two really are the only ones? I haven't even touched the duel field yet."
Minato said, "Grand-Sensei seems to be strong at everything, but I didn't expect him to be worse than you at games, Big Brother."
Torifu sat on the stone stool and smiled. "Haha, Minato is right. Although I might not be able to beat Sensei in combat in real life, he's really bad at games. It's so easy to beat him."
"Big Brother, be careful that Hashirama-sama doesn't hear you say that."
Torifu waved his hand. "From what I know about Sensei, he's probably already home drawing summons."
And just as Torifu expected, Hashirama used the Body Flicker Jutsu a few times to get home right after he left the Kumotsuru Clan compound.
"Did you top up?" Mito asked curiously.
Hashirama gave her a thumbs-up. "Of course. Torifu already did it for me."
Mito also walked over and sat next to Hashirama, resting her head on his shoulder, and watched him draw cards. Mito also thought this game was very interesting, but compared to Hashirama, her learning speed was much slower. But that also made it fun. She had a calm mindset and didn't care about others' game progress. She played her own game slowly, learning and improving as she went, and also found it very enjoyable.
Hashirama opened the Recruit page, bought some Ninja World Summoning Scrolls, and immediately did a ten summon! The special effects ended quickly, and one by one, fragments appeared in front of Hashirama's eyes.
"Five Senju Hashirama fragments and eight Sarutobi Hiruzen fragments. What are fragments?"
Mito gently said, "You probably need to collect fragments to piece them together."
Hashirama turned his head and gave Mito a thumbs-up. "That makes a lot of sense. Then I'll continue to draw and see." He did another ten summons and got ten Senju Hashirama fragments and four Hiruzen fragments. He was drawing from Hashirama's exclusive card pool, so there were no other S-tier ninjas.
"Your luck is good. I think I noticed that an S-tier ninja needs a hundred fragments. Keep drawing." Mito encouraged him from the side. Hashirama was also more motivated. He did ten summons one after another. In addition to fragments, he also got many B-tier and C-tier ninjas. His character pool had been slightly expanded, and he finally had more than just those few C-tier gatekeeper ninjas. Amid the happy laughter of the couple, Hashirama finally drew the Hashirama he had been thinking about. The money he had topped up was also running out and was no longer enough to draw Uchiha Madara.
"Besides myself, I also got Sarutobi Hiruzen. I wonder if this monkey is any good."
Mito thought for a moment. "An A-tier ninja should be worse than an S-tier one, but if you don't play well, it's all for nothing."
Hashirama nodded when he heard this. "You're right. Just like Torifu said, after I get him, I have to practice a lot. Only then can I win in the duel field! And defeat that mysterious person from before!"
Mito was naturally very happy to see her husband so energetic. It was much better than him just staying on the sofa and watching TV all day. The most important thing was that she could also be a part of this game.