Chapter 59: Going Further Down the Path of Uselessness
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Hashirama stared curiously at Yingying Monster!
Every time the system boosts Hashirama's power with the cells, it almost always restarts.
After restarting, the incomplete functions get enhanced.
He believed this time would be no different.
"Take a guess!"
Yingying Monster blinked its big eyes, looking more expectant than Hashirama.
"…"
Hashirama was speechless.
How could he guess?
Who knows how many of your parts are still intact!
His past experiences with Yingying Monster taught him never to have high expectations for it.
This system is useless!
"Hehe!"
Yingying Monster let out a series of bell-like laughs, then picked up a phone and pressed a few buttons.
Swish!
The phone's flashlight suddenly turned on.
The light shone on Hashirama's face.
It gave a weird feeling.
"This is your new feature???"
Hashirama's mouth twitched. A flashlight? This is even less useful than a calculator.
"Host, this is the live broadcast function. You only saw the light, didn't you notice the camera?"
Yingying Monster pointed the phone at Hashirama's face.
On the back of the phone, there was a tiny camera.
Very small.
If you didn't look closely, you wouldn't notice it at all.
"This is a spy camera, isn't it?"
Hashirama's face turned dark. Despite his complaints, hearing about the live broadcast function made his heart flutter.
Could I be following in Wu Di's footsteps?
But this live broadcast setup is too simple!
Whatever!
As long as I can get rewards, it's fine!
"What are we waiting for? Let's start the live broadcast!"
Hashirama's excitement grew, already imagining himself as a major streamer with thousands of fans.
"But… host, you don't have a streaming room!"
Yingying Monster blinked, looking more aggrieved than anyone, as if blaming the host.
"???"
Hashirama's head was filled with question marks. Whenever this happened, he was sure it was Yingying Monster's fault.
"Yingying Monster, be honest with me. How many of your functions actually work? Don't give me useless ones!"
Hashirama's face turned ugly. This broken system was beyond anything he had ever heard of, completely outside normal limits.
"Ying~"
"Because the host isn't a cute girl!"
"The system didn't provide a streaming room!"
"You can still stream, though."
"But no one will watch…"
Yingying Monster's voice trailed off, clearly realizing it had no solid ground to stand on.
"Are there any other functions?"
Hashirama slowly closed his eyes, trying to suppress his feelings and avoid lashing out at this seemingly cute little loli.
A streaming room with no audience...
That's practically single-player!
Recording videos!
What's the use of this feature?
Hashirama worked hard to calm himself. He couldn't help but be grateful for the lightning strike that had given him this system.
It was a timely strike!
If not for that lightning, he would've ended up with nothing.
With this Yingying System, starting from scratch would've been impossible.
Hashirama felt a strange sensation.
His cheat...
Wasn't really the Yingying System.
It was that fate-defining lightning from the sky!
He decided to treat this system as a chat companion. After all, it still talked. If it had been a mischievous kid, he wouldn't have been able to handle it.
"Yes, yes, there are!"
Yingying Monster's cute voice hurriedly piped up, as if trying to make up for the psychological damage it had caused Hashirama.
"There's also a shop function!"
"Host, you can buy items with the currency earned from live stream rewards!"
"But…"
"Since the host currently has no life signs, there's nothing in the shop."
"And without an audience in the streaming room, there's no currency…"
Yingying Monster, tugging at the hem of its dress, seemed to realize its uselessness.
"Anything else?"
Hashirama, hearing this, suddenly felt less emotional. He calmed down completely.
Fine.
This is just a broken system.
He knew that from the start.
Why bother getting mad at such a useless thing?
"No… no more…"
Yingying Monster, feeling a bit unwilling, clenched its tiny fists and declared, "Host, don't worry. As you absorb more Hashirama cells, I'll regain more functions!"
"Alright."
Hashirama waved his hand dismissively. Yingying Monster was further proving its uselessness.
This kind of thing…
Doesn't matter anymore!
However, there was some useful information. At least he learned that this system was related to live streaming and had tasks and a shop.
It seemed a bit similar to Wu Di's system.
"Yingying Monster, show me a task. What's the rating for becoming the behind-the-scenes boss of the Akatsuki organization?"
Hashirama immediately shifted his thoughts, treating the system as a personal customer service to lighten his mood.
"One moment…"
Yingying Monster quickly picked up the phone and tapped away.
"A-Rank!"
Yingying Monster looked at the task display and promptly reported the result to Hashirama.
"Not good enough!"
Hashirama shook his head. Unless the task was S-Rank, there was no point in doing it.
"Become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Akatsuki organization without anyone knowing!"
"No, wait!"
"Modify it!"
"Only Nagato and Konan know!"
Hashirama tried to up the ante on the A-Rank task to make it S-Rank.
Yingying Monster entered the modified task into the phone.
"A-Rank!"
Yingying Monster reported back with the same result.
"Become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Akatsuki organization with only Nagato and Konan knowing, and successfully capture all nine tailed beasts!"
Hashirama thought quickly, figuring that this increased difficulty should be enough.
Yingying Monster entered the information.
"S-Rank!"
Yingying Monster's eyes widened, a smile spreading across its face. The big "S" on the task evaluation made it excited.
"This will do."
Hashirama calculated that completing this task and then extracting interest from Orochimaru would give him more than 50% of Hashirama's cells.
"Yingying~"
"Task released: Become the behind-the-scenes boss of the Akatsuki organization with only Nagato and Konan knowing, and successfully capture all nine tailed beasts!"
"Task rating: S-Rank."
"Task reward: Hashirama cells."
Yingying Monster showed the task on the phone to Hashirama. Its expression quickly changed from excitement to shock.
"Host!"
"There's a '+' at the end of the task!"
"You can add a second task now!"
"Do you want to add one?"