The annual calendar didn't appear, but the names on the daily calendar were changed repeatedly by the fat hag. Naruto also learned from his clones that the people in the prison were spending a fortune just to sleep with him once.
Every time the fat hag came, her face was beaming, happier than a man who had slept with a Uchiha. Not only that, but fearing Naruto would be ostracized by other women during meals because of his popularity, she personally brought Naruto his meals, each one with extra meat.
She had to make sure he was well-fed; her entire fortune depended on this red-haired girl. She couldn't afford for anything to happen to him.
Naruto, who preferred not to leave his cell, gladly accepted this. Then he dumped the food. Who knew if they had poisoned it?
If there were any strange components inside, he would have to find Hinata to detoxify him.
Dumping the evening meal, Naruto idly twirled a piece of withered grass, awaiting today's lucky customer.
In less than an hour, two sets of footsteps approached. A burly man in a white and blue striped shirt walked over, opened the door, threw the keys to the fat hag, then pushed the door shut and locked it.
He was a prisoner. The fat hag had no scruples; as long as the bribe was sufficient, she'd send not just male prisoners, but female prisoners too.
The burly man grinned ferociously, grabbed his collar, tore open his shirt, and burst into laughter, "Hahahaha, it's finally my turn!"
Throwing his clothes onto a pile nearby, the burly man's eyes glowed, and he pounced on Naruto, who was transformed into Karin.
Naruto leaned against the wall, his face utterly resigned. Why are all men like this? Will you die if you don't tear your clothes?
"Thud."
Naruto easily dodged the pounce, striking the back of his head with a palm, knocking him out.
Even though the man was laughing maniacally in his cell and attempted to assault a fourteen-year-old boy like himself, Naruto never considered sending him to the Yellow Springs Road.
He disliked killing. Even after so many years in this world, Naruto still adhered to the universal moral values of his previous life in China. This was also a form of self-discipline, like Guy.
Otherwise, Naruto wasn't sure what kind of person he would become if he, someone with a mine in his spatial dimension, people in the center of the village, and the ability to turn invincible at any moment, were to fall into depravity. But he knew, at the very least, he'd be another Li Tianyi.
Of course, he wouldn't be so rigid as to never kill. Just like killing those five monkeys last time, it depended on the situation.
Sending the burly man to the deserted island to await Sasuke's hypnosis, Naruto submerged his consciousness into Kurama's den.
In the mental world.
Naruto sank into the fox-fur sofa, propping his head with one hand, gazing at the sealing jutsu text transcribed by Kurama's own paw on the wall.
"Don't use your elbow, it's uncomfortable," a voice suddenly came from within the fox-fur sofa.
"Oh," Naruto changed to lying on his stomach with folded arms, kicking Kurama with his toes, and asked, "Big Fox, this section, did you copy it wrong? Why can't I understand it?"
"If you don't understand, it's because you're stupid, this old man made no mistake," Kurama scoffed. This brat has been studying this garbage for two or three months, and he can't even draw a chakra-suppressing sealing tag without tracing that white-haired pervert's. What else could he be but stupid?
"But the logic doesn't make sense," Naruto burrowed into the problem again.
To Naruto, sealing jutsu was somewhat similar to programming. All techniques had logical foundations. A slight calculation error would render them unusable. That wasn't the scariest part; the most terrifying was discovering an error and still managing to use it.
He had been studying for almost two or three months, and Naruto's progress was still minimal. He estimated he wouldn't fully learn it for at least ten or eight years. He also knew his aptitude couldn't compare to the Fourth Hokage's; he was just an ordinary person.
Even the Fourth Hokage, if he hadn't, as a minor, seduced the loli Kushina when he was young, it would have been impressive if he could seal even a nail of the Nine-Tails when he died.
Moreover, Naruto wasn't enthusiastic about learning this stuff. If he had that kind of drive, he should be at MIT now, not being Hinata's husband.
"If you want to ask, go ask that white-haired brat, this old man doesn't know," Kurama answered honestly. Even if he was arrogant, he had some self-awareness. This stuff, even after another thousand years, he wouldn't learn.
"Forget it, if I ask him, he'll just start lecturing me again," Naruto took out paper and a pen, using a wooden board as a pad for calculations.
After half an hour of calculations, Naruto finally understood the logical sequence of that section on the wall. Satisfied, he put away his paper and pen, then patted Kurama's belly, "Big Fox, let's play chess."
"Give this old man fifteen more minutes."
Naruto looked disgruntled, "Big Fox, you've changed. You used to be very eager to play chess."
"What's the rush?" Kurama said, looking down. This old man never realized how interesting the things you humans film are before.
Bored from waiting, Naruto had a clone bring the green crystal that sealed Idu, and channeled chakra into it, feeding the female ghost.
It had been a while since he left Yakumo. Idu had also reverted to her original appearance, a greenish, soul-like evil ghost. However, after Naruto fed her so much, the horns on her head had recovered and grown even longer. Her neck below her face was unrecognizable, like an oval pillar.
Sensing the enlarged, plump Idu in the crystal, Naruto frowned. As her body became rounder, Idu was quickly reaching her saturation limit.
This wouldn't do. This large Idu was meant to blow up Orochimaru. With her current strength, which could only slightly affect a normal Jiraiya, it would be basically impossible to trap Aunt Snake.
