As the Hokage, he was naturally very happy. He decided to properly organize this year's Spring Festival and designate it as an annual celebration to be held on the last day of every year, enriching Konoha Village's festive calendar and bringing more joy to the villagers' lives. However, the ultimate goal behind everything was actually to make Torifu's life more comfortable. After all, Torifu's initial goal was to live comfortably in this world. Now, it seemed this goal was gradually being achieved.
Yahiko's ninjutsu prowess was quite impressive. After receiving joint instruction from Torifu and Tobirama, he had already gained some insights into Water Release ninjutsu. He had mastered a great many basic Water Release ninjutsu and was even attempting to develop his own techniques. Torifu was incredibly encouraging of this; ninjas needed to constantly develop their own abilities in this manner.
Currently, there were still only a handful of ninjas in Konoha Village capable of developing their own techniques. Even with Torifu constantly supplementing Konoha Village's ninjutsu catalog with the low-level Five Element Release techniques he developed, the ninjutsu known by Konoha Village's shinobi remained limited. They were basically all the same old techniques. They hadn't changed for even hundreds of years. However, Torifu understood; after all, developing ninjutsu was quite arduous. He didn't demand that everyone develop their own ninjutsu, only encouraged them to try.
For an eleven-year-old child like Yahiko, speaking of developing ninjutsu was practically a pipe dream. Experienced ninjas would advise him to diligently study established ninjutsu and not chase fantasies. But Torifu was extremely supportive of this and offered him significant assistance. Currently, Yahiko's developing C-rank ninjutsu was already showing some promise, which was quite good.
But compared to Konan, it lagged far behind. Because she had initially pursued the path of independent ninjutsu development, Konan had already devised several B-rank techniques. This was also partly due to the various herbs Torifu had rewarded them with, which enhanced their chakra and innate talents, allowing them not to worry excessively about chakra depletion. After becoming Chunin, Yahiko and Konan redoubled their efforts in training, hoping to quickly become Jonin, like their senior Minato, who could undertake more advanced missions. Having goals was good. None of the Kumotsuru Clan's ninjas were weak, so a little pressure was normal.
While his two disciples trained diligently, Torifu took the opportunity to browse the system store, searching for something he could give Yahiko and Konan as a reward.
[Wind Crystal Fruit, 1000 Peace Points] (Consuming it can enhance Wind Release chakra intensity.)
"This thing… it's just so-so. Konan has Wind Release chakra, but this thing isn't much use to her." However, its main advantage was its low price, so he bought it directly, hoping it would refresh the system store's inventory. As he scrolled down, there was an abundance of various items to enhance strength, along with various household goods and items designed to boost one's happiness index.
The entire shop interface was a cluttered mess, completely lacking any categories. Torifu had to discern for himself whether each item was good or bad.
[Bloodline Fruit, 50,000 Peace Points] (After use, a Bloodline Limit can be randomly awakened based on one's own chakra affinity.)
"Oh-ho, I found something good."
A fruit that could randomly grant a Bloodline Limit, and it only cost fifty thousand Peace Points! It was incredibly cost-effective, one might say. While it stated that it awakened based on one's own chakra affinity, merely considering Water Release alone, one could potentially fuse Ice Release, Boil Release, Wood Release, Storm Release, and Lava Release. This was a random awakening based on one's own attributes, not a fusion, so the variety of Bloodline Limits that could be awakened was truly vast.
Furthermore, the randomness was high, yet Bloodline Limits were almost never weak; as long as they were properly developed, each one proved to be exceptionally powerful.
He bought it directly without hesitation. It was a bright red fruit, its outer skin seemingly transparent, with the crimson hue originating from the juices within, resembling blood.
"Why are all these system items so disgusting? The puppets are skeletal frames, the fruit that enhances a summoning beast's talent is a heart, and this fruit also looks quite unsettling." Torifu retrieved the fruit from his system space and examined it closely; the liquid within was remarkably viscous. He sniffed it, but detected no unusual odor.
After stowing the fruit back into his system space, he glanced at the shop interface. The fruit hadn't disappeared immediately; instead, it indicated that four more could still be purchased. After Torifu bought all four remaining in a single transaction, the item vanished from the store.
"Is there some kind of connection between this fruit, the blood puppets, and the summoning seeds…?" Torifu couldn't help but connect them; every other item in the system store, good or bad, could only be purchased once. Yet, only these gruesome, blood-soaked items could be purchased repeatedly. It was difficult not to overthink things. Torifu hadn't purchased blood puppets to assemble his puppet squad in a long time. But he always remembered that blood puppets were skeletal frames with damaged hearts. And the summoning seeds, in turn, were heart-shaped. This fruit, too, was similarly gory.
What the hell, could this damn system have actually killed beings from some higher race to create these items? Logically speaking, this idea was indeed somewhat frightening, but Torifu felt nothing in particular at the moment. He didn't shout and demand of the system what exactly these items were. He simply put the fruit away in silence. The items he used currently seemed to cause him no harm, and back when he had met his ancestor, the system had already bestowed upon him Crystal Release and various other talents.
If these items possessed any hidden problems, with his ancestor's ability to traverse planes, it shouldn't have been difficult to uncover them. And if the system truly held some unspeakable secret, then even an existence with his ancestor's power wouldn't be able to discover it. What recourse did Torifu have then? After all, while his current strength was respectable, it couldn't compare to that of his immortal cultivator ancestor.
"Forget it, I won't think about this anymore." If a day truly came when his strength allowed him to uncover this layer, then it wouldn't be too late to fret. Thinking about such things now was nothing more than pointless worrying, completely devoid of meaning. It was better to live well in the present.
He hadn't finished selecting items yet, so Torifu temporarily suppressed his thoughts and continued to see if there were any other usable goods. He also tried refreshing the page to see if any other flesh-and-blood type items would appear. But even after refreshing for a long time, he didn't encounter any more flesh-and-blood items. Torifu didn't pay it too much mind; after all, it had taken twenty years to only encounter three such items. His current attention was primarily focused on the item before him, which seemed exceptionally well-suited for Konan's use.