Chapter 5: The Cross of Courage

"This is a high purity chakra crystal that only reacts to specific chakras and can restrain the power of the human, worth ... around three million."

Cale ended up telling the truth.

"Is that all?" Tsunade trailed off.

"That's all." Cale replied affirmatively.

On thi

E necklace, there was no such thing as a curse.

As for Nawaki and Kato's deaths…it was not the necklace at fault, but the world. The world of shinobi was harsh.

Tsunade stared at Cale, the middle of her eyebrows knitted together.

Looking at Tsunade's annoyed expression, he couldn't help but exclaim.

It was indeed more realistic than the most realistic cosplay he had ever seen, and the key was in the temperament.

"Tsunade … Miss."

Cale called out Tsunade's name for the first time and looked at her very seriously, "You should be clear, I am not an ordinary merchant and I am not selling ordinary goods, just such an object is not enough to make me look wrong."

"…You are a mysterious guy."

Tsunade held the necklace tightly in her hands, unable to tell what kind of feeling she felt.

The necklace, a relic of Grandpa's. She didn't believe it either, such an absurd thought that it carried a curse on it.

After getting some kind of confirmation, the gloomy cloud that hung over her heart, instead of easing, grew thicker and thicker.

"Open the jar already!"

She shouted as if venting, gulping down all the wine left in the bottle in one go, her face flushed by the booze, then tossed the empty bottle around, "Shizune, go get some more wine."

Shizune opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end said nothing whatsoever.

After standing up and giving a slight salute to Cale, she turned around and left, also returning only a moment later.

Cale looked at Tsunade and knew in his heart.

He should be able to make a big profit tonight.

Some people liked to open chests when they were in a bad mood, as if they wanted to ease the mood with good luck, but of course, if they are not blessed by Lady luck , it just gets more and more annoying.

In that case, he got some good stuff ready.

Cale took out another scroll and put away the pile of items he just had.

"Don't just sit there and goof off, come along and drink."

Tsunade slapped another jar and glanced at Cale with drunken eyes, "A businessman always has to drink with his customers."

Cale was immediately helpless.

He had so many secrets, so he didn't dare get casually drunk.

However, there was no refusal.

"That would be respectful."

Lifting his hand, he took a sip from the small glass of wine that Shizune handed him.

At the same time, he spent some trade points to buy a sobriety potion to take first, one won't get drunk no matter how much you drink.

"Good!"

Tsunade smashed the jar with another slap, excitedly identifying the treasures inside.

Cale looked at her.

Such a woman. Why did she have a high popularity among Naruto fans?

Fifty-something-year-old woman, personality and radical, but also capricious, and addicted to gambling, spending money like water, or a violent woman who likes to hit people with her fists…

But the soft side and the strong side, the gentle side and the gruff side, do make for a nice contrast.

Wait a minute!

Cale's eyes suddenly glanced at a certain place, and it dawned on him.

So that's it, the biggest charm is really the big fierce jugs.

"What's this, kid?"

Tsunade leaned over with a hand on Cale's shoulder, shaking the bottle in her hand, reeking of alcohol.

"Uh."

Cale's expression was slightly unnatural, but he quickly recovered, "Body forging liquid, every time you take a bath with it, if you stick to it for a long time, even an ordinary person can have a body quality like a ninja, it can be called the greatest treasure of physical ninja."

This old woman had an unexpectedly soft body.

It's not like it's a world of immortal cultivation that doesn't move for hundreds of years.

That's a bit of a cheat!

"Open-oh! Good stuff, Shizune, this is for you." Tsunade gleefully tossed it to Shizune.

Inside these jars, Cale had picked something that would be useful to Tsunade.

Even though they were all bargains at around six hundred trading points, they were from the world of magic, from the world of immortality cultivation, and even, one of the most valuable pieces, a red potion from the world of the Bone King, which could efficiently recover certain injuries.

It was surprisingly sold for only six hundred and eighty-eight.

After all that loot was used up, it became even harder, squeezing a total value of over eight million, or three hundred thousand trade points, of knowledge from Tsunade's mouth. Until finally, night fell.

A floor of broken clay pots, and various potions and herbs on the table.

Tsunade looked super satisfied that she had the last half million in her hand.

"One more set!"

"Miss Tsunade."

Cale blinked, "Congratulations, having shopped for a total of over twenty sets of Level 1 jars, you now have the qualifications to purchase Level 2 jars."

"A secondary jar?"

Tsunade froze.

"That's right."

Cale took out another scroll, "A jar worth half a million a piece, the ones before this, although rarer, are all trinkets, the real treasures will still have to be found inside the higher grade jars."

"Trinkets?"

Tsunade's eyes narrowed slightly, and her spirit, which had been on the verge of being completely drunk, surprisingly returned to a few moments of clarity.

These potions in front of you, the herbs…even she couldn't make them.

If the word got out, it was even more likely to cause the major Shinobi villages to be shocked, and they might not be able to obtain the method of making it without starting a war.

But they were called as 'just trinkets'?

"Then let's have one."

Tsunade's interest was clearly piqued.

Cale pulled open the scroll, and a jar more than twice as large as the one he had just made appeared.

Tsunami smashed it with her usual slap.

Inside, it was a necklace in the shape of a cross.

"Congratulations!"

Cale raised his voice with a congratulatory smile, "I didn't expect that in the first level 2 jar, a special equipment, the Cross of Courage, would appear!"

Value, only six thousand trading points!

"A cross of courage?"

Tsunade picked up the necklace and looked at it for half a second before finally giving up, "Just tell me what it's for."

"As the name implies, it can increase the wearer's courage." Cale introduced, "As long as it is worn on the body, fear will dissipate to a certain extent, and one will have more courage to face misfortune, this kind of spiritual enchanting prop is rare, and is worth almost seven hundred thousand."

It was a prop from some gamified world and had the special effect of 'Courage 2'.

That's right. This was something that was worth much more to Tsunade.

Hemophobia!

Tsunade, who has lost her important people one after another, suffered from hemophobia, and the mere sight of blood would make her involuntarily afraid, which can only be considered ironic for she was one of the three Shinobi who once made a name for themselves in war.

After hearing Cale's introduction, Tsunade stared at the necklace in a daze, her eyes complicated.

'Courage?'

Slowly, she slipped the necklace around her neck, the 'neckoace of death she wore already colliding gently with it.