Chapter 167: Naruto's Unique Massage Technique
"Yes, Uzumaki.
Uzumaki Menma stroked his long red hair and said, "Ten times compensation for fakes."
Konan silently scrutinized him.
She was very sensitive to the word Uzumaki.
Because Nagato was also from the Uzumaki Clan.
But the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed along with the Land of Whirlpools.
Where did he come from?
Uzumaki Menma touched his face and asked, "What? Is my little sister interested in me?"
He was shamelessly taking advantage of his senior sister.
Though only verbally.
"Unfortunately, I am a man who has been hurt, and I will never fall in love with a second girl."
Uzumaki Menma pressed his hand to his chest, looking pained.
Konan remained expressionless.
Uzumaki Menma reminded her of Jiraiya.
Giving off a flirtatious vibe.
The only difference was that Uzumaki Menma was more handsome, so he didn't seem greasy.
If he was truly from the Uzumaki Clan, perhaps Nagato would be very willing to meet a fellow clansman.
Konan spoke indifferently, "You specifically seek out beautiful girls for photos, are you trying to take advantage of them?"
"How could that be?" Uzumaki Menma shook his head, looking displeased, "Those are all rumors. I'm just helping them escape poverty and become rich."
"...?"
Konan tilted her head.
She couldn't understand.
How were these two things connected?
"Do you know about photo albums?"
Uzumaki Menma took out a photo album and said, "I dress them up, take beautiful pictures, publish them, and pay them half of the earnings."
Konan opened the album; it was filled with women in various poses.
Wearing beautiful clothes, exquisite makeup, against backdrops of sunsets, moonlit nights, and flower seas, they looked extremely artistic.
"Good technique," Konan said, closing the album.
"Thank you for the compliment," Uzumaki Menmareplied with a smile.
Having lived two lives, he had seen many beautiful women, at the very least.
With his advanced vision, taking a few photos was more than enough.
After all, most people in the Ninja World were relatively conservative.
In his previous life, photo albums featured less and less clothing.
"How do I know you're not lying to me?" Konanasked.
"Why don't you try it?" Uzumaki Menma's eyes lit up. A Konan photo album—just thinking about it was exciting.
"What did you say?" Konan frowned, a hint of killing intent in her eyes.
"You can earn a lot of money," Uzumaki Menmacoughed, "Want to hear about it?"
"Speak," Konan paused and said.
Their Akatsuki Organization needed money; she could learn more. As for whether to actually do it, that was another matter... Jiraiya, as expected, agreed to Tsunade's request and planned to act as Konoha's team leader and supervisor during the joint Chunin Exams.
But the specific details could only be decided after the Hidden Sand Village's envoy arrived.
Adding in the time for discussion and notification, it might take two or three months to prepare.
Jiraiya and Naruto naturally didn't need to rush.
After reporting the mission, the two were kicked out.
Of course, it was mainly Jiraiya.
Naruto, however, left safely.
"Sigh."
Jiraiya was greatly disheartened today.
He, who prided himself as a Casanova, was utterly helpless against Tsunade.
"If you quit visiting brothels, I guarantee you'll win over Tsunade-neechan."
Naruto recalled his own achievements.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Can that be called visiting brothels? It's research, do you understand?"
Jiraiya got angry just looking at him; he hadn't settled the score from earlier.
"..." Naruto didn't know what to say.
"Hmph, tomorrow we'll return to Takigakure and continue our journey," Jiraiya returned to the main topic and said.
"Next is the Land of Grass, right?"
"Correct. We'll pass through the Land of Grass, reach the Land of Rain, and our final destination is the Land of Wind."
"Land of Rain?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Didn't Tsunade-neechan tell you not to investigate the Hidden Rain Village?"
"Don't worry, I won't go to the Hidden Rain Village."
Jiraiya waved his hand and said, "At most, when passing through the Land of Rain, I'll take you to meet the three disciples I took in earlier. They can be considered your senior brothers and sister."
He didn't know Yahiko had already died.
Over the years, he had only vaguely heard about his three disciples.
Naruto really wanted to complain.
Are you going straight for the heart of the enemy here?
You're going to catch the Akatsuki Organization's biggest leader in one go.
Congratulations!
Jiraiya, Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan had spent three years together, and their relationship was actually quite good.
It was just a pity that things had changed, and they were no longer the master and disciples of yesteryear.
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
Naruto nodded, saying nothing more.
Actually, with the Flying Thunder God Technique, theoretically nothing would go wrong.
But the Rinnegan, well, it shouldn't be underestimated.
Plus, with a bunch of Akatsuki Organizationmembers, there was a possibility of things going sideways.
"See you tomorrow, I'm going home to find Hinatafirst."
"Get out!"
