Even Shikamaru and Choji were shocked.
The two of them were Xia Mu's friends, and they only just found out, even Ino knew earlier than them.
Looking at Shino's calm face again, it was clear that this guy must have known for a long time too.
Sasuke also widened his eyes. He originally wanted to see Xia Mu's situation and understand how Xia Mu's smart fighting style came about. He didn't expect this guy to already have a girlfriend.
What should he say? Very surprised? Very... that?
He couldn't explain it. Anyway, Xia Mu seemed quite mysterious!
Tenten's face was slightly red, but she also said very generously: "I only confirmed my relationship with Xia Mu a few days ago. Please take care of me in the future."
"You're too kind! Please take care of us too!"
Everyone also quickly responded, otherwise it would seem impolite.
Shikamaru looked at Shino: "You knew already, right?"
Shino showed obvious pride: "Of course I knew. My contribution to Xia Mu and Tenten getting together is not small."
Alright, so you were involved in this. You really don't treat us as friends. You never told us about such a big thing. Can we still get along well!
This topic was still difficult to talk about, after all, Tenten was present, and they couldn't make her feel awkward.
Tenten directly took out a scroll and opened it, formed a few seals, and slapped her hand on the scroll. A box appeared with a bang.
Everyone was even more surprised by this. They didn't expect Xia Mu's girlfriend to also know the Summoning Technique. As expected, Xia Mu had good taste. There weren't many people who knew the Summoning Technique at this age.
"This is the card game Xia Mu invented, called Ninja Kill."
Tenten opened the box and began to introduce, "I'll give a simple introduction. This card game is mainly divided into several types of cards, including Identity Cards, Character Cards, Life Cards, Skill Cards, Ninja Tool Cards, and so on. There are four ways to battle: one-on-one, one-against-many, many-against-many, and the Village Mode. The first three don't require Identity Cards, only Character Cards are needed, and you battle according to the skills of the Character Cards.
The fourth type, Village Mode, is based on the story of a Ninja Village defense battle. Enemy Ninja and Rogue Ninja have infiltrated the Village, and there are also Usurpers and Spies causing trouble in secret. The Village's Kage and companions must battle the enemies. Identity Cards are divided into Kage, Companion, Enemy Ninja, Rogue Ninja, Usurper, Spy, etc. Enemy Ninja, Rogue Ninja, and Spies win as long as they kill the Kage. The Usurper needs to eliminate everyone else to win. The Kage and Companions win by eliminating all the Enemy Ninja, Rogue Ninja, Usurpers, and Spies."
As she spoke, she handed out the more detailed rules.
Everyone was immediately interested. It was the first time they had seen a game made from Ninja battles.
What's more, they could even play something like a Village defense battle.
It sounded very interesting.
Tenten also took out various cards. Identity Cards were self-explanatory, Life Cards represented health points, and Character Cards were all heroic characters selected from history textbooks, some of whom also possessed secret techniques.
For example, the Uchiha character has the Sharingan. They only need to discard two red cards to activate the Sharingan, and then they can ignore normal attacks. When facing powerful attacks, they only need to discard one card as a dodge.
Another example is the Hyuga family's Byakugan character. They only need to discard two black cards to activate the Byakugan, and then they can continue to view other people's hands by discarding cards at any time. When facing normal attacks, they can discard any card as a dodge.
There were also characters from other clans such as Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Aburame, etc., and even characters from other Villages.
In short, there are many characters, and it has also been approved by the Hokage, so there's no problem.
As for skill cards, they are nothing more than various Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, secret techniques, and Ninja Tools include Kunai, shuriken, and so on, there's even a Mystical Palm Technique medical card. In short, Xia Mu has considered as much as possible.
Shikamaru flipped through the cards in his hand and saw written on the back of the cards: Will of Fire. Where the leaves dance, fire burns.
Even this politically correct stuff is included, so it's very okay.
Seeing that everyone basically understood, Tenten said, "No matter how many rules are explained, it's useless. Why not try playing a round? Let's start with one-on-one test plays, and I'll help watch from the side. Once everyone is familiar with the rules, we'll start playing the Village Defense mode. Oh, and as compensation, not only will I treat everyone to a meal today, but I'll also give each person a deck of cards afterwards."
"Really? That's great!"
As soon as Naruto heard that such good cards would be given as compensation, he became extremely excited and immediately challenged Sasuke.
Sasuke was clearly quite interested in this as well, so he agreed. The others didn't rush to play upon seeing this, but instead watched how the two of them played first.
Both sides first drew character cards. Sasuke was lucky and directly drew an Uchiha character, while Naruto drew a character from the Inuzuka clan.
Then, life cards were distributed according to the character's attributes, and each person drew ten cards. The game officially began.
Sasuke went first, drew two cards, then discarded two Heart cards: "Activate Sharingan! Then, Kunai - Kill!"
Naruto scratched his head and silently played a Dodge card.
However, Sasuke laughed: "Naruto, I've activated my Sharingan, so the Kill I used requires two Dodge cards. You either play two Dodge cards, use the Body Replacement Technique, or lose health."
"What the heck, isn't this like cheating?" Naruto was very dissatisfied.
"Hmph! This is the power of the Sharingan! Hurry up and lose health! Or play two Dodge cards!"
"If I lose health, I lose health!"
Naruto reduced his health by one point, and then faced Sasuke's attacks again, such as Kunai - Kill, Shuriken - Kill, Body Flicker Technique - Kill. His health kept dropping rapidly.
Fortunately, Sasuke ran out of cards, which is equivalent to running out of stamina and Chakra. It was then Naruto's turn to attack.
Inuzuka Kiba immediately offered advice from the side: "Naruto, quickly use the secret technique Fang Passing Fang! It will definitely make Sasuke lose a lot of health!"
Naruto, however, didn't like being told what to do. After drawing two cards, he first used the Mystical Palm Technique to recover some health, then equipped himself with a Water Release skill card, and then discarded two cards to launch a Water Release attack.
Sasuke calmly discarded cards to dodge. His Sharingan was awesome; playing one Dodge card was enough.
Naruto continued with Water Release, Sasuke continued to dodge. The two were playing fiercely, it was incredibly lively.
When Xia Mu returned, he found the courtyard noisy. He knew these guys were playing, and those playing were engrossed, while those watching were also engrossed.
Inuzuka Kiba didn't even want to watch Naruto's silly plays. He asked Tenten for another deck of cards and started playing with Shikamaru and Choji.
"Yo! Everyone's playing, having fun. I'll go make dinner first."
Xia Mu returned, chuckling, carrying a large pile of ingredients, immediately attracting everyone's attention. However, everyone just responded with a word and then continued playing the game with their heads down.
This was just like playing on a game console when they were kids; they wouldn't even pay attention when their parents called them to eat.
There were really too few games in the Ninja World. It was rare to have an interesting game, so it was normal for everyone to be engrossed.
Xia Mu believed that once the ninja killing card game went on sale, it would definitely sell out, and he would also make a fortune. He wouldn't have to worry about money for his wife in the future.