Chapter 175

Not to mention the shock and surprise of the Hokages—even Ryan himself felt it. At this moment, I am somewhat shocked by myself! Tobirama's words struck a chord.

Millions of points!

The reward I received for a mission unexpectedly reached this level. He had never considered this before. After all, before the first mission of the Multiverse, everyone's points were only in the thousands—not much at all.

Yet, after completing this task, and with the added rewards and collections, the points I obtained finally exceeded one million. Including the points from my last mission, I now have over 1.8 million—nearly two million in total.

With so many points accumulated, even the Multiverse Mall offers enough to exchange for some pretty good stuff. However, Ryan is not in a hurry to exchange those items right now. He understands clearly that the more points you need, the more valuable the items in the mall become.

For example, a hundred million points can be exchanged for extraordinary things like Saiyan blood, and at the billions, you can obtain powerful skills for Universal Erasure. Super Saiyan is, of course, very powerful, but compared to the super skills practiced by characters like Zeno and Madoka Kaname, it's still lacking. What is the point of destroying the world? People only follow those who can build, preserve, and develop the world.

Ryan knows his current strength is sufficient. There's no rush to exchange for more powerful items to increase his strength. It's better to temporarily collect all the rewards and use them when needed.

While everyone is discussing.

At this moment, the voice of the chat group began to ring.

[Second Place: Second Hokage Senju Tobirama!]

[Tobirama's collection: Asauchi, 22 in total!!]

[Total value: 150,000 points!]

The second-place winner was indeed Senju Tobirama. When Tobirama saw this ranking, he didn't seem very surprised. He must have worked hard to achieve this rank, though he had expected to be number one. Compared to the ambition required for first place, second place was also acceptable.

However, the other Hokages displayed expressions of surprise.

Madara looked intrigued by the results, commenting, "Strange!"

Minato pondered aloud, "Yeah, Nidaime-sama why did you collect only a little over twenty Asauchi this time?"

Tsunade expressed her surprise, saying to Tobirama, "I didn't expect you to fall behind Grandpa!"

Hashirama, with his wisdom, remarked, "Don't you know if you give them to your talented subordinates, there's a chance they'll awaken a Zanpakuto spirit."

The Hokages spoke curiously. It wasn't that they looked down on Tobirama; rather, they were surprised by the relatively low number of Asuachi he had collected. It didn't meet their expectations, especially considering that they had collected almost as many.

With Tobirama's speed and strength, he should have gathered more. After all, in the last Pirate World mission, Tobirama collected 30 Devil Fruits. This time, in the Shinigami world, his collection was less than last time. Isn't this a regression?

Despite what everyone said, Tobirama remained calm and even revealed a mysterious smile.

"You underestimate me," he said, laughing. "Do you think all I have are these Asuachi?"

Seeing this smile, everyone's hearts tightened, especially Hashirama's. He knew his brother too well; when Tobirama showed this expression, it meant he had something hidden—a scheme up his sleeve. In the past, even the Tobirama from his world used to smirk like this when the Uchiha fell into his traps.

Sure enough, before anyone could say more, the system continued to prompt!

[Various gold and silver treasures, weapons, and other items: total value of 230,000 points!]

"230,000 points?" Tsunade exclaimed, her eyes widening in disbelief.

"You robbed the entire Shinigami world!?" Ninja way Tsunade added, incredulous.

"So this is where the real haul was," Tsunade remarked, realizing the magnitude of Tobirama's achievements.

The entire group exclaimed in surprise.

They finally understood why Tobirama hadn't collected many Zanpakutō this time. The cunning Second Hokage had shifted his focus.

Tobirama gave a confident smile. "I told you, don't underestimate me."

He had amassed rewards worth 230,000 points in other treasures. Even Ryan himself hadn't gained that much and was slightly taken aback. He realized that when he instructed people to collect items for him, he always emphasized Zanpakutō, with other treasures being secondary. Tobirama, however, had taken the opposite approach.

Unlike the other Hokages, Tobirama had thought ahead. He knew that with all twelve Hokages vying for the same Zanpakutō, there would be too much competition and not enough to go around. Instead, he focused on other valuable items.

Tobirama had noticed many valuable treasures in the rooms of the nobles and decided to focus on collecting these miscellaneous items. This strategy not only suited his research needs but also allowed him to gather a significant amount of points—killing two birds with one stone.

Thus, Tobirama's plan was very successful. Besides Ryan, he managed to secure second place.

"Tobirama is indeed the smartest and fastest in the shinobi world," Hashirama remarked with admiration. "When it comes to collecting treasures, it depends on my brother. No one can beat him." 

At this moment, amidst the many Hokage chats, the notification tone of the chat group rang again.

[Reward for the second place!]

[Reward: 50,000 points!]

The mission rewards this time had indeed been uniformly increased. The first-place reward had increased from 50,000 to 100,000 points, and the second-place reward had changed from 30,000 to 50,000 points. All of a sudden, Tobirama had gained nearly 500,000 points. Of course, compared to Ryan, this scale was still much smaller, but Tobirama himself was very satisfied. He had gained a lot—both treasures and items for research.

Especially with the Twelfth Division's special science and technology research department, there were all sorts of innovations being explored, each providing Tobirama with immense inspiration. He was very happy with this! After returning, he planned to study these contents eagerly. Even in the matter of unifying the ninja world, Tobirama felt it could take a backseat to research new ninjutsu.

At this time, everyone involuntarily fell silent. With two of the top three rewards revealed, only one person remained. Who would it be? Just then, the notification voice of the chat group rang out again.

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