[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Master, for perfectly completing your first C-rank mission! You've received the reward: Max-Level Transformation Jutsu! Bonus: 50,000 ryo!]
[50,000 ryo has been added to the system's inventory. You can withdraw it at any time!]
As Naruto left the Hokage's office, AI-chan's voice rang in his ears.
At the same time, new knowledge about the Transformation Jutsu appeared in his mind!
'Max-level Transformation Jutsu, huh... I wonder how it's different from everyone else's.'
Naruto was just thinking when Kakashi suddenly said, "We haven't had any missions lately. Everyone take two days off. We'll meet at the training field in two days."
"For now... dismissed!"
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Back home,
Naruto threw the pile of food he bought onto the table, then started stuffing everything into the fridge.
This time, Naruto earned sixty-two thousand five hundred ryo from the mission!
With a full wallet, he wasn't going to be stingy with himself!
Snacks, instant bento, milk, drinks... he spent over six thousand ryo just like that!
He blew through nearly a tenth of his entire month's earnings in a single night!
But Naruto didn't feel bad at all. What's the point of making money if you don't enjoy it?
Hugging his snacks, milk, and drinks, Naruto curled up on the couch under a blanket.
"AI-chan, play some anime!"
*Ding!*
[Please select an anime, Master...]
During the two-day break, Naruto didn't go anywhere. He just stayed home with his snacks.
On the morning of the third day,
Naruto groggily got out of bed and scratched his head as he looked around the messy room. "Looks like I need to clean up..."
The next second, he turned into a flash of golden light and jumped out of bed.
The blanket floated in mid-air, trash got picked up piece by piece, clothes were folded one by one!
He brushed his teeth, washed his face, cleaned up, and ate breakfast… only after all that did the blanket finally fall back onto the bed.
"Maybe this is the speed that light should really have."
Satisfied, Naruto slung the trash bag over his shoulder, left the room, and tossed it into the dumpster downstairs. Then he vanished in a flash.
At Training Field No. 3,
When Naruto arrived, Sasuke and Sakura were already there.
But Kakashi was nowhere to be seen.
"Morning, Naruto!"
"Morning."
"Morning."
The three of them had gotten a lot closer after the mission in the Land of Waves. Just calling it friendship didn't quite cover it anymore.
You could probably say they were battle brothers now.
Though Sasuke still had a strong urge to beat Naruto.
He still saw Naruto as someone to catch up to, and was working hard for that goal!
Even during the two-day break, he didn't rest at all—he trained late into the night every day just to close the gap between them!
But the sad truth was… Naruto was basically cheating!
No matter how hard Sasuke worked, he still couldn't beat Naruto—even though Naruto had just spent the last two days lying around at home!
11 a.m.…
"Yo, good morning!" Kakashi finally showed up, late as always, and casually greeted the three of them.
"Kakashi-sensei, you're way too slow!" Sakura couldn't help but complain.
Sasuke also looked clearly annoyed.
Naruto didn't care though—while waiting for Kakashi, he had watched a few episodes of One Piece, and now Luffy was already fighting Arlong!
"Sorry, sorry, I got lost on the way here~"
"Yeah right, who'd believe that!"
Kakashi always had a bunch of ridiculous excuses for being late!
Nobody in Team 7 believed him anymore.
"Alright, alright, don't worry about it. I'm taking you to get a mission. Haven't done anything for two days—you're probably getting rusty, huh?"
Hearing that, Sasuke and Sakura didn't say anything more.
After all, even if they did say something, Kakashi was never going to change.
Half an hour later,
Naruto and the others went to a lady's house to pull weeds.
The next day, they went to the riverbank to pick up trash.
On the third day, they helped the Inuzuka clan walk their dogs...
The missions for the past few days were all very dull and boring.
But to Naruto, as long as he got paid, it didn't matter.
Even though D-rank missions didn't pay much, they still gave Naruto enough to upgrade his ninja tools and buy some new clothes.
Now that he didn't have to worry about food anymore, Naruto even had spare money to get himself some clothes he liked.
Then he went to the south street to find the old barber Hoodlu for a trendy haircut!
With his blond hair parted in the middle, a plain white T-shirt, and black shorts, his look was actually kind of similar to Sasuke's.
But honestly, this style was much better than Naruto's old messy hair and that thick cotton jacket.
In the hot summer, Sasuke and Sakura were both wearing short sleeves, but he was wearing a winter coat... it looked way too out of place.
"Alright, we can wrap it up for today."
With one hand in his pocket and the other holding his book, Kakashi glanced up at the birds flying in the sky and suddenly said, "I still need to hand in the mission report to Lord Hokage."
With the report, Naruto and the others didn't have to go to the Hokage building every time to report a mission.
Unless it was a special mission, Kakashi could handle the smaller ones on his own.
"Then please help us pick up the payment too!"
Naruto waved and was about to leave, but Sasuke called out to stop him.
"Naruto, are you free later?" Sasuke asked a bit shyly.
"What is it?" Naruto put his hands in his pockets and looked back at Sasuke.
"I want you to help me train… I'll pay you 5,000 ryo a day!" Sasuke said.
Lately, Sasuke had fully mastered tree climbing and walking on water, so now he didn't have a way to train effectively.
Even though he could keep practicing his jutsu, that kind of training didn't make him feel like he was getting stronger.
Or maybe… it was just too slow!
"Can I… can I join too?" Sakura carefully raised her hand.
Naruto glanced at Sasuke, then looked at Sakura.
Five thousand plus five thousand — that's ten thousand ryo.
Earning ten thousand in a day wasn't bad, and he didn't really need money right now anyway.
Besides transformation and chakra control, he didn't know much else.
There's no way he could teach Sasuke how to do transformation jutsu, right?
But that sword from Zabuza... looked like Sasuke brought it back...
"Kakashi."
"Hm?"
Kakashi had been quietly minding his business and didn't expect Naruto to call him out.
"You're their jonin instructor, so it's your job to train your team, isn't it?"
"Ah, well... of course."
Kakashi glanced at the sky, then at the ground, clearly trying to come up with an excuse, "But it's already late today. I'll train you guys tomorrow instead."
"See ya!"
And with that, Kakashi disappeared on the spot, leaving the three of them speechless.
"Then I guess we'll meet tomorrow."
Naruto waved at the other two and was about to leave too.
But a square box suddenly appeared in front of him.
"..."
"Konohamaru?"
"Haha! I can't believe you saw through me again, big bro!"
Konohamaru's voice came from the box, and then the box started bouncing like jelly before suddenly exploding.
*Boom!*
"The charm of an adult woman! The senior kunoichi—Moegi!"
"Loves breaking things apart—Udon!"
"Konohamaru! The strongest genius ninja of the Konoha!"
"The Konohamaru Corps is here to report!!"
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