128 Naruto Mobile Game

[Unlimited Class Tournament]

[1: The Unlimited Class Tournament online qualifiers are open, lasting a total of one week;]

[2: The competition version matches the current Arena version and follows major version updates;]

[3: During the qualifiers, the 16 players on this server with more than 50 Unlimited Class matches and the highest win rates advance to the main tournament;]

[4: Participants in the main tournament are all players who advanced from the qualifiers across all Ninja World servers;]

[5: During the main tournament, players are randomly grouped for matchmaking, with a total of three appearances each, and the final 16 winners are determined by number of wins from highest to lowest;]

[6: After the main tournament ends, the 16 winners will earn invitations to participate in the offline finals.]

The Unlimited Class Tournament is in full swing!

The rules have already been announced—very clear and straightforward. Simply put, as long as you have the skill, you can win all the way to the end.

Even though it's still unclear what rewards will be given after victory, that hasn't stopped everyone from celebrating wildly.

No combat power! No combat power! No combat power!

Unlimited Class is a competition that truly tests technique. There are no ninja advantages, no combat power carried over—anyone who wins is unquestionably strong!

All the major ninja villages have already begun their preparations.

It hasn't been long since the last Organization Dominion Tournament, but the rewards for winning are still enough to make everyone eager and envious.

The daimyō sees this very clearly.

"Ninja Mobile Game has the word 'ninja' in it, so in the end, this is a matter between ninjas. Our household already understood that after losing last time."

The Fire Country daimyō gently waved his small fan, a smile on his face.

"So it doesn't matter if we can't participate this time. Just watching our ninjas fight is enough."

Hearing this, the people below all nodded, though it was unclear whether they truly understood.

The daimyō himself didn't really care and said no more, simply pulling out his phone and spending heavily without hesitation.

He had a feeling that although the Unlimited Class Tournament was a carnival for technical players, that didn't mean there was no place for spenders.

Before long, Ninja Mobile Game would surely introduce new combat power systems—and when that time came, he wouldn't lose again...

...

"Hey! I dodge! Dodge again! Basic attack intercept! Hahahaha~ the pressure is huge!"

Naruto watched as he smoothly secured his first win, immediately breaking into a beaming smile. It hadn't been too difficult, but it was a good start nonetheless.

After finishing one match, the next one followed right away—there was no room to relax at all.

The qualifier rules dictated that everyone had to play as many matches as possible. Once you fell behind in match count, even divine intervention couldn't save you.

Of course, that only applied to those who could actually win. Otherwise, lose even once and you'd be crushed in the rankings by a mass of players with perfect win rates.

To advance from the qualifiers, there was only one sentence that mattered.

Maintain a 100% win rate and stack as many matches as you possibly can—stack them as high as you can.

If you can do that, who else but you would win?

Because this was an individual competition, teamwork was useless—worse, it might even drag you down.

That was why Naruto played alone at home. If he gathered with the rest of Team Seven, just arguing with Sasuke would already be more than enough to deal with.

Thinking of Sasuke, Naruto let out a helpless sigh.

Even he didn't know what Sasuke was planning anymore. It was like a storm brewing beneath an unsettling calm.

No time to dwell on it—the next match had already started. Snatching a moment to catch his breath amid one tightly packed battle after another was the only thing he could do.

Unlimited Class included the Classic Pool, A Ninja Pool, B Ninja Pool, and C Ninja Pool.

To make the competition more intense, Kuroda had also added an S Ninja Pool, making the ban–pick phase even more important.

"

"Hey, hey, Shikamaru, help me take a look—who should I pick from the Classic Pool?"

"Mm. Take Nohara Rin first."

"What? But there's an S Ninja, Deva Path!"

"When did you start having the illusion that in Unlimited Class, Deva Path is stronger than Nohara Rin?"

After a round of verbal education from Shikamaru, Ino finally let [Pain: Deva Path] go to the opponent and picked [Nohara Rin] for herself.

