When the Grass Ninja Village leader returned, withdrawing his large Earth Release, several people rushed to tell him what had happened. Karin was still numbly smashing people, while Naruto and Sasuke slowly walked into the distance.
"You few, go chase them." The leader gave the order, then grabbed Karin's hair and slapped her across the face. "Speak, who are they?"
"Hmph!" Ahead, seeing people pursuing them, the two immediately took off running.
They ran into a small grove. Naruto released a Shadow Clone that transformed into their appearance and continued running. He then pulled out his mithril pickaxe to dig a hole, dragged Sasuke in, and covered it with dirt.
"Here, stick this on." Naruto pulled out two slips of paper with the character meaning press written on them. He handed one to Sasuke. The seals were drawn by Naruto himself. Currently, his sealing jutsu, apart from sealing small items, only consisted of this one, not even meeting the basic standard.
He had learned this seal only because Jiraiya forced him to memorize it, with a myriad of reasons, roughly meaning, "You're already a mature Jinchuriki; you need to learn to seal yourself." However, Naruto always felt that Jiraiya was too busy gathering intel and seducing women to bother with him.
After sticking on the seals, both their chakras were suppressed. Naruto then teleported Sasuke and himself back to their pre-selected observation point.
Under the cover of night, in a patch of grass, a pipe resembling a submarine periscope rotated a few times, locking onto Karin's location.
"How is she? Is she alright?" Naruto asked. He always left observing in secret, which was a test of eyesight, to Sasuke.
"Hmm." Naruto was so angry he could vomit blood. What do you mean 'hmm'? Is she alright or not?
"She was taken inside?"
"Hmm." Sasuke rotated the steel pipe, opening and closing his eyes as he watched Karin.
"Let's go then." Naruto retracted the pipe, put his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, and returned to the river where Suigetsu was lurking.
After removing the seal, Naruto glared at Suigetsu, activating his Karin protection program. Sasuke turned back and said, "Four AM tomorrow morning."
"Hmm." Naruto nodded and began to teleport.
Mental World.
"Big Fox, wake me up at three-fifty AM tomorrow morning." Naruto said, pointing at the clock. At four AM, he needed to bring Sasuke back to give Suigetsu another control permission. It was too early for an alarm clock to wake Jiraiya, so he could only rely on the fox spirit to wake him up. Anyway, it didn't need to sleep.
Kurama dragged its large mouth over the mithril skewer, making sparks fly, and replied perfunctorily, "Oh." Naruto had stopped fighting, so Kurama's attention returned to the Land of Snow, where it was watching a drama. At this point, it was at an exciting part where the good guy was about to be blown up.
Outside, the two were transferred to a small island to rest for a while, preparing for a post-battle summary. The sky was filled with stars, and the island's lights flickered sparsely. Four clones stood at four corners, pulling ropes to serve as ring posts,
holding Rasengan as light bulbs. In the colorful light, the two youths sparred slowly. This was their first group fight, and there was a lot to summarize. Yes, this battle was indeed classified by Naruto as a "group fight," as he was fourteen this year, supposedly in his third year of junior high, which was also the time for group fights.
Recalling the battle, reflecting on their moves, and thinking about unexpected ways to deal with opponents, the two fought for half an hour before stopping.
Afterward, Naruto dragged Sasuke to a hot spring. Jumping into the hot spring, feeling the water wash over his pores, eliminating fatigue, Naruto sipped hot tea and asked, "How was it? Exciting?"
He was asking about the previous Grass Ninja Village battle. Although they weren't strong on average, there were still strong individuals. A slight misstep wouldn't necessarily lead to death, but severe injury was inevitable.
"Average." Sasuke looked up through the roof at the starlight. Naruto rolled his eyes. Sasuke, if you don't show off, we're still good friends. But if you show off... then we can only fight. He asked, "How does it compare to the Uchiha from back then?"
One hit, instant kill. "You..." Sasuke turned his head, his Sharingan activated, tomoe appearing, as if he wanted to fight, but in the end, he gave up and gave a rating: "Trash." Naruto knew he was talking about the Grass Ninja Village gang. After all, in his mind, the Uchiha were invincible.
Looking up at the sky, he asked almost casually, "Then how did Itachi kill them?" This poked Sasuke's sensitive spot again. He squeezed the wooden board holding his teacup with one hand, his voice cold: "You're not allowed to mention that again..." Before he finished, Sasuke froze.
Yeah, how did he kill them? Although he boasted, he also understood the situation. Today's battle seemed smooth, but it was short, and they were both focused on running. Otherwise, severe injuries would have been inevitable. And this was against the Grass Ninja Village's defenses of only two to three hundred people, and after factoring in the ambushes, only dozens were engaged in direct combat.
And the Uchiha clan? Although he was young then, he knew some things. Most of the clan were combatants, dozens of them with awakened Sharingan. Even without awakened Sharingan, they were stronger than ordinary ninjas. Yet Itachi killed them all... He was thirteen that year, and this year, he and Naruto were fourteen, almost fifteen.
Sasuke admitted that Itachi, who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at thirteen, was stronger than his current self, but compared to Naruto? In his memory, although Itachi was very strong, in Sasuke's eyes, he was still within human limits, at most exceptionally talented and quick-witted. But this blond kid beside him, he was simply not human.
