Konoha: Naruto will win no matter what choice he makes! Chapter 186

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– 达克: Dark

– 狄安娜: Diana

– 伊布: Eevee

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After dinner.

Dark listed the remaining core resources in his possession.

① [Pride] 1 point.

② Harpy feather

③ Mermaid scale

④ Stuffed bear button eyes.

Aside from the fourth item, which was a pre-arranged Christmas gift for Diana, the other three could be used as the situation demanded.

In fact, the moment Dark obtained the “Harpy feather,” he immediately thought of a spell card from “Yu-Gi-Oh!”—[Harpie’s Feather Duster]!

But that was clearly unrealistic.

The alchemy of spell cards required too many elements.

Dark was able to transmute [Curse Cage] because there was an existing tutorial, and even the magic spell that needed to be written had a basic framework.

If he were to completely rely on himself to write a magic spell that originally didn’t exist, it would undoubtedly be asking for trouble.

So a more practical idea was to use the “Harpy feather” to take a gamble and see if he could transmute low-star cards from the [Harpie Lady] series.

As for the mermaid scale, it was naturally to be transmuted in the direction of mermaids.

Mermaids were a symbol of envy among the Seven Deadly Sins, but unfortunately, Dark’s envy was too little to be utilized in the short term.

But none of that mattered.

After careful consideration, Dark decided to gamble on cards!

The path of growth always required some sacrifice.

Even if he failed, losing a bit of material was irrelevant.

But what if he succeeded?

Perhaps there might be unexpected gains?

He acted upon his thoughts.

Dark glanced at the wall clock; it was exactly seven o’clock in the evening.

If he was fast enough, he could complete two experiments before nine o’clock.

He quickly began preparations.

Basic alchemy was the most random alchemy method.

If luck was good enough and the added materials were precious enough, there was even a chance to transmute high-star magic spirit cards!

Of course, this probability was very, very low.

It was basically like buying a lottery ticket, falling into the category of an IQ tax.

Therefore, limiting the preciousness of materials within a certain range, targeting first-tier magic cards, was the most suitable and practical approach.

Dark spent half an hour completing the preliminary production of the first magic card. After activating the No. 1 alchemy array, he began to place the core materials.

First, naturally, was the “Harpy feather.”

Perhaps the power contained in the “Harpy feather” was already sufficient; just by placing this single feather, the light from the No. 1 alchemy array was already very strong.

Before the alchemy ended, Dark didn’t forget to drip a bit of pre-prepared saliva, as instructed by the professor of magic theory.

“Saliva” was actually an excellent catalyst during the process of transmuting magic spirit cards.

Because the rich elements contained in human saliva could promote the formation of life.

The effect of “saliva” was obvious.

The light of the No. 1 alchemy array reached its maximum intensity and then quickly converged.

Then, some black impurities overflowed from the card face, gradually covering the magic card.

Two minutes later, the magic card finally stopped reacting.

Dark took out his tools, carefully scraped off some of the black impurities covering the magic card, then picked it up with tweezers and rinsed it under the faucet for a moment.

As most of the surface dirt was washed away, the edges of the magic card were revealed, gradually emitting a trace of blue light.

“It’s a blue card!”

Dark’s heart stirred, and he showed joy.

Of course, he couldn’t fantasize about a gold card; as long as it wasn’t a white card, it was already a big gain!

…

After a while.

Dark placed the washed magic card on the table and observed it carefully.

The pattern on the card face was not the Harpy he had imagined, but rather a “Hawlucha” that leaned more towards “hawk”!

Hawlucha was a type of Pokémon, standing less than a meter tall when upright, looking at first glance like a wrestler wearing an eagle head mask.

Its face had a blue-green mask-like pattern, and its head was topped with three orange feathers.

Its wings were spread, red on the outside and green on the inside, like a cloak, quite handsome.

“It’s a three-star card!”

…

[Card Name: Hawlucha]

[Type: Spirit Card]

[Level: ✪✪✪]

[Race: Winged Beast]

[Attribute: Fighting/Flying]

[Magic: 1100]

[Attack: 1500]

[Defense: 1200]

[Finishing Move: Feather Dance]

…

“A very standard three-star blue card, with a whopping 1500 attack power as a bonus. The finishing move is Feather Dance, which in the original work is a skill that can directly reduce the opponent’s attack by 2 levels, but it’s obviously different here.”