She needed to have the power to affect Jiraiya when he was amplified by Sage Mode, otherwise how would he blast Aunt Snake into a state of utter helplessness?
After some thought, Naruto changed his chakra. Since his own chakra couldn't feed her anymore, he would use the Nine-Tails' orange chakra, an "orange on top of orange" augmentation.
It was well known that Kurama's chakra was an amplifier. Anyone who got his chakra in their body, as long as they didn't die, would immediately become powerful, so powerful they'd even fight their friends.
Unfortunately, Idu clearly didn't have that blessing. As soon as she came into contact with Kurama's chakra, white smoke began to rise from her body. She tried to struggle and escape, but she was so suppressed by the seal that she could barely even turn over, only able to relieve stress by screaming.
"Roar... ow..."
"Naive thoughts," Kurama scoffed gleefully. How could her spirit body withstand this old man's chakra? Do you think this old man is like the other eight? Even this old man's jinchuriki was carefully selected, alright?
"I was just trying it out," Naruto said glumly, retracting his chakra. You're both monsters, Idu, why are you so weak?
"Actually, it's not impossible," Kurama said, seeing Naruto's expression and thinking about it. He knew who Naruto was preparing this spirit body for. This brat had been wanting to deal with that snake for a long time. If he couldn't accomplish this, he'd probably be troubled for days, so he wanted to lend a hand.
After all, they were going to play chess soon. If Naruto was in a bad mood, it wouldn't be fun for him either. Hmm, that's it.
"How?"
"You've perceived its chakra through Natural Energy, right?"
"Mmm."
"Adjust this old man's chakra to match its state, then connect them..."
When Kurama said this, Naruto finally remembered this method. He had always known about it, but...
Naruto pointed to the sealed gate: "Even through the gate?"
"That's this old man's chakra, this old man can use it however he wants. What does that have to do with it?" Kurama's tone was very proud.
"Mmm-hmm." Naruto nodded repeatedly. Amazing, my fox! Then why don't you pull back the other half of your chakra?
While Naruto was creating a large Idu in prison, elsewhere, the injured from Grass Ninja Village were being escorted to Konoha Hospital.
The Xuanyuan Collective's bugs lurked in the heart's meridian in the chest. A slight mistake during surgery could cost a life. Grass Ninja Village's medical capabilities were too poor to handle it.
Embracing the idea of "finding big brother when in trouble," Grass Ninja Village sent their people to their allied village, Konoha.
And then, the Konoha villagers finally displayed their true abilities.
On the street, two old women walked by, carrying vegetable baskets and chatting.
Old Woman A: "Hey, did you hear? Grass Ninja Village sent their people over."
Old Woman B: "Look at you, so many people, how could one not see them?"
Old Woman A: "Hey, you don't know, my brother-in-law's sister's niece is on duty at the hospital. I heard that Grass Ninja Village was just attacked, and many men had their balls exploded!"
Old Woman B: "Really?"
Old Woman A: "Really, really! There's even a bounty on them. I heard one is Itachi Uchiha from our village, and the other is a blondie from the same organization, especially good at explosions. He blasts so loudly, even my hard-of-hearing second uncle, who lives near Grass Ninja Village, heard it."
Old Woman B: "Then who got their balls exploded? My neighbor's sister is picking a house to marry into. If that's gone..."
Old Woman A: "Who knows? Who would talk about such things? I heard there were dozens of them."
Old Woman B: "That won't do. I'll go back and persuade her. You can't see that thing, what if she marries and finds out it's not there..."
Old Woman A: "Yeah, you're right. Marrying someone is like a lottery now."
In the Hokage's Office, Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura, and Kakashi were present.
Tsunade slammed the table, making the entire Hokage building shake. "They've rebelled! Two people, and they dared to attack Grass Ninja Village? If I gave him two squads, would he dare to attack Lightning Ninjas?"
Unlike the previous Chunin Exams, Naruto had done an excellent job of concealment, almost going as far as sacrificing his wife for his path. This time, he simply dressed casually, and those familiar with him could almost guess it was him.
Kakashi stood there like a scarecrow, wearing an expression that said this doesn't concern me, while muttering internally:
You're overthinking it, Lord Hokage. They don't need two squads. Just the two of them, let alone Lightning Ninjas, they'd dare to attack a great nation.
At the same time, he pondered, Following the sequence of Zabuza, Orochimaru, Tailed Beasts, and ninja villages, it should be the turn of the great nations next.
Tearing up the bounty poster, Tsunade pushed her desk aside furiously. "Sakura, let's go! Take me to ask them what they were thinking!"
Sakura embraced her, persuading, "Master, calm down, calm down. At least no one died, right?"
Inner Sakura frustratingly headbutted the wall. Sasuke must have been so cool then, and I didn't even see it! That woman got lucky!
Indeed, no one died. Perhaps the scriptwriter had gone mad. A major battle invading a ninja village, and in the end, not a single person died zero casualties.
It's just that too many balls were exploded.
"Oink oink..." Tonton tugged on Tsunade's shoelace, grunting.
Tsunade puffed out her chest, sending Sakura flying, and picked up Tonton. "Whose side are you on? You're defending him so much."
"Oink oink..."
"I only lost a few meals of your pig feed, and you spend all day thinking about how good he is?"
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