He wasn't afraid of genjutsu, could tank ninjutsu, and his taijutsu was even more impressive, carrying nearly a ton of weight on his body while dragging several tons of iron. He possessed stamina that could wear down monsters. And his recovery power was becoming increasingly monstrous. Sasuke felt that if he chopped off Naruto's hand, Naruto could just pick it up, dust it off, and reattach it.
Just this one person, plus himself, primarily focused on running today. So how did Itachi, on the other hand, completely wipe out the Uchiha clan without a scratch? Thinking of this, Sasuke's mind was in turmoil. Every time he thought about Itachi, he couldn't calm down. He got up, wiped himself with a bathrobe, and stared at Naruto while getting dressed.
"You're leaving already?" Sasuke remained silent.
"Alright, alright." Naruto waved his hand and opened a portal, sending his clone to escort Sasuke back to Orochimaru's base. After Sasuke left, Naruto soaked for a while longer, then left a gold bean on the broken tray.
The next morning at three-fifty AM, Naruto was fast asleep when a fleshy claw grabbed him and threw him against the wall.
"Thud!" Naruto rubbed his sore back and angrily shouted, "Big Fox, do you even know how to wake someone up?!"
"This old man doesn't." Kurama, soaking in hundreds of degrees of water, wore an expression of a dead pig not fearing boiling water. It truly didn't know how. It had heard how others did it, but with that weak expression and soft calling, "Kushina, Kushina, time to wake up," Kurama felt it couldn't learn that.
While arguing with the fox spirit, Naruto quickly washed up, had a clone pick up Sasuke, and then his main body brought Sasuke to the Grass Ninja Village. After spending two seconds restoring control, and agreeing on the next time, Naruto sent him back, then went to cultivate. It was just past four AM.
Mount Myōboku, with stars filling the sky, dimly lit by sparse oil lamps. Not a soul was around. The sun hadn't risen yet. Naruto sat on a stone pillar, taking several deep breaths to clear his murky chakra, then closed his eyes. Cultivation needed to start early.
At noon, Naruto brought Karin and Chimi, with his clones carrying the three naked men, to the underground exchange. Naruto hummed a song with his headphones on, while Karin and Chimi followed ten meters behind, and the clones were further back. Naruto and the two girls entered first. The clones were about to enter when suddenly, Naruko stopped Iron Pillar and Mo Xie.
Naruko put down the naked men, pressed a stool on top of one of them, and sat down. "If we don't go in, who do you think will be the first one to be kicked to death by the main body later?"
Inside, Naruto took off his headphones. The two girls behind him involuntarily took a step back, looking disgusted. This... is too unpleasant to listen to. Doesn't he know? The manager came over at the opportune moment and asked, "May I ask why you've come this time...?" The manager was sharp-eyed; Naruto's act of buying clothes with just one玛 (ma, a large amount of money) was unprecedented in the ninja world.
Naruto put away his headphones and said, "Give me ninety gays!"
At this, the manager's expression changed. Seeing the disgusted expressions of the two girls, he pondered and couldn't help but advise, "I know you're strong, but this number... your body..." This was a big client. If he died, who else would give such a large commission?
Naruto was puzzled, then said, "What are you talking about? It's not for me to use, it's for them..." Naruto turned and pointed, Huh? Where are my three naked men? Thinking of something, he rushed outside.
Outside, three clones were sitting. Mo Xie raised a teacup: "Today, I'll replace wine with tea. We don't ask to be born on the same day, month, and year, but we ask to die on the same day, month, and year..."
"Bang!" Kicking one to death, Naruto realized what they were playing. He said angrily, "Stop messing around! Get inside with me now!" Can't you guys just get along? Are you really that useless as clones, messing with your main body?!
"Oh." Iron Pillar and Naruko high-fived, then carried the naked men and followed Naruto. Mo Xie lost one "appearance" chance.
Back inside, Naruto dropped the naked men, rolled his eyes at the manager, and said, "See? I have three naked men here. So, give me ninety gays."
"Alright." The manager took out his notepad and wrote it down. He had greatly misunderstood earlier.
"They can't have any illnesses. Also, I need five medical ninjas, two chefs, three errand runners for buying medicine, and a standalone building." These were all prepared for the three rapist naked men.
The purpose was to make them experience what Karin and Chimi felt. After all, Naruto had learned since childhood to treat others as they treated him. As for the doctors, that was purely to ensure they didn't die.
"Hmm." The manager jotted everything down. Although these requests were unusual, they weren't difficult. After adding a few more points, Naruto suddenly asked, "Oh, right, can you still contact that person? My clothes are ruined, and I want to buy two more."
The manager thought for a moment. "I should be able to."
Naruto pulled out a gold bean. "Good, this is a deposit. When can you find those people?"
"Two days."
"Alright, I'm leaving now."
"Please take care." The manager respectfully saw him off. This time, he would get another large commission.
After leaving, Naruto gave the two girls tapestries for warmth, then took them to the Land of Snow. After waiting for a long time, he finally saw Koyuki Kazahana. Koyuki Kazahana entered the room, took off her clothes, shook the snow from her hat, and asked, "Who are these two?"
"I saw you don't have many people, so I found you two chefs to help."
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