[Feather Dance: Scatters feathers, enveloping the opponent, obstructing their attack.]

In short, it was a good skill similar to a “smoke bomb.”

The use of this finishing move was clearly not limited to scattering it on opponents.

If used well, it could completely serve as a crowd control skill for obscuring vision.

…

By now, Dark was very accustomed to the fact that the magic spirits he transmuted tended to be Pokémon.

Not only was he not surprised, but he even began to look forward to the next magic spirit.

“In the world of Pokémon, what would a Pokémon based on a mermaid be? Milotic? No, its prototype seems to be an oarfish…”

Of course, he didn’t immediately start transmuting the next magic spirit. Instead, he first summoned Hawlucha and conducted some experiments.

[Pride I], [Pride II], [Bliss III].

After using the three Sin Cards in rotation once, Dark recalled Hawlucha back into the card.

It wasn’t disappointment, per se.

Hawlucha was originally a Pokémon without evolutionary potential. Perhaps using more precious materials could transmute a higher-star Hawlucha, but using Sin Cards clearly couldn’t provide further enhancement.

However, this was precisely in line with Dark’s initial expectations.

A three-star magic spirit capable of direct combat!

Acquired!

…

The second experiment began in full swing.

Dark quickly completed the preliminary steps and advanced to the final material placement step.

This time, the core material used was naturally the “mermaid scale”!

Dark carefully placed the “mermaid scale” into the light emanating from the No. 1 alchemy array.

As the scale was swallowed by the light, he retracted his hand, observed it carefully, and then added his saliva.

But this time, the light of the alchemy array was still flickering.

If he had [Envy] at this moment, Dark would definitely have put it in.

But he only had a little [Pride] left, and it was still inside the蟲枝 and hadn’t been taken out.

What to do?

Dark’s gaze began to wander.

The “stuffed bear button eye” was definitely not an option; putting in more than one core was a major taboo in basic alchemy.

So, he could only add some auxiliary materials.

And there were indeed auxiliary materials readily available around him!

“Ding!”

A flash of inspiration struck Dark, and his gaze landed on the three meow-meow grasses that were eagerly awaiting pets!

Of these three different types of meow-meow grasses, one had cultivated a Pride fruit, and two had cultivated Bliss fruits.

And after the fruits matured and were not picked, their heads still had the residual fine stems of the fruits.

Those three fine stems, like ahoge, became meat in Dark’s eyes!

“Speaking of mermaids, besides [Envy], there’s [Bliss], and there happen to be two stems of [Bliss Fruit] here.”

Dark immediately walked over, first hugged the first meow-meow grass that pounced on him, then caught the second fox-fox grass that pounced, and extended his sinful scissors towards the fine stem on its head!

“Snip!”

“Ying?”

The fox-fox grass let out a soft cry, feeling as if it had lost something important, a bit empty.

So it snuggled closer into Dark’s embrace.

But the cruel and heartless Dark, after using it, abandoned it and turned his attention to the cow-cow grass!

“Snip!”

“Moo?”

The cow-cow grass was at a loss.

Having obtained two [Bliss] stems, Dark quickly went back and forth, putting one of them into the light of the No. 1 alchemy array first.

As the alchemy array swallowed that fine stem, the light gradually stabilized.

But it wasn’t enough!

Dark then immediately put in the second fine stem!

The light indeed grew stronger!

The entire alchemy array thus began to operate at high speed.

The materials put into it, after being fused and digested by the alchemy array, began the process of “extracting the essence and discarding the dross.”

Some black and green impurities were discharged.

More refined things were retained.

It was a familiar scene again.

As these impurities, which appeared from who knows where, were spewed out, the entire alchemy process went exceptionally smoothly.

Dark couldn’t help but show a look of anticipation.

Basic alchemy actually had a failure rate, and it was quite high.

But he had succeeded three times out of three transmutations, he didn’t know if it was the “saliva”’s credit, or if he was just naturally lucky!