Jiraiya's eyes turned green with envy, and he roared.
Damn it!
He took out his sake gourd and chugged it down.
Naruto returned home, but Hinata wasn't there.
Had she gone on a mission, or was she training?
He resisted the urge to use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto turned on the TV.
Cat Nanbei jumped off the refrigerator and walked over to him.
"You're here too, you rascal."
Naruto hugged it and said with a smile.
After watching for a while, he found it uninteresting.
He used Cat Nanbei as a pillow and entered the Sealing Space.
Kurama saw him and immediately asked, "What genjutsu world is it today?"
Every day, it randomly experienced a world.
Most of them were quite interesting.
A few weren't fun.
Like The Shining or something; it scared this fox to death.
And the most outrageous thing was that it entered in human form.
"What world do you want?" Naruto asked casually.
Kurama fell into deep thought.
To be honest, its imagination simply couldn't compare to Naruto's.
"Is there a world of foxes?"
"Foxes?" Naruto let out a soft 'eh', "What? You want to be a Fox King?"
"Shallow!" Kurama seemed to have been hit where it hurt, somewhat exasperated, "This old man just wants to see his own kind."
You're not a real fox.
And 'own kind'.
Naruto's eyes darted around, and he chuckled, "There really is such a world, and it's a Nine-TailedFox, just like you."
"Really?" Kurama's spirits lifted, and it became interested, "What does it look like?"
"Extremely beautiful!" Naruto gave a thumbs-up, "I guarantee you'll love it."
"Good!" Kurama shouted, "Let me in quickly!"
Naruto immediately used genjutsu.
Stars shifted, and the world transformed.
Kurama was sent to the Investiture of the Gods world.
Naruto observed a three-second moment of silence for it.
Kurama lasted about ten minutes.
"Brat!"
It roared after coming out.
Its face was flushed to the extreme.
Naruto glanced at it and chuckled, "Want to go again?"
Kurama's momentum suddenly faltered.
A moment later, it gritted its teeth and said, "Again! This old man must defeat that old man named Jiang!"
"Go for it," Naruto said perfunctorily.
The second time was even faster.
Only three minutes.
Kurama howled in anger.
It couldn't win.
Naruto shook his head, no longer paying attention to it.
Because he sensed Hinata.
"Eh?"
Hinata heard Cat Nanbei's voice.
But it was a little different from usual.
She quickly opened the door.
"Naruto-kun?"
Hinata saw Naruto sprawled on the sofa in a very ungraceful posture.
And Cat Nanbei, used as his pillow, was meowing with disdain.
No wonder.
But Hinata quickly ignored it, a joyful smile appearing on her small face as she scurried over to Naruto.
"Good evening!"
Naruto stood up, looking at Hinata, who was now very close.
She was wearing her usual white jacket, with traces of sweat on her forehead, and her damp bangs were still not dry, sticking to her forehead in strands.
Cat Nanbei regained its freedom, jumped off the sofa, and ran away.
"Hard training, huh?"
Naruto noticed her fatigue and chuckled, "Do you need me to give you a massage?"
"Massage?" Hinata was stunned; she had never known Naruto could give massages.
"My technique is very exquisite, you know."
Naruto stood up and pressed her onto the sofa, "Sit properly, try the Uzumaki family's unique massage technique."
"Wait, Naruto-kun."
Hinata reacted and said, "I'll go take a bath first, I smell of sweat."
Saying this, she lowered her head shyly.
If he smelled any strange odors during the massage, she would die of embarrassment.
"Smell?"
Naruto bent down, his nose close to her collar, and sniffed her neck, "There's no smell."
Hinata froze completely.
His warm breath made her body suddenly lose all support.
Naruto quickly supported her.
Hinata buried her face directly into his chest, and then she stopped thinking.
A few seconds later, she pushed Naruto away and ran straight into the bathroom.
Water splashed.
Hinata's face was crimson.
An hour later, as Naruto wondered if she had fainted in the bathroom, he heard her voice.
"Na... Naruto-kun, please... help me get my change of clothes..."
It took her almost a minute to articulate the sentence clearly.
She had run too fast and forgotten to bring her clothes in.
"…"
Naruto silently chanted 'thirteen years old,' and without any emotion, he took out a black and white kimono yukata from her closet.
The door opened, and a fair little hand reached out to take the clothes.
Another half an hour passed.
Only then did Hinata dare to come out.
But she still kept her head down.
Today was simply too embarrassing!
Naruto couldn't help but smile.
"Come and sit."
"Mm."
Hinata obediently sat on the sofa.
"Where should I start the massage?"
Naruto stroked his chin, examining her, his gaze finally settling on her feet.
Ahem.
He crouched down, taking her bare feet in his hands.
Hinata's beautiful eyes widened.
