Becoming a God by Increasing Favorability in Naruto

After completing the mission and leaving the Hokage's office, Furen headed to Konoha's weapons store. Recently, the hottest news among Konoha's ninjas was the arrival of a new type of weapon—a rare ice weapon from a distant land. For years, no new weapon had appeared, and most high-end weapons were exclusive to powerful, wealthy individuals, like Asuma's special weapon, Flying Swallow, or the custom Flying Thunder God kunai crafted for the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Ordinary ninjas had limited options, typically only using kunai and shuriken, weapons that had been standard for thousands of years. The novelty of this ice weapon caused quite a stir, drawing attention from genin, jonin, and even some masked Anbu members who flocked to the store to see this new ice weapon.

A good weapon could mean life or death for a ninja, potentially changing the tide of a battle. A single well-placed explosive tag could allow a genin to kill a jonin. However, the price of the ice weapon was around twenty thousand ryo—far beyond the budget of most ninjas.

The high price of the ice weapon was partly due to its limited initial stock and partly because Konoha's leadership, including Tsunade, wanted to gradually introduce the public to its value. Furen understood that the cost of producing an ice weapon wasn't much higher than that of an explosive tag.

"Hmm, I've never actually withdrawn money from the system before." Furen opened the system panel in his mind and withdrew a fixed amount of twenty million ryo. A thick stack of bills appeared, equivalent to five or six S-rank missions' pay.

He then glanced at another line in the system, showing the ever-increasing income from the Land of Snow, which had reached an astonishing billion ryo. "Looks like Konoha's pre-paid for the ice weapon stock." Furen reasoned that his share of the revenue from the Land of Snow had spiked due to Konoha's payment for the ice weapons. "Better save this—there might be a big expense coming soon."

With twenty million ryo, Furen purchased over three thousand explosive tags and spent the remaining money on specialized paper, the kind used for crafting explosive tags. He planned to experiment with modifying the ice explosive tag from its original blue orb form to something similar to a standard paper explosive tag.

If he could accomplish this, his next goal of creating a "Mutual Multiplying Ice Explosive Tag" might actually become feasible. Originally, the inventor, Kazehana Koyuki, had tried to create an ice explosive tag on paper but eventually settled on the blue orb form after numerous failed attempts.

Holding one of the blue ice explosive orbs, Furen thought about how he could transcribe this functionality onto paper. "Maybe…this could work," he murmured as an idea sparked in his mind.

After several days of work, he finally completed the first step, embedding the explosive potential of the blue orb onto paper using a semi-summoning method. The Ice Release explosive tag now appeared on paper, with a blue symbol in the center spelling the word "Ice."

Writing the Ice Release explosive tag on paper was no easy feat—it demanded significant energy and was challenging to mass-produce. "Now for the real challenge…" Furen took out his previously created Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag and placed it beside the newly made Ice Release tag for comparison.

Creating the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag had required around three hundred explosive tags as a base. If writing the Ice Release explosive tag on paper proved too resource-intensive, Furen would need to find a way to reduce the number of explosive tags required for making the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag—a matter of optimizing his method.

This endeavor took Furen another half a month to solve. By chance, he discovered a way to reduce the self-replication process of the Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag, so that it now required only a few tags to complete the core setup.

"Ice Release Explosive Tag: check. Reduced explosive tag consumption: check. Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tag refinement: check… Now, on to creating the Mutual Multiplying Ice Explosive Tag." With everything in place, Furen took a deep breath and began the process.

A few days later, in the Hokage's office…

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