…

When the magic card’s alchemy was complete, Dark cleaned it and found that it was actually a two-star purple card!

The pattern on the card showed an exceptionally cute little sea lion!

This sea lion had smooth, moist blue skin, a pure white muzzle, twitching whiskers, and a pink spherical nose.

A light blue collar encircled its neck, and it had a pair of forelimbs and tail fins both in front and behind its body.

In short, it was super cute!

…

[Card Name: Popplio]

[Type: Spirit Card]

[Level: ✪✪]

[Race: Winged Beast]

[Attribute: Water]

[Magic: 500]

[Attack: 700]

[Defense: 300]

[Finishing Moves: Liquid Voice, Disarming Voice]

…

Compared to Hawlucha, Dark clearly preferred this Popplio.

Although it only had two stars, as one of the Alola starters, Popplio possessed enormous evolutionary potential!

[Popplio → Brionne → Primarina]

Its final evolution, [Primarina], was a Pokémon modeled after a mermaid.

Looking at its stats, Popplio’s three-dimensional data was only mediocre among two-star Pokémon, very similar to a two-star Eevee.

But as a purple card, it had two skills: a passive skill evolved from the hidden ability [Liquid Voice], and the Fairy-type skill [Disarming Voice].

[Liquid Voice: All sound-based moves become Water type.]

[Disarming Voice: Emits an enchanting cry, dealing mental damage to the opponent.]

Every magic spirit had its own attribute. Under normal circumstances, using finishing moves of other attributes would greatly reduce their power.

Only by using a finishing move of its own type could its full power be unleashed.

[Liquid Voice], like [Fantasy Beast: Sylveon]’s [Pixilate], was a passive skill that converted other attributes into its own type, but [Liquid Voice] had no additional power bonus.

Unfortunately, the power of its only finishing move, [Disarming Voice], was not high.

Even after being converted to its own type, it was unremarkable.

Since [Sylveon] also possessed [Disarming Voice], Dark was not unfamiliar with it.

However, [Popplio], without [Cute Charm] as a basis, could not unleash the charming effect of [Disarming Voice].

This was undeniably a great pity.

…

In Popplio’s evolution chain, both Popplio and Brionne were purely Water-type, and only the final evolution—[Primarina]—had an additional Fairy-type!

This meant that Primarina’s evolution would likely involve [Bliss] series magic cards!

But that was already the second stage of evolution.

Before that, Dark needed to figure out how to evolve [Popplio] into [Brionne].

[Pride] series cards were clearly not suitable.

[Bliss] series cards had some possibility.

But [Envy] was indeed the first choice.

The symbol of [Envy] was Mercury, and its attribute tendency was Water, which perfectly matched mermaids as a Sin.

However, Dark still summoned [Popplio], and then used the three Sin Cards in rotation, just to “open its mind”!

And then, as expected.

The first two [Pride] cards had little effect. Although the last [Bliss III] card caused some phenomena, it couldn’t promote [Popplio]’s evolution.

Nor did it show phenomena like the star-upgrading of [Fantasy Beast: Eevee].

Clearly, [Fantasy Beast: Eevee] was special, just like [Fantasy Beast: Ditto], in that any type of [Sin Card] could affect it.

“Momo!”

“Alright, alright, pets, pets.”

Dark helplessly humored the Bliss-ified Popplio, temporarily putting aside the thought of immediately tidying up.

…

Today’s experiments were over, and the harvest was fruitful.

Dark looked back and suddenly realized that he had successfully transmuted a total of four magic cards in one day: [Curse Cage], [Fantasy Beast: Ditto], [Hawlucha], and [Popplio]!

It could be said that this day was very fulfilling.

It was also a culmination of his efforts.

With these four magic cards, his deck was further improved.

Next year, when he signed up for the Duel Club, he would be able to perform even better.

“The remaining unfinished magic cards are only [Fusion] and [Zoo]!”

“[Zoo] is a long and arduous task.”

“[Fusion], however, can be tried as soon as possible. Whether it succeeds or fails, he has to take this step. The materials worth 1500 credits will be considered experience.”

“I just wonder when my senior sister will be free?”

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[Two in one, 4000 words]