She had absolutely not expected a foot massage.
It was the first time someone had held her feet, and she felt very uncomfortable.
But thinking it was Naruto-kun, she also felt a little shy.
A very light pressing sensation came from her bare feet.
First the top of her foot, then the sole.
But when her sole was massaged, she couldn't help but curl her foot due to the ticklish sensation.
Seeing this, Naruto let go and moved to her toes.
Having just showered, he could smell a faint fragrance.
"Na... Naruto-kun, how about we change places?"
Hinata's body trembled slightly, feeling both ticklish and shy, her face flushed.
"Okay."
Naruto felt that if this continued, he would become a pervert.
This was too much.
He pressed on Hinata's back, massaging her shoulders.
Hinata immediately let out a sigh of relief.
The strange sensation in her feet disappeared.
Actually, the massage was quite comfortable.
It was just a bit unbearable.
Naruto sighed.
Because of the clothes, it lacked that smooth and fleshy feel.
"Naruto-kun, I'll go make dinner."
Hinata glanced at the time, quickly stood up, and said, "Let's stop here for today."
Naruto nodded.
The two ate dinner.
Hinata rushed back to the Hyuga Main House.
Any later, Hyuga Hiashi might come looking for her.
The next day.
Naruto left Konoha to continue his training journey.
After walking for half a day with Jiraiya, he suddenly remembered something.
Leaving a Shadow Clone, he went to Karin's room, which was in the Uchiha compound.
Because he had forgotten to send Sasuke to Otogakure.
"I'm going to Grass Hidden Village."
Sasuke didn't blame him, speaking indifferently.
"Grass Hidden Village?" Naruto almost thought he misheard, "What are you going to Grass Hidden Village for?"
"To kill," Sasuke said coolly.
Karin, beside him, was so excited she almost offered herself to him.
Naruto was thoughtful.
Karin was from Grass Hidden Village, and she had been treated extremely poorly.
"Here," Sasuke handed him a list.
"What is this?"
Naruto looked closely: Karin's revenge list.
It was densely packed with the names of all the Ninja from Grass Hidden Village who had bitten her.
Good heavens!
People from the Uzumaki Clan really hold grudges.
But he supported Sasuke in this matter.
The Ninja of Grass Hidden Village were indeed inhuman.
"Can you do it alone?" Naruto asked.
"No problem," Sasuke naturally wouldn't say no.
"And I'm here too," Karin interjected promptly, reminding him of her presence, "My fists are already impatient!"
Naruto then remembered that she had trained under Tsunade.
If she had even half of her power, it would be enough to dominate Grass Hidden Village.
And she had the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
Even if it meant death, Sasuke might go before her.
Thinking this, Naruto sent them both to the Land of Waterfall.
He hadn't been to Grass Hidden Village, so he couldn't take them directly.
Two days later, Naruto received news.
More accurately, Jiraiya received it.
"The Tianming Organization appeared in Grass Hidden Village, beat up all the higher-ups, and nearly thirty Ninja died."
Jiraiya held a roasted rabbit, but had no appetite.
The White Lotus Sect had just disbanded.
And the Tianming Organization had popped up.
It was hard to say if there was a connection.
Naruto looked up at him and asked, "Do you know who they are?"
Because he had previously told Sasuke to announce their name, this time he left the name of the Tianming Organization.
"No idea."
Jiraiya shook his head and said, "The two members who made a move only used ordinary taijutsu and Ninjutsu, but even so, their strength should not be underestimated."
"Want to go take a look?" Naruto asked; they were already close to the Land of Grass.
"Let's go take a look," Jiraiya said thoughtfully.
He, or rather Konoha, had previously thought that the Tianming Organization's goal was merely to 'rob the rich and help the poor' and oppose the Land of Fire.
But now it seemed it wasn't that simple.
He wondered how Grass Hidden Village had provoked them?
After dinner.
Naruto found an opportunity, left a Shadow Clone, and his main body appeared before Sasuke.
He scanned them.
Both were unharmed.
So he broke up the 'lovebirds,' sent Karin back to Konoha, and Sasuke back to Otogakure.
And they agreed to meet two days later in the Hidden Cloud Village for another big event.
"I have some news that might interest you."
Sasuke called out to Naruto and said, "I accidentally got a piece of information in Grass Hidden Village: they possess the legendary Six Paths Sage's ninja tool, the box of bliss, which is said to be able to grant any wish."
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
The box of bliss, huh?
If he remembered correctly, this thing was like a corrupted Holy Grail.
Although it granted your wishes, it came with severe side effects.
The box of bliss would release a monster called Satori.
Thanks to Boss Wang Yantang for the reward. P.S.: That's all for today. I've been too busy with work recently and don't have time to think about the plot, making writing incredibly difficult.