Seeing Ino's reluctance, Shikamaru had to explain:

"Deva Path's opening isn't as good as Nohara Rin's. The wind-up and recovery on his skills are also long. Without summons to make up for it, unless you can get a strong opening Secret Scroll, he's just an ultra–short-range ninja."

"I see—no wonder you told me to grab the Come-and-Go Shuriken." Ino suddenly understood.

With Ino's issue resolved, it was Chōji's turn.

"

"Shikamaru, help me too. I've got Sasuke's brother this round—should I take him?"

"Take him. Anyone who doesn't is an idiot."

"But this is the nerfed Uchiha Itachi."

"...Even before the nerf, he couldn't make it into the Unlimited Class pool! Time's almost up—pick him!"

"Oh, oh."

Watching the two friends enter their tense, thrilling matches, Shikamaru finally relaxed.

He leaned back in his chair, resting his head on one hand, comfortably closing his eyes, while the other hand gently fanned himself with a folding fan.

He looked exactly like a retired old man!

Unlike Team Seven, as the brain of Team Ten, Shikamaru could sit to the side and provide strategies for his teammates.

Although this wasn't part of their inherent strength, since it was an online tournament, it hardly counted as cheating.

What? Someone asked whether Shikamaru wasn't worried about failing to advance if he didn't rush to play Unlimited Class himself?

Then it's time to bring up once again the exclusive rewards for the top 100 in last season's final rankings.

[Top 100: Super Kage privilege service]

[Top 50: Limited summon panda]

[Top 20: Universal Ninja Fragment x30]

[Top 10: Random Legendary Ninja Tool · Ultimate]

[Top 3: Priority selection in tournaments]

[Second Place: Priority choice in tournaments]

[First Place: Guaranteed placement in the winners' bracket]

The Super Kage privileges that all top 100 players received needed no explanation—welfare-wise, they were dozens of times better than in Kuroda's previous life, just short of being able to sweep the Arena outright.

The panda was an Arena bargaining chip—those who understood, understood.

Universal fragments could substitute one-for-one. If you were missing a few fragments from a High-Class Recruitment ninja, you could just use these.

Of course, if you urgently wanted to play a C ninja but were still a few fragments short, you could also use universal fragments to make up the difference if you didn't mind.

As for Ultimate ninja tools, players who had unlocked the ninja tool system were already equipped with them, enjoying a huge boost in combat power.

Next came the top three.

In addition to all the rewards listed above, the top three also received three exclusive placement rewards.

Priority selection in tournaments—

In Unlimited Class selection, slots are limited. If one or more players have the same record as you, they are eliminated while you advance first.

Priority choice in tournaments—

Qualifiers are server-based, but the main tournament spans all servers. If you don't want to play qualifiers on your home server, you can cross servers and compete on any Ninja World server.

Guaranteed placement in the winners' bracket—

This one is exactly what it sounds like. No need to participate in qualifiers or the main tournament—you're directly guaranteed a spot in the offline finals.

Well? Simple and clear.

At the end of last season, the top two on the Konoha server were Nara Shikaku and Shikamaru, father and son.

They had fought it out for a long time, and although they were father and son, they nearly smashed each other's heads in.

That level of intense battle, that atmosphere—even during dinner, it never really stopped.

It got so bad that Shikamaru's mother got angry and forcibly dragged her husband Shikaku into multiple all-night heart-to-heart talks.

In the end, a much thinner Shikaku narrowly lost to his own son, finishing second at season settlement.

Shikamaru, meanwhile, claimed first place on the Konoha server.

The result shocked many people, but for the Nara family, it was very much worth celebrating.

Through careful maneuvering, Shikamaru's reputation in the Ninja World grew considerably—and in the story itself, he also had moments to shine.

After saying all that, the real point was simply this: while everyone else was fighting hard in reality, Shikamaru was sleeping soundly and sweetly.