However,
Sarutobi Hiruzen, that cunning old fox, would never let such dirty deeds taint him.
It used to be Shimura Danzo, and now it's Akimichi Torifu; it's not easy to catch Sarutobi Hiruzen in the act.
"Damn Orochimaru, I will never forgive him!"
Naruto Uzumaki frowned deeply.
Speaking of Orochimaru, he only felt intense disgust.
It was Orochimaru who had planned the Konoha Crush Plan, and to defeat Konoha, he publicly slandered Grandpa Third Hokage and even colluded with the Lord of Fire Country to drive them to the borderlands.
Sasuke sighed inwardly and reminded him tactfully, "Naruto, your father is stationed in the Land of Hot Water's capital; you can go visit him if you have nothing else to do."
The dignified Fourth Hokage was treated like a diplomat, temporarily left in the aristocratic circles of the Land of Hot Water, with precious little time to return to Wood Leaf.
With Minato Namikaze's intuition, he should have long since detected the Third Hokage's alienation and suppression, but he hadn't torn off the pretense only because of Naruto Uzumaki.
If Naruto spent more time with his father, he might be less brainwashed by the Third Hokage.
"I understand, Sasuke. Once the family territory is built, I will report to Grandpa Third Hokage and make a trip to the Land of Hot Water's capital."
When speaking of the Fourth Hokage, a glimmer of excitement appeared in Naruto's eyes.
Having lacked familial affection since childhood, what he now most desired was family love. Once he accumulated enough revival coin fragments, he would definitely revive his mother and reunite with his family.
In the quest log,
there was a quest he had accepted from [Queen Skardi], [Construct Family Territory].
This quest was very complex.
It required first finding the hidden Queen Skardi, then continuously completing the quests issued by Queen Skardi to increase her trust and favorability.
Finally, only with Queen Skardi's permission could a family territory be built within Belmar.
Once the family territory was successfully constructed,
it would be possible to move families from the Old World, allowing their family buildings to be used on the Arad Continent, and also to construct buildings like [Resurrection Altars] that could increase the daily number of resurrections.
Ultimately, it was the Wood Leaf Family's base on the Arad Continent.
Other humans on the Arad Continent, like [Queen Skardi], included [Empress Asuka] of Xu Empire, [Heron V] of the De Los Empire, and so on.
Belonging to different regions, to establish a base, one had to constantly refresh quests from these individuals and gain their approval.
For example,
the Hidden Mist Village and the Land of Snow both chose the Bantu Clan as their base to adapt to the environmental advantages of their game abilities.
Whoever could most quickly establish a foothold in the New World would be able to acquire more game resources.
The Ninja World's factions were all aware of this.
So, they continuously harassed hostile forces, interfering with them and preventing their bases from being successfully established.
Just like just now,
the materials painstakingly collected were all destroyed by players from the Fire Empire, leading to slow progress in the construction quest.
"Naruto, what happened?"
Tsunade and Jiraiya, who had just finished hunting monsters and filled their backpacks with materials, returned to the Wood Leaf Family's makeshift camp.
Seeing the mess everywhere and the lingering aura, their brows furrowed tightly.
"It was players from the Fire Empire."
"Them again?"
Tsunade was annoyed but also quite helpless.
Unlike the ninja villages, the Fire Empire had undergone a complete top-to-bottom reform, transforming the former Land of Fire into the Ninja World's first true military empire.
Both its reward points collection speed and player count were astonishingly high.
It could even single-handedly take on multiple ninja villages without falling behind.
Wood Leaf, in its current state, was simply no match.
After a moment of silence, Tsunade said, "Naruto, go to the nearby town and exchange the monster remains we hunted for construction materials. We'll relocate our position first."
Staying put would risk further sneak attacks.
Fortunately, before the base construction was complete, it was like a medal-shaped energy core that could be moved at any time.
"Understood."
Naruto nodded, directly shouldering his gleaming pure gold Claymore, looking up at the distant town, and then sprinted off.
The Belmar Principality was vast,
but most areas were contaminated and eroded, and towns had become dead zones, so the requirements for using them as bases were very complicated.
It couldn't be a place with too severe contamination, and the surrounding monsters couldn't be too strong, as both would put the family in a dangerous environment.
The few uncontaminated towns were not allowed for players to establish families.
This was a game rule.
When they descended upon the Arad Continent, Fang Yi had already set the rules, and players could not actively attack the native inhabitants of the Arad Continent or some of the rules they established.
In this contaminated world, these survivors were considered the last embers of the world.
If they all died out, it would mean the world was completely swallowed by contamination, and the difficulty of reclaiming it would greatly increase.
Therefore,
Fang Yi strictly forbade players from attacking the natives. If not for this rule, players would probably have cut down these natives like melons and vegetables before the contamination even got to them.
These remaining towns served as safe zones and supply points, allowing players a better game experience while also protecting the natives.
"Hahahahahahaha, an Otherworld adventure! I want Otherworld food!"
"I want to drink!"
"Treasure, Otherworld gold coins, they must be very memorable!"
"Otherworld, there must be patients who need healing, right?"
"Interesting, I want to see the history of the Arad Continent."
In the largest northern town of Belmar, Mar Town.
As Naruto ran to the city gate,
he saw a group of strange individuals.
Leading them was a boy wearing a Straw Hat, about his age, holding a crude bug net.
It looked like it had just been made from branches outside the city.
Behind him followed a green-haired swordsman, a beautiful orange-haired woman, a man in a suit smoking, and a quiet woman holding a book.
Most importantly, there was even a talking reindeer?
"Is that a summoning beast? It looks so unfamiliar. Is it a player from a small ninja village?"
However, they quickly started arguing with the city guards.
The beautiful orange-haired woman was furious, clutching her pocket like a miser, and shouted, "It costs five reward points to enter the city! Are we the pirates, or are you the pirates? Is this a robbery?"
"These are the Game Merchant's rules, and they must be followed."
Naruto, who was about to enter the city, feared they would clash with the city guards and explained, "If you violate them, you'll be forbidden from entering the city for a period, which is very troublesome."
In the past,
some ninja players had broken the rules and fought with the city guards.
Not only were they unable to enter the city, which meant they couldn't accept quests or gain reward points, causing their acquisition speed to plummet, but they also couldn't resupply, having to rely solely on random potions from the game shelf when hunting monsters.
Most crucially,
the Arad game map, as a Tier 2 public map beyond the beginner map, had a very special rule: [Death Penalty].
Once dead,
not only would a large amount of experience and reward points be deducted, but there was also a chance of dropping equipped gear, skills, items, and so on.
The natives in towns sold a rule-based item called [Life Lock], which could be purchased once a week.
If one couldn't enter the city, they couldn't purchase [Life Lock].
A single death penalty could potentially cost a player thousands, or even tens of thousands of reward points!
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