"When in doubt, go for the eyes," said Naruto as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
"And how are t you going to get to its eyes?"
Naruto just grinned as he spawned a handful of clones. Four of them went to attack the beast and draw its attention while the one remaining cupped his hands in front of him.
Naruto stepped into the waiting clones hands and was sprung skyward a moment later.
Naruto had practiced this air drop attack recently because it had come in extremely handy in the training fields in Konoha, especially against giant monster where he couldn't really miss. Still, this was a huge risk, if he missed he could fail to hurt it or worse, end up impaled on one of the poison spines.
Naruto pushed chakra into his kunai as he did his best to aim as he fell rapidly at the monster.
Naruto's kunai impacted first, a few meters behind the eye but still penetrating to the hilt before stopping as it hit bone or cartilage. Either way, Naruto end up trying to hold on for dear life as the monster bucked and thrashed trying to shake him off. Instead, it caused Naruto's kunai to suddenly cut and slide through its skin from the point of impact all the way to the belly which was mostly soft tissue. The impact was immediate as the last of the monsters life drained away completely as its guts spilled out all over the ground and unfortunately Naruto as he was directly under the beast as it fell apart.
"Ewe," shrieked Sakura, seeing the belly of the beast spill out all over her friend covering him in the most disgusting gunk ever.
Naruto did his best not to scream in disgust for fear of getting any of the monster guts in his mouth but it was taking a level of self-control Naruto didn't even know he possessed. Thankfully, the gunk didn't remain long as it rapidly decayed into nothingness leaving Naruto mostly clean . . . well absent guts but still covered in mud.
"We speak of this to no one," he said firmly.
"But-"
"No one," snapped Naruto, giving Sakura a look promising pain if she ever told anyone about it.
"So that's it?"
"It had better be, I don't think I can go through that again," said Naruto, sitting down with a tired sigh only to yelp in pain as he sat on something hard.
It was a wooden box half buried in the mud.
"So now the bosses leave treasure chests?" asked Sakura.
"I guess so, or maybe it was just this one. Who really knows or cares at this point?"
"Fair enough," said Sakura with a tired shrug.
Naruto tugged on the chest trying to free it from the mud and after a bit of effort it came free along with a lot of mud covering Naruto once again in muck though a preferable muck to the monster muck of earlier.
Sakura tried and failed to stifle a giggle.
Naruto gave her the stink eye even as he wiped mud from himself and the chest alike. It didn't take much for Naruto to pop the latch on the chest and open it.
Inside was a nice little treasure trove of goodies. "50000 ryo, a scroll and four bottles of paralyzing poison."
Sakura happily took her share of the money and two of the bottles of poison.
Naruto also took his money and two bottles of poison, leaving the scroll untouched and taunting them both.
Namazu Paralytic Poison (2) – Toxin Collected and bottled that can be applied to weapons. Poison reduces speed 25% per stack, stacks up to 4 times.
Naruto opened his inventory first to check out the poison and see what it did.
"That's is good poison," said Naruto.
"Very good," said Sakura, looking at the vials closely. "So, who gets the scroll?"
"Let's see was it is first," said Naruto, picking it up.
You've obtained the skill scroll [Doton: Teppodama no Jutsu].
Would you like to learn the skill?
"[Doton: Teppodama no Jutsu], an earth bullet technique."
"You should learn it," said Sakura. "You've got the earth affinity already and I learned the poison mist earlier so it's only fair."
"Really? Thanks, Sakura-chan," he shouted in joy, quickly hitting the 'Confirm (Y)' and learning his first offensive ninjutsu.
[Doton: Teppodama no Jutsu (Active) Lv1 Exp: 0.00% CP: 50]
A D-Rank ninjutsu. You can now spit a ball of mud at high speed to damage an opponent. Damage and accuracy increases the closer you are to your target.
"Now can we please leave? I am beyond ready for a nice long bath and a good night's sleep."
"Hell yeah, let's get out of here," said Naruto, happily turning toward the entrance back into the cave system and leading Sakura out of there.
It didn't take long for the determined pair to get back to the underwater tunnel that would take them out of the caves. As soon as Naruto crossed the line exiting the 'dungeon' he had a pop-up appear.
Bonus Objective Completed: Awarded 10000 Exp
Quest Alert: C-Rank Mission . . . as if.
Protect Tazuna through the process of completing his bridge.
Objectives:
Escort Tazuna safely to Nami no Kuni.
Escort Tazuna safely through Nami no Kuni to his home.
Train hard and prepare for the return of Zabuza.
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Bonus Objectives:
Ambush the ambushers, defeat Gozu and Meizu before they can spring their trap.
Discover the Nami Seacave and clear it of monsters.
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Completion Award: 5000 Exp per Objective
10000 Exp per Bonus Objective.
50000 Exp upon completion of all Objectives.
100000 Ryo upon completion of all Objectives.
Increase reputation with Konoha
Increase reputation with Nami
Naruto was grinning all the way back to Tazuna's house, it was a very productive day after all.
You've slept in a bed. HP & CP are 75% restored.
Naruto woke up happy. He'd had a good day the previous day and had accomplished so much in a very short amount of time. It was kind of awesome and he knew it.
It didn't take long for him to get ready for another day of training.
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