Chapter 37

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Listening to the pleasant voice of the system, a hint of joy flashed at the corner of Toki's mouth.

Another successful PUA, he thought.

Although the loyalty of Uchiha Shisui had only reached 60 points, it was enough to start generating family prestige. More importantly, he had just gained an additional 1,000 points of family prestige, which would allow him to exchange for the skills needed to manufacture an A-level scientific ninjutsu scroll.

In the past, the system had only rewarded 100 prestige points for a Chunin and 500 for a Jonin. Elite Jonin were clearly worth more, giving him a larger reward.

[Host: Uchiha Toki]

[Strength: Kage level]

[Position: Clan leader]

[Number of family members: 1057]

[Family prestige: 1547 points]

[Strength distribution: Shadow level (2 people), Elite Jonin (1 person), Jonin (3 people), Special Jonin (60 people), Chunin (374 people), Genin (121 people)]

[Buildings: Uchiha ancestral shrine, No. 1 training ground, ninja tool research and development center]

[Inheritance: Uchiha's exclusive fire ninjutsu, partial ninjutsu, shurikenjutsu, illusion, taijutsu, Sharingan]

[No. 1 Training Ground: After unlocking related subjects through prestige, training here gives ten times the usual comprehension rate.]

[Ninja Tool R&D Center: Allows for 100% successful ninja tool manufacturing after purchasing production technologies with prestige.]

After another month of family feedback, Toki's strength had finally risen from Elite Jonin to the Kage level. The significant increase in his clan's overall power had allowed him to receive substantial skill bonuses over the past month, leading to explosive growth. Of course, his earlier acquisition of the Mangekyō Sharingan had made this rise to Kage level much easier.

However, Toki knew that his progress wouldn't continue at this pace. Moving beyond the Kage level would not be so simple, as the gap between stages of Kage-level strength was enormous, even larger than the gap between Genin and Kage-level.

In Toki's estimation, the most powerful ninja in the world were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama. Below them were peak-level Kage ninjas like Pain and the Third Raikage. Even ninjas like Chojuro, who was a "parallel" Sixth Mizukage, were still considered Kage-level, just like Kurotsuchi and the Third Raikage. But there was a wide gulf in their individual power.

If Toki relied solely on his clan's steady feedback each month, it would take him ten or more years to reach Super kage level. That kind of strength required bloodline evolution and wasn't something that could be achieved through regular training or chakra improvements alone.

Toki understood that the only way to accelerate his growth was to strengthen his clan through the use of his family's prestige points, which would unlock powerful abilities and buildings. When his clan grew stronger, the feedback rewards would naturally increase, leading to a virtuous cycle.

This was why Toki was so eager to "PUA"—or rather, to inspire loyalty and loyalty-building exercises with his clan members.

In preparation for the upcoming war, Toki had already spent a large portion of his accumulated prestige upgrading the Ninja Tool R&D Center and purchasing advanced scientific ninjutsu scrolls. Now that his preparations were solid, he decided to activate another family building to further accelerate his clan's growth.

The system had two new buildings that were ready to be activated:

[Ninjutsu R&D Center (Level 1): Existing ninjutsu can be modified, upgraded, and optimized for unexpected and powerful effects. Activation requires 1000 family prestige.]

[Psychic Beast Cultivation Center (Level 1): Explore the world of summoning, acquire new summoning contracts, and strengthen contracted beasts. Activation requires 1000 family prestige.]

Toki's pupils widened.

"1,000 points!"

He remembered that the previous buildings—like the Training Ground and the Ninja Tool R&D Center—had only cost 100 points to activate. Even upgrading the Ninja Tool R&D Center to level 2 only cost 1,000 points.

Now, he understood that ninjutsu and psychic beasts were the core elements of a shinobi's combat system, with training grounds and ninja tools merely being supplementary.

"Ninjutsu or psychic beasts?" Toki contemplated while looking at the system panel.

"It's decided." He smiled to himself.

"It's going to be you!"

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